The night was getting darker. The whole city was like a checkerboard made of reinforced concrete, crisscrossing with no end in sight.
Lin Qian and Li Zhicheng stood in the dark corridor of the inpatient department, looking at the dark crowd downstairs.
They looked restless, excited, and restless. The reporters walked back and forth with their cameras and video cameras on their shoulders. As long as someone walked out of the Inpatient Department, they would attract all of their attention and attention.
Behind the reporters were a dozen or so men in blue worker uniforms. It was too dark to see their faces clearly. But the banners in their hands were very eye-catching:
"Boycott foreign takeover!"
"Aida's top management colluded with foreign investors and sold out our national brand!"
After a short silence, they started to protest loudly again. Obviously they had rehearsed it. Their voices were loud and clear.
"Protect the national brand!"
"Protest against foreign investors investing in Old Aida!"
"Drive foreign spies out of Aida!"
Hearing the words "foreign spies," Lin Qian frowned.
They were obviously talking about her. Hmph.
At that moment, even though it was already night, there were still cars coming and going in front of the hospital. So this group of people quickly attracted onlookers. The reporters couldn't catch the culprit, so they kept taking pictures of the protesters. For a moment, the lights kept on, and more and more people gathered. It was a magnificent scene.
Lin Qian snorted softly.
Li Zhicheng put one hand on the windowsill and the other on her shoulder. His face was very calm. He stared at the noise downstairs with his dark eyes and asked her, "Who do you think did it?"
Lin Qian put her hands on the windowsill and said with disdain, "Who else could it be? Chen Zheng. "Who else could it be but him with such lame tricks?
This was obviously the answer in Li Zhicheng's mind. Indifference flashed in his eyes, but he didn't say anything.
Lin Qian shook her head and said, "Actually, Chen Zheng is not stupid. When I was at SMQ, I thought he had a lot of ideas and was good at managing the company. But this person … is too paranoid. He values his own interests too much, and he won't stop until he reaches his goal. So he always does stupid things like this, which can't be shown in public and won't achieve long-term benefits. Now that I think about it, this person is actually pitiful, sad, and hateful, because from the beginning to the end, he probably didn't see anything clearly. "
After saying this, she turned to look at Li Zhicheng.
Perhaps it was because she had been feeling down for the past few days, especially today. Therefore, when she saw Chen Zheng's farcical but vicious attack, she sighed in her heart.
She was lamenting about Chen Zheng, but it also seemed like she was lamenting about something else. She couldn't explain it herself.
When Li Zhicheng heard this, he only stared at her quietly. The dim light from outside the window shone on his black hair and face, making him look exceptionally calm and unfathomable.
He reached out and pinched her chin, whispering, "You're right. This is also his last struggle. "
His voice was cool, but it was cold and unperturbed.
Lin Qian's heart skipped a beat, but she didn't say anything.
The acquisition by DG and the investment company had caused Xu Yong to be hospitalized; now Chen Zheng was using her to attack Li Zhicheng and Aida …
How could Li Zhicheng give up so easily? He was a ruthless person, and Chen Zheng had probably forgotten the pain after the wound healed.
Now, the chain of plans he had arranged was almost in place, and the big counterattack was about to begin in a few months. He would definitely kill Chen Zheng.
Lin Qian glanced at the crowd downstairs again. Who knew where Chen Zheng was hiding right now, watching this scene proudly?
Maybe the next time they met, she would only look at Chen Zheng with pity.
"Xue Mingtao is here." Jiang Yuan came from downstairs and nodded to Li Zhicheng.
Lin Qian followed their gazes and saw a few buses parked in front of the hospital, and then saw a few familiar faces: Xue Mingtao and other cadres, along with some Aida employees, rushed out of the buses. They began to maintain the order at the scene, and at the same time kept the reporters and protesters outside.
This situation was actually quite embarrassing.
They couldn't call the police, because it would make the headlines, and a small matter would become a big matter.
They couldn't let things go, because if they did, they would be stuck in the hospital, and when could they leave? Xu Yong's rest would also be affected.
They could only use the same tactic of using numbers to suppress them. Fortunately, Xue Mingtao had brought a lot of people with him, and in an instant, they formed an encirclement, surrounding the troublemakers.
Xue Mingtao had always been cautious in dealing with this kind of thing. Although Lin Qian couldn't hear what they were saying, she clearly saw Xue Mingtao with a few cadres, explaining something to the reporters, probably saying that the protesters were not Aida employees at all. And the people he brought with him were quite interesting. Some of them were young and strong, but they all stood on the periphery. There were also many old workers and female workers. In this way, they became the weak and real side of Aida, facing the troublemakers. If the protesters dared to make trouble, tomorrow's news would inevitably be that gangsters beat up Aida employees. Of course, with the young and strong people on the periphery, they would never let the old, weak, women and children be bullied.
It had to be said that Xue Mingtao was quite mean. He was more than enough to deal with Chen Zheng.
Sure enough, it was very effective. There seemed to be no conflict at the scene, and some of the protesters had already begun to retreat. And the reporters also surrounded Xue Mingtao and kept taking pictures, obviously he was answering their questions.
Seeing that the attention of the people downstairs was attracted by Xue Mingtao, Jiang Yuan hung up the phone and looked at Li Zhicheng and Lin Qian, "The car has arrived at the side door."
Li Zhicheng nodded, took off his suit jacket and put it on Lin Qian, then put his arm around her shoulder, "Let's go."
Lin Qian was a bit stunned.
Indeed, turning big problems into small ones and small ones into nothing was the best way to deal with the situation in front of her.
But …
She looked at the hustle and bustle downstairs, and then looked up at the vast night in the distance.
Although Li Zhicheng didn't say it explicitly, in fact, not only him and her, but Jiang Yuan, Xue Mingtao, Chen Zheng … everyone knew that her relationship with Lin Mochen would eventually have an impact on the current situation of the confrontation between foreign and domestic investors.
Lin Qian, Li Zhicheng's fiancée, was one of the top executives of Aida, and her brother was the chief investment manager who led this foreign acquisition. This fact, no matter who knew it, would probably have some doubts in their hearts.
Had Aida secretly colluded with DG? Was Lin Qian a spy? These things couldn't be explained clearly at all. Especially now that the outside world didn't know Li Zhicheng's next move. On the surface, it seemed that Chinese investors had been suppressed by DG, such a situation would increase the suspicion of outsiders. And Li Zhicheng's counterattack still needed some time, in these days, he would inevitably suffer double the external pressure …
Lin Qian gently bit her lip, withdrew her gaze, and calmly followed Li Zhicheng downstairs.
The side door was actually not far from the main door, but because of the remote location and the dim light, when the car slowly and silently drove over, it didn't attract the attention of the crowd at the door.
Jiang Yuan walked in first, opening the door for them.
Lin Qian was wearing Li Zhicheng's suit jacket, the residual warmth of his body still on the jacket, making her feel extremely warm in the chilly night wind. And Li Zhicheng held her with one arm, almost protecting her whole body in his arms. As soon as Lin Qian raised her head, she could see his cold face right in front of her. This made her not afraid at all, nor would she panic.
Inexplicably, she even felt touched. Maybe because the night was too cold, the noise around was too noisy, and his hug was too strong, her heart was slowly filled with the feeling of wandering the world until the end of time.
"It's okay." She suddenly opened her mouth, as if she was talking to herself, but also comforting him.
Li Zhicheng heard her words and glanced at her.
His eyes actually slowly showed a smile.
Lin Qian immediately read his eyes, probably because he found it interesting that she was comforting him in this kind of situation.
So Lin Qian couldn't help but smile, and also glanced at him, meaning: You don't care about them, I don't care either.
In a short distance, when no one else knew, the two gazed at each other, but they already knew each other's mind.
Soon, the two walked to the front of the car.
Lin Qian suddenly froze.
Because through Li Zhicheng's figure, she suddenly saw a few familiar people in the crowd.
Things in the world were so strange. So many people gathered together, but she saw those people at a glance.
They were a few old employees of Aida, who had worked with Lin Qian before because of business. Lin Qian believed that she had left a good impression on them, and also let them see her ability and hard work.
But now, they were holding banners, standing together with the hooligans, and were being persuaded by Xue Mingtao's people, but they hadn't left yet.
Lin Qian's heart suddenly sank, and she felt a little uncomfortable.
Very uncomfortable.
At this moment, she suddenly saw a white shadow flying towards her. Then she felt a strong wind hit her face, and with a "crack", she felt a sharp pain in her nose and eyes, and a sticky liquid flowed on her face, mixed with the smell of blood.
It was an egg! Someone was hiding in the dark and hitting her with an egg!
Lin Qian's vision was blurred, and her face was very uncomfortable. At this time, she felt Li Zhicheng firmly holding her arm, and next to her, Jiang Yuan, Gao Lang, and the others said anxiously, "Are you okay?"
Lin Qian answered, "I'm fine, I'm fine …" She reached out to touch her face. But a hand next to her was faster than her, falling on her face, picking off the remaining broken eggshell, and gently wiping away the liquid with the pad of his finger.
Then his slightly angry voice came from above her head, "You said you're okay without seeing the injury? Don't move. "
Lin Qian immediately stopped moving, and in her blurred and sticky vision, she saw Li Zhicheng's face. There was no smile on his handsome face, and it was very tense. His dark eyes were fixed on her, and some sharp emotion seemed to be bursting out.
His gaze made Lin Qian's heart skip a beat. His originally empty brain suddenly gave birth to uncomfortable emotions.
At this time, she heard a few more "bang bang bang" sounds, and she didn't know where the egg had fallen. Li Zhicheng was quick to react. He shoved her into the car and then turned to look at Gao Lang and the others. "Catch them! Don't let any of them escape! "
Lin Qian stared at him standing in the dark, with a cold expression.
Outside the car window, it was very dark, and they couldn't see where the people who had secretly attacked them were hiding. But following his angry shout, there was a flurry of footsteps behind the low wall opposite them, and the furious Gao Lang immediately chased after them with a group of people.
Li Zhicheng also sat in the car, and with a bang, he closed the door and turned to look at her. His dark eyes were so deep, as if he was looking into her body.
Lin Qian's face was no longer painful, and there was no blood on the tissue. She looked at him and said softly, "It's okay, you're not hurt."
Li Zhicheng nodded, stared at her for a few seconds, and then reached out to hold her in his arms. His palms were sweaty, and holding her hand, it was slightly wet and warm. Lin Qian leaned against his chest, and through the thin shirt, she could hear his strong heartbeat, thump, thump, thump …
The car quickly bypassed the chaos in front, drove towards the exit, and left the hospital.
When he received the news that Lin Qian had been attacked, Lin Mochen was sitting in his office, reading the US stock market news.
When he put down the phone, his originally relaxed expression had completely darkened. He was silent for a moment, and didn't react immediately. Instead, he opened the webpage and browsed the industry news.
As expected, the real-time news had been updated, and it was all about the group incident tonight. Some said that Aida employees were dissatisfied with the sale of their national brand, and had a conflict with the management; others said that it was gangsters who gathered to cause trouble.
But in the various speculations of the media, the brother-sister relationship between "a female executive of Aida" and "a senior executive of MK Investment Company" was obviously the focus of their interpretation.
There were even many forums with malicious posts popping up. Most of them revolved around "a certain senior executive of Aida, Lin X", insinuating that she was a mole of MK Investment Company and DG Group, and that after seducing the senior executive of Aida, she got into the position through the unspoken rules, and then facilitated the acquisition. Some of the words were very unsightly.
Lin Mochen turned off the computer and stood up, his face as gloomy as dark clouds. He pushed the door open and walked out. The secretary at the door quickly stood up, "Jason, what's the matter?"
Lin Mochen waved his hand and walked straight into the conference room not far away, where the team in charge of the acquisition of Aida was having a meeting.
He knocked on the door, and without waiting for the people inside to say "come in", he directly pushed the door open and walked in.
Everyone looked at each other, then at him in confusion.
He put his hands in his trouser pockets, and looked at his colleagues and friends coldly. He threw his phone in front of them, and it was showing the news about Lin Qian.
"What's going on?" he asked coldly, "I said, you can't make an issue out of my sister. When we signed the cooperation agreement with DG, we also reached a consensus that both parties would avoid this layer of personal relationship. Now, who can explain it to me? "
The leader of the team was a Hong Kong man. He looked at his colleagues, and after a few seconds of silence, he stood up, "Jason, we didn't lead this. It was DG China's idea, Charles and Chen Zheng. We were just bystanders. "
Lin Mochen looked at him without saying a word.
Probably because of his fierce stare, the Hong Kong man continued, "Actually, Jason, as far as I know, this has been tacitly approved by many people, and there is more than one participant. In addition to DG China, there are also the shareholders of Aida who have already sold their shares to us, and there are also the companies in the China industry who want to sell their brands to DG … Jason, the people of China are not united, and your sister actually has a lot of enemies.
We took your position into consideration, so we didn't participate. But the acquisition of Aida has not been smooth, so we could only acquiesce, and we couldn't inform you in advance. I think we did the right thing, and I hope you can distinguish between work and personal interests … "
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