Zhou Chunhua looked at Qin Donglai expectantly.
After a moment's thought, Qin Donglai nodded: "Okay. I'll make the arrangements in a bit. I'll call you later."
“Okay. Also, I have something I'd like to trouble Director Qin with,” she said.
Qin Donglai nodded: "What's the trouble? Is there anything else?"
"Can I...see Lu Ming?" She was a little worried about Lu Ming's injuries.
“Logically, his lawyer should be involved. Wait a moment,” Qin Dong said, then took out his phone and made a few calls.
After hanging up the phone, Qin Donglai told her to wait in the meeting room next door.
After glancing at Wang Lin, she went to the next room alone.
About half an hour later, Lu Ming appeared at the door of the meeting room.
Zhou Chunhua looked Lu Ming up and down, and only after confirming that he hadn't lost any limbs did she breathe a long sigh of relief.
The initial concern was because Xu San and Wang Lin went in in groups.
No matter how capable Lu Ming is, he might not necessarily gain the upper hand in this kind of situation.
But now it seems she was overthinking things.
In other words, Lu Ming might have chosen someone even more capable than she thought.
In contrast, Lu Ming seemed quite surprised the moment he saw her.
As soon as he sat down opposite her, Lu Ming asked, "Why are you alone? Where's Gu Yaoren?"
“I came alone,” she said.
"Has Gu Yao gone mad? How could he let you wander around Qing'an alone? Damn it! Doesn't he have a brain?"
Looking at the angry Lu Ming, Zhou Chunhua was completely bewildered.
Just as she was about to explain, Lu Ming said, "Call him and have him come pick you up."
"Okay." She originally wanted to explain, but then she thought it was unnecessary.
He decided to change the subject and asked, "How are you? Is your injury... alright?"
Lu Ming remained as nonchalant as ever.
"Not dead, he won't die."
Zhou Chunhua looked at him for a while longer, and only after confirming that Lu Ming was not seriously injured did she feel relieved.
"Don't worry. Gu Yao will definitely find a way to get you out as soon as possible," he said.
But to his surprise, Lu Ming laughed as soon as he finished speaking.
He chuckled uncontrollably, as if he had heard a joke.
"What... are you laughing at?" She really didn't understand. She hadn't said anything before, and she didn't know what had made him laugh.
Lu Ming, however, was laughing so hard he almost choked.
It took a lot of effort to calm things down a little.
"You...you want me to believe Gu Yao? Hua Hua, if I said there's only one person in this world who wants me dead, and that person is definitely Gu Yao, would you believe me?"
Zhou Chunhua felt completely bewildered.
She even suspected that Lu Ming might have developed some kind of health problem from being confined.
You should know that Gu Yao is a man of his word.
Since I promised to help him, I will definitely help him.
But she couldn't say these words.
He could only say, "Gu Yao isn't the kind of person you're describing."
Unexpectedly, Lu Ming said, "I should know him better than you do what kind of person he is."
Just as Zhou Chunhua was about to defend Gu Yao, Lu Ming suddenly said, "It's rare for you to come see me. Didn't you want to know where the son surnamed Chen is?"
I found out for you; he's in Haizhou, in the hands of Qiao Nan, the president of the Haizhou Chamber of Commerce. But… Hua Hua, it's been so many years, he might not be alive.”
She was just about to say thank you when it was time for the meeting.
Lu Ming struggled to turn around, but it didn't stop him from being quickly taken away.
"Don't worry, once Gu Yao recovers, he'll definitely find a way to get you out," Zhou Chunhua shouted.
But then Lu Ming, who had already left the meeting room, said, "It doesn't matter! As long as you're willing to come see me a few more times, it's fine here too."
Zhou Chunhua: ...
After that, she never saw Qin Donglai again and had to leave alone.
She had barely stood still on the side of the road when a car pulled up in front of her.
A man in a sharp suit got out of the driver's seat, opened the car door, and said, "Ms. Zhou, I'm the one Attorney Gu arranged to wait for you here. Please get in the car, I'll take you home."
Zhou Chunhua first looked into the car from the passenger seat. Although there was no one there, she still shook her head and refused, remembering what Xu San and Wang Lin had said earlier that day.
In the past, she would have sat down without even thinking.
But after hearing what Xu San said today... really, she felt like she was possessed, and now she sees everyone as a bad person.
Getting on the bus is easy, but if you're not careful, getting off won't be so easy.
"Um...no need, I can go back by myself."
As she spoke, she stepped back to a safe distance, intending to go around it.
The man holding the back door looked bewildered.
Finally, Gu Yao called to confirm that he had arranged the person, and only then did she feel at ease getting into the car.
When they returned to the hospital, Yangyang's father and the others had already gathered at the hospital entrance, and it seemed they had been waiting for her for quite some time.
As soon as she got out of the car, everyone surrounded her.
"Nini's mom? Do you have any news about my son?"
"My daughter, is there any news about my daughter?"
"..."
The crowd surrounded her, bombarding her with questions.
She didn't avoid it and handed the file bag directly to Yangyang's father.
But before Yangyang's father opened it, she said loudly, "The situation may be more complicated than we think. But we are only one step away from finding them! Don't lose heart, everyone."
Everyone nodded in response, and Yangyang's father opened the file bag under the watchful eyes of several people.
They gathered together, watching Yangyang's father flip through the list.
Zhou Chunhua cleared her throat and said, "No matter what the outcome, we must face it bravely."
After saying that, she added, "I'm sorry, the names that were crossed out... they can't come back."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone fell silent.
Sometimes, this silence is precisely the most deadly.
The next second, with a "thud," Xu Kexin's grandmother fainted.
The crowd immediately erupted into chaos.
Just as Yangyang's father was about to carry Kexin's grandmother on his back to take her to the hospital, several people around him fainted.
Without exception, they were all family members of those whose names had been crossed out.
In an instant, everyone was in chaos.
Yangyang's father immediately organized everyone to carry the unconscious man on their backs and take him to the hospital.
Zhou Chunhua stood there for a very long time.
On the way back, she hesitated about whether to show them the list.
Because she knew that glimmer of hope was the driving force for people like them to keep living.
If even that little bit of hope is gone, how will they survive?
But haven't they been waiting for this moment all these years after searching for their relatives?
If we don't tell them, they'll definitely spend their whole lives on this.
The dead can't come back, but the living shouldn't waste their whole lives on this!
Therefore, she gave them the list after careful consideration.
The truth may be cruel, but it is far better than living a life of confusion and exhaustion.
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