When Shazhu saw that Qin Huairu was about to cry, he set aside his own feelings about his sister severing ties with him. He stood up and said to Li Dashan, "This house belongs to the He family. I do not agree to rent it to you! Go find somewhere else to rent!"
Li Dashan was stubborn; the more Shazhu opposed him, the more determined he became to rent the place. He looked at Shazhu with disdain and said, "What are you? This place was rented to me by the street office. I’m living here now, and what can you do about it?"
Director Wang was also unhappy with the constant troubles caused by the residents of the courtyard, especially lately, as they kept coming to her over trivial matters. It was exhausting for her, and now that Li Dashan was moving in, it would be a good way to deal with these people!
What Director Wang didn’t know was that those who came to complain were all sent by Yi Zhonghai. Yi Zhonghai's plan was to let Director Wang get fed up with the courtyard's antics so that he could offer to help manage it for her. He promised that the residents would no longer bother her, and perhaps then she would agree to appoint him as the manager again just to reduce her troubles.
Unfortunately for Yi Zhonghai, he knew his reputation had been tarnished by Xu Damao, and he had been reprimanded by Director Wang several times. There was no way she would agree to let him manage the courtyard again, at least not in the near future!
"Li Dashan, you can stay here for now. If you need anything, come find me at the street office," said Director Wang.
"Okay, Director Wang, I understand!"
After she left, Li Dashan gave Shazhu a meaningful glance before turning and entering the house.
Qin Huairu watched as Li Dashan closed the door of He Yushui's room, her teeth grinding in frustration. With a face full of grievance, she turned to Yi Zhonghai and said, "Elder Yi, what should we do? I had reserved that room for Bang Geng, but now it's rented out to someone else. What will happen to my Bang Geng?"
Yi Zhonghai angrily replied, "That girl He Yushui is truly ungrateful! Shazhu raised her all this time, and now she has cut ties with him and rented out the He family's house to someone who is clearly not a good person!"
"Huairu, don’t worry. I’ll talk to this person!"
Yi Zhonghai and Shazhu went directly to He Yushui’s door and pushed it open, only to find it locked from the inside.
Shazhu pounded on the door with his fist. Li Dashan frowned and opened it slightly, looking at the two standing there. "What? Did someone die in your family? Come here to mourn?"
Hearing this, Shazhu became furious. "Your family is the one with dead people! I'm here to tell you that this house belongs to us! I’m not renting it out anymore; you need to move out immediately!"
Li Dashan shot him a sidelong glance. "You think just because you say so I have to move? I've already paid rent! Get lost! As if I didn't know this house belonged to a little girl!"
At this moment, Yi Zhonghai interjected, "Comrade, this house does indeed belong to a little girl, but that little girl is his biological sister. They are family after all; ultimately it’s up to the brother. So you should move out!"
"Since you've already paid rent," he continued, "our courtyard isn’t one that bullies people. How about this: you can move into the storage room in the back? After all, you live alone; I can help you tidy it up. The storage room will be enough for you!"
"You old fool! Who do you think you are? That girl has already said she has nothing to do with Shazhu anymore! Oh right, she even showed me the severance letter! Tsk tsk! You’re really something—forcing your own sister to cut ties with you! Looks like you're not such a good person either!"
Li Dashan mocked Shazhu again before turning his ire on Yi Zhonghai: "What are you? Do I need your permission? Am I your father needing your support? Why don’t you go live in that storage room instead? You can get lost too!"
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