Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 306: Liu Liang's Case

Hearing the noise, He Yuanchao turned around and walked quickly to the desk to pick up the phone.

"Hey, where?"

As soon as He Yuanchao finished speaking, an anxious voice came from the phone.

"Director, I...I seem to be in trouble."

"Trouble, what trouble?"

Holding the microphone, He Yuanchao frowned slightly and said calmly: "Jiefang, don't be anxious, explain the matter clearly."

Li Jiefang on the other end of the phone seemed to have found his backbone after hearing this. His tone was no longer as panicky as before, but more calm.

"Director, Liu Liang took the bag of steel scraps from the place where the stolen goods were hidden before leaving get off work. I suspected that he was going to take it out of the factory. The situation was urgent at the time and I didn't have time to report to you, so I checked him out, but I didn't find anything after searching for a long time."

After hearing what Li Jiefang said, He Yuanchao's brows relaxed and he thought for a moment, "Where is Liu Liang now? Has anyone searched the place where he hid the stolen goods?"

"Liu Liang has someone watching at the door of the security room, and no one has been sent to check the place where the stolen goods are hidden."

After receiving Li Jiefang's reply, He Yuanchao did not ask any other questions. "Okay, keep an eye on the person. I'll be right there."

After saying that, He Yuanchao put down the phone, walked to the door, grabbed the military coat on the hanger, and quickly walked out of the office.

He Yuanchao pushed the bicycle out of the carport and rushed to the gate security room while thinking about the possible consequences of Liu Liang's incident.

When he was still some distance away from the factory gate, He Yuanchao saw a lot of people gathered in front of the security room.

He Yuanchao rode his bike to the outskirts of the noisy crowd, locked it by the roadside, found a place with relatively few people, and then walked towards the door of the security room.

"Make way, make way, go home after get off work and don't gather here."

He Yuanchao pushed the person who was blocking him, and shouted in a stiff tone.

The people who were pushed were already unhappy, and when they heard this, they became even more angry and started shouting and cursing.

"Fuck, who is that? You're here pretending to be a big clove of garlic."

"Don't squeeze..."

"Why are you pretending to be so great? If you keep making such a fuss, I'll beat you up."

"Ouch! How dare you, grandson, act like a hooligan? I'll scratch you to death..."

……

Ignoring the gossip of the onlookers, He Yuanchao increased the strength of his hands, squeezed through the edge of the crowd and stepped inside.

"Oh my! You're still excited, aren't you?"

"Don't push me, you deserve a beating..."

The two people who were pushed aside turned their heads and saw He Yuanchao. Like a chicken with its neck strangled, they suddenly became silent and quickly turned around and walked out of the crowd.

The fact that He Yuanchao had become the deputy director of the Security Department was known to everyone in the factory half a month ago.

When he was the head of the security department, he was cruel and ruthless, and his temper got worse as he was promoted. Now that he has taken over, nothing good will happen to you.

There were some smart people in the crowd, who saw that the usually carefree people in the factory had lost their temper, and turned around to ask what was going on.

When they saw He Yuanchao with a sullen face, the people who were cursing just now hurriedly lowered their heads and squeezed into the crowd, fearing that their faces would be remembered and they would be held accountable later.

At this time, the sharp-eyed Li Jiefang also saw the mess here, and hurried to the front of the crowd and shouted loudly: "Make way, make way, make way for our director."

Upon hearing this, the crowd around the security room all looked over here.

After making sure that Li Jiefang was not deceiving anyone, He Yuanchao and the workers in front of him squeezed to both sides with expectation, leaving an aisle that was just big enough for one person to pass through.

"Director He, I heard you're good at solving cases. Show us your skills today!"

As He Yuanchao walked out of the crowd, someone among the onlookers behind him shouted.

This statement touched everyone's heart, and the bolder ones in the crowd immediately joined in the booing.

"Yes, Director He! Show us your skills."...

Do you think our security department is a place where people set up stalls on the overpass and practice their skills?

Listening to the noise of everyone talking at once, Li Jiefang said angrily without waiting for He Yuanchao to speak: "Stop making trouble here, just do what you need to do..."

Before Li Jiefang finished speaking, some people in the crowd became unhappy.

"Catch an adulterer and arrest both of them; catch a thief and arrest the thief's dirty laundry. Li Jiefang, how can you, the security department, wrongly accuse someone? Why don't we all take a look? It's not against the law."

"Yes, you can't just allow the governors to set fires and not allow us common people to light lamps. We haven't violated any factory rules or regulations here. You can look at us however you want. No one can stop you."

"Cadre Liu didn't take anything. I think they are just feeling guilty."

"I think so too. If you don't do anything wrong, you don't have to worry about ghosts knocking on your door. If your security department does things honestly, you shouldn't be afraid of being watched."

"Falsely accuse a good person."

"The Security Department can't cover up everything. If you don't give me an explanation, I'll go to the factory and sue you."

"I'll go as well"

……

What the hell is going on here! How can we, the security department, be framing a good person when we are searching for him?

Seeing the crowd getting more and more excited, Li Jiefang's face turned pale and he was about to speak with gritted teeth, but He Yuanchao, who was standing next to him, spoke first for fear of exacerbating the conflict.

"Comrades, please be quiet for a moment and listen to me."

He Yuanchao spoke very loudly, and the onlookers were somewhat afraid of him. Gradually, those who were talking in the crowd shut up, wanting to see what the head of the security department would say.

Seeing that the crowd had calmed down, He Yuanchao didn't hesitate. He glanced at the crowd with a serious face and said:

"Liu Liang's case has not yet been concluded, so please don't say anything that is detrimental to unity."

As he spoke, his expression relaxed, and he continued in a sincere tone:
"But I promise you here, comrades, if this is something our security department did wrong, I will represent the security department and make a public apology to Comrade Liu Liang and all the comrades present today on the factory radio tomorrow."

clap clap clap...

As soon as He Yuanchao finished speaking, someone in the crowd applauded first, and then everyone present followed suit.

"Great job, Chief He!"

"It still has to be you, Director He."

"That's right. Leaders are more qualified than some people. Look at how well they do things."

……

Ignoring the clamor from the crowd, He Yuanchao turned and walked towards the door of the security room after he finished speaking.

Although Li Jiefang was very angry, he knew that now was not the time to vent his anger. He glared at the onlookers in front of him, then turned around and followed He Yuanchao to where Liu Liang was being guarded.

Before He Yuanchao and Li Jiefang could reach the security room, Liu Liang, who was being guarded by two security guards, had already started shouting loudly.

"Deputy Director He, you've come at the right time. Your security department is too bullying. You have to give me an explanation for what happened today, or don't blame me for bringing the matter to Secretary Liang."

In fact, as soon as Liu Liang saw He Yuanchao coming, he had already wanted to accuse everyone in the security room of wrongly accusing them. But later, when he saw that some people in the crowd were standing up for him, he kept silent and thought about waiting to see the situation first.

He Yuanchao ignored Liu Liang's shouting, walked up to him, scanned his body coldly, and then said, "Liu Liang, you know a little bit about my temper and personality.

If we are not absolutely sure, we will not conduct a large-scale search on you. Tell us where you hid the things so that we can get leniency."

Facing He Yuanchao is different from facing Li Jiefang.

Liu Liang perked up, his face calm, and said in a firm tone: "Things, what things, I don't know what you mean, Deputy Director He, and I don't have what you want."

As he spoke, Liu Liang patted his pockets with his hands to prove his innocence to the onlookers.

(End of this chapter)