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Lin Shanglu left the hospital that day after saying those angry words, but his main purpose of coming this time was to bring Chen Nanxing back to City B for treatment, so even though he was very angry, he just found a hotel to stay in first.
I plan to go after I calm down.
Little did he know that it was this angry departure that led to their complete separation.
After filming the video, Chen Nanxing immediately sent it out using a new account, and with the help of Ji Chuan, he was quickly discharged from the hospital.
She also followed Ji Chuan's advice and spent a lot of money to buy streaming, so that this confession could quickly appear in front of the public and not be buried in the dust.
Overnight, the video went viral on the Internet. For Lin Shanglu, waking up from his sleep felt like he had fallen from the clouds into purgatory.
There are so many missed calls that I can’t scroll down to the bottom.
At first he didn't understand what it was saying, but after he understood the whole story, he watched the video in its entirety.
The phone calls continued to come in, and the screen kept lighting up. Qi Feng, directors, shareholders, friends in the circle, partners, and Su Qiao's names were jumping wildly, accompanied by rapid ringtones, like death warrants.
He hung up the phone in annoyance and placed it upside down on the mahogany desk, but it was of no use. Those calls were like ghosts living in his mind, giving him no peace.
“Tsk.”
Lin Shanglu picked up the phone, and Qi Feng's name appeared on the phone. Lin Shanglu slid his knuckles down and answered the first call.
"Hello."
After so many calls, the call finally went through. Qi Feng's heart, which had been hanging in the balance, finally settled down: "Boss Lin!"
His voice was deliberately lowered because in the conference room separated from him by a wall, a group of directors and major shareholders gathered, and without exception, they all came to ask Lin Shanglu for an explanation.
Lin Shanglu hummed. Although he was far away in City G, he was well aware of the current situation in City B. So he knew what Qi Feng was going to say. However, he was in no mood to discuss it slowly with Qi Feng. He said directly:
"Go and tell them to wait another five days. After five days, I will bring my wife back to City B to hold a press conference."
"No, Mr. Lin."
Qi Feng felt that Lin Shanglu had not yet fully understood the current situation. How could he delay for five days in this situation?
"Hengxing's stock price plummeted to its limit down upon opening. All the major news media headlines were filled with stories about you, your wife, and Miss Su. No matter what we did, we couldn't suppress the situation. So many people went to Hengxing's official account to curse at us that the company, under pressure, closed the comments section."
Success and failure are both due to Xiao He. Hengxing soared to the sky and developed rapidly with the help of the Internet platform. Now it is in crisis because of the Internet. Qi Feng has never seen such a situation. The power of fermented public opinion is simply too terrifying.
Lin Shanglu suddenly looked up, his eyes bloodshot, like a trapped beast. He quickly turned on the computer. On the screen, the curve representing the stock price of Star Group plunged towards the fuse below at a desperately straight angle. The glaring green numbers kept jumping, and each jump meant that hundreds of millions of market value had evaporated.
The news feed that popped up next to it had headlines that were more terrifying than the last:
[Breaking News] Star Group CEO Lin Shanglu is embroiled in scandal, and his ex-wife accused him of infidelity and cold-bloodedness in a video!
[In-depth Digging] The Pain of the Rich Family Behind “Three Deaths and One Injury”!
[Shocking] The secret relationship between rising business star Lin Shanglu and actress Su Qiao!
The comment section under almost every piece of news was flooded with comments, and countless unfamiliar IDs lashed out at him with the most vicious language.
"You scumbag! Your wife and child are in such a miserable state, yet you're still messing around outside!"
"Those who betray true love should swallow ten thousand needles. A scumbag like Lin Shanglu should be swallowed to death!"
"Boycott all Stellar products! Let this rotten company go bankrupt!"
"Men become bad when they have money. This is really like a wife who has shared the hardships of life, right? My sister is so pitiful. Why don't men like this just die?"
…
He swung his hand violently, and the expensive monitor fell to the ground, the screen shattering with a sharp sound.
Invisible pressure came through the phone, and Qi Feng didn't dare to breathe: "Boss Lin..."
Lin Shanglu leaned back in his office chair, the moonlight shining through the transparent floor-to-ceiling windows, falling on his face, covering it with a layer of white frost.
Qi Feng covered the phone and waited for Lin Shanglu's decision, but the only sound on the line was the shallow breathing of the other end.
"Three days. Tell them to wait three more days."
Suddenly, Lin Shanglu's voice came from the other end of the phone again. He stood up, put his coat over his shoulders with one hand, and walked out.
"Have the PR department contact the media outlets and get ready. I'll be back with my wife in three days."
"Okay, Mr. Lin."
Da! Da! Da!
Lin Shanglu's footsteps echoed in the hospital corridor, hurried and heavy.
The smell of disinfectant mixed with the coolness of the night penetrated his nostrils, but it couldn't suppress the growing anxiety in his heart. He practically broke open the door to the VIP ward.
"Chen Nanxing?"
The ward was empty.
The bed was meticulously made, the white sheets smooth and wrinkle-free, as if no one had ever stayed there. A small vase of fresh lilies sat on the bedside table, emitting a delicate fragrance.
He stood there in a daze, his blood seemed to stagnate at this moment, and the only sound in his ears was the suddenly amplified heartbeat.
"Sir, how can I help you?"
The nurse ran over breathlessly and blocked Lin Shanglu's way.
Just now, Lin Shanglu rushed in aggressively without saying anything, and no one could stop him.
The nurse had just walked into a trap. Lin Shanglu turned around abruptly, pointed at the empty ward, and asked:
"Where are the people staying in this ward?"
"Are you Lin Shanglu?"
The video of Chen Nanxing has become popular all over the country, and almost everyone who goes online is eating this melon. The nurse is a young girl who actively surfs the Internet after get off work, so naturally she also got this melon.
It is known that the original resident of this ward was Chen Nanxing, so the person who came now and was wrapped tightly must be Lin Shanglu.
A complex expression flashed across the nurse's face, a mixture of sympathy and a hint of subtle contempt.
"Ms. Chen completed the discharge procedures two days ago."
"Discharge?" Lin Shanglu's head buzzed, as if hit by a heavy hammer. "Are all the doctors in your hospital idiots? She can't be discharged in her condition!"
He couldn't keep his wife because of such shameless things he did, and now he takes his anger out on them. The nurses are extremely contemptuous of him.
"It was Ms. Chen who insisted on doing so. She signed the waiver agreement."
The patient insisted on leaving. What could a private hospital do?
The nurse who was yelled at for no reason also expressed her innocence. She decided to speak out tonight and spread the label of Lin Shanglu as irritable, angry and emotional in every comment section discussing this incident.
“…”
Lin Shanglu gnashed his teeth in hatred, but it was of no use. While he was arguing with the nurse, Chen Nanxing had already been found. He did not linger any longer and turned to leave.
Chen Nanxing is indeed no longer in the hospital, but she is still in Zhaofeng.
The work of helping girls in the mountains to go to school had just made some progress, and Chen Nanxing planned to live here for a while, so he rented a room in Zhaofeng. After much selection, he chose a residential building that was neither new nor old.
On the third floor, there are two units per elevator. Chen Nanxing rented the unit facing the sun, and the one next to it was rented by Ji Chuan.
But Ji Chuan doesn't live here these days.
On the evening of the day she moved out of the hospital, Ji Chuan received a call from his stepmother, saying that his father had suddenly fainted and was hospitalized.
Ji Chuan was extremely anxious. After helping Chen Nanxing settle down here, he bought the nearest ticket and left.
So now only Chen Nanxing lives on this floor.
Although Ji Chuan was not here, he was still thinking about Chen Nanxing and would send messages to Chen Nanxing whenever he had free time.
[Xiao Ji: Nanxing, have you eaten?]
[Xiao Ji: Can you adapt to being alone?]
[Xiao Ji: You're the only girl on that floor, so don't open the door if someone knocks at night.]
…
He chattered on and on, sending more than a dozen messages in total. After taking a shower, Chen Nanxing picked up his phone from the coffee table in his pajamas and replied to each message one by one until the last one.
Xiaoji: The weather forecast shows heavy rain in Zhaofeng today, remember to close the doors and windows.
This house has been empty for several months. Chen Nanxing dislikes the stuffy smell inside, so he has kept the windows open 24 hours a day for the past two days.
Ji Chuan's words hit the nail on the head.
The weather forecast said it would rain heavily today, and Chen Nanxing received a thunderstorm warning early in the morning. However, it didn't rain all day. Chen Nanxing was at home and had no need to go out, so he opened the window to ventilate.
Chen Nanxing exited the chat interface and clicked on the weather forecast on his mobile phone, which showed that it was drizzling in Zhaofeng at the moment.
It was already late at night, and Chen Nanxing thought the rain would stop, but he didn't expect it to start now.
She put her phone back on the coffee table and hurried to close the windows of the living room, bathroom, kitchen and guest bedroom.
After all the windows were closed, Chen Nanxing walked towards the bedroom with her cell phone. Ji Chuan might be busy at this time and did not reply to her message.
Chen Nanxing threw his cell phone on the bed and went to close the bedroom window with the brown sugar ginger tea he had just brewed in the kitchen.
Through the narrow window of the bedroom and through the neatly arranged iron fences, Chen Nanxing saw a man standing downstairs, a tall man. Maybe because the rain was still light, the cigarette between the man's fingers was still flashing with a scarlet flame.
Even without the flickering streetlight, Chen Nanxing knew that the man downstairs was Lin Shanglu because of the surging love that had been engraved into his bones day after day.
She was not surprised that Lin Shanglu could find her. In fact, as long as Lin Shanglu wanted to find her, he could find her even if she ran to the ends of the earth. After all, although Hengxing is now in danger, his connections are still there, and finding someone is just a matter of time.
As if by telepathy, Lin Shanglu looked up at the third floor with a cigarette in his mouth, and his gaze met Chen Nanxing's downward gaze.
Lin Shanglu was startled and subconsciously threw the cigarette in his mouth to the ground and stomped it out.
Now the only source of light around him was the flickering street lamp above his head.
What is he here for?
Chen Nanxing avoided his gaze, reached out to another open window and pulled it over, secretly hoping that the rain would get lighter and lighter.
Unfortunately, God is not on our side. It is an exception for wishes to come true, but it is normal for things to go against one's wishes.
The rain is getting heavier.
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