She was silent for a while, then said, "Sometimes I envy her and I am jealous of her."
I turned around and stared at her in confusion: "Who are you talking about?"
She said, "Zhu Qingwan."
I said angrily, "You must have taken the wrong medicine."
She calmed down and changed the subject, saying, "Why are you showing off? Don't forget that I am also a mother of a daughter now."
Of course I understood that the daughter she was talking about was Tang Xiaomei.
Her eyes sparkled with a motherly light, and I couldn't help but be moved. Women are weak by nature, but they are strong as mothers. Mother's love is always the most tenacious and selfless.
She said, "Xiaomei called and insisted on coming to the provincial capital to see her mother Zhu. I'm going to ask Sister Yun to bring her here when she comes."
I said, "Won't it affect her studies?"
She showed a proud look on her face: "Xiaomei is such a sensible child that it makes people feel distressed. She is also smart and studies very hard. I will have someone to take over my career in the future."
It is hard to imagine that in such a short time, the lonely child has become part of Lin Mushroom's heart and has become her spiritual pillar of support.
She said: "I heard from Xiaoning that Qingwan's condition is not optimistic."
I sighed and gestured to sit down on the bench opposite.
I asked, "Did you contact this Dr. Yang? She looks too young. Is she authoritative in diagnosis?"
She asked, "Are you worried about her?"
I said, “A little bit.”
She said: "She is my mother's student, the leader of the department in the affiliated hospital, a member of the postdoctoral tutor group of the medical university, and has published many papers in the international journal The Lancet. Do you think these titles are authoritative enough?"
I said, "It seems you have a title. She is your sister-in-law."
Lin Xun burst out laughing and said, "Guan Hongjun, you are quite smart! Why is it that sometimes when you get angry, even nine oxen can't stop you?"
I said, "If nine oxen can't hold it, try ten. If ten oxen can't hold it, try more. After all, you don't lack the money to buy oxen."
She laughed so hard that she fell backwards, twisted my arm, and said, "You're so annoying."
I said, "You have a violent tendency, don't you? You slapped me yesterday and pinched my elbow today. It hurt so much."
She let go of my hand and said apologetically, "I didn't expect you to be so tough. I apologize to you formally now. I hope that Guan Hongjun will forgive me and let bygones be bygones."
The atmosphere she created sounded like a flirtation, which was really unsightly.
I said, "There are so many people coming and going here, let's talk in the ward."
She and I went back to Qingwan's ward one after the other.
I sat on the bed and she sat on the sofa. She looked around and asked me, "Are you satisfied with the conditions?"
I said, "Living here doesn't look like being sick, it feels more like being on vacation. But Qingwan deserves all this. You should keep a record of all the expenses, including food for people and horses, and I will pay you back in full later."
She said: "Not only must I pay it back in full, but I must also pay interest."
We both smiled at each other.
I said, "I can't keep secrets in my heart. How many of the things Zhang Weitang said are true or false?"
She said: "When I invested in the auto parts company, I took 10 million from you, but it was a loan. I signed the IOU and wanted to pay you interest, but you refused."
I nodded. This is also a common saying. I don't want to make the mistake of believing one side of the story, so I don't want to comment.
She went on to say, "Before the Spring Festival, I went to 놛 and took 500,000 yuan. In order to help the 놛놅 coal mine to be unsealed as soon as possible, I had to ask people to find connections and owed them a favor. Now that 뎃 is coming, of course I have to go and repay this favor."
That makes sense.
I asked, "After the flooding incident, you took 500,000 yuan to help you make connections, which led to a reversal of the nature of the incident. Who did you give the money to?"
Her face turned pale with anger, and she said, "This is a distortion of right and wrong. It is true that there is 500,000 yuan, but I did not ask for it but it was given to me. It happened after the mine disaster. I heard that I adopted Xiaomei, so I gave her 500,000 yuan in cash. The reason was that I heard that Xiaomei was abandoned by her biological mother, and I felt very sad. I wanted to give the 500,000 yuan to Xiaomei so that I could feel at ease."
I said, "Are you sure it has nothing to do with the accident classification?"
She said firmly: "No!"
I can't help but ask: "What role did you play in transferring 15% of Taixiang Coal Mine's shares to Zhang Weiguo?"
She replied: "I have never even met Zhang Weiguo, and I have never discussed coal mine equity with Zhang Weitang."
I not only asked her, but also asked myself: "What is Zhang Weitang's purpose in dragging you into this?"
This is something I can't figure out.
Her expression relaxed a little, and she analyzed carefully, "Would you be afraid if you went to find her to find out the truth of the accident?"
I nodded: "Of course I'm afraid."
She said, "So if I want to stop you, how will I stop you?"
I suddenly realized what was going on and said, "You knew that giving me money was useless, so you brought you here and said that you were the person behind the coal mine, thinking that I would let this matter go for your sake."
She said: "I can't find a second explanation."
She asked me back, "Did you do anything unusual when you were talking to Zhang Weitang that day?"
I thought hard and tried my best to recreate the scene of that day.
I said, "It seemed like she was holding a black bull skin in front of her chest. I thought she was nervous, so I didn't pay much attention to it."
She said with certainty, "I recorded your conversation."
I have to sigh at how cunning this old fox is. He always packages himself as honest and harmless, but he actually plays me in his hands.
Once my mind was open, it would be easy to figure out the whole story.
I must have given this recording to Zhang Weiguo. When I boasted to the boss about helping me find an expert from the Coal Research Institute to investigate the cause of the accident, it must have irritated their sensitive nerves.
In order to stop me from pursuing them relentlessly, you and the people behind you used the disciplinary inspection department to investigate me and force me to submit.
His heart cannot be said to be not cruel, and his plan cannot be said to be not vicious.
More importantly, they also alienated me from Lin Xun and Zhang Xiaodong.
If Qingwan hadn’t gotten into an accident due to fright, they would probably have locked me up in a small dark room and used both soft and hard tactics, threats and inducements.
I stared at the mushrooms and said venomously, "The world is full of ups and downs. I don't believe that people will be able to get away with it forever."