Courtyard House: The Chef's Intelligence System

Yan Bugui's eyes instantly turned red upon hearing Liu Haizhong's words, and he gritted his teeth in anger:

"So you finally admit you wrote the whistleblower letter!"

Yi Zhonghai still wanted to struggle a bit more:

"Old Yan, don't misunderstand. Old Liu is drunk and his speech is slurred. How can you take what he says at this time seriously?"

Liu Haizhong also realized it instantly:

"Yes, yes, Lao Yan, I was drunk. How could Lao Yi and I report you?"

Yi Zhonghai was speechless again. How could there be such a stupid person? I told you you were drunk, shouldn't you just lie down?

Who would say they're drunk when they're actually drunk? What's the difference between that and protesting too much? Tell me.

Yan Bugui stared intently at Yi Zhonghai:

"Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, stop trying to deny it. If I dare to say it, it means I have evidence. A man should take responsibility. If you dare to do it, you should admit it. Don't make me look down on you two."

"Anyway, I didn't lose anything, and I was still promoted to vice principal."

Yan Bugui launched another smokescreen.

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong remained silent after hearing this.

Yan Bugui is right. The two of them did report him, but he didn't lose anything and still became the vice principal.

The two men would at most lose some money; Yan Bugui's invitation to drinks was likely for that very reason.

It means demanding compensation.

This relieved Yi Zhonghai; anything that can be solved with money isn't a problem.

Yi Zhonghai nodded to Liu Haizhong.

With Yi Zhonghai's permission, Liu Haizhong spoke somewhat shyly:

"Old Yan, it was indeed Old Yi and I who handled this. Just tell us, what kind of compensation do you want? As long as it's acceptable to us, we'll agree to it!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Bugui clutched his chest and staggered back several steps, his trembling finger pointing at the two men:

"You...you two bastards really did it!"

Then Yan Bugui's laughter became unusually mournful:

"Hahahaha..."

Yi Zhonghai and his companion felt a chill run down their spines; this was not the Yan Bugui they usually knew.

Yi Zhonghai quickly stepped forward to mediate:

"Old Yan, calm down. We were wrong this time, and we'll accept whatever punishment we get."

"Fine your ass! If I, the vice principal, am gone, can you afford to compensate me?" Yan Bugui suddenly retorted.

"What? The vice principal is gone? Then what you just did...?"

Both Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong felt a chill run through their bodies, and they instantly sobered up.

Liu Haizhong shouted loudly at Yan Bugui:

"Yan Bugui, you fucking tricked us."

Yi Zhonghai also looked at Yan Bugui with a scrutinizing gaze, secretly regretting his carelessness in not flashing.

Unexpectedly, Yan Bugui had set a trap for the two of them, and it was exceptionally precise.

These overt and covert schemes are truly frightening.

Yi Zhonghai encouraged himself and calmed down. Faced with the current situation, he had to take action and could not be led by the nose by Yan Bugui.

Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed through his mind, and he immediately came up with a plan. He uttered a vague statement:

"Old Yan, if you don't want people to know, then don't do it in the first place. What have you done that you think I don't know?"

"An eye for an eye. You did some things first, so don't blame us for retaliating in kind."

Liu Haizhong sensed that Yi Zhonghai's words had a hidden meaning; he seemed to have grasped something, but it also felt very distant.

However, the two were in the same boat, and Liu Hai chose to believe Yi Zhonghai, so he didn't say anything and instead looked at Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui's heart skipped a beat after hearing Yi Zhonghai's words. Could it be that his own troubles had come to an end?

Otherwise, why would Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong have gone to such lengths to deal with themselves?

Regardless of the circumstances, if Yi Zhonghai said that, it means he has definitely discovered something.

Since things had escalated to this point, Yan Bugui stopped hiding his intentions and simply shrugged:

"Yes, you're right. I was the one who reported you two a while ago, so what?"

Yi Zhonghai's pupils suddenly dilated, his face filled with disbelief. "I just wanted to test your abilities."

You just told me how deep it was, this...

But what followed was immense anger, an anger so intense that he wanted to kill.

Liu Haizhong stood there dumbfounded, his mind a complete mess.

But one thing is certain: it was Yan Bugui who reported that he and Yi Zhonghai failed to be promoted to deputy section chief.

Liu Haizhong wasn't angry; instead, he was disheartened. He slumped into a chair, tears welling in his eyes, and muttered:

"Why bother? Why bother at all..."

After hearing Liu Haizhong's murmur, Yan Bugui and Yi Zhonghai, for the first time ever, calmed down, feeling utterly powerless.

The three fought, but none of them benefited. They need to reflect on why.

Just like Liu Haizhong just said, why bother!

Once Yan Bugui calmed down, he felt a chill run through his body, because his matter was far more serious than those of Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong.

You have to understand that he reported more than a dozen people. If these two people expose him, the consequences would be unbearable for Yan Bugui's entire family.

They will inevitably suffer fierce retaliation from those who reported them.

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong are doing alright; their reporting of Yan Bugui this time can be considered revenge.

But those he reported haven't gotten their revenge yet, and are even actively searching for the people who reported them.

Just thinking about it made Yan Bugui's scalp tingle. He wanted to slap himself twice. How could he have so easily admitted it? He was such a fucking idiot!

Ignoring Yan Bugui's advice, he felt he still had a chance. Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong were still confused, and he thought he still had a chance to salvage the situation.

So he took cigarettes from the table, took out three, lit them, and then handed one to each of them:

"Old Yi, Old Liu, I've analyzed it, and it's more reasonable to say that the three of us have been defeated by ourselves rather than by others."

"In the end, the three of us have no grudges against each other, and we are quite united. When Brother Yi and his brothers cause trouble, we stand together against them."

"When Old Liu's father, Brother He, came to cause trouble, we joined forces to fight him off. This kind of friendship is truly rare!"

"When did our relationship become so strained?"

"If I'm not mistaken, this only happened after you two became leaders through the system of 'working in lieu of leadership'."

As Yi Zhonghai and Yan Bugui listened to his story while smoking, they gradually became lost in their memories.

Indeed, they were very united back then and wouldn't tolerate outsiders bullying their neighbors in the courtyard. But what happened to them now?

It's like you're angry at an enemy.

"Old Yan, what makes you say that?" Yi Zhonghai asked.

Yan Bugui knew he was asking about the last thing he said.

Yan Bugui did not hesitate and described the scene to the two of them:

"I remember when you two first became leaders, you were humble and eager to learn."

"But gradually you two started to look down on me, especially me. When you looked at me, your nostrils were practically pointing to the sky."

Do you think I would have been comfortable then?

"So I tried my best to improve, and finally... I became the head of the teaching department at the elementary school."

"I thought I could be on equal footing with you as before, but you two have become even more arrogant."

"She was thinking of getting promoted to deputy section chief a while ago, would you agree to that?"

"You two will be shitting on my head then!"

"So I did something inhuman."

"The end result was a backlash; you two also disliked me and messed with me too."

In short, it was a case of dogs fighting and ending up with nothing but a mouthful of fur!

Yi Zhonghai was speechless after hearing this.

Although Liu Haizhong felt that Yan Bugui's summary was correct, he was unwilling to admit it:

"You're the dog! You and Lao Yi's whole family are dogs, damn it!"

Yi Zhonghai's lips twitched slightly. You can scold him, but why do you have to scold me too? What did I do to you?