Shen Shiyu picked up the phone with a trembling hand. Before she could say a word, the person on the other end asked several questions in a hurry, as if he was afraid that something dangerous had happened to her.
"Baby, why did you suddenly hang up the phone?"
"Are you okay? I'm so worried about you!"
"…A Kai."
The one responding to her at this moment was Zhu Kai, the search - and - rescue team leader from that day.
"I'm here!"
Shen Shiyu's voice was tinged with exhaustion. "I still have something to deal with now. Can you not call me today?"
The smile on his face faded noticeably. He paused for a few seconds before answering.
"Okay, I'll wait for you."
After the call ended, Zhu Kai was still staring blankly at the phone screen.
"Hey, can you feed me some food?" Hao Zhibin's face was still swollen. He had lost several teeth, and his speech was slurred.
"I've been kind enough to carry you to the hospital. Do you still expect me to feed you? May I ask how much you'll pay me a day?"
The reason they could banter so freely was that they were childhood friends. Otherwise, an ordinary person would have walked away long ago.
Hao Zhibin pursed his lips, motioning for him to look at the wound on his mouth.
"If I could eat by myself, would I need you?"
Zhu Kai reluctantly opened the thermos brought from the canteen. "You're really giving me a hard time. If I didn't have to take care of you, I would have gone on a mission long ago. You have to compensate me for my public holiday!"
"Can you stop talking about compensation and money? What's our relationship? Do we need to talk about such mundane things?"
Hao Zhibin gritted his teeth, enduring the pain on his face.
"That second young master really hit hard!"
Looking at his disheveled appearance, Zhu Kai mocked, "You gave up being a good police captain and went to be bullied under the second young master Bo. You deserve it."
"I had no choice! I was already planning to go back to my hometown, but I just couldn't swallow this humiliation until the matter of Bo Siming framing me was settled!"
"After the incident on the yacht, will he still trust you?"
Hao Zhibin smacked his lips helplessly. "It's hard to say. Being a double agent is tough! Both sides are like cliffs, and I can't afford to offend either."
Suddenly, he seemed to remember something, and his frowning expression changed instantly.
"However, I'm sure of one thing. There must be some secret between the second young master and the female CEO of A Hairui. You didn't see that day. I felt like I was about to die, but he was still there, chopping at the door with an axe! It seemed like he was ready to die together if he couldn't save her."
Zhu Kai curled his lips. "Why do you care about other people's business? Knowing too much may not be a good thing. Just eat your food!"
He scooped up a spoonful of porridge and fed it into his mouth.
After just a few mouthfuls, Hao Zhibin couldn't bear the pain anymore.
"Let it cool for a while. My mouth hurts."
Zhu Kai rolled his eyes at him speechlessly. "You're so picky!"
"By the way, when did you start dating a girlfriend? You didn't even introduce her to me. I heard everything when you were on the phone just now."
He blushed and smiled shyly. "Well... she's not exactly my girlfriend."
Hao Zhibin was surprised. "You're not becoming a home - wrecker, are you?"
"What are you talking nonsense about? She doesn't look like a married woman."
Zhu Kai looked like a fool who had fallen into the trap of love. He would smile every few words. "It's the first time I've fallen in love at first sight with a woman."
"Among those glamorous women on the yacht, how many of them are good? As your brother, I advise you to hold yourself back!"
Hao Zhibin was a bit worried, afraid that he would be led astray.
They grew up in the same village. Zhu Kai was good - looking and smart. He had gone to the city early and found a good job.
On the other hand, Hao Zhibin was ordinary in appearance and grades. If it weren't for the face of the Yancheng police chief, he wouldn't have been able to come to Yancheng at all.
"She's not the kind of person you described. She's really nice!"
Zhu Kai was immediately unhappy. He got up and started putting on his clothes.
"If you say anything bad about her again, I won't come tomorrow."
Looking at his unhappy back, Hao Zhibin shrugged helplessly.
"You've dated girls before. Why can't you tell good from bad?"
Buzz!
The phone on the bedside table suddenly vibrated, making him jump.
He reached for the phone with difficulty. After seeing who was calling, he subconsciously swallowed and deliberately cleared his throat.
"Assistant Zhuang, hello."
"Where are you?"
"Ah... I'm in the East District Hospital in Yancheng. I got injured on the yacht, and I'm lying in the hospital bed recuperating."
Assistant Zhuang looked at the employment list in his hand and said calmly, "I'll give you two more days to rest. You must report to Zhong's Oil Company on the first of next month. Do you understand?"
Hao Zhibin was stunned. "Zhong's Oil? Isn't it Bo's?"
"Considering your performance on the yacht, the eldest young master has decided to let you work under me. Your position has also been arranged."
"Currently, Zhong Ruiqiang has passed away due to an accident. The eldest young master now holds the most shares. There should be a merger ceremony between Shen's Construction and Zhong's Oil in the near future. We'll need your help then."
Assistant Zhuang's words were undoubtedly another opportunity for Hao Zhibin.
He originally thought that after the yacht incident, Bo Siming, that suspicious guy, would definitely abandon his trust in him.
Unexpectedly, he had turned misfortune into fortune and managed to infiltrate the internal position!
"Hello? Hello?"
Hao Zhibin came back to his senses and quickly replied, "Ah, ah, no problem!"
He was so excited that he didn't even feel the pain on his face. "You can rest assured! I will never let the eldest young master down. I will definitely work hard in the new company and do my best!"
After a few polite words, the call ended.
The porridge on the table had long lost its warmth, but Hao Zhibin was so excited that he kept shoveling spoonful after spoonful into his mouth, eating it with great relish.
At this moment, in the VIP ward of Yancheng Hospital.
Bo Siming squinted his eyes meaningfully. "Have you checked his phone's location? And the phone call and text message records of these days?"
Assistant Zhuang replied impartially, "There are no abnormalities."
"Good. Now send someone to keep an eye on him. If Hao Zhibin goes out privately and meets with Bo Jingyu's people, find an opportunity to secretly get rid of him for me! If not, then he's a good dog."
"Yes, eldest young master."
Bo Siming glanced at his half - body. He still had no feeling.
"How's the contact with the professor going?"
"I heard from the old master that he will send a foreign professor over. He should arrive in a day or two. Please take a good rest these days."
Take a good rest? How could he possibly calm down!
Bo Siming's expression suddenly changed, and a heavy atmosphere filled the air around him.
Eliminating Old Master Bo had been a relief for him.
But then the sudden incident on the yacht had left him paralyzed on one side. Even though the opportunity to seize Bo's was right in front of him, he couldn't do anything about it.
God was really blind!
"What about that woman Shen Shiyu? Where has she run off to again!"
Assistant Zhuang shook his head. "I haven't seen her all morning."