Chapter 212 Mi Wanlan
S City, downtown apartment.
The night was dark, and the tall buildings outside the window were brightly lit, but in the study, only a warm yellow light was on, creating an ambiguous light and shadow.
Shi Nian'an sat alone in front of the computer, his slender fingers tapping quickly on the keyboard, and the clicking sound of the keys seemed particularly crisp in the quiet room.
She is preparing materials for tomorrow's meeting.
There are only ten days left before the release of the second-generation material machine. Shi Nian'an has been extremely busy these days. In addition to dealing with work matters, he also has to deal with various inspections from above.
That day, the people from the Chinese Academy of Sciences were humiliated by Chi Lan and left in anger. Within a few days, several more inspections arrived. Their magnifying glasses, nitpicking, were a vendetta, determined to shut down their company.
Fortunately, their company had complete procedures and they were unable to find any problems, but the constant scrutiny inevitably made the company's employees feel uneasy.
Shi Nian'an had to take extra time to calm his employees, which made him even more exhausted.
Now, she just hopes that the press conference can go smoothly and without any problems.
Just as I was thinking this, my hand that was typing on the keyboard suddenly stopped.
Shi Nian'an frowned, searched on the table for a while, and slapped his head, "Damn it, I actually left the documents at the company!"
She hurriedly pushed the door open and found her mother, who had never been seen, sitting on the sofa playing with her cell phone.
Hearing footsteps, Chi Li looked up at her and turned her phone screen towards her. "The media just reported that Liu Xiaoming and Zhang Jiale have been discharged from the hospital."
Shi Nian'an was stunned for a moment before he remembered who these two people were.
Frowning slightly, "Weren't they seriously injured in the explosion? How come they were discharged so soon? They're truly a disaster that has lasted for thousands of years. They're incredibly lucky."
"...That's not the case. They were in a car accident right after they were released from the hospital. They're already dead."
What? Shi Nian'an's eyes widened in surprise. He quickly walked over to sit next to Chi Yan and read the news on her phone screen.
"...He was knocked off the overpass by a drunk driver's truck and died instantly. How could this be such a coincidence? Could it be that Qiao Yanzhi hired someone to kill him?"
It’s no wonder Shi Nian’an was suspicious, because this was indeed something a scumbag like Qiao Yanzhi would do.
What's more, these two people caused Qiao Yanzhi to lose tens of billions of dollars and lost his position as CEO. He couldn't let it go.
Chi Li said calmly, "Maybe."
Shi Nian'an felt inexplicably uneasy in her heart. Compared to those two people, the one that Qiao Yanzhi really hated was probably her.
When she thought of this person staring at her from behind, she felt creepy and a chill ran down her back.
Suddenly, her head was patted gently. Shi Nian'an came to her senses and saw Chi Li looking at her with a gentle smile on her usually indifferent face.
"Don't worry, with Lan Yingzhang and the others here, Qiao Yanzhi can't hurt you."
Shi Nian felt relieved and responded softly, but unexpectedly smelled a cool and refreshing scent of pine wood.
She was in a daze for a moment, and suddenly realized that she was too close to her stepmother. She could even see the shadow of her eyelashes on her face when she raised her eyes.
At this time, Shi Nian'an recalled the document he left in the company, stood up suddenly, and walked quickly to the entrance.
She took the coat from the hanger and put it on. "Mom, I have to go back to the company. I forgot to get some information."
"It's already this late, why are you still busy with work?" Chi Li lazily sank into the sofa, her eyebrows slightly raised, and her tone was full of confusion.
But he didn't try to stop her. He just added lightly before she left, "Don't go alone. Let Lan Yingzhang accompany you."
When Shi Nian'an heard this, he paused in his move to go out. It was so late, so he should not disturb Sister Lan, right?
Her eyes rolled, and she pressed her finger to open the secret compartment at the entrance. She calmly took out the miniature laser gun inside, put it in her coat pocket, and walked out the door.
Then he took the elevator to the second floor underground, got in the car, and drove towards the company.
Outside the car window, neon lights merged into a blurry phantom among the tall buildings, and soothing music flowed quietly in the car. Shi Nian'an's fingers on the steering wheel loosened slightly, and his mood became much lighter.
It's just a trip back to the company, what's there to worry about? My stepmother is being too cautious. Is she being too concerned?
Shi Nian'an raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and a warm feeling rose in his heart.
Just then, a shrill horn sounded from behind her. She glanced at the rearview mirror casually, but suddenly saw that there was a vague black shadow sitting in the back seat, which should have been empty.
Shi Nian'an was so frightened that her hands trembled and her body suddenly leaned forward, but the person behind her suddenly made a move, put a hemp rope around her neck, and tightened it in an instant.
"Don't move, Miss Shi, I don't want to kill anyone." A clear and cool young female voice sounded immediately afterwards.
Shi Nian'an gripped the steering wheel tightly and forced herself to calm down. She calmly slowed down the car and stared at the rearview mirror out of the corner of her eye.
This time she finally saw clearly that the person in the back seat was wearing a pure black mask that covered most of his face, leaving only a pair of cold and ruthless eyes exposed.
"Qiao Yanzhi sent you here, right?"
"That's right," a frank voice admitted from the back seat, and the rope around his neck tightened threateningly. "Drive to Floating Cloud Palace, and don't try to trick me."
Shi Nian'an felt a tightness in his throat and his vision went dark.
At the same time, the navigation route on the smart central control screen automatically jumped, and the AI female voice replied in an extremely "considerate" manner, "Okay, we have replanned the route to Floating Cloud Palace for you."
Shi Nian'an almost vomited blood in anger. This damn rubbish AI navigation!
But thinking of the threat in the back seat, she suppressed her anger, turned the steering wheel, and drove towards Floating Cloud Palace.
Noticing her obedience, the rope around his neck loosened slightly. Shi Nian'an immediately took two deep breaths and began to think about his current situation.
It’s no use regretting now. The important thing is how to get out of this situation. If she really falls into Qiao Yanzhi’s hands, I’m afraid her fate will be worse than those two people who died in the car accident.
Shi Nian'an gritted her teeth. She was not going to let that scumbag succeed!
Fortunately, she brought a laser gun with her, and just one shot was enough to kill the woman in the back seat.
But her reason immediately told her that she could not kill anyone. Injuring the other person's shoulder blade would be enough. This way she could escape without getting into trouble for human life.
Shi Nian'an glanced at the navigation and found that there was a red light for 30 seconds at the next intersection, so he made a decision instantly.
Soon they reached a red light and Shi Nian'an stepped on the brakes.
He quickly took out the laser gun from his pocket with his right hand, released the safety, and swung it at the man behind him.
Unexpectedly, the person in the back seat moved faster and before she could pull the trigger, he grabbed her wrist.
She felt a pain in her wrist, and the laser gun was taken away from her.
When she looked up again, the cold muzzle of a gun was already against her head.
What caught my eye was still those cold and ruthless eyes, "Keep going, the light will soon turn green."
Shi Nian'an's face turned pale in an instant. She turned her head stiffly, and at this moment, the green light came on.
The traffic started moving again, and her black car drove forward with it. The windows were closed, and the masked woman lowered the laser gun in her hand to Shi Nian'an's waist.
And no one knows all this——
Except for Chi Lan who was still sitting in the penthouse.
She saw everything that happened in the car from the virtual screen in front of her and shrugged helplessly, "I told you not to go out alone."
Chi Qi felt very sympathetic towards Shi Nian'an's situation, but she did not intend to come forward to rescue her now.
In the original plot, Seventeen, a cold-blooded monster who was trained by the Qiao family as a killer, only appeared once when he was used by Qiao Yanzhi to kill Qiao Zhizhang with his own hands and was eventually imprisoned.
In other words, Seventeen has never met Shi Nian'an.
But now, because of Chi Li's appearance, everything has changed. How will the future develop?
Chi Qi narrowed her eyes and raised the corners of her lips slightly. It was really exciting.
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Country M, the subsidiary building of Baiye.
Mi Wanlan stood before the French window, gazing at the heavy rain outside with a cold, gloomy gaze. Her slightly haggard face was reflected in the glass, her thin cheeks appearing even paler under the incandescent light.
Just two days ago, she suddenly received the bad news that the chairman of the group, her grandfather, had died of a heart attack.
She wanted to return to China immediately to attend the funeral, but her father Wu Liang refused to let her go on the grounds that it was a "critical period for the subsidiary's business development" and even ordered the financial director Chen Zhi to withhold her passport.
Mi Wanlan couldn't understand. Could it be that in her father's eyes, the interests of the company were more important than his closest relatives? Besides, the subsidiary didn't necessarily require her.
Moreover, in her memory, her father Wu Liang was not such a cold-hearted person.
My grandparents had only one daughter, my mother Mi Hong. They carefully selected my father as their son-in-law and personally taught him the company's business.
My father did live up to my expectations. Not only did he manage the group's business in an orderly manner, he was also considerate and obedient to my mother, and never said a harsh word to her.
Why did this man, who was recognized by the group as a good son-in-law, good husband, and good father, change so much as soon as his grandfather passed away?
Mi Wanlan couldn't figure it out, and since he couldn't contact his mother, he was afraid that something had happened at home. He was extremely worried and didn't sleep for several nights.
She raised her hand to touch the cold glass, her fingertips drawing a mark on the window, "What happened?"
Mi Wanlan closed her eyes, not daring to think or guess, for she was afraid that the truth would cause her immense pain.
Just then, the phone suddenly vibrated.
She suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the screen of her mobile phone, which clearly showed an incoming call from "Mom".
He pressed the answer button almost instantly, "Mom? How are you? Are you okay?"
There was a noisy background noise coming from the other end of the phone. Mi Hong's voice was very low, but extremely urgent, "Wanlan, your father is cheating on you! That bastard is not much younger than you!"
What? Mi Wanlan's pupils trembled.
"He sent you abroad, but put that bitch at the group headquarters to train, and your grandfather was also—!"
As she was speaking, a sharp female voice suddenly interrupted, "Ms. Mi, who allowed you to use your cell phone?"
Then there was a chaotic tugging sound. Mi Wanlan heard her mother struggling and yelling, "Get out! I'm not sick... You are illegally detaining me... I'm going to sue you..."
The last sentence seemed to be covered by the mouth, and only some vague breaths could be heard.
"Mom? Mom! Are you okay? Where are you now?"
With a beep, the phone was forcibly hung up.
Mi Wanlan looked at the black screen and felt as if she had fallen into an icy cave, her blood running cold.
Just at this moment, there was a click and the office door was suddenly pushed open.
Mi Wanlan raised her eyes and suddenly met the gloomy gaze of Financial Director Chen Zhi.
He glanced at the phone in her hand and said coldly, "Miss Mi, it seems you know everything."
Mi Wanlan's eyes glared, "Are you spying on me?"
Chen Zhi said with a forced smile, "This is also Mr. Wu's order."
"At this point, I'm not afraid to tell you. Your father has already taken control of the board of directors. Even if you return home now, you'll only bring disgrace upon yourself. In my opinion, Miss Mi, you'd better stay abroad and not worry about anything. Mr. Wu, out of respect for our father-daughter relationship, will certainly not treat you unfairly. But if you insist on opposing Mr. Wu and embarrassing him, I'm afraid that in the end, you won't even be able to keep your title as the daughter of the Hegemony Group."
He straightened his sleeves and walked up to Mi Wanlan with an arrogant look on his face. He chuckled, "Of course, Miss Mi is a smart person. You don't need me to teach you this, right?"
Mi Wanlan was so angry that her whole body was shaking, her fingers tightly gripping the phone until her knuckles turned white.
How could there be such a shameless person in this world? Even the father she thought was kind and loving was nothing more than a demon in human skin.
It was a pity that she only just realized that all the people around her were arranged by her father. Her mother was locked up in a mental hospital, and she was under house arrest abroad, unable to do anything.
Seeing her silence, Chen Zhi thought she had thought it through and said with a smile, "The chairman passed away suddenly. I'm sure Miss Mi is very sad. Why don't you go back to the apartment and have a good rest for a while?"
Mi Wanlan said coldly: "I want to go back to my country!"
Chen Zhi frowned in dissatisfaction and threatened: "This is also what Mr. Wu meant. If you still want to see Mrs. Mi, you'd better do as you are told."
Mi Wanlan's fingertips trembled, and a chill ran down her spine, but she didn't show it on her face. She raised her eyes and stared at Chen Zhi, and suddenly sneered, "Good, you're good!"
After saying that, he slammed his shoulder away, strode out of the office, and slammed the door.
Chen Zhi touched his painful shoulder and couldn't help but curse.
Mi Wanlan, who had been holding on, returned to the apartment, but all her strength was instantly drained away. She slid down on the carpet, and tears instantly burst out and flowed down her cheeks.
She had thought the truth was nothing more than a betrayal, but she hadn't expected it to be so unbearable. The good times she had spent with her father in her memory now became incredibly disgusting and nauseating.
But Mi Wanlan did not remain depressed for too long. She stood up suddenly, clenched her fists tightly, and a trace of determination flashed in her eyes. Even if it meant sneaking across the border, she would sneak back home!
She opened her laptop, quickly opened the virtual dialing software, found the contact, and was about to click dial when the doorbell suddenly rang.
Mi Wanlan's hand trembled, and she slammed the notebook shut, her eyes quickly scanning the room. Could it be that Chen Zhi had installed surveillance cameras in her room?
She took a deep breath, stood up and walked to the entrance, leaning over to look at the access control screen. In the empty corridor, she saw a snow-white file bag lying quietly on the carpet in front of the door.
Mi Wanlan was very confused. He waited for a while and saw that no one showed up. Then he carefully opened the door and brought in the file bag.
When the document bag was opened, a passport and an invitation letter slipped out.
Mi Wanlan's breathing became rapid. She quickly picked up her passport and opened it. It was the one that Chen Zhi had taken away and locked in the company safe!
Who is helping her?
She picked up the other invitation and saw a strange logo printed on the front of the gold-stamped card. It was an inverted pear shape with curved lines extending from both sides. Below the pattern was a striking slogan:
The world is wrong, are you willing to correct it?
Mi Wanlan was stunned. What did this mean? It sounded very reasonable, but it sounded like the kind of beautiful words investors use to fool fools.
Fortunately, she had already obtained her passport, which made her feel more at ease, and she also had more patience with this strange invitation letter.
Mi Wanlan unfolded the folded card and read the text inside -
Dear Ms. Mi Wanlan:
Hello! I am the President of the Sky Humanities Foundation. We are committed to protecting women's education and rights, and we sincerely invite you to participate in this public welfare cause.
If you are interested in joining, please log in to the website below to register. As a member of the foundation, you will receive full assistance, including the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hegemony Group. In return, we only need 15% of the shares of the Hegemony Group.
We look forward to working with you to change this wrong world.
Signed, Sky Humanities Foundation.
Mi Wanlan's eyes trembled. Sky? Could it be that Sky Technology that suddenly appeared out of nowhere? But why did this foundation know so much about her?
Mi Wanlan suddenly felt the invitation was very hot and wanted to tear it up and throw it away. But in the end, for some complicated reason, she put it away along with her passport.
I then hurriedly packed my luggage and boarded the flight back home.
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