Qiao Yunshu hugged the two children and cried. She got tired of crying and fell asleep naturally. When she heard that there was no movement in the room, her grandmother carefully opened the door and came in. She saw her and the two children with tears on their faces. The sleeping child couldn't help but sigh.
She lovingly wiped away the tears on their faces, covered them with quilts, and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her hands after walking out.
Why are these two children so miserable? Seeing that the two of them were about to finally get married, why did something like this happen again?
Qiao Yunshu's sleep was not peaceful. She had a nightmare about Li Hanting who fell from the cruise ship.
His tall figure fell from the huge cruise ship and looked so small. Human beings are like little ants in front of nature. When she fell, she was immediately swallowed by the waves, and she couldn't even see the waves.
He was drawn into the endless deep sea, and the cold and salty sea water kept pouring into his nasal cavity, suffocating Li Hanting.
But in the dream, he could do nothing. He could only watch him struggling in the endless deep sea, and finally sank deeper into the sea exhausted.
At the last second, Li Hanting, who had turned pale and closed his eyes, suddenly opened his eyes, looked straight in her direction, opened his thin lips, and said the last words to her.
"I love you."
Qiao Yunshu woke up suddenly, her forehead covered with cold sweat. Her heart was beating wildly. She saw an empty room in front of her, except for the two children lying quietly on the bed.
She closed her eyes, but the image lingered: Li Hanting fell into the abyss from the cruise ship, his eyes full of despair and reluctance. Her tears fell quietly, that was the man she loved deeply, the man she was willing to give everything for.
She thought of every bit of them, those sweet moments, those painful struggles, all like a sharp knife, piercing deeply into her heart.
Qiao Yunshu hugged her head tightly, trying to escape from that nightmare. But Li Hanting's figure still lingers.
She turned on her phone, clicked on the chat page with Li Hanting, and kept sending him messages one after another.
[They said you were the most excited. I really can’t believe it. Yesterday you said you were going to bring me a gift, so why did something happen all of a sudden? 】
I just had a nightmare, dreaming about you being swallowed by the endless sea water.
[The children and I miss you very much. You must come back. 】
Qiao Yunshu's tears kept dripping on the screen of her phone. She wiped her tears and continued to send him messages.
[You promised me that you would tell me no matter what happened, but now you have lost contact. 】
[Do you know how worried I am about you? 】
[If you encounter any trouble, I hope you can tell me and we will face it together.
【I love you, Han Ting. 】
She kept checking her phone, but never waited for Li Hanting's reply.
After Qiao Yunshu subconsciously typed those five words, she was stunned for a moment.
Perhaps only at this juncture did she truly understand what she was thinking. It's not just that she has a slight affection for Li Hanting, or that she likes him a little, she also loves him.
Otherwise, she would not have been so sad after Li Hanting's accident. She would have been heartbroken, as if a big hole had been opened in her heart and blood was flowing out continuously.
She understood her heart, but it was too late.
Why couldn't she understand earlier that she also liked Li Hanting? Why couldn't I say this sentence "I love you" to him yesterday?
Qiao Yunshu's tears blurred her vision. She looked at the screen of her phone and seemed to be able to see Li Hanting's deep eyes. How she wished he could suddenly reply to her message and tell her that he was fine, but that he could not contact her for the time being.
Just as she was immersed in sadness, her phone suddenly vibrated, showing a new message. She opened it tremblingly, a spark of hope igniting in her heart.
But the reality disappointed him. It was not the person he imagined who replied to her message, but Jiang Tang.
[Sister, something happened to Li Hanting, is it true? 】
Qiao Yunshu wiped her tears, but the tears seemed like a faucet that couldn't be turned off, and she couldn't wipe them away no matter how hard she wiped them away.
【yes. 】
The next second, the other party called. Her tone was cautious and distressed, "You have to be stronger. There is no news yet. No news is the best news. He may have been rescued."
Jiang Tang was extremely shocked when she heard the news. Although she had never liked Li Hanting, she had never thought that such a powerful person would accidentally fall into the sea and disappear without a trace.
Qiao Yunshu sniffed, looked down at the two children, and nodded, "You are right, I should be strong at this time."
The two children are still young, and the grandmother is old, and the Li family's father and mother must be devastated now. The elderly Mrs. Li may be so sad.
No matter what, she was once married into their family. At this time, she, a young man, was the only pillar of support. Some things could not be avoided blindly and she had to shoulder her corresponding responsibilities.
After giving herself several hints to be strong, Qiao Yunshu temporarily blocked her grief, and suddenly realized something was wrong.
"How did you know something happened to him?"
Even she herself only knew that something had happened to Li Hanting when she received a call from Li's mother not long ago. And someone like Jiang Tang, who usually didn't care much about the affairs of wealthy families, actually knew this news. There was a sense of discord in everything. sense.
What's more, if something like the sudden disappearance of the leader of a large group spreads, it will have a very bad impact on the company, which may lead to a decline in the stock price and internal instability.
So they must hide this matter as much as possible.
Jiang Tang said, "I also heard what others said. This matter seems to have spread among the wealthy circles in City A. Even many people from the outside world know about it. Now it is on the hot search. Many reporters have gathered around You want to interview them at your doorstep to ask if this is true."
She is really a daughter of a wealthy family, and she also has her own sensitive understanding of this kind of thing.
"It must be something caused by a competitor of the Li family."
If they spread this matter, people outside will definitely be worried and afraid that the people in charge of the Li family are missing. Then can their stocks and companies still survive? Doesn’t it mean that the tree will fall and the descendants will be scattered?
This is an opportunity for competitors to take advantage of it. They will take advantage of it and suppress the Li Group to gain profits from it.
Qiao Yunshu frowned. She suddenly thought of something and immediately called Li's mother, "Mom, was Han Ting's matter deliberately leaked? I heard that reporters have surrounded you at the door of your house. ,Are you guys OK?"
Mother Li was silent on the phone for a few seconds, "There are indeed many opponents who want to destroy us, and reporters are also at the door, but I have asked the bodyguards to ask everyone out. The impact of this incident on the group is indeed not small. , we are working on a solution, don’t worry.”
Her voice was extremely hoarse, and it could be heard that she must have cried bitterly just now.
Qiao Yunshu sounded a little sad. Li Hanting had just had a car accident due to family struggles and became a vegetative state. Although he woke up later, he fell into the sea again not long ago due to an accident. I don't know what Mother Li's heart is like as a mother. How sad it must be.
She said, "If there is anything you need my help with, you must ask."
Mother Li's voice was full of exhaustion, "Yun Shu, your grandma couldn't accept the emotional ups and downs when she heard about Han Ting's accident. She just fainted and has been sent to the hospital."
"What? Something happened to Grandma Li?"
Qiao Yunshu stood up immediately, and there was a buzzing in his ears.
Before she and Li Hanting divorced, several elders were very kind to her, and Grandma Li was as kind and kind as her grandmother, so she didn't want anything to happen to them.
Qiao Yunshu seemed to have made up her mind, "Let's do this, otherwise I will take the children back to Li's house to stay for a few days. If anything happens, we can discuss it easily."
Mother Li's tears fell again. She was quite moved and said, "Yunshu, good child, this matter is really troublesome for you."
Her vision was also blurry, "You are too polite. I believe Han Ting will come back."
The gift he promised to give her had not yet been delivered to her in person, how could he die like this?
Mother Li immediately sent a car and several bodyguards to pick them up. Qiao Yunshu took the two children, grandma and Aunt Zhang into the car.
When passing by the front door of Li's house, she saw from a distance through the glass window many reporters carrying cameras surrounding the door, determined to get the true situation of Li Hanting from them.
But the interests involved in this matter are really too great. If the news of Li Hanting's disappearance cannot be released, it will definitely cause huge losses to the company and lead to turmoil in the entire Li Group. Therefore, we should keep silent now and do public relations as soon as possible. The best solution.
After several people entered Li's house, Qiao Yunshu saw Li's mother with a haggard face. The lady who was very elegant at all times was now as haggard as a terminally ill patient.
But when he saw Qiao Yunshu and the two children, he still struggled and tried to squeeze out a smile from the corner of his lips. In the end, he failed and forced out a smile that was uglier than crying, "You are here."
Grandma couldn't see this situation either. She patted Li's mother's hand and reassured her that everything would be fine.
At this moment, Qiao Yunshu's mood became calmer and calmer. She felt more and more that she was the one who could be the backbone of the family, so she must not have an emotional breakdown, otherwise the family would be completely destroyed.
Her brain was running rapidly, analyzing the current situation, "We can first refute the rumor on the official website that Li Hanting's disappearance is a rumor. The outside world will definitely doubt the authenticity of our announcement and ask Li Hanting to come forward. At this time, we are saying that he is sick and needs to There is a one-month closed treatment period, so that the outside world will not doubt our words too much if we mix truth and lies."
This is indeed a good idea. Compared with the illness of the person in power, the disappearance of the person in power is naturally much bigger.
The first thing they have to do is to stabilize the hearts of outside investors and many partners. As for the future, they can plan for the long term.
Father Li also agreed very much with this decision and immediately waved his hand to the special assistant to do it.
She took a breath and asked, "Has the investigation into Li Hanting's fall into the sea been launched? Is it really just an accident? Just a simple terrorist attack?"
Her voice was still trembling when she said this, but she could only keep her barely calm by pinching her hands desperately and feeling the pain caused by the sharp nails digging into her flesh.
"No." Dad Li, a taciturn man, also got red-eyed when talking about his missing son. "Preliminary investigation shows that the terrorists are just a gimmick. In fact, there is someone else behind the scenes."
Qiao Yunshu named a person with a firm voice, "Li Xingyun."
Apart from him, she could not think of anyone else with a mind as dark and delicate as his, and he had just the right timing to design this accident, which seemed like a terrorist attack, but was actually a carefully planned murder.
Mother Li's face turned red with anger when she mentioned him, "It must be him. Besides him, who else would go to such great lengths to harm my son?"
At this moment, the special assistant who had just left the living room hurriedly walked in with a gloomy expression, "No, Li Xingyun is going to unite a group of shareholders to hold a shareholders' meeting to re-elect a person in power."
"What?"
Father Li, Mother Li and Qiao Yunshu all stood up in disbelief.
Why re-elect another person in power? He just wants to put himself in the position so that he can fully control the Li Group and make the business empire that Li Hanting has worked so hard to own become his.
"What qualifications does he have to convene a shareholders' meeting?"
The special assistant's face was also livid, "One of the shareholders, Director Fang, had secretly colluded with him, another Director Li, a long time ago. He persuaded him, and now he has joined his camp."
Li Xingyun is also a member of the Li family, so he also holds some shares in the Li Group. But his shares are very small, and he is not even qualified to participate in high-level decision-making. He can only receive a certain amount of dividends every year. However, he colluded with two shareholders, and the combined shares of the three of them were indeed enough to convene a shareholders' meeting.
There was a burning anger in Qiao Yunshu's heart, which surged directly from his stomach to his forehead.
There was only one thought left in her mind.
No, absolutely not.
She must not let Li Hanting's hard work be possessed by others so easily.
Since he is missing now and unable to defend his territory, she will help him protect everything he has. When Li Hanting comes back, what he owns will still belong to him intact.
