Chapter 65 Miss You
"Of course it wasn't you who killed it, but it does have something to do with you..." Zhou Wenwen said slowly while chewing on the duck neck.
"Oh my god. I haven't seen her since graduation. What does it have to do with me? Stop talking nonsense."
Han snatched the duck neck she was half-biting away and said, "Zhou Wenwen, don't eat it. I bought this bag of duck neck. If you don't explain things to me clearly today, you can't eat my duck neck."
"Hey, hey, I only ate one." Zhou Wenwen's half-eaten duck neck was thrown into the trash by Han Que. She could only shake her gloved fingers and said, "I said of course you didn't kill her, but she was killed by the Chengguang Group. Isn't your daughter the prince of the Chengguang Group? So she must have something to do with you."
As she said this, she took another duck neck.
"Bah." Han knocked her hand with his chopsticks and said angrily, "Zhou Wenwen, how can you talk like that? You say this is related to me? You know what happened between me and Gu Ningwei. What does their family affairs have to do with me? He is the crown prince, and I am not the crown princess. Besides, this matter may have nothing to do with Gu Ningwei."
"Yes, Zhou Wenwen, please explain clearly. What's going on?" Fang Jiayan echoed from the side. "You were speaking unclearly and gasping for breath. It scared Han Que and me."
"Then let me gnaw on the duck neck again. I'm addicted to it." Zhou Wenwen looked at Han Que pitifully.
"You can chew it. It's all yours. The portion that Jiayan and I share is all yours. Okay?" Han Que said as he pushed the big box of duck necks in front of her. "You chew it slowly and make yourself clear."
"Oh, it's a long story." Zhou Wenwen sighed.
"Okay, stop pretending and tell me. You're the most informed person right now. Tell me what news you've heard."
Han was anxious. Although Chengguang Group had nothing to do with her, it was connected to Gu Ningwei in everything. It was a thin thread that seemed to be pulling at her heart.
Even though this line can break at any time.
"Some time ago, the property developed by Chengguang Group in H County was delayed from delivery, leaving it unfinished. Many owners who had purchased the properties started to protest, demanding either the units be delivered or compensation. Zhang Yuming was one of the owners, and she was the one who started the trouble. In the end, the compensation issue naturally fell through, leaving her in dire straits. Furthermore, she was in poor health and had been ill for a while, so she couldn't get over it..."
Han Que and Fang Jiayan looked at each other.
Zhou Wenwen sighed heavily as she spoke. "I heard she climbed to the top of the Chengguang Group's tallest unfinished building in the area and jumped down. I don't know how she got there."
Han was stunned and took a long time to recover.
Fang Jiayan, however, remained calm. She frowned and asked, "Why is Zhang Yuming in H County? Why would she go all the way to buy a house?"
"She was divorced and took her children to H County. I remember she seemed to be a transfer student and her hometown was there," said Zhou Wenwen.
"Why haven't I seen any news reports about this?" Han asked suspiciously, "Who did you hear this from? Is the source accurate?"
"My brother. He hangs out with rich people all the time, so he naturally has a lot of sources." Zhou Wenwen gnawed on the duck neck intently. "I don't know if it made the news."
"This kind of thing won't make the news," Fang Jiayan said with certainty. "It's been suppressed by the local authorities a long time ago. Chengguang is a listed company after all. If this kind of thing were to come to light, it would be disastrous."
Zhou Wenwen said: "My brother also said that there would be no report."
Han frowned: "So this matter is just going to end like this?"
She still vaguely remembered Zhang Yuming's appearance, with a round face, round eyes, and two dimples on his lips when he smiled, which made him very likable.
She did transfer here in the second half of the first semester of the second year of junior high school. When she first came, she spoke with an accent and her English pronunciation was not accurate. She was scolded by the English teacher. However, Han remembered that he seemed to have helped correct her pronunciation. By the second year of junior high school, she was much better and her English pronunciation was also accurate. I heard that she found someone to tutor her during the summer vacation.
"My brother said that she has a cousin who is a big V in financial self-media. His name is Ming. He is investigating these things, but it is hard to say whether he can expose them in the end." Zhou Wenwen said.
"Xie Ming?" Han asked in a low voice.
"It seems so." Zhou Wenwen said.
"That person is not..." Fang Jiayan glanced at Han Que and suddenly realized: "No wonder he is staring at you. He regards you as a breakthrough point. It seems that he is really targeting you."
Han nodded, and now she seemed to understand the whole story.
The company received an invitation from the Ocean University to send someone to participate in the Biological Forum. They were also offered a training opportunity where the country's top professors would personally teach, and the certificate of completion would be of great value.
After Director Pan's report, she said, "Mr. Gu said this forum is very important, but he can't spare the time to attend right now. He hopes we can send someone." She pointed at Han Que and said, "You're the one. You're a biology student, so you'd be perfect for that."
Han, however, couldn't let Liu Suping go, so he made an excuse and said, "Wouldn't it be more appropriate for the R&D department to send someone there?"
Director Pan rolled his eyes at her, but Han fell silent. Knowing that he had said the wrong thing, he nodded in agreement.
I went back to the ward and explained the situation to Liu Suping. Fearing she might become suspicious, I showed her the invitation. Liu Suping waved me off, muttering, "Go wherever you want. I can't control you anyway."
Han did not argue, but stood aside in a daze. Finally, the nurse could not bear it any longer and said to Han, "You can go ahead. I'll take care of you here. Don't worry."
He also advised Liu Suping: "I think your daughter is really obedient. She tells you everything, big or small. If it were my daughter, I wouldn't know where she would go if I didn't see her for a few days."
Liu Suping said: "Oh, you don't know how much she worries me. She has been like this since she was a child, and she is still like this even when she grows up."
The nurse smiled and said, "There are no children who don't make people worry."
However, Han knew that this nurse was arranged by Gu Ningwei and was given a lot of extra money in private. She was efficient and tight-lipped, which made people feel at ease.
The next day she flew to Qingdao.
The green trees, red tiles, blue sea and sky, the rolling hills, the beautiful scenery, even the smell of the sea in the air makes people feel relaxed and happy.
She took the invitation letter to register at the university, attended academic exchange forums, listened to lectures by top experts from home and abroad, learned the latest professional information, participated in short-term training courses, and learned eagerly.
In just a few days, she felt like she was back in school, simple, busy, fulfilled and comfortable.
When the training was over, Han received a certificate of completion with excellent results. Although it was just a certificate of completion with no real value, it surprised her very much, as if she had just graduated from college.
"Xiao Han is a good student. If you want to continue your studies in the future, you are welcome to apply to our school." The training teacher said to her half-jokingly.
Han nodded solemnly and said that if she couldn't go abroad, she could consider this university as a backup.
On the day of the graduation ceremony, Han received a message from Gu Ningwei. She declined her classmate's invitation to go shopping together. When she walked out of the campus, she saw a black car parked under the shade of a tree not far away. The license plate number was familiar.
Han walked over and knocked on the window.
The window slowly rolled down, and the man in the driver's seat turned his head, his deep brows fixed on her, a smile playing on the corners of his thin lips. "Miss, do you need a car? I'd love to give you a ride."
"Why are you..." Han understood halfway through his sentence. This was all arranged by Gu Ningwei from the beginning to the end, so he got into the car obediently.
"I told you to have a good rest. How are you resting now? Are you satisfied?" Gu Ningwei smiled and looked gentle.
"You mean that Xie Ming is targeting us in order to avenge his cousin?" Gu Ningwei asked with a frown.
"I think it might be." Han nodded: "But I don't think he is a very righteous person, otherwise why would he come to our house to scare my mother."
Seeing her biting her lip with an aggrieved look, Gu Ningwei smiled with a curved lip.
"But even if Xie Ming was seeking revenge for personal gain, you, the Chengguang Group, can't treat ordinary people who buy houses this way. Do you think this is true?"
"It's hard to say." Gu Ningwei sighed slightly. "My dad is in charge of the real estate affairs. I haven't asked him about it. Moreover, if something like this happened, the local branch wouldn't necessarily report it immediately. They have performance indicators, one of which is not to cause a negative impact on the group's reputation. Therefore, taking measures immediately is the basic response. As for how to take measures, only they know."
Gu Ningwei shook his head slightly.
Although he is not in charge of the group's real estate business, he is very familiar with the general managers and senior executives of those branches. They report to the group every month and participate in various activities of the group during festivals. The project in H County is under the responsibility of the provincial branch. The general manager of that company is a favorite of Gu Zhicheng's brothers. He is highly regarded within the group. It is said that he is ruthless, decisive, and good at communicating with all parties.
"Ordinary people used their life savings and the hard-earned money of the rest of their lives to buy houses, hoping for a lifelong security. But when they encountered unscrupulous developers like you, they couldn't even deliver the houses, leaving them unfinished. And you refused to compensate them, and…" Han gritted his teeth. "My junior high school classmate doesn't seem to come from a wealthy family. I heard he's divorced and has children. How desperate must he be to choose this path? It makes me sad just thinking about it."
Han shook her head with a bitter tone. She could empathize with the hardships of living in poverty.
"This is also the reason why I don't want to get involved in the real estate business." Gu Ningwei whispered, put his arm around her waist, gently kissed her cheek, then lowered his head to kiss her furrowed brows, and whispered, "Business is cruel. Businessmen are profit-oriented. As long as it benefits them, they will choose to do whatever it takes."
As he spoke, he let go of Han Que's waist, took out a cigarette from his pocket, walked to the balcony, lit it, and took a few quiet puffs. The wind was very strong, blowing his hair in front of his forehead. Looking into the distance, there was an endless blue sea. Under the sunshine, the blue waves were rippling, and white sails were dotted in the distance.
"I'll investigate this matter when I get back, and I'll give them an explanation."
Gu Ningwei's voice came with the wind, but Han was stunned. He walked over, hugged his waist from behind, and rubbed his cheek against his back.
"Are you thanking me?" Gu Ningwei turned around, put his arm around her waist, rested his forehead against hers, and a smile flickered in his dark eyes.
"Well, thank you." Han coughed and tried to turn away, his voice involuntarily becoming much gentler. "Thank you for being different from them. At least you still have a conscience."
Gu Ningwei put his arm around her shoulders, patted her, and understood.
"Do you have any other way to thank me?" Gu Ningwei held her in his arms and kissed her lips. Passion came over him, and between breaths, he whispered, "I miss you so much."
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