Chapter 22 The Bad News Arrived as Expected
After the discussion was completed, Su Qing said goodbye to her nephew and uncle at the entrance of the state-owned hotel.
I happened to meet the owner of the state-owned restaurant who was returning from purchasing goods.
"Boss Xue, I've been waiting for you for a long time, and you're finally back." He Wengong also came forward. "Su Qing, come here, let me introduce you, this is Xue Guobang, the owner of the state-owned restaurant."
"Boss Xue, nice to meet you!" After the two shook hands, Su Qing asked, "Where did you get these mushrooms from?"
Seeing Boss Xue unloading goods, two boxes of mushrooms caught Su Qing's interest.
In addition to fruits, the space should also be suitable for growing vegetables.
From the conversation just now, I learned that the state-owned restaurant and Jinfeng Farm also have business dealings.
If the system output target can be achieved in vegetables as well, it can be said to be a bigger surprise.
"Su Qing, to be honest, our farm was trying to cultivate mushrooms and wood ear mushrooms some time ago, but we encountered a technical bottleneck. I feel a little sorry for this, Boss Xue." He Wengong was talking to Su Qing on the surface, but in fact he was indirectly apologizing to Boss Xue.
"It's nothing, actually. We just go to Wan'an Farm in Lingxi County to buy the goods instead of the nearby one." Xue Guobang said helplessly.
Su Qing picked up two slices of mushroom and felt that their quality was not very good.
"You can see it too. The quality is poor and it's quite expensive," Boss Xue complained.
After hearing what he said, Su Qing started to make plans in her mind.
When Boss Xue came back, He Wengong naturally wanted to discuss things with him.
Su Qing stood up and said goodbye, preparing to go to the station to catch the bus back.
When I reached the street corner in front, a young man came towards me.
"Hello, Miss Su. Our leader wants to see you about something." He then pointed forward.
Not far away, there was a jeep parked.
The back seat window rolled down, and a familiar figure leaned out, waving at him, motioning her to come over.
"Isn't this Lu Xingchen's leader Li Tiejun? Why is he still here?" Su Qing was a little puzzled.
"Leader, are you looking for me?" Su Qing came to the car.
The car door opened and Li Tiejun invited Su Qing to get in.
"I've thought about it and I'd like to tell you something!" It seemed that Li Tiejun made the decision after careful consideration.
Otherwise, he would have stayed in the state-owned restaurant for a long time just now. He waited here for a long time just to say a few words.
"I want to tell you about Lu Xingchen's life experience. Everyone knows that he is a child of a wealthy family. But during the war, he was separated from his relatives. I felt sorry for him, so I adopted him." As Li Tiejun spoke, his eyes began to moisten.
"That means, besides being his leader, you are also his adoptive father, right?" Su Qing was a little surprised by this change of identity.
"Actually, Xingchen has been looking for the whereabouts of his biological parents, and it was my instruction for you to marry him. This time, he volunteered to take on this mission, and I feel conflicted." After raising him for many years, Li Tiejun is not a father, but he has been closer to his father.
This tender-hearted man couldn't stop shedding hot tears.
Su Qing felt the same way and was moved.
"Uncle Li, tell me honestly, is Lu Xingchen's mission this time very dangerous?" Su Qing changed the address from leader to Uncle Li.
He is Lu Xingchen's adoptive father, so it's not an exaggeration to call him "Dad", but the change was too sudden, and Su Qing couldn't speak for the time being.
Li Tiejun frowned and did not answer.
Su Qing's heart skipped a beat, and she began to realize the seriousness of the situation.
Su Qing recalled that in her previous life, Lu Xingchen was seriously injured in a mission and had both legs amputated. From then on, she was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life.
It is very likely that this is the mission this time.
When the reservoir incident happened, she resolutely decided to date Lu Xingchen just to make up for his broken leg.
Now, we cannot let the situation develop into the tragic ending of the previous life.
However, the facts are here, and it is difficult to come up with effective ways to reverse the situation.
Su Qing was extremely worried.
A loud "boom" interrupted Su Qing's thoughts.
She got out of the car and went to look for the sound.
It turned out that something happened in the state-owned hotel.
He Wengong was still there. He and the staff of the state-owned hotel were digging a person out from a pile of fallen cargo.
Isn’t this boss Xue Guobang?
Su Qing looked up and saw that the shelf had collapsed and a heavy beam was pressing down on Xue Guobang.
After everyone moved the beam away, the part of Xue Guobang's body that was pressed was already bleeding.
It was just like what Su Qing had seen in her previous life, the tragic scene of a football player breaking his calf.
The pain was visible to the naked eye, and Boss Xue's tibia was obviously bent and displaced.
The state-owned restaurant's truck was weighed down by a large amount of cargo and could not be driven out for a while.
“Drip, drip, drip!”
Three car horns honked in succession.
It turned out that Li Tiejun asked the driver to drive the car over and signaled everyone to move the injured into the car.
"You know that person. He's quite enthusiastic and kind. I hope Boss Xue will be blessed with good fortune and turn misfortune into good fortune." He Wengong kept praying.
"He is my lover's adoptive father." Su Qing also felt the father's enthusiasm and kindness, although today was the first time she met him.
It was sunny just now, but now it suddenly started to rain.
Su Qing had no choice but to hide back in the state-owned hotel.
While sitting and chatting, Su Qing and He Wengong discussed the specific terms of the contract in depth and detail.
Su Qing waited until the rain stopped and went to the public marketing cooperative to buy some vegetable seeds. She also wanted to buy some mushroom sticks, but thinking that she did not have the technology to grow mushrooms yet, she had to give up.
She walked to the bus station and bought a ticket. In the crowded and bumpy ride, Su Qing dragged her tired body and braved the rain back to Hongxing Village.
For several days in a row, it rained non-stop.
The weather is still hot and humid, and it seems that the next typhoon is brewing.
Production teams also stopped working, and the labor force was often organized to reinforce the dams of reservoirs or the Rui River.
The transportation of sand and gravel had also stopped, and movie screenings were not held every day, so the Su brothers were happy to have a few days of leisure.
Only Su Qing was suffering from anxiety and torment in her heart.
Because the time was too long, he didn't have much contact with Lu Xingchen in his previous life.
Su Qing couldn't remember the time when he broke his leg during the mission.
It was too late until Chen Ruifeng brought the word-of-mouth bad news.
The man fell from a height, suffered comminuted fractures on both legs, and is unconscious. He is currently being rescued.
What Chen Ruifeng brought was a telegram with just one line of words. After Su Qing finished reading it, it felt like she had lived a lifetime.
She felt extremely disappointed in herself.
It was agreed that she would change her tragic fate after rebirth. Now she knew this would be the outcome, but she could do nothing about it.
If she felt sympathy and pity for Lu Xingchen's injury in her previous life, then in this life, she and he were married, even though it was fake, and she felt not only disappointment but also extreme loss in her heart.
She didn't know why she was worried and disturbed these days, unable to sleep at night and losing her appetite.
She just knew that when she heard that he had something to do, even if it was still raining, she would ask Su Yu to drive her straight to the hospital where he was.
"Isn't this Su Qing?" Su Qing didn't find anyone in the orthopedics department. When she was about to inquire about the situation at the nurse station, a person in a wheelchair stopped her.
Su Qing also recognized at a glance that the other person was Mr. Xue, the boss of the state-owned restaurant.
"Boss Xue, I'm sorry, my wife is having surgery, please don't stop me." Su Qing was a little panicked.
Su Yu had been supporting her the whole time; he knew how to get to the operating room.
When Su Qing rushed to the door of the operating room, a nurse just walked out in a panic.
"Miss, what's the condition of the patient inside?" Su Qing realized that the person who walked forward faster than her and asked questions was Ru Mengyun.
"The patient has lost too much blood and his condition has worsened. I'll go call our director right away." The nurse said this and left in a hurry.