Chapter Seventeen: Downfall

  "Dad, Mom, I'm going out for a bit!" After a good night's sleep at home, the next morning I went downstairs to help my parents buy breakfast before setting off. What was I doing? Of course, I was going to look for Guo's wife! Think you can bully my dad? No way! Even if my dad wasn't working at the factory anymore, she shouldn't think she could just live a peaceful life as his official wife.

  "Hello, excuse me, which floor is the factory office on?" I asked the security guard politely in front of the 13-story office building at the entrance of the factory. Even if you're looking for someone to take revenge, you can't show your true thoughts on your face, right? Only fools would shout out loud that they want to kill someone's whole family, how ruthless! Just quietly get it done and that's it. Of course, I wouldn't go as far as fighting with someone over this trivial matter.

  "Hey, classmate, what's up?" The security guard asked me with a friendly tone, standing up and adjusting his glasses. He thought I was probably just a high school freshman.

  "Oh, my aunt asked me to come and get something from my uncle!" I said somewhat bashfully to the gatekeeper. Bashful, okay, I admit it was fake.

  "Who's your uncle?" Perhaps this old man was so bored sitting at the gate all day. Seeing my handsome face, he actually had the idea of striking up a conversation. He pushed open the small door of the gate and walked over to me with a benevolent expression, asking me.

  "Ah, Liu Xinge!" I took a deep breath and blushed bright red, looking embarrassed. Liu Xinge was the name of Guo's husband, who happened to be working somewhere in this office building at that very moment.

  "Ah, Director Liu is your uncle? Why didn't you say so earlier? Director Liu's office is on the 6th floor. After going up, turn right, and there's a sign at the door." As soon as the security guard heard Liu Xinge's name, the kind expression on his face was quickly replaced by respect and fawning. He stepped aside and hastily pointed out the way for me.

  "Thank you, sir. Shall I go up now?" I batted my eyelashes and smiled sweetly at the gatekeeper.

  "Go on, go on, take your time going up the stairs, don't fall!" The old man's shouting voice was still heard from behind me until I walked far away.

  "Oh no, Liu Ge, what are you doing? No, no, this is in the office. What if someone sees..." I tiptoed to the door of the factory director's office and could hear the commotion inside through the door.

  "What's there to be afraid of, everyone has gone busy at this hour. Except for those few people from the finance department, only you and I are left on this floor. Come quickly, it's been a few days since we last met, brother misses you to death." A lewd voice came from inside the door, and then I stuck my ear closer again.

  "No way, you promised to transfer the labor and capital affairs last time, but it's still not done. I've already spoken out, if you don't do it, how can they hold their head up in front of their sisters?" A woman's coquettish voice came from inside the house.

  "Don't worry, which of the things I promised you that I didn't get done? Isn't it just a transfer of position? It's settled in no time!" Liu Xingge also learned to use the phrase "fāo dìng" (settled) under the influence of Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas.

  "Are you serious? Don't lie to me!" A soft murmuring sound mixed with the woman's coquettish tone entered my ears.

  "Linglong, is there a way to make this pair of dog man and woman lose face?" I asked in a low voice, pinching the jade pendant on my chest.

  "Alright, you can let me out now!" A soft female voice responded from within the jade pendant.

  "I didn't restrict your freedom, if you want to go out just go!"

  "You're not the master of this house? I want to go out, and I must get your approval!"

  "Stop stalling and go already! If you stall a few more sentences, that guy will be done for!"

  "Alright, I'm off then! You just wait and watch the show!"

  The female ghost Lingling teased me and then threw a flirtatious glance at me, transforming into a green mist that slipped through the door gap and into the office! As for me, I quickly ran to the 5th floor, perked up my ears and listened carefully to the movements upstairs.

  Clang

  "Oh my, Director Liu, why are you naked...... Although you have a crush on someone, you can't just run into the women's restroom in broad daylight!" Not long after, a loud slamming of the door was heard from upstairs, accompanied by a high-pitched female voice!

  "Let me go! Let me go! I'm not that kind of woman..." A struggling sound came from upstairs.

  "What's going on?"

  "Go take a look!"

  With this commotion, countless office workers wearing work uniforms poured out of each office on the 5th and 7th floors. Everyone tacitly exchanged a glance and rushed to the 6th floor together.

  "Wow!" With a cry of astonishment, I, who was following in the crowd, stretched out my head with force!

  "Isn't this Liu Changzhang? Damn it, just because he's the factory director he can bully people at will? Beat this son of a...!" The women's bathroom door was wide open, and Liu Xingge was pressing down on a rather plump female worker, about to take a bite. And I, mixed in with the crowd, shouted out this sentence!

  "What the...! Beat this son of a gun. You dare to play this trick in broad daylight?" As expected, I successfully stirred up many ignorant masses. Yeah, many! Someone took the lead, and others were happy to follow suit, venting their frustrations and releasing their pent-up anger.

  "Hey, stop hitting me! What's going on?" Just as people were scrambling to pin Liu Dachang to the ground and trampling him with countless feet. Linglong took advantage of the situation to return to Yuper, and Liu Dachang, Liu Da Guiren also woke up as soon as Linglong left! On the one hand, he dodged his body to avoid the big feet that were kicking at his vital parts, and on the other hand, he was begging for mercy. He didn't understand how he had run from the office into the women's restroom, and even pressed down Deng Fei, the famous fat wife of the factory director!

  "Take him to the factory discipline committee, if the factory discipline committee doesn't care, take him to the municipal party committee office. This matter today must have a statement! Our sister can't let this beast bully her!" Under my hint, Linglong briefly got on my body. Then, an indignant female voice rose up in the crowd.

  "Take him to the factory discipline committee, is this how he became the factory director?" Soon, Linglong's words spoken through my mouth received a lot of response from many female workers. They thought, if Liu dared to do that to Fat Aunt Deng today, then tomorrow it might be their turn. Although many female workers were secretly in favor, under the pressure of the situation, they could only follow along with the crowd.

  Of course, the ones who responded the most were those male workers! After seeing this scene in front of them, they were afraid that this surname Liu would stretch out his demonic claws towards their own wives. As long as a man is psychologically normal, no one likes to wear a green hat. Although there is a saying "If you want to live a good life, you have to wear some green on your head!", but that's also the idea of a small number of turtle sons of bitches.

  "Hey! Hurry back home and tell your aunt to bring some bedding to the police station to visit your uncle. Men, who hasn't made a mistake before? As they say, good news doesn't spread far, but bad news travels a thousand miles. By the time I sneaked out to the front gate of the factory office, Liu Xing's shameful affair had already reached the ears of the old man at the gate. Seeing me come out, the old man put his hands behind his back and made a regretful expression, saying something to me with a tone of disappointment. I responded by nodding my head with a pitiful look on my face, then quickly left the factory office building, leaving this place where Liu Xing had been so arrogant."

  "Hey, hey! Have you heard? That Liu guy has been taken away!" As I walked to the bottom of my apartment building, a group of old men and women were sitting under a small tree discussing this matter.

  "Has he been arrested? That can't be! Last night, he was still on TV giving a speech about vigorously promoting reform and optimizing the combination." An old lady said with disbelief while picking vegetables.

  "What a pity that the affair has not been brought to a conclusion!" An old man, with great interest and slobbering, secretly moved his small stool next to the elderly women and said.

  "Hmph! What a waste of effort, not only did they get caught after making such a big fuss, but it was all for nothing!" An old man who overheard this almost choked on his own saliva. After calming down, he shook his head and gestured his disdain.

  "You don't want to live anymore, do you? You old codger, aren't you jealous of others?" Before the words had even fallen, the poor old man was pinched on the ear by a mysterious old lady.

  "Ow, be gentle, be gentle! I'm just talking about the matter at hand. Since you were young, you've loved to play this trick on me. Now that we're old, you still love to tweak my ears. This ear problem of mine was all caused by your tweaking!" The old man protected his own ears and scolded the old lady.

  "Haha, wonderful! Who helped us turn over a new leaf? Who helped us get liberated......" As soon as I opened the door, I saw my dad wearing slippers, a vest and shorts in the living room singing loudly. My mom was standing there with an apron on, looking at my dad with some worry.

  "Mom, what's wrong with Dad?" I asked after entering the house, changing into slippers and closing the door.

  "It wasn't long ago, I went downstairs to buy some vegetables and heard that Liu Xin was taken away by the police. When I came back, it became like this." My mother said anxiously, looking at me with worry. Seeing my father's appearance, my mother feared he had gone mad.

  "Oh, Dad will be fine once he calms down!" I sat on the couch, biting into an apple to comfort Mom. The whole thing was my doing, and I knew all about it. Liu would definitely not be able to turn things around unless he had a very strong backing. As for Dad, I believed he wouldn't go crazy just because of Liu Xin's imprisonment.

  "Hey, son is back? Haha, today I'm in a good mood, come have a couple of drinks with me at noon!" After finally finishing the song "Ya La So", Dad finally sobered up. He turned his head to see me sitting on the sofa eating an apple, and walked over excitedly, patted me on the back and said.

  There's nothing more satisfying than seeing an enemy fall, and Liu Xin is exactly the kind of person Dad considers an arch-nemesis. At this moment, I can totally understand Dad's excited heart!