She is the most beautiful rose

Chapter 272: The Rose of the Mystery
The eastern part of the Dominican Republic.

The coastline presents a brilliant golden wheat color at sunset, and the sparkling sea reflects layers of flashes.

Shen Manzhi half-lay in the rocking chair and squinted his eyes.

The salty and humid sea breeze rushed towards the coast with the waves, and then rolled into the sky with the cold air.

A thin blanket was draped over Shen Manzhi. She raised her eyes and was attracted by the last rays of sunset.

The setting sun melts into gold, and the evening clouds merge into one.

She had seen the same sunset countless times.

My thoughts were inexplicably wandering, and I couldn't help but think of the last evening.

"Lincheng Huaisheng Middle School has temporarily suspended teaching. The inspection team has personally contacted the Chen family and launched an investigation. With the instigation of the board of directors, the assets behind the Chen family are also being investigated."

Baihu stood beside Shen Manzhi holding a flat-screen display. She didn't say anything, so he continued.

"There's been a lot of negative news about you in Huaicheng recently."

He looked up at the person sitting on the rocking chair who didn't react, and then continued, "The Lincheng incident was exposed online. When the people in Huaicheng found out it was you, some people dug up things about you when you were in school, saying... you bullied your classmates, and there were also many victims who didn't match your grade and age."

He stole a glance at Shen Manzhi again, and continued to babble, "A few days later, some students who were your age came out to testify that it was all a rumor, and several students who actually participated in the bullying publicly issued letters of apology..."

The matter is not complicated. Shen Manzhi has been slandered more than once or twice. Any rumor based on hearsay may be discredited, exaggerated and spread everywhere.

School bullying is nothing new in her "notorious" resume.

But this time, perhaps God had eyes, and those people who had hurt her in the past now took the initiative to come forward to apologize to her, and even tried to clear her name in the midst of public opinion.

Shen Manzhi closed his eyes completely, indicating that he didn't want to listen.

Baihu was silent because of this.

In fact, what he wanted to say was that someone must have done something behind the scenes, otherwise how could the group of rich kids who were the real bullies grow up to repent and issue an apology statement.

But these dusty past events were brought up again after many years. For Shen Manzhi, whether positive or negative, they could not erase the pain she had endured, so there was no point in bringing them up again.

Baihu therefore silently turned the page in his heart.

"Where's the girl who posted the blog at Lincheng Middle School?"

Bai Hu heard this and operated on his tablet to pop up another page. "At first, the school privately persuaded her to drop out, but later, under pressure from public opinion, the school directly contacted the girl's parents and threatened to expel her. Our people contacted the police and arranged for professionals to communicate with the girl's family. They also brought up the topic online, and basically there was no big impact."

Shen Manzhi raised his hand to his forehead and stopped talking.

"In addition to the Chen family, the Qiu family in the south of the city and Director Zhang of the Marine Surveillance Bureau are also under investigation, and the progress seems to be faster than we thought. As for the Qin family..."

This is the key point.

Bai Hu hesitated for a moment, "The investigation went smoothly. Mr. Qin was indeed one of the investors of the scientific research project. The Zhan couple entrusted their trust to the wrong person, and their research results were stolen. They were unable to complete the project handover on schedule, and it was revealed that the R&D personnel had committed academic fraud during their studies, which caused public opinion.

At that time, the Qin family withdrew very quickly and was not affected by public opinion. The withdrawal of the Qin family caused a large block in the capital chain of the investor. The investor was forced to find other laboratories to cooperate with, so the contract was terminated and the laboratory where the Zhan couple worked had to bear huge compensation.

On the other hand, the outside world has been arguing about academic misconduct, and the huge pressure from public opinion has caused mental damage to the laboratory researchers. In order to prove their innocence, the Zhan couple sought verification everywhere but were rejected many times. Then an insider revealed that the investor who terminated the contract with them finally chose a competitor who stole their research results and formed an assembly line for R&D products in a short period of time. "

This led to conspiracy theories.

The profits from the research and development results of this project were beyond imagination. Everyone wanted to get a piece of this sweet potato. The theft of research results was a small matter, after all, the real technology was still in the hands of the researchers.

But what really broke the balance was Qin's withdrawal. Due to insufficient funds, investors used this as an excuse to reduce their supply of research and development, and then social public opinion about academic fraud occurred.

On one hand, the research and development results were stolen, and they needed to re-develop the product details and innovations, but they faced the dilemma of limited funds. On the other hand, there was pressure from public opinion. Facing the numerous verification emails and investigations from various departments, they were exhausted.

At this moment, when they suddenly realized that the investor might have planned to steal the research and development results by getting something for nothing, and that Qin's decisive withdrawal might be the first step in the plan, the Zhan couple felt that they were trapped in a big net that had been woven long ago.

Of course, this was also a little-known dark secret at the time.

Thus, the last straw was finally broken.

The Zhan couple committed suicide for love.

Afterwards, it took their daughter Zhan Yunqing several years of hard work to collect evidence and finally clear her parents' name.

An official statement was released that there was no academic fraud issue among the researchers in the laboratory where the Zhan couple worked.

How ironic that they can only find out after the person leaves.

If the Zhan couple had chosen to end their lives simply because of the pressure from public opinion and the huge amount of compensation they had to pay, everything should have been settled after their daughter Zhan Yunqing proved their innocence.

However, Zhan Yunqing died in a car accident at the best age when her family was happy and harmonious. The secret of the Phoenix Hairpin also proves that the case of the Zhan couple and the car accident of Zhan Yunqing were not as simple as giving up and accidents.

The incident continued until Shen Manzhi's generation, when the culprit behind the incident was finally caught. The investors and officials who had made a fortune from it finally stepped into the grave they had created many years later.

The only one who still has doubts may be the Qin family.

Was it because the old man was so quick-witted and foresighted that he cleared himself of the problem throughout the process; or was he one of the participants who helped to terminate the contract and deliberately withdrew at the beginning, causing a shortage of capital chain and perfectly realizing the first step of the plan?
Shen Manzhi raised his hand to support his temple.

She recalled the first time she went to the Qin family's old house.

The old man, who was nearly 80 years old, told her earnestly that he didn't want her to repeat the mistakes of her mother's marriage, and he couldn't bear to see the only descendant of his former partner, who was not loved by his biological father and did not like his stepmother, having to live without a stable home, so he promised the best grandson to her, gave her power, and protected her.

I was sick with a high fever that day. I only remember the candy that the man tore open the candy wrapper and handed to my mouth was a little sweet.

She couldn't tell whether it was reality or a dream at that moment. The past was revealed as if blown by the wind, but it seemed to be filled with too many indescribable emotions, making people feel suffocated.

Baihu finished explaining what he needed to say, put away the tablet, and prepared to listen to the next instructions.

Until the sea level swallowed up the last ray of brilliant orange-red light, the azure sky tilted down like the Milky Way, ushering in a charming night.

Shen Manzhi stood up, casually put the thin blanket on his shoulders, looked into the distance and said softly, "I'll call Si Qi."

There was a hint of surprise in Baihu's eyes. Although he still had a grudge against Si Qi, thinking of the successive collapse of several capitals in recent times, he felt that Si Qi was still trustworthy in this regard.

And Shen Manzhi naturally has to fulfill his contractual obligations.

Wen Lin approached with a thin blanket in his arms and heard Shen Manzhi confirming the time.

"It's just a staged treatment. There's nothing serious wrong with my body...Okay, put it on my account."

Shen Manzhi hung up the phone and turned around, only to see Wen Lin with an angry look on his face.

She leaned against the railing and smiled lazily, "What's wrong?"

Wen Lin threw the thin blanket on the rocking chair expressionlessly, "Are you going out again?"

Before Shen Manzhi could reply, he said in a bad tone, even a little harshly, "It's been less than three days since the end of the treatment. If you don't have a long life, you should have said so earlier. I don't think this treatment matters to you. Hurry up and pack up and seek help from someone else."

After saying that, he turned and walked away, his eyes still flickeringly glancing at the white tiger.

The innocent white tiger was also stunned, and he looked at his ancestors.

Shen Manzhi's relaxed expression gradually became restrained. He tilted his head to look at the sea in the distance, looking a little bored and lonely.

"Is it about Cloud City?"

She didn't respond, and after a while she turned her head away and said nonchalantly, "You can't understand, right?"

Bai Hu pondered, "You and Mr. Si Qi had an appointment beforehand, and he helped you deal with those people. It stands to reason that you should take over the task of Yuncheng. However, you don't have to go in person, maybe it's better to leave it to us."

He paused for half a second and continued, "Everyone is worried about your health."

Shen Manzhi smiled with the tip of his tongue lightly touching his palate. The evening sky was a light layered blue. No matter how beautiful it was, it could only serve as a foil to her.

"Fulfilling the agreement with Si Qi is only one of the reasons."

If she had cigarettes at this moment, Shen Manzhi would have smoked a few without hesitation, but unfortunately she quit.

"I went to Yuncheng once two years ago and got a job on the intranet. The armed separatist forces in the no-man's land along the border had a business scope that threatened the territory, so a plan to encircle and suppress them was issued."

She looked at Baihu and pointed upwards with her index finger. "At that time, there were people from above, me, and a group of people whose origins were unknown. We all worked together to rescue the hostages, find evidence of the crime, and arrest the leader."

As she spoke, she took out a coconut candy from her pocket and asked, "Did you guess successfully?"

Baihu had some impression, then frowned. Since the ancestor asked this...

"The three parties have not completed the encirclement and suppression?"

Shen Manzhi's lips were full of coconut flavor as he recounted the past events. "There was an enemy spy planted in the team. We went straight north into the enemy's sphere of influence. All the hostages we rescued were intercepted halfway, and the enemy began a counter-encirclement campaign."

The "team" here naturally refers to the people above.

The three parties were unaware of each other's existence at first, but during the course of the action, they noticed each other's intentions and, while maintaining a suspicious attitude, they covered each other and advanced towards the enemy's base camp.

However, the mission ultimately failed due to the undercover agent's tip-off during the hostage rescue.

Shen Manzhi gathered the thin blanket around him, his voice hoarse from illness, his sense of being out of the story very obvious.

"Not a single hostage was left alive, and those who went on the mission barely escaped death."

Baihu was shocked. What about her?
Shen Manzhi saw what he was thinking and did not hide it. He spoke in a gentle tone, as if he was telling someone else's story, calm and casual.

"Wen Lin should have told you that he saved me more than once. And that time, he picked me up in the jungle."

Pick it up.

Under what circumstances can it be retrieved?

Did you think she also died in that dense jungle covered in blood, so you came to collect her body?
She had had experience once before, so she was more suitable than anyone else to continue doing this. Moreover, she had learned from the previous experience, so she didn't dare to hand over the task to others easily before reaching the enemy's base camp, giving the enemy a chance to expose herself.

Bai Hu realized belatedly and said, "Your body won't allow it."

Shen Manzhi smiled lazily, "I'm not so stubborn as to lose my mind and risk my life. I know my body very well."

Although she said so, Bai Hu's worries did not decrease in the slightest. "The last time you said that, an accident happened on the night when Si Qi detained you. If not..."

Shen Manzhi lowered his eyes and was silent for a moment.

Bai Hu realized that he had mentioned someone he shouldn't have mentioned, and immediately changed the subject, "Mr. Wen should be angry."

Shen Manzhi put the scattered hair behind her ear and thought that the reason why Wen Lin was angry was not because of her physical condition.

He must still be frightened by the scene that happened back then.

Deep in the dense forest, everything was dyed bloody, as if no one was spared.