Rose Manor

One night passed, the rain in Jiangcheng had stopped, the weather cleared up, and the golden sunshine shone on the earth. The scene was so prosperous that people mistakenly thought that the tragedy that happened last night was just a dream.

The rain in Beicheng is still falling intermittently.

At eight o'clock in the morning, in the villa of Yunding Palace, Cheng Jin turned on the TV and listened to the sound while doing some daily cleaning work. The sound of rain outside made the room even more empty and deserted.

She turned up the volume of the TV and was about to put down the remote control when she heard the news: "At about 15 o'clock in the morning, a major car accident occurred on the Jiangcheng Cross-River Bridge. A heavy freight truck crashed into a taxi. According to the surveillance video, , the taxi was crashed and rolled over on the spot, falling into the Songli River. Firefighters arrived at the scene 20 minutes later to launch emergency rescue. It has been confirmed that a female passenger in her [-]s died on the spot and her identity is unknown. The taxi The driver was sent to the hospital for rescue and died at [-] o'clock this morning. The truck driver's life was not in danger for the time being and is under police investigation. The case is under further investigation. News will continue to be reported to everyone..."

Cheng Jin held the mop handle, read the news, and then looked at the non-stop rain and gloomy sky outside. His mood suddenly became heavy, and he lamented the impermanence of the world.

He simply turned off the TV and quietly finished cleaning the living room. Seeing that it was getting late, Cheng Jin went upstairs to ask Shen Jia Nian to get up for breakfast.

She went to bed early last night and got up at five o'clock today. She cooked a pot of shredded chicken porridge, which Jia Nian likes to eat, along with a vegetable bun and two plates of appetizers.

Standing outside the bedroom door on the third floor, Cheng Jin raised his hand and knocked on the door twice: "Jianian, are you up?"

After waiting quietly for a while, Cheng Jin turned his ear to the door and heard no movement inside.

Are you still asleep?

Cheng Jin was afraid that Jia Nian hadn't had a good rest, so he went in rashly and woke someone up, so he didn't stay outside the door for long, and turned around to leave with a gentle step.

She ate breakfast first and sat idle in the living room, taking apart an old sweater that she didn't wear and preparing to knit it into a vest.

Two hours passed and Shen Jia Nian still hadn't come down yet, and the porridge had been kept warm in a casserole.Cheng Jin was not at ease, so he took off the stretched instant noodles-like wool from his knees, put it on the sofa, and got up to go upstairs.

She knocked on the door first and waited for a few seconds. When there was no response from the room, she pushed the door open and went in. At the same time, she did not forget to say: "Jianian, I'm in."

Cheng Jin was stunned when he saw the quilt on the bed was neatly spread. He went to the cloakroom, but no one was there. He went to the bathroom to look for anyone, but he was not there either.

"Jia Nian? Jia Nian?" Cheng Jin called twice, but no one answered. He couldn't help but mutter, "Where did he go?"

She closed the door and took a look at the gentleman's bedroom next door, thinking that Jianian might have slept there last night, but she was still nowhere to be seen.

Cheng Jin guessed whether Jia Nian got up early and went out, but after thinking about it, he thought it was unlikely.

She has been wandering around the living room and kitchen. If Jia Nian goes out, she will not miss it.

Cheng Jin took out his cell phone from his trouser pocket and called her.

A cold message came from the phone: "The number you dialed is temporarily unavailable, please call again later."

Cheng Jin frowned, hung up the phone, pursed his lips and thought for a moment, then called the driver Xiao Zheng.The call was quickly connected, and before Cheng Jin could ask, Xiao Zheng said, "Do you want to use a car, Miss Shen? I'll be there right away."

Xiao Zheng's words dispelled Cheng Jin's doubts, indicating that Shen Jia Nian had not gone out today.

Despite this, Cheng Jin still asked him: "Jianian didn't go out this morning?"

Xiao Zheng was stunned and answered truthfully: "No. I still feel strange why I didn't go to Yan Qiusheng's place today." He thought it was because of the weather, and Miss Shen and Yan Qiusheng asked for leave and couldn't go.

Immediately, he realized something was wrong and asked, "Miss Shen is not at home?"

Cheng Jin had a bad feeling, Jia Nian had never disappeared without any reason.

Xiao Zheng was the one left behind by his husband. He was young and strong, and his mind and reaction ability were better than ordinary people. Cheng Jin did not dare to hide it and told him the truth: "I went upstairs to call for someone at around eight o'clock in the morning. There was no one in the room. I thought she was sleeping so I didn't disturb her. Now it's past ten o'clock. When I came up again, I found no one in the room. I searched everywhere and called her, but no one answered."

Xiao Zheng comforted her: "Don't worry, I'll be right over. You can ask the doorman first. If Miss Shen has been out, they should know."

"Oh yes yes yes."

Cheng Jin said that young people are smart and she never thought of asking the guard.She decisively took the elevator downstairs. It was still raining. She took a black umbrella from under the shoe cabinet in the entrance hall, opened it, and walked through the front yard to the security booth at the gate.

"Aunt Cheng, what's the matter?" Seeing her from a distance, the guard opened the door in advance.

Cheng Jin didn't go in. He was worried and couldn't help but uttered incoherently: "Has Jia Nian gone out in the morning? Have you seen her?"

"You mean Miss Shen?" the guard said, glancing at his colleagues behind him.

There are usually two guards in the security booth, working in three shifts.The colleague shook his head and said, "I was the first to change my shift this morning, and I didn't see Miss Shen go out."

Seeing that Cheng Jin's expression changed and he seemed very anxious, his colleague said that he could call her and ask other people.After several phone calls, I finally got some information, and the answer I got was that the last time I saw Miss Shen was at six or seven o'clock last night, and I haven't seen her since.

"My colleague said that he saw Miss Shen carrying a bag out last night. She said she was going to meet a friend nearby, and he later handed over the shift."

Cheng Jin's face suddenly turned bad.

The guard didn't know, but she had taken care of Shen Jia Nian for several months and knew her friends very well. Jia Nian had no friends nearby.However, she had heard Jia Nian mention a young lady named "Bo". As far as she knew, that young lady lived in another district.

Cheng Jin panicked for a moment, hoping that he was overthinking it. Since Jia Nian left by himself and was not kidnapped by others, there shouldn't be any problems.

But she couldn't persuade herself to calm down. She had heard from her husband before that Jianian was almost assassinated in Yicheng, so her safety always came first.

Cheng Jin went back with an umbrella and called her husband in an emergency. When she received a reminder that "the caller has turned off her phone," she remembered that her husband was still on the plane.

She didn't know the phone number of Jianian's friend and couldn't contact him, so she could only worry.

*
At Jiangcheng First Hospital, at two o'clock in the afternoon, Pei Che was allowed to visit the patients.

Under the guidance of the nurse, he performed disinfection work, put on a hat, a mask, an isolation gown, and shoe covers on his feet, and stepped into the intensive care unit.

The curtains were drawn around Shen Jianian's hospital bed. The surgeon was beside him, followed by the monitoring doctor. The two of them were looking at the various data displayed on the examination sheet.

Seeing Pei Che, the surgeon in charge took the initiative and said, "Relax, she just woke up for a while and can understand the instructions, which means she has passed the critical period. The next step is to continue to monitor her, take a good rest, and slowly restore her body functions."

It's also lucky that despite being pregnant and seriously injured in a car accident, I can still save my life.The main reason is that he was sent to the hospital in time and did not cause excessive blood loss.

After all, her head injury was serious at the time.

Pei Che slowly turned his head and moved his eyes to the hospital bed. He had a feeling similar to "fear of being close to home". He subconsciously held his breath, not daring to get too close, and just looked at her like this.

Xiao Nian's head and face were wrapped in thick gauze, leaving only her eyes and two lips exposed. An endotracheal tube was inserted into her nose, and many parts of her body were fixed with splints. Electrodes were attached to her chest and connected to several monitors nearby.

With just one glance, Pei Che's eyes could not help but turn red, and his lips under the mask pursed into a straight line, trembling slightly.

The chief surgeon left first, leaving the monitoring doctor to stay here.

For a long time, Pei Che slowly moved to the bedside, not having the courage to reach out and touch her. She felt like a broken porcelain doll, carefully glued together, and he was afraid that it would break again if he touched her.

He could no longer withstand any storm.

Pei Che stayed with her quietly until the radio in the intensive care unit reminded family members that visiting hours were over and they were asked to leave as soon as possible before he walked out.

After taking off his mask, Pei Che bent down as if he was exhausted, holding his knees with both hands to prevent him from falling to the ground.

His condition was even worse than when he sent Shen Jianian over last night.

No one is satisfied. At first he thought that as long as he rescued her, he would be able to accept any outcome.However, seeing her lying lifeless on the hospital bed with wounds all over her body was more painful than cutting his heart with a dull knife.