Chapter 21: Suspected of being seriously injured...

"The location is probably quite remote, and there's no signal," Qu Xiang said.

Shen Li had told her before that if she was just doing it casually, that would be fine, but if she wanted to be meticulous, she might even go to the mining area to select soil herself.

Those areas are very likely to have no signal.

Qu Xiang just saw the message from Shen Li, informing her that she was going to participate in a pottery competition soon and planned to use her results from the competition to apologize to Elder Zhong.

Then it's not hard to understand why he would be so meticulous as to personally go to the mining area.

But Lu Yanchuan clearly found it difficult to understand.

Lu Yanchuan frowned. "Do I have to choose the mud myself just to play with it?"

Qu Xiang almost bit her lip to pieces, but couldn't hold back and blurted out, "That's the career she loves!"

Lu Yanchuan glanced at Qu Xiang with a strange look in his eyes. "Who said it wasn't? But did you really need to go and choose it yourself? Is it safe for her, a woman, to be alone in a place with no signal?"

After Lu Yanchuan finished speaking, he took out his phone and turned to leave Qu Xiang's office.

Qu Xiang watched Lu Yanchuan's departing figure, blinked, and muttered to herself, "Oh? This is unprecedented? Is the Great Demon King worried about Li Li?"

...

"Oh dear, if you had just said you were Master Zhong's apprentice, you wouldn't have needed to come all this way. It would have been so much easier to just send the soil to you."

The old man's face was deeply lined, making him look older than his age, but his eyes were bright and he was very energetic.

Shen Li smiled and said, "It's no trouble for me to come over."

Shen Li patted the dust off her hands and stood up.

She selected the soil and sent it back to Jiangcheng.

The old woman and her master, Zhong Shaoyuan, were old acquaintances. After learning that she was Zhong's apprentice, she treated her with great kindness.

"You're not going to be able to leave tonight. The roads here are already difficult to travel at night, and with the rain, it's even worse."

The road to the mining area was already bad, and the dump trucks carrying soil made the already poor dirt road even worse, full of potholes.

The car that Shen Li rented drove over was so bumpy that it almost made her dizzy. Luckily, she drove herself. If she had been in someone else's car, she would have been nauseous and vomiting to death!

Moreover, the dust on the road was astonishing; the car that Shen Li rented was almost unrecognizable as its original color!

If it rains, it will be even worse. The dust on the road will be mixed with the rainwater, and the potholes made by the sand trucks will be filled with mud. In this kind of road condition, the wheels may get stuck.

"Why don't you stay at my house for the night? My granddaughter has gone to university, and her room is empty. Stay until the rain stops tomorrow, just to be safe."

We should still listen to the advice of the elders.

Shen Li didn't dare to be negligent, "Then thank you very much."

"You live in town, right?" the old man asked.

"right."

"That's perfect. There's some kind of porcelain expo in town these days. If you're interested, you can go check it out tomorrow, although there's nothing particularly good..."

Because this area is a kaolin mining area, people rely on the mines for their livelihood, and there are many porcelain factories in the surrounding towns.

This kind of fair held in the town is more like a wholesale market than a fair, with most of the stalls set up by porcelain factories from the surrounding towns.

For ordinary people who don't need to buy goods, it's not very meaningful to look at this.

However, if you work in this industry, you can go and take a look to get a sense of the current trends.

"I'll go take a look."

That night, they stayed at the old man's house, where his daughter-in-law was an excellent cook.

The rain had stopped by midnight, and the sun shone brightly the next morning. After thanking the old man and his family, Shen Li drove to town.

She stayed at the largest hotel in town, though it was only about the same size as a three-star hotel in Jiangcheng.

Because it's an older brand, the decor and facilities are a bit dated, but at least it's clean.

When he swiped his room card at the front desk, the supervisor glanced at Chen Li a few more times.

"What's wrong?" Shen Li noticed her gaze.

"Miss Shen."

"Um."

"You must be Mrs. Lu?"

"Huh?!" Shen Li was stunned, even though her previous confrontation with Song Xiaowan had made headlines.

But she wasn't on camera, so she wouldn't be recognized because of that.

"How could you..." Shen Li's gaze was wary.

The supervisor noticed her wariness and waved her hands repeatedly, saying, "Please don't misunderstand. It's like this, your husband came to see you, so we found out who you are."

Hearing this was even more shocking than hearing that the supervisor recognized her because of a trending topic.

“Me…sir?” Shen Li pointed to himself, his gaze blank.

"Yes, his room is right next to yours, but he went out this morning." The supervisor renewed Shen Li's room key card and gave her another one.

It was undoubtedly the room next to hers.

Shen Li was still a little stunned when she stepped into the elevator. Why would Lu Yanchuan come?

She didn't even go back to her own room first, but went to check next door. The room next door was empty, without even any luggage, making it hard to believe that the man would actually be living there.

Lu Yanchuan is a picky perfectionist; how could he possibly condescend to stay in an old hotel in a small town?

That's a lie, isn't it?

It wasn't until Shen Li turned around that she saw the haute couture coat hanging on the coat rack next to her.

The price of one item is enough to stay at this hotel for a year, and you still might not be able to buy it.

Shen Li finally believed it. She quickly returned to her room, charged her phone, and turned it on.

There were many missed call notifications on her phone. Shen Li opened the WeChat message sent by Qu Xiang.

The "Big Boss" couldn't reach you, came to my company to ask, and then left in a hurry. I have a feeling he might be going to look for you?

Shen Li quickly replied: 【Understood, I'll contact him now】

Shen Li quickly opened the push notifications for the missed calls. Most of them were from Lu Yanchuan, and there were also a few from Zhou Yan.

Shen Li called back, but no one answered.

Shen Li blinked, just about to call Zhou Yan again.

Before Shen Li could dial, Qu Xiang called first.

Shen Li answered the phone and said, "Xiao Xiang, I won't tell you yet, but Lu Yanchuan did come to my place. I'll call him first."

But the next second, Shen Li heard Qu Xiang's voice sound serious, "Li Li, have you seen the news?"

This statement came out of nowhere, and Shen Li was taken aback. "What...news?"

Her intuition told her that things were not so simple.

"I'll send it to you now," Qu Xiang said. "Calm down."

Upon hearing Qu Xiang's words, Shen Li felt even more unable to remain calm.

While waiting for Qu Xiang to send her the message, she was so anxious that she decided to search for it herself on trending topics.

I just happened to see a trending headline.

The title made Shen Li's gaze freeze abruptly.

The president of the Lu Group was involved in a machinery accident while inspecting the factory and is suspected of suffering serious injuries...

It was at this moment that Qu Xiang sent a message.

Qu Xiang sent over a screenshot of the news article, with the beginning and end cut off.

There is a photo in the screenshot.

In the photo, a handsome man, covered in blood, lies on a stretcher and is being pushed into an ambulance...