Chapter 39: Escalation

But the situation couldn’t remain unresolved. Calls from higher-ups kept coming in, and this group of people, holding banners, marched towards the factory.

The whole district knew that Liu, the factory director’s grandson, had killed someone!

Liu, the factory director, gritted his teeth. He had a factory with tens of thousands of workers, was he afraid of a few hundred people? He didn’t believe that a few hundred people would dare to attack together! As long as he got those two old things inside, threatened Li Mancang’s job, and gave them some benefits, the matter could be resolved.

Liu, the factory director, called the workshop leader of the third workshop, asking him to call some people to come with him to the gate.

The workshop leader was Liu, the factory director’s brother-in-law, of course, he would listen to him.

He had heard about the incident at the gate. A bunch of country bumpkins dared to cause trouble at the machinery factory, they were really asking for it!

Soon, six or seven hundred people, armed with pliers, screwdrivers, hammers, and other tools, found Liu, the factory director.

Liu, the factory director, saw so many people with tools, his eyelids twitched.

But he didn’t ask them to put them down, it was more intimidating this way. He just needed to get those two old things inside quickly.

The group, led by Liu, the factory director, arrived at the gate.

Li Mantun saw a group of people with tools, looking menacing, they were clearly up to no good.

“Comrades, they’re bringing weapons! They’re going to attack us!”

“What? They’re rebelling!”

“The machinery factory is too arrogant, now they’re going to silence us?”

“They’re probably going to silence the victims, kill this whole family, and no one will bother Liu anymore.”

“This isn’t a machinery factory, it’s a bandit’s lair! Comrades, we must protect the victims, we can’t allow such black forces to exist in the new society!”

“Down with the black forces!”

“Down with the black forces!”

The deafening shouts at the gate made Liu, the factory director, dizzy. What had he done? He was a black force? It wasn’t him who beat people up, the person who beat people up was in the police station!

Liu, the factory director, didn’t dare to go out, he stood inside the gate, pointed at the old couple lying down, and waved his hand. A group of people charged towards the old couple.

It was uncertain if others would attack, but the people from Biandan Gou Village and Chunni’s village would never let them take the old couple away!

So the two groups started fighting at the gate!

The gate was in chaos, onlookers also joined in, they couldn’t stand the machinery factory bullying honest people. They just wanted an explanation, why did so many people come out and start beating people? Without even an explanation!

The dozen security guards were terrified, they didn’t dare to fight the people, and they couldn’t pull the factory workers back.

These people all wanted to perform well in front of the workshop leader and the factory director, so they didn’t hold back.

The machinery factory workers had weapons, and soon some people on the crowd’s side were bleeding!

Seeing this scene, someone immediately went to call the police.

Liu, the factory director’s hands trembled uncontrollably. It was over, it was over, there was blood, it was a big deal!

He just wanted to get the two old people inside, these people had nothing to do with them, why were they fighting so desperately?

Li’s father had already pulled the old lady up and hid behind the crowd, their old bones couldn’t take a beating.

The old lady slapped her thigh, she wanted to go in and scratch Liu’s face, he dared to bully her son, did he think she, Yang Cuihua, was easy to mess with?

“Stop flailing! Wait until a leader comes, we’ll give ourselves a good beating too, and join the eldest son and the others.” The old man pulled the old lady, who was like a moth fluttering around.

The old lady touched her head, “I’m so old, don’t let me die from a beating!”

“Don’t worry, I’m definitely not going to find another wife.”

The old lady…

“You old geezer, you’re still thinking about finding another wife? I’ll kill you, you old thing!” The old lady’s Nine Yin White Bone Claw immediately grabbed the old man’s face.

The old man… do you understand jokes? You have no sense of humor at all!

“I was just kidding, you old hag, I’ll deal with you when we get home!”

“You old geezer, I know you, you’re just thinking about it!” The old lady wouldn’t let up, she gave the old man a few more punches.

The old man was more wronged than Dou E! He was beaten up for no reason! When he got home, he would make the old hag pay!

The old lady, with her hands on her hips, was ready to continue her verbal assault on the old man.

The sound of sirens grew louder, and it seemed like there were quite a few police cars.

“What do we do?” The old lady, forgetting about her own pain, asked.

The old man quickly searched around, but couldn’t find any bricks or anything.

“Let’s just crash into the gate!”

The old lady touched her head, hesitant.

“Just be careful with the force, anyway, we’ll just lie down after we crash.”

The old lady nodded, okay, as long as she didn’t have to actually crash.

The old couple, with their bad legs, ran towards the gate!

Those who were fighting heard the sound of police cars and were a little scared, but the other side didn’t stop, so they didn’t dare to stop either. If they stopped, they would be beaten by the other side.

Moreover, the crowd at the gate felt that they were on the side of justice, and the other side was a gang! A black force, they had the right to defeat them!

The old man and old lady jogged to the gate.

The security guards at the gate thought they were going to charge into the factory, so they rushed to stop the old couple.

The old man chuckled, touch him? You’re in for a surprise!

A security guard’s hand just touched the old man’s coat, and the old man, like a spring, bounced back, and fell to the ground!

The old lady screamed, “Old man! I’ll fight you!” She slammed into the security guard, and then fell gracefully to the ground!

“Mom and Dad!”

“Grandpa and Grandma!”

“Someone’s dead, the machinery factory killed someone!” Someone shouted from the crowd.

The police had just gotten out of their cars when they heard this explosive news.

Liu, the factory director, in the courtyard, felt his world turn black, he slumped to the ground! Oh, God! How did it come to this!

Dozens of police officers arrived, seeing the seriousness of the situation, they all drew their pistols and fired warning shots.

“Stop, put your hands up!”

Everyone stopped what they were doing and quickly put their hands up. They didn’t want to eat bullets!

With the police intervening, the situation was quickly brought under control. Everyone involved in the fight was taken to the police station, including Liu, the factory director, his brother-in-law, and the factory security guards!

The old man and old lady, lying on the ground, were immediately sent to the hospital!

Now, the Li family was all in the hospital.

The old man and old lady didn’t have any injuries, but the two old people kept complaining about their head hurting, their body hurting, and their whole body hurting!

The hospital, worried about their age, arranged them into the intensive care unit!

The old man was overjoyed. He wasn’t going to be settled with a small amount of money!

He didn’t expect to come here to enjoy himself, but also to make a fortune!

The old lady was also in a good mood. With such serious injuries, the food couldn’t be bad, right?

She would stay here for seventy-seven days and eighteen nights!

If it wasn’t for the New Year in between, she would stay for a year!

Li Mantun and the others were all taken to the police station, while Wu Zhiqiu and the others were still lying in bed waiting for news.

They waited and waited, and it was almost dark, but there was still no news.

Later, the old couple was so hungry that they called a nurse to bring them food, and Li Mancang and Wu Zhiqiu found out!

The old couple was also hospitalized, in the intensive care unit.

They were all worried, they didn’t know if the old couple was really injured.

Wu Zhiqiu felt a little guilty. It was her idea, if the old couple really died, she would be to blame!

So the three of them, with their heads bandaged, appeared in the intensive care unit.

Today, their family was the talk of the hospital. Anyone who saw their pitiful appearance couldn’t help but feel sympathy and curse Liu, the factory director, for bullying people with his power!