Chapter 172: An Unexpected Incident
On the other side, in the western suburbs, at the Western restaurant of a hot spring hotel.
Pei Yuli and Jiang Tingbai sat facing each other by the window.
Pei Yuli hung up the phone, put it in his pocket, picked up his wine glass, and took a small sip of the red wine inside.
I don't know what came to mind, but for a moment, his expression was both expectant and complicated.
Jiang Tingbai stared at Pei Yuli for two seconds, and when he was sure that Pei Yuli was so lost in thought that he didn't react at all, he chuckled.
"What? You're not starting to feel reluctant now that it's come to this?"
As Jiang Tingbai spoke, a sinister and mocking expression, unbecoming of her age, appeared on her innocent face, and even her smile was a forced one.
Pei Yuli snapped out of his daze: "What nonsense are you talking about? I just..."
"Is it because you're afraid that Xu Yihuan will drift further and further away from you, her brother, after she finds out the truth?"
Pei Yuli's eyes showed a hint of panic, and he remained silent. Clearly, Jiang Tingbai had guessed what he was thinking.
Jiang Tingbai couldn't help but sneer, "No way, Pei Yuli, have you forgotten? How come she's not one of the murderers who harmed you back then?"
As Jiang Tingbai spoke, he observed Pei Yuli's expression, speaking very slowly, as if gently guiding Pei Yuli to think in the direction he wanted.
"Besides... you've already gone this far, don't you hope that she'll soften her heart and keep getting closer to you?"
“When that happens, you can take the lead again, and she can only passively accept your emotions.”
Aren't you looking forward to it?
Upon hearing this, Pei Yuli abruptly withdrew his gaze from Jiang Tingbai.
He said sternly, "I didn't!"
"Our plan will proceed as scheduled!"
After saying that, Pei Yuli staggered to his feet, took two steps forward, and almost tripped over the corner of the table.
Jiang Tingbai leaned back against the chair, crossed his legs, and watched Pei Yuli's disheveled figure with admiration. He didn't look like an eighteen-year-old boy at all.
That's interesting. Does he really think that the person who stood by and did nothing to help him and even helped the bully abuse him is Xu Yihuan?
Jiang Tingbai withdrew his gaze and casually glanced at the area in front of his eyes.
I happened to notice the receptionist glancing in our direction, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally.
Jiang Tingbai smiled innocently and walked towards the receptionist.
...
Around 2:40 PM, Jiang Jinnan brought Xu Yihuan to the construction site.
The rain started again, but it was just a light drizzle, which was blown about by the wind and didn't affect anything else.
Every second counts in engineering work, and this light rain shouldn't bring the project to a standstill.
The contractor stood at the door waiting for Jiang Jinnan.
In the past two months, the contractor has already started foundation construction.
It is divided into several regions, and each region has different progress.
Because there are relatively few people available in Jiangjin South, and he only has this one project, he naturally often goes to the construction site himself to learn.
Workers are working on scaffolding, which has been erected to a height of almost three stories.
Although it wasn't exactly high-altitude work, it still gave anyone who saw it a fright.
Jiang Jinnan and the contractor seemed used to this scene.
"This is Master Zhang," Jiang Jinnan introduced casually.
The foreman handed Jiang Jinnan and Xu Yihuan two white hats and two pairs of gloves.
"Put on your hat, it'll be safer that way."
Xu Yihuan glanced at it; compared to the hats worn by the workers, this one was quite clean.
Xu Yihuan took it and put it on without hesitation.
Jiang Jinnan watched the rain blowing everywhere and wanted to open his umbrella to hold it for Xu Yihuan.
Xu Yihuan chuckled and refused.
"It's alright, this little drizzle won't make a difference."
The foreman glanced at them and began to introduce Xu Yihuan.
"This area was built exactly according to our blueprints, and these two areas are separate..."
Xu Yihuan nodded repeatedly as she listened to the foreman's words.
Xu Yihuan took two steps and stopped in one spot.
If I remember correctly, the blueprints seem to indicate that this area is for building a hot spring, with hot spring water being piped in from below, rather than for installing an elevator, right?
The foreman seemed to notice her confusion and offered to explain: "Our geologists have surveyed this area and found it's a bit too close to the adjacent ski resort. If we were to introduce hot spring water here, the effect might not be as good."
"So we discussed it with President Jiang and decided to make some changes here. We will move the elevator here so that the hot spring water can take a detour, the slope can be less steep, and the temperature can be kept higher."
Xu Yihuan looked at Jiang Jinnan, asking silently.
Jiang Jinnan nodded slightly.
Xu Yihuan then withdrew her gaze.
Meanwhile, the wind and rain continued to intensify as the two watched.
It's actually quite difficult to clearly see the numbers on the steel bars.
The Siberian cold air has once again blown towards Beijing, which is unusual for April.
Jiang Jinan watched as the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and Xu Yihuan was getting soaked. He couldn't help but feel worried.
If you keep getting soaked like this, you'll catch a cold sooner or later.
Thinking it over, he whispered to Xu Yihuan, "Stay here and be good. I'll go get you a raincoat. We'll go back after we've looked around this area. The wind and rain are too strong and it's dangerous."
Xu Yihuan nodded: "Okay."
Since we've already come all this way, we can't leave empty-handed.
Xu Yihuan looked at the steel bar number, and her gaze suddenly froze.
"Didn't we order HRE400E steel bars?"
"Where is E?"
After Xu Yihuan finished speaking calmly, she looked at the contractor with a peaceful gaze.
The contractor's voice, which had been giving a presentation, suddenly stopped.
His gaze also intently followed the spot where Xu Yihuan was pointing.
The foreman frowned and waved upwards.
The people on the scaffolding are still working.
"Xiao Liu, come down here for a moment."
Xiao Liu seemed not to hear at all, focusing only on the work at hand.
But he kept glancing in the direction of the door from time to time.
Seeing that Xiao Liu didn't react at all, the foreman immediately raised his voice: "Xiao Liu, stop what you're doing and come down here for a moment!"
"What did you say?"
Out of the corner of his eye, Xiao Liu caught a glimpse of a familiar figure and breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, he was willing to lower his head and ask, "What's wrong, Engineer Zhang?"
"You come down first."
Just as Xiao Liu was about to slowly descend, a strong gust of wind suddenly blew in, and Xiao Liu, perhaps due to inexperience, lost his balance.
I subconsciously tugged at the steel bar that wasn't securely fastened yet.
Instantly, the steel bar fell from mid-air, crashing straight down on Xu Yihuan below.
Xu Yihuan's pupils shrank, and she immediately wanted to run, but her legs seemed to be nailed to the ground, and she couldn't move at all.
Jiang Jinan returned with a raincoat, only to be met with this scene. His eyes widened in fury, and he immediately wanted to rush towards Xu Yihuan!
How can a person's running speed compare to the speed of a nearly ten-pound steel bar falling freely!
The sound of something hitting flesh rang out amidst the wind and rain, accompanied by a muffled groan.
"Huanhuan!!"
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