She really couldn't fall asleep, so she picked up her phone again and browsed through the photos of Xiao Xingxing in her album.
The most recent photos were taken by her in Xiao Xingxing's hospital room. Xiao Xingxing was smiling brightly, giving a victory sign with one hand.
But his later treatment wasn't entirely finished, and she didn't know if he would relapse outside.
After Xiao Xingxing disappeared, she had inventoried the medicine in the ward and found that one bottle was missing. It was likely that Xiao Xingxing had taken it himself.
But that bottle of medicine would only last for half a month at most, and it should help control the bacterial infection a little.
If Xiao Xingxing couldn't be found after half a month, his physical condition outside would be very poor.
The thought of this felt like a stone in her heart, making her unable to sleep all night...
...
Abroad, Sasha finally waited for Xie Qining's second trial.
Even though the legal team tried their best to argue, their side couldn't produce any new evidence. The first trial's verdict was upheld, and this was the final judgment, with no further appeals possible.
Sasha didn't care about the verdict. However, she pretended to be very sad as she informed Xie Zhendong and his wife of the result and booked her flight back to Lancheng.
Upon hearing that the second trial still resulted in a twelve-year sentence, Feng Rou cried again. Seeing Zhan Jiayi's belly growing larger and being unable to stop it any longer, she was completely disheartened.
Xie Zhendong could only sigh helplessly upon hearing the news. This was the outcome he had expected, though it made him feel a bit uncomfortable.
But he quickly refocused his attention on the group's affairs and looked forward to Zhan Jiayi giving birth to a healthy boy.
In his heart, nothing was more important than the group's interests and his own business.
These past few days, he had unintentionally discovered a flaw in Ao Xiang Group's large-scale urban construction project, and Ao Xiang's people hadn't rectified it promptly.
This meant he could make a big fuss about it, and it was uncertain whether Ao Xiang's urban construction project could be completed smoothly.
Who told Qin Tianyi and Xiao Anjing to snatch his project? He had been fixated on this project with lingering resentment.
Today, in his office, he personally contacted Zhao Jianhua.
"Hello, Mr. Xie," Zhao Jianhua said, flattered to receive Xie Zhendong's call.
After helping Xie Zhendong with the cultural wall project, he had only made a small profit on Xie's stock price, and hadn't even recouped his costs.
Recently, when he contacted Zhan Jiayi, she always avoided his calls or deliberately evaded him, which infuriated him.
Just as he was thinking about how to get some of his costs back from Xie's, Xie Zhendong contacted him proactively, which truly delighted him.
"Where have you been making a fortune lately?" Xie Zhendong asked in a condescending tone.
Zhao Jianhua said subserviently, "I haven't made any money at all. Mr. Xie, you have no idea how difficult the real estate business is now. It's not like the old days; it's good enough if we don't lose money."
"Have you considered transforming your group?"
Zhao Jianhua replied, "I have, but transformation is not easy. It requires huge capital investment everywhere... Alas, the group's funds are stretched thin."
Hearing Zhao Jianhua complain about poverty, Xie Zhendong knew that if he wanted him to handle this matter, he would have to give him some benefits first.
"Why don't you transition to online e-commerce and do live streaming platforms? This industry has great prospects now."
"Mr. Xie has vision, you're absolutely right. However, transitioning to this industry also requires a very large investment."
Xie Zhendong said generously, "I'll help you build the online platform, and all the initial funding will be on me. What do you think?"
"Oh, how could I dare?" Zhao Jianhua was overjoyed, never expecting such a good thing to happen, like pie falling from the sky.
Xie Zhendong continued, "You've helped me with quite a few things before, so this is nothing. You don't need to be polite. I'll find people to coordinate with your group."
"Okay, okay, then I'll gratefully accept." Zhao Jianhua could no longer pretend and happily accepted.
"That's right," Xie Zhendong then stated the real matter he wanted him to handle. "There's another thing I want to entrust you with. It might involve some risk. Are you willing to do it?"
Zhao Jianhua knew that there were no free lunches and immediately agreed, "Mr. Xie, please tell me what you need, and I will definitely handle it well."
"After it's done, I'll directly transfer another two million cash to your group. Do you think that can solve your urgent needs?"
"Yes, yes, of course," Zhao Jianhua thought that even if it meant going through fire and water, he had to get this done.
This would alleviate his real estate group's cash flow problems for quite some time.
...
Tianyi and Anjing had stayed up for two consecutive nights and searched through all the repair shops, finally finding the one that had modified the black driver's car.
This repair shop had modification records and the contact number left by the black driver.
At that time, when he came to modify the car, he had to leave a phone number, as the shop feared he wouldn't pay the final installment.
However, the phone number was now disconnected. If they gave it to a private investigator, they could check the information associated with this number, bringing them one step closer to finding the person.
Today, both of them felt very tired and were resting on the sofa in the hotel.
They knew they had to race against time to find the child, as the longer it took, the greater the danger the child would face.
Just then, Tianyi's phone rang, startling them both awake. They immediately got up.
Tianyi picked up the phone and saw the number displayed was from the private investigator.
"Mr. Qin, we've found the black driver's current residence. We're heading over to apprehend him immediately."
"Okay, where is it? Send me the location," Tianyi said excitedly. "We'll inform the police and rush over."
After that, the private investigator on the other end hung up, and they quickly sprang into action.
An Jing had been watching Tianyi on the phone and asked nervously, "How is it? Any leads?"
"We've found the fake taxi driver's residence." As soon as he finished speaking, he received the location on his phone.
An Jing stood up and exclaimed, "That's great!"
"We're heading over now. We'll send the address to the police on the way," Tianyi said, picking up his jacket and quickly leading the way out of the hotel room.
When they arrived at the location indicated by the GPS, the two private investigators had just arrived as well.
They stood outside the old apartment building, discussing how to go up and apprehend the person.
One private investigator said, "That person lives on the third floor. We've already checked that this apartment has two entrances, one at the front and one at the back."
He then pointed to a window on the third floor, saying, "It's that unit. From the window, it looks like the person is inside the apartment now."
Tianyi immediately said, "Let's have two people guard the front door and one guard the back door. The other two will go up to find him."
The private investigator hesitated and asked, "Should we wait for the police to arrive and go up with them?"
"Let's not wait. I'm afraid he'll notice something is wrong and escape if he goes out." An Jing shared the same thought as Tianyi. With their four people, they should be able to catch this fake taxi driver.