The arrival of Yang Zheng was a good thing, but if Li Deyao came along, then this "good thing" would take on a different flavor.
After all, it was Li Deyao who had announced Liu Kai Xuan's dismissal over the loudspeaker back then.
Subsequently, Yang Zheng and Li Deyao each took a gift box out of the carriage.
Yang Zheng said with a smile, "Of course we're here today to attend Kai Xuan's engagement banquet!"
"Such a big event, since we both knew about it, we naturally had to come and show our support!"
"Welcome, welcome, please come inside!" Zhao Tianhai ushered Yang Zheng and the other man into the house.
At this moment, Yang Zheng secretly gave Li Deyao a stern look of warning.
Li Deyao had no choice but to steel himself and say, "Kai Xuan, I'm truly sorry!"
"A while ago, my work attitude was too impetuous. I sincerely apologize to you here!"
"Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill cannot do without you. I hope you can return soon and get the work of the technical department back on track!"
"Mm!"
Liu Kai Xuan nodded and replied, "Since Director Li has already apologized, I will consider this matter carefully!"
Li Deyao shamelessly continued, "Kai Xuan, Director Yang has already given instructions!"
"From now on, matters concerning the technical department will be directly managed by the director!"
"All your requests will be fulfilled!"
"Alright, alright, everyone, let's go inside!"
Zhao Tianhai, to avoid further awkwardness, busied himself ushering Yang Zheng and the others into the house.
At this point, Yang Zheng also keenly sensed that "Liu Kai Xuan still strongly dislikes Li Deyao!"
If they continued to pester him like this, it might have the opposite effect.
Therefore, Yang Zheng did not dwell on the matter any further.
After entering the house, Yang Zheng and Li Deyao each toasted the guests present.
After offering some words of congratulation, they left the scene with smiles.
After leaving the courtyard, Li Deyao's emotions exploded.
"This Liu Kai Xuan is too much!"
"I've personally come to apologize to him, and he's still putting on airs!"
"Old Yang, I say we should reinstate Liu Dakui as the section chief. I..."
"Stop the car quickly, stop the car!"
At this moment, another car was approaching from the opposite side of the narrow alley.
Yang Zheng signaled his secretary to stop the car, and he himself was the first to get out and run towards the approaching vehicle.
There were also three people in the car on the opposite side.
Yang Zheng recognized two of them.
"Wu Chenghai, Tao Yuebi!"
"You two are going too far, aren't you?"
Tao Yuebi rolled down the car window to greet Yang Zheng, but Yang Zheng immediately launched into a fierce scolding.
"You're poaching talent right under our noses at Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, are you?"
Most of the residents in the courtyard were workers from Hongxing Factory.
Tao Yuebi and the others driving over today must be here to poach Liu Kai Xuan.
Ordinary workers wouldn't warrant a factory director coming to poach them personally.
Wu Chenghai said with a chuckle, "Comrade Old Yang, your attitude is quite unreasonable!"
"I, Wu Chenghai, am a person of principle. Everyone is short of talent, so I would never poach employees."
"On the contrary, your Comrade Li Deyao from Hongxing Factory has no principles at all!"
"He's trying to poach an employee who is currently working in our factory. This is outrageous!"
"What, Li Deyao is trying to poach someone from your factory?"
"Hmph!"
Tao Yuebi replied with a cold smile, "Director Yang, why pretend not to know what's going on?"
Yang Zheng was made to blush and, upon returning to the car, glared at Li Deyao and reprimanded him severely!
"You disgrace to us all, you've completely embarrassed me!"
Li Deyao hung his head, not daring to utter a sound.
Yang Zheng was still not letting up, "When we get back, you will submit your resignation yourself and take a leave of absence for a period of time!"
"What, Yang Zheng, you..."
Li Deyao's emotions became extremely anxious, while Yang Zheng signaled the driver to accelerate and leave the narrow alley.
...
That afternoon, after the engagement banquet ended, Liu Kai Xuan immediately took Zhao Feiyan to the mall and bought the dress she had chosen the day before.
At the same time, Zhao Feiyan also used her own money to buy some yarn.
She said she would use this yarn to knit Liu Kai Xuan a complete set of sweaters, trousers, and socks by hand!
She hadn't fully graduated from university yet and hadn't officially started working, so she could only repay Liu Kai Xuan in this way.
Liu Kai Xuan took Zhao Feiyan out for most of the day, and it was dusk when they returned.
That afternoon, Jiang Aiying stayed at home to help take care of Liu Xiaoyue.
Seeing Liu Kai Xuan return, Jiang Aiying immediately said, "Oh, by the way, Kai Xuan, the First Aunt from the courtyard just came to inform us!"
"She said there will be a courtyard-wide meeting tonight, and you must attend!"
"Okay, I'll be there on time!"
"Let's go, Feiyan, it's getting late, we should head home too!"
Jiang Aiying wanted to take Zhao Feiyan with her, but Zhao Feiyan refused outright, "Mom, you go back first!"
"I'll wash Kai Xuan ge's clothes, and after dinner, Kai Xuan ge can send me home!"
"You, you..."
"Alright, alright!"
Jiang Aiying was about to nag when Zhao Feiyan interrupted, "Mom, Kai Xuan ge and I are already engaged, what are you afraid of?"
At this moment, Liu Kai Xuan also spoke up, "Aunt Jiang, why don't you stay for dinner too? It's about time for it anyway!"
"Ai..."
Jiang Aiying nodded and replied, "Kai Xuan, seeing you two young people getting along so well makes me very happy!"
Liu Kai Xuan also nodded and smiled, "Mom, don't worry, I will definitely treat Feiyan well!"
At this time, Zhao Feiyan had already found Liu Kai Xuan and Liu Xiaoyue's dirty clothes from the house.
"Liu Kai Xuan, hurry up and come to the meeting, everyone is waiting for you!"
Liu Kai Xuan intended to help Zhao Feiyan fetch water, when the voice of the Second Aunt came from behind.
"No way?"
Liu Kai Xuan couldn't help but mutter in his heart, "Can't this courtyard-wide meeting even start without me?"
"Go on, go on!"
Jiang Aiying urged, "Feiyan, you go with Kai Xuan to get familiar with the neighbors. I'll wash the clothes!"
When Liu Kai Xuan brought Zhao Feiyan to the central courtyard, he finally understood why Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong were so insistent on him attending the meeting.
This is outrageous... it's not a courtyard-wide meeting, it's clearly a donation drive!
There was a large box on the table, clearly labeled "Donation Box."
That's right, Yi Zhonghai and the others were rushing Liu Kai Xuan to attend the meeting with the sole purpose of "coercing" Liu Kai Xuan into donating to the deaf old lady.
Right now, Liu Kai Xuan was the "fattest" in the entire courtyard!