The Courtyard House: He Yuzhu, Who Defied Fate

Hearing what Deputy Factory Director Li said, He Yuzhu nodded:

"Alright, then I'll leave this to you!"

Deputy Factory Director Li nodded;

"Okay, don't worry, I'll definitely do a good job!"

He Yuzhu smiled slightly, then bid farewell to Deputy Factory Director Li and left.

After leaving, He Yuzhu did not go back, but went to the canteen and looked for He Daqing.

He Daqing was overjoyed to see He Yuzhu arrive:

"Zhu Zi, what brings you here?"

He Yuzhu said:

"I went to our old house. Yi Zhonghai won't be looking for you anymore. You and Aunt Song can just live your lives peacefully."

If they come looking for you again, have Aunt Song tell me that she'll handle it if she can, and if she can't, she'll let me handle it!

He Daqing said in a muffled voice:

"No problem, that Yi Zhonghai has ulterior motives, I'm not going!"

He Yuzhu nodded:

"That's right. By the way, just tell me if you need anything at home. Don't mess around. Your current salary is enough for the family."

If anything is missing, just tell me. You know my situation; Aunt Song has already told you.

I have everything I need. Oh, and if Deputy Factory Director Li ever needs to contact you or me, just have Aunt Song go to my house and let me know.

He Daqing nodded, then asked:

"Is the rain alright?"

He Yuzhu nodded:

"That's great. I'm a freshman now, and I'll graduate in four more years. I'll be assigned a job around 1962!"

He Daqing said happily:

"That's wonderful! Two members of the He family have gone on to become college students! That's fantastic!"

He Yuzhu said to He Yuzhu:

"Yes, just focus on your work. When you retire, give your workstation to Aunt Song."

I've found someone to arrange an office job for Aunt Song. Qingqing is still young, and she can't be left without someone to take care of her.

"When Qingqing is a little older, I still have two vacant permanent employee positions at the steel rolling mill. I can give one to Aunt Song then!"

You should know that Song Ziyu was sold into slavery and hasn't contacted her family for many years.

Yang Xiaodi's family consists only of her parents; she has no other relatives except Chen Xueru.

So the two spots that He Yuzhu has haven't been given to anyone yet.

After all, He Yuzhu wasn't short of the money from selling job slots, so the slots given by Factory Director Wang remained available.

Of course, if it weren't for today's incident, He Yuzhu would probably have forgotten about it altogether.

He Daqing said:

"Do you still have a spot at the steel rolling mill?"

He Yuzhu nodded;

"Yes, it was given to me by the previous factory manager, Mr. Wang!"

He Daqing knew that the former factory director Wang had been promoted, so this spot must be valid. After all, no one could afford to offend the former factory director Wang, right?

He Daqing nodded happily:

"That's good, that's good!"

He Yuzhu nodded:

"Okay, just focus on your work. By the way, is there anything else?"

He Daqing shook his head:

“There’s nothing wrong. We have food provided by you, so we lack nothing. Besides, your Aunt Song and Qingqing eat at your place every day.”

"It's nothing, nothing's wrong!"

He Yuzhu said:

"If there's nothing else, then I'll be going now!"

He Daqing said:

"Okay, if there's anything you need, I'll have your Aunt Song come to you!"

He Yuzhu waved his hand and then drove away.

Yi Zhonghai had no idea that he would soon be exiled.

However, Yi Zhonghai was sulking at home at this time. The deaf old lady said to Yi Zhonghai:

"Zhonghai, why did you provoke the He family again? They already know about the scheme you plotted against them last time."

If you try to scheme against them now, aren't you just asking for trouble?

You're not Jia Zhangshi, and you can't even beat He Daqing now, let alone the even more powerful He Yuzhu.

How can you not know the depth?

Yi Zhonghai said:

“I know that too. After all, I’ve been thinking about this too, especially now that He Daqing is so capable.”

If we manage to get it back, will everyone's food and drink be better?

Oh well, I guess I'll just have to accept it now.

The deaf old lady said:

"Just focus on dealing with Jia Dongxu now. I've seen him, and he's a grateful and filial person."

"But his mother is a real handful!"

Yi Zhonghai walked to the door, looked around, found no one, then closed the door and said;

"Grandma, if that Jia Zhangshi doesn't know what's good for her, then I'll..."

After saying that, he made a throat-slitting gesture.

The deaf old woman nodded, and then said:

"Okay, but things are different now than before. You should think about your escape route before you do this."

We need to find a way to make it an accident!

Yi Zhonghai nodded:

"Yes, but there's no rush now. I can still support myself, and with Jia Zhangshi taking care of the Jia family, things are a bit better."

After all, the more people eating, the more I can contribute!

The deaf old lady nodded:

"You can decide for yourself. Also, don't get involved in the He family's affairs anymore."

We've completely given up on the He family. He Yuzhu isn't the same He Yuzhu as before. He's gone to university and has seen more of the world. We can't control him anymore.

You saw what happened today; if it weren't for Director Wang trying to suppress this matter...

"I reckon you'll be lucky to escape with your life, if not dead. This is a huge accusation; you can't possibly refute it, can you?"

Yi Zhonghai nodded, still shaken.

"Yes, I never imagined He Yuzhu would end up like this. We shouldn't mess with him anymore!"

If He Yuzhu were here, he would definitely say:

"Humph, it's too late!"

However, He Yuzhu wasn't there and didn't know that Yi Zhonghai had backed down. At that moment, He Yuzhu drove home.

Chen Xueru asked curiously:

How did things go today?

He Yuzhu recounted the events of the day in vivid detail, and Chen Xueru smiled and said:

"Haha, so you didn't scare them to death?"

He Yuzhu said:

"I thought he was really something, but it turns out he's just a silver spear with no fighting power whatsoever."

If Director Wang hadn't wanted to keep things from escalating, those two cunning old foxes would definitely have had a tough time today.

But we're not going back; we'll just live our own lives here! Don't worry about it!

Chen Xueru nodded: