Chapter 242 Why Haven’t You Left Yet?On the day he returned to Huaicheng, Shen Manzhi received a call from Qin Juan, whom he hadn't contacted for a long time. At that time, the two had just got off the plane and got into a private car bound for the city.
Still in a nonsensical tone, he called her niece-in-law.
"The gold hairpin you asked me about was taken back by the Shen family a while ago. It should be in Shen Duanwen's hands now."
The volume of a normal conversation could be heard by others, so Shen Manzhi didn't care.
"What do you mean going back?"
"Isn't that hairpin your mother's? Shen Duanwen got the news from somewhere that the hairpin was in the Qin family, so he ran to the old man and cried about the deep love he and his ex-wife had 20 years ago. He wanted to buy the hairpin back as a last remembrance, so the old man gave it back..."
Shen Manzhi half-squinted his eyes, "Isn't the golden hairpin in Qin Deyang's hands?"
There was silence for a second.
Qin Juan coughed twice and said, "The old man has spoken, what can he do as a son?"
There was some thought in Shen Manzhi's eyes.
Qin Juan heard her silence and changed the subject, "By the way, would you like to consider the cooperation I mentioned before?"
Shen Manzhi sneered, "You only told me after the hairpin was taken away. Is this the extent of your sincerity?"
Qin Juan said in a light tone, "Speak some truth, Shen Manzhi. You disappeared for more than half a year and I couldn't find any trace of you. It was only yesterday at Madam Shen's birthday party that I heard that you were back. Otherwise, how do you think I could contact you?"
Shen Manzhi lowered his eyes, "Okay, I understand."
Qin Juan brought up the matter of cooperation again, "You really don't want to consider following me?"
She was about to hang up the phone, "Let's talk later."
"How are the divorce preparations going?"
Qin Juan's voice was deep and rich, filling the entire car space. Qin Yanfeng, who was in Shen Manzhi's peripheral vision, turned his head and looked out the window without moving.
Qin Juan naturally didn't know what kind of situation Shen Manzhi was in, so he immediately asked, "Didn't you say you had no feelings for each other? Why haven't you divorced yet?"
"Qin Juan," Shen Manzhi said coldly, "why don't you worry more about your own business?"
Qin Juan chuckled, "Okay, if you leave me, tell my dad right away."
"..."
She hung up the call directly. The person next to her moved slightly in her peripheral vision. She turned sideways to meet the man's slightly cold eyes.
My heart suddenly beat faster, knowing that Qin Yanfeng must have heard every word.
"Let me take you back first. I have to go to the company."
He didn't say anything else, and even pretended not to hear it. His tone was still very gentle, and his expression didn't look any different from usual.
Shen Manzhi's lips twitched slightly, but he didn't explain.
There was the city center hospital in front of him. He passed the traffic light and stopped with the flow of traffic. Shen Manzhi was going to get off here.
In the pedestrian passage of the emergency center, someone pushed a wheelchair out. Sitting in the wheelchair was a middle-aged man wearing an old-fashioned peaked cap with the brim pulled down low, as if he was hiding something.
People were rushing to and fro in front of the hospital. A man of middle build walked straight towards the emergency center with his eyes fixed on the emergency room, one hand tightly in his pocket, and bumped into a passerby.
"Can you please watch the road?"
They all came to the hospital to do business. They were angry because they were hit by someone but they didn't apologize. The passerby was unhappy and wanted to curse him, but when he met the man's cold eyes, he fell silent in an instant and just turned away and left, cursing in a low voice.
But the man didn't pay much attention to the passers-by, and just walked forward with his eyes fixed. The closer he got, the more it was obvious that his destination was not the emergency center, but the person in the wheelchair who came out of the emergency center.
Shen Manzhi's pupils suddenly shrank, he suddenly opened the car door, walked through the parked vehicles, and jumped sideways with one hand on the guardrail.
Qin Yanfeng frowned, and got out of the car without any hesitation to catch up.
The motorcycle on the inner side of the road was sliding forward slowly because the vehicle blocked his view. Shen Manzhi ran out quickly and just stepped on the curb, he turned around swiftly and passed by the motorcycle, causing the passers-by around him to gasp.
The person next to the wheelchair seemed to notice the movement here and stopped where he was, but he did not see the man walking towards him.
The auntie who was pushing a cart selling corn at the gate watched her corn being picked up and thrown out. She was stunned. Before she could curse, she saw the man who was hit reached out and touched his head, and then a silver dagger fell to the ground!
The metal fell to the ground with a clang. For a moment, people around stopped and looked at the person in the wheelchair in front of the emergency center and the man with the dagger dropped, and then hurriedly looked at the stall selling corn.
Shen Manzhi almost didn't stop, and chased after the man while smashing the hot corn. The man was almost in front of the wheelchair man. The moment the knife fell to the ground, he reacted extremely quickly, picked it up immediately and rushed towards the wheelchair man.
But the latter was obviously on guard. The person behind him quickly turned the wheelchair around, and the blade stabbed straight into the side of the wheelchair, cutting the thigh of the person in the wheelchair.
Then he ran to another path very calmly with a knife in hand. Since he had a knife on him, people around him didn't dare to step forward to stop him, not to mention that there was a very powerful-looking woman chasing him from behind.
Baihu ran out from the passage of the emergency center and happened to see this scene. Shen Manzhi signaled him with his eyes to keep an eye on the person in the wheelchair, and chased after the person without stopping for a moment.
In just a minute, the traffic light changed and traffic began to surge. The man ran through the hospital and out the side door, choosing to drive in the lane. The passing vehicles braked suddenly, blocking the road behind him. The drivers stuck their heads out and cursed, and there was chaos for a while.
But soon the driver discovered that there was another figure speeding out in front of him, "whoosh" away, avoiding the traffic while chasing after the man very neatly. The hair that was originally tied up fell loose and flew in the air.
At the end of the bend, there was a black SUV parked with its door wide open. The man ran straight towards the black car. Shen Manzhi climbed over the fence, but stopped when he saw two vans parked behind the black car.
Three cars stopped at the intersection, their wide-open doors seeming to be staring at her hungrily.
Bai Hu just called, "Ancestor, don't chase them, they are well prepared, be careful of traps."
Shen Manzhi narrowed his eyes slightly, "I know."
At the hospital entrance, the auntie selling corn was whispering to others about how sadly she had lost her corn.
Baihu leaned against the side with his legs crossed, chewing a corn in silence. Only when he saw Shen Manzhi coming back did his eyes light up.
Shen Manzhi took out his phone and prepared to scan the QR code to pay the boss lady for the corn. "Where's the person?"
Bai Hu mumbled with corn kernels in his mouth, "Our people are watching."
The aunt waved her hand quickly, "Little girl, stop sweeping. This man has just paid..." Baihu nodded and motioned the aunt to give her one. "It's so sweet, would you like to try it?"
Shen Manzhi glanced at him and said, "That's what you said last time someone got lost."
The conversation between the two was interrupted by "Yummi", and the proprietress was confused and only listened to the parts she could understand.
She happily wrapped a sweet corn for Shen Manzhi, "It's very sweet, little girl, have one, this big brother gave you a hundred, eat as much as you want!"
Baihu lowered his head and approached her, "Last time, there was a problem with the contact person, this time Qingque came in person. I just didn't expect that the other party would still send people to do it. But don't worry, ancestor, I have also sent people to chase after them."
Shen Manzhi's expression looked better then. He took the corn, thanked her, and started eating it expressionlessly.
I just landed in Huaicheng and haven’t had lunch yet.
Baihu kindly reminded, "It's a little hot."
The aunt looked at them several times, and couldn't help but ask, "Were you catching bad guys just now?"
Both of them were stunned.
Just at this moment, a man in police uniform walked towards this side and called Shen Manzhi "Sister" in surprise.
It was the little policewoman who charged into the mall last evening.
Shen Manzhi raised his eyebrows, looked back at Baihu, and said gently to the little policewoman, "Why are you here?"
The young policewoman took off her police hat. Perhaps because she was in a hurry, her hair was wet, but she looked very energetic. "I was patrolling nearby. I just heard from the public that something happened here, so I rushed over to take a look."
When Aunt Corn saw that the policewoman knew the two men, she became even more certain that these were plainclothes officers catching bad guys, so she quickly wrapped a corn and stuffed it into the policewoman's arms.
"Come here, sister, have a taste of auntie's corn. You have worked hard..."
The young policewoman had no way of refusing and tried to make excuses. As a result, the aunt gave her the corn and quickly left with the cart. When she looked back, she saw that her colleague next door, who was wearing a blue uniform, had started the routine inspection.
So the three of them stood silently on the path by the roadside, holding the corn.
Shen Manzhi lowered his eyes and glanced at the work ID hanging in front of the little policewoman, Joey.
"Don't you want to go see what's going on?"
Joey seemed to think the corn was delicious. She ate several big mouthfuls of it. It was a little hot. She pointed to the emergency center and said, "A colleague is here."
Shen Manzhi and Baihu looked at each other, the latter nodded almost imperceptibly, took out his mobile phone and started sending messages.
While eating corn, Joey asked her, "Sister, why did you come to the hospital?"
Shen Manzhi was not very interested in corn and ate it very slowly. "Luguo, have you felt any discomfort since your last checkup?"
Joey puffed his cheeks and chewed slowly, frowning and saying, "I don't feel uncomfortable, I don't know if it's because of my mental discomfort, but I always feel itchy where I was bitten, as if something is going to grow."
Shen Manzhi subconsciously glanced at her arm.
Joey didn't really care. "But it's okay, sister. It's not such a coincidence that the person happens to have some infectious disease."
Shen Manzhi looked at her clear eyes again, which had a pair of very beautiful pupils.
She gave her contact information to Joey, "Remember to contact me if you have any questions... or if you have any clues or have caught someone, you can let me come forward to identify them."
Joey smiled sweetly at her, "I know, sis."
After sending the message, Baihu looked at the policewoman a few more times. The corn in his hand was almost empty. When he was looking around for a trash can, he bumped into a man not far away.
"Ancestor, your...sir is here."
Qin Yanfeng had been wearing formal clothes since he left Beijing because he was returning to the company. He originally wanted to chase after Shen Manzhi, but because of his clothes and shoes, he could only stop across the street and watched Shen Manzhi cross the traffic without knowing it was dangerous.
Seeing that the man's expression was not right, Baihu tactfully stood aside and winked at the policewoman before leaving.
Joey held the corn in his mouth, looked between the two of them, showed an understanding expression, and followed the white tiger away.
Shen Manzhi was wondering what the two of them were doing secretly, but when he turned around, he saw Qin Yanfeng walking up to him.
She held a few kernels of corn in her mouth. Seeing Qin Yanfeng's cold expression, she slowed down her chewing unconsciously. "Didn't you go to the company?"
Qin Yanfeng's face was indeed a little cold, and even more indifferent when he didn't speak. Compared with the call from Qin Juan just now, he looked a little more angry.
Shen Manzhi handed the intact side of the corn to him, "Do you want to eat corn? It's quite sweet."
The words Qin Yanfeng was about to say were stuck in his throat. The corners of his eyes slightly lowered, a hint of pity emerged. He put his arms around her waist and hugged her tightly, sighing softly and calling her name.
"Shen Manzhi, do you really want to divorce me?"
Shen Manzhi was holding the corn tightly in his arms. He was at a loss when he heard the words, "Ah?"
As expected, Qin Juan harmed her.
She let Qin Yanfeng hold her, as if this could soothe his heart.
I felt that his question was a bit ridiculous, so I looked up at him, and said in a soft voice with a smile, "Why do you always believe other people's nonsense?"
Qin Yanfeng hugged her and said in a hoarse voice, "Don't talk like that."
Shen Manzhi smiled, "Are you afraid that you won't be able to snatch it from him?"
Qin Yanfeng was not angry, but was distracted for a moment, his voice getting deeper and deeper, "When have I ever kept you here?"
Shen Manzhi's smile gradually faded, and as she looked at his slightly drooping eyes, she suddenly realized that she had gone too far again.
She raised her head and put her hand against his chin, looked at him and whispered, "You asked me to believe you, why don't you believe me?"
Qin Yanfeng could never bear to say anything mean to her, willing to be defeated by her gentleness.
Thank you for the beautiful gift~~~~mua
