Chapter 83: News of a Child
Chapter 83: News of a Child
When Zhao Xiaoya heard Song Qiao ask her to go back to the company to have her clothes dry cleaned, she quickly said, "Chairman Song, I have something to do this afternoon, please take the day off!"
This wasn't a request for instructions, but a notification. Upon hearing this, Song Qiao said, "Please ask for leave in advance. It won't be approved now. Go get my clothes dry-cleaned right now; I'm waiting to wear them."
After ending the call with Song Qiao, Zhao Xiaoya angrily cursed, "That bitch, is she deliberately trying to mess with me?"
"Forget it! You should go back quickly, don't let this ruin important things."
"I'm not going back!"
The two had just entered the room and hadn't even had a chance to get down to business yet.
Recently, Jiang Ming has been very sexually active, and Zhao Xiaoya is also in her thirties, so she didn't get enough fun in the small house and wanted to have a good time here. But Song Qiao ruined her plans.
"Bear with it, don't ruin my big plan!"
Jiang Ming looked at Zhao Xiaoya, his smile vanished, and he became very serious.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Xiaoya pouted and said, "I know! Just look at you, you only know how to bully me."
"Stop talking nonsense and let's go."
Song Qiao drove to the hospital and turned on the surveillance camera in Jiang Ming's office before even getting out of the car.
It seems the medicine she had someone put in his health-preserving kettle is working; once a day isn't enough, he needs to go to the Moon Palace for more.
She smiled. This medicine would slowly deplete Jiang Ming's body. Didn't he like to do it several times a day? Well, she would help him.
Song Qiao suddenly realized that it was quite fun to pull a puppet with a string.
Song Qiao went upstairs and arrived at the ward that Lu Mingxuan had specially prepared for him. Upon entering, he saw Tao Meiling guarding Song Jianguo's bedside.
"Mom! How is Dad?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhang Yao came out of the washroom carrying a washbasin: "Chairman Song, you've come?"
What are you doing...?
"The aunt said the chairman usually likes things to be clean, so we're wiping him down."
Song Qiao looked at Zhang Yao gratefully: "Thank you!"
"Chairman Song, this is what I should do."
As Zhang Yao spoke, he unbuttoned Song Jianguo's hospital gown and began to wipe his body.
Tao Meiling and Song Qiao both helped, and they finished wiping it off in no time.
“Zhang Yao, you should go back to the company. My mom can handle things here. The company needs you more.”
Upon hearing this, Tao Meiling quickly looked at Zhang Yao and said, "Over the years, everyone in the company has been bought off by Jiang Ming. There are very few people who are truly sincere towards Qiao Qiao. You should go back and help her. Auntie is here to take care of things."
Zhang Yao had been serving here for two days, and he knew that Lu Mingxuan had already made all the arrangements. He looked up at Song Qiao and said, "Then I'll go back first. I'll come back to keep Chairman Song company when I have time."
"Good! Zhang Yao, I've transferred Zhao Xiaoya to the chairman's office..."
After Song Qiao said this, she gave him a wink, and the two of them went to the balcony.
"After you go back..."
Song Qiao told Zhao Yao all about the upcoming plans.
"There's a meeting at 3 PM today. I need to make some personnel adjustments in the company. Go back and prepare in advance."
"I understand. I'll pack up and head back."
After Zhang Yao said this, the two returned to the ward. Before leaving, Zhang Yao wrote down the medicine Song Jianguo needed to take and the time to turn over each day on a piece of paper and handed it to Tao Meiling.
“Auntie, this is something that needs to be done for Chairman Song every day. If you need to turn him over, I think you should ask a nurse for help. It’s too much for you to do it alone.”
Tao Meiling looked at Zhang Yao with gratitude and said, "I understand, child, you can go now."
Watching Zhang Yao leave, Song Qiao was about to go find Lu Mingxuan to find out about Song Jianguo's situation when her phone rang. She answered the call from an unknown number.
Because she was looking for her child recently, she answered all the calls. If they were harassing or scam calls, she would answer them and then block them.
"Hello! Are you Miss Song? I'm Wang Xiangwen, who sells scrap metal. Didn't you ask about the child last time? I recently heard some news that I'd like to share with you to see if it can help you."
Hearing this, Song Qiao looked at Tao Meiling in front of the hospital bed and said, "Okay! Where are you now? I'll come over and talk to you!"
"I'm near the park in the west of the city. You can find me when you come here."
Song Qiao checked the time; it was 1:50 PM, and there was still one hour and ten minutes before the meeting started.
"Okay! I'm coming right away, wait for me." Song Qiao was very excited to hear that there was news about the child.
After ending the call with Wang Xiangwen, Song Qiao returned to the ward and said, "Mom! I have a meeting this afternoon, so I'm leaving. If you need anything, just call me, or you can call Dr. Lu."
Tao Meiling has Lu Wenxuan's phone number, which Song Qiao gave her.
Tao Meiling knew her daughter was busy, so she looked up at her and said, "Go ahead and do your work, Mom will take care of things here!"
"Then I'm leaving!"
Watching Song Qiao's retreating figure walk to the door, Tao Meiling called out to her, "Qiao Qiao, take care of yourself!"
Song Qiao turned to look at Tao Meiling: "Mom! Don't worry."
Having returned in this life, she is determined to protect them and prevent Jiang Ming's evil clutches from reaching them. Her father's coma this time is a lesson learned.
She needs to be cautious in her next move. When fighting Jiang Ming and Zhao Xiaoya, she needs to take the initiative instead of waiting to be beaten.
After leaving the hospital, Song Qiao drove directly to the west of the city.
Upon arriving near the park Wang Xiangwen had mentioned, Song Qiao made a phone call.
The other person answered immediately: "Hello! Where are you? I'm at the lighthouse."
Song Qiao didn't reveal the truth about knowing the child because she was afraid that if Jiang Ming found out, he would set a trap for her, putting both her and the child in danger.
"Okay! I'll come find you right away."
Song Qiao didn't move, standing under the lighthouse. After a while, she saw a middle-aged man riding a tricycle come by.
Song Qiao looked at it and realized it was the same one she had seen at the scrap metal yard last time, so she felt relieved and walked over.
"Brother Wang, have you found out which family has adopted a child?"
"I heard that a family surnamed Zhang adopted a girl five years ago. I wonder if she is the daughter you are looking for?"
Hearing this, Song Qiao felt a surge of excitement: "Big brother, can you take me there to see it now?"
Wang Xiangwen looked at Song Qiao and said, "Okay, but I have to collect some scrap this afternoon. I've already called to arrange a time."
Upon hearing this, Song Qiao quickly took out two hundred yuan from her bag: "Brother, I'll compensate you for the money you earned from collecting recyclables."
Upon seeing the money, Wang Xiangwen immediately agreed: "Alright, I'll go with you now."
Wang Xiangwen parked his tricycle nearby and rode in Song Qiao's car to a residential area behind a commercial building.
Song Qiao had heard before that the oldest buildings in Jiangcheng were the tenement buildings here. After arriving, she parked the car outside the courtyard and the two of them got out and went inside.
At this moment, Jiang Ming, in the Moon Palace, carefully watched the surveillance footage that had been retrieved. It showed him wearing a hood and covering Song Jianguo's mouth, and the entire video was very clear from beginning to end.
After watching it, he took it out, deleted it, and casually threw the useless surveillance footage into the trash can.
Then he took out his phone and opened the surveillance footage in Song Qiao's office. He saw that no one was inside. He then went to the car, but he could only see the area behind the car seat and nothing else.
"Could the surveillance footage have been discovered?"
Jiang Ming thought this, but immediately dismissed it. If Song Qiao found it in her car, she would definitely find it in the office as well. One explanation was that the camera was blocked.
readytorunbook