Chapter Thirty-Six: Looking Back, Fu Hengzhi's Defenses Were Broken
Zhou Mengying was holding the bottle of Amalfi Limoncello Supreme, a smile playing on her lips.
"Of course, no problem. My operations team has the most popular radio hosts in the city. They're not just number one, they're in the top five!"
"That's good……"
Seeing her father breathe a sigh of relief, Zhou Mengying frowned.
"Dad, why are you starting to worry?"
Zhou Wangyuan expressed his concerns: "Ying'er, just now the Fu Group raised 10 billion yuan, and the investor was the Huo Group! Now that you've broken off the engagement and fallen out with the Fu family, I'm afraid the Zhou family might be being schemed against by the Huo family at this critical juncture."
"Calculation?"
Holding up the bottle of top-tier liquor studded with diamonds, Zhou Mengying asked meaningfully, "Dad, do you think the Huo Group gave me the nine-figure Prestige Legend Pink Diamond and the eight-figure Amalfi Limoncello Supreme just to deal with the Zhou family?"
This question instantly enlightened Zhou Wangyuan.
He relaxed his brow and laughed loudly: "That's right! If you really wanted to scheme against us, why go to such lengths? As long as you can win this year's anchor championship, Dad won't worry about anything else."
A cold glint flashed in Zhou Mengying's eyes as she said softly, "Don't worry, GX Radio, the only one with the strength to compete with me for the championship... will soon cease to exist."
...
With the annual radio anchor selection just around the corner, major radio stations in Jiangcheng are gearing up for the competition.
At this moment, GX Radio was shrouded in a low-pressure atmosphere.
Su Muci also received this unexpected news after arriving at the radio station: Sister Loulan insisted on resigning despite the high penalty for breach of contract!
"The annual awards are about to begin, why did Master leave at this time?"
Su Muci asked, stunned.
Loulan calmly packed her personal belongings, a faint, unfathomable smile playing on her lips: "Returning home to get married, be a good wife and mother, isn't that normal?"
Su Muci found it hard to believe. The Loulan sister she remembered was not the kind of person who would willingly settle for an ordinary life.
Seeing that Loulan had packed the last water cup into the cardboard box, Su Muci couldn't help but catch up and whisper, "Master... shall we have lunch before we leave? I... can't bear to part with you."
Loulan paused.
She tilted her head slightly, her tone lightly mocking: "Rather than saying you can't bear to part with me, it's more like your heartbeat is missing someone to back you up, right? We're all old foxes, stop talking to me about deep feelings and loyalty."
After saying that, she walked out of GX radio station without looking back and got into a black sedan parked on the side of the road.
The person inside the car handed over a check.
"Miss Loulan is a smart woman."
Loulan calmly accepted the check and said indifferently, "Your boss Zhou has given me enough money, how could I be unreasonable?"
After the car drove away, Huo Junyan, who had dyed his hair back to jet black, looked away and turned to Huo Zhan beside him, asking uneasily, "Uncle, are you just going to let the Zhou family steal Sister Loulan away like this?"
Huo Zhan scoffed, "Let her go, it's fine."
"But the annual selection of radio anchors in Jiangcheng is coming soon. Without Sister Loulan to hold down the fort, what will GX use to compete?"
"I have my own plans!"
...
GX Radio, the studio for the "Heartbeat Sound" program.
As Su Muci sat alone at the anchor desk for the first time, she said in a soft voice, "Welcome, listeners, to The Voice of Heartbeats. I am your anchor, Su Su. From today onwards, I will be the one to accompany you on this program."
The first listener connection was established.
The audience immediately questioned, "Where is our Loulan sister? Susu, although I like your voice, Loulan sister brought you on stage, but you pushed our Loulan sister out. What kind of behavior is this!"
Su Muci sensed the audience's indignation and gently explained, "Please don't misunderstand. I was also very disappointed by Sister Loulan's departure, but it was her personal decision, and I could only respect it."
The listener on the other end of the line retorted, "Bullshit! What personal decision? Don't treat your listeners like idiots! This isn't the first time newcomers in this industry have bullied veteran anchors. I've said it before, without Loulan, I'll never listen to 'The Sound of Heartbeats' again!"
"beep--"
The connection was abruptly cut off by the other party.
Looking at the continuously declining listenership on the screen, Su Muci took a deep breath and tried her best to keep her voice steady: "Su Su understands that everyone is very disappointed by Sister Loulan's departure, and Su Su feels the same way as everyone else."
"Su Su will now dedicate a song to Sister Loulan, wishing her a smooth and easy life from now on."
As soon as she finished speaking, Su Muci stopped looking at the ratings.
Accompanied by melodious background music, a deep and beautiful voice slowly echoed in the broadcasting studio:
"Tonight there will be no more cherished old dreams; the dreams we once shared, to whom shall I now tell them?"
"Looking back, the figure has already gone far away; looking back, my eyes are blurred with tears."
In the corridor outside the broadcasting room, a tall figure stood quietly.
Huo Zhan stared intently at the girl on the other side of the glass, his gaze deep and thoughtful.
“Well done, Cici. I told you I would make you worthy of everything in this world. With me here, just keep moving forward.”
...
At this moment, Sister Loulan was sitting in a taxi, listening to songs on the radio.
Looking back, it all seems like a dream; looking back, my heart remains the same, only the endless road accompanies me...
She looked down, took the bracelet out of her bag, and her gaze lingered on the engraving on it—[Loulan].
The driver announced from ahead, "Hello, we have arrived at the Zhou Group building."
Loulan: "Hmm."
She put the bracelet on her wrist, opened the car door, and walked step by step toward the Zhou Group building.
Meanwhile, in a high-end private hospital in Jiangcheng, Fu Hengzhi sat on a hospital bed with a mobile phone next to him connected to the Heartbeat Voice program.
Su Su's gentle singing voice was lingering in his ears through the phone's microphone.
His Adam's apple bobbed: "While I was unconscious, how many times did Ying'er come to see me?"
The bodyguard beside him bowed and replied, "Young Master, Miss Zhou hasn't been here..."
Upon hearing this, Fu Hengzhi clenched his teeth.
Suddenly, "Bang—"
Everything on the bedside table crashed to the floor, including his cell phone.
Fu Hengzhi roared, "Impossible! Fu's Group has secured billions in financing! The crisis in our relationship with Huo's Group has been resolved! How could Ying'er not come to see me! Did my father tell you to say that?"
The bodyguards stammered, "Young Master, it wasn't the Master who ordered it, it's just that Miss Zhou... she really didn't come..."
"Get out!"
The thunderous roar scared away the two bodyguards.
After the bodyguard left, Fu Hengzhi remained seated on the bed, his fists clenched tightly.
The air was deathly still...
On the phone on the ground, Su Su's singing was amplified: "I once questioned things repeatedly in the dim and dark, only to realize that a simple and peaceful life is the true way..."
Is a simple, ordinary life? A life of ease and tranquility the true essence of things?
A series of images suddenly flashed through Fu Hengzhi's mind:
When he twisted his leg while playing ball, Su Muci carefully applied medicine to his wound and gently blew on it, saying, "This will help it heal faster."
She cooked his specialty, hairy crabs, for him. He cut his finger while peeling the crabs, and she hurriedly bandaged it for him, completely ignoring the fact that her own thumb was covered in cuts from processing crabs.
Fu Hengzhi suddenly clutched his chest as a sharp, agonizing pain shot through him.
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