Chapter 351 Shen Ruofu suffered for three or four hours before finally dying.
Ji Ying swayed and almost fell.
Jiang Ran quickly helped her up.
"Sister Ying, there are currently more than a dozen rescue boats searching at sea. There might be good news soon, so you have to stay calm."
Yes, she needs to calm down and handle everything in front of her now.
Ji Ying quickly suppressed the turmoil in her eyes and instructed Jiang Ran, "Find a way to take this box out quietly."
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However, the rescue team searched the high seas all day but did not find the two people.
On the fourth day, Pang Shijun's obese body was pulled ashore, but Liang Yizhi was still missing.
Pang Daiyao once again used his methods to suppress the matter, and no word of it was heard from the outside world.
Duan Cheng only brought back Shen Ruofu.
Despite several hours of emergency treatment, Shen Ruofu was still declared critically ill.
Ji Ying rushed to the hospital after receiving a call from Duan Cheng.
Outside the monitoring room, the people Duan Cheng had arranged stood solemnly on both sides.
Upon seeing Ji Ying, he lowered his head, his voice hoarse, despite his injuries, and said, "I'm sorry, Madam, I failed to protect Mr. Liang."
Ji Ying closed her eyes briefly, regained her composure, and replied, "No news right now is good news."
She turned her gaze to the intensive care unit. "How is she?"
Duan Cheng lowered his voice and said, "Severe lung damage, gastrointestinal perforation and necrosis. The doctor said the chances of him surviving the critical period are no more than 30%."
Ji Ying was indifferent to Shen Ruofu's life or death.
Duan Cheng stepped forward and lowered his voice again, saying, "When we caught up with Pang Shijun's ship, something was very wrong. Besides us and Pang Shijun's men, there was a third party lying in ambush in the sea. The firepower was fierce, and the purpose was clear: to kill Mr. Liang and Pang Shijun."
Ji Ying's eyes narrowed. "Is it Pang Daiyao, or Chen Yousheng?"
Duan Cheng shook his head. "Without solid evidence, I dare not make a rash judgment."
Just then, Ji Ying's phone vibrated.
She glanced at the screen; it was Xiao Chang calling.
Upon answering the phone, Xiao Chang's anxious voice came from the other end.
"Your application for 'Special Equipment and Access Permit' has been rejected. The reason for the rejection is vague, but it is likely due to pressure from higher-ups, and the process has been blocked."
Ji Ying's fingers tightened slightly as she gripped her phone.
This permit was a national-level identity and special protection that she, as a core researcher, should rightfully receive. Her father also possessed this identity, so after her return, Pang Daiyao did not rush to take action against her.
The fact that this application has now been forcibly rejected means that if Pang Daiyao were to take action against her at this moment, its nature would no longer be as serious as "attacking a researcher with classified information" in terms of law and public opinion.
This shows that the third force that appeared on the high seas was the work of Pang Daiyao.
It seems that Pang Daiyao is ready to take action against her.
"Ji Ying, what should we do? Should we continue with the application?" Xiao Chang asked on the phone.
“Yes,” Ji Ying said decisively. “Not only should we continue to apply, but every application, every communication, and every reason and time of rejection, no matter how vague or perfunctory the reasons given, must be clearly recorded in our internal official website log and kept as a backup.”
Xiao Chang immediately understood her intention. "Okay, I'll handle it. I'll keep an eye on things at the company. You... take good care of yourself."
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Almost at the same time, the person in the hospital bed slowly opened their eyes.
"Where...is this?"
Shen Ruofu muttered to herself in a breathy voice.
After Pang Shijun took her aboard the ship, Liang Yizhi quickly caught up with her.
Liang Yizhi wanted to take her and Pang Shijun back to be dealt with according to the law, and he was about to agree, because at least that way he could save his life.
However, Pang Shijun disagreed and seemed prepared to fight to the death.
A fierce gunfight broke out on the ship, and she knew nothing after that.
I never dreamed that I would wake up in a hospital.
Could it be that Madam Shen saved her?
That should be true. Given how badly I'm injured, only Madam Shen's medical team could save me.
So her mother did not give up on her.
Thinking of this, Shen Ruofu's adrenaline surged, and she even slightly raised her hand.
Ji Ying narrowed her eyes slightly and walked inside.
"That troublemaker is really tough."
She looked down at the person on the hospital bed, her face expressionless.
The faint hope that had been shining in Shen Ruofu's eyes due to her guess was instantly extinguished when she saw who it was, leaving only astonishment and resentment.
"How could it be you... Why did you save me?"
"Save you?" Ji Ying gave a slight smirk. "Don't you think I want you dead more than anyone else?"
Shen Ruofu trembled all over.
Ji Ying said lightly, "You have something I need. Let's make a deal and save your own life."
"What...do you want?" Shen Ruofu asked with difficulty.
Ji Ying looked ahead, “Evidence that Pang Shijun sent people to Kun City to kill me, but accidentally injured Xiao Xia, and the truth about Shen Aizhu’s death.”
Shen Ruofu's breath hitched, and she did not respond immediately.
Ji Ying started playing with her IV tubing.
“Pang Shijun is dead. What you have is just a pile of garbage to others, but it has some value only to me.”
As she said this, she squeezed the IV tubing hard, lowered her head slightly, and stared at her.
"Just like you always made me choose between options back then, now I'm giving you two choices: either you shut up and I'll let the doctor in to remove the tubes; or you hand over the evidence you have and I'll organize a consultation with experts to do everything I can to cure you. Choose one, Ms. Niu Ruhang."
Shen Ruofu felt as if someone was choking him, and his breathing became very difficult.
She pursed her lips and remained silent.
Ji Ying glanced at the time and said impatiently, "You have half a minute left. After 28 seconds, I'll take that as a tacit acceptance of giving up treatment."
“No, I’ll give it to you, I’ll give it to you,” Shen Ruofu panicked, “but you have to keep your word.”
Ji Ying raised an eyebrow. "Have I ever done anything treacherous?"
Ruofu closed her eyes, as if she had used all her strength to squeeze out a sound.
"The items are at the Central Station... East side, Basement Level 2... Section B, long-term rental lockers..."
An hour later, Ji Ying went to Xu Zhaoheng's place to get the key to Shen Ruofu's place, and headed straight for the train station.
Jiang Ran disguised herself, took out the contents, and returned to the car.
After confirming its authenticity, Ji Ying put the items away.
These pieces of evidence perfectly match the "backup plan" left by Pang Shijun, forming a complete closed loop of evidence to accuse Pang Daiyao.
The only way to bring down Pang Daiyao is to wait for Liang Yizhi to return and hand the case over to him.
But there was still no news of him.
Where is he?
Ji Ying's nose felt sore.
Just then, Duan Cheng called.
"Madam, Shen Ruofu's condition has suddenly deteriorated. Her blood pressure and blood oxygen levels are dropping. The doctor is asking if we should continue resuscitation efforts?"
Ji Ying looked up at the gray sky outside the car window.
The price of kindness is being swallowed by darkness.
If you want to survive, you have to be even darker than darkness itself.
"Her lungs, stomach, and intestines were completely rotten; she was just an empty shell. There was only a 30% chance of her surviving. Saving her would be a waste of medical resources."
Duan Cheng understood. After hanging up the phone, he said to the doctor, "Let her be."
Shen Ruofu lay in pain on her sickbed for three or four hours before finally passing away.
The hospital did not administer any pain medication to her during this period.
After her death, the Shen family refused to come forward to claim her body, citing that she had disgraced the family and that they had long since severed their adoption relationship with her.
So the hospital had no choice but to hand over her body to a charity.
But Ji Ying was not happy about this.
One month later, one morning.
She struggled to wake from a brief but startling slumber.
The first thing I saw was the familiar ceiling of my home.
It turned out someone was knocking on the door.
She tried to get up, but a sudden, intense dizziness struck her, forcing her to hold onto the edge of the bed and close her eyes to wait for the black fog to dissipate.
For the past month, she has been like a string stretched to its limit, constantly anxious and waking up from nightmares every night, only managing to hold on until now thanks to an unyielding will.
As the dizziness subsided, she took a deep breath, steadied her swaying body, and walked barefoot onto the floor towards the door.
As soon as the door opened, the slightly out-of-breath butler, Mr. Fei, said anxiously, "Madam, it's so good that you're awake! The... the master is back, but... but..."
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