Meanwhile, Qiao Muting, who had published the missing person notice, was also going through an incredibly agonizing few days.
The missing person notice has been posted for almost a week, why haven't we heard anything from the newspaper?
Therefore, important matters should not be delegated to others.
Qiao Muting picked up the phone and dialed the newspaper, but the line was either busy or no one answered.
Why not go in person? If that doesn't work, try contacting a newspaper to expand your reach. Maybe then they'll see it.
There were no outpatient clinics the next morning, so Qiao Muting first asked the hospital for a day off, then explained the patient's condition to Fang Wenjie before changing into casual clothes and driving into the city.
He searched for a long time based on the newspaper office address published in the newspaper, and finally found the Metropolitan Daily office on Guangming Road.
It turns out that there is not just one newspaper here, but seven or eight media outlets, including the Evening News, Xincheng Daily, and Biancheng Digest.
The office buildings of these seven or eight major municipal newspapers are arranged in a huge U-shape, with the Party newspaper at the core.
Qiao Muting parked his car in front of the Metropolitan Daily. As soon as he got out of the car, he saw a familiar figure in the distance, who was about to enter the lobby of the New City Daily.
The girl wore a pure white puff-sleeved blouse and a light green floral skirt. As she moved, her high ponytail swayed lightly behind her.
Qiao Muting smiled: "I've been searching for her all along, and here she is!"
"Teacher Xiaoran~" Just as he was about to step forward, a young man shouted the girl's name from another direction, waving enthusiastically as he ran and shouted, "Teacher Xiaoran, what brings you here? Are you here to submit your manuscript?"
The girl stopped on the steps when she heard someone call her name. Smiling, she turned around and waited for the young man to approach: "Tianyu!? Thank you for helping me find Sister Mi and Old Zhang's factory..."
The two walked into the hall, laughing and chatting.
Qiao Muting couldn't contain his joy and wanted to chase after him, but he was afraid it would be too presumptuous.
Before I knew it, they had disappeared down the steps.
Unbeknownst to everyone, in the shadows of a certain corner, a pair of sinister and ruthless eyes had also captured this scene.
So, this is where she works. Is she an editor, or a reporter?
Her name is Xiao Ran? Which "Ran" is it?
Qiao Muting pondered for a moment, then walked to the front desk and asked, "Excuse me, does Ms. Xiaoran, who just went in, work here?"
"Oh, that's one of our contributing writers. She only comes on deadline days. Are you looking for her?"
"right."
"Then please sit here and wait a while. She will come down after she submits her manuscript."
Qiao Muting obediently sat in the corner as instructed, his mind filled with imagining the scene when they would meet later.
Will she still remember me? Her surprised expression would be so adorable. My mind raced with these thoughts, and time ticked by.
He went from being excited to showing signs of fatigue, but he still didn't see her come downstairs.
He started to feel uneasy, afraid that he might miss it again if he wasn't careful. He went to the front desk to ask twice more.
The other party even helped him make a phone call upstairs, and it is said that he is still waiting for Professor Jiang to review the manuscript. As for when it will be finished, no one knows.
Since he was already there, Qiao Muting had enough patience to wait.
Every time footsteps sounded on the stairs, Qiao Muting would tidy himself up, only to realize as he stood up that it wasn't her.
As most of the day was about to pass, the sweet voice imprinted in his mind finally came from upstairs.
"I'll go with Tianyu now. You wait for our news at the newspaper office."
Then, the two ran downstairs one after the other, completely unaware that Qiao Muting was walking out from the corner. The girl followed Meng Tianyu and ran out of the newspaper office lobby in a flash.
Qiao Muting followed closely behind, no longer hesitant: "Teacher Xiaoran, wait a moment."
Qian Lai heard someone calling her and quickly turned around.
It was him!
She glanced at it, her expression immediately turning dark and unreadable. Without even stopping, she asked Meng Tianyu, "Where's your car?"
The "fiancée" in front of me had just given me a warning when he showed up!
That day, after dialing the number provided by the Metropolitan Daily, a woman answered the phone. The woman told her that Dr. Qiao was in surgery but wanted to see her.
So the two arranged to meet at the International Club coffee shop.
Unexpectedly, when she arrived at the appointed place on time, there was only a young woman sitting there.
Qian Lai only recognized her when he got closer; she was the girl he had been chatting intimately with on the platform.
This girl is beautiful, with fair skin, a slender waist, and long legs. She looks like a wealthy young lady who has been pampered by her family.
Seeing her approach, the girl did not get up, but instead looked Qian Lai up and down with an air of superiority.
"Are you the woman from the phone call?"
Qian Lai did not reply, but simply looked around.
"Don't bother looking, he didn't come today. It's just me. I'm his fiancée, my name is Fang Wenxue."
So that's how they were related.
Seeing the other party's posture, Qian Lai sighed with dread.
The man was polite on the surface, but in reality, he seemed like the eldest son of the wife coming to assert his dominance.
"Brother Mu Ting and I are childhood sweethearts. I was destined to marry him from a young age."
He is my one and only. Over the years, he has always been incredibly loving and caring towards me.
However, I know that something might have happened to you on the train.
But I hope that even if you see him again, you will avoid him. Don't come and ruin our relationship.
Without him, I really don't know how I would go on living, sob sob sob...
Then, he went on and on about a bunch of sweet memories between the two of them.
"He's your only one? You love him so much, yet he married someone else and had two children?"
Qian Lai immediately recognized the other person's behavior as a sign of a manipulative woman, someone who was likely experiencing unrequited love.
But what she cared about was the future of her two children. What would their lives be like if they fell into the hands of such a stepmother!
Fang Wenxue: It seems their relationship hasn't progressed much. She doesn't even know the origins of the two children.
However, the more this is the case, the more advantageous it is for oneself.
So she looked up and smiled gently: "That was a mistake to begin with. I left him for a while and went to another province with my family. By some twist of fate, he now has two children. But so what? We'll just send them away!"
"What!? You just want to save the son from the father? To make them lose their father after losing their mother?"
“After I get married to Brother Mu Ting, I will send them to a boarding school in the province to give them a good educational environment.”
Qian Lai listened impatiently: "Comrade Fang Xue, how old are they? You want to put them in a boarding school? What's the difference between that and sending them to an orphanage?"
This is the age when they need their parents' love and care. How scared, helpless, and homesick they must be if they don't see their family every day!
If you're willing to sacrifice your two children's happiness just for your own love, I advise you to find another man and let the children go.
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