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Yang Zheng brought gifts to wish his master a Happy New Year early in the morning, but his master had already gone to work at the factory.

Yang Zheng handed the gift to his teacher's wife and said, "Teacher's wife, I'm going to the factory to find my teacher."

"You don't go to work, so don't go. Just stay home and tutor Honghong with her homework. Your teacher will be back at noon."

"Honghong won't listen to me at all. I'd better go to the factory and take a look."

Chen Hong has a sharp tongue; not only does she disobey Yang Zheng, but she also insists on marrying him so she can have more freedom at the factory.

"Okay, come over for lunch. I'll make braised pork."

The teacher's wife smiled; she knew that her daughter was quite a handful.

When Yang Zheng arrived at the No. 1 steel plant, his heart sank. Several fire trucks were speeding into the plant, indicating that something had happened.

In a steel mill, if nothing goes wrong, everything is fine; but if something does go wrong, it's a major incident.

Yang Zheng was extremely anxious and ran towards the factory area, but was stopped by the security department: "What are you doing? You are not allowed to enter the factory."

Yang Zheng was terrified and hurriedly asked, "Comrade, what happened? I work at the steel plant."

"The heating furnace exploded, people were injured, and you weren't wearing your work clothes or a safety helmet, yet you still ran inside. Are you crazy?"

The heating furnace exploded in Liu Dabao's workshop. His master should be alright.

Yang Zheng was unwilling to leave, so he stood guard a dozen meters from the factory gate. He couldn't feel at ease until he saw his master.

Soon, the ambulance arrived, and a person was carried out of the steel plant. Yang Zheng stood on tiptoe to look, and his mind went blank. It was his master. His master's high-top military shoes were a gift from Zhou Wenhui, and he was the only one in the factory who wore them.

Without thinking twice, Yang Zheng cried out, "Master, Master!"

The security guards tried to stop him, but Yang Zheng yelled, "Get the hell out of here! He's my master, my master..."

The security personnel released Yang Zheng.

Yang Zhengfei ran to the ambulance, his eyes red and brimming with tears, and asked in a broken voice, "Fang Guangming, what happened to my master? How could this happen?"

Fang Guangming said with his head down, "It's the heating furnace workshop. Damn it, they were drinking in the workshop. The furnace temperature is about to explode, and they were still drinking happily. I'll go to hell. Master Chen shouldn't have gone to turn off the power. He should have just blown up this damn factory."

The workshop foreman coughed and said, "Fang Guangming, what nonsense are you talking about? Yang Zheng, since you're here, you and Fang Guangming accompany Master Chen to the hospital. There are other injured workers over here."

Without saying a word, Yang Zheng climbed into the ambulance.

The master's face was a bloody mess, his cotton-padded coat was off, leaving him in only a single layer of clothing, and he was unconscious. The nurses hurriedly put him on an IV drip.

Yang Zheng quickly took off his cotton-padded coat and covered his master with it, asking the nurse with tears in his eyes, "Nurse, is my master seriously injured?"

"On the surface, it's just a burn on the skin, but you still need to go to the hospital for a detailed examination."

Yang Zheng tried to grab his master's hand, but the nurse quickly stopped him: "No, the patient's burns are severe. You must not touch him; it will worsen the skin peeling."

Yang Zheng couldn't help at all and could only watch and cry.

"Liu Dabao, that son of a bitch, he was usually such a reliable person, how come he's become a completely different person after getting married? The furnace temperature kept rising, and he actually went drinking. Master Chen discovered that the steel plate quality was wrong, and investigated step by step, eventually finding his way to the heating furnace workshop."

Master Chen hurriedly turned off the heating switch, but the temperature inside the furnace was too high, and it exploded before he could get away. "If Master Chen had arrived a minute later, the whole factory would have exploded," Fang Guangming muttered to himself, explaining to Yang Zheng.

"How can you drink alcohol during work hours?" Yang Zheng questioned Fang Guangming, even though the matter had nothing to do with him.

"It's still the first month of the lunar calendar, management is lax, employees are sneaking around and indulging themselves. Even Director Tang hasn't come to work yet. With such a big incident happening in the company, I don't know if he can still hold onto his position as director."

Where is Liu Dabao?

"The people in their workshop have all been taken away by the police."

Fang Guangming's anger gradually subsided, but he felt a wave of fear. If Master Chen hadn't risked his life to turn off the power, he probably would have lost his life at the factory.

Upon arriving at the hospital, doctors were already waiting at the entrance. Yang Zheng and Fang Guangming escorted their master quickly into the burn unit operating room. A group of doctors and nurses entered the operating room, while Yang Zheng and Fang Guangming stood guard outside the door.

Calming down, Yang Zheng's hands trembled uncontrollably. With such a high temperature burn, could his master save him?

Even if there's no danger to my life, the pain will be excruciating.

Before long, the factory leaders, the master's wife, Chen Gang, and Chen Hong arrived.

"Yang Zheng, how's Old Chen?"

"Brother Yang Zheng, is my dad alright?"

The teacher's wife and Chen Hong were very anxious, but Yang Zheng comforted them, saying, "It's alright, the dean has already gone into the operating room."

The factory leaders comforted her, saying, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, our factory will do everything we can to save Master Chen. If Huailin doesn't work, we'll send him to Beijing."

Only after receiving the leader's promise did the teacher's wife calm down for a while.

After a long, anxious wait, the elderly hospital director came out and asked, "Who is a family member?"

The doctor's wife hurriedly stood up: "Doctor, I'm the patient's wife, how is Old Chen?"

"He is out of immediate danger. We have cleaned the wound and applied ointment. Of course, this is only initial treatment. To ensure the patient's safety, we will transfer him to a sterile ward for further treatment."

"Doctor, will there be any long-term effects?" the teacher's wife asked anxiously.

"Skin grafting may be necessary later. Our most important task now is to get through the critical period. The family needs to make long-term plans, as the treatment process is quite lengthy, perhaps one or two years, or perhaps three to five years."

Upon hearing this, the teacher's wife's legs went weak, and she burst into tears: "Old Chen, what are we going to do? My family can't make ends meet..."

The factory manager quickly comforted her, saying, "Sister-in-law, Old Chen saved the entire factory. We will take full responsibility for his subsequent medical expenses, as well as your family's living expenses."

"He was perfectly fine this morning, going to work, how did he end up like this? Old Chen, it hurts so much, it's like our world has collapsed..."

The teacher's wife cried her heart out, and Chen Hong also cried and called for her father, while Chen Gang remained silent, at a loss for what to do.

The factory leader pulled Yang Zheng aside and said, "Yang Zheng, talk to your teacher's wife. This crying isn't a good influence."

With tears in his eyes, Yang Zheng said, "For the company, it's just one person injured, but for my mentor's wife, it's like the sky has fallen. I hope the leadership can come up with a plan to take care of my mentor as soon as possible so that his wife can rest assured."

"Definitely, definitely. Director Tang is on his way back from his hometown. We'll discuss a result tonight. Don't worry, Chen Yan is a hero, a meritorious official, and we will never sit idly by."

A leader's verbal promise is just a word; there needs to be a written document. The factory can take care of things for a year or two, but what about after that?

After the leaders left, the teacher's wife stopped crying and asked Yang Zheng, "What did they say?"

"We'll have to wait for Director Tang to return before we get any results."

"Yang Zheng, it's not that your teacher's wife is being unreasonable, but when these leaders need people, Old Chen is a hot commodity. Now that he's so badly injured, I have to think about his future."

The teacher's wife wiped away her tears. The pillar of support had collapsed, and she had to think about Chen Yan's follow-up treatment and their two children.

"Madam, I understand. Please think about your conditions first, and then bring them up when Director Tang arrives."

"Ensuring treatment is the most basic requirement. Also, Old Chen needs care, and I can't work anymore. They have to transfer my personnel to the steel plant. Since Old Chen can't work, Gangzi has to take his place and go work at the steel plant."

Also, Old Chen's salary can't be reduced; it should be paid according to the standards for an eighth-grade fitter. And there's the nutrition allowance—he's in so much pain, he deserves some compensation, right? Yang Zheng, isn't your wife asking for too much?"

"Not much, it's all as it should be. If it weren't for Master, the steel mill would have been blown up."

"You know, he always likes to show off in everything he does. I'd rather have nothing at all, as long as he goes to work in the morning and comes home for lunch."

As the teacher's wife spoke, she started crying again.