Siheyuan: Starting from the Old Society

"Passing by? Ha, what a coincidence, every time something happens to Sha Zhu, you 'pass by'!" Li Huaide said sarcastically, looking at Sha Zhu with hostility in his eyes.

Sha Zhu now fully understood that Li Huaide was warning him not to ruin the good thing. A surge of anger rushed from the soles of his feet to his head. He struggled to sit up, but because of his weak body, he fell back onto the bed.

"Li Huaide, stop slandering me here! There is nothing innocent between Sha Zhu and me, don't try to sow discord between us!" Qin Huairu saw that Sha Zhu's face was not right, and she didn't care about being afraid anymore, and pointed at Li Huaide's nose and cursed.

"Innocent? Qin Huairu, don't think I don't know what kind of person you are! If it weren't for your good looks, do you think I would even look at you?" Li Huaide sneered, stretched out his hand to pinch Qin Huairu's chin, and looked at her frivolously, "Why, now that you've hooked up with Sha Zhu, a fool, you want to turn your back on me?"

Qin Huairu was pinched by Li Huaide's chin, unable to move. She could only shake her head desperately, tears falling like pearls from a broken string: "You are talking nonsense! I didn't... Shazhu and I..."

Sha Zhu looked at the scene in front of him and felt furious, as if a fire was burning in his chest. He suddenly threw back the quilt, rushed towards Li Huaide desperately, and punched him.

"Let her go, you bastard!"

Sha Zhu stared blankly at the greasy-haired and powdered man in front of him. Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed through his mind, and he remembered!

This man was none other than Deputy Director Li of the steel rolling mill, the guy who had often tripped him up behind his back!

"Deputy Director Li, I, I and Shazhu..." Qin Huairu hesitated, her eyes flickering, not daring to look directly into Deputy Director Li's scrutinizing eyes.

"What do you mean by "you"? You come to the hospital in broad daylight and flirt with other men. How disgraceful!" Deputy Director Li shouted angrily, scaring Qin Huairu so much that she trembled all over.

Sha Zhu finally came to his senses. It turned out that Qin Huairu was having an affair with this Li guy behind his back!

He sat up from the bed abruptly, pointed at Qin Huairu's nose and cursed: "Qin Huairu, I was wondering why you were so nice to me all of a sudden, it turns out you were hooking up with other men behind my back! You're a fickle bitch, I must have been blind to fall for you!"

Qin Huairu's face turned pale after being scolded by Sha Zhu, and tears fell like beads from a broken string. She sobbed and explained: "Sha Zhu, listen to my explanation, it's not what you think, Deputy Director Li and I..."

"Explanation? What is there to explain? I saw it with my own eyes, and you still want to deny it?" Sha Zhu was furious. He threw back the quilt and pretended to get out of bed.

Qin Huairu saw this and rushed over to hug Sha Zhu's arm, crying, "Sha Zhu, don't be impulsive, I beg you, listen to my explanation..."

Deputy Director Li felt a little uneasy when he saw Sha Zhu getting angry. He shouted in a timid tone, "Sha Zhu, stop slandering me! Huai Ru and I are innocent. Stop talking nonsense!"

"Innocent? Do you think I, Sha Zhu, am a fool? If you have nothing to do with Qin Huairu, why are you here? How do you know that I am in the hospital?" Sha Zhu pushed Qin Huairu away and cursed at Deputy Director Li, pointing at his nose.

Deputy Director Li was speechless after being confronted by Sha Zhu. His face turned pale and blue. He looked around guiltily and said in a low voice, "Sha Zhu, keep your voice down. Don't let others laugh at you!"

"What a joke? Today I'm going to let everyone see how you two dogs cheated on me!" Sha Zhu roared, grabbed Deputy Director Li by the collar and lifted him up like a chicken.

Deputy Factory Director Li was thin and weak, and was no match for Sha Zhu. When he was lifted up by Sha Zhu, he suddenly felt difficulty breathing and his face turned red.

"Shazhu, you, you let me go! If you don't let go, I will call for help!" Deputy Director Li struggled, but to no avail.

"Call for help? Go ahead! Today I'm going to let everyone know what kind of person you, Deputy Director Li, are!" Sha Zhu was furious and punched Deputy Director Li in the face...

Sha Zhu stared blankly at the two people in front of him, his head buzzing like a ball of paste. Deputy Director Li? Who? He tried hard to search for the memory of this name in his mind, but found nothing.

Qin Huairu, on the other hand, had an unnatural blush on her pale face after hearing the words "Deputy Director Li". She hurriedly tidied her hair, tugged at the corner of her clothes, and explained with a twinkling look in her eyes: "Deputy Director Li, why are you here? I... I just came to see Sha Zhu, he suddenly fainted, it's scary..."

Deputy Director Li said "Oh" with a fake smile, and glanced back and forth between Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu, as if trying to find some clues. He cleared his throat and said in a sarcastic tone: "Really? Comrade Qin Huairu, I thought you came to the hospital... for a tryst."

"Deputy Director Li, please don't talk nonsense! I..." Qin Huairu was so anxious that tears were about to fall, but she didn't know how to explain.

The more Sha Zhu listened, the more he felt something was wrong. Although he was slow to think, he could sense that there seemed to be some unclear relationship between the two. He suddenly remembered what the old voice had said: "Qin Huairu had been having an affair with the factory leader a long time ago. You are the fool who was kept in the dark!"

Could it be... Could it be that all this is true? Sha Zhu's heart seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible hand, and it became difficult to breathe.

Deputy Factory Director Li was secretly delighted when he saw that Sha Zhu looked unhappy. It seemed that this silly boy had begun to doubt. He patted Sha Zhu on the shoulder in a pretentious manner and said earnestly, "Sha Zhu, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you are too honest! Some women may look gentle and weak on the surface, but who knows what they might do behind the scenes! You better be careful and don't let others sell you out and help them count the money!"

Deputy Director Li's words seemed to show his concern for Sha Zhu, but in fact, he was deliberately trying to sow discord between them. He hoped that Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu would fall out, so that he could take advantage of the situation and completely take Qin Huairu for himself.

Although Sha Zhu was simple-minded, he was not completely without judgment. He looked at Deputy Director Li's hypocritical smile and listened to the hints in his words, and his heart was burning with anger. He grabbed Deputy Director Li's collar and asked with gritted teeth: "You...what do you mean? Speak clearly! What happened to Huairu? What is your relationship with her?"

Deputy Director Li was shocked by Sha Zhu's sudden action. He struggled hard for a few times, but could not get rid of Sha Zhu's iron-like grip. He shouted angrily: "Sha Zhu, are you crazy? I am the leader of the factory, how dare you lay hands on me? Believe it or not, I will make you pay for it!"

"Leader? Bah! You..." Sha Zhu was so angry that he was about to curse, but suddenly he felt a black screen in front of his eyes and collapsed on the bed powerlessly.

"Shazhu! Shazhu, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me!" Qin Huairu exclaimed, rushed to the bed, hugged Shazhu, and tears rolled down like beads from a broken string.

Upon seeing this, Deputy Director Li cursed inwardly, "What bad luck!" and sneaked out of the ward while Qin Huairu wasn't paying attention.

In the ward, Qin Huairu was the only one left, holding the unconscious Sha Zhu, crying her heart out. However, how much of her tears were true and how much were false, perhaps only she knew...

Sha Zhu stared at the greasy-haired man in front of him, and a thunderclap exploded in his mind. Wasn't he the deputy director Li of the steel mill, the guy who had always been courting Qin Huairu? It turned out that what the old voice said was true!

Sha Zhu felt a surge of anger rushing to his head. He grabbed Deputy Director Li by the collar and asked with gritted teeth, "Tell me! What is your relationship with Huai Ru?!"

Deputy Director Li was startled by Sha Zhu's sudden action. He tried to break free in panic, but found that Sha Zhu's hand was like an iron clamp and he couldn't move it at all.

"Sha Zhu, what are you doing! Let go of Deputy Director Li!" Seeing this, Qin Huairu hurried forward and pulled Sha Zhu, trying to separate the two.

"Get out of my way!" Sha Zhu roared and pushed Qin Huairu away with such force that he knocked Qin Huairu to the ground.

Qin Huairu collapsed on the ground, tears streaming down her face, crying, "Silly Zhu, how could you do this to me? I took good care of you, but you doubted me like this. Are you still a human being?!"

"Am I a human being? When I was being sincere to you, you were hanging out with this beast. How dare you ask me if I am a human being?!" Sha Zhu pointed at Deputy Director Li and roared angrily.

Deputy Director Li saw that Sha Zhu was very emotional and knew that this was not the time to confront him head-on, so he straightened his collar and said calmly, "Sha Zhu, don't spit blood at me. Comrade Qin Huairu and I are just ordinary colleagues. Don't believe everything you hear."

"Bullshit! Do you think I, Sha Zhu, am a three-year-old kid? Do you dare to say that you don't have any improper thoughts about Huai Ru? Do you dare to say that you didn't touch her when I was not around?!" Sha Zhu was furious. He pushed Deputy Director Li against the wall and raised his fist high, ready to fall.

"Shazhu, stop it! You really misunderstood!" Seeing this, Qin Huairu rushed to Deputy Director Li, opened her arms, and tried to stop Shazhu.

"Huai Ru, get out of my way! I am going to beat this beast to death today!" Sha Zhu roared, the anger in his eyes seemed to devour Deputy Director Li.

"Shazhu, calm down and listen to me..." Qin Huairu cried, with a hint of despair in her voice.

Sha Zhu looked at the woman in front of him whom he had loved for many years, and saw her protecting another man at all costs. His heart felt like it was being cut by a knife.

"Good! Good! Good!" Sha Zhu laughed in anger and said through gritted teeth, "Qin Huairu, you are really great! I, Sha Zhu, was really blind to fall in love with a fickle woman like you!"