After a ten-hour flight, Xu Zhe and his party finally landed.
Once across the boarding bridge, it was a completely unfamiliar world. Unfamiliar people, unfamiliar languages—panic overwhelmed Xu Zhe's heart, filling it with more excitement than anticipation.
Fortunately, the local assistant was already waiting at the exit to greet us.
"Miss Zhe, I am your personal assistant, Li Yuan."
Xu Zhe was somewhat surprised. She had thought that the local assistant Xu Zhengxi had found for her would be a mature and steady middle-aged man like Butler Zhou, but she didn't expect it to be a young girl about the same age as herself.
Li Yuan is a beautiful girl of mixed Chinese and German descent who has lived in Germany since childhood, but speaks fluent Northeastern Mandarin. She has a cheerful and enthusiastic personality, and she introduced the street scenes to Xu Zhe along the way, greatly reducing Xu Zhe's anxiety.
Upon arriving at our new residence, we found ourselves in a spacious 300-square-meter apartment. While it didn't have a front or back yard like the Xu residence, it was more than enough to accommodate several people.
The maid packed her luggage in an orderly fashion, while Xu Zhe went back to her room to rest. Leaning back on the sofa, she finally turned on her phone.
She checked WeChat first and told Xu Zhengxi that she had arrived at the new apartment. As expected, she waited a few minutes but did not receive a reply.
Then I let Su Nan and Bei Xiaoyu know I was safe. After that, I took some videos of the apartment and the view outside the window and sent them to Si Xingzhu, telling her to take good care of herself and that the beautiful world was waiting for her to enjoy.
Si Xingzhu replied quickly.
[Damn! This world is so unfair! You're flirting with foreigners in Germany, while I'm making a fool of myself in the hospital!]
Xu Zhe: [...]
Si Xingzhu's body had just recovered a little, but her mind started acting strangely again.
Xu Zhe ignored her and clicked on Toutiao to read the news.
[A massive 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck Northwest China late at night!]
[The national level-one emergency response for disaster relief has been activated, and the national earthquake emergency rescue team is rushing to the disaster area.]
[As of now, there have been more than 300 aftershocks, and the death toll is approaching 10,000!]
[Xu Zhengxi, from Northwest Province, is directing earthquake relief efforts on-site.]
Xu Zhe saw pictures of ruins in Northwest Province, and above the ruins was Xu Zhengxi with a solemn expression.
A chill seeped into her body, from head to toe, inside and out, and she felt numb from the cold.
Hsu Cheng-hsi is in the disaster area!
Aftershocks are still occurring there!
Infrastructure projects could be cut off at any time...
She dared not think any further, tossed aside her phone, trembled as she fell off the sofa, found an east-facing spot, knelt down on the ground, and chanted incantations and kowtowed in the way that Grandpa Xu prayed for blessings.
This time, she truly hoped that there were gods and Buddhas in the world to protect everyone and keep them safe.
Aunt Lin knocked on the room door just before mealtime.
Xu Zhe responded, propped himself up against the wall, and staggered to the bathroom to wash his face before leaving the room.
"Miss Zhe?" Aunt Lin noticed that something was wrong with her expression. Her eyes were red and swollen, clearly from crying.
"Missing home?" She hadn't had time to watch the news and didn't know her young master's situation, so she just assumed Xu Zhe was homesick.
Xu Zhe shook his head and remained silent, but Si Kangzhu secretly cried out in alarm, "This must be because they saw the news!"
The biggest news in China right now is the disaster in Northwest China, and all major media outlets are providing rolling, real-time coverage!
“Zhe, Miss…” Si Kangzhu hesitated, wondering how to comfort her.
“I’m fine.” Xu Zhe looked up and stared directly at Si Kangzhu. “Zhengxi is very busy, very tired, and in great danger right now. I can’t let him be distracted. Living a good life here is the greatest support I can give him.”
"Let's have dinner together," Xu Zhe invited everyone in the apartment to sit down at the table.
Si Kangzhu clenched his fist and sat down with everyone.
I thought it would take a lot of effort to hide it from or persuade her, but I didn't expect... Miss Zhe is becoming more and more mature.
That night, Xu Zhe tossed and turned, unable to sleep. When he opened his phone, he found that all the apps in China had turned black and white, and the whole country was mourning the victims of the disaster in Northwest Province.
A pang of pain shot through her heart; she longed to see Xu Zhengxi. But once again, she discovered they didn't have a single photo together; the photo library only contained pictures of her and her friends.
Xu Zhe then searched for news and saved all of Xu Zhengxi's pictures.
Next time we meet, we must take a photo together. She silently made a mental note, believing they would definitely meet this year!
The next day, before she had even adjusted to the time difference, Xu Zhe asked Li Yuan to take her to register at the language school.
She attended classes during the day and continued to have Li Yuan tutor her in German in the evenings.
Immersing yourself in your studies day and night will reduce your wandering thoughts.
Si Kangzhu routinely reported Xu Zhe's situation to Xu Zhengxi. She also kept track of the situation with the Pei family's representatives stationed in the Northwest Province.
This natural disaster is so severe that the whole country is paying close attention and providing full support. Even the opposing camps dare not launch an attack at this time, lest they incur public resentment and divine wrath.
Regarding the Yu family and Yu Tiantian, Liang Shaojie said he would leave them to him, so Si Kangzhu simply withdrew his personnel.
Liang Shaojie made his move, showing no mercy.
The Yu family was never clean to begin with; a little investigation into their various tax and illegal business practices would be enough to bankrupt them.
Yu Tiantian was even more reckless; cyanide was actually found in the water that Bei Xiaoyu bought!
If Bei Xiaoyu hadn't been lucky enough to find a non-toxic bottle of water to drink, she would have lost her life!
The poisoner was quickly arrested and confessed to Yu Tiantian without much interrogation. This time, the chain of evidence was complete, and she could not escape this time.
After the person was apprehended, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, they no longer needed to be on high alert and guard against everything. The person with the poison should have been locked up long ago; the Yu family's protection of her was simply a threat to society!
"Look! Look! This is the daughter-in-law you've chosen!" Liang Shaojie made a special trip back to the Liang family home to confront Liang's father and mother.
Mr. Liang pursed his lips, his mouth curving downwards in silence.
Liang's mother looked at the case file and kept crying out to God.
"Hmph! After all that choosing, you picked a murderer! From now on, none of you are to interfere in my affairs! Who I marry, who I do business with, none of you are to meddle!"
Mother Liang sighed: "Then you should get married soon. I know that the girl you like doesn't even look at you!"
Liang Shaojie: "..." He was choked up miserably.
Liang's mother continued, "She still didn't accept you this time, right? She slept in your room, and you slept in the guest room. Lele told me right away that she still thinks you're not clean!"
"Mom, stop talking!" Liang Shaojie was almost furious. That damned Liang Shile, she had just praised her and the special police for being reliable, and then she pulled this stunt on her!
Mr. Liang frowned: "Hmph! People looked down on him, so he hid in the Northwest Province, invested most of the Liang family's fortune, and now it's all gone after the earthquake!"
Being confronted and berated by his son, Mr. Liang was indignant. He was fine with not interfering in the marriage, but if he wasn't allowed to handle the business, his targeted poverty alleviation investments would surely bankrupt the Liang family!
Liang Shaojie paused for a moment: "Dad, you've reminded me. The Liang family also needs to prepare urgently needed supplies for disaster relief. I'm not staying in Lingnan anymore; I'm going to support the Northwest and Xu Zhengxi!"
"Liang Shaojie!" Liang's father shouted. The disaster area was so chaotic; he desperately didn't want his son to go to such a dangerous place!
"Stop right there!"
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