I painted an aircraft carrier on the courtyard house for Dongda University.

His expression shifted between anger and uncertainty, but he finally managed a forced smile: "I'm sorry, Chief Engineer Zhou, my understanding was insufficient. But your factory has indeed arrested some young people; could you hand them over to us for processing?"

Zhou Weiguo smiled and said, "Deputy District Chief Wang, do you know why we arrested them? There's a man named Wang Jun who has repeatedly harassed Comrade Tian Zao, the deputy director of our factory. Today, he even brought a group of people and openly acted like hooligans at the factory gate, using extremely offensive language. Do you think we made a mistake in arresting them?"

Wang Dajun was startled.

He suddenly remembered that his wife had said that their son had taken a liking to a girl named Tian Zao from the neighborhood office, who had recently been transferred to the steel rolling mill as deputy director.

He didn't believe it at the time, but now it seems Tian Zao's background is anything but simple. A section-level official promoted directly to deputy director-general? There must be someone behind him, and definitely a big shot!

He tentatively asked, "Chief Engineer Zhou, did this Deputy Factory Director Tian used to work at the Jiaodaokou Subdistrict Office?"

Zhou Weiguo raised an eyebrow and nodded: "That's right, I was the one who transferred Comrade Tian Zao from Jiaodaokou Subdistrict Office to the steel rolling mill. Is there a problem?"

Wang Dajun gasped, then asked, "So, Chief Engineer Zhou, who are you and Comrade Tian Zao?"

"Tian Zao is my wife, is there a problem?"

"Hiss! No problem, no problem! I apologize to you first. Wang Jun, who was arrested, is my son. He probably didn't know that Comrade Tian Zao was married. I apologize to you on his behalf. It's all because of this good-for-nothing that the normal work of your factory has been disrupted."

Zhou Weiguo said calmly, "You don't need to apologize. Your son has already apologized with an arm and a leg."

Wang Dajun was shocked: "What... what do you mean by that?"

Zhou Weiguo smiled enigmatically: "It doesn't mean anything. Your son acted like a hooligan, hugging my wife in public. I broke his arm and shot him. Isn't that reasonable?"

Wang Dajun's face was extremely grim, and he swallowed the words that were about to come out.

He took a few deep breaths and asked as calmly as possible, "Chief Engineer Zhou, can we release them now? I will definitely discipline them strictly when I get back."

Zhou Weiguo looked directly at him: "Deputy District Chief Wang, what should be the sentence for harassing state cadres, openly acting like a hooligan, blocking the gates of a state-owned factory, and disrupting production?"

Wang Dajun's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, but thinking of his son still in the steel mill, with a broken arm and shot, he knew he had to rescue him as soon as possible.

He suppressed his anger: "Chief Engineer Zhou, rest assured, the Dongcheng Branch will handle this matter according to the law after taking over."

Zhou Weiguo smiled enigmatically: "Then it's settled. The person can be transferred, but if anyone escapes punishment or tries to sabotage things, don't blame me for being impolite."

Wang Dajun gritted his teeth and nodded.

Zhou Weiguo turned to Wang Jianguo and said, "Have the people from that day write a detailed account, including their words and actions that harassed Tian Zao and the process of blocking the factory gate. Have everyone sign and fingerprint it. Complete the handover procedures and have District Chief Wang sign it as well. Once that's done, you can release them."

After saying that, he walked back to the workshop without looking back.

He wondered to himself, who was behind this? Was it aimed at him, or at the steel mill? It was certainly intriguing.

Afterwards, the handover procedures took about an hour before Wang Jianguo handed over the group of young masters to the Dongcheng Branch Bureau.

When Wang Jianguo and Lao Zhang arrived, Zhou Weiguo offered them cigarettes: "Tell me, what's going on?"

Old Zhang frowned and said, "The interrogation was short, and we also had to treat the injured, so we didn't get much information. But we can confirm that Wang Dajun was fooled by Zheng Shuang. Zheng Shuang is the other person you beat up. He denies it to the death, but judging from Wang Dajun's terrified appearance, it's most likely true. Zheng Shuang is the son of District Chief Zheng of Dongcheng District. This District Chief Zheng holds several positions and is the 'top leader' of Dongcheng District. I heard that the city is still discussing bringing him into the city's leadership team. By the way, there's another piece of news you'll definitely be interested in: the Zheng family and the former Wu family are related by marriage."

Zhou Weiguo suddenly realized that it was related to the Wu family again.

The network of relationships in Beijing is indeed intricate and complex.

He thought he'd have to ask Shaot if he'd found the Progress and Leap Forward brothers yet; he missed them quite a bit.

协和医院

Inside the ward, Zheng Shuang gritted her teeth and endured the excruciating pain in her arm, her expression shifting between anger and uncertainty as she looked at Fatty Wang in the next bed.

"Fatty, are you just going to let this go like this? Can you really swallow this insult?"

Fatty Wang shuddered, his face deathly pale: "Brother Shuang, stop this nonsense. We're both in this state, let's focus on healing. Damn it, why hasn't the doctor operated on us yet? It hurts like hell!"

"The doctor said we need to reduce the inflammation first, and I've already given you painkillers. Are you still complaining about the pain? Stop talking nonsense, just tell me if you're going to work with me or not!"

"Brother Shuang, that Zhou guy is not someone to mess with! I've already been shot and my arm is broken, what else do you want me to do? If you hadn't kept pushing me to pester that Tian Zao, we wouldn't be in this mess today."

Zheng Shuang looked at the aggrieved fat man, a ruthless glint in her eyes: "Fatty Wang, you're so ungrateful! If it weren't for your crush on that woman, I would have gone to great lengths to give you advice and even pulled strings to back you up. Now that things have gone wrong, you want to run away? What a joke! Don't forget, my arm was broken because of you."

Hearing this, Fatty Wang felt helpless and, after a long pause, said aggrievedly, "I do like Tian Zao, but I wanted to give up after hearing she got married. It's all because you insisted I sleep with you, and you always told me things like 'other people's women are more interesting.'"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Shuang's face instantly darkened, and the image of her stepmother flashed through her mind.

The thought of his stepmother having to find a place to grieve and cry alone every night because Zhou Weiguo's whole family had fled overseas made his heart ache terribly.

If it weren't for the old man's many connections and the efforts he made to save his stepmother, she would probably have suffered as well. Just thinking about it made him grit his teeth in hatred.

"This can't end like this! If we both fail here, how will we face the world? Who will respect us anymore? We have to teach Zhou Weiguo a lesson!"

As he spoke, he licked his lips, a sinister look on his face. "Don't you like Zhou Weiguo's wife, Tian Zao? We'll use her as our target after we're discharged from the hospital. Then we'll do this and that..."

Upon hearing this, Fatty Wang turned pale with fright. The pain from his wound made him cry out, "Ouch!" "Brother Shuang, don't cause trouble! Zhou Weiguo is not someone to mess with. Don't cause trouble for your dad and my dad. We...we can just pretend we were bitten by a dog, okay?"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Shuang's face darkened, and she resolutely shook her head.

"Impossible! This is settled. Once we're almost recovered, we have to deal with his wife. I'll make sure she knows what real suffering is! If I get the chance, I'll make sure she sees me tormenting Tian Zao right in front of her."

The fat man looked at Zheng Shuang, who had a lewd grin on her face, and couldn't help but shudder in fear.

"Don't worry, I know a guy who has a group of absolute elites. We'll let them handle it. You just need to find a way to lure Tian Zao out, and leave the rest to them. I guarantee it'll be clean and efficient, and we won't be implicated."

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