Chapter 39 This thing is a cult classic

Xu Damao didn't need to look back, he knew from the sound that Sha Zhu was behind him. As a conditioned reflex formed from years of beatings, Xu Damao shrank his neck and ran away.

But before he could run out, his collar was grabbed. Fortunately, it was in the factory, where there were many people around, and Sha Zhu was not slapped in the face like he was in the yard.

Sha Zhu grabbed Xu Damao, turned him half a circle to face him, stiffened his neck and tilted his head, and asked through gritted teeth: "Xu Damao, neighbor, I haven't offended you recently, have I? You are gossiping about me in front of others again, ruining my reputation."

At that moment, Xu Damao was not as thick-skinned as he would be later. He was caught in the act and was speechless for a moment.

Sha Zhu ignored him and turned to look at the publicity clerk who was dumbfounded. "Comrade, don't listen to his nonsense. I'm not going to accept it today. How about this, if it's convenient for you, take me to your house. I'll cook whatever dishes you have tonight. You can try them and see if I only know how to cook those few dishes. Then you can decide whether to invite me or not."

When the clerk heard this, he thought it was a good idea. It seemed that these two people always had some conflicts, so it seemed that what Xu Damao said had to be taken with a pinch of salt.

It is said that seeing is believing, and trying is better than anything else. It is not always possible to have a professional chef from the factory to cook for my family, so my family will not lose out anyway.

The clerk thought it over, so he nodded to Sha Zhu and said, "Okay, I'll trouble you with dinner tonight, Master He. I'll wait for you at the factory gate after get off work. See you there."

"That's great, comrade, we'll see you there." After saying that, Sha Zhu pushed Xu Damao away and said, "I'll deal with you later."

Sha Zhu, who had slipped up at the clerk's house and got the job of preparing the banquet, was waiting for Xu Damao at his doorstep in the evening.

He knew that Xu Damao was showing a movie today and would be back late, so he would definitely pass by the Central Courtyard on his way home.

As soon as Xu Damao came back from showing the movie, Sha Zhu rushed up to him.

Then, it developed into the situation that Gao Zhendong is seeing now.
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After listening for a long time, the people in the yard finally understood the whole story and started to accuse Xu Damao of being a good-for-nothing.

"Xu Damao, this is not very honest."

"That's right, blocking someone's financial path is only slightly better than killing their parents."

"Hey, Shazhu's mom passed away a long time ago, and his dad is also missing. What he did to Shazhu was already bad enough, there's nothing worse."

"Yes, yes, yes, sister, you are right."

Shazhu was confused and asked, "Sister, which side are you from?"
Xu Damao felt wronged when he heard this: "Shazhu, you are not a good person either. You ruined my marriage, how much better can you be than me? Neighbors, don't be fooled by him. This Shazhu is not a good person behind his back."

Sha Zhu really didn't understand why he was saying that he was ruining Xu Damao's marriage: "Wait, wait, what do you mean? I'm ruining your marriage."

Xu Damao was like a rabbit whose tail was stepped on: "Silly Zhu, stop pretending. When Lou Xiao'e came to our hospital, wasn't it you who spoke ill of me in front of her? You ruined my good fortune!"

Gao Zhendong smiled in his heart. He had to say that Xu Damao was really good at putting himself in other people's shoes, but he had found the wrong suspect. No, I didn't say anything bad about you. Even Lou Xiao'e didn't tell me who her mother wanted to introduce her to. She didn't care about this person at all.

This time Sha Zhu was completely confused: "Who? Who is Lou Xiao'e? I have never seen her. What does she look like? Tell me so I can imagine." Xu Damao: "How should I know what she looks like? I haven't seen her yet."

Sha Zhu laughed: "Xu Damao, you just made up all this nonsense in your head. You don't even know what the person looks like, what kind of marriage is that? I say it again, I don't know who Lou Xiao'e you are talking about. If you want to daydream, do it yourself, don't throw mud on me."

The neighbors laughed when they heard this. You're blaming others for something that hasn't even started yet.

At this time, Yi Zhonghai and his apprentice Jia Dongxu were working overtime in the scientific research group and were not in the yard. Only Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui were there.

Liu Haizhong finally found a moment to make his own decision, and stood up: "What are you arguing about? Xu Damao, you slandered your neighbors in the factory, which is wrong."

Liu Haizhong was not a long-term manager after all. After saying a few words, he suddenly ran out of words and stuttered: "What else, what else, ah, yes, and also cut off people's financial resources, the nature is very bad, and the thinking is extremely backward."

Xu Damao was a little intimidated by Yi Zhonghai, but not by Liu Haizhong: "Second Uncle, don't be so arrogant. I just gave some advice to the comrades in the factory and helped them. Who can prove what Shazhu said just now? Everyone heard that he was the one who slandered me in public, not me who slandered him in front of the comrades."

Liu Haizhong was suddenly defeated by Xu Damao's "shameless people are feared by ghosts" move. It was true. Sha Zhu said that Xu Damao slandered him in front of his comrades in the factory, but there was no one else to prove it. He was speechless for a moment.

Yan Bugui finally got the chance to interrupt: "How about asking Xu Damao to pay some money to Sha Zhu? Anyway, he has already said the bad words and done the bad things."

Liu Haizhong turned his head and said, "Money, money, money. Old Yan, can you please get out of your money trap? Stop calculating all the time. Xu Damao, apologize to Sha Zhu. Sha Zhu, don't be so stubborn. In the end, the banquet was still left to you. That's it. Don't crowd here anymore. Let's go."

Liu Haizhong felt it was a pity that this was not a meeting of the entire institute, so he could not say "dismiss" in a domineering manner. However, he also knew that his words did not count much. After asking everyone to disperse, he did not even look at whether they were leaving or not. He just picked up his cup of tea and left.

Xu Damao didn't listen to him, and neither did Sha Zhu. The two looked at each other, said "Pooh" at the same time, and walked in two different directions.

Looking at Xu Damao's face that showed a hint of revenge, Gao Zhendong seemed to be thinking about something.
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On Thursday afternoon, Gao Zhendong was in his office. Although he had a lot of things to do, he was not doing them. To others, he seemed to be leaning back in his chair in a daze, thinking about something, in the words of a person with high emotional intelligence.

The reason why Gao Zhendong was in a daze was actually nothing else but that he was currently looking at something in the list of items that could be extracted from the system, something that was beyond his expectations.

This thing came from a boutique that was struck by lightning along with him. Such stores are not uncommon around the university.

The items inside were all gifts given between friends, relatives and couples. These kinds of things were of little use to Gao Zhendong now, not to mention that they had been localized and adapted to suit the times, so they were generally not that surprising. Gao Zhendong hadn't paid much attention to the items produced in the boutique since he had the system for several months.

However, Gao Zhendong's university in his previous life was an electronics school, filled with all kinds of cute science and engineering men and women. Therefore, there would be some strange cult goods in the gift shops around this university.

What Gao Zhendong is seeing now is just such a cult item, with a very ordinary name - epoxy resin crystal ornaments, used for decoration on desks, bookshelves, etc.

The name is very ordinary, and the appearance is also very ordinary. There are a few things sealed in the transparent epoxy resin.

—Several pieces of ceramic inlaid with gold metal.

(End of this chapter)