Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 571 Big Baby

"Hey, Master He, someone's looking for you outside!"

"Who?"

When Sha Zhu heard that someone was coming to find him, he raised an eyebrow and then walked out to the dining hall with some curiosity.

"Hey! What brings you here now?"

"What? You're not welcome?"

Li Guoqiang looked at Sha Zhu in his chef's uniform and chuckled as he teased him.

"Hey, how could that be! It's my great honor that a high-ranking leader like you is coming to see me. How could I not welcome you?"

Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu chuckled inwardly and then playfully teased him.

"Hehe! Alright, Uncle He, I'm not joking with you anymore. I came here because I have something to ask you!"

Li Guoqiang chuckled, then waved his hand and got down to business.

"What's the matter?"

Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu immediately became anxious, fearing that Li Guoqiang would ask him about Teacher Ran.

Seeing the subtle tension on Sha Zhu's face, Li Guoqiang couldn't help but chuckle, then asked softly:
"I heard that Xu Damao and Director Li from your factory have gotten back together. Is that true?"

"Whoa!"

Sha Zhu felt a sense of relief, then said somewhat irritably, "Is that all?"
You've come to the right person to ask me about this.

Recently, Xu Damao somehow managed to please Director Li, and he was promoted again, becoming a group leader.

I haven't seen him for several days now.

I heard he's causing trouble outside with some people!

"That's it!"

After listening, Li Guoqiang frowned slightly, then nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."

After saying that, he changed the subject and a wicked smile appeared on his face.

"By the way, I also have some news about Aunt Lou. Would you like to hear it?"

Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu was startled, and then asked with some suspicion:
"What news? We're thousands of kilometers away from Hong Kong! How do you know anything about her? You're not kidding me, are you?"

"Take it or leave it!"

Li Guoqiang raised an eyebrow, then, showing no mercy to Sha Zhu, immediately turned and made a move to leave.

"No, no!"

When Sha Zhu saw this, he immediately became anxious and quickly grabbed Li Guoqiang.

Then, he gave a fawning smile and chuckled as he said, "Go on, go on, I promise I won't interrupt you!"

"Ok!"

Li Guoqiang nodded with satisfaction, then said softly, "Actually, it's nothing much. It's just that Aunt Lou, along with your son, got married in Hong Kong!"

She got married?!

At that moment, Sha Zhu felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and he instantly became dazed.

Although he has been getting quite close to Teacher Ran lately, he still harbors a sliver of hope for Lou Xiao'e and his son, hoping that one day they can return to his side.

As a result, instead of waiting for Lou Xiao'e to return with her son, he received news that Lou Xiao'e had married someone else.

Isn't this... utterly disastrous?
Soon, Sha Zhu came to his senses, grabbed Li Guoqiang's arm, and questioned him with a serious expression:

"Kid, you'd better take responsibility for your words. Is this really true?"

Seeing the fierce glint in Sha Zhu's eyes, Li Guoqiang said nothing, but silently took out a photo from his pocket and handed it over.

When Sha Zhu saw the photo, he was suddenly jolted, and then, with trembling hands, he reached out and took the photo.

In the photo, Lou Xiao'e is wearing a bright red cheongsam and stands happily next to a square-faced man.

The background of the photo features a banner that reads "Wedding Ceremony" and some colorful balloons.

More importantly, Lou Xiao'e was holding a little boy in her arms who looked seven or eight parts similar to Sha Zhu.

At this moment, Li Guoqiang looked at Sha Zhu's eyes, which were slowly turning red, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Originally, he planned to have someone find Lou Xiao'e and tell her that Sha Zhu had been waiting for her all along.

To his surprise, what was delivered to him in the end was a photo of Lou Xiao'e getting married.

In order not to let Sha Zhu wait in vain any longer, he thought about it for a while and finally decided to hand the photo to Sha Zhu so that Sha Zhu could decide for himself what path to take in the future.

"He's my son, isn't he?"

Soon after, Sha Zhu gently stroked the little boy in the photo with his fingers and asked with some heartache.

"That's right, he is your son, his name is He Xiao!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, then answered earnestly.

"He Xiao. He Xiao"

Upon hearing the answer, Sha Zhu unconsciously muttered several sentences to himself, and tears that had been welling up in his eyes suddenly slid down his cheeks.

From this name, he could sense Lou Xiao'e's feelings for him, and he could also vaguely sense the blood ties between him and the little boy.

"Uncle He, in my opinion, you should try to think more positively!"

Li Guoqiang reached out and patted Sha Zhu on the shoulder, then spoke gently to comfort him.

After saying that, he saw that Sha Zhu didn't say anything, so he didn't say anything more and silently turned around and left.

Sha Zhu, however, seemed completely oblivious, staring intently at the photograph in his hand with blurry eyes, muttering to himself:
"Xiao'e, Xiao'e, are you trying to make my son become someone else's son?!"

Meanwhile, on the other side, Li Guoqiang also found Xu Damao's location after making some inquiries.

Then, he stopped Xu Damao on the street.

"Hey, who are you? How dare you block our Team Leader Xu's way? You're asking for trouble, aren't you?"

"That's right, they have no sense at all, get out of our way right now!"

"Xu Damao, is this how you treat your master?"

Li Guoqiang glanced at the two barking dogs, then turned to Xu Damao, who looked completely bewildered, and asked softly.

"No, no!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Damao shuddered instantly, then hurriedly abandoned his bicycle and ran to Li Guoqiang, explaining with a frightened expression:

"They don't recognize you, do they? You're back, why didn't you tell me? I would have given you a welcome-back dinner!"

After saying that, he saw that Li Guoqiang was silent, and his heart sank. Without saying a word, he turned back, raised his hand, and slapped the two rude subordinates in the face twice.

"Who told you to talk nonsense? Do I need you to stand up for me? Go and apologize to my master right now!"

At this moment, the two subordinates who were eager to curry favor with Xu Damao were slapped twice and were momentarily stunned.

Immediately afterward, when they saw Xu Damao raise his arm again, they snapped out of their daze and rushed to Li Guoqiang, bowing and scraping.

"Um, I'm sorry, we didn't recognize you. Please don't mind." "It's alright, ignorance is no excuse!"

Li Guoqiang smiled slightly, then reached out and patted their shoulders, leaving a subtle force within their bodies.

They were completely unaware of this, and even thought Li Guoqiang was quite easy to talk to.

Little did they know that in the coming days, they would experience excruciating pain in their shoulders, which would last for more than ten days before gradually subsiding.

"Master, did you need something from me?"

Seeing that the matter was resolved, Xu Damao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then shamelessly walked up to Li Guoqiang and asked.

"Okay, let's go over there and talk!"

Soon, Li Guoqiang led Xu Damao to a corner by the street and casually asked:
"I heard you've recently hooked up with Director Li from your factory again?"

"Forehead"

Xu Damao was slightly taken aback, then hurriedly waved his hand and explained, "Hey, you've misunderstood me. It's not that I've hooked up with him; it's that he took the initiative to find me and wanted me to do some dirty work for him."

He paused briefly at this point, carefully observing Li Guoqiang's expression.

Only after realizing that Li Guoqiang showed no signs of anger did he continue to complain: "Besides, as you know, I sweep the streets every day at the factory, and everyone looks down on me."

Especially that silly Zhu from our college, he always makes fun of me whenever he sees me.

Tell me, how could I tolerate this?

Therefore, I only did things for Director Li out of necessity.

"It's that simple?"

Li Guoqiang raised an eyebrow, then asked with a hint of amusement, "Didn't you ever think about climbing back up and finding a chance to deal with me?"

"Ouch!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Damao's heart skipped a beat, and he said fearfully, "How could I dare? Even if you gave me ten more lives, I wouldn't dare to go against you!"

Putting aside Li Guoqiang's incredible skills, the fact that Song Guochang and Chen Wen'an were standing behind him was something he couldn't afford to mess with.

All he wanted was to avoid being looked down upon or bullied.

"is it?"

Li Guoqiang smiled slightly, then deliberately provoked, "If I told you that I was the one who caused your downfall, wouldn't you hold a grudge against me at all?"

"Don't hold a grudge, don't hold a grudge!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Damao shook his head and answered without hesitation.

In fact, after he learned that Li Guoqiang had such amazing abilities, he had already guessed that Li Guoqiang was the one who had brought him down.

However, no matter how angry he was, he dared not have any thoughts of revenge when faced with Li Guoqiang's ability to send him to see his great-grandmother at any time!
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so eager to push Qin Jingru to Li Guoqiang in order to ease the tension between them.

"Alright! You haven't disappointed me."

Seeing that Xu Damao didn't seem to be lying, Li Guoqiang smiled with satisfaction.

"Hehe! I'm glad you're satisfied!"

Xu Damao felt relieved, then smiled ingratiatingly and flattered him.

"Well then, considering your performance has been decent, I have a good offer I can make for you!"

Li Guoqiang hesitated for a moment, then decided to give Xu Damao a little something to taste.

"What good thing?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Damao immediately showed a look of anticipation.

Could it be that Li Guoqiang is finally going to teach him that ability to fly and disappear into the air?
"You come with me!"

Seeing Xu Damao's reaction, Li Guoqiang felt a little amused. He then said a few words, turned around, got on his bicycle, and headed towards the courtyard house.

Seeing this, Xu Damao didn't dare to offer any opinions. He could only wave to his men who were waiting not far away, signaling them to go back to the steel mill first, and then rode his bicycle to catch up.

Soon after, Li Guoqiang took Xu Damao back to the courtyard house and went directly to Xu Damao's home.

Xu Damao followed Li Guoqiang and saw this situation. Several times he wanted to ask questions, but he was worried that he would anger Li Guoqiang.

Just as he was about to pour Li Guoqiang a glass of water, he saw Li Guoqiang suddenly point to the inner room.

"Alright, go in and take a look now!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Damao was slightly taken aback, and then hurriedly stepped into the inner room.

Soon, he discovered a transparent glass jar in the corner, containing some ginseng and other medicinal herbs.

"This is this?"

Upon hearing Xu Damao's question, Li Guoqiang smiled slightly and then softly explained:

"This is a medicinal wine that I made by soaking various rare medicinal herbs and the bones of large insects using a secret method. It has the effect of strengthening the body and replenishing vital energy."

Moreover, and most importantly, just a small cup of this medicinal wine is enough to completely subdue a man's wife.

"Oh? These medicinal wines are truly a treasure!"

Xu Damao's eyes lit up, and then he stared at the glass jar with a burning gaze.

"but."

Seeing Xu Damao's reaction, Li Guoqiang's expression turned serious, and he said in a deep voice, "You must never drink these medicinal wines."

"Why?"

Xu Damao frowned, then asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Because once you drink it, you'll have to keep drinking it."

Li Guoqiang looked at Xu Damao with a meaningful smile on his face.

"Forehead"

Upon hearing this, Xu Damao immediately understood Li Guoqiang's meaning, and then looked at the glass jar with a conflicted expression.

How can something so good have such a frustrating flaw?

wrong!

Something seems off here!
Xu Damao quickly realized Li Guoqiang's intention in giving him the jar of medicinal wine, and then widened his eyes slightly as he looked at Li Guoqiang.
"Um, you gave me this medicinal wine, you don't mean you want me to give it to Director Li, do you?"

"Yup!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, then chuckled and explained, "Didn't you say before that you didn't want to be looked down upon? As your mentor, of course I have to help you!"
"If you can get him to like this medicinal wine, then you won't have to worry about not being able to advance your career anymore!"

"This"

After listening to Li Guoqiang's explanation, Xu Damao's eyes shone brighter and brighter, and he almost jumped up in excitement.

Because he knew that if these medicinal wines really were as effective as Li Guoqiang claimed, then...

So, for a grown man, is there a better gift in the world than this medicinal wine?

(End of this chapter)