When Shiyang, Cao Meihui, and Xie Yuchen arrived halfway, it was raining. It had been raining intermittently in Lin City for the past few days, and the weather was also cold. The construction site had not yet been paved, and there was yellow mud everywhere. When you stepped on it, the soles of your shoes were covered with dirt. Yellow mud.
"Xu Dagui doesn't know how to arrange a meeting in this kind of weather and in this place." Cao Meihui couldn't help complaining.
"Maybe he's used to being at the construction site, and he's used to this kind of weather and environment, so he didn't consider our inconvenience. Moreover, it only rained halfway, so he didn't expect it. Please be considerate. Bar."
Xie Yuchen said, paying attention to Shiyang who was carefully stepping on the muddy ground. Seeing that she seemed a little unstable, he subconsciously reached out to support her.
Before his palm touched Shiyang's arm, Shiyang had already raised his hand to stop him: "It's okay, I can leave."
When he finished speaking, Shi Yangren had already stepped smoothly across the mud pit, and was already walking towards the temporary work shed. There was a temporary conference room there, and a pile of construction materials that had just been transported. They were piled up like a hill, almost blocking the way. At the door of the work shed.
Shiyang had to take a detour.
She had just walked around a pile of building materials, but before she could get out, Leng Buding almost collided with a staggering figure coming out from the other direction. She was so startled that Shiyang turned around and narrowly avoided the oncoming person.
"Yes...I'm sorry..."
The other party apologized cautiously, not daring to raise his head.
Shiyang couldn't help but glance at him. He was a thin man in his fifties.
He was very thin and bony, his clothes were old and dirty, full of patches, and his shoulder-length hair was messy. He looked like a homeless man.
His eyes were also reserved and timid, as if he didn't dare to look at people. He looked a bit pitiful for some reason when people looked honest and kind.
"It's okay." Shiyang said warmly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Daming was seen hurriedly walking in from the direction the man came from, looking anxious and looking like he was looking for someone.
He caught a glimpse of the tall and thin old man standing in front of Shi Yang. Just as he was about to speak, he caught a glimpse of Shi Yang standing in front of him, and his expression changed slightly.
Shiyang also saw the change in his expression. Although it was very subtle, there was still an obvious change.
She gave him a confused look.
Liu Daming was walking towards her with a smile on his face: "Director Shi, why are you here too?"
"I see that the road ahead is blocked by something, so we can only go around this way." Shiyang said, looking at the old man aside, "Who is this?"
"His name is Lao Chen, and he is also a worker at the construction site. He is very diligent, but his brain is not very flexible. I was afraid that he would get lost, so I came here to have a look." Liu Daming said, looking at Lao Chen, softly. She said to him, "Old Chen, it's raining heavily outside. Don't get cold. Let's go back first."
The man named Lao Chen glanced at him, nodded gratefully, and said "Okay" to him in a slightly broken voice.
Shiyang couldn't help but glance at him. His face and eyes showed true gratitude, pure trust and dependence.
Like a child who is dependent on his parents.
Liu Daming looked at Shiyang with a smile: "The work shed goes around here and then turns left. You guys go there first. I'll send Lao Chen back first, and then I'll go over."
Shiyang nodded: "Okay."
They said goodbye to him and Lao Chen respectively, and then continued to walk to the work shed. Before they could reach the work shed, Xu Dagui came. Seeing Shi Yang coming in the rain, he stepped forward very guiltily: "Director Shi , I’m sorry, I didn’t think well and didn’t expect it to rain temporarily.”
"It doesn't matter." Shiyang said.
Xu Dagui: "Liu Daming hasn't come here yet, I'll give him a call first."
As he was about to take out his cell phone to make a call, Shiyang stopped him in time:
"I just met him. He said I would send Lao Chen back first and he would come right away."
"Lao Chen?" Xu Dagui frowned, "Why does he need to send Lao Chen back? Lao Chen usually doesn't go out. He rarely even goes out to eat. He relies on his coworkers to bring him."
Shiyang felt something was wrong when he heard that, and couldn't help but look at him: "What's wrong with Lao Chen?"
"He's fine, but he's a bit introverted and doesn't dare to interact with others." Xu Dagui said, introducing him as he walked to the work shed with Shiyang, "I heard he was a homeless man. I don't know where he came from, and I don't know his name. What's his name? He has no family and is not very clear-headed. He sleeps in bridge holes and digs through trash cans all day long. He looks very pitiful. Liu Daming saw that he was pitiful, so he brought him into the construction team and has been taking good care of him. "
After Xu Dagui finished speaking, he was afraid that Shiyang would mind and quickly explained: "Although Lao Chen looks very old and not very smart, he works very hard, and one person can equal two people."
Shiyang thought of another question and looked at Xu Dagui with a frown: "Since you don't know where Lao Chen is from or what his name is, how can you register his personal information?"
Huichen Group has very high requirements for project quality control, so every staff member on the project is required to register with their real name, including construction workers.
Xu Dagui probably didn't expect Shiyang to grasp the core of the problem, and he looked a little embarrassed: "This..."
"His personal information was not registered, right?" Shiyang asked softly, vaguely understanding, "It means that in the registered information, there is no Lao Chen in our project?"
When he finished speaking, Shiyang couldn't help but frown, feeling something was wrong.
Xu Dagui looked a little embarrassed: "The main reason is that Lao Chen is old and alone. He looks so pitiful, so we thought we could help him as much as we could, give him a place to stay, and earn some living expenses by the way."
Xie Yuchen, who had followed up from the side, couldn't help but take over the conversation and said to Shiyang: "Yes, at this age, there are no children or family members, wandering outside alone, with no clothes or food to eat, It looks so pitiful, please help if you can."
It sounds like a very humane approach indeed. If it were her, she would want to help him.
But it was probably the sudden change in Liu Daming's expression when he saw her just now that made her suspicious. Shiyang always felt a lingering uneasiness in her heart.
"Have you called the police?" Shiyang asked, "In a situation like Lao Chen's, you would usually be sent to the rescue station, right?"
"He just came out because he was not used to the life in the rescue station." Xu Dagui said, "It's not easy for the elderly. We can't kick him out and let him sleep in the bridge cave again. In this winter..."
"Yeah, how can I survive such a cold day..." Xie Yuchen couldn't help but say.
Cao Meihui on the side gave him a joking look: "Okay, Lao Xie, I have worked with you for so long, I didn't know you had such empathy.",
Shiyang couldn't help but glance at Xie Yuchen and frowned.
Xie Yuchen didn't pay attention. He was looking at Cao Meihui and smiled and said to her: "I even take home stray cats and dogs on the road to raise, let alone a living person. Don't you think he is pitiful?"
Cao Meihui nodded in approval: "It's quite pitiful. I want to donate some money to him later."
Xie Yuchen couldn't help but chuckle: "Look at you, and you still talk about me, aren't you still the same?"
Liu Daming came over at this time, with an apologetic look on his face: "I'm really sorry for keeping everyone waiting for so long."
"It's okay." Shiyang said, looking at Xu Dagui, "Let's go in first."
Xu Dagui nodded: "Okay."
Then we welcomed the people into the temporary conference room.
As soon as they sat down, Xu Dagui told everyone about the actual situation. The results of the second survey still had no problems. In theory, it could be poured. It was probably because the method was wrong. Xu Dagui suggested that Liu Daming lead the team to try again.
"That won't work. This matter must be evil, and no one is willing to do such an evil thing." Liu Daming stood up immediately and rejected Xu Dagui's suggestion.
Shiyang glanced at him: "Since everyone has concerns, I think the company should also respect everyone's opinions. If it doesn't work, let's find another construction team."
Liu Daming, who was jumping, was stunned for a moment and looked at Shiyang in disbelief. He seemed surprised by the solution proposed by Shiyang.
Xie Yuchen and Xu Dagui also looked at Shiyang in surprise.
"I will explain the extension of the construction period involved in the replacement process to the headquarters for you, so you don't have to worry."
Shiyang continued, his voice still gentle and calm, but it suddenly made the arrogant Liu Daming change his face.
