Su Ziqing couldn't contact Gong Chengjue or Luo Jinhan, and guessed that they might suddenly have to take a business trip by plane.

Around 2 a.m., she called again, but still couldn't get through.

Her heart clenched involuntarily, and she felt somewhat uneasy.

When her phone suddenly rang, she thought it was Gong Chengjue calling back, and answered it nervously, only to find it was Luo Ziqi calling.

"Ziqing, do you know that something happened to the Gong family?" Luo Ziqi called Su Ziqing as soon as she heard the news.

Thinking that Su Ziqing, who had returned to City A, might really not know what had happened.

Su Ziqing's heart nearly jumped out of her chest when she heard this. "What happened?" Could it be that something happened to Cheng Jue?

"There was a plane crash this morning. The plane was flying from the capital," Luo Ziqi said briefly. "I heard that Young Master Gong's father was on that flight."

"What?" Su Ziqing was stunned when she heard the news.

Yes, when I came out of the airport, I also heard passengers talking about the plane crash that happened today.

However, she didn't pay attention to where the plane took off from, and then she was in a hurry to get back to the company, so she paid even less attention.

"Ziqing, are you listening?" Luo Ziqi called her name twice before she was brought back from her daze.

"I'm listening." Su Ziqing swallowed, her tone stiff. "Where did you hear that from?"

"A friend in the capital heard that the entire Gong family is currently out of the company," Luo Ziqi said, having heard it from a reporter in her circle.

The Gong family is large; the old man alone had several sons…

In the years as the old man grew older, the outside world paid considerable attention to the issue of the Gong family's successor.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be writing articles and reports with all sorts of speculations every now and then.

It's fair to say that if anything happens to the Gong family, those reporters with their keen sense of smell will be the first to catch a whiff.

Since all members of the Gong family were not at the company at that time, and considering the flight incident, and then someone with connections checking the flight passenger information... this just confirmed it.

Su Ziqing gripped her phone tightly. "I can't get in touch with Chengjue."

"Don't worry, wait and see. I called you to let you know first." Luo Ziqi said seriously, "Young Master Gong's father is very lucky. If something happens to him, the Gong family will probably be in chaos again."

The long-standing dynamics have been one of balanced competition, with both sides fiercely competing behind the scenes, but on the surface, things remain as stable as a bowl of water, without any sign of conflict.

But if Gong Changzhou, the eldest son, were to die, then...

This situation has been completely disrupted.

Especially in large families like the Gong family, the eldest son is different from the other children. Looking at the business world, most heirs are the eldest sons, and very few are inherited by sons of other birth order.

Grandpa Gong has several sons.

Besides the eldest son and the third son, there are three other sons: the second, the fourth, and the fifth... To put it bluntly, they are all children other than the eldest son, so their status is equal.

Without his father, Gong Chengjue was practically a discarded heir...

Simply put, it's impossible for an heir to skip generations.

Because Luo Ziqi went public with her relationship with Sheng Yuanshuo, she gained firsthand experience of the complexities of aristocratic families, especially the Su family, which made her think deeply about the situation.

To be serious, she really didn't want anything to happen to Gong Changzhou.

Su Ziqing wasn't thinking about these things. What she was thinking about was that no matter what, Gong Changzhou was still Gong Chengjue's father. Although the relationship between the two father and son wasn't good, if the father were to suddenly pass away, it would be a huge blow to Gong Chengjue.

Su Ziqing chatted with Luo Ziqi for a few more minutes before hanging up the phone.

She called Gong Chengjue again, but his phone was still off. So she sent him a WeChat message, hoping he would see it when he turned his phone on.

Then I turned on my computer to check the news about the plane crash.

The cause of the accident, the passenger list, and everything else are still unavailable; reports only indicate that the plane has been located.

However, because the plane crashed into a remote, uninhabited forest, the search and rescue operation was greatly hampered.

As for whether anyone survived, it's too early to draw any conclusions.

Su Ziqing closed the news page, feeling utterly exhausted as one incident after another occurred.

……………………

prison

Su Xiaoman visited Su Tianming and saw that her father, whom she had visited not long before the New Year, had more white hair now. He no longer wore a suit and tie, and his hairstyle was no longer the same. He looked several years older and was no longer much different from an ordinary man.

“Dad…” Su Xiaoman felt that she could hardly recognize her father.

Su Tianming looked at her, "What brings you here today?"

Su Xiaoman also put away her half-hearted concern and half-acting attitude, composed herself, and then said directly without beating around the bush, "Su Tianhao is in trouble."

As the eldest daughter, Su Xiaoman did not succumb to despair after the blow. Born into wealth and privilege, who would willingly become a commoner halfway through life?!

Even if it meant facing mountains of knives and seas of fire, she would jump in without hesitation.

Therefore, she never gave up on rescuing Su Tianming; no, to be precise, she hoped that she could change the passive situation herself.

Su Tianming looked at his daughter, who had grown quite a bit, and asked, "Hmm? What happened?"

“A secretary in the company jumped off a building today, Su Tianhao’s secretary.” Su Xiaoman’s eyes were shining. “This matter… there must be something fishy going on.”

Su Tianming shook his head. "How are things going in the capital?"

Su Xiaoman told her about her situation in the capital. She had previously followed Su Tianming's advice and went to the capital to see if she could find some connections.

The Gong family can act with impunity in other cities, but they must have rivals in the capital. If she wants to turn the tables, she must go to the capital.

"It went very smoothly," Su Xiaoman said.

Su Tianming didn't ask any further questions, seemingly satisfied with just those three words. He deliberately ignored what methods Su Xiaoman used to achieve this smooth progress.

“When you can be like Su Ziqing, with a powerful backer to help you, we’ll be close to success,” Su Tianming said.

“But this is an opportunity. We don’t only have Su Ziqing as an opponent. Su Tianhao, he…” In Su Xiaoman’s eyes, Su Tianhao was no longer her uncle.

“Su Ziqing will naturally take action.” Su Tianming narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled. “You should keep a close eye on this matter.”

"Why would Su Ziqing intervene? They're already in the same boat," Su Xiaoman said, puzzled.

Su Tianming didn't say much, but simply told her to calm down, "You should cultivate the connections you've built in the capital, and it would be best to establish a relationship with the Gong family's mortal enemy."

Su Xiaoman nodded, "I understand."