Hearing the astonished tone of Zhang Bin's secretary, Xiao Qian immediately stamped her foot: "It's over! It's all over now!"
Secretary Zhang Bin watched as Xiao Qian stormed off, pounding his chest in frustration, and shook his head, saying, "He really is just like their leader—both are a bit mentally unstable!"
Xiao Qian arrived at Chief Cheng's house without stopping.
Chief Cheng was standing on the second-floor terrace admiring the scenery when he saw the jeep's license plate. He sneered and took a few steps forward.
As soon as he got out of the car, Chief Cheng immediately greeted him, "Oh, isn't this Guard Qian?"
Xiao Qian looked up and saw Chief Cheng looking completely calm and composed. He asked with a mournful face, "Chief Cheng, is Su Ruyi with you?"
"What's she doing here?" Chief Cheng asked, completely bewildered. "I wasn't feeling well the day before yesterday, so I asked someone to invite her over. When I found out she'd been taken away by Zhang Bin, I invited her over and got a prescription—and believe it or not, it really worked! Look at my complexion, isn't it much better?"
"Yes, yes, yes, Grandpa, you're sure to live to be a hundred!" Xiao Qian's voice trembled with tears. "Then where is Su Ruyi now?"
"Where could she have gone? She must have gone back to Dingjiatun!" After saying that, Chief Cheng asked, "Xiao Qian, do you really think I look much better? You're not lying to me?"
"You look radiant! You look wonderful!" Xiao Qian said, already getting back into the car. "I'll come see you again when I have time!"
The jeep turned around and sped away.
After driving for three hours, Xiao Qian finally arrived at Dingjiatun.
"What?! Su Ruyi hasn't come back for several days?! She hasn't returned since she was arrested?" In the brigade headquarters, Xiao Qian looked at Ding Youliang, on the verge of tears.
"What happened to Dr. Su?" Ding Youliang asked anxiously.
"No, no, I just wanted to ask her about something." Xiao Qian got back into the car.
Ding Youliang grabbed him and said, "Guard Qian, don't rush, have some water before you go back!"
Xiao Qian was indeed thirsty, and after thinking for a moment, she followed him into the house: "Okay, I'll rest for a few minutes."
Ding Youliang winked at Wang Jiaqiang, the brigade accountant, who understood and secretly slipped out.
So, after Xiao Qian finished drinking tea and eating hand-pulled noodles, he discovered that three of the four tires on his Jeep had been punctured.
Xiao Qian was on the verge of tears: "Captain, can I borrow your phone?"
"Alright, alright, use it as you like." Ding Youliang smiled with a simple and honest expression.
Su Ruyi knew nothing about any of these things.
She finally had two days of complete relaxation at Fangchi Hot Spring.
Soaking in hot springs, picking fruit, and gathering mushrooms.
She, Su Qiushi, and Li Wang seemed to have forgotten the troubles of Dingjiatun. In the natural and peaceful atmosphere, they felt that their bodies and minds had been cleansed and relaxed.
But Su Ruyi knew that what was coming would eventually come.
Sure enough, three days later, one morning, while Su Ruyi was still sleeping in her space, her door was kicked open.
It was Han Weiguo's bodyguard, Xiao Qian, who led seven or eight soldiers armed with live ammunition.
As soon as Su Ruyi slipped out of the space, her door was kicked open.
Immediately, the muzzles of seven or eight guns were all pointed at her.
Su Ruyi secretly transferred the other two amulets that the Empress had given her from her spatial storage to her body.
Although she knew Xiao Qian wouldn't kill her here, judging from his furious expression, her situation was still very dangerous.
Xiao Qian gritted his teeth and said, "Dr. Su, our Chief Han requests your presence!"
Su Qiushi and Li Wang were both awakened by the noise and were now being stopped at the door by the soldiers.
Su Qiushi said urgently, "If you want to harm my granddaughter, you'll have to step over my dead body first!"
Li Wang remained silent and stood in front of Su Qiushi.
“Grandpa, it’s not that serious.” Su Ruyi quickly went to the two of them.
The soldiers were so impressed by her fearless demeanor that they automatically made way for her.
Su Ruyi smiled and said, "Chief Han just wants to ask me a few questions. He won't do anything to me, after all, he took me away from the retirement home in full view of everyone."
As she spoke, she looked at Xiao Qian and said, "Let's go."
Xiao Qian snorted: "You go first."
Su Ruyi sighed, walked into the yard, and climbed into the back seat of Xiao Qian's jeep.
Immediately, a soldier got on the vehicle from one side and squeezed her firmly in the middle!
She looked like she was about to jump out of the car and run away at any moment!
Su Ruyi sighed.
"Ruyi!" Su Qiushi rushed forward, her voice trembling.
"Grandpa, it's alright. Li Wang, thank you for taking care of my grandpa these past few days!" Su Ruyi instructed.
Li Wang nodded: "Don't worry."
Xiao Qian glanced at Su Ruyi in surprise.
Wasn't he supposed to be a village bully?
How come... you're quite filial to your elders?
The one-hour drive wasn't exactly easy or pleasant, but Su Ruyi wasn't subjected to any particularly severe mistreatment; at most, she only bumped her head on the roof a few times during the bumpy ride.
The jeep drove straight to the Harbin People's Hospital.
The door to the surgical intensive care unit was tightly closed, and two men who looked like government officials were guarding the outside.
Xiao Qian took a deep breath, looking even more nervous than Su Ruyi.
He knocked gently on the door: "Su Ruyi has arrived."
With a loud bang, the door was roughly pulled open, and a strange man appeared in front of Su Ruyi.
In his forties or fifties, with some gray hair at his temples, he exuded the authority of a superior, and one could still find resemblance to the Xia sisters in his eyes and brows.
Xia Dong was stunned for a moment when he saw Su Ruyi.
This village bully is not what he imagined.
She was actually a very... delicate-looking little girl?
Xia Dong thought Su Ruyi was a 200-pound, dark-skinned fat woman, the kind who could sit on his precious Lulu and kill her, but it turned out to be such a slender little girl.
Xia Dong pointed at Su Ruyi and asked Xiao Qian, "Is this... Su Ruyi?"
His attitude was as if Su Ruyi herself couldn't speak, extremely contemptuous.
Xiao Qian nodded and said, "This is Su Yin's sixth sister, Su Ruyi."
Xiao Qian knew that Su Yin was a potential son-in-law of the Xia family, and his words were a reminder to Xia Dong that they might become relatives in the future.
Su Ruyi glanced at Xiao Qian with some surprise.
Unbeknownst to her, Xiao Qian's impression of her had improved considerably because of her calm demeanor throughout the journey.
Xiao Qian whispered to Su Ruyi, "This is Xia Dong, Xia Tianlu's father, the Vice Mayor Xia."
After saying that, he tactfully stepped aside.
Su Ruyi stared directly at Xia Dong, waiting for him to speak.
Xia Dong didn't say anything either, his gloomy eyes fixed on Su Ruyi's face, as if he wanted to burn two holes in her face.
It's clear he's desperately trying to suppress his anger.
Xia Dong took a few deep breaths before nodding with his chin, gesturing, "Come in."
Su Ruyi walked to Xia Tianlu's bedside.
The intensive care unit is for patients who were just transferred in last night.
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