Siheyuan: Start with a big car

Liu Haizhong had followed Yi Zhonghai for so many years that he had long since learned Yi Zhonghai's methods.

Shazhu was still in a daze at this time.

Upon hearing that this was his responsibility, he nodded as if possessed.

By the time he realized his mistake and tried to explain, Liu Haizhong had already patted him on the shoulder and said:

"Shazhu, it's decided then. I'll make sure Yi Zhonghai reserves a good position for you."

After saying that, Liu Haizhong turned to leave, but Sha Zhu realized what was happening and quickly said, "Liu Haizhong, did Yi Zhonghai ask you to do this?"
Have you forgotten about one family? That's Uncle San's family.

Liu Haizhong was initially pleased that he had completed Yi Zhonghai's task, but his expression changed upon hearing this.

He knew Yi Zhonghai's temperament very well; if he hadn't done it, Yi Zhonghai certainly wouldn't have given him the remaining grain.

However, Liu Haizhong was a very shrewd person, and he quickly came up with a solution.

“That’s easy. I’ll go tell Uncle San right now.”

After saying this, Liu Haizhong turned around and walked towards Uncle San's house.
Sha Zhu was worried that he would fight with the Third Uncle, so he quickly followed behind.

"Liu Haizhong, let me tell you, if your third uncle and his family beat you up later, I won't stop them."

Liu Haizhong scoffed, "Silly Zhu, what are you thinking? Do you think I, Liu Haizhong, am someone without any skills?"

"Fine, I'd like to see how you handle Third Master."

It wasn't that Sha Zhu was gloating, but rather that what Liu Haizhong was about to do was far too dangerous.

Liu Haizhong understood this as well. He went to the door of the Third Uncle's house, lingered there, and didn't knock.

When the third uncle saw Liu Haizhong standing outside, he felt a little strange. He opened the door and asked, "Liu Haizhong, what brings you here so late?"

Liu Haizhong smiled awkwardly and said, "Third Uncle, I have a request for you, but before I say it, I hope you will not hold me responsible."

Hearing this, the third uncle was very surprised: "Liu Haizhong, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Are you planning something naughty again?

Liu Haizhong said hurriedly, "Just tell me if you agree or not!"

The third uncle had no interest in playing this game with him. He waved his hand impatiently and said, "Liu Haizhong, you should leave now. I'm not in the mood to talk to you."

Liu Haizhong originally wanted to lure the Third Uncle into a trap, but he didn't expect the Third Uncle to ignore him, so he panicked.

"Uncle, let me tell you the truth. It was Yi Zhonghai who asked me to invite you to his ceremony of recognizing his godson."

After speaking, Liu Haizhong, fearing he would be beaten, quickly took several steps back.

At this moment, the third uncle's face had turned red.

"Liu Haizhong, you've gone too far! You know perfectly well that Yan Jiekuang was originally my son, but now Yi Zhonghai has taken him away, and you still want me to attend this ceremony? What are you up to?"

Seeing that the Third Uncle was really angry, Liu Haizhong quickly said, "Third Uncle, this has nothing to do with me. I'm just a messenger. You can't take your anger out on me!"

The third uncle didn't care about anything else; he rolled up his sleeves and rushed forward to grab Liu Haizhong.

At this moment, Yan Jiecheng walked over from the side, grabbed the third uncle's arm and said, "Father, I think we should still go and participate in this matter."

Upon hearing this, the Third Uncle was clearly stunned, and frowned as he said, "Yan Jiecheng, what do you mean?"

I'm telling you, I absolutely cannot accept such a thing in my entire life!

Yan Jiecheng advised, "Father, you need to think this through. Yan Jiekuang's mind is made up now."

Even if you don't admit it, as long as the ceremony is held, everyone in the compound and the nearby residents will know that Yan Jiekuang has become Yi Zhonghai's son.

Avoiding reality is not what we should be doing.

"So what should we do?"

"The most important thing we should do now is to draw a clear line between ourselves and Yan Jiekuang, and publicly announce that Yan Jiekuang no longer bears the surname Yan!"

Hearing this, the third aunt nodded emphatically, "That's right, old man, this matter can't be delayed any longer. You probably don't know..."
Today I went to the market to buy groceries, and Aunt Wang from the next courtyard actually asked me if we had done something heinous that made Yan Jiekuang want to recognize Yi Zhonghai as his godfather!

The old man was shocked. Although he was unwilling to accept this reality, he knew that there was no chance to make amends now.

If he continues to hide, he might really become a laughing stock.

In this situation, resolving all the problems at once is also a reasonable approach.

After hesitating for a moment, the third uncle looked at Liu Haizhong, then nodded and said, "Liu Haizhong, I promise you, I guarantee I will attend the ceremony on time!"

Liu Haizhong never expected things to go so smoothly, and after a moment of stunned silence, he almost burst out laughing.

As for the fight between Yi Zhonghai and the Third Uncle during the ceremony, that had nothing to do with him.

"Alright, alright, Third Uncle, you're an old instructor, your words carry weight. This matter is settled then!"

Fearing that the Third Uncle might change his mind, Liu Haizhong left a message, turned around, and ran away in a flash.

The old man watched his retreating figure, his wrinkles deepening.

"What? Yi Zhonghai is actually going to hold a ceremony?"

Li Weidong was also very surprised when he heard the news.

Sha Zhu nodded emphatically and said, "It was Liu Haizhong who informed me. He also said that I am the manager of the compound, and it would be inappropriate if I didn't participate."

Li Weidong sensed that Sha Zhu had definitely fallen for Liu Hai's trick.

However, Li Weidong did not pay any attention to it.

"Regardless of the circumstances, this matter concerns the compound, and Liu Haizhong is not wrong about that."

After finishing his sentence, Li Weidong raised his voice and said, "Shazhu, I happen to have something to do and won't be able to attend, so the ceremony will be in your hands. I only have one request: absolutely no one can get hurt!"

This is the real reason why Li Weidong agreed to let Sha Zhu attend the ceremony.

Sha Zhu nodded emphatically and said, "Brother Wei Dong, don't worry, I guarantee I will complete the mission!"

Li Weidong knew Sha Zhu's personality well; if he were to give the residents of the compound ideological education...
He might not be able to do that, but he's absolutely perfect at maintaining order.

After chatting for a few minutes, Li Weidong, preoccupied with his work, returned to the laboratory.

Time passed day by day, and before we knew it, it was the weekend.

The residents of the compound had all received the news by this time.
They gathered at Yi Zhonghai's doorstep early in the morning.

Yi Zhonghai went to great lengths for this celebration. He not only prepared two tables of fine food and wine, but also invited several leaders from the street and the steel mill.

"Oh, Director Zhang, welcome, welcome!"

You've been my boss for a long time, and I'm truly touched that you could come here this time!

"Oh, Chief Engineer Wang, hello, hello!"

While greeting the leaders, Yi Zhonghai gave Yan Jiekuang a wink.

His wink had two meanings: First, it meant, "Look how capable I, Yi Zhonghai, am! I know so many leaders; you definitely won't regret following me."

Another signal was for Yan Jiekuang to quickly make a move.

Although Yan Jiekuang had no choice but to accept the fact that he was Yi Zhonghai's godson.
However, he was still a man of pride, and after hesitating for a moment, he called out "Godfather" to Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai then became excited, patted Yan Jiekuang on the shoulder, and introduced him to the leaders: "Leaders, this is my godson Yan Jiekuang, who is actually my biological son!"

Starting today, I hope everyone can help take care of it!

The reason those leaders are here today
They were only doing this because of Deputy Factory Director Huang. Now, upon hearing this, the leaders exchanged glances and nodded perfunctorily.

However, this made Yan Jiekuang very happy, and he quickly stepped forward to exchange pleasantries with the leaders.

The nearby residents, seeing Yan Jiekuang's fawning manner, all curled their lip in disdain and said:

"I really didn't expect Yan Jiekuang to have this kind of personality!"

"Yes, he used to think he was quite well-educated."
So he doesn't take us seriously at all. Every time he greets us, it's just a perfunctory response. Look at him now!

"It's so shameful! I'm really ashamed to have someone like that as a neighbor!"

The residents of the compound didn't have a good impression of Yi Zhonghai or the Third Uncle.

However, they still possessed the most basic and simple emotions, and at this moment, they criticized Yan Jiekuang.

Yan Jiekuang also heard the criticisms, but he didn't pay much attention to them.

After all, for him, being promoted was enough.

Time passed quickly and it was already noon, but Yi Zhonghai still hadn't announced the start of the celebration.

Everyone knew he was waiting for the Third Uncle.

Yi Zhonghai wanted to show the Third Uncle who was the boss in this courtyard house in front of everyone.

At this moment, several figures appeared in the distance, and Yi Zhonghai's eyes lit up immediately upon seeing them.
This time, not only Uncle San came, but also Aunt Yan Jiekuang's three wives. It can be said that Uncle San's whole family came.

Yi Zhonghai proudly raised his head, stepped forward, and extended his hand to the Third Uncle: "Oh, Third Uncle, welcome!"

To be honest, we've been brothers for ages, we can't let today's events cause us to fall out.

Don't worry, from now on Yan Jiekuang will be my son.

If you need any help, he'll definitely be the first to rush over and assist you!

These words were essentially a few slaps across the face of the Third Uncle.

Seeing the old man's flushed face, the older woman felt sorry for him and quickly stepped forward, grabbing Yi Zhonghai's arm and whispering, "Old man, you shouldn't hit someone in the face."

We don't have any deep-seated hatred for Uncle San's family. Now that we have a son, there's no need to continue arguing."

"What do you know? It's either the East Wind prevails over the West Wind, or the West Wind prevails over the East Wind!"
I want to show the residents of this compound what happens when you offend me!

Hearing this, the middle-aged woman could only sigh helplessly.

At this moment, the third uncle suddenly laughed.

"Yi Zhonghai, I've come here today to congratulate you!"

After saying that, before Yi Zhonghai could react, he turned to the residents and leaders and said, "As you all probably know, there was a thing that happened between Yan Jiekuang and our family a while ago. I won't go into the rights and wrongs of it."

After all, everyone has their own stance. What I want to tell everyone now is...

From this day forward, Yan Jiekuang is no longer my son, so you cannot blame me for anything that happens to him!

Yi Zhonghai thought the Third Uncle was going to say something, but when he heard this, he almost burst out laughing: "Third Uncle, if you're going to say these things, there's no need for that, because the residents in our compound already know!"

The third uncle ignored him and continued, "I have another matter to discuss with you today, which is to reclaim Yan Jiekuang's surname!"

Upon hearing this, the room fell silent for a moment, then erupted into loud discussion:

"What? Third Uncle wants to take back his surname? What does that mean?"

"Don't you understand yet?"
"Third Uncle is trying to make sure Yan Jiekuang can no longer bear the surname Yan!"

"If we can't have the surname Yan, then what should we have?"

"Isn't that simple? He'll definitely take the surname Yi. Yan Jiekuang is Yi Zhonghai's son, so he'll definitely take Yi Zhonghai's surname!"

Yi Zhonghai hadn't expected his third uncle to go to such extremes. He was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized what was happening.
This is a good thing for him!

After all, from then on, Yan Jiekuang and the Third Uncle had no further connection, and he could only obediently follow him.

However, for Yan Jiekuang, this was a great humiliation.
You know, Yan Jiekuang has always been surnamed Yan since he was a child, but now he wants to change his surname. If this gets out, how can he face people?

"Father, what are you doing?"

"Don't call me 'father' anymore. From now on, you are Yi Zhonghai's son, so it's only natural that you take his surname, Yi. Yan Jiekuang, change your name now!"

The third uncle gave Yan Jiekuang a severe dressing-down.

Yan Jiekuang wanted to argue, but he was also very clear that he had no reason to argue now.
After all, anyone who saw this knew that he had made a serious mistake.

Seeing that Yan Jiekang was hesitant, Yi Zhonghai smiled, patted Yan Jiekang on the shoulder, pulled him aside, and said with a smile, "Yan Jiekang, I know you're worried about being laughed at."

Let me tell you, there's only one kind of person who will be laughed at in this world: the person who has no ability!

As long as you follow me, you'll become a leader in the workshop or even the factory. At that time, people will be too busy trying to curry favor with you to laugh at you.
Besides, I, Yi Zhonghai, have no sons. As long as you take my surname, from now on you will be my biological son, and you will inherit all my family's wealth!

It must be said that Yi Zhonghai is indeed a cunning and shrewd old fox.
These words struck a chord with Yan Jiekuang.
Especially considering that Yi Zhonghai's current lifestyle isn't exactly wealthy, he still owns two houses and has a lot of valuables in his home.

Yan Jiekuang gritted his teeth, nodded, and then turned back to face the group of people.

"Alright, from now on, my name will be Yi Jiekuang!"

(End of this chapter)