The female leader who had accompanied them also apologized kindly, "Comrade Yuanchun suffered such a great injustice at our steel mill, and it was due to a lapse in our leadership's management. This five hundred yuan is a little compensation from our mill to Comrade Yuanchun, and we ask you to please accept it."
As she spoke, she took a thick paper parcel out of her cross-body bag and handed it to Yuanchun.
Yuanchun fell silent for a moment, then pushed the paper parcel back. With sincerity and emotion, she said, "Director Zheng, Vice-Director Wang, Secretary Lin, thank you for standing up for me. I am already very happy that you made Zhong Damin return the money my biological father left me. I cannot accept this compensation. After all, the steel mill has so many families, and some matters are family affairs—you cannot manage everything. This is not your fault, nor is it the mill's, but I am truly grateful that you stood up for me."
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