The family is in a complete mess right now, and Cheng Ran isn't familiar with Jiang Wanqing's work, so it's better to leave it to someone she can trust to handle. Otherwise, if she wakes up to find the place in chaos, it will only make things worse.
Cheng Ran patted Yang Chang on the shoulder: "Well, you handle it. We'll talk about other things after Wanxing has recovered."
"Alright, since Comrade Cheng and Comrade Wanqing trust me so much, then I will respectfully accept their offer. Please rest assured, I will definitely manage the factory well!"
"Um."
Cheng Ran was unable to handle too much, and Yang, who rarely saw Jiang Wanqing, soon left as well, telling her before he left that she should call him if she needed anything.
Cheng Ran didn't sleep that night either. According to the doctor, he still had three more days to endure. Jiang Jianguo and Xue He took care of Nannan while checking on him from time to time. Seeing how hard he was working, they both advised him to rest, but he just wouldn't.
“Cheng Ran, we all know you love Wan Qing, but your own health is also very important. She definitely doesn’t want you to ruin your health for her sake. Besides, we’re here for you. You can rest for half a day without any problem. Go ahead.” Jiang Jianguo tried to persuade him earnestly, but it was no use.
"No need, thank you Dad. My body can still hold up. I'll stay here and hope that Wanxing will see me the first thing she sees when she wakes up."
He already had bluish stubble on his chin, and the dark circles under his eyes were not to be ignored. Jiang Jianguo and Xue He glanced at him and both shook their heads and sighed.
Jiang Wanqing remained unconscious and asleep on the bed. Jiang Jianguo suddenly remembered something and patted his head.
"Oh right, look at my memory, the newspaper this morning published about Wanqing and Susu, so the people in the Beijing area should have heard about it by now."
"How is this possible!" Cheng Ran frowned deeply. "I've already spoken to the newspaper, how could this be published..."
He asked in surprise, clearly disbelieving, and immediately got up from the bedside.
"Mom and Dad, please look after Wanqing. I'll be right back."
"Okay, go ahead, be careful on the road."
Jiang Jianguo and Xue He aged considerably in just a few days; they simply couldn't withstand any more unexpected calamities.
Cheng Ran didn't go far; he just went to a phone booth outside the hospital and made a call to an acquaintance.
He asked, "Didn't we say we wouldn't let the newspapers report on my wife's injury? What's going on in today's news?"
The person on the other end of the phone stammered, and Cheng Ran was very impatient.
"You're not telling me because you want me to investigate myself?"
"No, Comrade Cheng... This has nothing to do with me. The newspaper's leaders have their own considerations. I heard... I only heard that someone paid a high price to buy out today's page, and it is said that there will be sporadic reports in the next few days."
Someone paid to buy out all the space on the page?! Who's behind this? And what's their purpose?!
Cheng Ran's face darkened, his voice grew increasingly angry, his fingers clenched, and he gritted his teeth.
"I need that person's information within a day! Otherwise, the newspaper might as well shut down!"
"Comrade Cheng, please...please stop...you're dragging innocent people into this mess..."
Snap!
Cheng Ran hung up the phone. He thought Su Su's death meant the end of everything, but who would have thought that someone else would cause trouble?
After he returned to the ward, Jiang Jianguo and Xue He immediately turned around to look at him and saw that he looked unwell, which worried them.
"Is there something wrong with the report? Is someone trying to harm us?"
It's not that Jiang Jianguo was on edge; rather, his tense state forced him to think the worst.
Cheng Ran simply shook his head: "It's not clear yet, but hopefully it isn't."
At that time, the capital region—
Hong Xing finally managed to sit down in his office for a short rest. He picked up a local newspaper to browse casually, and before he knew it, he saw news about Jiang Wanqing's murder in the southwest.
He thought he was seeing things, so he abruptly straightened up from his languid sitting posture, his eyes widened, he took a deep breath, and his hands trembled more and more as he looked down.
With a thud, Hung Hing got up from his chair, accidentally tripped over the stool, and staggered out to look for someone.
Molly was directing production on the production line, wearing her work clothes and holding those notebooks in her hand. Just as she was about to move on to the next production line, someone suddenly grabbed her shoulder. When she turned around, she saw Hung Hing, who was panting heavily.
She frowned and turned to look at him: "What's wrong? Weren't you resting?"
"Something terrible has happened...something has happened...my sister-in-law...she..."
"What's wrong? Tell me properly. Wanqing lives in the southwest. Has she come back? Where is she? I'll go see her..."
Moli's eyes lit up with joy, but Hung Hing pressed down on her shoulder and shook his head.
"No, she didn't come back. She...she was stabbed and is currently in the southwest for emergency treatment. Her life hangs in the balance."
"What?!"
Molly dropped the notebook in her hand and grabbed Hung Hing's hand in disbelief.
"You must be talking nonsense! How could Wanqing..."
"It's true, you can see it on the news."
Hung Hing pointed to the newspaper article and showed it to Molly. Molly couldn't help but burst into tears after only glancing at it.
"How could this happen... Who did this...?"
"It's Su Su. She's already dead, and my sister-in-law is also... I don't know how she is now."
"Let's go! Let's make a phone call!"
"Yes, the phone!"
Hong Xing and Molly composed themselves and quickly went to the office to make a call. They had Jiang Wanqing's landline number, which they could usually call, but today they tried several times without any response.
Ring ring...
Ring ring...
The phone rang and rang. Hung Hing called Molly, and after more than a dozen calls, he still didn't hear the voice he wanted to hear.
Molly was completely exhausted. She immediately took off her work clothes and sniffed.
"I have to see Wanqing! I must see her, she must still be alive!"
"Where are you going!" Hongxing grabbed her. "I know you're worried about your sister-in-law, and I want to go to the Southwest too, but what about the factory? This is an important task your sister-in-law entrusted to us before she left..."
"Then what do you suggest we do! If... if it really comes to that, we won't even be able to see Wanqing one last time! And... call Shen Huan and notify Shuzhen overseas..."
Molly controlled her trembling voice and handed over her work to her subordinates.
Seeing her like this, Hung Hing felt even worse and chased after her.
They went home and told their parents about it. Molly insisted on going to the southwest, and her parents agreed. The child would be taken care of by her maternal grandparents, and the young couple immediately bought tickets to the southwest.
Shen Huan also received the message and said that after handing over her work, she would go to the southwest to meet them.
Yue Shuzhen was abroad and couldn't come back anytime soon, so she could only let them call her anytime.
Meanwhile, Cheng Ran was still anxiously waiting for Jiang Wan to wake up at the hospital, unaware that his friends in Beijing had already rushed over because of the news...
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