Everyone stopped and turned to look at the mother and son. Zhao Yufen pushed through the crowd, saw the scattered parts on the floor, and the damaged machinery lying there. She nearly cried but managed to hold back her tears at the last moment.
"Uncle Chou, what's going on here?"
Lai Bao's gaze swept over Master Zhou and the others, only to finally rest on Mr. Chou.
Mr. Chou was silent, his eyes red. A worker from behind him stepped forward, "Master Zhou and his apprentices started smashing the machinery first; we couldn't stop them."
Only then did Lai Bao turn to Master Zhou, staring at him intensely with piercing eyes.
Under such a gaze, Master Zhou became infuriated and yelled loudly at Lai Bao and his mother, "Yes, we smashed them. What can you do about it? The factory has wasted so much of our time, why shouldn't we vent our frustration?"
"That's right, give us the wages you owe us, or we'll smash more!"
"Yes, pay up, pay up..."
