Siheyuan: A Martyr's Orphan from the Start, Reporting All Those Vile Neighbors

When Zhong Guosheng opens his eyes, he has become the orphan of a martyr in a courtyard house, starved to death.

His father, Zhong Dashan, died protecting the steel mill and was posthumously recognized as a martyr.

His mother, seriously ill and unable to afford treatment, passed away.

The compensation money has vanished without a trace, and someone else has taken over the job his father left behind.

The whole courtyard claims to believe in helping one another, while squeezing him for money, forcing him to sweep the yard and empty the chamber pots. The moment he resists, Silly Zhu beats him up. He tried going to the neighborhood office and the police station, only to be told, "They were just messing around."

Don't you want unity? Don't you believe in the collective?

Then let's make this collective stand in the sunlight for everyone to see.

Letters were sent one by one to the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry, newspapers, the Municipal Public Security Bureau, the Martyrs' Families Office, and the most beloved people in the country.

It still wasn't enough.

Zhong Guosheng walked into the steel mill's broadcast room.

"My name is Zhong Guosheng. My father, Zhong Dashan, died protecting this factory. I want the factory to answer me: Where is my father's compensation money? Where are the benefits promised to a martyr's orphan?"

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.