After Li Gan finished his announcement, he turned around and left the courtyard without giving anyone a chance to react.
Yi Zhonghai's expression darkened, and he went straight back into the house! He felt utterly ashamed, having always thought of himself as the beloved elder of the community.
After Director Li left, everyone returned to their own homes! However, He Yucheng and He Yushui went to Xu Damao's house!
“Oh, Ezi, Yucheng, did you just see that? Yi Zhonghai was in such a sorry state, he completely lost face! I'm really so happy today, we must celebrate!”
Lou Xiao'e shot Xu Damao a glare and said, “If you want to drink, you drink. How old is Yucheng this year? You want him to drink? What if he gets drunk?”
As for his current physical condition, let alone Xu Damao, even ten of him tied together wouldn't be a match, but he simply had no interest in drinking.
After chatting with Xu Damao about the recent happenings in the courtyard, He Yushui and Lou Xiao'e busied themselves with cooking!
After Lou Xiao'e finished preparing the meal, she even took a bowl to serve the deaf old lady, and He Yucheng wondered if Lou Xiao'e knew what the old lady was thinking!
After dinner, Xu Damao, feeling happy, drank a bit too much, and He Yushui helped clean up a little before returning to the central courtyard.
Thinking about how Yi Zhonghai had fanned the flames in front of the big fool today, trying to get him beaten up, he decided to give him another good lesson.
Now, He Yucheng was like the deity Indra from the world of Fengyun, possessing endless life, and when bored, he would stir up conflicts in the martial world, playing with people's lives!
If he wanted to deal with this courtyard, it was just a matter of thought; it was like raising a poisonous insect, one strike could kill it. In an era without the internet or entertainment, wouldn't he be bored to death?
Now, let the beasts fight among themselves!
He Yucheng would never repay evil with kindness; he believed in an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. He was well aware of all the weaknesses of the people in the courtyard, and using their weaknesses to strike at enemies would double the damage. When a person is targeted, leading to a loss of confidence and dignity, over time, it becomes hard for people to respect and trust them. This was He Yucheng's goal.
So, Yi Zhonghai, don't you want to retire?
At that time, let all the elderly around you turn into your enemies, leaving you with no one to call for help. When the Jia family and the big fool come after you, let's see how you can still moralize!
Thinking of this, He Yucheng had a sudden inspiration, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily curled up. Don't you like moralizing? Let's see if Yi Zhonghai has any morals.
An eye for an eye, today you moralize others, and tomorrow, who knows, you might be moralized by others! After all, there's no such thing as empathy in this world; if the needle doesn't prick others, they won't know how painful it is!
At Yi Zhonghai's home, Aunt Yi looked at him, who was drinking in a daze, and said, “Zhonghai, it's fine not to be the elder anymore. Let's just live our own lives. The Jia family's matters are too troublesome; as long as Jia Zhang's around, the courtyard won't be peaceful.”
Yi Zhonghai glanced at the aging Aunt Yi and cursed inwardly! “Nonsense, am I really concerned about the Jia family? The stick is my own! In the future, they will have to mourn for me.”
Thinking this, he couldn't say it out loud and sighed, “Sigh, I didn't expect so many things to happen in the courtyard recently. You're right; let's just live our own lives from now on. The Jia family can take care of themselves.”
Yi Zhonghai had already firmly grasped He Yuzhu's weaknesses. He knew that even if he didn't support the Jia family, with the foolish Zhu around, his own precious son wouldn't go hungry!
These petty matters in the courtyard, no one could handle them except him. When the Jia family caused chaos in the courtyard, everyone would have to come begging him!
Now, everyone in the courtyard didn't take Yi Zhonghai seriously, especially Liu Haizhong, who had been trying to get rid of him. Did they really think he couldn't handle him? Let's wait and see!
“Aren't you so fond of your precious son? At that time, I'll just send your son away to another place.”
Thinking of this, Yi Zhonghai felt a surge of excitement and slapped the table: “Smack!”
The noise startled Aunt Yi, who hurriedly came over to ask, “Old Yi, what's wrong? Why did you slam the table? You scared me.”
“It's nothing, just got a bit excited.”
“Sigh, don't think too much, just rest up!”
Yi Zhonghai hurriedly replied, “Okay, after this drink, so much has happened these past few days, I'm feeling a bit stressed. If I drink more, I really won't be able to sleep!”
After finishing his drink, Yi Zhonghai said to Aunt Yi, “Alright, you clean up a bit. I'm going to rest!”
He wanted to deal with Liu Haizhong, who was ambitious yet incompetent; it would be easy to handle him. Let's see what happens with Liu Haizhong.
With this thought, Yi Zhonghai fell into a deep sleep.
Letting Yi Zhonghai deal with Liu Haizhong was precisely He Yucheng's plan, subconsciously altering Yi Zhonghai's thoughts, guiding him to deal with the people in the courtyard, and then letting him reveal everything he had done in front of everyone. It would definitely be very interesting.
After entering the cave, He Yucheng chatted with Yue Qiluo for a while before returning to their respective rooms to rest. He Yucheng was also thinking about quickly going to the recycling place in the next couple of days to gather parts for a bicycle!
The next morning, Yi Zhonghai forced himself to perk up and went to the steel factory as usual!
However, he found that everyone was looking at him with strange expressions, and after he left, they all pointed and whispered about him.
Just as he was wondering, he saw Liu Haizhong in front of the factory's employees saying, “You see, Old Yi's thoughts are so outdated. The elder's position was revoked by the street, what kind of nonsense is this!”
After saying that, he spilled all the things Yi Zhonghai had done in the courtyard!
Watching Liu Haizhong speak vividly, Yi Zhonghai was furious.
“Liu Haizhong!”
Hearing Yi Zhonghai's voice, Liu Haizhong trembled in fear, and seeing Yi Zhonghai's face dark with anger, he felt a bit guilty.
But then he thought, Yi Zhonghai was no longer the elder of the courtyard, and as the second elder, he could still manage him, which made him feel quite emboldened.
He impatiently said, “Old Yi, why are you shouting? You scared me.”
“What are you doing?”
Liu Haizhong replied nonchalantly, “What else can I do? Can't you see I'm chatting with my colleagues?”
“Are you talking bad about me?”
Liu Haizhong laughed, “Old Yi, how could I talk bad about you? You're overthinking it. I'm just telling them about the recent happenings in our courtyard, all honest talk. Everyone knows that I, Liu Haizhong, am the least likely to talk behind someone's back. Alright, I'm heading back to the workshop. You should get back to work too!”
In these times, chatting together meant discussing trivial matters. Liu Haizhong had spread his actions in the courtyard, and it wouldn't be long before everyone in the steel factory knew. The people in the factory were not as easy to fool as those in the courtyard; wouldn't they just stab him in the back later?
Liu Haizhong was the least likely to talk bad about others? Nonsense! He knew exactly what that meant! Yi Zhonghai was not unaware of this!