The door of the courtyard house has been welded dead

Chapter 1552 Seeking death and survival
"Labor Day is coming soon. Please compile a list of people in the community who can participate in the selection and give it to me later~!"

"Yes, Director Du~!"

In the community's large office, Du Fei held the ceramic cup, leaned against the filing cabinet, and took a sip. The work in the community is much more complicated than that in the streets. Things like these have dedicated people in charge in the streets.

"Director Du, just now, I saw Deputy Director Liu come back, wandered around here, and then went to the office~!"

The young man in the community office is also clever in his own way.

Director Du came from the street level, and Deputy Director Liu was from the Red Star Factory. They could be said to be the local bosses. Normally, Deputy Director Liu would definitely be involved in such matters as reporting model workers.

Du Fei took a deep look at this clever young man, his face still full of sunny smile, and slowly put down the ceramic cup in his hand.

"By the way, we've received a notice that Deputy Director Liu has been suspended. Xiaolong, since you saw it just now, go and take back the key to Deputy Director Liu's office first~!"

Du Fei's casual words were like dropping a bomb in the office, shocking several people in the office.

Even those who were busy just now subconsciously put down what they were doing, raised their heads, and looked at Director Du who was leaning against the filing cabinet.

"Ah~ Suspension?"

When Xiaolong was called, he smiled awkwardly and rubbed his hands as if his finger had touched the power switch. If he went to Lao Liu to collect the key at this time, wouldn't that be asking for trouble?

"Director Du, what happened? Why was Deputy Director Liu suspended for no reason?"

Everyone in the big office had their eyes rolling around. Those who were a little anxious had already rushed over with thermoses and took the initiative to refill Director Du's teacup with water.

To be honest, these recruited community personnel are no different from ordinary factory workers. They are the slaves at the grassroots level. Once the position of deputy director becomes vacant, it is self-evident what it represents.

Although, no one has been able to do it yet, like Deputy Director Liu, who is so well-known in the community, but how can you know if you don’t try~!

"I don't know, maybe it has something to do with his disappearance these days?"

Director Du shrugged his shoulders with a smile. It seemed that he was not sure whether he was really confused or pretending to be confused. However, the minds of the people in the office immediately became active.

"Xiaolong, if you don't want to go, I'll go. According to the regulations, since you're suspended, the key must be taken back. The files can't be accessed by just anyone~!"

Some people were afraid of the power that Lao Liu had established before, while others naturally sounded the charge for this hard-won opportunity. The deputy director of the community, although insignificant, was also a leader. This was an opportunity to move from a clerk to a grassroots management position.

We are all working, there is no such thing as kicking someone when they are down. We are all doing things according to rules and regulations. How can we show our loyalty to Director Du if we don't step on someone's misfortune? The quickest hand will gain, the slowest will lose.

"By the way, let me hand over the work at hand for the time being~!"

Du Fei didn't care, it would be the same whoever went. When he turned around and left, he waved his hand casually, as if throwing out a little sweet treat. Whoever handed over would have a greater chance of taking over in the future.

On the flower bed opposite the office, Lao Liu sat there blankly, looking at the door of the office that originally belonged to him. His eyes were a little empty. Perhaps he couldn't accept the result that he was suspended from his job.

His entire spirit and energy collapsed in an instant. The pair of small eyes behind the lenses looked no different from the eyeballs of dead fish sold at roadside stalls. When he stopped, Lao Liu realized that without this community platform, he was nothing.

Can he go back to the steel rolling mill? Will the factory still want him? Even Lao Liu himself cannot accept the fact that he went from being a small leading cadre to being a worker again!

"Comrade Liu Haizhong, I have to take back your office key. Do you think it's okay?"

The person who came out of the office to ask for the key was also very direct. No matter what changes had taken place in Deputy Director Liu's mind, as long as he took the key back, it would be considered as handing it over.

Liu Hai, who was originally in a state of distraction, was disturbed by this. His fat body trembled, and his eyes gradually became clear. He tilted his head and looked at the person who asked for the key, with a hint of anger in his eyes.

In the past, even when he was the deputy director, he never looked at these young people under him seriously. They had no work experience and no qualifications. But today they are quite bold.

"What's the matter, kid? I just suspended my job, and Deputy Director Liu doesn't even want to call me that, right~!"

Clapping his hands on his thighs, Old Liu stood up with his bulging belly. With his small eyes, he glared at the ungrateful young man in front of him. Even a skinny camel is still bigger than a horse. And he still has a son who is a section chief~!

"No, no, you misunderstood. I am only here to do what Director Du told me to do. When you are reinstated, I will personally hand you the key~!"

Although Lao Liu was suspended for unknown reasons, his subordinates still gave him face and smiled ingratiatingly. Nine points were directed at Liu Guangqi, and only one point was for past relationships. "Brother Guangqi is in the factory. Why don't you go and discuss it with him? I can't do anything about it. You are an old comrade and your awareness is higher than mine~!"

Liu Haizhong, who used to slam the table and curse at people when he was angry, was completely deflated now. He looked at the people under his command who used to be familiar to him, with a fake smile on their faces, and without saying a word, he untied the key chain and took out the office key from the key ring, spinning it around.

"Take it. When I return to my post, I'll show you how I'll deal with you~!"

Trembling, he threw the key over and fled in a panic. Through the office window, he saw that the people who used to work for him were looking at him through the glass, as if they were looking at animals in a zoo.

The feeling of shame was overwhelming. In the past, he held his head high and looked at those people, but now, those people looked at him like this. How could the former Deputy Director Liu accept this drastic change?

"Qi, you're dreaming about reinstatement~!"

……

As he hurriedly fled the community, the leather bag on the handlebars of his bicycle seemed to open its mouth and laugh at him.

Old Liu had a sullen face and didn't say a word. He rode his bike all the way to the outside of Dongzhimen. At the intersection, he turned towards the road leading to the Red Star Factory. With one leg supporting his bangs, a trace of hesitation flashed across his face, and the front of the bike kept hesitating between turning and not turning.

He went to find his eldest son Liu Guangqi to sound out Li Feng. Was it Li Feng who was making trouble for him, or was it a notice and punishment issued by the street office? Old Liu couldn't figure it out for a moment. If it was Li Feng, would he vent his anger on his son if he went to find Guangqi now?

Old Liu was about to explode with anxiety at this moment. The power in his hands had just been taken away from him for more than an hour. The withdrawal reaction was even more painful than quitting smoking.

Before he had tasted the feeling of being a leader, Lao Liu might not have cared. But once he had tasted it and then suddenly lost it, the sense of gap in social status change would be difficult for ordinary people to accept, let alone Liu Haizhong, who had always been addicted to being an official and wanted to be a cadre all his life.

He has already fallen from power, and if his son is the one to fall from power as a result, Old Liu dare not imagine what the days ahead will be like, how Old Yan will look at him, and how the people in the hospital will look at him.

With a gloomy expression, Lao Liu straightened the front of the car. In the end, he did not go to find Guangqi to help him. Perhaps it was not the right time to go to work.

Go home, go home~!

His spine seemed to be broken, and his bangs had completely lost their former high spirits. He suddenly felt a little regretful. If he had known this would happen, he would have done his job as the deputy director of the community and might have been able to become the director after Du Fei was transferred.

"What the hell am I in such a hurry for?"

Unable to resist, he slapped himself in the face and returned to the courtyard in a daze.

"Hey, Deputy Director Liu, why are you back during working hours? Did you forget to pick up something?"

The second aunt, who was sitting at the gate of the yard and chatting with the neighbors, saw Liu Haizhong coming back on a bicycle and asked curiously.

However, it was not known which sentence touched Liu Haizhong's nerves. After Lao Liu jumped out of the car, he started to yell at the second aunt angrily.

"It's none of your business. All you do is gossip about others all day long~!"

This scolding made the second aunt and other neighbors stunned. They didn’t know how many days Liu Haizhong had disappeared, but when he came back, his temper became very bad.

Old Liu returned home with a gloomy face, and without waiting for the aunt to ask him anything, he locked himself in the house. No matter how people knocked on the door, he just sulked in the house.

"Lao Liu, why are you back if you're not going to work~!"

"Old Liu, tell me, what happened? Don't scare me~!"

How could the aunt know what had happened? She saw Lao Liu go out normally in the morning, but when he came back, he looked completely different. He had been missing for several days, and the aunt hadn’t even found out what was going on with him yet~!

"Don't go crazy, Lao Liu, what happened? Where have you been these days~!"

"Clang~!"

"Someone come quickly, my old Liu is upset~!"

The old lady who broke open the door saw Lao Liu tying a rope to the beam of the house. She suddenly shouted, startling everyone in the courtyard.

(End of this chapter)