Courtyard House: My System - Artificial Human

These past few days, Cui Bashan's wife has been putting a lot of pressure on the Hou family through the Foreign Affairs Bureau.

The Hou family has been very active lately, secretly selling off assets.

Most of them were acquired by Lin Weidong's clones at reasonable prices, which greatly accelerated the Hou family's escape.

As for Chen Xueru, she has been acting as her parents' sweet little darling these past few days.

Lin Weidong went to see him a few times, and he'd even started learning to cook!

Mr. and Mrs. Chen Zhongjie were extremely satisfied. Upon seeing Lin Weidong, they openly and subtly praised Chen Xueru for showing signs of being a virtuous wife and loving mother, and predicted that she would become even more virtuous in the future.

In their presence, Lin Weidong naturally agreed with a respectful attitude.

However, I didn't quite agree with it.

To be honest, the women who are with him, unless they have nothing better to do, would not stoop to being proud of their housework and cooking skills in order to maintain their relationship.

Of course, if you really enjoy cooking, then Lin Weidong has nothing to say, just like Tian Zao, who now studies cooking and researches delicious recipes every day.

Most of it ended up in her stomach; she's such a glutton.

As soon as Lin Weidong arrived at courtyard number 13, she chased after him, feeding him and following behind, waiting for his feedback.

"How is it? Is it delicious?"

Lin Weidong took a bite, and the sweet red bean paste filling and slightly salty pastry went down together, creating a delicious flavor that was well-balanced.

"It's delicious, quite sweet. What's this?"

"Yuanbao Pastry! Doesn't it look like one? I saw it for sale at Daoxiangcun with Xiao Hu's wife the day before yesterday. She helped me figure it out when we got back. Actually, I haven't completely mastered it yet; I'm just helping her out."

Seeing that Lin Weidong liked it, Tian Zao happily said that she wasn't greedy for credit, and then went back to the kitchen to continue helping.

Lin Weidong couldn't help but chuckle to himself as he watched her back view, which radiated joy.

Upon entering the main room from the backyard, they found Bai Ling hunched over the table, copying something.

"Oh? Section Chief Bai, you've brought work home? You're quite diligent, aren't you?"

Bai Ling rolled her eyes and didn't respond.

Her promotion plan hasn't been finalized yet; besides, she'll only be a deputy section chief.

Lin Weidong, however, would jokingly call her Section Chief Bai every day, which made her feel rather embarrassed...

"Tsk tsk... No wonder he's the boss, he doesn't even acknowledge people, sigh!"

"Hey? Section Chief Bai, Boss Bai, shall I serve you with Zao'er tonight?"

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The more Bai Ling resisted, the more Lin Weidong found it amusing, and he swirled around the table with a cigarette between his fingers, making disruptive remarks.

Compared to Bai Ling's anxiety and uncertainty before her promotion, Lin Weidong knew much more.

It's basically settled. Bai Ling will be promoted to deputy head of the technical section, mainly in charge of codebreaking and special intelligence analysis, and will be in charge of the technical intelligence division.

As one of the few returned overseas students within the technical department, he also undertakes the training of young technical personnel in the department.

He can be described as bearing heavy responsibilities.

There are three factors driving this together.

The most important factors were Bai Ling's solid technical skills and the merits accumulated from several operations, as well as the strong recommendation and support from Cui Bashan and others.

Secondly, there is a clear pursuit within public security organizations for increasingly standardized and professional system construction.

Finally, there's the establishment and revelation of her relationship with Lin Weidong.

This point may seem unrelated, but it was precisely what Luo Yong and others considered first.

After all, Lin Weidong had a powerful backer, and although he actively cooperated with the entrapment operation, he was not part of the same system and could not be rewarded. Therefore, some of the credit could only be transferred to Bai Ling.

Bai Ling has recently noticed that, even though she hasn't been promoted yet, some leaders are much more polite when assigning tasks than before.

That night, before Lin Weidong could even try to turn Tian Zao against him, Bai Ling recruited her to fight him in a two-on-one situation.

This caused Lin Weidong "unbearable suffering".

The following Monday.

Lin Weidong pushed his bicycle out of the courtyard and ran into Jia Dongxu, who was being urged to leave by Jia Zhangshi.

Upon meeting, Jia Zhangshi greeted him politely, but Jia Dongxu only gave her a perfunctory response.

Madam Jia glared at her son with displeasure.

But Jia Dongxu thought about how Lin Weidong went to work in the city every day and rode a bicycle around so ostentatiously.

But he had to hurry to Zhangjiazhuang on foot as soon as possible, otherwise he wouldn't have enough time to get back.

I couldn't feel happy at all.

But there was nothing we could do; we were truly out of food.

Moreover, he had other worries in his heart.

He had promised Liu Haizhong that he would treat him to drinks, and since this concerned his future, he had to do it.

But he was penniless and could only ask his mother for help.

The problem is, I won't give it to her!

Last night he mentioned his relationship with Liu Haizhong, but his mother didn't approve, which Jia Dongxu found very puzzling.

Jia Zhangshi's thoughts were actually quite simple.

In her opinion, Yi Zhonghai had openly offended Lin Weidong this time, and Liu Haizhong was no less so; he had almost caused Lin Weidong to be shot!

The enmity between them is far greater than that between Yi Zhonghai and his enemy!

Therefore, Jia Zhangshi believed that it was better to have Yi Zhonghai as a teacher than Liu Haizhong.

Of course, if you ask her now, it's not appropriate to say that these two are... equally bad!

The mother-son harmony lasted only half a day before they started disagreeing, leaving Madam Jia somewhat depressed.

Watching Jia Dongxu's figure disappear at the alley entrance, Jia Zhangshi turned and went home, muttering to herself.

Just as I entered the gate, I unexpectedly ran into Yang Ruihua, who was splashing water in the front yard.

"Hey, you guys from the Yan family! Even if your family is obsessed with money, you're not completely blind, are you? Don't you know to keep an eye on things?"

"I'm splashing water from way out of my own yard! Who's blind here? I've seen people asking for trouble, but I've never seen anyone ask to be splashed!"

Yang Ruihua was furious; Jia Zhangshi was clearly deliberately picking a fight!

Of course, Jia Zhangshi did it on purpose. She was angry and didn't want to be prevented from venting her frustration.

Besides, my son is back, so who's afraid of whom!

She found an excuse to start arguing with Yang Ruihua.

The two put on a good show for the people in the courtyard early in the morning.

Xu Damao, who had rushed over to join the fun without even washing his face, realized this wouldn't do!

As soon as Jia Dongxu returned, Jia Zhangshi became very assertive. Wasn't he trying to steal her thunder?

You should know that these days, it's Xu Damao who's been responsible for keeping the courtyard lively!

Xu Damao immediately stopped watching the commotion and ran back to the Intermediate Court to greet Shazhu at the entrance of the He family's house.

"Hey, Silly Zhu! Get up! It's okay if you're physically injured, but you have to stay mentally strong. If you can't, you're a useless piece of trash! Get up and exercise, Silly Zhu..."

Xu Damao's voice, produced by a teenage voice changer, is hardly better than a duck's quack.

What it brought to the courtyard wasn't liveliness; it was pure torture!

Moreover, they usually start making noise in the afternoon or evening, but this morning they started making noise first thing in the morning. Don't they let people get any sleep?

Several students in the courtyard who were the same age as Xu Damao and on winter vacation immediately got angry, cursing as they put on their clothes.

They chased after Xu Damao and beat him up as soon as they went out.

Xu Damao didn't realize that he had contributed to the commotion at the wrong time. He thought that Sha Zhu had hired someone because he couldn't stand his torment, so he ran away cursing.

"Hey! You idiot Zhu, you've really got guts, you even called for backup! You just wait!"

Inside the He family's house, He Daqing puffed on his cigarette, saying nothing.

But his gaze remained fixed on He Yuzhu's figure.

He Yuzhu had one hand hanging from his neck and the other clenched into a fist, really wanting to go out and teach Xu Damao a lesson.

Thinking of the changes in his family, he finally sat down in silence.