Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

Lin Baoyan put the quilt into the bedroom and came out to greet Wu Zhi.

"Have lunch at my place. Last week, I killed a chicken and fried a chestnut roast chicken and made a preserved duck and soybean dish."

As she spoke, she took the dishes out of the space, placed them on the table, and brought out a plate with five large steamed buns.

Wu Zhi's face turned serious. He stared at the two dishes that were still steaming and fragrant, and asked with difficulty, "You mean, you made these two dishes last week?"

Lin Baoyan said excitedly: "Yes, I did it last week. You don't even know that my space has finally evolved."

She lowered her voice, leaned close to Wu Zhi and whispered, "Isn't there a two-story house in my space? Now, the space on the second floor has become a storage room for storing things. It's the kind of storage that can store whatever you put in. Isn't it amazing?"

Wu Zhi's eyes widened and he asked urgently, "When did it start?"

No matter how he calculated, the time was wrong. Now was not the time for the new wheat harvest. Where did her merit come from? Or was it that their original guess was all wrong?

Lin Baoyan wanted to report this news in the first place, so she answered honestly, "It was last week. I made a chestnut roast chicken last week, but I didn't finish it, so I put it in the space for the next meal as usual. Who knew that when I took it out, I found that it was still the same as when I put it in, so I made some more and steamed some buns to put together."

"I wanted to report this at the time, but, you know, I didn't know who to report it to."

Wu Zhi was pushed back, but he didn't care.

Lin Baoyan's relationships are quite complicated now. Her former direct supervisor, Lao Liu, can no longer control her. The person living next door was sent by the new department, so it is normal that they are not familiar with each other.

Of course, if she really wanted to pass on a message, it didn’t matter whether the person was familiar with her or not. She could just write a note and throw it over to let someone know.

But, now this little girl hasn’t said anything.

So, there is a problem here. Someone has annoyed her? Is she resentful? Otherwise, Lin Baoyan is not the kind of person who doesn't know the importance of things.

Wu Zhi stroked his chin, put aside the question he couldn't figure out, and thought carefully for a while before asking, "Do you usually have close contact with your neighbor? How do you agree to pass on information?"

Lin Baoyan said embarrassedly: "I am usually at school, and I have only been here seven or eight times. I know that the people next door were arranged by the higher-ups, and I have never dealt with them before."

Wu stared, knowing that this girl was usually not sociable. She was like this in the villa before. Except for Li Mei, she hardly interacted with anyone. Why was she still like this here? Could it be that this girl was socially anxious?

It seemed that she was only familiar with Captain Zhou and He Yushui in Yard 95.

Looking at it this way, it does seem like he has some social phobia.

So, there is actually no other meaning behind her not reporting it?

Excluding the possibility that Lin Baoyan may have resentment in her heart and deliberately delayed the reporting time, the problem lies entirely with the department that is currently in charge of Lin Baoyan.

Wu Zhi said, "Let's eat first. After we're done, I'll take you to find it up there."

Lin Baoyan asked, "Don't you need to report to the people next door? I am no longer your 9th department member. It's not good for you to exceed your authority like this."

Wu Zhi reached out and ruffled her hair, stared at her and said, "When I said I was taking you there, I didn't mean to take you to the 9th place. I, your brother Wu, still have some face."

Lin Baoyan then kept silent and concentrated on eating.

Wu Zhi was thinking while eating.

He should apply to the higher authorities to have this girl undergo a psychological test to see if she has social phobia.

How can people not make more friends and broaden their horizons? Staying at home every day without going out is meaningless. If you keep doing this for a long time, you will become stupid.

He saw that Lin Baoyan had indeed become more and more stupid over the past year.

In addition, the department responsible for Lin Baoyan's affairs was too negligent this time. Who were the people they arranged?

He has been doing this for a long time, but he has never seen such a ridiculous thing. The liaison officer has no contact with the target at all!

Also, Lin Baoyan needs to have a check-up every month, and all these check-up data have to be reported. What on earth does this person in charge do? He clearly knows how valuable Lin Baoyan's space is, but he is so careless. Did Director Liu fall asleep during the meeting, which led to someone transferring Lin Baoyan's relationship?

After dinner, the two packed up their things and went out.

Wu Zhi walked out from the back of the yard. Lin Baoyan came out of the gate with her schoolbag on her shoulder. She nodded and greeted people she knew and didn't know along the way, and then left the community.

Not far from here, he met up with the Wuzhi and drove to a place to report the changes in space to his superiors.

"You mean, you discovered this change last week? Why didn't you report it in time?" the person in charge asked unhappily.

Wu Zhi stopped Lin Baoyan and said bluntly: "This is about how you arranged the people. It has been more than two months, and the people you arranged have not become close to Lin Baoyan, and have not even talked to her. If you didn't know that the person next door was yours, you would have thought that he was a strange neighbor. Tell me, in this situation, would Comrade Lin Baoyan dare to find someone to pass on the message casually?"

He was quite dissatisfied with the attitude towards Lin Baoyan here.

Although the higher-ups want to protect Lin Baoyan and try to hide her as an ordinary person, it does not mean that they really protect her as an ordinary person.

How did Liu treat Lin Baoyan in the beginning? He showed concern for her from time to time and solved problems personally.

Now it was his turn, and not only had he never met Lin Baoyan, he didn't even know what had gone wrong.

How did this person get to this position?

Wu Zhi planned to inquire about this person. If there was any problem, he would have to be exposed immediately.

The person in charge was stunned. The reports he received were always normal and he had no idea about this matter. It was obvious that there was a problem with the arrangements below.

His expression changed, and he immediately forced a smile and said, "Sorry, the arrangement on our side is not suitable. We will change people right away."

Wu Zhi didn't want to indulge him. He stood up and pulled Lin Baoyan and said, "It's just about this matter. I'll take Lin Baoyan away first. You guys should discuss how to rectify it. I'll take her for a routine checkup. It's been more than two months, and she hasn't had a routine checkup even once."

Lin Baoyan needs to have a check-up every month. The person in charge certainly knows this. Now that Wu Zhi is stabbing her in person, he looks very unhappy.

He really wanted to say something, but Wu Zhi was not one of his subordinates, nor was he someone he could talk to casually. Lin Baoyan was also well protected by him, so he could only let the two men leave.

Wu Zhi looked very bad. He took Lin Baoyan into the car and went to another place.

Lin Baoyan said: "I still like Liu Chu."

Wu Zhi smiled and said, "Right, Director Liu doesn't love you in vain. He was still asking me yesterday about how you are doing now. Why, do you want to go back to our 9th Office?"

Lin Baoyan said sadly: "If I could go back, of course I would like to, but you definitely can't do anything about it."

Wu Zhi said nothing.