The next morning, Tianyi received a call from the person in charge of the restructuring at the other end.
Because Zhan Jiayi did not show up, Huangfu Group indeed rejected the previous restructuring plan and proposed a new one.
The person in charge sent over the new plan.
After reviewing the new plan, Tianyi discovered that Huangfu Group only intended to divest the loss-making industries and divide the original large factory into smaller ones, which would be more conducive to Huangfu Group's diversified industrial production.
As for the resettlement of Xie Corporation's employees, they were all pushed into the loss-making subsidiaries, where they would still face unemployment after the restructuring.
Regarding the protection of minority shareholder interests, Huangfu Group was even more cunning, pushing for the public auction of Xie Corporation's stocks.
Currently, Xie Corporation's stocks were like waste paper; who would bid for them in a public auction? They would still be waste paper.
Yet, this restructuring plan by Huangfu Group was unanimously approved at the shareholders' meeting. All the previous court victories were in vain.
With Zhan Jiayi absent, their Aoxiang group could not intervene either, so Tianyi had to recall the people Aoxiang had sent.
...
Susu waited at home for news from Kangxi. The police had mobilized all available forces and had been searching the road leading up the cliff for almost a day and a night.
Apart from some bloodstains along the road, the police had not found any trace of Zhan Jiayi.
Kangxi had requested assistance from police dogs.
The two police dogs sent by the special police unit barked incessantly when they reached the edge of the cliff. Kangxi strongly suspected that Zhan Jiayi had been thrown off the cliff.
Given the height of the cliff and the rocky seabed below, there was almost no chance of survival for someone falling into the sea.
When Susu learned that the police were still searching but had not found Zhan Jiayi, she felt truly anxious and wished she could go and help with the search herself.
However, Xiaomei and Xiaolin stopped her from going out.
She also did not want Tianyi to worry about her anymore, but the thought that Zhan Jiayi had an accident while coming to find her still weighed heavily on her heart.
...
With her perseverance, Zhan Jiayi managed to climb into a cave on the left.
It wasn't really a cave; the recess was not deep, just enough for a person to sit inside, with a sheltered spot overhead.
However, it offered no protection from the whistling sea wind. After a night, she was completely numb from the cold, suffering from hunger and cold.
She had tried to chip away at the rock wall with碎石 (suì shí - broken stones), but the sound was too faint, and the distance from the top was too great for anyone on the cliff to hear.
As daylight arrived, she knew that if she continued like this, she would either starve to death or freeze to death. Her only option was to try and climb up on her own.
She had previously gone rock climbing with Xie Zhendong as a fashionable sport, but she had only gone once or twice, purely for fun, and had not learned it diligently.
If she had known she would encounter such a situation, she would have definitely learned it properly back then.
Her injuries, coupled with the cold and hunger, made her feel that her body's endurance was rapidly reaching its limit.
She finally made up her mind: instead of waiting to die, she would fight for a chance.
She took out a small packet of biscuits and a vitamin C candy from her pocket, opened them, and ate them all.
When she was busy, she often forgot to eat proper meals, so she had developed the habit of carrying small snacks with her. When she felt hungry, she would eat a candy or a small piece of biscuit.
She never expected this habit to save her life now.
After eating, she took a deep breath, feeling as if she had regained some strength. She tried to move out of the cave and began to climb upwards.
She was cautious with every step, knowing that a single mistake would lead to her being shattered to pieces.
...
Kangxi and the other search officers saw that dusk was approaching again.
Everyone knew that the hope of finding her was becoming increasingly slim, and they were preparing to withdraw.
Kangxi contacted the team searching down the cliff, but they also had not found Zhan Jiayi.
Could she have already perished at sea?
Seeing that it was getting dark, Kangxi ordered everyone to withdraw and to hurry to find the people who had tried to harm Zhan Jiayi.
The license plates of the two black cars had been checked and found to be fake. The four people who had gotten out of the two cars were all masked, and judging by their clothing and build, they were all men.
One of them, from the car that collided with Zhan Jiayi, was also injured.
They could not immediately trace the two cars, but the injured person would have to seek medical treatment somewhere. This would be a good starting point for the investigation.
Kangxi stood at the edge of the cliff and looked down again. Helplessly, he ordered everyone to withdraw. Just as he turned around, he suddenly heard a faint cry for help, "Help... is anyone there... help..."
At first, he thought he had misheard. He calmed himself and listened carefully again. He was sure it wasn't an auditory hallucination; the sound was coming from the edge of the cliff.
He immediately shouted to the nearest officer, "Come here quickly, there's someone by the cliff."
After speaking, he squatted down, stretched his neck, and looked down towards the edge of the cliff. He saw a hand tightly gripping a rock, but it looked like it could slip off at any moment.
Kangxi quickly crawled down and grabbed the person's wrist, asking, "Miss Zhan, is that you?"
The other party no longer had the strength to answer him. The moment he grabbed her wrist, she lost all her strength, and her consciousness began to fade.
The officers Kangxi had called over also helped him pull Zhan Jiayi up. With their combined efforts, they finally managed to pull her up.
Someone nearby shouted, "Found her, we found her! It's a miracle, an absolute miracle!"
...
Zhan Jiayi seemed to be still alone on the precipice. With one misstep, she fell. She woke up amidst desperate screams.
She realized she was no longer on the cliff, and the howling wind was gone. Instead, she was lying in a hospital bed.
She understood that she was out of danger, but as soon as she moved, she felt unbearable pain all over her body.
"Don't move," said a nurse beside her when she woke up. "You have multiple fractures, and your waist is in a splint. You can't move around carelessly."
Zhan Jiayi hummed in acknowledgment, afraid it was a dream, and asked, "Is this a hospital? How did I get here?"
The nurse nodded and said, "This is the orthopedic ward of the hospital. The police brought you here. We have already notified your family, and they should be here soon."
"Family." The thought of seeing her parents and brother again brought tears to Zhan Jiayi's eyes.
The nurse comforted her, "I heard from the police that you climbed up from the bottom of the cliff by yourself. You are truly lucky to be alive. Great fortune awaits those who survive great misfortune."
Zhan Jiayi held back her tears and smiled at the nurse.
At this moment, Su Kangxi, accompanied by an officer, arrived at the ward and asked the nurse, "Is she in a condition to give a statement?"
The nurse replied, "Her condition is mainly fractures and soft tissue contusions. As long as she is awake, speaking is fine, but don't let her get too tired."
"Understood." Su Kangxi stood by the bedside and looked at Zhan Jiayi.
As soon as Zhan Jiayi saw Kangxi, she said, "Officer Su, someone wanted to kill me! You must catch these people!"
"We will." Kangxi asked, "Did you get a clear look at the faces of the people who forced you to crash your car? What did they look like?"
"Them? How many people were in those two cars?" Zhan Jiayi retorted.