Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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None of them could find out that He Yuzhu had another woman, let alone that he possessed martial arts skills.

However, it should be noted that He Yuzhu has reached the highest level; even if they had 800 times the courage, they wouldn't dare to lay a hand on him.

They treated him as just an ordinary chef, and no matter how good his skills were, it wouldn't affect their actions.

After several failures, He Yuzhu gradually modified the parts, and as they became more and more perfect, he knew that with a little more effort, he would soon be able to put together the compressor.

He Yuzhu works overtime every day, hoping to finish manufacturing the compressor as soon as possible.

Previously, the machine factory implemented a two-shift work system, mainly because there were relatively few lathes, but too many workers were trained.

However, the pressure has eased these days as the number of lathes has gradually increased.

After the machinery factory was officially established, an 8-hour work system was adopted, with only occasional overtime.

The workers had finished their overtime shift and left the factory. Seeing the light still on in the small laboratory, Lü Xiaomi came over and asked:

Aren't you going home yet?

He Yuzhu said, "I need to work overtime a little longer. The matter has reached a critical step, but there is still one problem that has not been solved."

"Then you can keep doing your work here. I'm going home now."

He Yuzhu didn't even look up: "Then be careful on the road, and don't run into bad people."

"It's okay, there aren't that many bad people."

As she spoke, Lü Xiaomi left and closed the door behind her, leaving He Yuzhu inside to continue working overtime.

I went back to the office to tidy up, and when I came out, there were only a few workers left.

Pushing his bicycle out of the factory, he saw several people lying in the ditch by the roadside. The man in the Zhongshan suit saw Lü Xiaomi and said, "Two of you go and arrest that woman."

A rickshaw puller dressed like a rickshaw puller said, "Why bother others? You don't happen to be attracted by the girl's beauty, do you?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? This woman is He Yuzhu's secretary, so she should know a lot of secrets. By threatening He Yuzhu with her, we might be able to get some information out of her."

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away."

The rickshaw puller didn't say anything more, then arranged for two people to ride bicycles and follow Lü Xiaomi.

When they reached a secluded intersection, they surrounded Lü Xiaomi from both sides, pulled out knives, and Lü Xiaomi was terrified and panicked. She was then taken hostage.

By this time, all the workers in the machine factory had left, since they were all unemployed young people from the city who came to work there, so no one stayed overnight at the factory.

Only two people remained in the guardhouse at the main gate to watch over it.

He Yuzhu was engrossed in making parts in the laboratory when suddenly the door was pushed open, and a group of masked bad guys walked in.

Chapter 301 Escape

"Don't move, put your hands up."

Facing the dark muzzle of the gun, He Yuzhu was confident that he could rush up to them and seize the pistol in an instant.

There are still plenty of opportunities to subdue them one by one.

However, at that moment he also saw Lü Xiaomi being pushed over, bound hand and foot.

There were two other people behind her, pointing guns at Lü Xiaomi's head, at a considerable distance.

He Yuzhu suddenly hesitated to make any rash moves, worried that his recklessness might cause the other party to fire, and if this resulted in Lü Xiaomi being shot, it would be a great loss.

They had no choice but to obediently raise their hands and ask, "Who are you? Do you want money or something else?"

"Be honest, stop talking so much nonsense."

After speaking, the man in the Zhongshan suit tilted his head and gestured for two people to come over and grab He Yuzhu.

Then, pulling He Yuzhu out of the workshop, they were hooded together with the crying Lü Xiaomi and put into a car.

The two men sat close together in the middle, with a gun pointed at them from each side.

So I knew that this was troublesome because it seemed the other party wasn't after money; otherwise, they wouldn't have taken both me and Lü Xiaomi away.

He Yuzhu's first thought was that news of his invention of the lathe had been leaked.

Otherwise, there's no way to explain why the other party would kidnap me.

If it were just about money, there would be no need for all this trouble. The machine factory's accountant has plenty of cash, so the other party isn't interested at all.

The jeep drove for a long time before entering a courtyard. They then pulled He Yuzhu out of the car and took him into a room.

"Who are you people and why have you kidnapped us?"

The man in the Zhongshan suit said calmly, "At times like this, you need to behave yourself. Just answer whatever we ask, understand?"

He Yuzhu said, "Since you've arrested me, then release my secretary first."

"Dream on. If you don't cooperate, we'll have some fun with that little wench in a bit."

"You dare?" He Yuzhu shouted.

"If we dare to kidnap, what else wouldn't we dare to do? You wouldn't want your sweet little secretary to be slept with by more than 10 of us, would you?"

Ever since He Yuzhu was kidnapped, he has been using his spiritual power to know the faces of everyone in his group.

We now know that Lü Xiaomi is being interrogated by others in another single room not far away.

Since they shouldn't be attacked anytime soon, He Yuzhu decided to hold off for now and see what they were up to, and whether he could extract some information from them.

He pretended to grit his teeth and said helplessly, "You win. Ask whatever you want, but we need to agree beforehand that neither of us can be hurt."

"Don't worry, as long as you cooperate obediently, I promise."

Although this guarantee had no credibility whatsoever, He Yuzhu had no other choice.

"Then it's settled. I promise to cooperate, but you can't hurt us."

Hearing He Yuzhu's admission of weakness, the man in the Zhongshan suit was quite pleased with himself and asked:

"What's your name?"

"He Yuzhu used to be a cook, and now he is the deputy director of the steel rolling mill, in charge of the factory's production work."

Zhongshan Suit was very satisfied with He Yuzhu's attitude and asked, "Who invented the electric fan in your factory before?"

This was just a test; what they really wanted to know was the lathe, but they were using it to test He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu readily agreed, saying, "I invented the electric fan, and I also invented the brushless motor."

"Oh, what else have you invented?" asked the man in the Zhongshan suit, somewhat casually.

"You're looking for the person who invented the new lathe, right?"

"You already know, why are you asking? Tell me who invented it?"

"Of course it's me."

He Yuzhu could only admit it, because he had sensed through his mental power that Lü Xiaomi had already handed him over.

Unlike the composed He Yuzhu, Lü Xiaomi was completely terrified.

Faced with the threats from the bad guys and the dark muzzle of a gun, Lü Xiaomi has confessed everything.

He revealed that He Yuzhu invented a brushless motor for electric fans and also developed a new type of machine tool.

Although I couldn't hear the conversation on the other end, I could sense the text on the interrogation transcript.

"Is this the new machine tool you developed?"

Zhongshan Suit was somewhat skeptical, because according to intelligence, He Yuzhu was not yet 25 years old and his current education level was only junior high school.

Especially in the years when I was in business, I was a chef by trade and had never learned any advanced knowledge.

People believed that the inventor of the lathe was someone else, and that they could threaten Lü Xiaomi to turn He Yuzhu into one of their own, and then have him win over the inventor to obtain the complete set of blueprints.

He Yuzhu readily admitted, "I invented it."

"This is really surprising."

Zhongshan Suit was somewhat emotional. If he had known that He Yuzhu was the inventor, he wouldn't have brought him out of the machine factory. He should have interrogated him directly at the machine factory.

Seeing that He Yuzhu confessed so readily, he still turned around and went to another room to interrogate Lü Xiaomi.

Lü Xiaomi has already admitted that He Yuzhu was the inventor of the new lathe.

Furthermore, he confessed that Director Zhu had delivered a medal and certificate for his personal second-class merit.

This finally convinced Zhongshan Zhuang that He Yuzhu was the person they were looking for.

"Now that you've confessed, do you know what crime you've committed?"

Lü Xiaomi asked, somewhat puzzled, "What do you mean by this?"

The man in the Zhongshan suit said, "If this transcript of your conversation is given to the public security authorities and your superiors, you will be guilty of treason."

"Ah!" Only then did Lü Xiaomi realize the seriousness of the matter she had confessed.

She inwardly groaned, realizing she was on a sinking ship, and tears streamed down her face again.

The man in the Zhongshan suit said, "As long as you behave and become one of us, don't worry, this conversation won't be handed over to us, understand?"

"This...you want me to become an enemy agent?"

Zhongshan nodded and asked in return, "Do you have any other options?"