But he couldn't leave. He had been holding on until now. There were less than three hours left until 12 o'clock. If he left, all his previous efforts would be in vain.

At this point, I don’t know if the mother and son have eaten.

Thinking of this, Pei Yang went to a nearby grocery store and made a phone call.

He left in a hurry at noon and did not have time to remember the hospital's phone number, so he could only call Chen's house.

When he learned that Pei Wenping had sent food and crucian carp soup to the hospital, he finally felt relieved.

Chen Yi asked about the food factory on the phone. When he learned that Pei Yang was currently guarding Hengxing, he became a little worried and offered to come over, but Pei Yang politely declined.

He had no choice but to confront Hengxing head-on, and he had to fight a desperate battle, but he must not drag Chen Yi and the Chen family into the water.

After finishing the call, Pei Yang bought some cigarettes, alcohol, melon seeds, biscuits and the like and took them back for everyone to pass the time.

…

Upon learning that Pei Yang was not at the food factory, Pei Wenping thought about it and went back to the hospital.

It was almost 10 o'clock when she returned to the hospital.

Shen Mingzhu had already fallen asleep. Pei Ziheng sat beside the bed, dozing off little by little.

Pei Wenping tiptoed over and quietly woke Pei Ziheng up, and the aunt and nephew went outside the ward to talk in private.

"Ziheng, has your father come to the hospital?"

Pei Ziheng shook his head, "Isn't Dad in the factory?"

Pei Wenping wondered where Pei Yang had gone so late at night, but she tried to comfort her nephew, "Maybe he went home."

Pei Ziheng: "Then why don't we just call home and find out?"

Pei Wenping: “…”

Why are kids nowadays so hard to fool?

"No need to call. He should be coming to the hospital by now. When he gets here, ask him to call me."

"oh."

Pei Wenping finished her words but did not leave immediately.

Seeing that she was hesitant to speak, Pei Ziheng pursed his lips slightly, "Aunt, I am a brother now. Dad is not here, so I am the man of the family. You can tell me anything."

Pei Wenping's heart almost melted by her nephew's sensible and adorable appearance.

She looked around and saw that there were no people in the corridor, so she squatted down and asked Pei Ziheng in a low voice, "Do you know who has the key to the factory office and whether the door is usually locked?"

"It's not locked during the day. It's locked after get off work. Only mom has the key. Aunt, why are you asking this?"

Pei Wenping had not thought too deeply about the loss of the purchase contract, but tonight when she saw Hu Guifen alone in the factory so late at night, her years of professional acumen made her suspicious.

Could it be that the contract was not lost but stolen?

Pei Ziheng was such a smart guy that he guessed something just from Pei Wenping's expression. "Aunt, what happened?"

Pei Wenping didn't want to tell this kind of thing to a child like her nephew.

But then he thought of his nephew's intelligence and precocity, so he whispered to him about the incident when he ran into Hu Guifen at the food factory that night.

"Don't tell your mom about this, so she doesn't worry. Don't tell anyone else either. Just tell your dad, okay?"

Pei Ziheng nodded.

Pei Wenping came and left quickly, but Pei Ziheng was no longer sleepy.

It's not that he didn't have doubts, but too many things happened that day and he didn't have time to think about it.

Hu Guifen is a serious and cautious person. She usually doesn't even dare to speak loudly. If she hadn't been bribed or instructed by someone, she wouldn't have the courage to do such a thing.

How could he find the person behind the scenes? Looking at Shen Mingzhu's tranquil and beautiful face, Pei Ziheng's dark eyes glowed with a cold light.

Anyone who hurts my mother will die a miserable death.

…

"It's 12 o'clock!"

"It's 12 o'clock, boss, can we go home now?"

A middle-aged woman in her forties asked Pei Yang in a trembling voice.

Pei Yang asked Shen Chaobei to move a box of apple candies from the truck and distribute them to the witnesses who had been waiting until now.

Originally there were only seven or eight people, and then a few passers-by joined in, and the team swelled to twelve or thirteen people.

A box of sugar weighs thirty kilograms, and each person gets more than two kilograms.

We also had mutton for dinner and drank some wine. Everyone was very satisfied. After expressing our gratitude repeatedly, they went home happily.

Pei Yang arranged for Shen Chaobei and Du Juan to follow Lao Zhu's car back to the food factory, and gave the office key to Lao Zhu, asking them to sleep in the factory tonight and arrange for someone to unload the goods tomorrow morning.

After Lao Zhu drove away, Pei Yang did not leave, but went into a hotel diagonally opposite Hengxing.

In a room on the second floor of the hotel facing the street.

Pei Yang held the steaming enamel cup to warm his hands while talking to the young man in the room: "Did you take pictures of everything?"

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The man nodded, "Don't worry, it will be in the newspaper tomorrow."

"When the photos are developed, give me a copy too."

"Sure, no problem. Just give me your address and I'll mail it to you after I wash it."

The young man packed up his camera and belongings and prepared to leave, saying, "The room fee has been paid, you can stay until tomorrow."

"No, my wife is still in the hospital. I have to go see her."

The young man was noncommittal. "I have a car. Can I give you a ride?"

"Okay, thank you."

Pei Yang knew that he had no power and influence, and if he went head-to-head with Hengxing alone, he would definitely end up in trouble.

So before coming to Hengxing, he first went to find Hengxing's competitor - Poly.

Although this small dispute cannot hurt Hengxing, it is good if it can cause trouble for Hengxing.

Therefore, Baoli was happy to help Pei Yang and specially arranged for a reporter to come.

…

By the time Pei Yang arrived at the hospital, it was almost one o'clock and the door of the inpatient department had been locked.

But this did not pose a problem for Pei Yang. He found a secluded place and climbed over the two-meter-high wall in just a few steps.

When he arrived on the third floor and saw his son sitting at the door of the ward, Pei Yang paused slightly.

Pei Ziheng turned his head as if he sensed something, and the moment he saw Pei Yang, his dark eyes, which had originally been somewhat dimmed, gathered again.

He jumped off the long wooden bench and walked towards Pei Yang with his short legs.

Pei Yang bent down and picked him up, and as he walked towards the ward, he lowered his voice and asked, "Where's your mother?"

"Mom is asleep."

"Why don't you sleep together?"

"Wait for you."

As they were talking, the father and son had already arrived at the door of the ward.

The door of the ward was closed, and through the palm-sized glass window on the door, you could see the scene inside the ward.

For fear of disturbing Shen Mingzhu and other patients' rest, Pei Yang did not go in. Instead, he stood at the door and watched silently through the glass window for a while, then sat on the long wooden bench against the wall holding his son.

After asking around, Pei Yang was relieved to learn that Shen Mingzhu was fine.

"Dad, was Mom's contract stolen?"

Pei Yang looked at his son's tender little face. He didn't show it on his face, but he was very surprised in his heart, "Why do you say that?"

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