Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

Zheng Yao sat down and lit a cigarette, leaning back in his chair, looking at Yi Zhonghai coldly with contempt, and said impatiently: "Okay, I don't want to bother with you anymore, why did you come to me? If you have something to say, say it now! Don't waste my time!"

Yi Zhonghai had accepted his fate by now. Although the beating was a bit unfair, it could not be said to be completely unfair. After all, he was indeed a bit rude when he broke into the room. It was meaningless to continue arguing. He had to take the beating in vain.

Yi Zhonghai suppressed his anger, stared at Zheng Yao with dark circles under his eyes, and said to him, "I came to see you, Section Chief Zheng, for something! I want to ask you, Section Chief Zheng, have you received a letter of complaint these days?"

Zheng Yao was stunned for a moment, but immediately understood what the report letter Yi Zhonghai was referring to. It must be the report letter reporting Lin Geng that he received when he got off work on Saturday.

He knew Lin Geng and had a deep impression of him. He was the orphan of a martyr who had been bullied by Yi Zhonghai and his gang of beasts. He was also very intelligent and had a natural talent for guns. When he was equipped with a gun last Monday, Lin Geng's talent for disassembling, assembling and maintaining guns at a glance left a deep impression on him.

On Saturday, someone wrote a letter of complaint against Lin Geng, saying that he used his identity as a purchasing agent to go to the countryside to purchase supplies for the factory, but arbitrarily intercepted the supplies reserved for the factory, took a large piece of meat home to eat and drink, and also bought people's hearts in the yard, and even engaged in speculation and profiteering. This was digging into the corners of socialism, and the letter requested that the security department must severely punish Lin Geng.

When he first received the letter of complaint, he was surprised because he had also heard that Lin Geng had brought back more than 300 kilograms of wild boar meat to the factory two days ago. This incident caused a sensation in the steel rolling mill. The cafeteria served a meal of fried wild boar meat on Friday. The workers in the factory were very happy because it was really difficult to eat meat now. Occasionally, if someone could give them some meat, even if it was just one or two pieces in each person's bowl, it would make people feel very satisfied.

Therefore, the news that Lin Geng brought back more than 300 kilograms of wild boar meat to the factory quickly spread in the factory. Many people praised the new buyer in the purchasing department and were very grateful to Lin Geng.

Of course the Security Department also knew about this. When Lin Geng brought back the meat, the Security Officer on duty at the factory gate was the first to know about it. He also helped push the cart to the warehouse, so as the head of the Security Department, he naturally heard about it as well.

Privately, Director Yang and Deputy Director Li invited the factory's director-level leaders to a meal on Friday night, allowing them to enjoy a delicious meal of wild boar meat, which they all felt very satisfied with.

Although they would inevitably be scolded by the factory employees if their actions became known, being able to have a meal of meat was still a very satisfying thing for them.

Now someone reported that Lin Geng abused his power for personal gain and secretly intercepted the wild boar meat purchased for the factory for his own use. At first, Zheng Yao was very angry, so he immediately found Wu Tieshan, the chief of the Purchasing Section 4, and asked him about the situation.

But after asking, he found out that the wild boar meat that Lin Geng brought back was not purchased from the countryside villages, but that Lin Geng went into the mountains himself, risked his life to hunt two wild boars, and brought the meat to the factory.

In this case, he had nothing to say, because the man did not purchase the materials as a buyer or intercept them privately. He hunted in the mountains and brought them back to the factory, which was a favor. If he did not bring them back to the factory and sold them to other factories, no one could say that he was wrong.

Therefore, Lin Geng brought back more than 300 kilograms of meat to the factory, which was already quite generous. He kept several dozen kilograms of meat for himself. No one could say anything whether he ate it or gave it to others.

So after reporting the results of the investigation to Director Yang and Deputy Director Li, he threw the letter of complaint into the stove and burned it.

And that’s not all. Early this morning, the police station and the street office called him and asked about this matter. They asked them whether the steel mill had received the letter of complaint and whether they had conducted any investigation.

He also reported the results of the investigation to the police station and the street office. After hearing the results, Deputy Chief Li of the police station cursed the person who reported the incident as a good-for-nothing who couldn't stand seeing Xiao Lin getting better. This was purely a false accusation. If it weren't for encouraging the people to fight against illegal and criminal activities and to report criminals, he would have wanted to find out who was falsely accusing Lin Geng and give the reporter a good beating.

Zheng Yao was also very angry about this, but in principle they were not allowed to conduct an in-depth investigation into who wrote the report, and they were not allowed to retaliate against the reporter, so he did not pursue the matter any further.

Unexpectedly, not long after the factory announced the praise of Lin Geng, Yi Zhonghai found him angrily and came to question him.

So Zheng Yao sneered and nodded, "Yes, I did receive a report letter, and I receive reports every day. I don't know whose report letter you are referring to? There are so many reports, I know which report letter you are talking about?"

Yi Zhonghai was blinded by hatred now. He wanted to kill Lin Geng as soon as possible. His IQ was seriously reduced because of hatred. So he glared at Zheng Yao and shouted, "Who else could it be? Of course, it's the person who reported Lin Geng, the purchaser of the fourth purchasing department, for abusing his power for personal gain. He used his identity as a purchaser to intercept the meat purchased for the factory, took it home privately and ate it lavishly. He also gave it away to people everywhere, bought people's hearts and dug into the socialist camp!"

Zheng Yao then pulled up a dangerous arc at the corner of his mouth, lowered his head and laughed, and the louder he laughed, the louder it became, and finally he seemed to be laughing like a madman.

Yi Zhonghai was originally furious, but when he saw Zheng Yao laughing wildly, his heart began to beat fast. He felt that something was not right. He thought to himself, is Zheng Yao crazy? Why is he so abnormal today?

But Zheng Yao suddenly stopped laughing, raised his head and glared at Yi Zhonghai, saying: "You are so good, Yi Zhonghai! You old bastard, you will not stop until you put the orphans of the martyrs to death!

You took the lead in bullying Lin Geng and nearly forced him to death. Now you are getting your retribution. Lin Geng was magnanimous and did not hold you accountable. He spared your life. Not only are you not grateful to him, but you have not shown any remorse and even dared to frame the martyr's family!

I was just trying to find out who was falsely accusing Lin Geng, but I didn't expect you, an old bastard, to jump out on your own! Good, good, good! You are very good! Yi Zhonghai, Yi Zhonghai!

No wonder you can’t have children. It seems that you have done too many immoral things. That’s why you can’t have children! You deserve it!”

After hearing what Zheng Yao said, Yi Zhonghai was so angry that he almost died on the spot. His face, which had been beaten like a pig's head, was now red. He stared at Zheng Yao with one eye and shouted, "Chief Zheng, don't forget that you are a leading cadre! How can you humiliate a worker like me like this?

Yes, I reported Lin Geng, but what I reported was all true! Not only did you not punish Lin Geng, but you publicly humiliated me, a good and enthusiastic comrade who reported illegal crimes!

You are shielding a criminal, I will sue you!"

Zheng Yao pointed at Yi Zhonghai with a cold face and said angrily: "Yi Zhonghai, on what basis do you accuse Xiao Lin of abusing his power for personal gain? And on what basis do you accuse me of shielding a criminal? Just because of your words?

Let me tell you, I launched an investigation on the day I received your report. The wild boar meat that Lin Geng brought back to the factory was not purchased from the countryside at all. Instead, he risked his life by going into the mountains and hunting the wild boars himself!

Why can't people keep some of the meat for themselves when they hunt wild boars? But you reported Xiaolin for abusing his power for personal gain and intercepting the materials purchased by the factory without authorization. Isn't this a false accusation?

Since you have come out today, don't blame me for being rude to you! I was just worried about finding out who was framing a good comrade like Lin Geng, and now you have come to me!

Come, take him away and treat him well! Let him sober up!

Lin Geng worked so hard to go into the mountains and hunt for us, and he worked so hard to bring the meat back for us, just so that everyone could have a bite of meat, but now he is framed by this old bastard. Do you still want to eat meat in the future?"

Zheng Yao slammed the table and shouted orders to the security men in the room.