The play is about to begin

  In the morning, after Lin Hongjiang finished the work meeting, he didn't immediately declare the end of the meeting and sat in his original position. The other people at the meeting saw that the boss wasn't leaving, so they naturally didn't dare to leave on their own, thinking that there were still some unimportant matters to be dealt with, and they casually packed up their things while waiting for the boss to speak.

  "I'd like to take up a bit more of everyone's time, there's something I want to mention. Originally, this matter wasn't worth bringing up here, but I think if we let it slide, one day something big might happen. Yesterday, Peipei was cornered by a group of kids in the courtyard, and one of them even pulled out a knife to intimidate her. If Peipei hadn't learned some self-defense moves, she probably would have been hurt!"

  Lin Hongjiang slowly opened his mouth, and his voice was like a thunderclap on a sunny day, making the officials' hair smoke. What! The old man's daughter had such an affair, and it happened right in front of our own gate? Which blind turtle egg did this?! It's really eating bear heart and leopard gall! How dare you move earth on the crown prince's head, no, pull out the tiger's whiskers, anyway, it's a death wish! Investigate! Must investigate thoroughly!

  The head of the public security bureau is not calm, how can such a big thing happen during the severe crackdown period? These guys' work has been done to their grandma's house! Go back and hold a self-examination meeting!

  The head of the security department in charge of the big hospital can't sit still, such a big thing happened and I didn't know anything about it! Where did those patrol guards usually go? Even if they weren't around at that time, how could they not have turned up after so long? And what about those monitoring the surveillance footage, didn't they discover this? Were they all sleeping on the job? It looks like they need more training! When I get back, I'll make them undergo rigorous training, train them until these guards can only shout "mom" and not "dad"!

  The officials at home who have similar-looking children are starting to sweat, wondering if it's their own little devil. If so, just watch me beat this stinky brat until he can only call out for his mom and not his dad!

  The officials at home who have children are also anxious, wondering if it might be their own child who did it. When they get back, they'll have to discipline their own children properly.

  Originally, there were some people who were not paying attention, but now they are all sitting up straight, concentrating their spirits, and their expressions are even more serious than before the meeting. Their eyes are fixed on Lin Hongjiang, waiting to hear what he has to say next.

  "Now that they're on vacation, the kids are idle at home and can't be left unattended, or else they'll get into some kind of trouble. I used to think that these kids wouldn't cause any big problems, although I've also heard outsiders call them 'second-generation rich kids' and 'spoiled brats'. I thought to myself, there must be some particularly naughty kids among them, but I never expected them to be so capable of causing trouble, to the point of being so unruly! This is a big courtyard, and it's still under their parents' noses, yet they're able to cause such a big commotion. If they were outside, who knows what they'd dare to do? Maybe even murder or arson! We should take advantage of the fact that these kids haven't gotten into any bigger trouble yet and keep a good eye on them!"

  Lin Hongjiang paused for a moment, scanning the crowd with a serious expression, and continued, "Of course, these kids have been spoiled by their grandparents at home, so they may not listen to their parents' words. I'm sure it's hard to manage them now, and besides beating them, there's no other way. Peipei told me repeatedly to stop you from going back to beat the kids, which I think is not good either. Beating them won't solve the problem, and it's also against the public security administration regulations. When you go back, tell the people below not to lay hands on the kids again. As for whose child did this, you can ask the kid when you get back, and that's it. Don't take the opportunity to pressure the parents. This is not just a problem for one or two people. How do we manage these kids? Everyone should speak up and share their opinions."

  A group of officials were all secretly drumming up their courage, what thread could they think of? Lin Hongjiang was indeed right, nowadays when it comes to managing children, apart from beating them, there's probably no other good method. Since it's clearly stated that they can't beat the kids, they have to find another way, but at this moment, everyone is at a loss for what to do, you look at me and I look at you, we all just sit there in silence.

  Lin Hongjiang glanced around and saw that everyone was silent, so he continued, "Since no one has any ideas for the time being, Peipei has a plan that I think is worth considering. Let's listen to it first. You all know about the Jyun Yat Car City on the east side of the city, right? There's a go-kart track there that's owned by the boss of that car city. Peipei says that the boss wants to form a go-kart team and take them to competitions. The boss is someone Peipei knows, and he's a decent person. I think it's better than letting these kids run wild and cause trouble everywhere. What do you all think?"

  All officials listened and thought it was a good idea, so they all expressed their agreement.

  "Since everyone agrees, let's try it according to Pei Pei's method for now. However, this matter can't be taken lightly, and we'll need your assistance in coordinating with Director Zhao's side. Changfeng, arrange for a detective to take a look and see if there are any hidden problems. If everything is qualified, then let's settle it for now. For the children at home, follow the principle of voluntary participation, and don't force them to go if they have other arrangements. But those few particularly naughty ones must participate! They are specifically named to participate, not a single one can be missed! Everyone, please convey this clearly when you go back, meeting dismissed."

  Everyone rushed out of the conference room, wiping their sweaty heads, and hurried back to convey the spirit.

  Aunt Gu returned to the secretarial office, and others gathered around. A female colleague who was relatively close to Aunt Gu spoke up first, "Sister Gu, have you heard about Lin Jia's affair? Could it be that your family's second grandson is involved? He's the most capable one in this compound, I heard that last month he hit Liu's son from the business hall with a brick and stitched him up with several needles. That matter hasn't been settled yet, and now his son has done something like this again, it's probably not going to end well."

  Gu Auntie had already opened her heart knot at Lin Peipei's place early in the morning, so she wouldn't worry that this matter would have any impact on her. At this time, when she heard these words, her eyebrows didn't even wrinkle once, and she replied very calmly, "It was my older brother's son who did it, but it has nothing to do with me. How to deal with him is up to the Lin family to decide, I won't go beg for mercy on his behalf. In my opinion, it's best to lock him up, so he can't run around outside causing trouble and losing face everywhere. If my brother doesn't care about him, then don't say that I, as a sister-in-law, am not concerned about him. He doesn't think it's shameful, and I won't feel ashamed either."

  "That's for sure, you're just an aunt, not a mother. Your uncle's children have their grandparents there, it's none of your business to interfere. Look at how well your family's Shengtao is doing, who wouldn't be envious? And then look at Guquan, he can't even compare. However, as they say, you're still an aunt, if the Lin family really wants to do something to Guquan, you should help mediate, your sister-in-law might not say anything, but it's just that your parents won't let you off easily. If the old man and old lady also come out with a 'three maiden teachings', you'll have a headache too."

  This aunt also has some understanding of Gu's family situation, looking at her being so resolute, she still can't help but worry about her.

  Aunt Gu thought of her own parents and sighed, putting down the work in her hands. "My nephew Gu Quan said that I was spoiled by my parents, my brother has been in the army for many years and is not at home, he wants to take care of me but it's beyond his control, my sister-in-law is busy with both family and work, can't take care of me, it's all up to my parents to raise me. The old Gu family only has this one child, they spoiled him to the extreme! They would give him the moon if they could! You all say that I taught Shì Tāo well, do you still remember how he was obsessed with playing video games a few years ago? If it wasn't for Lin's daughter, my son Shì Tāo would also be one of those problematic kids! You say someone helped me discipline my son, I'd owe them such a big favor, do I still have the face to show up in front of their kid? I couldn't do something so ungrateful and heartless! If my parents really want to blame me for this, fine, they can disown me as their daughter!"

  Aunt Gu said, getting a bit worked up, and Auntie also felt that way, so she didn't say anything else. Everyone dispersed to attend to their own matters. But in her heart, she was thinking, after hearing what Aunt Gu said, this Lin family girl is quite capable, able to tame Shetiao like that, must be a clever one. My son doesn't get along with others, it's better for him to follow her, maybe he can change his ways too. Alright, it's settled then!

  Su Mei sat in her seat, staring intently at the door with a sense of unease. According to past practice, comrades from the wilderness training base should have arrived with a report by now. Every time after completing the wilderness training, Lin Hao Tian would require the base's comrades to submit an assessment report on the venue, and this time there was even an accident that occurred, resulting in Lin Pei Pei getting injured. Not to mention that Lin Pei Pei is Lin Hao Tian's younger sister, just the fact that such an accident happened would make the base's comrades very nervous, carefully investigating the cause of the accident, which is a crucial issue related to whether their venue can continue to be used as a training ground in the future. They wouldn't take it lightly and let it slide.

  As it approached noon, the delivery person arrived. Su Mei nervously stared at the file bag in his hand, watching as he handed it over to Tian Lin and then left. Tian Lin was busy with something at the moment and didn't immediately open the file bag, simply placing it on top of a stack of files. Su Mei glanced at the file bag with some restlessness, her heart burning with anxiety. She bit her lip and took a deep breath, intentionally picking up a document and standing up to turn around and say to Tian Lin, "Tian Lin, let's go eat at that new restaurant by the entrance after work today, I'll treat you. I'm going to take this document to the head's office now, if there are any files you need to send in, I can help you take them in together, so you won't have to make another trip."

  Tian Lin agreed to go out for dinner with her, but refused Su Mei's offer to help her deliver the documents, saying that she hadn't finished what was in her hands yet and would do it together after finishing.

  Su Mei saw the situation, her heart was anxious, but she still had some lingering hope. She pointed to the file bag that had just been delivered and said, "This is the report from the base, right? I think you've got a lot on your hands and it'll take a while to finish. The boss will probably want to see this report, so I'll help you bring it in."

  Tian Lin thought for a moment and agreed without much hesitation.

  Qin Feng entered the training camp, and Lin Hao Tian was in charge of all the big and small things inside and outside the security team. He was indeed busy enough to be out of breath, and at this time he was not in the office. Su Mei walked into the room, glanced around with her peripheral vision, and found that everyone was busy with their work and didn't notice her. She quickly took out the contents of the file bag one by one.

  Su Mei's heart was racing like thunder, her palms were sweating, and she bit her lower lip as she scanned the contents of the paper in front of her. Finally, she saw a page with the heading "Site Assessment Report", which only evaluated the overall condition of the training base facilities, without mentioning anything about the collapse accident. Su Mei was still uneasy, so she flipped to the next page and saw a line that made her blood rush to her head - "Collapse Accident Investigation Report".

  Su Mei didn't dare to read the whole article carefully, so she just scanned through the key words. Soon, she came across a phrase, "man-made destruction". Su Mei's mind was blown, her hands were shaking uncontrollably, and her eyes were fixed on those few words, man-made destruction... man-made destruction...

  What's going on! Have they found out? What should I do...

  A noise outside the door startled Su Mei awake, she didn't dare to continue reading and hastily pulled out the report, putting the other files back in order on Lin Haotian's desk. Holding the report, she glanced sideways at the door, no one noticed her, quickly stuffed the report into the paper shredder. Watching as the report was shredded into confetti and mixed with the waste paper, she leaned against the table edge and started panting heavily, only then realizing that from pulling out the report to destroying it, she had been holding her breath the whole time.

  Su Mei didn't take long to recover from the panic earlier and walked out of Lin Hao Tian's office, back to her own seat. In just a few minutes, the investigation report that could have decided her fate quietly lay in the pile of waste paper, waiting for its fate to be destroyed in the incinerator, disappearing into thin air.

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