Anxiang

Chapter 13

"Assuming that this kind of situation exists and has an effect on the patient's final condition, it can only be one or several chronic, slow-release drugs, and the purpose is to destroy the body's own immune system!"

Cheng Yuan interjected: "You mean, what kind of medicine he may take may not necessarily cause death in the end, but it will cause his health to deteriorate."

The doctor nodded, "Maybe."

Cheng Yuan was thoughtful: "Thank you, Dr. Smith, I understand what I should do. I will contact you again!"

Cheng Yuan closed the computer, pondered for a while, and called his friend Tom who was far away in the United States: "Tom, I may have to stay in Malaysia for a while, please help me resign my position in seven financial companies in New York, yes ,I'm going to resign……"

After doing this, Cheng Yuan wiped his face to wake himself up.He has always believed in his own speculation, and this may be his old line of work, otherwise, he would not be a consultant for seven financial companies in New York.Although these two aspects are completely different, they both need the sixth sense to predict, and Cheng Yuan believes in his own sixth sense.

He sighed. When he was sent to the United States 16 years ago, the Cheng family had constant disputes. He did not expect that when he came back 16 years later, the Cheng family would still be like this.Is it true that there are so many unknown shadows hidden behind these flashes?
16.design office

Cheng Yuan wandered around the Cheng family compound boredly. He came to his father's villa and stopped to take a look. The blue tiles and gray bricks, everything was still so old, with traces of history.

Cheng Yuan stepped forward and wanted to take a look inside, but the security guard at the door stopped him and said firmly, "I'm sorry! This villa has been closed since the day Mr. Cheng passed away, and no one can enter."

Cheng Yuan asked puzzledly, "Why?"

The second sister appeared behind him, and said loudly: "Because everyone in the Cheng family knows that this villa only belongs to Mr. Cheng, and there are tokens passed down by Mr. Cheng from generation to generation, so it is only opened for the new Mr. Cheng!"

Cheng Yuan touched his nose, and said nonchalantly, "You mean, if there is no Mr. Cheng, you can't enter this villa for a day?"

The second sister stared deeply at Cheng Yuan, nodded firmly and said, "Yes, unless you are Mr. Cheng."

Cheng Yuan avoided the eyes of the second sister, and said indifferently: "Okay! I don't want to go in now." He was a little puzzled, why did the Cheng family have so much red tape?After thinking about it, he decided to check some information about his father's condition.

Today was Li Kejin's court day, Wu Yue went to the court early in the morning, sat in the first row and waited anxiously.

Li Kejin was brought out by the police with a haggard face, he was stunned when he saw Wu Yue, and just about to say something, he was pushed into the dock.

Wu Yue cried miserably: "Xiaojin, Li Kejin!"

The judge stopped it solemnly: "No noise!"

The policeman came over to signal Wu Yue, and Wu Yue had to sit down and grasp the railing in front of her nervously.

The judge read with a straight face: "We are now hearing the No. 110 Li Kejin case of carrying marijuana. Do the lawyers of both parties have any new materials to provide?"

The defense lawyer stood up and said: "The court, Mr. Judge, because the defense petitioned the court to accept the proof materials provided by the relatives and friends of the defendant sent from the Chinese embassy, ​​proving that the defendant has a proper job in China, a good family, no drug abuse experience and Illegal record."

The defense lawyer sent the documents up, and Wu Yue's face burst into joy, wondering if these could help Li Kejin.

The prosecutor's lawyer stood up and retorted: "The prosecution has no new evidence to provide to the court. According to the marijuana seized at the scene, it proves that the defendant did bring the marijuana on board and concealed it intentionally. According to the informant, the police seized the stolen goods and the suspect also Confess, we believe that the evidence in this case is solid, and we request the court to make a fair ruling in accordance with the relevant laws!"

Li Kejin looked back at Wu Yue in despair, with pitiful and helpless eyes.

Seeing his eyes, Wu Yue couldn't control herself anymore, stood up desperately and shouted: "Your Honor, we are wronged, the drugs are not ours, really not!"

The judge said impatiently: "Quiet, who is making the noise?"

The defense lawyer replied in embarrassment: "It's the defendant's relative, our first witness!"

The judge said solemnly: "Give your witness a first warning!"

Wu Yue sat down dejectedly, just watching Li Kejin sobbing.After the court has gone through the procedure, it has to collect evidence again and postpone the trial.

Wu Yue walked out of the court and sat down on the steps, dazed.

The defense lawyer came down, shook his head at her and said, "The evidence is against Mr. Li, you have to be mentally prepared."

The lawyer left, leaving Wu Yue alone, and she seemed even more disappointed and helpless.A woman came to Wu Yue and asked, "Excuse me, are you Miss Wu Yue?"

Wu Yue looked up, and the woman handed over a business card and introduced herself: "I am Connie, a reporter from the South Asia Times. I have been looking for you since yesterday. I already know what happened to you and I want to do an exclusive interview. Saving your boyfriend helps!"

Wu Yue regained her spirits all of a sudden, and said happily: "Thank you, thank you so much!"

Connie said: "I saw your news on TV and have been paying attention to your news. Did you know that your boyfriend is likely to be sentenced to hang!"

Wu Yue was stunned, and looked at Connie with wide eyes: "Hanging?"

"Yes, if you carry more than [-] grams of drugs, you will be sentenced to hanging here."

Wu Yue only felt a "buzz" in her mind, and suddenly went blank.She shook her body and murmured, "No, it's impossible!"

Connie continued: "Nothing is impossible. In 1998, a young Australian man brought more than 100 grams of marijuana into the country. In the end, even the Australian Prime Minister came out to speak out and hanged him. In 1999, an American boy He was caught smoking marijuana by the police, and even Clinton gave a speech, but he was still whipped. The Malay country is small, but the laws are very strict, and they never show mercy to foreigners! Not far from here It’s the island’s public library, you can look up books on law!”

Wu Yue was completely dazed, and turned to run to the library.After entering the library, before she had time to catch her breath, she nervously flipped through the English-Chinese dictionary and compared it with the law book. After a while, she found the relevant clauses, which were exactly the same as what Connie said.She covered her mouth and cried loudly, startling the people around her.She ran out crying in a daze, bumped into a young woman at the door, didn't even say an apology, and left the library in a daze.

The young woman looked at Wu Yue in astonishment, it was Lida.

Empty room, tall and neat bookshelves, classification English signs: medical.

Cheng Yuan walked slowly between the tall bookshelves, his fingers slid across the spine of the books one by one, with a focused expression.He found a medical classic in a foreign language and took it out to check the catalogue.

Lida's voice sounded clear and empty: "Hehe, I didn't expect Harvard geniuses to be interested in medical books!"

Cheng Yuan turned around and said in surprise, "Lida, why are you here?"

The two walk through the bookshelves.Lida smiled and said, "I'm just walking around too. This was originally the private library of the Cheng family. Uncle Cheng donated it, and now it belongs to the residents of Jinchan Island."

Cheng Yuan nodded: "Yes, my father told me that there is no gold left on Jinchan Island left by my ancestors, and the real gold is hidden in these books."

Lida smiled and said, "There is Yan Ruyu in the book, and the golden house in the book! Before I went to university, I read many books here!"

Cheng Yuan joked, "Are you making me envy you? Mr. Cheng, the third generation of the Cheng family, sent his designated heir to the distant United States, and kept the ally's daughter with him!"

Lida said earnestly: "To be precise, I stayed in the Cheng family on behalf of the Fei family. The three Cheng Fei and Ji families made an alliance back then, but now we are the only ones left to support each other. In the early 90s, the financial turmoil in Southeast Asia, My father was almost on the verge of bankruptcy, and it was Mr. Cheng who used funds to support the market and saved Fei's enterprise. Today, it is Fei's joining that keeps Cheng's fund in normal operation!"

Cheng Yuan shrugged and said, "You seem to be saying that our two families are writing a fantasy tale in the post-economic era."

Lida scolded: "That's your Wall Street thinking, Americans! In your eyes, there are only eternal interests, but no eternal friends!"

Cheng Yuan stopped, looked at Lida seriously, and asked without thinking: "Lida, will we be friends forever?"

Lida pursed her lips, thought for a while and said, "Ayuan, don't tell me, this is one of the reasons why you are not the head of the Cheng Group!"

Cheng Yuan looked at Lida, she was a beautiful girl, she showed two dimples when she smiled, she was very charming.Cheng Yuan said sincerely: "Smart!"

Lida was half recalling, half sighing: "My mother always said when she was alive that a woman is too smart, and life is difficult! Sometimes I would rather be stupid... Do you know why I came to you?"

Cheng Yuan laughed and said, "I knew you didn't just walk around. You were a lobbyist for the second sister and persuaded me to be Mr. Cheng."

Lida laughed: "You are smarter than me!"

Cheng Yuan had a flash of inspiration and said excitedly: "Second sister, yes! Why can't second sister be Mr. Cheng?!" Lida was dragged out of the library by Cheng Yuan before Lida could speak.Cheng Yuan found his second sister and told her this delightful idea.

Lida was about to speak at the side, but the second sister stopped her with her eyes, and said after thinking for a while, "A Yuan, since you really don't want to be Mr. Cheng, the second sister will not force you. The successor appointed by your father is you. If you If you want the second sister to be Mr. Cheng, that's okay, you can announce it at the board meeting tomorrow, only in this way can you be convincing."

Cheng Yuan said happily: "Okay, this is no problem."

The second sister gave Lida a meaningful look, Lida smiled and nodded at the second sister.

The board meeting was held soon, and the second sister stood up and said to all the directors: "Mr. Cheng Yuan proposed to hold this temporary board meeting. He has something to announce to everyone!" She gestured to Cheng Yuan: "Ah Yuan, tell me..."

Cheng Yuan looked relaxed, and said: "That's it, I'm going to transfer the part of Cheng's property left to me by my father to my second sister, and elect her as the new chairman of the group! Let's vote!"

The directors looked at each other in blank dismay, and then began to discuss.

Without knowing it, Cheng Yuan asked, "Do you have any questions?"

One of the directors said: "Er girl, she's capable! But she's married, so she can't be regarded as Cheng's family!"

Cheng Yuan shook his head and said, "Actually, if you are passionate about Cheng's career, have a sense of responsibility, and have enough leadership, I don't think surname or gender is important!"

Uncle Qi said, "You mean, people with foreign surnames can also join the Cheng family?"

"Yes!"

Uncle Qi was aggressive: "Then let me ask you, why hasn't your second sister joined the board of directors?"

Cheng Yuan has been away from the Cheng family for so many years, of course he doesn't know why.

Seventh Uncle said condescendingly: "Let Seventh Uncle tell you. From the day your eldest brother-in-law committed suicide, your father has already decided that your two older sisters will never be allowed to join the board of directors!"

Cheng Yuan retorted: "Rules are made by people, and they can be changed. It depends on whether it helps Cheng's career!"

The seventh uncle relied on the old to sell the old, and said to Cheng Yuan in a lecturing tone: "Boy, you told me that this is a little too young. The rules are set by the ancestors of the past generations. To change, you have to be the ancestors! If you want to change the rules, Then you should be the ancestor, otherwise, you should obey the words of the ancestor honestly. It's as simple as that!"

What Cheng Yuan can't understand is Uncle Qi's face. He said angrily, "You mean, if you become the successor of the Cheng family, you are entitled to change the so-called ancestral rules?"

"Of course!"

Cheng Yuan turned to the directors and said loudly: "Okay! Then I declare that from now on, I will be the heir temporarily for a few days!"

The audience was silent, the second sister applauded first with a smile, Lida immediately followed suit, and the directors applauded unevenly.Uncle Seven was the last one to applaud, and looked at Cheng Yuan with a depressed face. The cunning and cunning of him felt that he was being entangled.He glanced at the second sister opposite, feeling as if he had eaten flies, feeling very uncomfortable.

Cheng Yuan felt the same as Uncle Qi, he frowned, and immediately felt that he had been tricked by the second sister, no wonder the second sister promised so readily yesterday.

The second sister got up excitedly and said: "Tomorrow, the new Mr. Cheng will represent our Cheng family to preside over the funeral and receive guests from all parties; in addition, ask the group secretariat to issue a press release announcing Cheng Yuan's appointment as chairman." News! Seventh Uncle, you and other uncles should also find time to arrange for A Yuan to pay respects to the ancestral temple!"

Uncle Seven was very reluctant, but said helplessly, "Okay! Okay!"

Cheng Yuan turned his head angrily, and said in a low voice, "Second Sister, I..."

The second sister interrupted him involuntarily, and said, "A Yuan, come with me, I have something to tell you."

The heavy oak doors were pushed open from both sides, and the curtains were pulled open with a clatter, revealing the magnificent sea.

The second sister said: "This is my father's office in the villa. The office desk is facing the sea. This side of the sea is Malay, and the other side is the hometown of our ancestors-the mainland. Dad often said to us when we were young: Homesickness is a A boat ticket. It seems that every head of the Cheng family has had such an expectation that one day they will be able to return home to the mainland! In fact, they have no regrets. They have realized their dreams in every place in the world where there are Chinese people! "

Cheng Yuan caressed the writing desk and swivel chair, picked up a photo frame on the table, and carefully looked at the photo of his father with others.

The second sister said: "That's State Councilor Maquina, he was my father's best friend and confidant during his lifetime."

Cheng Yuan looked at his father's photo and said in a low voice: "Second sister, you already knew that you have no right to be elected as the chairman of the board, and you are irritating me!"

The second sister smiled and said: "I hope you can understand my hard work. For me, the most important thing at present is to choose a good successor for Cheng's enterprise and fulfill the entrustment of my father during his lifetime! I am now under the supervision of Mr. Cheng Entrust, hand over the token left to the successor by the former Mr. Cheng!"

The second sister pressed the remote control button on the table, and the LCD screen on the wall turned on. After the snowflakes clicked, it was the picture of the father with a sick face.Cheng Yuan was stunned, watching obsessively.

My father said slowly and clearly: "I, Cheng Ren, the third-generation heir of the Cheng Group, passed on the token representing the family business, Omegna, to my heir. Omegna is a symbol of power, and it can also be It is regarded as the precious wealth accumulated by successive successors of the Cheng family. Omenia has unlimited energy and controls everything, but the precious wealth it embodies is loyalty and friendship. I leave this wealth to my successor, and hope to be able to At a critical juncture, resolve the crisis and turn the situation around. Remember, Omegna can only be used once, and I hope my successor will continue to accumulate such wealth for future generations!"

The second sister paused the TV and said solemnly: "I will now represent my father and hand over Omenia to you!" She felt that the atmosphere was a bit wrong, and shouted: "A Yuan, what's wrong with you?"

Cheng Yuan had already walked to the screen, stroked his father's image, and choked up and called out: "Dad..."

The second sister came to him with a box.

Cheng Yuan sniffled and stopped back: "Don't force me anymore! As I said, I never want to be the heir, I don't want to! I'd rather have nothing, I don't want anything, I just want my father's life, and my mother... ..." He knelt in front of the TV, weeping uncontrollably.

The second sister was surprised: "A Yuan, what's wrong with you? Are you hiding something from us?"

Cheng Yuan wiped away his tears, forced a smile, and said, "No... You should keep this Omegna for now. I want to go to Dad's bedroom to have a look, is that okay?"

The second sister stared at him blankly, and handed him a bunch of keys.

Cheng Yuan walked into his father's bedroom alone, and the furnishings inside were still the same as Mr. Cheng's before his death.Cheng Yuan inspected the desk and the big bed, picked up the medicine bottle on the bedside table and observed it carefully.

(End of this chapter)