Walking with the Villain, Lou Xiao'e's Alternative Love

The successive experiences of Xu Damao and Zhu Zirui's families made Li Huaide anxious.

Although he is the de facto leader of the steel mill, his power seems to be insignificant in the current environment.

Due to Mr. Chen's special instructions, he could not make public the identities of Xu Damao and Zhu Zirui as Mr. Chen's adopted sons, and the identity of Lou Xiao'e as the daughter of a "capitalist" and Mr. Chen's adopted daughter.

Such an identity cannot be told to outsiders.

It also led to attacks on them by those who did not know the truth.

Fortunately, they still have the identity of steel mill employees as a layer of protection.

Otherwise, it would only be based on Zhu Zirui's grandparents' high-level intellectual background.

And Lou Xiao'e's identity as the descendant of capitalists is enough to make them the main target of this storm.

Although Li Huaide had already informed the relevant departments, he had to manage a steel rolling mill with thousands of employees after all, and it was difficult for him to take care of everything.

Therefore, Mr. Chen's children were inevitably affected.

Although the situation has not yet developed to the point where it cannot be reversed, Li Huaide's worries are growing day by day.

For the steel rolling mill, Mr. Chen personally came forward to coordinate all parties.

However, he never greeted anyone about his own children.

Nor did he put any pressure on Li Huaide.

This made him feel deeply guilty.

He knew that although Mr. Chen paid attention to the overall situation, he would never want to see his children get hurt.

Officially speaking, he did not fail in his duty.

But from a personal perspective, he felt that his inaction had let down Mr. Chen's righteousness.

Therefore, after the two families were attacked, Li Huaide launched an all-out investigation.

It turned out that Zhu Zirui's family was in trouble entirely because of their status as "living targets".

However, there is another hidden story behind Lou Xiao'e's incident.

What shocked him was that the mastermind behind this was Yu Haitang and her man.

This made him furious, and he cursed: "Yu Haitang, this suicidal woman, is really courting her own death.

After reporting the Liu Lan incident, she could have been fired, but out of a bit of conscience, she was not allowed to lose not only her face but also her job.

Unexpectedly, my momentary kindness actually dug a big hole for myself.

Li Huaide told Xu Damao, who came to see him, all the results of the investigation.

And asked for his opinion.

He decided to fire Yu Haitang first, and hand over the evidence of her husband's past hooliganism and crimes to the public security department for handling.

Just as Xu Damao was about to leave, Li Huaide told him another "good news".

Let him prepare and hand over the work to Lu Bin. The decision to promote him to the director of the Purchasing Department will be announced in a few days.

Xu Damao thought to himself that this sudden promotion opportunity was just a compensation given by Li Huaide because of his inner guilt.

What's more, deep down in his heart, he had already decided to return to a simple life with his wife and son.

They lived their leisurely little lives.

I don't even hope to be promoted.

Furthermore, let’s mention Lu Bin, his direct superior.

He was the only one among their colleagues who was regarded as a good brother by the couple.

How could he have the heart to take his place?

For various reasons, Xu Damao became even more determined to refuse.

So, Xu Damao expressed his refusal to Li Huaide in an extremely polite and tactful manner.

However, can Li Huaide's decision be easily shaken?

He explained that Lu Bin was one of his trusted confidants and that there was a more important task for him to perform.

However, Lu Bin’s destination has only been finalized at this moment.

Xu Damao, who had long been regarded as Lu Bin's right-hand man, naturally filled in and took over Lu Bin's job.

There are no other factors affecting it.

These words made Xu Damao's refusal seem powerless and unnecessary.

In desperation, Xu Damao could only take the answer.

and the news that she was about to be promoted, she stepped into Lou Xiao'e's office.

If it were in the past, Lou Xiao'e and others would be overjoyed to hear that Xu Damao had been promoted.

But now, at this critical juncture, what’s the point of raising it or not?

To some extent, they are not as good as ordinary people.

However, Li Huaide only informed Xu Damao by notification.

Although a few explanations were given, it was obvious that this was not a discussion with him.

At this moment, if outsiders saw the expressions of the couple, they would definitely mistakenly think that they had encountered an unspeakable major change.

Or they are facing an insurmountable difficulty.

When it comes to life, its complexity and changes are truly impressive.

In times of peace and prosperity, promotion and wealth are the desire and dream of many people.

But in such a precarious era where separation of life and death may occur at any time, promotion seems to have become a monster that everyone avoids, filling people's hearts with anxiety and uneasiness.

Perhaps, only people like Lou Xiao'e and Xu Damao, who do not have to worry about their livelihood, would show such complicated emotions when facing promotion.

And there are many people who are eager to climb to higher branches.

If they were in the same situation, they would probably have been overjoyed and eager to try.

This is the contrast in life, a sharp contrast caused by the interweaving of survival pressure and various complex factors.

In this contrast, we see the different mindsets and choices made by different people when facing the same situation.

I also deeply realized the diversity and complexity of human nature under the pressure of survival.

The couple showed no joy at the news of the upcoming promotion.

Instead, the good news overshadowed their entire work day, and both of them looked unhappy.

After get off work, they returned home together, sat on the sofa, looked at each other, and finally laughed at the same time.

Xu Damao was the first to break the silence: "Wife, aren't we a little too unsatisfied?

It's such a good thing, but we are still so happy about it."

Lou Xiao'e continued, "It's not all our fault. In this world, most people become nervous and paranoid."

Xu Damao shook his head slightly in disagreement: "It seems that our ideas are a little different.

I really don't want to climb up the career ladder anymore. The higher the position, the more work there is to do and the greater the responsibility.

I don't have any big ambitions, so why should I occupy the toilet without doing anything and block other people's way? "

After hearing this, Lou Xiao'e nodded thoughtfully.

"You don't want me to get promoted because the situation is so serious. This is different from what I think." Xu Damao continued, "Wife, if the situation was not so chaotic, you would be happy for my promotion, right?"

When asked this question, Lou Xiao'e was speechless for a moment. "Yes, I should be happy.

Isn’t this a normal reaction?”

She muttered to herself, but then she felt that something she said seemed to be wrong, and suddenly thought of the label she had given herself many times: "a person who lies down and is idle."

"Yes, just lie down and do nothing. This does conflict with the identity of "the leader's wife."

Lou Xiao'e said with sudden enlightenment.