Chapter 250: The Rich Old Lady (24)
The driver, Jiahao, parked the car on the side of the road, unbuckled his seat belt and got out. He even walked back until he was five or six meters away from the car. Then he stopped, turned his face away, and with his back facing the car, pressed the green answer button on his mobile phone.
(PS: Back in 2001, smartphones weren’t common yet! Everyone used phones with keyboards.)
There was a violent roar from the other end of the phone.
"Where are you now? Are you with Old Lady Zhou? Hurry and bring her back to the office!"
"Ah? What happened? What should I do if she doesn't want to go back? What reason can I give to ask her to go back..." Jiahao, who didn't know the inside story, was completely confused.
"Whatever excuse you give is your business! Stop asking so many questions. Anyway, I want to see her back within 10 minutes!"
Zhou Xiaofeng's men spoke in a rather tough tone.
Jiahao had a terrible headache. He only just guessed that a rather unpleasant conflict must have occurred in the office just now.
There was no other way but to persuade the old lady.
He put away his phone, trotted back to the car, took a deep breath, and prepared to persuade Shihui to go back, when he saw in the rearview mirror... Huh?! Nothing!!
Where are the people?
What about a 60-year-old gray-haired lady in the back seat?!
Jiahao suddenly turned around and looked. The back seat was empty and Shisui was nowhere to be seen.
"How could this happen?! I only took less than 2 minutes to answer the phone!"
Jiahao was extremely anxious.
For a moment, he only thought of two possibilities.
Either some bad guys kidnapped Old Lady Zhou, or... she opened the car door and ran away by herself!
No matter which situation it is, it is not good!
Jiahao called Shisui immediately.
"Hello, the number you dialed is currently unavailable. Please try again later."
The cold, mechanical voice coming from the phone made him despair.
He drove around anxiously looking for her, but found nothing...
…
10 p.m.
On the rooftop of the hospital where Zhou Xin, the second brother, is staying.
Shi Sui held a cup of coffee in her left hand and a newly bought mobile phone in her right hand, and called Zhou Shiya.
According to Zhou Shiya, there was chaos at the Dahe Group board meeting today. Everyone was holding on to the magazine pages and photos, bombarding Zhou Xiaofeng with criticism, demanding that he explain what was going on. They even fired Lawyer Shen on the spot.
Several of Zhou Xin's right-hand men and his son strongly advocated calling the police, asking Zhou Xiaofeng to accept police investigation, spend a long time in jail, and completely withdraw from the management of Dahe Group.
"What do you think?" Shi Sui asked Zhou Shiya.
She wanted to see if her niece had a sensitive enough business sense.
Zhou Shiya's answer satisfied Shi Sui: "I stopped them. You can't call the police rashly now."
She did the right thing.
It is true that the cross-border investigation process is lengthy and cumbersome, and no results can be obtained in a short time. However, Zhou Xiaofeng has capital and connections. If he is pushed into a corner, the momentum of his counterattack will definitely be beyond imagination.
Most importantly, such explosive news would be an absolute nightmare for Dahe Group.
"The group has already lost two plots of land in a row. If Zhou Xiaofeng's scandal were to break out at this point, the group's stock price would absolutely plummet, completely destroying its competitiveness and potentially wiping out half its market capitalization! Salary cuts, layoffs, selling off equity and subsidiaries... If it really comes to that, the Dahe Group might collapse!"
Zhou Shiya took this into consideration, so she did not call the police immediately.
The magazine pages and photos were the evidence handed to her by Shihui, but she refused to hand them over, and no one could do anything about it.
At the end of this farce of the board meeting, everyone reluctantly reached two consensuses.
First, Zhou Xiaofeng must immediately resign from the position of "General Manager of Hotel Management Business" and submit a complete written statement report to all members of the board of directors within 48 hours, clearly explaining his relationship with the family trust foundation and Qimingxing Law Firm.
Second, all members are not allowed to disclose any content of this meeting to the outside. Anyone who violates this will be immediately expelled from the board of directors.
Shi Sui was quite satisfied with the result, but emphasized, "We must not let Zhou Xiaofeng escape legal punishment in the end. But before that, we must ensure that the interests of the group are not harmed by this one bad apple... By the way, you must pay attention to your personal safety for the next two days. The evidence is in your hands. When a madman comes, there's nothing he can't do."
"Don't worry, Auntie. I've thoroughly checked everyone around me. Now that I'm living in my husband's house, no matter how powerful Zhou Xiaofeng is, he wouldn't dare to force his way into the Feng residence." Zhou Shiya was worried about something else. "...The most urgent thing is to cut off Zhou Xiaofeng's minions and their escape routes."
"Just preserve the evidence. Someone else will take care of Zhou Xiaofeng. Water doesn't compete for the lead, it competes for its flow. Be prepared, this is a protracted battle."
After hanging up the phone, Shisui took another big sip of coffee.
She won't sleep tonight... because she knows Zhou Xiaofeng will definitely not be able to sleep.
He couldn't find Shisui, the culprit who caused him to lose face, and he felt very angry and couldn't feel relieved unless he let it out.
Given his current situation...if he wants to turn things around and clear his name, besides using all sorts of dirty tricks, the most direct way is to negotiate with his second uncle Zhou Xin.
Brother Adou begged Shisui to come visit him, but Shisui refused and simply disappeared. No one would have expected that she would be lurking here.
…2:30 AM.
The traffic on the road has decreased a lot.
In the dead of night, three black cars suddenly turned from the corner and headed towards the hospital entrance.
From the distance between the cars and the cautious driving speed, Shisui could tell at a glance that this was the practice of a professional bodyguard team.
It's so late, and there is no one else except Zhou Xiaofeng who can be escorted here by professional bodyguards.
The convoy stopped at the hospital entrance, and two bodyguards in black quickly got out of the car and opened the door for Zhou Xiaofeng.
Zhou Xiaofeng lowered his head and walked into the hospital quickly like a rat.
Tokiho put down her coffee cup.
After waiting for a whole night, the person finally came.
The super-luxury intensive care units are all located high up.
Shi Sui climbed down two floors from the top floor along the outer wall and came to the window of Zhou Xin's ward. She blew a light breath, used her spiritual power to open the window lock, and in a few seconds, she sneaked into the ward through the window.
"Oh, I almost sprained my back... It's better not to do this kind of difficult moves in the past."
After all, Shisui was using the body of a 60-year-old man, so she had to be extremely careful.
The luxurious ward was pitch black except for the dim night light and the light on the instrument display.
Zhou Xin was sleeping soundly on the hospital bed.
The suite also has a separate family lounge.
Shi Sui tiptoed to open the door and found that his Taiwanese lover who took care of him was also asleep inside.
Shisui closed the door, sat at the head of her bed, and waited.
Soon, there was a commotion outside the door.
Zhou Xiaofeng arrived with his bodyguards.
The bodyguards and the nurses on duty clashed with the guards, and the continuous shouting gradually woke the Taiwanese lover from his sleep.
She opened her eyes drowsily and was shocked to find a white-haired old lady at the head of the bed!
You're so scared, okay? ! ! !
Shi Sui was quick-witted and quick-handed, and covered the Taiwanese girl's mouth before she screamed.
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