Shangguan Rong hummed a little tune as he took stock of the family's supplies.
Ever since Li Churan told her that the rescue team would pick them up in half a month, Shangguan Rong has been in a great mood, feeling like she's floating on air.
After nearly half a month of waiting, Li Churan finally received another call from Wu Zhongshi, informing them to wait in three days at an open space west of the villa complex.
"Chu Ran, how is it? When are they coming to pick us up?" Shangguan Rong sniffled as Li Chu Ran hung up the phone and asked impatiently.
"They'll be here in three days! Just tell us to wait patiently!" Li Churan carefully put her phone away.
"That's wonderful, that's really wonderful!" Shangguan Rong's hands trembled with excitement. Finally, he could leave this awful place.
After a while, she finally came to her senses from her excitement. "Right! What do you want to do with that bitch Lin Mengru?" At this moment, she finally remembered Lin Mengru.
"In my opinion, this kind of despicable person should just..." Shangguan Rong made a throat-slitting gesture.
"No need, just leave it here to fend for itself." Li Churan frowned. Although he now loathed Lin Mengru, she was still someone he had once sworn an oath to.
"That's true, that's true. There's no need to dirty your hands for such a despicable person." Shangguan Rong chuckled awkwardly.
Meanwhile, Lin Mengru, who was eavesdropping outside the window, was filled with rage.
That vicious and despicable woman, Shangguan Rong, not only didn't intend to take her away, but she even wanted to kill her. She's absolutely hateful. If she had the chance, she would definitely slash Shangguan Rong's mouth apart.
But Lin Mengru knew she couldn't turn against them now, or all her efforts would be in vain. She decided to listen to what they had to say first.
She suppressed her anger and continued eavesdropping outside the window.
"Chu Ran, are you sure the rescue team will arrive in three days?" Shangguan Rong asked anxiously.
"Okay! Mom, just wait patiently." Li Churan nodded. Since Wu Zhongshi didn't get what he wanted, there was no need to worry about him not sending someone over.
"That's good, that's good!" Shangguan Rong patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.
"By the way! Chu Ran, are you hungry? How about Mom goes and gets you something to eat!"
He was so excited that Shangguan Rong only just realized that his stomach was growling loudly.
"Okay! Mom, you go ahead! I still need to organize some documents!" Li Churan took the opportunity to dismiss her, as he still had a lot to do.
Three days later? They actually sent a rescue team! That's great!
Lin Mengru, who was eavesdropping outside the window, had a sudden thought: she had to find a way to follow them.
It's so cold! Lin Mengru, who had been eavesdropping outside the window for half the day, realized that she was almost frozen. She quickly went back to her room to warm up.
On Li Churan's side, after Shangguan Rong closed the door, he took out his phone.
"Hey! Fang Yan!"
"I'm here, President Li!" Fang Yan quickly answered the phone when he saw it was Li Churan calling.
"Fang Yan, do you have a computer with you right now?" Fang Yan used to be considered a top technical talent at Mengran Group, otherwise he wouldn't have won the favor of the notoriously picky Li Churan.
"Yes, but the battery is broken. I can fix it; it should be fine then!" Fang Yan quickly replied.
"Fang Yan, I need you to collect some information for me. After you've collected it, please copy it onto a USB drive and bring it to me the day after tomorrow!"
"No problem, Mr. Li, what do you need to collect?"
Li Churan lowered her voice, "...Alright, you've memorized Fang Yan's words, haven't you?"
"I understand, Mr. Li, but the day after tomorrow might be a bit rushed!" Fang Yan said hesitantly. It wasn't that he was making excuses, but Mr. Li really needed him to collect too much data.
"It has to be completed the day after tomorrow, because the helicopter will be coming to pick us up in three days."
"Yes, President Li! I guarantee I'll complete the mission!" Fang Yan was filled with excitement. He suddenly felt that President Li seemed to have returned to the decisive and ruthless CEO he used to be.
In fact, Li Churan had been depressed for a long time, but he has now figured it out: what a man needs most is absolute power and authority. Only in this way can he truly control everything.
After crawling back to her room, Lin Mengru carefully closed the window and then frantically rubbed her cold hands and feet.
It's so cold, so incredibly cold. If she had come back any later, she would have frozen to death.
Just then, she heard Shangguan Rong's footsteps outside the door, and she quickly lay down on the floor, feigning weakness.
Shangguan Rong looked at Lin Mengru, who was lying on the floor like a dead dog, and felt nothing but contempt.
She walked over to Lin Mengru and poked Lin Mengru's head with her toe.
"Get up and eat! Strange! Could he be dead? What bad luck!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Mengru suddenly leaped up like a wild beast, grabbed the rice bowl from Shangguan Rong's hand, and began to wolf down her food.
This food bowl used to be the one the Li family used to feed their dogs, but Lin Mengru doesn't care about it at all now.
"Tsk tsk tsk! Look at you! Even a stray dog eats better than you!" Shangguan Rong looked down at Lin Mengru, who was wolfing down her food, and felt a sense of satisfaction.
Lin Mengru completely ignored Shangguan Rong's mockery. What did humiliation matter? All she wanted was to survive.
She needs to replenish her energy as soon as possible in the next two days to ensure the smooth progress of the next step of the plan.
"Can you give me some more food? Please, I'm starving!" Lin Mengru quickly finished the food in the bowl, then looked up, her eyes full of pleading.
"You've hurt Chu Ran so badly, and you still dare to come asking for food? If Chu Ran and I weren't kind-hearted, we would have kicked you out long ago, let alone given you any food. Tsk tsk tsk! Here! Take it!"
Shangguan Rong, with a look of utter disdain, tossed a small piece of sausage on the ground as if teasing a dog.
Ha! You old hag, still pretending to be a good person here, ptooey!
Lin Mengru thought to herself, but she didn't show it on her face. She quickly crawled over, picked up the sausage, and then pretended to be extremely grateful.
"Thank you, Madam! Thank you, Madam!" Lin Mengru kowtowed repeatedly as she ate.
Shangguan Rong secretly enjoyed the feeling of controlling other people's lives; the feeling of having other people's life and death in his own hands was just too good.
Especially seeing a top-tier green tea bitch like Lin Mengru kowtowing to her without any regard for her image.
Lin Mengru was thinking to herself, "Old woman, when I find my chance, I'll make you eat shit in front of me."
Both women harbored their own secrets, but neither dared to expose the other.
And so, the apparent calm lasted for three days.
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