Chapter 35 Chapter 35 When the next autumn wind blows, it will definitely be the time to return...
Pei An asked doubtfully, "What's the problem?"
It was an emerald dill salmon roll, made of crispy slices frozen with liquid nitrogen. The appearance was emerald green wrapped in salmon, symbolizing the "green light for listing."
Ye Xiuming asked, "It's clearly been frozen with liquid nitrogen, so why is the salmon inside still intact?"
Pei An: "It's not frozen."
"Impossible! I've had this dish before. Salmon should be thin and crispy."
Ye Xiuming stopped someone who wanted to take the dish and said, "Sorry, uncle, we're out of dipping sauce."
Pei An pulled Ye Xiuming's sleeve and said, "What are you doing? Making trouble at your little dad's party, right?"
Ye Xiuming shook his head, "There's definitely something wrong with this dish."
As for what the problem was, he took a bite without hesitation. He would know after eating it.
Fortunately, the surging crowd had already moved to the sides of the stage, waiting for Su Ting's speech. Ye Xiuming and his team didn't have to stop them, giving them a chance to breathe. Ye Xiuming snapped his fingers at a waiter and said, "Take this dish away."
The man was a little embarrassed: "But this is the menu personally decided by the chef and Mr. Su."
Ye Xiuming's throat suddenly tightened and he had difficulty breathing. He quickly ripped open his collar, his eyes bloodshot.
"This dish... is poisonous."
He passed out after saying this. Pei An could only randomly call out Su Ting's name for a moment. The waiter, anxious, quickly reached out to Ye Xiuming's mouth and nose. Fortunately... fortunately, he was still breathing. Seeing Pei An calling out for Su Ting, he followed suit and started shouting.
The crowd immediately looked over here.
Zhou Xubai was sharp-eyed and immediately realized that it was the suit he brought back. He gave Su Ting on the stage a "bad" look, and ran to Ye Xiuming like an arrow to check the situation.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
"I heard that a little boy choked on something and his face turned purple."
"He seems to be Su Ting's adopted son."
"Ah? Then this cocktail party would be a waste?"
When Su Ting heard the word "adopted son," he finally lost his composure and stumbled to find Ye Xiuming, who had collapsed on the ground. Heartbroken and dazed, he held onto Ye Xiuming's hand until he was dragged into the emergency room.
He sat at the door, looking extremely anxious, while Pei An kept crying and did not seem to be comforted at all.
"Ye... Xiuming was afraid... that everyone would eat something dirty... so he insisted... on trying it."
Su Ting raised his eyes slightly: "What do you mean by dirty things?"
"He said... a dish that was supposed to be... dry turned out wet... and it might be poison."
Ye Xiuming was too unreliable! Couldn't he have told the waiter about this situation? He had to test the poison himself! Did Ye Xiuming know that if he lost his life, Su Ting would regret it for the rest of his life?
"Pei An," Su Ting suppressed his anger, "If anything happens to Xiu Ming, I will make things difficult for you."
Pei An: "Wow...!"
Zhou Xubai was still at the scene, describing the lunchtime incident to the police. The salmon fillet Ye Xiuming had sampled was also taken to a testing facility. The police retrieved the surveillance footage from that day and identified a waitress in black trousers, quickly apprehending her.
When Zhou Xubai rushed to the hospital, Ye Xiuming was still being rescued. His breathing suddenly became disordered. He couldn't imagine how much pain Su Ting must be in.
Zhou Xubai squatted in front of Su Ting and said, "Remember we found a scapegoat to bribe Ruan Zhiguo? He's already been detained awaiting trial. We thought if we gave him all the benefits, he would be willing to go to jail, but unexpectedly, his wife Lin Yu refused to accept it. This time, she was the one who poisoned and threw paint."
He continued, "When the police caught her, she cried out in innocence, saying she had important clues to provide. It looked like she was going to expose this secret. The company just went public, and it's already encountered something like this. Su Ting, are you prepared?"
Su Ting never believed in fate and thought that human free will was the most supreme thing, but now he actually had a sense of accepting his fate.
Maybe he should just stay in the ruins and rot with the filth.
"Zhou Xubai, don't worry. Even if the sky falls, I'm here. I'll bear what I have to bear."
Zhou Xubai smiled and said, "I feel relieved with your words. Su Ting, take good care of my son for me."
Before Su Ting could even process what Zhou Xubai meant, good news came from the emergency room: "The patient's esophageal and respiratory mucosal membranes were damaged. Fortunately, no internal organs were injured. He is out of danger, but he will need to be hospitalized for a few days for observation."
Su Ting felt a lump in his throat, making it hard for him to breathe. His rationality was steaming in his brain, leaving him with only a shell. Su Ting grasped Ye Xiuming's cold fingertips, wanting to give him his warmth without reservation.
Pei An jogged all the way, following Ye Xiuming's bed to his room. Su Ting looked at Pei An with empty eyes, then put Ye Xiuming's hands in his arms.
Zhou Xubai led Pei An out and said, "Let me take you home. It's good that Su Ting is here."
"Will Uncle Su blame me?"
"He won't. He must be blaming himself now." Zhou Xubai knew Su Ting too well. He never shirked responsibility when something happened, nor did he blame irrelevant people. This internal friction was always left to his weak body to resolve.
Zhou Xubai looked back with some sadness, then went to do what he had to do.
In this life, you always have to pay something for the word "like".
Zhou Xubai surrendered himself to the police, told the whole story of his bribery to Ruan Zhiguo, and took all the blame.
The policeman seemed to have been informed by Lin Yu about the dirty deeds of Feihe Real Estate and officials’ private transactions and collusion between officials and businessmen. He was not too surprised to hear Zhou Xubai’s confession. However, was he really not taking the blame for someone?
"How could you, a secretary to the board, use such a large amount of funds?"
Zhou Xubai: "They are all my personal property."
“Why should I use my own money to help the company create profits?”
Zhou Xubai wanted to laugh, so he laughed: "Because I love him."
The police, who hadn't heard a love story in all these years, looked at Zhou Xubai as if he were an endangered animal.
His love, so fervent and unrestrained, threatened to burn through the very sky. But what could he do? He simply loved him and wanted to see him happy, even if that happiness had nothing to do with him.
Zhou Xubai will always remember the young Su Ting sitting in front of him, his hair covered in sweat. He asked curiously, "Where did you get all those sweats?"
Upon hearing this, Su Ting turned slightly and a sharp profile could be seen.
"Don't meddle in things that are not your business."
So Zhou Xubai thought, why not just make all your affairs my affairs?
He smiled and sent a message to Su Ting.
——When the next autumn wind blows away, it will be time to return home.
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