A-Yuan couldn't see what he wanted to see for a long time, so he dozed off in his father's arms.
Suddenly, with a snap, Nie Zhao looked down and saw that the baby's pacifier had slipped out and fallen to the ground.
He tiptoed into the stroller and was just about to pick up the pacifier when Secretary An handed him a cell phone.
The phone remained in Secretary An's hands, but it was on vibrate mode.
It's a landline number, and judging from the range of the number, it should be near the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital.
Nie Zhao answered the phone: "Who is that?"
The voice on the phone belonged to a rather young man: "Chairman Nie, this is Xiao Wang, Director Liu's assistant."
After a pause, he added, "Your husband is currently in a final, lucid phase and strongly requests to see you."
Cheung Tze-keung is coming from Kowloon, but at this critical juncture, Nip Wing is about to die.
After all, he was the richest man in China and his own father. If he were to die, Nie Zhao would need to be by his side.
The old man still had some valuable personal belongings, locked in a modern, combination-locked safe.
It's fine to break into the safe after he's dead, but it would be better if he told us the password himself while he's alive.
Furthermore, regarding the portion of the property belonging to the Nie family that he retained, Nie Zhao is currently satisfied with his will.
But what if he's not there, and the old man, in a relatively lucid state, summons a lawyer to make one last change before he dies?
Of course, amidst the city's sirens, Nie Zhao remained vigilant.
He began by saying, "I remember Director Liu saying that he was going on vacation abroad and had already booked his plane tickets."
Actually, Secretary An was already calling Director Liu at this time, but strangely, although Director Liu's phone was not turned off, the line was always busy. On the other end of the line, his assistant Xiao Wang explained, "As you know, traffic is inconvenient today. Director Liu's flight was delayed, so he simply went back to the hospital."
The unfortunate thing today is that even at Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, only a few people are on duty.
Secretary An couldn't get through to Director Liu by phone, so she called his office landline.
However, when he called his office, no one answered for a long time.
Just then, the "assistant Xiao Wang" on the other end said, "Chairman Nie, are you calling the director's office? I'm sorry, he's been in the ward and hasn't had time to answer your call."
Tonight, in the middle of the night, a strange number called, saying that his father was dying. Of course, Nie Zhao wouldn't believe it easily, nor would he just go out so casually. He gestured, and Secretary An called Nie Jiayu again.
Strangely, Nie Jiayu had two mobile phones, both of which were currently busy, seemingly indicating that he was making a call.
Nie Zhao then said, "Okay, I'll be there right away."
The other person said, "There's no traffic now, it should take about 20 minutes. I'll go report to the director."
Nie Zhao said, "If the road conditions are good, 20 minutes is enough."
While he was on the phone, several cell phones were in front of him. Secretary An had already dialed the front desk of the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital and asked, "This is An Jie from the Nie family. Is Director Liu of the neurology department in the hospital?"
The receptionist smiled and said, "Director Liu doesn't need to report to the front desk when he comes and goes, so please wait a moment while I verify for you."
He hung up the phone and said, "Boss, I feel something's off. Shall we wait and see?"
The number the other party used, judging from the range of numbers, is a landline number used within the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital.
Moreover, both Director Liu's and Nie Jiayu's phones were busy, which was quite strange. Of course, the main reason was that Nie Zhao did not have the same deep feelings for his father as Yu Guangxu and Yu Guanghe. Even if his father passed away, apart from the trouble with the property, Nie Zhao would not have much of a psychological impact, and he would not be worried.
He remained calm and was able to analyze the whole situation rationally.
He said, "I suspect that Yu Guangxu is in Central, but I can't say exactly where. However, he should be calling Director Liu and Jiayu at the same time, which would explain why their phones are both busy."
He added, "Call the mountaintop and have Uncle Ming send out the Bentley so that the family driver can drive it down the mountain."
Secretary An immediately made a phone call, gave instructions, thought for a moment, and then said, "Boss, judging from this, is Zhang Ziqiang going to come to Central, and is his target to kidnap you?"
Upon further reflection, Secretary An became even more convinced of her analysis.
Nie Rong's illness and hospitalization presented Zhang Ziqiang with a golden opportunity.
No matter the time, as long as he could convince Nie Zhao that his father was on the verge of death and would soon pass away, since it involved a large sum of money, Nie Zhao might be reluctant to let his son go out, but he himself would definitely rush to the hospital.
Moreover, since Yu Guangxu had leaked the news beforehand that he was going to kill Master Er, Nie Zhao would have to send at least two bodyguards to Kowloon to keep watch over Master Er before knowing this answer. Therefore, he would only have three strongmen around him.
However, Cheung Tze-keung currently has six men, and three of them are veterans from mainland China.
Even with a formidable female bodyguard, he has a chance of winning against a six-on-three situation, provided he has six AKs and it's an ambush. And if the person he kidnaps is Nie Zhao, as a family head without brothers, he could easily come up with 5 billion.
So this was the real kidnapping plan that Cheung Tze-keung had hidden under Master Ye.
He should be arriving in Central soon. Of course, the bait has been cast, and all that's left is for Nie Zhao to take the bait.
Secretary An suddenly realized why Nie Zhao had deliberately said that 20 minutes would be enough.
That seemingly casual remark actually led the man opposite him, Cheung Tze-keung, to misunderstand something.
That is, they would assume that Nie Zhao was not at Nie's Company, which is only 5 minutes away from Yanghe, but at home.
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