As Shi Ran's friend, Shen Lian Nuo naturally sided with Shi Ran.
She detested Zhao Wuyan to the core.
Especially when she arrived earlier and saw some bloodstains on Shi Ran's face, she thought Shi Ran was injured. At that moment, she wished she could hang Zhao Wuyan up and give her a severe beating, to teach her a lesson.
Fortunately, the bloodstains were not Shi Ran's.
Even so, Shen Lian Nuo did not want to let Zhao Wuyan go.
"Enough."
Lu Yanming pulled Shen Lian Nuo aside, "Tang Si will teach her a lesson."
"Lu Yanming, even you are going to protect her?"
Shen Lian Nuo flung Lu Yanming away, her sharp gaze fixed on him as she questioned him.
Lu Yanming: "..."
What did I say?
"Hmph." Shen Lian Nuo rolled her eyes at him and walked to Meng Jingwei, "Jingwei, let's take Shi Ran back first."
Thus, the group quickly left the abandoned building.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Huo Xiaohua was busy at home dealing with his work, but his right eyelid kept twitching.
Ring ring ring—
Suddenly, the phone on his desk rang.
Huo Xiaohua's heart skipped a beat. He straightened up, picked up the phone, and answered, "What is it?"
"Mr. Huo, it's bad. Something has happened at Yancheng Mingke Biotechnology Company."
"What's going on?" Hearing the other person's frantic voice, Huo Xiaohua felt an inexplicable nervousness.
The other person immediately explained, "We just received a call from the investigation. They said our company is suspected of sewage leakage, causing water pollution and making many nearby residents sick. They are demanding the company stop production."
Yancheng Mingke Biotechnology was another company under Huo Xiaohua's name, and it was currently his largest revenue-generating industry.
Huo Xiaohua never expected that Mingke Biotechnology, which had been operating smoothly, would be investigated.
"I'm coming over now."
After hanging up the phone, Huo Xiaohua got up without any hesitation, walked out of the study, went downstairs, and drove away from the villa.
Because of the continuous rain throughout the day, there were already many puddles on the road.
When his car reached an underpass, it got stuck in traffic again. He sat in the car for a full hour without moving more than five meters.
As he was suffering, the phone in his pocket suddenly rang again.
Huo Xiaohua was worried about the situation at the Yancheng company and quickly took out his phone to answer, "Hello?"
"Wuwuwu... Xiaohua, please save your sister. Your sister is missing." It was the voice of Madam Zhao, crying on the other end.
Hearing the crying, Huo Xiaohua felt inexplicably annoyed, "What nonsense are you talking about? Wuyan is a grown woman, how can she go missing?"
"That girl left in a huff this afternoon and hasn't come back. I can't get through to her, and her phone is turned off." Madam Zhao sighed, "Although Wuyan sometimes stays out all night, she never fails to answer her phone."
"Alas, you worry too much. I'll send someone to look for her. Don't think too much about it, and rest early." Huo Xiaohua's voice carried displeasure. He comforted her with a restless tone and then didn't say much more.
After hanging up, Huo Xiaohua immediately instructed someone to look for Zhao Wuyan.
The scene at the hospital flashed through his mind, Zhao Wuyan's furious reaction after knowing Shi Ran was pregnant. A faint worry gnawed at his heart.
But that worry lasted only a few seconds before he cast it aside.
He only wanted to rush to Yancheng now to deal with the production halt and investigation of Mingke Biotechnology.
But for some reason, his right eyelid kept twitching uneasily, giving him a bad feeling.
...
Hospital.
After being sent to the hospital, Shi Ran underwent a series of examinations. The hospital's final recommendation was for Shi Ran to be hospitalized for pregnancy preservation.