Courtyard House: A System Connecting Two Worlds, Resources for the Nation

With a complicated look in his eyes, Sha Zhu glanced at Zhou Feng, then at Yi Zhonghai who was staring at him, and then at the faces of the workers gathered around, eager to see what would happen. After a long pause, Sha Zhu finally lowered his head under Li Huaide's cold gaze.

"Zhou Feng, I'm...I'm so sorry!"

Seeing his statement, Li Huaide felt as comfortable as if he had drunk a bowl of sour plum soup on a hot summer day!

He felt even more pleased when he caught a glimpse of Director Yang's unpleasant expression out of the corner of his eye!

"An apology alone won't do! Look how much resentment you've caused our workers. Deduct his bonus this month, and we'll see how he behaves!"

Upon hearing Li Huaide's words, Sha Zhu's face instantly turned pale.

But at the same time, Zhou Feng's lips curled up. Sha Zhu was indeed a lucky charm. The upgrade progress of the double-door technique had started to increase again!

"Alright, that's settled! From now on, if anyone tries to cheat or steal food in the cafeteria, you can all come straight to my office, and I'll take care of it! Now everyone, go home and eat!"

Factory Director Yang was too lazy to stand there and watch Li Huaide's smug face. After making a loud promise, he turned around and walked outside.

"Factory...factory manager, you haven't had lunch yet..."

Before the canteen manager could finish speaking, Director Yang's figure had already disappeared at the canteen entrance.

I'm still eating, I'm so angry I'm full!

Li Huaide deliberately picked up his lunchbox and handed it to Sha Zhu inside the window: "Could you please give me a meat dish too? I want to see if your hands are still shaking!"

"you…"

Sha Zhu gritted his teeth, staring intently at Li Huaide who was squinting at him, but in the end, he silently served him his food.

"Brother! You're really something! You really made me look good today! Now Old Yang will have to watch how he protects that idiot Zhu from now on!"

Sitting at a table in the corner of the cafeteria, Li Huaide's low voice betrayed his barely concealed excitement.

As a deputy factory director who was parachuted in, he was often ostracized by Director Yang and his cronies.

Today, thanks to Zhou Feng, a capable purchasing agent, he was able to turn the tables and his mood improved considerably.

"Don't worry, Brother Li. We'll have a long road ahead of us. My skills... are far more than what I've shown so far."

Zhou Feng also made a pointed remark, and the two of them immediately laughed.

Only Ma Yingjie, standing to the side, kept his eyes down, focused intently on the food in front of him, as if he had some grudge against it!

He never expected that these two people in front of him would treat him like family and talk about these things right in front of him!

However, he didn't have any other ideas. After all, the worst thing about taking sides is to be fickle. Sticking firmly to one path is the way to maximize benefits.

Watching the workers line up and finish getting their meals, Sha Zhu, with a gloomy face, carried the food basin back to the kitchen.

Even when he ran into a female colleague on the street who was feeling unwell and wanted to switch shifts with him, he didn't even give her a second glance.

After all, if she hadn't switched shifts with me at the last minute, I wouldn't have lost face so badly today!

Fortunately, the cook didn't lose his job, which is a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.

Otherwise, when Teacher Ran comes to meet him on a blind date and asks about his profession, the difference between a former head chef and a head chef is not small.

If it affects his blind date, then Zhou Feng and the others will be in a really big mess!

With this hope in mind, Sha Zhu was quite looking forward to the days to come.

So even though he apologized to Zhou Feng in public, he was still fined, and the resentment he felt didn't accumulate much.

On the contrary, Xu Damao and Qin Huairu, who were eating together among the workers, did not look very happy, each with their own ulterior motives.

"Silly Zhu, are you alright? I saw you this afternoon..."

As soon as the clock struck midnight, Qin Huairu hurriedly returned to the courtyard house with a few steamed buns in her arms.

After leaving the steamed buns at home, she turned around and pushed open Sha Zhu's door.

When they went inside, they found Sha Zhu humming a song and cooking, completely unrecognizable from his frustrated state at noon.

"No, are you...are you alright?"

Qin Huairu asked tentatively.

Normally, Sha Zhu would get furious after being humiliated, so why is he acting like nothing happened this time? He's even humming a song?

"You don't understand, I'm preparing for something very important in my life!"

Sha Zhu flipped the pot over, and a figure appeared in his eyes.

"If Han Xin could endure the humiliation of crawling between someone's legs, what makes me, He Yuzhu, any less capable? Once I've settled my important life matters, I'll deal with that Zhou guy in the front yard!"