"Okay." Jiang Simon nodded: "Then I'll see you off at the airport tomorrow."
"No, I don't like the parting scene. I can just leave by myself." Cen Zhiqiao refused with a smile.
It's better not to have anyone around when parting, otherwise the feeling will be clearer. She doesn't like it, and would rather come and leave alone.
Jiang Simon wanted to say something more, but faced with Cen Zhiqiao's firmness, all the words he wanted to say stopped. He reached out his hand and patted her shoulder: "Bon voyage."
Cen Zhiqiao slept very peacefully that night, at least it was the most peaceful night since he returned to H City.
She was awakened by the rapid ringing of the phone. She reached for the phone from under her pillow. As soon as she picked it up, she heard a scream from the other end: "Qiaoqiao, help -"
The voice was vaguely familiar, but it seemed that she hadn't heard it for a long time. She was stunned for a moment, and then she sat up from the bed suddenly.
"Aunt Fang?"
She never expected to receive a call from Fang Manrou. Qiao Qiao thought she had heard wrongly and called out tentatively.
"It's me, Qiao Qiao, can you come home now?" The other end seemed to be crying and made a sound.
Cen Zhiqiao was startled and had no time to pay attention to how Fang Manrou knew her phone number and how she knew she was back. Listening to the low sobs on the other end, she only felt uneasy for a while.
"Aunt Fang, please don't cry yet. What happened?" While comforting her, she got out of bed and looked for clothes.
It was the first time that Fang Manrou was so rude when she called her. It was inevitable that a bad premonition arose spontaneously.
"Have you not watched the morning news, Mrs. Cen? Something happened to Mrs. Cen..." Cen Zhiqiao was startled, "What's going on?"
There was no sound on the other end of the phone, only crying. It came through the phone, which was particularly disturbing. After hearing this, Cen Zhiqiao couldn't help but feel agitated. He knew that even if he asked again, he wouldn't be able to get anything out, so he reluctantly calmed his thoughts and faced
Comforting phone call: "Don't be anxious or cry. Wait at home. I'll be there right away."
I quickly washed up, changed my clothes, and rushed to Cen's house. On the way, listening to the news broadcast on the radio in the taxi, I felt flustered again and again.
The Cen Group is suspected of cutting corners and 80% of the first batch of affordable housing units in City H are not up to standard. The relevant departments have now detained the person in charge of the Cen Group. The specific situation will be reported later.
how come?
If she remembers correctly, those affordable housing units should have been a project that Cen Shanfang took over from Gu Nianchen. At that time, Cen Shanfang did not hesitate to ask her daughter to be a lobbyist to obtain this project. Could it be that all his efforts were just to cut corners and profit from it?
?
Feeling annoyed and angry, she was extremely nervous along the way. When she arrived at Cen's house, she flew into the house.
What she saw was full of seals. Everything in the house was sealed. She searched for a long time but didn't see anyone. She couldn't help but yelled in the living room: "Aunt Fang, Cen Zhiyou, where are you?"
"Qiao Qiao?" Fang Manrou's voice came in a low voice. After hearing the voice, she cautiously poked her head out from the door of the study. When she saw it was Cen Zhiqiao, she immediately rushed towards her.
"Qiaoqiao, Qiaoqiao is really you, and you are back."
She has never wanted to see this wild girl as much as she does now, just because she really has no other choice. After Cen Shanfang was arrested, she called a lot but no one was willing to help. In desperation, she remembered what Tong had sent her two days ago.
The invitation came - Mei Zi was getting married. Cen Zhiqiao would definitely come back, so I went to check her phone number.
"Aunt Fang, where is my dad? Is he really taken away?" Cen Zhiqiao also came up to meet him and asked directly.
It's okay not to mention this. As soon as she mentioned it, Fang Manrou's tears burst out again: "Qiao Qiao, what can we do? The Cen family is going to be gone, and our family is going to be confiscated. What will happen in the future?"
Let’s do it...”
"Why are you talking about this now? Where is my dad? Who took him away? How did you say that?"
"I...I..." Fang Manrou could only cry. When she thought that everything was gone, she almost felt like the sky was falling.
"Stop crying, talk first!" Cen Zhiqiao was annoyed that even at this time, he still only cried.
Probably frightened by Cen Zhiqiao's fierce look, he finally stopped crying and still sobbing, but managed to say the words: "It's someone from the Discipline Inspection Commission who said they were going to take Qiao Qiao away for investigation. I'm so scared."
, can you go and see your dad."
She looked pitiful, but she still had the arrogant demeanor before. Now she was as frightened as a bird.
Cen Zhiqiao sighed: "Okay, I understand, I'll go right away."
He took the bag and turned around to leave. When he walked to the door, he thought of something again: "By the way, where is Cen Zhiyou? He was also taken away, right?"
As if she didn't expect that she would ask about Cen Zhiyou, Fang Manrou was stunned for a moment, then wiped her tears: "Don't worry, she is fine. She was in a bad mood two days before the accident, so she went out to play with her friends.
He’s not back now.”
Cen Zhiqiao rolled his eyes. He was actually going out to play at this time. He was really crazy!
But he didn't have the time to worry about it, so he got in the car and headed straight to the city hall.
Although she was unwilling to do so, she had no choice but to go there and inquire about the situation first.
However, when he arrived at the door, he was stopped, "Comrade, do you have an appointment?"
"Ah?" Cen Zhiqiao was stunned for a moment: "No, but I really have something important. Could you please be accommodating and let me in..."
"No, I can't let you in without a reservation."
Cen Zhiqiao was about to collapse. He didn't expect it to be so difficult just to get in. He clearly remembered that it was easy to get in before, so why is it so difficult now?
Just as he was hesitating and not knowing what to do, a bright black crown slowly drove in behind him.