Li Tianwen chuckled and said, "Alumnus, alumnus, but she doesn't look too good. Did you get her pregnant and she's coming to your door now?"
Zhao Qiang didn't even bother to shower; he just put on his clothes and walked out of the protective room, turning back to curse Li Tianwen, "I'm the one who got you pregnant." Zhang Zhen and Han laughed heartily.
Seeing Zhao Qiang come out, Luo Wei stood silently watching him walk over without saying a word. Suddenly, tears streamed down her face, and she rushed forward. In the last two meters, she actually fell towards Zhao Qiang. Fortunately, Zhao Qiang reached out and pulled her into his arms, otherwise she would have been seriously injured.
"Waaah...waaah..." Luo Wei just kept crying, unable to say a word. Zhao Qiang hugged Luo Wei somewhat awkwardly and said, "What's wrong? What's wrong? I haven't taken a shower yet, and I'm covered in sweat."
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Luo Wei could only utter three words. She could no longer express the guilt she felt towards Zhao Qiang at this moment. She had long since lost count of how much Zhao Qiang had helped her and how many lives he had saved in her family.
Zhao Qiang suddenly asked, "Did Grandpa Luo attend the board meeting this morning?" With Zhao Qiang's biochip computing power, he should be able to deduce this from the three words, which is the most likely possibility.
Luo Wei nodded, and Zhao Qiang patted her back and said, "Hehe, I thought it was something serious. Why are you crying? The old man is just reluctant to part with his children. I would have done the same if I were in his shoes."
Luo Wei said, "But my father and I have let you down."
Zhao Qiang said without any concern, "It's nothing. What do you think I am? I also wanted to take a bite out of Haifeng Group and use it as a stepping stone for my career. Since I didn't get it, so be it. In this world, there are successes and failures. You can't be too concerned, or you'll age too quickly. Look at you, you're not pretty when you cry like that. You look like a tabby cat."
Luo Wei lightly punched Zhao Qiang in the chest: "You're the one who's being naughty. Sister Xiaoya is very angry. All the people from Haifeng have left, and I don't dare to see her now."
Zhao Qiang laughed and said, "Don't worry about her, she'll definitely call you tonight, and she might even comfort you."
Luo Wei suddenly stopped sobbing and said seriously, "Zhao Qiang, I'm here to return the car and its management rights. I can no longer manage Qimingdeng. You, you should find someone else. After this incident, I can no longer go to the repair shop."
Zhao Qiang was a little angry: "What are you doing! Wei, I trusted you so much..."
Luo Wei said, "But because I betrayed your trust, I have no face to face you and others."
Zhao Qiang said, "You didn't let us down. This matter was never something you could control, neither could I, nor could Xu Xiaoya! So you don't need to blame yourself, and your father doesn't need to blame himself either. We failed today, but don't worry, Xiaoya and I will not give up. Haifeng Group will eventually fall into our hands. Without our funds and products, it will immediately decline from its peak!"
Luo Wei really didn't know what to say. Fortunately, Zhang Zhen and the others came out of the protective room at this moment. Li Tianwen also saw the tears on Luo Wei's face. He took the initiative to joke, "Sister-in-law, come on, let's go eat together."
Zhao Qiang could see that Luo Wei had some unresolved issues in her mind. He figured that talking about it too much might not be a good thing, so he suggested that she relax first. He pulled her aside and said, "Let's go eat together."
Luo Wei shrank back slightly: "I'm not hungry."
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Zhao Qiang grabbed her hand and said, "Let's go, let's see how different the food at the university is from what we eat at our school."
Li Tianwen pretended to be angry and said, "You bastard, how dare you say that the food at our university is not as good as that at Donghai University? What is Donghai University? It's not even worth mentioning compared to our university."
Luo Wei finally smiled and said, "Then I'll go try it. I should at least give my opinion."
The restaurant was crowded. Although Luo Wei had already moved to a corner, she still couldn't escape the male student's gaze. Li Tianwen teased her, "Look, no matter where a beautiful woman goes or whether she has tears on her face, she will always attract the attention of men. Sister-in-law, you should pay attention to your image. Don't cry anymore, or I'm afraid the boys from the University of Science and Technology will tear your junior brother to pieces."
Luo Wei chuckled: "It's not as exaggerated as you make it out to be."
Zhao Qiang picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks and put it in Luo Wei's bowl: "That's right, cheer up. What else is there to worry about? Anything that can be solved with money isn't a problem!"
Zhang Zhen gave a thumbs up and said, "Junior brother, you're absolutely right! I love hearing that. Take us fellow disciples, for example. Although we may look sloppy, what do we do? We are at the forefront of the nation's scientific and technological frontier. Is that something money can buy? We are proud, we are honored!"
Zhao Qiang was sweating profusely. Where did this conversation lead? Zhang Zhen really knows how to use this as an excuse. Could it be that Zhang Zhen has experienced heartbreak? Maybe his girlfriend was from a wealthy family. He's probably been traumatized.
Although she was amused by the boys, Luo Wei only ate half a bowl of rice, giving the rest to Zhao Qiang. Amidst Li Tianwen's laughter, Zhao Qiang had no choice but to finish it for her. His mother had taught him well that one shouldn't waste food.
After lunch, Luo Wei was about to leave. Zhao Qiang escorted her to the school gate. After hesitating for a while, Luo Wei finally said, "Zhao Qiang, I really won't go to the repair shop tomorrow. Please tell Xiaoya for me that I have let her down."
Zhao Qiang knew that persuading Luo Wei to give up this idea wouldn't be something that could be done in a day or two, so he said, "You should rest for a couple of days first, and we'll talk about this later. I'll have Hu Qian go over and keep an eye on Qimingdeng first."
Luo Wei nodded. She truly had no face to see Xu Xiaoya again, much less to go to Qimingdeng Electronics. Just as Luo Wei was about to open the car door, Zhao Qiang's phone rang. Luo Wei had to stop and wait for Zhao Qiang to answer the call before saying goodbye and leaving. This might be the last time she saw Zhao Qiang, Luo Wei thought sadly. She could never repay him for the leftovers he had eaten for her.
Zhao Qiang answered the phone with a smile: "What's up?"
Xu Xiaoya's voice was soft and gentle, as if she were resting in bed, "Have you eaten?"
Zhao Qiang hummed in agreement: "We ate at the school cafeteria, and there was Wei too." Luo Wei was already waving her hands frantically, but Zhao Qiang ignored her.
Xu Xiaoya chuckled: "She must be terrified. This matter has put her in a difficult position, with us on one side and her father and grandfather on the other."
Zhao Qiang said, "Old Luo's behavior is actually quite normal. I would have been surprised if he hadn't shown up. Even tigers don't eat their cubs. His goal is nothing more than to drive away the other directors and teach his good-for-nothing children a lesson. He has achieved his goal. If he lets things continue like this, it's not his style. I think we should put this matter on hold for now. We were just trying to fish in troubled waters. Now that the waters aren't too murky, there's no need to make any more moves. It's better to avoid getting bitten by a snake. I'd be heartbroken if anyone got hurt."
Xu Xiaoya's laughter grew even sweeter. "Okay, you're the parent, how dare I disobey? But the intelligent voice control system can't be stopped. We need to find a new partner. Do you have anyone you like?"
Zhao Qiang thought for a moment and said, "Let's wait a bit. I think Qimingdeng Electronics' customer service hotline will be ringing off the hook soon. We won't need to go to them; they'll contact us on their own."
Xu Xiaoya said, "I'm just a little disappointed. If we don't produce them ourselves, like fast chargers, we'll just be doing all the work for others. It's really frustrating. Hey, don't you have a next target? Let's find another large company to work with. Anyway, we don't lack money now. Zhang Lingfeng is really a money-making machine, and of course, there's you, the mother of machines."
Starting a large enterprise was as easy as eating for Xu Xiaoya. If others heard this, they would think she had something wrong with her head. Zhao Qiang said, "Stop thinking about starting it. You've been exhausted these past few days. Take a rest first."
Xu Xiaoya said, "Give the phone to Wei."
Zhao Qiang waved his phone at Luo Wei, who waved her hands frantically and mouthed, "No, no, I can't answer."
Zhao Qiang shoved the phone into Luo Wei's hand. Luo Wei put the phone to her ear, unsure what to say, and remained silent for a moment. Finally, the other end spoke first, "Wei? Are you listening? What are you doing? Don't you consider us friends anymore?"
Luo Wei was heartbroken, and tears started flowing again. "Sister Xiaoya, I..."
"Stop using 'I' and 'you'! I haven't even settled accounts with you for secretly going to find Zhao Qiang. Are you planning to steal my husband?" Xu Xiaoya joked, but Luo Wei blushed furiously. "No, please don't misunderstand. I went to ask him to return the car and the management rights of Qimingdeng Electronics."
Xu Xiaoya said, "His word doesn't count. If you want to return the car and take over its management, come to me. This is an appeal to a higher level."
Luo Wei said, "I have no face to stand in front of you again."
Xu Xiaoya said, "Can you just cover your face, close your eyes, and get into my bed? Do you remember us? That night it was snowing heavily, and we went to a business meeting to promote our fast chargers. It was such a hit! Of course, because our fast chargers were so popular, we ended up burning down the Holiday Inn..."
Luo Wei couldn't help but laugh out loud: "That fire has nothing to do with our fast charger."
Xu Xiaoya smiled and said, "Do you remember that day when he scolded me for dressing too sexily?"
Luo Wei glanced at Zhao Qiang beside her and said, "Yeah, he's just concerned about us, but don't take it too seriously."
Xu Xiaoya said, "I'm terrified every day now, always worried that I'll wear something too sexy and he'll scold me."
Luo Wei chuckled. She knew Xu Xiaoya was being sarcastic, and Zhao Qiang wouldn't actually scold her. Xu Xiaoya said, "Have you forgotten? Zhang Lingfeng wanted to buy the patent for the fast charger back then, acting all high and mighty. I want to kick him whenever I think about it, but unfortunately he's not here right now."
Luo Wei said, "How could I forget him? He scared Sister Yiyi so much that she insisted that we help her put on a show, which resulted in you being misunderstood by Zhao Qiang for a long time afterward."
Xu Xiaoya said, "Yes, you were really into your performance back then. Tell me, do you have any experience in this area?"
Luo Wei blushed deeply: "No, no, how could that be? Don't you know anything about my situation?"
Xu Xiaoya said, "Who knows if you're secretly doing something behind my back? Oh, and what's even more hateful is that once they overheard us getting our eyebrows done outside the window and mistakenly thought we were getting a... well, you know. Isn't that infuriating?"
Luo Wei blurted out, "How hateful."
Xu Xiaoya said, "Then you have to help me deal with him and Zhang Lingfeng. We can't just leave them like this."
Luo Wei was very touched. Xu Xiaoya had talked to her so much to comfort her. Luo Wei said, "Thank you, Xiaoya. I understand. But I really can't work these next two days."
Xu Xiaoya said, "I know. You should rest well and then come back to help me."
Luo Wei nodded: "Okay, I'm hanging up."
Zhao Qiang took the phone with a smile, but before he could even tease Luo Wei a couple of times, the phone rang again. This time it was Hu Qian. Could it be that she was thinking about him too? What was she thinking in broad daylight?
"Zhao Qiang, oh dear, I finally got through! Wei's phone wasn't answering, and yours and Xiaoya's lines were busy, were you chatting? ...Why am I saying all this? Wei's grandfather is seriously ill, we need to get her to the hospital right away!"
Luo Wei seemed to have a premonition: "What's wrong?" Her voice trembled slightly. The reason she hadn't answered was because she had left it in her car, and she was eating at the restaurant.
Zhao Qiang said, "Go to the hospital quickly, your grandfather is hospitalized, and it seems his condition is not good."
When Zhao Qiang and Luo Wei arrived at the ward, there was a huge commotion inside. Luo Pingping's voice was the loudest: "Dad, you can't die! What will we do if you die? Luo Wanfeng only bullies us!" This woman had forgotten that they were the ones who bullied Luo Wanfeng before. How the tables have turned.
Luo Juanjuan's voice was equally strong: "Dad, who will give me money if you die? I'm not even married yet."
Luo Wanhai also cried out, "Dad, don't abandon me! I'm not married yet, you'll have to wait to hold your grandson!"
Luo Wanjiang remained calm, standing silently to the side. When Zhao Qiang pushed the door open and entered, he glared at him. If it were up to him, he would have kicked Zhao Qiang out, but he didn't dare say it out loud because he was afraid Zhao Qiang would beat him up. Even if Zhao Qiang beat him up, it would be pointless, especially since he had just won a match that morning, and Zhao Qiang was probably furious right now.
Luo Wei only saw her grandfather lying motionless on the hospital bed with an oxygen tube in his nose. She asked, "What's wrong with my grandfather?" No one answered. There were two nurses next to him, but they didn't dare to say a word.
Zhao Qiang was really annoyed by Luo Pingping and the others crying. He stepped forward, grabbed Luo Pingping, and threw her aside. Luo Pingping lost her balance and hit her head against the wall, crying out in pain. Liu Heping, who had been standing far away, was about to rush forward when he saw his wife being hurt. Zhao Qiang glared at him, and Liu Heping immediately thought of Leng Qinghu, who had been hacked to pieces. He shrank back and retreated.
Zhao Qiang kicked Luo Juanjuan again, and she shut up. This wasn't the first time she'd been taken advantage of; if she didn't keep quiet, she'd probably get beaten up again. Seeing Zhao Qiang's firm stance, the two nurses finally dared to speak up, "Comrades, the patient needs quiet. Could you...could you leave first?"
Volume 2 [302] Failure? Success?
Luo Wanjiang said to his third brother, "Stop crying, you can't afford to lose face."
No one spoke, and the two nurses didn't dare to shoo them away anymore. So everyone just stood there glaring at each other. Judging from the appearance, Luo Xin's breathing was very unstable, and his chest heaved up and down, sometimes heavily and sometimes rapidly. He looked really bad. Could it be that his ability to attend that crucial meeting that morning was just a last gasp before death?
Luo Wanfeng arrived shortly after. The university was much closer to the hospital than Haifeng Group, which is why Zhao Qiang and the others arrived ahead of them. Xu Xiaoya also arrived in a hurry shortly after. After all, the old man was one of her biggest rivals, and the two of them respected each other.
When the ward door creaked open again, it wasn't a doctor who entered, but a man in his forties, dressed in a suit and looking like a civil servant, who was actually a lawyer.
"Mr. Luo, Mr. Luo," the lawyer whispered twice in Luo Xin's ear. Luo Xin, with a strength he didn't know he had, actually opened his eyes. Seeing that it was his lawyer, he slightly opened his eyes as a greeting.
Luo Wanjiang's eyes suddenly lit up: "Are we going to announce the ownership of my dad's 30% stake?"
The lawyer glared at Luo Wanjiang with some disgust, while Zhao Qiang showed no mercy and slapped Luo Wanjiang across the face: "I'm beating you up on behalf of the old man!"
When Luo Wanhai saw his second brother being beaten, he was about to rush over to help, but unexpectedly, Luo Wanfeng intervened and kicked Luo Wanhai in the leg. Luo Wanhai lost his balance and fell to his knees with a thud, just like he was kneeling before Luo Xin. Luo Wanfeng cursed, "Unfilial son! Kneel down before your father!"
The lawyer asked Luo Xin, "Mr. Luo? Are you going to start studying now?"
Luo Xin nodded slightly, and the two nurses tactfully left the ward. There was so much fighting and noise inside that even the doctor didn't dare to come in and waited outside.
As the lawyer took documents out of his briefcase, he said, "Everyone who should be here is here, and those who shouldn't be here are here too. Listen to everyone."
Zhao Qiang was confused about whether he should have come or not, and felt a little embarrassed. When he saw Luo Wanhai lying on the ground glaring at him, he glared back fiercely. This was a look that had killed people before. Luo Wanhai was so scared that he lowered his head and didn't dare to raise it again. He had wanted to intimidate Zhao Qiang with his aura, but he failed. He was too inexperienced.
"...When you hear this will, I think I will be going away, or have already gone away. I will follow your mother down there. She must be lonely after waiting for me for so many years." The lawyer read Luo Xin's 'will' in a mournful and plaintive tone, probably because he often reads such things.
"My biggest mistake in life was not educating Wanjiang properly. Now I regret it all. So after I die, the Luo family must not be handed over to him. Otherwise, I will have no face to meet my ancestors in the afterlife..."
Luo Wanjiang was stunned. Had his father really said that? He couldn't accept it! He yelled at the lawyer, "You're talking nonsense! My father would never say that about me! You must have altered the will!"
Zhao Qiang finally understood what was going on; it seemed they hadn't failed yet! But he couldn't let Luo Wanjiang cause trouble, otherwise they would have lost even if they hadn't failed. Zhao Qiang stepped forward and punched Luo Wanjiang in the chin. Luo Wanjiang immediately shut up; there was nothing he could do, his jaw was dislocated.
The lawyer pointed to the will and said, "This will has been notarized and was left by Mr. Luo while he was in a state of perfect lucidity. If you are not satisfied, you can appeal, but don't yell at me, or I can sue you for violating my personal rights." Lawyers represent the solemn law, and anyone who tries to desecrate them will pay the price.
Luo Wanjiang wanted to leave but dared not. He had to hear the entire will. Seeing that Luo Wanjiang was behaving himself, the lawyer continued reading, "...Haifeng Group is riddled with problems. This is all a result of my indulgence of Wanjiang, Juanjuan, and the others. I am guilty; I am the biggest sinner of the Luo family! But I cannot watch the Luo family collapse, even in my twilight years. However, with my limited abilities, I am powerless to save the Luo family from this predicament. I placed my hopes on Wanfeng, but Wanfeng lacks the charisma to turn the tide. Perhaps Wei is the one I truly need. Therefore, I have decided to transfer 30% of my shares to my granddaughter Luo Wei free of charge..."
Hearing this, Luo Wei burst into tears again. She couldn't help but cry. Her grandfather, who wasn't even related by blood, hadn't forgotten her on his deathbed. Although this "not forgetting" might just be a ploy to use her to help the Luo family rise again, the fact that he still remembered Luo Wei was enough to move her deeply. Moreover, the 30% stake was a real deal, instantly turning the previous defeat around and ensuring that Luo Wanjiang would never have a chance to recover. Luo Wei now held 50% of the shares, making her position in Haifeng Group absolutely unassailable! And when new funds were injected, the shares held by Luo Wanjiang and others would be diluted, possibly ending up as just a fraction of a percent.
Xu Xiaoya also held Zhao Qiang's arm tightly, sobbing softly, "We misunderstood Old Luo."
Zhao Qiang patted her on the back to comfort her.
Luo Wanjiang went mad, Luo Wanhai went mad, Luo Pingping went mad, and Luo Juanjuan went mad. They were absolutely certain that the will was related to them, and that Luo Xin would definitely hand over the Luo family to them on his deathbed. Luo Wanfeng was just a pawn in Luo Xin's reorganization of the Luo family's business. But who could have imagined that this would be the outcome?