Love in the Courtyard: Starting with Engineers

Qin Huairu rushed into the house upon seeing her son being beaten, shouting, "Li Yu, what are you doing! How dare you hit my son, Banggeng!"

Jia Zhangshi shouted from outside, "You little beast, how dare you hit my Banggeng! You just wait, I'll make you pay! I curse you to have children without an anus!"

"It's just a few pieces of meat I took from your house! I'll make it up to you!" Qin Huairu said, her eyes red.

Li Yu pointed to the blueprint in his hand and said, "Do you know what this is? The fact that Bang Geng stole this is enough to get him killed."

"What!" Qin Huairu burst into tears, shocked by Li Yu's words.

Seeing Qin Huairu crying in fear, Sha Zhu, who was outside, yelled at Li Yu, "It's just a few pieces of paper! Is it really worth taking someone's life?"

Li Yu glanced at Sha Zhu; he didn't want to bother with this idiot now.

Then Zhao Tiezhu led several policemen and gangsters to the toilet he had mentioned.

A group of police officers, holding their noses, spent over an hour using pitchforks to retrieve the blueprints one by one.

The police collected the blueprints on the ground in buckets and took them back for unified restoration.

They searched for another half hour, and when they still found nothing, the police finally gave up.

Li Yu looked at Bai Ling and asked, "Is this really necessary? I can draw it later. Let's not bother the police."

Bai Ling rolled her eyes at Li Yu: "If the news leaks out, enemy agents will empty this latrine in no time, believe it or not."

"Even if your blueprints are completely destroyed, they can restore them for you."

Li Yu had never imagined that enemy agents could be so insane, and that they actually possessed such technology.

When the police returned to the courtyard, they took Banggeng away. Jia Zhangshi still wanted to cause trouble, but when Zhao Tiezhu pointed a gun at her head, Jia Zhangshi didn't dare to move except for urinating on the ground.

When Qin Huairu saw that Bang Geng had been taken away, she decided to go to Sha Zhu for help.

With tears streaming down her face, He Jiaqin Huairu grabbed Sha Zhu and said, "Zhu Zi, you're the only one who can help me now. Can you please help me? I really have no other choice."

Sha Zhu hugged Qin Huairu tightly, stroking her back with one hand, and said, "It's alright, Sister Qin, leave it to me. I will definitely rescue Bang Geng."

"The most important thing for me right now is to send some clothes and bedding to Bang Geng, because they won't give Bang Geng these things."

It took a lot of persuasion from the two people who arrived at the police station to finally see Bang Geng.

As soon as Banggeng saw Qin Huairu, he cried out, "Mom, did you come to pick me up?"

"Don't cry, Banggeng, it's okay. Mom will come to pick you up in a few days, okay?"

Upon hearing that they weren't there to take him out, Banggeng kept shouting, "Mom, I'm scared! I want to go home!"

He Yuzhu also advised, "I'll go find Li Yu today, and you can be released tomorrow."

"I don't care, I want to get out today! Qin Huairu! I want to get out today!" Bang Geng shouted loudly while crying and hitting.

"How dare you call your mother by her name, Bang Geng!" Sha Zhu scolded.

"You damned eunuch, what's it to you! You'd better stay away from my mother! Or I'll kill you!" Bang Geng said viciously.

"Time's up!" the police officer on guard said.

Then, taking the things Qin Huairu brought, he pulled Banggeng away.

After watching Bang Geng being taken away, Qin Huairu cried as she walked out with Sha Zhu.

Qin Huairu and Sha Zhu went straight to Li Yu's house after returning to the courtyard.

Li Yu was taking off his clothes to get into bed when the door was banged on forcefully.

Li Yu opened the door and saw Sha Zhu. He kicked Sha Zhu away.

"Are you out of your mind, Sha Zhu? Why are you banging on my door in the middle of the night?!"

Qin Huairu quickly ran over to help Sha Zhu up, then came to Li Yu and knelt down in front of him with a "thud".

Qin Huairu grabbed Li Yu's trouser leg and said, "Li Yu, I beg you, please let my Banggeng go! He's only thirteen!"

"I'll do anything you want as long as you let go of the sticky stuff!"

Li Yu took a step back, broke free from Qin Huairu's hand, and said coldly, "Don't come looking for me. If you have any problems, go to the police yourself."

"Since your family can't teach them, now the state will teach them for you!"

Sha Zhu shouted at Li Yu, "Li Yu, if you're a man, don't argue with a child!"

After glancing at Sha Zhu's lower body, Li Yu said, "Whether I'm a man or not, I know, but whether you're a man or not, I don't know."

"You...you..." Sha Zhu stammered for a long time, unable to utter a single word.

Shazhu sighed and said again, "Just tell me what conditions you'll have to release the stick?"

"I won't give up under any conditions," Li Yu said.

"Fine, fine, fine! Li Yu! From now on, don't come begging me for special treatment!" Sha Zhu said angrily.

Li Yu couldn't help but chuckle.

He then said, "Silly Zhu, you really are an idiot."

After saying that, he pushed Sha Zhu out and slammed the door shut.

Looking at the closed door, Qin Huairu said to Sha Zhu, "Zhu Zi, what should we do?"

Sha Zhu forced himself to say, "It's okay, Sister Qin, I'll find a way to help you. I will definitely rescue Bang Geng."

Actually, Sha Zhu dared to agree before because he planned to use the special treatment to threaten Li Yu, but he didn't expect Li Yu to not buy it at all.

Sha Zhu only agreed now because he couldn't save face.

When Qin Huairu returned home, she found Jia Zhangshi fast asleep, and she wished she could strangle her right then and there.

She knew that Banggeng must have been instigated by Jia Zhangshi to steal things, because Jia Zhangshi had been accustomed to petty theft in the courtyard when she was young.

Qin Huairu is now at her wit's end regarding how to rescue Bang Geng. She wants to make a deal with Li Yu by offering herself to him, but Li Yu doesn't even consider her.

At this moment, Qin Huairu thought of Liu Haizhong, just as Liu Haizhong returned from the restroom outside.

Qin Huairu went outside and stopped Liu Haizhong: "Second Uncle, can you please save my Banggeng?"

"How can I save him?" Liu Haizhong asked, looking puzzled.

"Please, please beg Li Yu for me, Second Uncle," Qin Huairu said, holding Liu Haizhong's hand.

Liu Haizhong felt the softness from Qin Huairu's arm and heard her sweet, coquettish voice, and he was instantly captivated.

He readily agreed, "Okay! I'll go tell them to you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Haizhong regretted it, but since he had already said it, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and knock on Li Yu's door.

Li Yu, who had just lain down, heard another knock on the door and impatiently opened it.

Seeing that it was Liu Haizhong, Li Yu yawned and asked, "What's the matter so late at night that can't be discussed during the day?"

Seeing that Li Yu didn't intend to let him in, Liu Haizhong said, "Li Yu, do you think you should just let go of the grudge against Bang Geng? After all, we're neighbors, and Bang Geng is just a child."

Li Yu glanced at Qin Huairu standing at the Jia family's gate and said, "Qin Huairu sent you, didn't she? Go back to sleep, this is none of your business."

Hearing Li Yu say this, Liu Haizhong became a little unhappy: "What do you mean it's none of my business? I'm the head of this compound, after all; the affairs of the compound are my responsibility!"

"Liu Haizhong, are you getting too big for your britches? Get out of here now! What kind of person is this 'manager'? Get out!" With that, Li Yu slammed the door shut.