Siheyuan: Starting from the Old Society

Xu Damao stopped smiling, glanced at everyone with a cold gaze, and said in a cold voice: "I was wondering who was so bold as to cause trouble in the yard, it turned out to be you, old man! What's the matter, you have been a master for so long that you really think you are a big shot?"

"I..." Yi Zhonghai opened his mouth, but found that he was unable to refute.

Xu Damao ignored him and turned to Qin Huairu, asking with concern, "Sister Qin, are you okay?"

Qin Huairu was so frightened at this time that she was at a loss for words. She stared at Xu Damao blankly. It took her a while to react. She shook her head and said in a trembling voice: "I... I'm fine..."

"I'm glad you're okay." Xu Damao patted her shoulder and comforted her, "Don't be afraid. With me here, no one dares to bully you."

After saying that, he turned around and his eyes fell on Yi Zhonghai again, his eyes full of disgust and contempt: "Yi Zhonghai, I tell you, I will not let it go today! You'd better pray that Sister Qin is okay, otherwise..."

He didn't say anything else, but the threat in his tone was self-evident.

Yi Zhonghai’s face turned pale. He knew that he had really hit a wall this time.

Xu Damao ignored him and turned to the soldiers behind him and said, "Take this old man away!"

"Yes!"

Two soldiers stepped forward, held Yi Zhonghai on the left and right, and dragged him out.

Yi Zhonghai struggled and wanted to call for help, but found that he was powerless to resist.

"Xu Damao, you can't do this to me! I'm the boss of the hospital, you can't..."

His voice became farther and farther away, and finally disappeared into the night.

Everyone watched this scene and didn't dare to breathe.

Sha Zhu stood in the crowd, looking at Xu Damao's back, a complicated look flashed in his eyes.

He has known Xu Damao for many years and has been at odds with him since childhood.

But it is undeniable that Xu Damao is indeed a ruthless character, and he did help Qin Huairu today.

Thinking of this, Sha Zhu's mood became even more complicated...

Xu Damao comforted Qin Huairu with a few words, then led the soldiers out of the courtyard.

Before leaving, he looked at Sha Zhu deeply, with a meaningful smile on his face.

Sha Zhu felt uneasy when he looked at him, and he always felt that there seemed to be some deep meaning hidden in this smile...

Sha Zhu looked at Xu Damao's receding back, feeling mixed emotions. He returned to his room with his head down, sat down on the bed, his mind in a mess.

"How come Xu Damao has become a different person after going out?" he murmured to himself, but the meaningful smile Xu Damao had on his face when he left just now emerged in his mind.

"Could it be that he wants to cause trouble for me?" Sha Zhu shuddered and quickly shook his head, "Impossible, impossible, no matter how powerful Xu Damao is, can he still turn the world upside down?"

He tried hard to put Xu Damao's matter behind him, but the more he tried to forget, the clearer that mocking smile became.

"No, I have to go ask Uncle Three who this Xu Damao is!" Sha Zhu stood up abruptly, grabbed his coat and walked out.

Third uncle Yan Bugui is the insider of the hospital, he must know something!

At this time, it was late at night and the courtyard was silent. However, the lights were still on in the third uncle's house. Sha Zhu walked to the window and vaguely heard the sound of abacus beads moving from inside.

He knocked on the door and asked, "Uncle, are you asleep?"

"Who is it?" The voice of the third uncle came from the house.

"It's me, silly."

"Oh, it's Shazhu, come in."

Sha Zhu pushed the door open and saw the third uncle sitting at the table, fiddling with an abacus in the dim light. There was an account book on the table.

"Uncle, it's so late, are you still settling accounts?" asked Sha Zhu.

"Alas, isn't it almost the New Year? I need to calculate this year's income and expenditure." The third uncle sighed, "This year's life is really getting harder and harder."

Sha Zhu sat down opposite him, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Uncle San, do you know what happened to Xu Damao today?"

The third uncle raised his head, glanced at him, put down the abacus in his hand, and said in a low voice: "Silly Zhu, I'm telling you, don't tell anyone."

Sha Zhu nodded quickly: "Don't worry, I'm keeping my mouth shut!"

"Let me tell you, Xu Damao is a big shot now!" The third uncle said mysteriously, "I heard that he has made great contributions in the army and is now a big shot!"

"Big shot? How big a shot?" Sha Zhu widened his eyes.

The third uncle stretched out a finger and waved it in front of Sha Zhu: "I don't know exactly what level he is, but anyway, he is much better than that Liu Haizhong in our courtyard!"

Sha Zhu sucked in a breath of cold air. Liu Haizhong was a seventh-level worker in the steel rolling mill. He was already a very remarkable figure in the institute. How could Xu Damao be even more powerful than him?

"Then, then the reason he came back this time is..." Sha Zhu asked nervously.

The third uncle shook his head: "I don't know about that, but I think he came back with bad intentions this time."

Sha Zhu's heart skipped a beat and a feeling of uneasiness came over him.

"Uncle, you mean, he will cause trouble for me?"

"It's hard to say. You always had problems with him before." The third uncle said, "But don't worry too much. No matter how powerful he is, he can't just bully people, right? As long as you behave yourself, you should be fine."

Sha Zhu forced a smile, but he felt even more uneasy in his heart.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door, followed by a woman's voice in the yard: "Shazhu! Shazhu, are you home? Something happened! Qin Huairu... "

After Xu Damao left, the people in the courtyard were stunned for a long time. Sha Zhu stood there blankly, looking at the direction where Yi Zhonghai was taken away, with mixed feelings in his heart.

"This Xu Damao, I haven't seen him for a few years, how come he seems like a different person?"

"Who said he wasn't? In the past, he was the one who knew how to act according to the master's mood. Why is it that when he came back, he was..."

"Oh, don't you think about it? He is now a neighborhood warrior! The uniform and the aura are not comparable to us ordinary people!"

The sound of people talking around him made Sha Zhu even more annoyed. He spat fiercely, cursed in a low voice: "What the hell!" and turned back to the house.

In the room, He Yushui was still awake, sitting at the table reading a book. Seeing Sha Zhu coming back, she put down the book and asked, "Brother, what's going on outside? Why is it so noisy?"

Sha Zhu replied angrily, "What else can I do? That old man Yi Zhonghai is bullying people just because he is a big shot! This time he has hit a wall and has been dealt with by Xu Damao!"

"Xu Damao? He's not..." He Yushui was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly remembered something and asked in surprise, "Brother, are you saying that Xu Damao is back?!"

"That's right!" Sha Zhu paced the room impatiently. "Tell me, how peaceful has the courtyard been during the years he was away? Now he comes back out of nowhere and brings a wife with him. Who knows what kind of trouble he's going to cause!"

He Yushui did not respond to his words, but said thoughtfully: "Brother, do you think Xu Damao's return this time will be..."

She hesitated to speak, but Sha Zhu understood what she meant.

"You mean, he came here for Qin Huairu?"

He Yushui nodded and lowered his voice and said, "Brother, think about it. Xu Damao had always been interested in Qin Huairu. He has been out there for the past few years. Who knows what he is thinking? Now he is a soldier and has made a name for himself. Qin Huairu..."

At this point, she paused and didn't say anything more. But Sha Zhu understood that what she wanted to say was that Qin Huairu was now a widow, and a widow with three children.

Sha Zhu's face also turned ugly. He knew better than anyone what kind of person Xu Damao was. If he really had feelings for Qin Huairu, then Qin Huairu and her three children would be in danger.

"No, I have to find Qin Huairu and tell her about this!"

Sha Zhu said this and walked out.

"Brother, where are you going?" He Yushui grabbed him and said, "You went to a widow's house in the middle of the night. If someone saw you, that would be ridiculous!"

"But we can't just watch Qin Huairu jump into the fire pit!" Sha Zhu said anxiously.

"You..." He Yushui was so angry that she stomped her feet. "Brother, can you use your brain? Who do you think you are? Why should Qin Huairu listen to you? If you go, what else can you do except embarrass her?"

Sha Zhu was stunned. He knew that there was no possibility between him and Qin Huairu. But when he thought that Qin Huairu might be bullied by Xu Damao, that bastard, he couldn't help but feel distressed and wanted to protect her.

"Then...what should I do then?" he asked weakly.

He Yushui sighed and said, "Brother, we need to think about this matter carefully. Don't worry, I will go and feel out Qin Huairu tomorrow to see what she thinks, and then we can talk about other things."

Sha Zhu also knew that this was the only way now. He nodded, went back to the table and sat down, picked up the cold tea and drank it all.

It was late at night, but there was an undercurrent in the courtyard. Everyone had their own thoughts in their hearts, and no one knew what kind of future was waiting for them...

The next morning, when Sha Zhu went to work, he saw Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e standing in the yard, chatting and laughing with the neighbors. Lou Xiao'e was wearing a fashionable dress, with wavy curly hair and delicate makeup, and looked particularly radiant.

When Xu Damao saw Sha Zhu, his smile widened. He walked up to him, patted Sha Zhu on the shoulder affectionately, and said, "Hey, isn't this Sha Zhu? I haven't seen you for a few years, and you're still like this!"

Sha Zhu slapped his hand away in disgust and said coldly: "Xu Damao, don't be so hypocritical! What on earth do you want to do by returning to the courtyard?"

The smile on Xu Damao's face froze, and then returned to normal. He said meaningfully: "Shazhu, what do you mean by this? Do I have to report to you when I return to my own home?"