Chapter 5

This time, the nail hit a very sensitive spot. The beautiful female factory doctor neither wanted to treat Li Li nor felt confident in her ability to do so, as this was a matter concerning his vital organ, which could not be taken lightly. She quickly called the emergency number of the group's affiliated hospital and asked them to send an ambulance over.

Lu Xin and two other maintenance workers helped Li Li onto the ambulance.

After staying in the affiliated hospital for more than half an hour, the nail was removed, and the bleeding was stopped, disinfected, and bandaged. The doctor, with a solemn expression and a look of pity, said to Li Li, "This injury won't affect your excretory function; you can still defecate normally. However, it will have a significant impact on another function. It's very likely that you won't be able to have intimate relations with your partner from now on!"

"God!" Li Li cried out, "You're destroying the Li family!"

Li Li originally had a thirteen-year-old son who drowned while swimming in a river. Li Li blamed his wife for not taking good care of their son and divorced her. In early March, he married another woman, planning to have a child with his second wife. But now, such an incident had occurred, truly leaving him without any descendants.

Lu Xin, standing beside him, put on a sympathetic and pitiful face but secretly sneered in his heart. "Li Li, you wanted to harm me, and now I've made you childless."

This time, Li Li didn't suspect Lu Xin, as Lu Xin hadn't entered the medical room and had been standing outside, making it impossible for him to place the nail on the chair. He began to suspect the other two maintenance workers.

Once suspicion arose, one would find the other increasingly suspicious. Li Li recalled a series of unpleasant events over the past twenty years with these two maintenance workers, which could have led to their revenge. However, there was no concrete evidence, so he could only harbor resentment and wait for the opportunity to take revenge on them.

Li Li's foot and perineum were injured, making it difficult for him to walk. He needed to be hospitalized for two weeks for observation.

The head of the equipment department, Liu Jianhui, was worried that Li Li's second wife was too weak to take good care of the obese Li Li. He requested that the seven maintenance workers take turns helping Li Li's wife to care for him over the next two weeks.

Lu Xin didn't want to serve this bastard. He initially wanted to find an excuse to avoid it, but then he thought that if he refused, people might suspect him of being the one who injured Li Li. By taking care of Li Li, he could observe him closely and find out why Li Li wanted to harm him. So, he readily agreed.

Li Li's second wife, Liu Xinmeng, came to the ward with a sad and sorrowful expression. Everyone stared at her.

Liu Xinmeng was a staff member of the publicity department of Sanjiang Group, known as one of the most beautiful women in the company. It was rumored that she had been the mistress of a vice president of the group. When the vice president was attacked by his political enemies, they used his affair with Liu Xinmeng as a topic. The vice president eventually left Sanjiang Group in disgrace, and Liu Xinmeng's reputation was tarnished. However, she ended up marrying Li Li, the maintenance team leader, who was sixteen years older and had nothing to offer.

Liu Xinmeng had large eyes, a small mouth, a pointed chin, and fair skin, exuding a seductive charm. She was known as a "fox spirit" in Sanjiang Group. When she wore a white puffy dress, her face filled with three parts of resentment and seven parts of sorrow, she looked pitifully beautiful, and Lu Xin felt as if a nine-tailed white fox had appeared in the human world. However, this nine-tailed white fox seemed to have no magical powers, as she had ended up with a brute like Li Li.

When the slender and delicate Liu Xinmeng leaned against the 200-pound, rough-faced, big-mouthed, and bearded Li Li, it was a perfect match of beauty and the beast.

Lu Xin angrily cursed in his heart, "All the good bitches are taken by dogs!"

Among the other six maintenance workers, two had a long-standing bad relationship with Li Li and were unwilling to come to the hospital to take care of him. They came to the ward and quietly discussed with Lu Xin, asking him to take care of Li Li on their behalf.

Lu Xin initially didn't want to agree, but after seeing Liu Xinmeng, he changed his mind and readily agreed.

According to the arrangement by the head of the equipment department, Liu Jianhui, the deputy team leader, Zhang Feng, would stay in the ward to take care of Li Li on the first night, and Lu Xin would take over the next day.

Before leaving the hospital, Lu Xin went to the restroom next to the ward to urinate. As he turned to walk towards the hospital entrance, he suddenly realized he hadn't asked Li Li when he should come the next day.

When Lu Xin reached the ward door, he suddenly heard a familiar voice inside, which was somewhat sinister and arrogant. It was clearly not Li Li's voice or that of any other maintenance worker.

Lu Xin looked through the glass on the upper part of the door and saw a familiar face, the factory manager of the special alloy materials plant, Li Qiming. There was no one else in the ward, and Li Li's wife, Liu Xinmeng, and the deputy team leader, Zhang Feng, were not there.

Recalling the unpleasantness between Li Qiming and himself over Jiang Xueqing, Lu Xin was certain that Li Qiming harbored ill will towards him. Since Li Li also had ill will towards him, the two of them together were likely discussing something detrimental to him. With this thought, Lu Xin stopped and quietly leaned against the door to listen to their conversation.

Li Qiming, with his hands behind his back, looked at Li Li with disdain and said, "You failed to kill Lu Xin and ended up like this. It's truly remarkable how useless you are. No wonder you've never been able to compete with Liu Jianhui and never got the position of head of the equipment department!"

Li Li sneered, "I'm not like you, who had a good father. You came back from studying abroad and started working at the group headquarters. In just four years, you became a factory manager!"

Li Qiming coldly snorted, "Li Li, don't forget that my father is your uncle, though a distant relative. If you had studied hard and gone abroad to study, my father would have given you the same opportunity. But you only have a vocational school degree, and you didn't take advantage of the opportunities provided by the company to further your education. You also indulged in drinking, gambling, and other vices. Now, being a maintenance team leader is the limit of your ability. How dare you compare yourself to me!"

Li Li sneered, "What can you do with your high education and degree? You still hired someone to kill a woman, as if you've never seen a woman before!"

Li Qiming growled in a low voice, "You don't understand. If I can't win that woman, I'll probably only be a division president for the rest of my life. But if I win her, I can become a vice president or even the president of the group. It's a world of difference!"

"But you didn't have to try to kill Lu Xin. Apart from being good-looking, he has nothing to offer and can't compete with you at all!" Li Li said in confusion.

"From my observations, although countless men pursue that woman, she only recognizes Lu Xin. If he wins her, I'll have no chance at all. That's why I assigned him to your team and set up a trap to kill him. I didn't expect you to be so useless!" Li Qiming said regretfully, "If I had known, I wouldn't have cooperated with you!"

"If it doesn't work this time, we can try again," Li Li said with malice. "Actually, I've always found him annoying. With a bachelor's degree, if he performs well and gains the favor of a certain leader, he could replace me. If you promise to make me the head of the equipment department, I'll definitely get rid of him next time!"

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