Obsessive Tycoon and His Swan Girl
Chapter 345: Missing One Person, No Big Impact

Chapter 345: Chapter 345: Missing One Person, No Big Impact

This meant that Xia Mingzhu had to stay at home or in a sanatorium for treatment and recovery training.

At present, she was at the pinnacle of her career, her physical abilities, and her talents. Taking a break from the research institute for a year or a year and a half would have a significant impact.

By the time she recovered and returned, it was hard to say whether her position would still be available or whether she could keep up with the rapidly evolving technology.

For a moment, everyone was silent, truly feeling pity yet powerless to do anything.

Xia Xingzhi also felt a bit of pity, but there were newcomers in the institute who could take her place, so it did not affect the overall arrangement.

That is to say, the absence of Xia Mingzhu was not much of an influence.

After a while of expressing their regret, they moved on from the topic and started chatting about other matters.

The joys and sorrows of others seemed to pass in just a fleeting moment.

Jiang Zhe was waiting for this news, and once he had it and had finished his meal, he stood up and said, "Everyone, I have some matters to attend to, so I’ll excuse myself."

"I’ll walk you out," offered Xia Xingzhi.

"No need, please stay," Jiang Zhe nodded as a form of greeting to everyone and left at a leisurely pace.

Qin Jingchen remembered that in the time it took to have a conversation with Xia Mingzhu, she had suffered such a huge loss.

Why did that woman have to provoke Jiang Zhe of all people?

Seeing him smiling, Jiang Zhe asked, "What’s so funny?"

"Nothing much, just thinking about how Xia Mingzhu tried to steal a chicken only to lose the rice, and finding it a bit amusing," Qin Jingchen said solemnly.

"The opportunity was missed by her own doing, and the injury was suffered by her own fault. Since she likes the hospital so much, a hospital stay package suits her well," Jiang Zhe commented nonchalantly.

Having witnessed the extent of Jiang Zhe’s cunning, Qin Jingchen naturally supported everything she did unconditionally.

"I’m going to see Mr. Fu."

Today’s events meant that Jiang Zhe still had to report to Mr. Fu.

Xia Xingzhi was highly capable in business but too kind, and he might mishandle situations with people like Xia Mingzhu in the future; it was necessary to give Mr. Fu a heads-up.

Watching Jiang Zhe walk away, Qin Qing, who had been mostly silent yet clearly showed admiration, spoke, "Mr. Fu, I was wondering, the time we faced off against Feiying and our satellite system was taken over, was it Miss Jiang who resolved the crisis?"

Fen Ye countered, "Wasn’t it you and Brother Jingchen who dealt with it?"

"Before Qin Qing and I fixed the satellite issue, someone had helped us out just over a second earlier," Qin Jingchen simply explained.

Fen Ye certainly knew how crucial that one second was.

He was somewhat stunned; the person who acted a second faster wasn’t Qin Jingchen nor Qin Qing.

If originally only Qin Jingchen had guessed that it was Jiang Zhe, now having seen Jiang Zhe’s performance, Qin Qing was not surprised at all that it was something she could do.

Qin Jingchen nodded, "It was her."

The afternoon sunlight reflected in his eyes, shimmering as if it also mirrored Jiang Zhe’s figure.

Qin Qing was slightly taken aback, then bowed his head, feeling complete admiration and submission towards Jiang Zhe.

However, he wasn’t too shocked, as if he had always had an inkling. Any girl that Qin Jingchen valued was bound to possess astonishing abilities.

"So was it Sister-in-law who saved us at the time?" Fen Ye murmured to himself.

"It was me," Qin Jingchen corrected him, "You two were just incidental."

Fen Ye looked at his face, which showed an air of "If I weren’t there, Jiang Zhe wouldn’t bother with you," finding him like a peacock spreading its feathers or a kindergarten child delighted with candy.

...

Xia Xingzhi had completed the project that afternoon and was called over by Old Fu, who personally praised him by name.

Old Fu also took the opportunity to give him some advice about things beyond academic research.

That day, when he returned home, his mother was just seeing the doctor out.

"Mom, is it something with Grandma?" Xia Xingzhi asked with concern.

"Yes, but it’s good news, the doctor said Grandma is recovering very well and should continue this way." Mrs. Xia said with a smile.

Xia Xingzhi showed a smile, "That’s good to hear."

"But how did Mingzhu get hurt so badly? Luckily, it didn’t affect your project."

At the mention of this, Mrs. Xia couldn’t help but complain a bit.

Having received a call from Xia Xingzhi in the morning, she naturally knew what her son had been through all day.

How could a mother’s heart not be hanging by a thread?

"With a car accident, it’s natural not to get off lightly," Xia Xingzhi said.

Xia Xingzhi had originally thought that Xia Mingzhu had really met with an accident and didn’t want to think too much about anything else, but today Old Fu had given him a piece of advice, saying, "One cannot be without caution against others," which made him think more about Xia Mingzhu’s incident.

He turned around to inquire about the situation with the traffic police and the hospital. Although there was no concrete evidence to prove that Xia Mingzhu’s accident was deliberate, the words of the nurses and care workers didn’t quite match the extent of Xia Mingzhu’s current injuries.

By all accounts, they said Xia Mingzhu shouldn’t have been so seriously injured.

He pondered quietly, keeping his thoughts to himself.

He was just too focused on research, not foolish, and Old Fu’s words easily took root in his heart.

Thinking about it, if Xia Mingzhu’s injuries this time were so severe, could it be related to Jiang Zhe?

Mrs. Xia complained a few more words about Xia Mingzhu, but seeing her son indeed unaffected, she let it go.

Mrs. Xia the second, with red eyes, came out of Old Lady Xia’s room.

Mrs. Xia couldn’t help feeling displeased upon seeing this, "Mom’s health has just begun to improve, and you crying by her side isn’t really appropriate."

Mrs. Xia the second immediately felt embarrassed, her tone sharp, "Mingzhu is so badly injured, I went to ask Mom for some snow fungus to help Mingzhu recover. Is that not allowed?"

With that, she glared fiercely at Mrs. Xia and her son.

Deep down, however, she knew that today’s incident with Xia Mingzhu wasn’t their fault, and her full fury had no place to go.

Mrs. Xia the second had been making phone calls all day, trying to buy snow fungus.

Unfortunately, with Xia Zhen and Xia Mingli being hard to reach, and her own lack of connections, where could she buy it?

Having no other choice, she went to cry to Old Lady Xia.

The old lady, sympathetic toward her younger family member, gave her some, but in her eyes, it was far from enough.

Seeing her sorry state, Mrs. Xia and Xia Xingzhi didn’t want to deal with her any further.

Feeling snubbed, Mrs. Xia the second took out her phone and began desperately calling her contacts again.

But it was all in vain.

After Mrs. Xia the second finished making her calls, Mrs. Xia reluctantly reminded her, "When Xiruo came back last time, didn’t she bring us gifts? Among them, there was a bag of snow fungus, you should go back and look for it."

"Really?" Mrs. Xia the second was skeptical.

But remembering the abundant snow fungus Jiang Xiruo had brought for Old Lady Xia’s recovery, she immediately ran back to her own house to look for it.