Courtyard House: Starting by inheriting the tradition and suppressing the barbarians.

Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, West District Toilet.

This is the most remote and dirtiest corner of the entire factory area.

Liu Haizhong, once a formidable level-seven blacksmith and a former head of the disciplinary inspection team.

He was wearing tattered overalls covered in dirt, and his body was hunched over.

Holding a broom with bald bristles, he swept up the filth on the ground.

"Cough cough cough..."

A pungent ammonia smell rushed into his nasal cavity, causing Liu Haizhong to cough violently.

That once plump face is now emaciated, its wrinkles filled with black mud.

"Liu Haizhong! What are you dawdling about?"

"That drain over there is blocked, go clear it right away!"

"If it can't be opened, don't eat lunch!"

A security officer, younger than him, stood at the door shouting while covering his nose.

His eyes looked like he was looking at a mangy dog.

"Okay! Okay! I'm going right now! I'm going right now!"

Liu Haizhong bowed and scraped, forcing a humble smile onto his face.

But the moment he lowered his head, a glint of resentment flashed in his eyes.

"Even a tiger fallen into the plains is bullied by dogs... You just wait!"

As Liu Haizhong emptied the toilet, he gritted his teeth inwardly, thinking, "If only I could seize this opportunity!"

"I'm sure I can make a comeback with my bangs!"

"When the time comes, I'll trample you all under my feet and make you clean toilets for the rest of your lives!"

Ever since Li Xuanyi stripped him of his clothes, Liu Haizhong has been thinking about revenge all the time.

His heart, corrupted by power, showed no remorse.

Instead, they became even more twisted and insane because of the humiliation!

......

The opportunity seems to have truly "arrived".

The winds have shifted again at the factory these past few days.

A group of even more radical guys came in from outside, claiming they wanted to dig deep into class enemies!

Even Xu Damao of the Revolutionary Committee didn't dare to mess with them.

Liu Haizhong's keen political sense kicked in once again.

He felt that this was his last chance to turn his life around!

"Director Yang... Hmph, even though he's still in that position."

"But he's been criticized before!"

"Moreover, he's close to Li Xuan, and Li Xuan has connections with capitalists..."

Liu Haizhong hid in a small toilet stall, using a half-finished pencil he had found.

On a crumpled piece of scrap paper, he began to write a "letter of denunciation".

He's going to sue Factory Director Yang!

He wants to report Factory Director Yang for protecting capitalist Li Xuan!

We also want to report his private life and conduct!

Even if it's almost all made up, he's not afraid!

"If I can bring down Director Yang, I'll have made a huge contribution! I'll be able to join that new organization!"

"At that point, who would dare ask me to clean toilets?!"

Liu Haizhong became more and more excited as he wrote, his hands were trembling.

He could almost see himself wearing the red armband again, standing on the podium at the factory-wide meeting, giving a speech with great fanfare!

......

Early the next morning.

Liu Haizhong, carrying the letter of denunciation, sneaked into the factory building when the guards weren't looking.

The newly arrived rebel leader was a man with a thick beard and a face full of scars.

Right now, he's sitting in his office smoking.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" the bearded man asked, staring at him.

Liu Hai knelt on the ground, holding the letter high with both hands: "Leader! I have important intelligence to report!"

"I want to expose Yang, the top official of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill!"

"He's a hidden bad element! I have evidence!"

When the bearded man heard that it was a denunciation of the top leader, he became interested, took the letter, and read it.

However, as he looked, the bearded man's brows furrowed.

The letter was full of unfounded rumors.

What "awkward look" or "arrogant tone"...

The only somewhat solid evidence concerns the doctor named Li Xuan.

The problem is that last night, Big Beard just received a death order from above.

Li Xuan is a nationally protected individual; anyone who touches him will die!

"Is this your evidence?" The bearded man slammed the letter on the table.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Liu Haizhong, thinking he had a chance, excitedly blurted out, "Boss, this Yang guy is in cahoots with Li Xuan!"

"All you need to do is arrest them and give them a trial..."

"Snapped!"

A resounding slap sent Liu Haizhong spitting out the rest of his words.

Liu Haizhong was stunned by the blow, covering his face: "Boss, you..."

"Fuck you!"

The bearded man stood up and kicked Liu Haizhong squarely in the chest. "You're trying to kill me, aren't you?"

"Dr. Li is a hero who got an appointment through the higher-ups!"

"You, a bedbug who cleans toilets, dare to fabricate stories and frame innocent people?"

"I think you're the bad guy! You're trying to use us to cause trouble!"

The bearded man gave the order: "Men! Drag this old bastard who's spreading rumors out of here!"

"Beat them hard! After that, hang them up in the streets and parade them as a warning!"

"No! Boss, I was wrong! I just wanted to get promoted..."

Liu Haizhong's piercing screams echoed down the corridor.

Several burly men rushed in and dragged him down to the plaza below, like a dead dog.

Belts and sticks rained down on the fat body in the bangs.

This beating was harsher than any before!

The workers watching pointed and whispered.

But not a single person showed sympathy; they all cheered!

"Well done! This guy with the bangs used to prank people a lot when he was captain!"

"This is karma!"

The intense physical pain, coupled with the complete mental collapse.

"puff!"

He spat out a mouthful of blood.

Liu Haizhong's eyes rolled back, and his body convulsed violently.

He then collapsed straight down, his mouth twisted, foaming at the mouth, and incontinent...

......

Evening, in the courtyard.

Liu Haizhong was brought back by a handcart.

"Second Aunt! Come out quickly to pick someone up! Your husband, Old Liu, has had a stroke!"

The cart unloaded him at the Liu family's doorstep, but the worker who had brought him back thought it was bad luck and ran away.

Aunt Er was sewing shoe soles inside the house when she heard the noise and came out to take a look. She was immediately dumbfounded.

Liu Haizhong was lying on the ground like a lump of mud, his mouth and eyes crooked, and drool was dripping all over the ground.

His crotch was full of feces and urine, and he was muttering incoherently:

"I am... the captain... I am... the leader..."

"Old Liu! What's wrong with you!" Aunt Er cried out and rushed over to him.

But after she had gone to great lengths to get Liu Haizhong onto the bed and had a barefoot doctor examine him,

A despairing conclusion has been reached!

Cerebral hemorrhage, stroke, hemiplegia.

From now on, I'll be bedridden for everything, from eating and drinking to relieving myself; there's no cure.

After the doctor left, the room was deathly silent.

The second aunt looked at the useless person on the bed who could only groan and moan. Her tears had dried up, but her eyes gradually turned cold.

Back when Liu Haizhong was a level seven worker.

Although he had a bad temper and would often beat and scold her and the children.

But at least I can earn money to support my family.

But now?

Money gone, power gone, job gone.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, his two sons, ran away long ago and haven't come back for years.

Now, this man who has beaten his wife and children his whole life is paralyzed and still needs her to take care of him.

Do I still need to spend money to buy medicine?

"Water...water..."

Liu Haizhong looked at his second aunt with a crooked mouth.

The second aunt stood by the bed, not moving.

She recalled the grievances she had suffered over the decades.

It reminded me of the belt Liu Haizhong wore every time he got drunk.

I remembered how he used all the family's money to bribe officials in order to get promoted...

"Water? You want more water?"

The second aunt suddenly exploded.

She rushed over and slapped the crooked face in the bangs.

"Liu Haizhong! You've finally met your match!"

Did you think about this day when you hit me?

Did you think about this day when you chased your son away?

"You want me to serve you?"

"You want me to clean up your messes? Dream on!"

Auntie Er went crazy, starting to rummage through drawers and cupboards.

She found the last bit of her secret stash of money that Liu Hai had hidden under the bed.

That was his savings for his coffin, which he had prepared for "managing relationships".

"Consider this money your compensation to me!"

Auntie Er put the money in her pocket, packed a few clothes, and made a bundle.

"Waaah...where...are you...going..."

Liu Haizhong panicked and tried desperately to move, but only his fingers trembled slightly, and tears and snot streamed down his face.

"I'm going back to my parents' house! I'm not serving them anymore!"

The second aunt gave him one last cold look, "You can just rot on this bed!"

"This is your retribution!"

After saying that, Aunt Er walked out of the house without looking back.

"Ah...ah..."

A desperate roar came from Liu Haizhong, followed by deathly silence.

......

backyard.

Li Xuan stood by the window, listening calmly to the sounds coming from the front yard.

"Good and evil will be rewarded in the end; the cycle of karma is inevitable."

"Look up and see, who can escape the wrath of Heaven?"

Liu Haizhong was obsessed with becoming an official his whole life, resorting to any means to climb the ladder, which led to his being betrayed and abandoned by everyone.

Now paralyzed in bed, with no one to care for him in his final days, he will spend the rest of his life amidst the filth and excrement.

This is the greatest punishment for him.

Li Xuan drew the curtains, turned around and hugged the soft quilt, a smile playing on his lips.

This kind of drama where the wicked are always dealt with by the wicked is really stress-relieving to watch.

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