DNDAS

Chapter 5: My Emperor Has Finally Returned

The liveliness on the internet couldn't compare to the construction site's chief labor contractors who had managed to secure work. Many chief labor contractors had a group of men under them and also had to acquire some connections on the construction company's end. The occasional drinking and eating for the sake of securing work was unavoidable.

Zhao Sanxiang was very good at this. It hadn't been long since the completion of the work at this construction site, but he had already received the salary. At the same time, he had also bagged a new project. The men who followed him very willingly called him Zhao ge.

Ever since the matter about Fu Li rescuing Old Zhang's son spread throughout the construction site, Fu Li had become quite familiar with the older workers. He didn't know if it was because Old Zhang's error had spread, or if everyone had the same issue with pronunciation as Old Zhang, but the entire construction site was now calling him little Hu. Fortunately, Fu Li didn't mind such things; there was no difference whether it was little Fu, little Hu, or little Hua.

At noon that day, Fu Li was drinking the pig trotter soup Zhang Peng had sent over when a loud siren sounded outside. He lifted up the curtain to the shed curiously and saw that the rest were running outside. He asked at the top of his voice, "Where are all of you going?"

"There's someone attempting suicide at the construction site in front, do you want to take a look?" The man who replied Fu Li was surnamed Chen. He was fast approaching the age of forty but hadn't wedded a wife, so he was called Old Empty Chen by everyone else. He didn't mind it either, even happily responding when others called him that. He had good relations with the people at the construction site.

Fu Li happened to be bored, so seeing that everyone else was going to join in the action, he figured that he should also behave in a way that was consistent with the crowd.

"Sure, let's go together."

A middle-aged woman in a flower-patterned shirt and black slacks was sitting at the edge of the top floor of an incomplete building. The ground that was overgrown with weeds was jam-packed with people.

Peng Hang, who had rushed over after receiving the alert, tugged at his sweat-laden police uniform as he instructed the rest to ready the inflatable cushion. The ground at this abandoned construction site was craggy and uneven, and some grass had grown so tall that they were even taller than a person. The ambulance couldn't enter, so the rescue equipment could only be carted in by people.

Dajie, look at the hot weather, if you have something to say come down first. As the saying goes, find the police in times of trouble. As long as you come down, we will definitely help you," Peng Hang gestured at his colleagues from other departments, indicating for them to stealthily enter the building.

The woman's emotions were very unstable. She sobbed while apologizing to Peng Hang, saying that she didn't want to trouble everyone but didn't have any choice. As she was too emotional, her body constantly leaned forward. A moment of carelessness could cause her to fall from the building.

It turned out that the woman's partner had passed away from illness two years ago and she had a child who was still schooling. She lacked a specialized skill and thus could only come to the construction site and work as if she was a man. Who would have expected that after working half a year, the chief labor contractor took the money and fled. Now, her child was severely ill and the hospital had started to press her for the hospital fees. Even after pleading with every person she could find, she still didn't manage to pool enough money. With no other choices, it was impossible for her to live on.

The woman who wasn't even forty years old had a dark-skinned, thin, and shriveled appearance, her entire body resembling pickled radish drained of all its moisture. The sound of her weeping was both mournful and intense, making Peng Hang feel a little upset. He wiped the sweat on his face and ranted in a low voice to his colleagues. "The capitalists today are really good-for-nothings!"