Chapter 21 of 100
Chapter 21
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"Your cheap provocation won't work on me!" Lu Xin sneered coldly, "I still understand the principle of enduring hardship to achieve a goal."
Thus, the two of them bickered until noon. After lunch, they went to work at one o'clock. Xie Fei brought a chair and sat in front of Lu Xin, closely watching him work while making sarcastic and mocking remarks.
Xie Fei had expected Lu Xin to be out of breath and exhausted, but to his surprise, Lu Xin showed no signs of fatigue. He was very energetic and even more so as the day went on.
What disappointed Xie Fei even more was that throughout the entire day, Lu Xin was not injured by any metal materials at all.
Xie Fei felt disheartened, thinking he had failed to complete the task Li Qiming had given him.
As he was about to turn and leave, pulling the chair with him, Xie Fei suddenly noticed a piece of alloy, weighing about ten kilograms, placed on top of a machine. It was placed a bit off-center, and a slight shake could cause it to fall.
Xie Fei deliberately slowed his steps. When Lu Xin approached the machine, Xie Fei pretended to trip and fell towards the machine with the chair.
With a loud bang, the machine shook violently, and the alloy piece on top fell towards Lu Xin's head.
Xie Fei watched the scene with delight. If the alloy piece hit Lu Xin's head, it would definitely cause a bloody wound and possibly a concussion. Then he could report to Li Qiming, the factory manager, and Li Qiming would surely reward him with a deputy section chief position.
The Sanjiang Group has six business units, each with four or five factories, and each factory has four or five workshops. The workshops are on the same level as departments like the equipment section. The situation of seniority in state-owned enterprises is very serious. Generally, graduates have to work at the grassroots level for two to three years before they have a chance for promotion. Unless they are exceptionally promoted, they might get a promotion after a one-year probationary period. Xie Fei's father was once a vice president of the group, and his uncle is still a vice president, but they cannot directly interfere with personnel appointments at the grassroots level. To get an exceptional promotion, Xie Fei still needed to please Factory Manager Li Qiming.
Xie Fei knew that Li Qiming hated Lu Xin the most. If he could injure or disable Lu Xin, Li Qiming would surely be overjoyed and consider him a trusted subordinate, giving him priority for promotion.
Driven by jealousy over Lu Xin's sexual prowess and his desire for a position, Xie Fei disregarded Lu Xin's life, shook the machine, and let the alloy fall on Lu Xin's head.
As Lu Xin walked under the machine and saw Xie Fei fall, he hesitated, considering whether to help Xie Fei up.
However, Xie Fei's fall seemed forced, as if it was intentional. He did not quickly get up but instead stared straight at Lu Xin, which made Lu Xin suspicious.
Just then, Lu Xin felt something hit his head with a dull thud, like a plastic box. It was a bit painful but very slight, and the sensation quickly disappeared. The object that hit his head then fell to his feet and rolled to the ground with a crisp sound.
Lu Xin looked down and saw it was a piece of alloy. He bent down to pick it up and weighed it in his hand; it was about ten kilograms.
Lu Xin couldn't help but feel fortunate. Thanks to his metal control ability, he survived this ordeal. If he didn't have this ability and his skin couldn't metalize when attacked, the alloy would have definitely caused a bloody wound and possibly a concussion.
Xie Fei looked at Lu Xin in shock, "It didn't hit you? How can you be completely unharmed?" His tone was filled with disappointment.
Lu Xin shook his head lightly. Xie Fei, Xie Fei, you overestimated your intelligence. You could have stayed out of this, but you exposed yourself with one sentence.
Now, Lu Xin fully understood. This was a trap Xie Fei had set for him. He had seen the alloy piece beforehand and deliberately fell to shake the machine, causing the alloy to fall and hit him.
Lu Xin was puzzled. What deep-seated grudge did Xie Fei have against him? Could it be that he discovered the scene in the restroom this morning where he had been with Zhou Ya? No, that was impossible. At the time, only he and Zhou Ya were in the restroom.
Hmm, it must be that Xie Fei saw Li Qiming's hatred towards him and wanted to win Li Qiming's favor by harming him. If that's the case, Xie Fei is truly unforgivable. Lu Xin had been unsure how to categorize Xie Fei, but now he knew. Xie Fei belonged with Li Qiming, Li Li, and Liu Jianhui, and he must be eliminated and avenged!
Lu Xin had been hesitant about using jewelry to seduce Zhou Ya, but now he was determined to give Xie Fei a green hat!
With a ruthless plan in mind, Lu Xin smiled calmly, "It almost hit me, and it scared me!"
"I clearly saw the alloy piece hit your head and your foot. How can you be completely unharmed?" Xie Fei looked bewildered and disappointed.
"You must be hallucinating from watching me for so long," Lu Xin didn't want to reveal his abnormality to his enemy, so he denied it strongly.
"It definitely hit you," Xie Fei kept staring at Lu Xin's head, hoping for blood to appear: "Maybe it will bleed later, or you'll get a concussion!"
"Do you hate me so much that you keep cursing me?" Lu Xin glared at Xie Fei coldly, ready to slap him if he disagreed.
Xie Fei was tall and thin, like a bamboo stick, and somewhat resembled Li Minghao, the head of the equipment section in the alloy materials business unit. If they fought, Xie Fei was a bit afraid of Lu Xin's well-built and agile body. He quickly got up from the ground, picked up the chair, and ran away.
Lu Xin checked the time on his phone; it was five o'clock, time to go home.
He returned to the machine repair class rest room and said goodbye to his master, Zhang Feng, and Xu Yong.
Zhang Feng reminded Lu Xin, "Remember to go to the hospital to help take care of the team leader, and the section chief. They are in the same ward."
Lu Xin was still thinking about Li Li's alluring wife, Liu Xiaomeng, and nodded with a smile, "I will definitely go."
Leaving the group company's gate, he turned past the Sanjiang Group附属中学's gate and walked towards the company's single employee apartment.
The Sanjiang附属中学 had just dismissed, and a large group of students in blue and white uniforms flooded out. Lu Xin looked at their youthful faces and couldn't help but sigh about the beauty of youth. He also wondered why he didn't start dating in high school, or even middle school!
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