Recalling that scene, Zhang Chunhua's eyes were full of fear and her voice trembled:
"As a result, the black shadow suddenly jumped up and rushed towards me!"
"My vision went dark and I didn't know anything anymore... When I woke up, I quickly got up from the ground and turned on the light!"
"I saw Cuicui lying motionless on the bed... Wu..."
Zhang Chunhua's low-pitched sobs made people's hearts tighten. Bo Ling put his arms around her shoulders and tried to give her some comfort.
Meng Jiu'an frowned slightly. He seemed to notice something passing by Zhang Chunhua's words, but he didn't catch it.
While I was thinking about it, the ward door was pushed open.
Li Mei and Yu Changxi arrived.
Meng Jiu'an said yesterday that he would come to the hospital today, so Li Mei and the others were not surprised when they saw him.
Yu Changxi, on the other hand, remembered to remind Meng Jiuan as soon as he saw him:
"Brother-in-law, you don't have to go to the store to pick up my sister from get off work today. She went to restock the goods in the afternoon. She might have gone home by now."
Yu Changxi was worried that his trip would be in vain and that he would be as worried as he was last time about finding no one to help him.
"knew."
Meng Jiu'an nodded, thought for a moment and then asked: "Where does your sister go to buy goods? Is there a lot of stuff?"
In his opinion, Yu Changle had lost a lot of weight these days. With her current small body, she probably couldn't move too many things. She had asked the hospital what she should have asked, and he could go and help her after he was done.
After all, I still want to see Yu Changle.
Yu Changxi seemed to have read through his thoughts and said with a smile: "Sister said it was just a piece of cloth, otherwise I would accompany her to the silk factory to get it."
Meng Jiuan's face suddenly changed: "She went to the silk factory to get cloth?"
Yu Changxi thought he was wondering how the silk factory could sell cloth to individual industrial and commercial households, so he explained:
"Originally, the silk factory is not for self-employed people, but Brother Bo works in the silk factory, and he helped his sister buy the fabric last time."
Yu Changxi naively thought that Yu Changle negotiated the supply this time because of Liu Bo's help.
Little did they know that Meng Jiuan became more and more nervous after hearing that Liu Bo was also involved:
"When did your sister go?"
Yu Changxi was stunned: "About...half an hour ago..."
Although he didn't know what happened, he could read his uneasiness from Meng Jiu'an's nervous expression.
As soon as he finished speaking, Meng Jiuan's figure disappeared into the ward, and Bo Ling hurriedly chased him out.
Yu Changxi's heart pounded: "Auntie, I'm worried that something happened to my sister. I have to go back and take a look!"
Li Mei was also nervous by the scene just now, and quickly responded: "Go quickly, Cuicui is here with me!"
Meng Jiu'an ran all the way, his heart beating violently in his chest, silently hoping that Yu Changle would have returned to the store at this moment.
The sky was already dim, and the white facade of Changle Clothing Store was still eye-catching on Shuncheng Street, but the lights... were turned off.
Meng Jiu'an's heart sank, and he rushed to the store door and lay down on his stomach and looked inside, but there was no sign of Yu Changle.
Maybe she had already put away the goods and gone home, Meng Jiu'an thought silently, but couldn't suppress the strong uneasiness in his heart.
He anxiously pulled the locked door and looked around, ready to find something to unlock the door.
You must see the piece of cloth in the store before you feel relieved. Come back tomorrow to apologize to Yu Changle.
Just when he couldn't find the right tool and was about to smash the glass display window with a stone picked up by the roadside, a voice behind him exclaimed:
"Brother-in-law, don't smash it! I have the key!"
Yu Changxi came after him panting, handed over the key, and bent over breathing heavily.
Meng Jiu'an anxiously took the key and couldn't get it into the keyhole for a long time.
Seeing this, Bo Ling beside him quickly stepped forward to take the key and opened the door with a click.
When I turned on the lights in the store, there was nothing on the operating table.
Meng Jiuan's heart suddenly felt as if he had fallen into a deep, freezing pool.
Yu Changxi calmed down and straightened up: "Brother-in-law, what happened?"
Meng Jiuan's face was as gloomy as ever: "Your sister hasn't come back yet."
He coldly dropped a word and did not explain anything to the two people beside him. A strong wind disappeared in front of their eyes.
Before Yu Changxi could react, he asked Bai Ling blankly: "Where are you going, brother-in-law?"
Boling frowned slightly: "Let's go to the silk factory!"
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It was already dark and the door of the silk factory was closed.
The guard in the silk factory's communication room was dozing off when suddenly there was a sound of violent slapping on the iron door.
The guard was startled and quickly picked up his stick and flashlight and walked to the small door:
"Who?"
"Investigating the case! Open the door!"
An urgent and cold voice came, and the guard quickly opened the small door to find out. Outside the door was the young officer he had just seen yesterday.
He hurriedly opened the door and asked: "Wait a minute, wait a minute, you didn't receive a notice that you are coming today?"
As soon as the door was opened a crack, Meng Jiuan eagerly pushed the door open and came in:
"Did a girl of about eighteen years old come to the factory to pick up the goods half an hour ago?"
The guard was stunned when asked: "Our factory's goods are all delivered by truck, how come there is a little girl coming to pick up the goods?"
"Are you sure you haven't?!"
Meng Jiu'an's eyes were sharp and his tone was strong, which made the guard panic. He originally wanted to say "sure", but he held it in his mouth and did not say it out.
Meng Jiuan roared angrily: "Is it true?!"
The guard's calves softened and he almost cried out of fright: "I...I don't know, I didn't see it. I just went back home for dinner..."
Meng Jiu'an felt it was very ridiculous. A security guard who didn't guard the door actually ran home to eat after get off work? !
The security guard knew that he had neglected his duty and hurriedly explained: "My home is right next to me. I can't go home for five minutes. I can only leave for a quarter of an hour and be back!"
Worried that Meng Jiu'an would cause trouble for him, he tried hard to recall what Meng Jiu'an asked, and suddenly a figure appeared in his mind:
"I remember, a girl of about eighteen years old came today. She seemed to be named Yu..."
"Yes! It's her!" Meng Jiu'an was shocked.
The guard hesitated and said, "However, she came in the morning and left soon."
"She came in the morning? What did she come for?" Meng Jiu'an asked.
The guard remembered it very clearly. He took away a pack of cigarettes and was scolded:
"She came to the factory director to discuss cooperation. It seems that the negotiation was successful. She looked very happy when she left."
Meng Jiuan quickly put these scattered pieces of information together in his mind:
So Yu Changle came to pick up the goods, most likely because she had agreed on cooperation with the factory director in the morning, so she would definitely come if she told Yu Changxi to pick up the goods.
The guard didn't see her go in, probably because he went home for dinner at that time, and he didn't see Yu Changle coming out after he came back. There are two possibilities.
One possibility is that Yu Changle had already picked up the goods and left before he came back.
But if Yu Changle really left so quickly, it was only five to ten minutes before getting off work. There were so many workers off work that there was basically no danger. Why didn't she return to the store?
Meng Jiu'an turned to look at the dark factory area, his heart beating uneasily.
There is another possibility...
Yu Changle is still inside the factory!
