My sister broke off her engagement to marry someone richer? My older sister married me and became in

The words "I'm sorry" were squeezed out one by one from between Li Jianye's teeth.

The meeting room was deathly silent.

After Li Jianye finished speaking, he seemed to have exhausted all his strength and just wanted to sit down immediately and turn the page on this shameful humiliation.

He felt that saying those three words in public was the limit of what he could do.

However, Lu Qingshan remained completely still.

He didn't even lift his eyelids, as if Li Jianye wasn't talking to him at all.

They don't say "It's okay," and they certainly don't say "I accept it."

That complete disregard hurt Li Jianye more than any harsh words of slap in the face!

Li Jianye's face instantly turned from deathly pale to a deep liver color, and the veins on his forehead throbbed wildly.

He stood there like a prisoner awaiting trial.

"snort."

From the head of the table, Li Aiguo let out a cold snort. The sound wasn't loud, but it was like a resounding slap to Li Jianye's already crumbling nerves.

"Comrade Li Jianye."

Li Aiguo interlaced his fingers, leaned slightly forward, and his seemingly cloudy old eyes were now as sharp as an eagle's, locked onto him.

"An apology requires a clear statement of respect!"

"Having worked at the forest farm for so many years, I've always adhered to the principles of seeking truth from facts and correcting mistakes. Do you know how big a mistake you've made today?"

"Speaking without knowing the facts! If we wrongly accuse the heroes of the forest farm, will God take responsibility?"

Li Aiguo's voice suddenly rose, each word like a heavy hammer blow, carrying an irresistible authority.

"Stand up straight!"

"I bow deeply in apology to Comrade Lu Qingshan!"

bow!

Upon hearing these two words, Li Jianye's body trembled violently, and he almost collapsed on the spot.

How could he possibly bow to a young man who was almost twenty years younger than him and whom he had always considered a thorn in his side?

In front of so many cadres from the entire forest farm?

This is worse than death! It's like peeling his face off, throwing it on the ground, and then letting everyone stomp on it!

"Manager..." Li Jianye's voice was choked with sobs, filled with pleading, "I...I..."

"Um?"

Li Aiguo gave him no chance at all, only uttering a cold, monosyllabic sound from his nose.

Li Jianye's next words were instantly choked up, as if blocked by cement.

He looked around in despair.

Those colleagues who usually called him brother and addressed him as "Brother Li" all turned into cowards at this moment.

Some looked down and pretended to look at their notebooks, while others were intently studying their fingernails. No one dared to meet his gaze.

Human relationships are fickle, and the world is cold and indifferent!

He felt a deep sadness, but he also knew clearly that if he dared not bow his head today, Li Aiguo would have plenty of ways to deal with him tomorrow!

Li Jianye mustered all his strength and faced Lu Qingshan once again.

He saw that face that was too young.

"Snap!"

He could almost hear the sound of his own back teeth grinding together.

That back, which had always stood straight in front of its subordinates and always spoke in an official tone, bent down inch by inch with immense difficulty at this moment.

A deep bow filled with extreme humiliation!

Time stretched out infinitely at this moment, each second like a dull knife, repeatedly cutting into his proud heart.

After bowing, Li Jianye suddenly straightened up. Because the movement was too fast, his vision went black and the world spun around him.

He clutched his chest tightly with one hand, his face ashen, his lips trembling, as he managed to squeeze out a sentence in Li Aiguo's direction.

"Manager, I'm feeling unwell in my heart; I need to go to the clinic..."

After saying that, without waiting for Li Aiguo's approval, he staggered out of his chair and rushed toward the conference room door.

"Bang!"

The door was slammed shut, leaving the room completely silent.

Li Aiguo picked up the teacup on the table, slowly blew on it to cool it, and took a small sip.

Then, he turned his gaze to Lu Qingshan, and the icy expression on his face instantly melted away, like the first snow of winter melting, revealing obvious appreciation and satisfaction.

"Comrade Lu Qingshan, you did a great job this time! You protected the interests of our forest farm and the people, and you have made a great contribution!"

He put down his teacup, and his voice suddenly became loud, echoing throughout every corner of the conference room.

"I'd like to take this opportunity to announce two things!"

Everyone perked up their ears, their hearts tightening.

"First!" Li Aiguo held up one finger.

"Given the importance of the Transportation Planning Section's work, and Comrade Lu Qingshan's outstanding ability and sense of responsibility demonstrated in this incident, it's unacceptable for him to always be working in the storage room!"

He raised his hand and pointed sharply at the spot where Li Jianye had just been sitting, and at the closed office door behind him.

"After the meeting, the logistics department should immediately vacate Li Jianye's previous office!"

"From today onwards, this allocation is for Comrade Lu Qingshan's exclusive use!"

"Also, get a new telephone for this office immediately!"

The moment the words left his mouth, the entire room was filled with astonishment!

That office was the best-located and largest in the entire office building! It faced south, so it was warm in winter and cool in summer, and received plenty of sunshine!

Not to mention being provided with a telephone! That's a privilege only a proper section chief-level cadre would receive!

Li Aiguo's words were no longer a hint; they were practically announcing to the entire forest farm through a loudspeaker:

Lu Qingshan is my man, Li Aiguo's man!

Anyone who dares to touch him is going against me, Li Aiguo!

Li Aiguo's sharp gaze swept across the entire room, taking in everyone's shocked expressions. He paused, then continued with satisfaction.

"The second thing!"

"The icicle-based timber transport method is remarkably effective, saving our forest farm a tremendous amount of costs and time! This is a great achievement!"

"After deliberation by the site committee, it has been decided that five percent of the profits from this batch of red pine timber will be allocated as a special bonus to all comrades who participated in the project!"

A collective gasp filled the conference room. Five percent! That's no small sum!

But the most important thing is yet to come!

Li Aiguo looked at Lu Qingshan and said, word by word, "Of the profits, Comrade Lu Qingshan, as the chief designer and person in charge of the project, personally received one percent!"

One percent!

That's pure profit from several hundred cubic meters of top-grade red pine!

These days, a level four worker toils like crazy and only earns a little over thirty yuan a month! This bonus, when you add it all up, will probably be close to two thousand yuan!

Two thousand yuan! That's enough to buy a large courtyard house in the county town!

The meeting room erupted in chaos!

Countless complex gazes were fixed intently on Lu Qingshan.

Some people's eyes almost popped out of their sockets, while others were so jealous their eyes turned red!

Li Aiguo watched all this with satisfaction; this was exactly the effect he wanted. He waved his hand and shouted in a powerful voice:

"Meeting adjourned!"

The meeting ended.

Zhou Baoguang, the head of the technical department, was the first to rush over, his face flushed with excitement, and he patted Lu Qingshan's shoulder heavily with his large, fan-like hand.

"Qingshan! You're a real savior for us tech guys!"

The heads of the other departments also immediately surrounded them, their faces beaming with smiles, their attitude a hundred times more attentive than before.

"Deputy Section Chief Lu, oh no! Section Chief Lu! He's truly young and promising, with a bright future ahead of him!"

"I hope Mr. Lu will provide more guidance and support in my future work!"

Amidst a chorus of sycophantic compliments, Lu Qingshan simply nodded in acknowledgment, then walked through the crowd and straight to the door of the office that once belonged to Li Jianye.

The sign on the door that read "Deputy Chief of Transportation Planning Section (Li Jianye)" still hangs there, which seems particularly ironic.

He reached out and gave it a gentle push.

With a creak, the door opened.

Bright and spacious.

Warm sunlight streamed in through the spotless glass window, illuminating the swirling dust particles in the air.

A slight smile appeared on Lu Qingshan's lips.

He knew that an era belonging to him had officially begun from this day forward.

……

On the other side...

Li Jianye, who fled the meeting room in a disheveled state, did not go to any clinic at all.

His heart was perfectly fine, but his heart, filled with resentment and bitterness, was about to burst with rage!

He went around to the back of the office building and went up to the second floor like a ghost.

He stopped in front of an office door with a sign that read "Deputy Director".

He wiped the cold sweat from his face, straightened his clothes which were disheveled from his escape, and tried to make himself look less disheveled.

He took a deep breath, raised his hand, and his bloodshot eyes flashed with an extremely sinister light.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

He knocked on the door.

Lu Qingshan, Li Aiguo, you just wait! I, Li Jianye, will make you pay for today's humiliation a hundredfold sooner or later!