Chapter 9

As the person with the lowest status and the least presence at the scene, Lu Xin was very self-aware. He stood at the back of the crowd, silently gazing at the vacuum arc furnace, using his mental power to detect the movement of the metal substances in the furnace and the high-entropy alloy materials inside.

At this moment, the head of the equipment department, Liu Jianhui, pointed at Lu Xin and said to the vice president of the business unit, Jiang Chunyu, "Vice President Jiang, it was the team leader of the maintenance class, Li Li, and the maintenance worker, Lu Xin, who repaired the temperature control device yesterday afternoon. I suspect they damaged the furnace while repairing it!"

Liu Jianhui, who had graduated from a technical school, spent fifteen years to become the head of the equipment department, a position he had held for five years. He had made a lot of money through the procurement of small equipment and materials at the special materials factory. He was most worried about his position being taken away, and the biggest threat to him was the team leader of the maintenance class, Li Li. Li Li's uncle was the executive vice president of the group, and even a minor mistake could easily lead to Liu Jianhui being replaced by Li Li. Apart from Li Li, the biggest threat was the college graduate, Lu Xin. With his educational background, if someone higher up appreciated Lu Xin, it would take no more than three to five years for Lu Xin to replace him and sit in the head of the department's seat. Liu Jianhui had to find a way to eliminate these two threats.

The most beautiful feature of Jiang Chunyu was her eyes—large, bright, and captivating, almost like electric eyes. However, she never used them to charm anyone; they always emitted a cold, stern light. No one below her dared to look into her eyes, fearing they would be frozen by her cold, sharp gaze.

When Jiang Chunyu narrowed her eyes and looked at Lu Xin with a stern expression, Lu Xin was completely focused on detecting the movement of the metal substances in the furnace. He was so engrossed that he didn't hear Liu Jianhui's accusation or notice that Jiang Chunyu was staring at him.

Everyone's eyes followed Jiang Chunyu's gaze and focused on Lu Xin, who had been ignored by everyone and suddenly became the center of attention.

Lu Xin was completely unaware that he had become the focus and continued to concentrate on the vacuum arc furnace.

No one had ever dared to ignore her presence like this before. Jiang Chunyu's fair, oval face turned red, and she huffed, "Was it you who repaired the temperature control device yesterday?"

When Lu Xin was fully focused on something, he always lost himself in it. He was so engrossed that he didn't even notice his own existence, let alone the presence of others. He didn't realize that the cold and beautiful vice president was speaking to him. He was still using his mental power to detect the vacuum arc furnace and had already figured out why it wasn't working.

How dare you ignore me like this! Jiang Chunyu had always been the center of attention among men, and she was very proud. She mistook Lu Xin's current behavior for contempt and was extremely angry. Without regard for her position or demeanor, she raised her delicate arm and slapped Lu Xin's face with a resounding slap: "What are you showing off for!"

Lu Xin was stunned. He touched his slightly swollen cheek. This woman looked delicate, but her strength was considerable. He stared coldly at Jiang Chunyu, "Vice President Jiang, what right do you have to hit me?"

Jiang Chunyu puffed out her already proud chest and said indignantly, "You damaged the company's five million yuan vacuum arc furnace and refuse to admit it. Your attitude is arrogant and negative. I gave you a slap to wake you up!"

"You say I damaged the furnace?" Although Lu Xin understood that the furnace stopping work was related to him, he could not accept such a false accusation. He stared coldly at Jiang Chunyu, "What evidence do you have?"

Jiang Chunyu pointed at the head of the equipment department, Liu Jianhui, "Director Liu said that after you and Team Leader Li Li repaired the temperature control device yesterday afternoon, the furnace stopped working normally. How can you still deny it!"

Lu Xin glanced coldly at Liu Jianhui. This bastard knew the truth but still said this, clearly trying to ruin his career. Liu Jianhui had been looking at him unfavorably since he came in, probably worried that he would replace him in a few years. Lu Xin was not about to let this scoundrel get his way.

He shook his head slightly, "Yesterday afternoon, Team Leader Li asked me to repair the temperature control device in the lab. When I came in, I saw lubricating oil on the furnace's footboard, and the furnace suddenly opened. I hesitated for a long time and didn't dare to go up. When Team Leader Li saw that I hadn't gone up to repair it, he went up himself. At that time, the furnace was still working normally!"

"Who can prove it?" Jiang Chunyu stared coldly at Lu Xin. Although Lu Xin had fair skin and a handsome face, making him a rare good-looking man among the sweaty maintenance workers, she found him increasingly unpleasant to look at.

Lu Xin, with his newfound ability to control metal, felt more confident. Facing the cold and beautiful vice president's challenge, he said calmly, "Yesterday afternoon, there were not only me and Team Leader Li in the lab, but also Master Wang and Master Liu. They can vouch for me that I never touched the furnace."

The two maintenance workers, Master Wang and Master Liu, who usually had a decent relationship with Lu Xin, did not throw him under the bus and recounted what had happened yesterday afternoon in detail.

Jiang Chunyu's smooth forehead furrowed. She looked at the footboard below the temperature control device and then at the furnace lid. "There was lubricating oil on the footboard, and the furnace lid suddenly opened. The inside of the furnace is a vacuum. If you hadn't noticed the lubricating oil on the footboard and climbed up to repair the temperature control device, there would have been only one outcome: falling in. The temperature inside is at least three thousand degrees, and you would have become furnace slag. It seems that your Team Leader Li was quite 'caring' towards you!"

She deliberately emphasized the word "caring," and everyone could tell that Jiang Chunyu was trying to tell Lu Xin that Team Leader Li wanted to harm him!

Before finding a safe way to deal with Li Li, Lu Xin did not want to prematurely expose the conflict between him and Li Li. Such a conflict would be detrimental to him as a newcomer. So he pretended to be clueless and scratched his head, "Team Leader Li wanted me to get some practice. I was too timid and incapable, and I let him down!"

Jiang Chunyu was once again speechless. She had given such a clear hint, and he still didn't understand. This guy must be really stupid.

Liu Jianhui said with a sinister tone, "It seems that the one who damaged the vacuum arc furnace is Li Li!"

Lu Xin narrowed his eyes and glanced coldly at Liu Jianhui. If Li Li was a wolf who devoured people without leaving bones, Liu Jianhui was a venomous snake who excelled in underhanded tactics. If Li Li fell, Liu Jianhui's next target would be him. He definitely couldn't match this old fox. For now, it was best to let Li Li stay in the maintenance class and continue to clash with Liu Jianhui. After all, Li Li had a distant uncle who was the executive vice president of the group, and Liu Jianhui wouldn't dare to act openly against him.

After weighing the pros and cons, Lu Xin abandoned the idea of standing by or throwing Li Li under the bus and smiled faintly, "This vacuum arc furnace isn't broken at all!"

"Not broken? Are you blind? It clearly doesn't work, and you still say it's not broken. What did you learn in four years of university? You must have learned it all in a dog's stomach!" Liu Jianhui shouted, and the others looked at him with disdain.

A few maintenance workers in the maintenance class also shouted, "Lu Xin, apart from tightening screws, you can't do anything. Stop talking nonsense here!"

Jiang Chunyu looked at Lu Xin with pity. This guy must be one of those high-scoring, low-ability college graduates!

Facing the disdainful looks of the crowd, Lu Xin remained calm and smiled faintly, "This is a consumable arc furnace. I want to ask everyone, what is the electrode of a consumable arc furnace?"

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