I feel right at home in the world of the courtyard house.

A group of young people wearing armbands suddenly barged into the school. The students quickly stepped forward to stop them, asking, "Hey, what are you doing? Who are you?"

The young man leading the group retorted, "Where's Li Xin? Where's Li Xin from your school? Call her out and come with us!"

"Who are you? What gives you the right to come to our school and demand our people back?"

"Never mind who we are! I'll just ask you one question: Did this Li Xin receive any education at your school? Is she hiding right here in your school? How come your school hasn't taken any action? Not only is she from a capitalist family, but she's also married to a man from the procuratorate! You're covering for her!"

"Li Xin is a teacher at our school. Even if there's going to be criticism and denunciation, that's our school's business, and it's none of your concern!"

"Hmph, I bet you're all in cahoots! You're just protecting class enemies! You're not fit for revolution; you're just capitalist roaders masquerading as revolutionaries! Don't waste your breath on him, go in and search, arrest them!"

With a wave of his hand, the group rushed in. The young revolutionaries from the school rushed forward to stop them, but they were all middle school students and no match for the fists and kicks of those grown men. They were quickly scattered.

The group dragged Li Xin out of the toilet area. Ever since the wind picked up, Li Xin had been assigned to clean the toilets. At this moment, she was terrified, her arms were held down, her hair was pulled, and she was forced directly into a truck.

After those people had gone some distance, the young revolutionaries in the school slowly gathered back together. The leader frowned and asked, "What happened?"

Someone recounted what had just happened. The person's face was ashen, and they said bitterly, "We've been so focused on criticizing those principals and directors that we've forgotten about these lower-level teachers. Go, quickly drag the rest of the teachers out and go through with them too. Also, remember, when Li Xin comes back, we'll criticize her too! Why should outsiders criticize our school's teachers? When Li Xin returns, we must criticize her even more fiercely and thoroughly than they have!"

The young revolutionaries in the school felt humiliated and held a grudge against Li Xin.

At that moment, Li Xin had already been pushed and shoved off the bus. To her horror, she discovered that her parents, wearing white hats and placards, were being denounced by a group of people on the street. Before she could react, someone behind her shoved her forward and forced her to kneel down with her parents.

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In the guesthouse office.

"Little Gou," Li Jing'an stared at Section Chief Gou, who was standing in the middle of the office, "knowing that our factory's former leadership has all been sidelined, why are you still doing well?"

Section Chief Gou quickly said, "I know, I know, it's all because of you. I know it's because you've been protecting me. Don't worry, I and all the staff in our security section are absolutely loyal to you." As he spoke, he stepped forward and lit the cigarette in Li Jing'an's hand.

"Okay, that's good. Although you used to work for Li Huaide, you're very perceptive and listen to me. That's the kind of person I am; as long as you're willing to do things for me, I'll definitely protect you."

"Yes, yes, thank you, Director Li!"

"I have a task for you today."

"Tell me! Even if it means going through fire and water, I will definitely handle it for you obediently and clearly."

"We won't make you walk on knives, nor will we put you in boiling oil. Today, the municipal party committee is going to hold a denunciation meeting."

Li Jing'an lowered his voice: "Go to the factory's security department in a little while, gather a dozen or so young men, and grab some weapons. When the struggle session starts, you rush up to stop it. Hit anyone you see, especially those young revolutionaries. Shout slogans like 'Protect Leader Wei!' Understand?"

After hearing this, Section Chief Gou was completely bewildered. Wasn't this asking him to go against the young revolutionaries? How many heads did he have?

Li Jing'an noticed his hesitation and continued, "I'm not asking you to fight them head-on. Before those young revolutionaries can react, you can fight and run, just to show your stance."

"Oh, okay, I understand! It's just about making a little noise, right?"

"Yes. If you can't make a scene... then you might as well prepare to sweep the streets."

"Okay! You see how well I did it? I'll get on it right away!"

Li Jing'an waved his hand, and Section Chief Gou left. Just then, the phone rang.

"Huh? The propaganda department is here? Okay, let them in."

The door opened, and four young women walked in, calling out in bright, clear voices, "Hello, Director Li!"

"Alright, alright, don't be shy." Li Jing'an smiled. "You all know why I called you here today, right?"

A girl with braids said, "I know, they said they're going to teach us to dance."

"Alright, now that you know, I won't waste any more words. You must learn diligently, and then teach it workshop by workshop, department by department. Everyone must learn it. From now on, your main focus will be teaching the Loyalty Dance, and you'll also be checking and conducting spot checks. Find out all those who aren't doing well or aren't putting their heart into it!"

Li Jing'an looked at the four girls, nodded in satisfaction, and stepped out from behind the table, sizing them up: "I specifically chose the four of you because you are young people who just graduated this year, with strong learning abilities and a strong revolutionary spirit. Don't let me down. Come on, I'll do an action, and you do the same."

"Come on, follow me—Dear Chairman," Li Jing'an said, placing his hand on his chest.

"I'll sing you a passionate song." He put his hands next to his face, making a megaphone shape.

"A red heart is offered to you." He extended both hands forward, making a jumping motion.

Then he sang and recited: "Sailing the seas depends on the helmsman," "Always follow the Communist Party," and so on. The four girls stared wide-eyed and learned attentively.

After Li Jing'an finished demonstrating, he had the girls do it once, while he provided guidance from the side.

"Hey, keep your back straight!" Li Jing'an said, placing his hands directly on the waist of one of the girls.

The girl was startled and instinctively grabbed Li Jing'an's hands.

Li Jing'an's tone immediately turned stern: "What are you doing? Who told you to put your hands down? I'm teaching you! What, are you dissatisfied with this dance, or with me? Or with the leader? Keep going, don't move, keep your back straight!"

He scolded her verbally, but his hand was on her waist, his fingertips secretly caressing it, and he sighed inwardly: It's so good to be young, her waist is so slender.

After a while, he approached another girl and gave her some "instructions".

"Alright, alright, let's stop for now." Li Jing'an finally stopped. "Everyone knows the basic movements now. I need to give one-on-one guidance and assessments for the remaining two days. If you don't dance well or aren't focused, then I have reason to suspect that you're doing it on purpose, that you're resisting this activity. Okay, everyone go back... Oh, right, you stay." He pointed to one of the girls, "We'll start with you today."

After the other three girls left, Li Jing'an turned his gaze to the one who remained and chuckled, "Come on, let's continue." He stood behind the girl, leaned close to her, took her hand, and pressed his other hand tightly against her back. "I'll teach you the proper movements step by step."

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In front of the municipal party committee building, just as the denunciation meeting had begun, a group of young people wielding sticks suddenly rushed into the ranks of the young men who were preparing to denounce the municipal party committee leaders.

They swung sticks from the outside and began to beat the young soldiers without saying a word, causing them to scatter and flee.

Leading the group was Section Chief Gou, who was shouting, "Beat these people to death! Rescue the leaders! Rescue Leader Wei! How dare they fight against Leader Wei? They're asking for trouble! Beat them all to a pulp, kill them or nothing!"

As Section Chief Gou shouted, his men swung their sticks even more forcefully. The young revolutionaries were initially taken aback by this sudden turn of events, but after they came to their senses, they realized that there were only about a dozen people on the other side.

Several hot-blooded young revolutionaries quickly huddled together and began to fight back. They grabbed bricks and tree branches and immediately retaliated. Seeing the situation turning against them, Section Chief Gou immediately halted the attack and shouted, "Go! Retreat!"

He and his men threw down their sticks and ran, eventually climbing onto a truck that had been running all the way to the side of the road. Several young revolutionaries chased after them and tried to climb onto the truck, but they were punched and kicked away.

The truck roared away and disappeared around the corner. The young revolutionaries, unable to catch up, angrily smashed the bricks in their hands on the ground. Looking at their comrades lying on the ground, their heads bleeding, their rage intensified. They turned their gaze and anger entirely to Old Wei, who had just been escorted out of the municipal party committee building.