There was a drizzle on the winding mountain road. The color of the mountain sides had darkened a bit due to the lightning and thunder last night. Su Yu drove the car towards Qingquan Mountain halfway up the mountain, but her hands holding the steering wheel showed that she was a little nervous at the moment.
"Sister Su, we are leaving too~ See you later!" Dong Siqing's coquettish voice came from Chen Xu's account.
Su Yu looked at the message sent by the other party and hesitated for a few seconds. After reaching a rest area in front, she typed a short reply of two words - OK.
After the message was successfully sent, she did not leave immediately. Instead, she looked back and saw that there was no car on the entire road. She took a deep breath and drove away from the area with determination.
In another car.
"Siqing, the road conditions are not very good today. Why don't we go back first?" Chen Xu's slightly worried voice came.
Dong Siqing rolled down half of the car window and looked outside. Looking at the winding road, there were towering cliffs on one side and a bottomless abyss on the other.
"Brother Xu, why are you so timid? You are so scared by the rain! How can you chase girls like this?" The girl joked nonchalantly after closing the car window, and took out her mobile phone to record a video and sent it to Mrs. Dong.
"Mom, look at me, I'm willing to risk my life to accompany Junzi even in the rain to help Brother Xu find his wife! Today I will definitely help them get some time alone together~ Then you must remember to reward me!"
"Fasten your seat belts! The road conditions are not very good!" The video was mixed with Chen Xu's voice advising Dong Siqing, but the girl didn't care.
Whoosh—the video was sent successfully. The other party replied instantly, and Dong Siqing turned up the volume, as if she was deliberately playing it for Chen Xu.
"Okay, okay, if your brother Xu really gets together with President Su, Mom will reward you with whatever you want!" Then she could be heard laughing out loud, as if she was confident that things had already been successful.
The old house of the Dong family.
Mrs. Dong took a sip of the hot tea that Aunt Mei, the housekeeper, had just brought in. With a satisfied look on her face, she looked at Dong Jiaxue, who had been standing beside her, and asked warmly, "Jiaxue, how's the arrangement going?"
She had been secretly watching the video Dong Siqing had sent her on her phone. She saw Chen Xu driving, his face brimming with life, the curve of his lips so dazzling, his joy unlike anything she had ever experienced before. She bit her lower lip, suppressing her resentment. Only after hearing Mrs. Dong's question did she come to her senses, walk over to the woman, and reply, "Don't worry, Mrs. Dong. I've asked Uncle Liu from the company to arrange for reporters and media nearby. They'll definitely capture your date."
Although he was very unhappy in his heart, he still had to obey the assigned task. After all, if he couldn't take down Chen Xu, he would have to cling tightly to Mrs. Dong's thigh and regard her as his future support.
"Okay, okay! While the Dong family is still in the spotlight, if this kind of scandal comes out again, I think Su Yu will definitely consider the cooperation between the two families and won't be so disrespectful. My Xu'er is so outstanding, it won't be difficult for him to win a woman!"
"Madam is right! Xu'er has been a lovable child since he was young!" Aunt Mei seemed to be hesitant to speak, and it was obvious that she had something else to say. Madam Dong glanced at the absent-minded Dong Jiaxue and told her to go back to her room to rest.
After everyone left, Aunt Mei came up to Madam Dong and said, "Madam, the old man sent a message; he will be back after he finishes dealing with the matters in Country A. It seems that he will stay in the imperial capital from now on."
"What else did you say?"
Since returning to Country A, Helian Rui has rarely contacted them, fearing that it would arouse the suspicion of Chen Xu and Dong Siqing. He usually communicates through Aunt Mei, which is why Chen Xu has not noticed anything unusual for so many years.
Hearing the woman's question, Aunt Mei looked around the living room and saw that no one was passing by, so she lowered her voice and replied.
"No, nothing else. But the master told us to be careful recently. I think the master might have run into some trouble!"
Every time Helian Rui contacted them, he was giving tasks or asking about Dong Siqing's condition. He seldom mentioned his own affairs. Perhaps he didn't want Mrs. Dong and the others to know too much and affect his plans, or maybe he just didn't trust them that much. This goes without saying.
Mrs. Dong felt a little tired after hearing this. She stroked her forehead and replied in a deep voice, feeling somewhat helpless. "Okay, I understand, Aunt Mei. We haven't provoked them recently. No matter what happens, it won't be blamed on us! Don't worry!"
"The old man also said..."
Seeing that the woman was not in a good condition, Aunt Mei hesitated a little, not knowing whether she should tell him about Helian Rui's other arrangement now, so as not to spoil Mrs. Dong's joyful mood.
Mrs. Dong was about to get up and leave, but when she saw Aunt Mei seemed to be hesitant to speak, she sat back on the sofa. However, a bad premonition came to her mind. The last time Aunt Mei found it so difficult to speak was when Helian Rui asked him to marry into the Dong family.
She suppressed her inner uneasiness and asked in a deep voice, "What did you say? Why are you hesitating?"
"He said he found a fiancée for the young master, and the girl has already sneaked away to the imperial capital!" Aunt Mei closed her eyes and resigned herself to her fate as she repeated the old man's words verbatim.
Mrs. Dong suddenly became excited and slammed her hand on the table.
"Ridiculous! How could Xu'er possibly listen to his arrangements? She was so resistant to him that day, and he even arranged for her to marry him. Xu'er would definitely refuse!"
"But, I heard that the girl has some relationship with the noble of Country A. She seems to be the eldest daughter of a noble family."
Her guess turned out to be true, just like before; it was obvious that this good fiancée he found for Chen Xu must be an important chess piece in the next move, otherwise how could he push Chen Xu into the fire pit again; but Chen Xu was not like her. At the beginning, he was full of guilt for his brother's death and wanted to help the old man take revenge, but decades later; it was still the same.
"Hey, Xu'er is like this now! Forget it, let it go and wait until he comes back. I'm tired after all these years!"
Mrs. Dong was like a deflated ball, her eyes became dim and unclear. She looked in the direction of the Dong family's gate, not knowing what she was thinking. She had lived in this house for decades and had secretly done a lot for Helian Rui, but at this moment she suddenly felt powerless and didn't know what all her efforts over the years were for.
A quick phone call broke the woman's reverie.
Seeing it was Chen Xu calling, Mrs. Dong regained her usual kindness. But just as she picked up the phone, before he could ask if they had arrived at their destination, she heard Chen Xu's weak and anxious voice. "Mother, hurry, send someone to the Panshan Highway! There's an accident!"
Beep-beep-beep-
Mrs. Dong didn't know whether the signal was disconnected or the other party hung up. Before she could react, she heard the hang-up sound from the other end. She hurriedly called back, but still couldn't get through. She changed her number and called Dong Siqing, but the same situation occurred.
"Quick, quick, someone prepare the car!" An angry shout echoed throughout the Dong family's old house.
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