Chapter 65 Saving the Exploited Sister in a Modern Drama
Qin Fang had been busy with the company’s affairs for the past few days. The Zuo family had been away from China for too long, and their personal connections were all estranged. These days, she’d been looking for people everywhere to clear up their relationships, but unfortunately, it had little effect.
In the end, it was because of Zhao Lanxin’s reminder that she’d thought of the Li family. That was right—the Zuo family’s personal connections were all in the United States, but the Li family was different; the Li family was a ground snake! They must have these connections.
[A character with a certain ability in the local area]
Qin Fang immediately took out her cellphone to call Mama Li, but Mama Li’s cellphone had been turned off.
Qin Fang frowned slightly. She searched Papa Li’s number on her phone and called him, but no one answered the call.
Qin Fang felt that something was wrong. She immediately drove to the Li family’s house, but she was stopped outside the community. The security guard at the door seemed new. Even if Qin Fang said she was Mrs. Li’s friend, she was not allowed to enter without an access card.
Qin Fang was frustrated; all these things after another had happened, and now even a small security guard dared to annoy her.
Qin Fang glared at the security guard. When she was done with the task at hand, she would settle the account with him. Wasn’t he merely a community security guard? She didn’t believe she couldn’t get rid of him.
Qin Fang drove directly to the Li family’s company and went straight up. “Is Chairman Li in? I’m his friend, and I want to see him.”
“I’m sorry, madam, the chairman is not here. He and his wife went on a trip to celebrate the 25 years that they’ve known each other. They’ve been gone for a few days. Didn’t you know?” The receptionist smiled gently. Didn’t you say you were the chairman’s friend? A friend who doesn’t even know this?
Qin Fang was stunned. She couldn’t explain the feeling in her heart. The twenty-fifth anniversary of their acquaintance? Was this worth celebrating? Between her and her dead husband, even the wedding anniversary would be forgotten, let alone other anniversaries. How could Shulan be so lucky!
“What about Huairou? Forget it, I’ll call her directly!”
Li Huairou received the call. “Hello, Auntie Qin. I’m at the office. Okay, I’ll come down right away.” Li Huairou put the phone away, turned around, and went out.
“Auntie Qin, why are you here? Is there something wrong?” Li Huairou smiled.
“Oh, I just happened to be in the area for something, so I stopped by to have a look. Your parents went on a trip? When will they come back? He can just leave such a big company behind and go on a trip?” Qin Fang said with a bit of hatred that iron could not be steel.
[Her expectation is futile, since it would require the person to change their nature]
“My father and mother often travel five or six times a year. There is no other way—they have too many anniversaries. There’s nothing to worry about. With so many people in the company, how can it stop running when my father is away? Don’t worry, Auntie!” Li Huairou said with a smile.
“You guys really are big!” Qin Fang really didn’t understand what this family was thinking. A big company could rest easy with being handed over to an outsider? Instead of being cheap to outsiders, it would be better to give it to her son! But with such thoughts, Qin Fang was embarrassed to speak out; after all, the relationship between the two families was not that good.
Therefore, Qin Fang had been working to bring the relationship between the two families closer.
Li Huairou smiled and did not speak. Whatever you say!
“By the way, when will your parents be back? Or can you contact them? Auntie is in a hurry to find them,” Qin Fang said after thinking for a while.
“I don’t know about this either. Maybe they’re having too much fun! I sent them a message on WeChat and they didn’t reply. The day before yesterday, my father called me and said they were on a ship and were going to travel across the sea. There’d be no signal, and he was afraid that I’d be worried, so he said hello in advance. How about this? When my father contacts me again, I’ll tell him,” Li Huairou said.
Qin Fang was a little disappointed. “Can’t you get in touch? Auntie is really in a hurry to find your parents.”
Li Huairou knew what Qin Fang was in a hurry for. The company was in a hurry to approach her sister before it got established? The Zuo family’s company had been able to open up smoothly—the Li family had probably had a big role in that! Now, without the help of the Li family, Qin Fang had hastily revealed her purpose and alarmed them.
“Auntie, if you don’t believe me, look at my cellphone. The last time we had contact was the day before yesterday.” Li Huairou handed her cellphone over.
Of course, Qin Fang couldn’t really look at her cell phone. She just glanced at it casually.
In the end, she left with a heavy heart.
“Then what should I do now?” Zuo Zheng sat down angrily, pulled off his tie, and threw it aside.
The successive encounters made him unable to maintain his exceptional gentleness and strategic thinking, revealing the true side of his character.
Qin Fang looked up at him. “Who made you so useless! You can’t even handle a woman!”
Zuo Zheng raised his head angrily after hearing this. “Didn’t you say that you and Mrs. Li had a good relationship and you could handle the couple? What about now? They don’t even tell you when they go out for a trip!”
Qin Fang’s eyes darkened. She’d been working hard for the company for several days, and she was already in low spirits, resting her head on the sofa because of dizziness.
Zhao Lanxin saw it and quickly gave Zuo Zheng a wink. Then she hurried to bring a glass of water and medicine over, feeding them to Qin Fang while persuading her. “Mom, don’t be angry, A-Zheng didn’t mean to contradict you. A-Zheng!”
Zuo Zheng also sat down. “Mom, I’m sorry. It’s my fault, don’t be angry—your health is important.”
Qin Fang looked at her son, knowing that what he said was insincere, and regretted that she’d handed Zuo Zheng to her father-in-law and mother-in-law to be raised in order to make them happy, separating her and her son. Although she’d endured it until the death of her in-laws and husband, her son had grown up, and the gap between them had arisen. No matter how she maintained it, she would never be able to return to the past.
But she only had this one son, and in the end, she could only pat Zuo Zheng’s hand. Everything would be kept silent!
Zhao Lanxin suddenly had an idea. “What if something happened to Li Huairou or Li Huaiyu?”
Qin Fang and Zuo Zheng looked at each other and smiled. Yes, if something happened to Li Huairou or Li Huaiyu, would they still be able to hide overseas and not come back?
“Forget about Li Huaiyu. As for Li Huairou, the security of the community they live in is very strict, and it’s not easy to enter. You can only consider the time she goes to work and gets off,” Qin Fang said after thinking about it.
Zuo Zheng nodded. “I’ll arrange it now.”
“Be careful.” Qin Fang rubbed her temples. The Zuo family had no foundation in China, so they had to be careful in everything they did.
Zuo Zheng nodded. “I know.” He got up and went out.
Zhao Lanxin gave him a wink.
“Mom, I’m going out too. Have a good rest,” Zhao Lanxin said, getting up.
Qin Fang nodded tiredly.
“Is this bad?” Zuo Zheng frowned subconsciously after listening to what Zhao Lanxin had said.
“Don’t you see that the Li family has no plans to marry someone from our family at all? Mom doesn’t have that much influence on Mrs. Li, and she can’t influence Mrs. Li’s decision at all. Otherwise, our plan would have been successful long ago. In this case, why do we have to hang onto a tree? Think about it—the two elders of the Li family love their daughters like they love life. If our plan is successful, they will be a handhold for a lifetime; won’t we be able to get anything we want from the Li family?” Zhao Lanxin said heartily.
The ancestors of the Zhao family had relied on this to make a fortune, and they’d later immigrated to the United States, so they were considered whitewashed. Zhao Lanxin had heard this from the elders of the family since she was a child, so she didn’t take it seriously at all.
Zuo Zheng was a little hesitant, but Zhao Lanxin saw it. “Be a man. Can’t you do things more simply? Don’t make me look down on you.”
Zuo Zheng immediately widened his eyes. “Let’s just do it. What’s the big deal?”
Zhao Lanxin smiled contentedly and stretched out her hand to tidy his collar. “This is the Zuo Zheng I know! How good is this—you don’t have to marry Li Huaiyu or Li Huairou to achieve our goal. How wonderful!
Zuo Zheng hugged Zhao Lanxin and nodded. “You’re right! It’s better to do it once and for all.”
“It’s just that you have to find a few appropriate people to handle this matter. Be careful not to involve yourself in it,” Zhao Lanxin continued.
“Don’t worry, I know,” Zuo Zheng said with a smile. If Dad hadn’t died so early and Mom had been able to control those people in the company, he wouldn’t have had to work so hard.
Qin Chuan and Sun Xiaomeng came to pick up Li Huairou for work. Qin Chuan was driving in front while Sun Xiaomeng and Li Huairou were having breakfast in the back. Their breakfast was very rich: soy milk and fritters, shaomai, steamed buns, wontons, fried dumplings, everything. Sun Xiaomeng fed Qin Chuan a bite from time to time.
Whenever this happened, Li Huairou would turn her eyes out of the car window; she was afraid of blinding her dog’s eyes with this display.
[A self-deprecating statement made by netizens when they feel disgusted and terrified or frightened when they see picture]
Then she realized something was wrong.
“Brother Qin Chuan, that black commercial car in the back seems to be following us on a few streets.” Li Huairou laid on the seat and looked around. Then she took her cellphone out, took a picture of the license plate number, and sent the photo to the number that Wang Zhao had given her.
Qin Chuan glanced back and frowned slightly. At the next intersection, he deliberately turned left, changed the route, and got rid of that car. But in the end, at the next intersection, the car caught up again. Without saying a word, Qin Chuan turned around and prepared to go to the nearest police station.
The black commercial car was forced to stop by two cars, and all the people in the car were taken away.
Qin Chuan breathed a sigh of relief. Then she looked at Li Huairou. Li Huairou’s phone rang, and she immediately picked up. “Okay, thank you, Captain Qi.
Li Huairou hung up the phone. “It’s alright, Captain Qi will call and tell me later.”
Qin Chuan nodded. He didn’t ask who Captain Qi was and continued to drive.
At noon, Li Huairou received a call, and Qin Chuan also received a call, and both of their faces turned dark. Fuck, this person was too vicious!
It turned out that the order that the group had received was to kidnap Li Huairou and then take a video of her being raped.
It was a pity that those people hadn’t seen the man behind the scenes, so they couldn’t identify him.
But as for who was behind the scenes, everyone knew who it was.
Qin Chuan’s eyes sank slightly. It’s really too much! If a tiger doesn’t show his power, will they really think he is a sick cat?
That night, Zuo Zheng drank and sang with a few friends he had just met. He was so drunk, but he refused their offers to call him a driver and insisted on driving home by himself. As a result, he had a car accident on the way. Fortunately, it was late at night. Aside from Zuo Zheng, no one else was injured.
Only Zuo Zheng himself was seriously injured, rescued, and sent to the hospital over several hours.
