Courtyard House: My max-level medical skills specialize in treating beasts.

He Yudong's slap shattered the solid wood consultation table in front of him. Several blue-hatted men who had been walking over immediately stopped in their tracks, their eyes filled with terror.

Deputy Factory Director Li quickly took two steps back to maintain a safe distance from He Yudong, and pointed at him, saying, "He Yudong, do you want to rebel? Do you still want to work at the steel rolling mill?"

With a flick of his sleeve, He Yudong scattered an invisible powder onto Deputy Factory Director Li and the men in blue hats. Thinking He Yudong was about to attack, Deputy Factory Director Li and the men in blue hats immediately retreated in fear.

He Yudong sneered and said, "You think I want to work here? Let me tell you, I'm quitting today. Don't come begging me to come back later."

"Please? Keep dreaming! Even if you quit, we're still taking Ding Qiunan with us," said Deputy Factory Director Li.

He Yudong strode up to Deputy Factory Director Li and slapped him hard across the face. Deputy Factory Director Li screamed, his dentures falling out, leaving him looking like a toothless old man. Pointing at He Yudong, he angrily cried out, "You...you actually dared to hit me..."

He Yudong ignored Deputy Factory Director Li and turned to Ding Qiunan, saying, "Qiunan, let's go."

"Okay, Brother Yudong." Ding Qiunan nodded. Although this job wasn't easy, she would definitely support whatever He Yudong said.

Seeing He Yudong pulling Ding Qiunan away, Deputy Factory Director Li and several others in blue hats quickly blocked their way.

Where do you want to go?

"Still want to get beaten up? I said I'm quitting. Neither Ding Qiunan nor I are employees of the steel rolling mill anymore. What? You want to arrest me?" He Yudong sneered.

"You... fine, very well! Since you left on your own initiative, don't even think about coming back!" Deputy Factory Director Li sneered.

Although they couldn't arrest Ding Qiunan, they had at least lost their jobs, and now they could see what the two of them would do in the future. Deputy Factory Director Li felt that he had still won, at least he had gotten a small sense of satisfaction.

"Just don't come begging me to come back then," He Yudong sneered.

With a wave of his hand, the itching powder had already been sprinkled on these men in blue hats and Deputy Factory Director Li. It wouldn't be long before they were begging for mercy from the itching. This itching powder was different from the previous one; the previous one only lasted three days, but this one lasted at least a week, and it got worse every day.

He Yudong took Ding Qiunan's small hand and returned to her dormitory. After helping her pack her things, he prepared to leave the steel rolling mill.

"Brother Yudong, where are we going next?" Ding Qiunan asked.

"Let's go back to the hospital courtyard and stay there for a few days. Let them make a fuss for a while. They'll come begging us to come back later," He Yudong said with a smile.

He Yudong didn't care about the job at the steel rolling mill at all. He had plenty of money, food, and houses; he'd even won three mansions in a system lottery. Besides the courtyard house near the clinic, there was a three-courtyard house near the capital and a prince's mansion—he could live anywhere.

"Mmm." Ding Qiunan's pretty face flushed slightly as she nodded. She realized that it had been a week since she had stayed with Brother Yudong, and she missed him quite a bit.

After the two finished packing, they rode their bicycles to the gate of the steel mill when the gatekeeper, Old Zhang, hurriedly asked, "Yudong, where are you and Dr. Ding going? All those bags and packages!"

"Grandpa, we're leaving the steel rolling mill and are heading home," He Yudong said with a smile.

"What? What's going on?" Grandpa Zhang immediately became anxious when he heard that He Yudong was not having enough.

He Yudong is a rare and miraculous doctor. He must have saved so many lives working at the steel rolling mill. At least the health of the steel rolling mill workers would have been absolutely guaranteed. And now he's suddenly leaving.

"It's nothing. Aren't those people in blue hats just bullying us? We were forced to leave too." He Yudong smiled.

"Sigh..." Old Zhang sighed, "These people don't work properly, they just do this useless stuff, they're really doing nothing right."

"Grandpa, here's another bottle of wine for you. I'll head back now." He Yudong took a bottle of monkey wine from his medicine box and handed it to Grandpa Zhang.

"Alright, come back more often and have a drink with me. There aren't many people I can really talk to," Grandpa Zhang sighed.

He and He Yudong were close friends despite their age difference. He had followed Chairman Mao through the snow-capped mountains and grasslands, so he greatly admired He Yudong, a soldier who had fought on the battlefield. He hadn't expected such a thing to happen at the factory these past few days, but he was powerless to do anything about it.

He Yudong rode with Ding Qiunan towards the courtyard of the clinic. When they passed by Grandpa Guan's house, they saw several men in blue hats arrive at Grandpa Guan's house and start robbing and smashing things.

"You beasts! These were left behind by our ancestors, what exactly do you want to do?" Grandpa Guan shouted angrily, while the little lazy cat hid behind him, looking terrified.

"Old man, don't think I don't know who you are. You call yourself the Nine Gates Admiral all day long. Your feudal thinking is too serious! These junk things of yours are still left by our ancestors? If you keep spouting nonsense, I'll arrest you too!" the blue-hat leader sneered.

"You bunch of bandits!" Grandpa Guan was so angry he almost couldn't breathe.

"Hmph, so what if I'm a bandit?" The blue-hatted leader approached Old Man Guan, leaned closer, and whispered, "I know you old codger have some good stuff. Hand it over, and we'll call it even—"

"ah!"

Before the man in the blue hat could finish speaking, He Yudong grabbed him by the back of his collar and slammed him to the ground.

"Fuck your mother—" the blue-hatted leader cried out in pain, swearing as his face was covered in blood. When he saw He Yudong, he immediately stopped cursing.

"What...what do you want to do?"

When the other men in blue hats saw that it was He Yudong, they quickly retreated, keeping a safe distance from him. Yesterday, there were over forty of them, and they were all taken down by He Yudong alone. Now, with less than ten of them, they were even less of a match for him.

"You really don't learn your lesson easily, do you?" He Yudong sneered.

"He Yudong... I haven't provoked you again, but... what exactly do you want to do?" the blue-hatted leader said tremblingly.

"Return everything to Grandpa Guan, or I'll break your legs," He Yudong shouted coldly.

He Yudong knew that Grandpa Guan had a lot of antiques and old objects, many of which were even national treasures. If these guys were to ruin them, it would be terrible. These people used this as an excuse to cause damage everywhere, and then they would keep anything of value they found. However, many of them didn't know anything about antiques, so they just wanted to get some small, worthless items.

"What are you still standing there for? I'll count to three." He Yudong stepped directly on the blue-hatted leader's foot.

"Quickly, give it back to Grandpa Guan!" the blue-hatted leader said hastily.

He knew He Yudong very well; if you really angered him, he might actually cripple him. Of the forty-odd blue-hatted men yesterday, over thirty were injured, several with broken hands from He Yudong. The ones who came today were the ones who were less seriously injured yesterday. They were, after all, a bunch of bullies who preyed on the weak and cowered at the strong; they naturally chickened out when faced with a tough nut like He Yudong.

This guy is really capable of hitting people. He can't gather too many people right now, so it's best not to provoke He Yudong. A wise man doesn't fight a losing battle. I'll report this to my superiors later and ask them to send more people to arrest this menace, He Yudong.

Those men in blue hats didn't dare do anything and quickly returned the items to Grandpa Guan.

Grandpa Guan finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although a few items were broken, they were all worthless, and some were even replicas he had made himself. Most of the good items were preserved.

The little lazy cat came to He Yudong's side, hugged him, and said, "Big brother, thank goodness you came and chased away those bad guys."

He Yudong patted the little lazy cat's head and looked at Grandpa Guan, asking, "How is it, Grandpa Guan? Is everything alright?"

"It's alright, thank goodness you came. But I need to move these things quickly, those bandits will definitely come back again," said Grandpa Guan.

At this moment, Ding Qiunan also came over, and Grandpa Guan immediately asked, "Yudong, is this girl your wife?"

"Not yet." He Yudong smiled.

The little lazy cat blinked its big eyes, looked at Ding Qiunan, then at He Yudong. "Your portable library is more than ten thousand volumes," it thought. Grabbing He Yudong's hand, it said, "Big brother, when I grow up, I'll be your wife. Don't you want her as your wife, okay?"

Upon hearing Lazy Cat's words, He Yudong couldn't help but laugh. Ding Qiunan was also somewhat surprised—she had suddenly gained another rival in love, and this one was just a little girl not even ten years old.

Grandpa Guan just felt that his granddaughter was just being childish and speaking without thinking.

He Yudong patted the little cat's head and said with a smile, "Then you have to grow up quickly, eat well, and not be picky about food."

"Yes! Big brother, Little Lazy Cat will not be picky about food anymore!" Little Lazy Cat said with a determined look.

He Yudong looked at Grandpa Guan and said, "Grandpa, you go ahead with your work, I'll be going now."

"Alright, come over and have a couple of drinks with me when you have time," Grandpa Guan said with a smile. If He Yudong hadn't come today, all his treasures would probably have been destroyed, or stolen by those bastards.

He now plans to quickly hide these treasures away and then display some fakes. That way, even if those blue-hatted men come knocking again, they won't destroy the real treasures.

The clinic courtyard was only a few courtyards away from Grandpa Guan's house, quite close. After saying goodbye to Grandpa Guan, He Yudong and Ding Qiunan returned to the clinic courtyard.

After learning that Deputy Director Li was a "blue hat" director, Liu Haizhong from the steel rolling mill immediately ran to his office and pledged his loyalty.

Deputy Factory Director Li, dragging his limping leg, looked at Liu Haizhong and said with a smile, "It seems you, old comrade, have a high level of ideological awareness and are quite capable of leadership."

Liu Haizhong immediately became arrogant and said, "Director, I won't lie to you, in our compound alone, there are over twenty households, and seven of them work at our factory. The entire compound has over a hundred people, and they're all under my command!"

"You know Xu Damao? He's the projectionist at our factory, and he always treats me with the utmost respect! And Yi Zhonghai, the eighth-grade fitter at our factory, he's also under my command! And those two brothers, Sha Zhu and He Yudong, I can do whatever I want with them!" Liu Haizhong boasted without any hesitation.

"Wait a minute? You just said He Yudong, you can do whatever you want to him?" As soon as Deputy Factory Director Li heard He Yudong's name, he immediately perked up.

That bastard beat him so badly he was left with his teeth knocked out. Although he left the steel mill, the hatred in his heart was still hard to extinguish.

"That's right! He Yudong is nothing but a grandson in my eyes!"

"Master Liu, how old are you this year?" Deputy Factory Director Li asked hurriedly. He thought that although Liu Haizhong was a bit stupid, this kind of person was the most useful. Since he could deal with He Yudong, that was the best.

"Well, I'm fifty-three, but I'm still in good health! Although I'm almost at retirement age."

"Comrade Liu Haizhong," Deputy Factory Director Li said sternly, "I'm going to appoint you as the head of the factory's blue-hat worker disciplinary team. What do you think?"

"Really?" Liu Haizhong was immediately overjoyed. He had always wanted to be an official, and now that he finally had the chance, he quickly said, "Director Li, let me tell you, if you give me an important position, I will only be loyal to you!"

"Alright, go back first, but don't tell anyone. I'll hold a meeting tomorrow to announce this. I'll hand over the factory's security department to someone like you, a true member of the working class, to replace those who don't listen to me..."

When Liu Haizhong returned to the courtyard house, he was so happy he almost jumped for joy. If he weren't so fat, he would have been floating on air.

"From now on, those He Yudongs and those idiots, just you wait! I'll show you what I'm made of!"

Not long after Liu Haizhong left, Deputy Factory Director Li felt itchy all over and immediately started scratching, only to find that the more he scratched, the itchier it became.

"What's going on?" Deputy Factory Director Li continued to scratch, but no matter how much he scratched, he found that he still couldn't stop the itching.

Meanwhile, the dozen or so men in blue hats he had taken to the infirmary also started itching all over and began groaning in pain. In less than half a day, their bodies were covered in wounds, but there was nothing they could do.

When Deputy Factory Director Li learned that the others had also contracted this itchy ailment, he quickly asked, "You...you also...you have this too? What happened?"

"Director, we don't know either! Just now, for some reason, I started itching. Could we have caught some kind of infectious disease?"

In an instant, more than a dozen people began to wail. At that moment, they had no mind to do anything else.

"Ding! 10 merit points awarded for successfully dealing with bad guys."

"Ding! 8 merit points awarded for successfully dealing with bad guys."

"Ding! 20 merit points awarded for successfully dealing with bad guys."

Upon hearing the system notification, He Yudong knew that the itching powder had likely triggered an attack, instantly granting him 150 merit points. Things were about to get interesting.

I reckon those bastards, Deputy Factory Director Li and his gang, won't be able to keep up their antics these next few days. They'll probably figure out it was them by then, and He Yudong certainly won't give them the antidote. The itching powder's effects last a week, and it gets worse every day. We'll extort them properly on the seventh day.

Ding Qiunan felt that not having a job and spending all her time with Yu Dong was pretty good. She thought to herself how wonderful it would be if things could stay like this forever, with such happiness every day. However, she was still a little worried about her parents.

"Brother Yudong, do you think my parents might have been arrested?"

"Don't worry, given your parents' situation, at most they'll just have to temporarily stop working. They'll be fine. I'll bring them some meat, vegetables, and rice later, so at least they won't have to suffer too much," He Yudong said.

"Brother Yudong, you're so good to me," Ding Qiunan said, touched.

"Silly boy, your parents are my parents too. But you'd better behave yourself later," He Yudong said with a smile.

"Oh, Brother Yudong, you're so naughty!" Ding Qiunan said coquettishly, adding in her heart, "Brother Yudong, you're so naughty, I like you so much."

She still wanted to get her marriage certificate with He Yudong as soon as possible, to avoid other women having designs on her. However, He Yudong didn't say anything, and neither did she.

Lou Xiao'e returned home from the courtyard house, her eyes red-rimmed. Seeing that his wife seemed to have been crying, Sha Zhu quickly asked, "What's wrong? Xiao'e, what happened?"

"Shazhu, my parents have been arrested! Yudong was right, why didn't they listen to me! What are we going to do now?" Lou Xiao'e cried, she was more than three months pregnant and this happened to her family.

"I'll go find someone who might be able to help," Sha Zhu said after thinking for a moment.

He Yudong had previously stated that Deputy Factory Director Li and his group were utterly ruthless in achieving their goals. The situation involving Lou's parents was definitely related to Deputy Factory Director Li, the "blue-hat director," because the Lou family were originally shareholders of the steel rolling mill.

"Who should we contact? Will it work?" Lou Xiao'e asked.

"It's the big boss I often cook for."

"Didn't you say he had already retired? Is it possible?" Lou Xiao'e asked.

"You've stepped down, but your influence is still there. Don't worry, Mom and Dad will be fine," Sha Zhu comforted him.

"Then I'll go with you," Lou Xiao'e said.

Sha Zhu nodded, and the couple immediately went out together.

The two entered the military compound and went to the home of the top leader. After explaining the matter, the top leader agreed without the slightest hesitation.

Although his power is currently limited due to suppression from above, he still has many connections, and Lou Xiao'e's parents are patriotic businessmen. Although they didn't take Sha Zhu's words to heart at the time, they secretly transferred most of their assets, so when the blue-hat men went to his house, they didn't find anything valuable, so it wasn't a big problem.

They were busy until morning before Lou's parents were finally released. Lou Xiao'e finally felt relieved.

"It's alright now, Mom and Dad."

Just as Lou's parents were released, the phone rang in the office of the blue-hatted director at the steel rolling mill. Deputy Director Li, who had been itching all day, found the itching even worse today, but he answered the phone anyway.

Upon hearing that Lou's parents had been released, they were immediately surprised.

"You mean, He Yuzhu knows the city's 'blue hat' director? The investigation into asset transfer failed, so they released that capitalist surnamed Lou?"

Deputy Factory Director Li hung up the phone, feeling somewhat apprehensive. He was just a factory director, while Sha Zhu knew the city's director; it would be very difficult for him to take down the Lou family.