Courtyard House: They all say I'm a good person

Chapter 40 I really didn't have any bad intentions!

As the saying goes, ignorance is no excuse!

Whether Xu Damao truly didn't know or had some malicious intent is impossible to discern.

However, there was no prior indication that Yan Jiecheng was looking for a partner. Xu Damao worked at the steel rolling mill all day, so it was reasonable for him to say that he was unaware of it.

No matter how angry Yan Bugui and Yan Jiecheng were, this matter couldn't really be entirely blamed on Xu Damao.

If it weren't for the fact that the Yan family themselves were not upright, they wouldn't have to worry about being talked about.

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"Xu Damao, this isn't right!"

Just as Yan Jiecheng decided to let this matter drop and vent his anger, Yan Bugui suddenly slapped his thigh and looked angrily at Xu Damao.

"Third Uncle, what's wrong?"

Xu Damao stared blankly at Yan Bugui with a bewildered expression.

Yan Bugui snorted and said, "The matchmaker said that the girl's family said that our Yan family doesn't get along with our neighbors in the courtyard. I'd like to ask you, which family in our courtyard doesn't get along with?"

"Xu Damao, you're throwing dirty water on my family!"

"No, it's not just about throwing dirty water at our house; you're disrupting the harmony and unity of our courtyard!"

"Our neighborhood relations have always been the best, and the neighborhood committee has been recognized as a model of civility and excellence year after year. But here, all of that is gone!"

Yan Bugui unleashed a barrage of words at Xu Damao.

Xu Damao was truly dumbfounded when he heard Yan Bugui say this.

He only said a few words to the Yan family, how did they take it so seriously? They're trying to put him on the opposite side of all the residents of the courtyard!

"Third Uncle, I'm innocent!"

"I never said any of that!"

"If you don't believe me, I can call someone to confront you!"

Xu Damao did say some things, but he really didn't say anything that would undermine unity.

Of course, how others interpret his words is their own business, and it's not something he can control.

Xu Damao's confident demand to call for a confrontation did not intimidate Yan Bugui.

Someone has to take responsibility for this.

The Yan family had already lost face before, and now they've lost face again. Yan Bugui has to find someone to help them share the attention from the people in the courtyard.

Xu Damao happened to get involved in this matter and was even caught in a trap.

"Xu Damao, stop making trouble!"

"If you didn't have a problem with the unity and harmony of our department and deliberately say ambiguous things, how could others possibly misunderstand?"

"I think you're doing this on purpose!"

Yan Bugui relentlessly pursued Xu Damao.

Upon hearing Yan Bugui's words, Yi Zhonghai, who was sitting at the square table, immediately slammed his hand on the table, looked at Xu Damao, and said sternly, "Xu Damao, tell me honestly, did you do this on purpose?"

"Grandpa, I swear to God!"

"We're all men from Beijing, and everyone slips up sometimes when we're talking, right?"

"I was just saying that, I swear to God, I really didn't mean any harm!"

Xu Damao would naturally not admit that he did it on purpose.

However, he also understood that what he had done was indeed dishonest.

Of course, he genuinely didn't know that Yan Jiecheng was looking for a partner. He just thought the Yan family's affairs were something to talk about, so he embellished the story and even slightly exaggerated the conflict between the Yan and Shen families.

At this point, there's really no need to confront anyone.

Even if confronted, Xu Damao would not admit that he had bad intentions.

However, his actions did indeed have some impact on the reputation of the courtyard house.

Yi Zhonghai whispered a few words to Liu Haizhong, and finally punished Xu Damao by making him responsible for the sanitation and cleaning of the courtyard for the next month, but he was not assigned to clean the public toilets.

If Xu Damao were assigned to clean the public toilets, wouldn't the whole thing be exposed when people asked why?

Then, Yan Bugui and Yang Ruihua formally apologized to Shen Zhishou and Yu Li.

This concludes the plenary session.

The Yan family has lost face.

However, whether it was lucky or unlucky to have Xu Damao lose face along with him is hard to say.

Xu Damao felt wronged.

He felt that he had only said a few words, how could he have almost become a bad guy who ruined the reputation of the Siheyuan?

"This is so unfair!"

"You bastard Yan Bugui! I've been giving you little favors every now and then, and this is how you scheme against me!"

Back home, Xu Damao grumbled angrily.

Lou Xiao'e ignored Xu Damao's mutterings and stared at him, slowly asking, "Xu Damao, after you leave the steel rolling mill after get off work, why don't you go home? What are you doing?"

"I... oh, I went to have dinner with someone!"

Xu Damao's eyes flickered. "I ran into some old buddies. We hadn't seen each other for years, so we got together for a meal!"

"You went out to eat but didn't drink?"

Lou Xiao'e knows Xu Damao very well.

Despite Xu Damao's low alcohol tolerance, he really enjoys drinking. When he goes out to eat with others, he almost always has a few drinks.

"Xu Damao, you better tell me honestly, who did you go out to eat with?"

Lou Xiao'e slammed her hand on the table.

Xu Damao smiled ingratiatingly and said, "E'zi, what are you doing?"

"I'm already so unlucky, why are you still picking on me?"

"I was really having dinner with some old friends. He drives for his boss, so he wouldn't dare drink!"

"Why don't you believe me!"

As he spoke, Xu Damao put on a pitiful expression, looking wronged and wronged.

Lou Xiao'e was puzzled when she saw this. Could it be that she had really wronged Xu Damao?

If Xu Damao wasn't lying, then it's quite possible that no alcohol was consumed during the meal.

"E'zi, don't you know how I've treated you?"

"My heart is set on the sun, and you are my sun!"

When it comes to seducing women, Xu Damao is undoubtedly the best.

Let alone a naive and innocent girl like Lou Xiao'e, even the self-proclaimed clever Yu Haitang was still fooled by Xu Damao.

If Qin Huairu hadn't had Qin Jingru fake a pregnancy, Yu Haitang would have ended up with Xu Damao.

"E'zi, tell me, how could that third uncle be so wicked?"

"I didn't know anything, I just said a few words, and he started accusing me of all sorts of things. Tell me, how can someone have no conscience at all!"

Seeing that Lou Xiao'e's attention was no longer focused on who he was having dinner with, Xu Damao quickly seized the opportunity to completely divert Lou Xiao'e's attention and began to denounce Yan Bugui.

Lou Xiao'e's attention was indeed diverted.

However, being as kind as Lou Xiao'e was, she didn't think so badly of people. She glanced at Xu Damao and said, "If you could control your mouth, Yan Jiecheng would have gotten married on his blind date. And you're complaining when he blames you?"

Xu Damao's lips twitched, and he asked with some annoyance, "E'zi, whose side are you on?"

"You're my wife, why aren't you taking my side?"