The Tiansheng Building was brightly lit almost all night long.
When Pei Jing returned from the neighboring city, he found that the lights in the president's office were still on, so he pushed the door open and went in.
The man who had been resting with his eyes closed at the table opened them and glanced in the direction of the door.
"Has everything been settled over there?"
"Yes, Mr. Fu, don't worry. We've already sent people to take Director Yang and Liu Shanshan back to the orphanage, so she won't suspect anything."
He made a soft "hmm" sound through his nose.
This was the first time Pei Jing had ever seen Fu Siming so troubled by something.
Sun Jiming and Jiang Jiayao are not in the same league at all. Sun is in a high position and wields great power. If they cannot strike him down in one fell swoop, Tiansheng will be the one to suffer.
Sun Jiming, on the other end, also barely slept all night and looked impatient when he woke up in the morning.
Even the hotel chefs who came to deliver the meals were unwilling to stay long.
When he arrived at the venue, almost all the middle and upper-class enterprises in Jiangcheng had already arrived.
For a moment, the venue for the bidding preparations resembled a social dance party.
Some people took advantage of this opportunity to make friends, while others simply sat there waiting for people to come and chat with them.
It was quite a grand occasion.
Sun Jiming glanced at the venue and noticed that Li Hao hadn't arrived yet, so he made a phone call.
They responded quickly over there.
"President Li just had drinks yesterday, and he's not even coming to the event today?"
"Minister Sun, please calm down. I really have something to attend to today and cannot be there to witness this with you. However, my assistant has already taken the check over. I think the effect is the same whether the money arrives or I arrive in person."
Sun Jiming knew he was right, and he was relieved when he saw a familiar face carrying a briefcase come to Li Hao's seat and greet him with a smile.
"President Li is really easygoing; it's definitely less fun if he doesn't come to the event."
"I only care about the results," Li Hao said coldly.
Sun Jiming appreciated his attitude.
After hanging up the phone, I realized I had been too hasty.
He had already taken care of everything for this bidding process; it shouldn't have fallen into Tiansheng's hands no matter what.
The seating arrangement in the main hall of the bidding conference had a more confrontational feel to it.
Tiansheng and several other long-established businesses in Jiangcheng were assigned to the same direction.
Even the Fu family gave him a separate position.
Fu Bowen didn't come today, so the media didn't have any hot topics to report about the brothers' discord.
Sun Jiming was backstage, and as the last leader from the Ministry of Commerce to attend, he was the one observing from the sidelines.
During the meal, cell phones had to be handed over; this was a method Sun Jiming devised to cut off his escape route.
Having stayed up all night, Fu Siming sat upright, still focused and attentive.
Beside him sat a man no one recognized.
In the VIP lounge backstage, a guide came over and called Sun Jiming to the scene.
"Minister Sun, it's about to begin. You can prepare to go over there."
"Um."
Several employees who were setting up the venue were gathered in the storage room gossiping, and their conversation caught Sun Jiming's attention.
He stopped in his tracks. "I'm going to the restroom. You go ahead first, I'll go by myself later."
The guide was a woman. When she heard that he wanted to go to the restroom, she didn't want to tell him that she would have to wait for him.
He had no choice but to bow and leave.
Sun Jiming turned into the corridor and heard the people in the storage room seem to have heard something surprising, and their voices became much louder.
"Let me tell you, my relative is a doctor at a hospital in a neighboring city. I heard that something happened at their hospital recently. A girl who was thirteen or fourteen years old was sent to the hospital, and I heard that the police got involved. They say it's a rape case!"
"What?! This...this is so inhumane! That's such a young girl, how could they..."
"Yes! It's so pitiful. I heard that girl had her uterus removed."
A sigh came from inside.
"Shh!! Keep your voices down. This matter can't be known by others. I heard it's under investigation."
"Tch... How did you know that?"
The speaker said smugly, "I've told you, I have connections."
After saying that, he added, "You absolutely mustn't tell anyone!!! Do you hear me!!!"
Sun Jiming heard several keywords: neighboring city, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, and police.
The more I listened, the more something seemed off.
He took out his phone and called Liu Shanshan.
Liu Shanshan trembled with fright when she saw the name on her phone.
"Boss."
"I'm asking you, did the old woman bring that girl back?!"
Upon hearing him say that, Liu Shanshan's alarm bells went off.
Her voice lowered slightly, "They're back... I went with them myself."
Sun Jiming didn't catch the hidden meaning in her words.
Just as I was thinking, could it be that I was overthinking things?
I hung up the phone.
He was still uneasy.
I called Zheng Zhonglai.
Zheng Zhonglai was still in a daze when he received the order.
What does the boss mean by this? Get rid of all these girls before noon.
He was still in a daze when Sun Jiming, hearing that he hadn't replied, became a little impatient.
"Clean it up thoroughly."
Zheng Zhonglai then realized what his boss meant by "that kind of handling".
Sun Jiming has been too sensitive lately; even the slightest coincidence makes him see threats everywhere.
How could something like this happen to a girl of similar age when Yang Yi went to the neighboring city?
His eyes were slightly narrowed, as if something was beyond his control.
Sun Jiming sent a text message to the two bodyguards who were following Song Xingyao.
Then I saw the guide who had walked away earlier come back to find me.
Put the phone back in your pocket.
The guide looked anxious. Didn't you say you were just going to the restroom and then heading to the venue?
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