After listening to Xiao Geng's nagging, General Zhou remained silent for a long time.
At this point, General Zhou was certain that his coma had been caused by someone else. Alas! It seemed he had been careless. In peacetime, he hadn't expected someone so shameless as to drug his tea.
General Zhou didn't show it on his face, but his heart was already in turmoil.
General Zhou wasn't stupid, otherwise he wouldn't have made it this far through the hail of bullets. He was an upright man, so he expected others to be as bright and honest as himself. To be honest, General Zhou had never imagined that he would one day be ambushed in his office building.
Before Zhou Xi left Kyoto, he told General Zhou that Taoist Baopu's whereabouts were uncertain and he might be away from the capital for a long time this time.
General Zhou was concerned about Zhou Yuanyuan's condition, so he told Zhou Xi to go ahead and get the matter done, asking Taoist Baopu to come out of seclusion. He wasn't an old man who needed Zhou Xi to serve him. Besides, after Zhou Xi left, General Zhou still had a team of guards to command!
A week after Zhou Xi left, something happened at the home of guard captain Ouyang Xin. Ouyang Xin's father was in the late stages of lung cancer and was dying.
General Zhou gave Ouyang Xin a week's leave to go home and see his dying father. Ouyang Xin vehemently declined. His status in General Zhou's family was second only to Zhou Xi's. Over the years, no matter how important the matter was, one of them would always stay by General Zhou's side, ready for dispatch.
General Zhou still drove Ouyang Xin away. He had experienced the pain of "a son wishing to support his parents, but they are no longer around" himself. Ouyang Xin had been by his side for over twenty years, and General Zhou had long since treated him like his own son or nephew. He didn't want Ouyang Xin to experience the same pain again.
With Ouyang Xin gone, General Zhou was left with only new guards like Xiao Geng. Every few years, General Zhou's guards would be replaced. He simply didn't want to tie these good guys down to him, an "old man," and they deserved a wider world.
Indeed, General Zhou's guards were all carefully selected from individual soldier competitions. Any one of them would stand out from the crowd if he were sent back to the army.
Combining what Xiao Geng said, General Zhou discovered that since Ouyang Xin returned to his hometown, there seemed to be a dark hand behind everything that had happened in the past few days.
Perhaps even Ouyang Xin's father's illness was the work of this "black hand"? General Zhou was stunned. If this was true, then this black hand must be targeting his Zhou family.
What did his Zhou family have now that was worthy of others' attention? Apart from the little power he held, it seemed that there was nothing else worth coveting.
A gleam of light flashed in General Zhou's eyes, and he had already locked onto several suspects in his mind.
General Zhou called Xiao Geng to his side and said, "Xiao Geng, ask Zhao to come to the ward. I need to see him for something."
Zhao Qingshan has been taking care of General Zhou's health. In General Zhou's opinion, if he is hospitalized, Zhao Qingshan should also be in the hospital.
"Doctor Zhao is not here. Dean Hao said he had something to do in his hometown. In the past few days, the general's health has been taken care of by Dean Hao himself." After General Zhou was sent to the hospital, Xiao Geng immediately asked Dean Hao to find Zhao Qingshan. Dean Hao went out for a walk and came back to tell Xiao Geng that something happened in Zhao Qingshan's hometown and he went back to deal with it.
Xiao Geng and Xiao Su didn't have the Zhao family's phone number, and General Zhou needed someone to watch over him, so neither of them could get away. Xiao Geng had no choice but to agree to let Dean Hao continue treating General Zhou.
"Is Yuanyuan awake?" General Zhou was delighted and couldn't help but smile.
"No? Xiao Su said that he saw Madam from afar when he went out to get food today. If the young lady is okay, Madam should not stay in the hospital." The Madam that Xiao Geng was talking about was Zhao Yunxiang. The guards of the Zhou family all followed Zhou Xi's way of calling her Madam Zhao Yunxiang and Young Miss Zhou Yuanyuan.
Yuanyuan didn't wake up? General Zhou was stunned, and then he felt a little uneasy.
A few days ago, when Zhao Qingshan went to General Zhou's home to check his pulse, he mentioned Zhou Yuanyuan. Perhaps Zhao Qingshan was holding back, so he rambled on about Zhou Yuanyuan's childhood. Finally, he said, "Yuanyuan's been a bit of a troubled child, and I hope things will get better after this."
Zhou Yuanyuan is Zhao Qingshan's life. How could Zhao Qingshan take advantage of this critical moment to go back to his hometown before Yuanyuan wakes up?
Is there something wrong with Dean Hao? General Zhou felt a surge of anger in his heart.
After careful consideration, General Zhou was certain that Dean Hao had lied. But after all their years of friendship, why would Dean Hao lie to Xiao Geng? What was Dean Hao's purpose in isolating Zhao Qingshan from himself?
"Xiao Geng, are the other leaders who are in the meeting with me okay?" General Zhou's heart sank slightly, and he asked quickly.
Although young, Xiao Geng was a sharp-witted man. Hearing General Zhou's question, his brow furrowed. Trying to recall the situation, Xiao Geng replied, "General, of the seven leaders at the meeting, you were the only one unconscious. Minister He said you were probably too tired. I was too anxious and didn't pay attention. Later, Dean Hao also said you were tired..."
The more Xiao Geng talked, the more he felt that he was really stupid. When the general suddenly fainted, he was so busy sending the general to the hospital that he didn't pay attention to anything else.
"Xiao Geng, we will be discharged from the hospital immediately. Something might have happened at home." Upon hearing this, General Zhou ignored the drip still dripping from his hand, reached out to pull out the needle and threw it aside, then immediately took off his hospital gown.
"General, you are not well yet!" Xiao Geng exclaimed, and hurriedly tried to grab General Zhou's hand that was bleeding after the needle was removed.
"It's okay, we'll go home right away." General Zhou dodged Xiao Geng's hand, dodged his arm, swiftly put on the clothes lying beside the bed, and got out of bed. Although General Zhou was not young, he was still very agile.
"General, should we tell Dean Hao..." Xiao Geng felt that it was not a good idea to do so, but he could not go against General Zhou's temper.
"By the way, General, I don't know if this thing is useful. I saved a piece before throwing it into the trash can." Xiao Geng was given a cold look by General Zhou, and he automatically changed the subject and took out a piece of broken porcelain in a plastic bag from his pocket.
It was a small piece of broken porcelain, and even though it was only a small piece, General Zhou felt it looked familiar. He took the broken piece from Xiao Geng's hand and examined it carefully, recognizing that this small piece, shaped like the bottom of a cup, was the same type of teacup he used in the conference room.
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