What if I haven't seen Siheyuan?

When Xu Damao saw how familiar Yan Xiaoyao was with the factory leaders, his eyes rolled around and a smile instantly covered his face. He pretended to be very familiar with Yan Xiaoyao and waved to him enthusiastically, "Xiaoyao, you're here!"

Director Yang and his colleagues were very curious when they saw Xu Damao's enthusiasm and cast puzzled glances at him.

Xu Damao hurriedly explained: "Director Yang, leaders, Yan Xiaoyao and I are neighbors who live in the same yard, and we have a very good relationship." He spoke with great joy, as if he and Yan Xiaoyao were close friends who had known each other for many years.

Yan Xiaoyao sneered in his heart but kept a polite smile on his face, and did not expose Xu Damao's hypocrisy.

Director Yang smiled and said, "So that's how it is. That's really a coincidence."

Xu Damao continued, "Yes, yes, I said I had to come to the welcoming banquet today so I can have some fun with Xiaoyao."

Everyone took their seats and the welcoming banquet officially began.

The canteen director also went out to notify people to serve the food.

Yan Xiaoyao was also curious whether it would be Liu Lan who would come to serve the dishes as written in the novel. However, he found out that it was not Liu Lan who came, but a young man in his twenties, who might be Sha Zhu's apprentice or something like that.

After three rounds of drinking, Xu Damao opened up completely. Holding the wine glass, his face flushed, he shouted: "Yan Xiaoyao, you are really good. You are so familiar with the leaders just after you arrived! Come on, let's go!" As he said that, he raised his head and drank the wine in the glass.

Yan Xiaoyao smiled and took a sip of wine, saying, "Xu Damao, drink less. Don't drink too much and act crazy again."

When Xu Damao heard this, he became unhappy and slammed the table and shouted: "What are you talking about? I, Xu Damao, can drink a lot!" After that, he poured himself another full glass and began to toast other leaders.

"Director Yang, I'd like to offer you a toast. I wish you good health and that our factory will become better and better!" Director Yang smiled and took a sip.

Then he turned to Deputy Director Li and said, "Deputy Director Li, please take care of me. I'll drink first as a token of my respect!" Deputy Director Li also drank a little.

In this way, Xu Damao drank one cup after another, spoke louder and louder, and his tongue began to get tied.

Yan Xiaoyao looked at Xu Damao's drunken state and shook his head helplessly. The other leaders just smiled and continued chatting and drinking.

After a while, Xu Damao finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep on the table.

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they saw his miserable appearance.

After the show, Yan Xiaoyao said goodbye to the leaders and didn't care about Xu Damao who was still drunk in the reception hall, thinking that his good friend Sha Zhu would definitely take good care of him.

He walked out of the factory gate still a little drunk, ready to go home and rest.

As a result, not long after he left the factory, the sound of a woman crying softly came from the woods on the side of the road. It was particularly clear in the quiet night and scared him.

"It's late at night, nothing strange will happen, right? I can travel through time, so there might be some strange things." Yan Xiaoyao thought to himself and shuddered.

But his strong curiosity still drove him, and after hesitating for a long time, he finally walked cautiously in the direction of the sound.

Walking into the grove, he saw a woman in her twenties squatting on the ground in the dim moonlight, crying softly. Her shoulders were shaking slightly, her hair was a little messy, and her figure looked particularly sad in the moonlight.

When Yan Xiaoyao saw the crying woman, countless thoughts suddenly surged into his mind.

"This woman is crying here in the middle of the night. Could she be in danger? I hope it's not a trap set by some criminals." He looked around vigilantly and his body tensed up unconsciously.

"But she looks so pitiful, crying so sadly. Maybe she really encountered some major setback." Yan Xiaoyao's heart softened again, and he felt a little pity.

"Should I go up and ask? It would be terrible if I get into trouble. But if I just ignore it, I'd feel bad." He was extremely conflicted and hesitated to move forward.

"Oh, forget it. Now that I've encountered him, I can't just pretend I didn't see it. At most I'll have to be careful. Anyway, with my strengthened body, there shouldn't be any danger as long as it's not a hot weapon. Let me ask about the situation first." Yan Xiaoyao gritted his teeth and stepped forward with determination.

Yan Xiaoyao approached and asked softly, "Why are you, a woman, still out in the wilderness so late at night? Aren't you afraid of running into bad guys?"

The woman heard the voice and slowly raised her head to respond to him. With the moonlight, Yan Xiaoyao saw the woman's face clearly and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that this woman was pretty good-looking.

During the conversation with the woman, Yan Xiaoyao was surprised to find that this woman was actually Liu Lan in the play.

"So it's you, Liu Lan!" Yan Xiaoyao said.

Liu Lan sobbed and said, "So what if it was me? Who could have thought that I would be so unlucky."

Yan Xiaoyao asked curiously: "What happened? Can you tell me?"

Liu Lan wiped away her tears and choked up as she said, "It was all because of the bad things that happened at the factory. I was wronged and had nowhere to go, so I came here."

Yan Xiaoyao frowned: "What's going on in the factory? Can you tell me more about it? Maybe I can help."

Liu Lan glanced at him, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Forget it, it's no use talking to you. I know you are a new doctor. You just arrived at the factory and you can't solve it."

Yan Xiaoyao said sincerely: "How do you know I can't solve it if you don't tell me? Even if I can't solve it, I'll feel better if I tell you."

Liu Lan was silent for a moment, and finally told Yan Xiaoyao everything that had happened.

It turned out that Liu Lan had just joined the factory because her husband had disappeared without a trace after owing a lot of gambling debts. She also had an elderly mother-in-law to take care of and a daughter who was less than one year old and was crying for food.

Now she helps in the kitchen and earns only 18 yuan a month, which is a drop in the bucket for this struggling family.

"I really have no choice. I worry about my livelihood every day." Liu Lan's voice trembled and tears welled up again.

She went on to say, "A few days ago, I brought some leftovers from the cafeteria home to fill my family's stomachs, but Li Youde found out. He actually threatened me that I should be his lover, otherwise he would fire me. What should I do?" Liu Lan covered her face with her hands, sobbing in pain.

After listening to her story, Yan Xiaoyao felt mixed emotions and was deeply moved.