vrcanaries Chapter 243 Rolling in Pain
Chapter 243 Rolling in Pain
A few thugs struggled to get up and limped away as if they had been pardoned.
Chu Tian turned around and prepared to leave, but suddenly he felt a gust of wind coming from behind him. He became alert and turned around abruptly, only to see Sha Zhu raising his foot and kicking him in the back.
A cold light flashed in Chu Tian's eyes. He stretched out his hand and grabbed Sha Zhu's ankle like lightning.
Sha Zhu only felt a sharp pain in his ankle, as if it was clamped by a pair of pliers. Before he could react, Chu Tian had already twisted it hard.
"Crack!" With a crisp sound, Sha Zhu's ankle bone broke.
"Ah!" Sha Zhu screamed like a pig being slaughtered and rolled on the ground holding his broken ankle.
Yi Zhonghai was so frightened when he saw this that his face turned pale. He walked tremblingly to Chu Tian and said, "Chu Tian, you...you are too cruel, aren't you?"
Chu Tian sneered, "I was ruthless? Who sent someone to plot against me? I haven't even come to settle accounts with you yet, but you're the first to complain?"
Yi Zhonghai was speechless. He didn't expect Chu Tian to be so tough.
Chu Tian no longer paid attention to Yi Zhonghai. He walked up to Sha Zhu, looked down at him, and said, "Sha Zhu, you'd better behave yourself in the future and don't provoke me again, otherwise you will bear the consequences."
Sha Zhu was sweating profusely from the pain. He gritted his teeth, glared at Chu Tian fiercely, and said, "You...just wait, I won't let you go!"
Chu Tian smiled disdainfully and said, "Okay, I'll wait."
After saying that, Chu Tian turned and left the alley.
Yi Zhonghai quickly helped Sha Zhu up, and the two of them limped away.
As the night deepened, the courtyard returned to peace. However, this conflict was just the calm before the storm. The conflict between Chu Tian and Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu will intensify...
The next morning, Chu Tian just walked into the gate of the steel mill and felt that the atmosphere was a little strange. His fellow workers looked at him with strange eyes and whispered to each other.
"I heard that Chu Tian broke Sha Zhu's leg in the alley last night."
"Is this true? Chu Tian is so powerful?"
"That's right. I heard that he even beat up several thugs hired by Yi Zhonghai."
Chu Tian sneered in his heart as he listened to these discussions. He knew that Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu were spreading rumors behind his back to ruin his reputation.
He walked straight to his workstation and started working, but he discovered that his toolbox had been tampered with.
His usual wrench was gone, replaced by a rusty one that was completely unusable.
Chu Tian's face darkened. He knew that someone was deliberately making trouble.
He looked around and his eyes fell on a worker not far away. This worker was called Liu Haizhong, a seventh-level fitter, and he was usually very close to Yi Zhonghai.
Chu Tian walked up to Liu Haizhong and asked coldly, "Master Liu, where is my wrench?"
Liu Haizhong pretended to be innocent and said, "I don't know, I didn't touch your toolbox."
Chu Tian sneered and said, "Really? Then I'll ask Master Yi Zhonghai."
After saying that, Chu Tian turned and walked towards Yi Zhonghai's workstation.
Chu Tian walked up to Yi Zhonghai and said in a cold tone: "Master Yi, where is my wrench?"
Yi Zhonghai adjusted his glasses, looking confused: "Wrench? I don't know, Chu Tian, are you asking me?" He looked around in surprise, as if he was looking for the lost wrench, or as if he was performing for others.
"Stop pretending," Chu Tian bluntly exposed his disguise, "My toolbox is right here. Apart from you and your apprentices, who else would touch it?"
Yi Zhonghai's face darkened and his tone became tough: "Chu Tian, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want! You lost the wrench and you come to accuse me, what evidence do you have?"
The workers around him began to whisper, some looked at Chu Tian with suspicion, while others were waiting to see the show with a gloating look on their faces.
Chu Tian sneered: "Evidence? Of course I have it." He pointed at Liu Haizhong and said, "Master Liu, tell me, did you go to my workstation just now?"
Liu Haizhong hesitated, his eyes evasive: "I...I went...to the bathroom, just passing by...just passing by."
"Passing by? When you passed by, you replaced the wrench in my toolbox with a rusty one?" Chu Tian pressed on step by step, his tone sharp.
Liu Haizhong's face turned red and sweat beads appeared on his forehead, but he didn't dare to look directly into Chu Tian's eyes.
"Chu Tian, you are slandering me!" Yi Zhonghai shouted, "Who is Liu Haizhong? Everyone in the factory knows him. How could he steal your wrench?"
"I don't know who he is. I only know that my wrench is missing, and he is lurking around my workstation." Chu Tian did not give in. He stared at Yi Zhonghai with a sharp gaze.
Yi Zhonghai felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by Chu Tian. He flickered his eyes and avoided Chu Tian's gaze.
At this time, the workshop director, Director Li, came over, frowned, and asked, "What's going on? Why are you making so much noise?"
Yi Zhonghai hurried forward and told the story with exaggeration. Of course, he pushed all the responsibility onto Chu Tian and portrayed himself and Liu Haizhong as victims.
After listening to Yi Zhonghai's narration, Director Li looked at Chu Tian again and said, "Chu Tian, do you have anything to say?"
Chu Tian sneered and was about to speak when suddenly, Sha Zhu limped over. He pointed at Chu Tian and shouted, "Director Li, that's him! He broke my leg last night!"
The appearance of Sha Zhu made the atmosphere on the scene even more tense. The workers started to discuss, some sympathized with Sha Zhu, while others became more dissatisfied with Chu Tian.
Director Li frowned, looked at Chu Tian, and asked, "Is what Sha Zhu said true?"
Chu Tian glanced at Sha Zhu calmly and said, "He was the one who came to provoke me first."
"Nonsense!" Sha Zhu retorted loudly, "It was you who hit me for no reason!"
"Shazhu, you brought a few thugs to block me yesterday. Do you dare to deny it?" Chu Tian asked coldly.
Sha Zhu was suddenly speechless. He didn't expect Chu Tian to expose him in front of so many people.
Seeing this, Yi Zhonghai quickly tried to smooth things over: "Director Li, it's all a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding."
Director Li waved his hand impatiently: "Alright, stop arguing! Chu Tian, Sha Zhu, both of you, come to my office with me!"
Chu Tian and Sha Zhu followed Director Li to the office.
Director Li sat behind his desk, looked at the two of them seriously, and said, "Tell me, what's going on?"
Chu Tian recounted the entire story, including how Yi Zhonghai had instructed Sha Zhu to cause trouble for him and how Liu Haizhong had secretly replaced his wrench.
Sha Zhu insisted that Chu Tian beat him for no reason, and exaggerated his injuries to win Director Li's sympathy.