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Shen Yingchang lifted Tao Chu's neck; her short hair was covered with grass and dirt, and her eyes were half-closed, as if she had lost consciousness.
He looked down and saw a patch of reddish-brown blood on her abdomen, and his heart sank.
He gently placed her head on the ground, freeing one hand to call an ambulance, while pressing hard on the bleeding area with the other, occasionally turning back to see if the person was approaching again.
Tao Chu shuddered in pain and woke up from the darkness. The glaring streetlights made it hard for her to open her eyes, and she could only vaguely see someone kneeling beside her.
“Elevator… CCTV…” she murmured.
Shen Yingchang leaned closer to her: "What?"
"Go get the elevator... the security camera..."
"Okay, I understand. The ambulance will be here soon. Listen to me and stay alert."
He leaned close to her ear and said, "They caught a big fish on the 'Sea Chaser' and it bit through my line. After I handed over the old phone and other evidence, I was transferred from my original post—that's why Cen Le's case was suppressed."
He felt her breathing quicken beneath his palm and immediately comforted her.
"Don't get agitated. I've backed up the information on my old phone, but since that route isn't working right now, I had to come to you." He choked up and paused, "I hope it's not too late—hang in there."
Tao Chu opened her eyes with difficulty, and he bent down to shield her from the light of the street lamp.
"You are... 'HP'?"
"No. He gave me his old phone."
"Who?" she gritted her teeth, forcing herself to stare at Shen Yingchang with a clear mind.
He looked up and saw that the ambulance had not yet arrived, and no one was watching nearby.
He was afraid that if he didn't tell Tao Chu, she wouldn't be able to get over it.
She was also afraid that if she told the truth, she would lose her will to live.
Hesitating for a moment, Tao Chu raised her head slightly, wanting to ask more questions, when Shen Yingchang immediately felt a warmth in his palm: "Don't move around, you can't lose any more blood!"
After a dull pain, Tao Chu suddenly felt dizzy and had a ringing in his ears.
She closed her eyes, and two lines of tears streamed down her temples, flowing into her messy short hair.
Is she going to die here?
Mom, getting revenge is so hard, so hard.
She felt as if she had fallen into a dark sea, with a giant cruise ship overhead, its horizon invisible, pressing down on her and making her almost suffocate.
She could hear a cacophony of voices around her, rising and falling, mixed with sneers. She couldn't tell if it was her mother and Uncle Zou Ming gossiping, or her and Wen Yunsheng talking.
She was flustered and anxious. She wanted to open her mouth to argue but was afraid that seawater would fill her mouth and nose. She wanted to cover her ears but her hands were out of control.
Shen Yingchang felt a pang of regret as he watched her fall into a coma again, tears streaming down her face.
The ambulance arrived quickly. He decided to go to the property management office first to get evidence from the elevator surveillance footage. After watching Tao Chu being carried onto the ambulance on a stretcher, he made a phone call.
"This is Shen Yingchang. Tao Chu is seriously injured and needs to be taken to the People's Hospital immediately. I know you're still in rehabilitation, so crawl to her operating room and wait for me. Cen Le has already died in the hospital; Tao Chu can't afford to get hurt too!"
"I understand." Wen Yunsheng immediately hung up the phone and looked at his mother who was staying with him at the hospital. "Mom, Tao Chu is seriously injured—the reshuffle will be finalized in a week or two, and the Li family is getting impatient. Tell Dad to be careful too. I'll go to the emergency room to wait."
Upon hearing this, Wen's mother hurriedly stood up and said, "I'll go with you."
"You'll be anxious and overwhelmed if you see someone in the emergency room. It's getting late, you should go home first—remember to tell Dad so we can lay low for a while."
Wen Yunsheng, sitting in a wheelchair, was pushed to the emergency room lobby by his assistant. He didn't know exactly where Tao Chu was injured, so he could only call the hospital director first.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, he saw Tao Chu being brought in.
The sight of the large patches of bright red blood horrified him, and he couldn't help but get up and lunge forward, wanting to run alongside the hospital bed.
The assistant quickly pressed him down and pushed him close to Tao Chu's hospital bed.
Even after the operating room lights came on, Wen Yunsheng's mind was still filled with Tao Chu's bloodless face and messy short hair.
It's only been a few days since I last saw him, how could such a stubborn and vibrant person have become like this...
Wen Yunsheng stood guard at the operating room door, contacted the hospital director to ask him to send experts from the relevant departments to the emergency room, and then covered his face with his hands and fell silent.
Seeing his distraught state, the assistant recalled that the doctor had mentioned during a follow-up examination a few days prior that he might suffer permanent sequelae, but he hadn't been this devastated.
About half an hour later, Shen Yingchang rushed in.
Seeing that he was unharmed, Wen Yunsheng couldn't help but question him, "You're perfectly fine, so why was she injured?!"
Shen Yingchang wiped the sweat from his face, glanced at the operating room light, and, too lazy to waste words with him, leaned back in his chair and took out his phone to check the surveillance video he had just recorded.
Wen Yunsheng then asked, "Where was she injured? Has the person who injured her been caught?"
Shen Yingchang was already seething with anger, and the questioning only fueled his rage. He stood up abruptly and shouted, "Are you done yet? See for yourself!"
Wen Yunsheng watched as Tao Chu struggled desperately in the cramped elevator car, sustaining repeated stab wounds. His brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and even the hand holding his phone trembled.
"Send me a copy." He looked up at Shen Yingchang.
Shen Yingchang didn't say anything, but after taking the phone, he asked for his email address.
The two men waited silently until after 11 p.m., when the assistant received a news article forwarded by the group's public relations department.
"Mr. Wen, take a look at this..."
Wen Yunsheng glanced at the WeChat note and waved his hand, saying, "You handle the work-related matters."
“No, Mr. Wen,” he leaned down and whispered, “someone reported your father.”
Wen Yun looked up sharply. Was Li Pengcheng starting another propaganda war?!
But when he snatched the phone and opened it, it turned out to be Tao Guohua!
Since Shen Yingchang was nearby and Wen Yunsheng didn't have any headphones, he could only play the music on mute.
Seeing the photos Tao Guohua showed in the video, combined with the text and comments, he roughly guessed that Tao Guohua was going to expose the perjury that framed Xu Weirong and Zou Ming back then.
Wen Yunsheng was secretly alarmed—Tao Guohua was willing to risk his life just to report his father?!
This really doesn't seem like Tao Guohua's style...
Did Li Pengcheng use coercion and inducement, or did Tao Chu persuade Tao Guohua?
Wen Yunsheng glanced at Shen Yingchang beside him, wondering whether he knew the inside story and whether he should take the initiative to ask him.
But then I thought, the news has already been released, and Shen Yingchang will see it sooner or later.
So he called out, "Mr. Shen, come and watch this video."
Seeing that he was no longer as impolite as before, Shen Yingchang got up and walked to the wheelchair.
Wen Yunsheng turned up the volume a few notches, but he didn't expect that Shen Yingchang's expression after watching the video would be even more gloomy than his own.
He was thinking, it seems Shen Yingchang is unaware of this...
Shen Yingchang immediately snatched his phone, turned off the video, returned to the home screen, opened the contact list, and dialed the number himself.
"What are you doing?!"
Wen Yunsheng reached out to snatch the phone, but Shen Yingchang handed it back to him—the screen showed the person being dialed, with the contact name "Dad".
Wen Yunsheng looked at him in confusion, but Shen Yingchang's eyes remained fixed on the screen until the call was disconnected automatically.
Shen Yingchang's expression grew even uglier: "Call your father's secretary, driver... whoever it is, get in touch with them first."
A strong sense of unease welled up in Wen Yunsheng's heart. Without asking any more questions, he called Wen Lei first.
Fortunately, the call was answered after a few rings.
"Yunsheng, you saw the video?"
"Yes, is my dad with you?"
"I'm on my way to your house. My boss didn't answer my call earlier. He's probably too busy with people trying to reach him, so he just didn't check his phone. Don't worry, I'll call you back when I get there."
"How much longer until you arrive?"
"Hmm... about a 20-minute drive."
"Okay, I understand."
Wen Yunsheng hung up the phone and breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Mom went home a long time ago, and Wen Lei will be here soon, so there shouldn't be any problems.
After sending a message to his mother, Wen Yunsheng looked up at Shen Yingchang and asked, "Why are you in such a hurry?"
Before posting the video, Tao Guohua tried to contact Tao Chu several times, but no one answered the phone.
He cursed his daughter for being heartless, but as the time ticked by and midnight drew closer, he became so anxious that he couldn't even utter a curse.
No matter how much Xu Jing tried to persuade him, he didn't dare to gamble with his future.
Although reporting Wen Tao was risky, at least it was a proactive whistleblowing, and public opinion would definitely be directed at Wen Tao.
But if I didn't report Wen Tao, and Fei Xun got the paternity test results and secretly framed me, I would definitely lose my teaching position and professional title.
If Fei Xun goes all out and lets the media expose him, Tao Guohua will lose all face and dignity.
Comparing the two options, although it would be difficult to overcome the psychological pressure and take the first step in reporting Wen Tao, it would definitely be more advantageous for oneself.
If Zhou Bingcheng and Wentao Group are truly brought down, Sui Liyong will definitely help him take over.
But to his surprise, after he forwarded the video to Tao Chu, she still didn't answer his calls.
He couldn't help but worry that this little brat might go back on his word. Seeing that it was already past eleven o'clock, he quickly grabbed his car keys and prepared to go to his mother's house to find Tao Chu.
Upon reaching the first floor, he discovered that another elevator had been sealed off, the lobby was cordoned off, and several police officers were taking photos and asking questions.
As he passed by, he overheard someone say, "I didn't see any girls, just a guy lying at the elevator entrance, all bloody, it was terrifying!"
"Girl"?
Tao Guohua stopped in his tracks, a sense of unease rising within him. He couldn't help but ask, "What happened?"
A neighbor nearby said, "Old Tao, you don't know? Someone just died in the elevator, and another person was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment."
“What do you mean ‘just now’? It’s been almost two hours, okay?! I saw it with my own eyes.” The person being questioned turned around and interjected.
Tao Guohua was stunned. 'Almost two hours?' That seems to be about the same time Tao Chu left...
Then he remembered that Tao Chu hadn't answered the phone, and his heart started pounding. He rushed to the police officer's side, almost tearing the police tape in the process.
"Back up! Back up!" the policeman shouted.
"Officer, they just said the girl... my daughter left around that time, I'm afraid... I'm afraid it's..." Tao Guohua stammered.
"Old Tao, isn't your daughter living on campus at university? Why is she out so late?" a nosy neighbor chimed in.
"No, it's not that..." Tao Guohua didn't bother to explain further, his eyes fixed on the police. "My daughter's name is Tao Chu. Do you have any information about the victims... no, the injured?"
Tao Guohua, fearing he might say something unlucky, gripped the police tape tightly with both hands, looking anxiously at the mottled bloodstains on the ground.
The police officer who went to check the elevator surveillance footage happened to return and, after hearing Tao Guohua's words, asked him, "Which apartment do you live in?"
"1802".
"That must be your daughter. I'm just about to let you know."
Tao Guohua was stunned—Tao Chu was trapped in the elevator as soon as he stepped out?
He was so close, yet he knew absolutely nothing...
"Then, was she the one who was sent for emergency treatment, or..." He didn't dare finish the sentence.
"She is still in the hospital receiving emergency treatment."
Tao Guohua breathed a sigh of relief and stomped his feet twice. Thank goodness.
But then he realized, "I should have known better than to post that report video!"
wrong!
He slapped his thigh. Could Tao Chu have set up an automatic email to be sent at midnight?
Wouldn't that be like losing both your wife and your army?
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