The Rich Man's Life Begins with a Comeback

Chapter 289 The Storm Begins (4k)

Beichun, the provincial family compound.

The road is lined with trees, all of them tall and lush birch and pine trees.

Rows of simple and unadorned Chinese-style villas are scattered throughout the area like stars in the sky.

At this moment, the Chinese-style villa located in the southeast corner was filled with a joyful and peaceful atmosphere, and bursts of hearty laughter could be heard from time to time.

"Old Tang, how's Xiao Sheng doing at work lately?"

"Did I not cause you any worry?"

Qi Guowei, sitting in the middle of the living room sofa, poured water into the teapot and asked Tang Jinghui, who was sitting not far to his left, in a familiar manner.

“Your son, Xiao Sheng, is so sensible that I don’t need to worry about him at all.”

Tang Jinghui glanced at Qi Jiasheng, who was sitting obediently next to Qi Guowei, and replied with a smile, "He works hard, is reasonable, and settled his marriage early on. Now his son is already two years old."

“Look at my son, he’s only two years younger than your Xiao Sheng, but he doesn’t even have a girlfriend yet.”

At this point, Tang Jinghui couldn't help but reveal a hint of envy in his eyes.

"Hahaha……"

"Old Tang, it's alright, it's alright."

"We'll have a grandson sooner or later, it's just a matter of time."

Qi Guowei laughed heartily, seemingly to comfort Tang Jinghui, but anyone with eyes could see that he was clearly showing off.

Seeing this, Tang Jinghui couldn't help but feel both amused and exasperated.

"no?"

"Could you please press the corners of your lips down a little?"

"You'll easily end up with no friends if you keep going like this!"

Tang Jinghui made a couple of sarcastic remarks, then asked with a hint of probing in his eyes, "I heard from Xiao Sheng that your Xiao Xin is pregnant again?"

"Just two months ago."

"I originally planned to talk about it five months later."

Qi Guowei nodded and readily admitted it.

"I'm so envious..."

"If this pregnancy results in a girl, your Xiao Sheng will have both a son and a daughter."

Tang Jinghui sighed, "Once you retire, you can stay home and take care of the kids."

"If you want to have children, you should do it as early as possible."

"Young people are healthy and recover quickly."

As Qi Guowei listened to Tang Jinghui's description, a hint of tenderness unconsciously appeared on his usually dignified and imposing face.

"How about we move your son Ziheng to a different place?"

“He’s my secretary every day, and he’s always surrounded by old men. He’s never free, and even if I introduce him to potential partners, he doesn’t have time to talk about them.”

Qi Guowei suddenly lowered his voice: "Recently, we are undergoing institutional reforms and plan to establish a new anti-fraud brigade. There will be many vacancies. Your son Ziheng has been my secretary for two years now. How about we take this opportunity to promote him to a branch captain position in the anti-fraud brigade?"

"Don't ask me, it's a bad rule."

"Ziheng is your soldier, and it's your business how you arrange him."

Tang Jinghui raised his hand, signaling Qi Guowei to stop, his expression becoming unusually serious: "Even if you send him to the grassroots level for training, I will wholeheartedly support it without saying a word."

"The situation in the southwest won't be rampant for long."

"There will be many opportunities in the fight against fraud in the next two years."

"After achieving results, taking the next step is a natural progression."

Qi Guowei seemed not to hear Tang Jinghui's words and continued talking to himself, while Tang Jinghui remained silent.

“We have a deputy director in the personnel department who is supposed to retire in the second half of this year. I was thinking that if necessary, we could have Xiao Sheng transferred there. It is indeed a tiring place, but it is the most trustworthy place in the government agencies.”

Tang Jinghui looked up at Qi Jiasheng next to Qi Guowei: "Xiao Sheng, what's your opinion? You'll be a father of two soon. The personnel department is much busier than the education supervision office where you are now. You should be able to see it when you pass by on your way to and from get off work. Overtime is the norm there."

"I will follow your arrangements, Secretary."

Sitting next to Qi Guowei, Qi Jiasheng wore a clean and tidy white shirt and silver-rimmed glasses. He looked extremely refined and modest, a complete opposite of Qi Guowei's seemingly domineering demeanor.

"Eh……"

"I've said it so many times."

"At work, I call him 'plant,' but at home, I just call him 'uncle.'"

Tang Jinghui waved his hand: "Today is your eldest son's birthday banquet. Your father insisted that I come over for a couple of drinks. When your parents-in-law arrive, and you keep calling me 'Shuji' (a respectful title for a high-ranking official), how will we eat?"

"Old Tang, you can decide on this."

"A good man should have ambitions beyond his hometown; how can he be bound by trivial family matters?"

"Xiao Xin is very understanding, and besides, there are nannies at home to help out. Xiao Sheng's mother and Xiao Xin's mother are basically semi-retired. Four or five people taking care of two children is more than enough."

Qi Guowei didn't give Qi Jiasheng a chance to speak and directly replied, "Besides, he's usually not busy and can't help much at home. I don't know who he learned it from, but he likes to fish all day long. If he has nothing to do, he can sit at Jingyuetan for a whole day. I can't even sit for half an hour."

Such an answer, though seemingly saying nothing, already makes the meaning clear.

"Old Qi, are you making veiled accusations against me?"

"I introduced him to fishing, so what?"

Do you understand the concept of self-cultivation?

"Those of us in education must be able to remain calm and patient."

Tang Jinghui glared at him, "Who's like you? You're almost sixty years old, and you still want to shoot sniper rifles with the young people in your unit all the time. Aren't you afraid the recoil will shatter your bones?"

"A real man should play with a sniper rifle."

Qi Guowei snorted and said, "You want to play, but you don't have the means."

Without a sound, the topic of their conversation shifted from their previous positions to casual chatting and joking.

"Ding dong ding dong..."

The doorbell rang, and Qi Jiasheng quickly stood up from the sofa.

"Is it Xiaoxin and the others who are back?"

Qi Guowei did not get up, but asked casually.

"It wasn't Xiaoxin and the others."

"They are my father-in-law and mother-in-law."

Qi Jiasheng answered as he opened the door.

"Oh?"

"Have your in-laws arrived?"

Qi Guowei was stunned for a moment, then exchanged a glance with Tang Jinghui, and the two of them stood up from the sofa and walked towards the door.

"Father-in-law and mother-in-law, you've come all this way, why did you bring gifts?"

Qi Guowei followed Qi Jiasheng to greet them. Looking at the things the two were carrying, he greeted them with a smile and a familiar tone.

"Since we've come all the way from Yanjing, we can't come empty-handed."

As Qi Jiasheng's father-in-law, Qiu Yanfeng, changed into his slippers, he responded with a smile.

Compared to Qi Guowei, who appears imposing without being angry, Qiu Yanfeng seems more like Qi Jiasheng's biological father. Both of them have a refined and modest temperament, and Qiu Yanfeng's wife, Zheng Hanliu, who is Qi Jiasheng's mother-in-law, also exudes a scholarly air.

"Hey……"

"We have everything we need at home."

"Your presence is the best gift."

Qi Guowei took the item from Qiu Yanfeng and exchanged pleasantries with him.

"It's our eldest grandson's birthday, so we have to come no matter how busy we are."

Qiu Yanfeng walked into the house, and after scanning the room, he was stunned for a moment: "Haven't Xiao Xin and my mother-in-law arrived home yet?"

"No."

Qi Guowei shook his head.

"its not right?"

Zheng Hanliu frowned: "Twenty minutes ago, I called Xiaoxin to ask, and she said they would be home in ten minutes at most. Now we're all here, why aren't they here yet?"

"Xiao Sheng, call Xiao Xin and ask where they are."

Qi Guowei immediately gave an order to Qi Jiasheng, and then walked towards Qiu Yanfeng and the other man into the living room: "It's snowing today, so there might be a traffic jam somewhere."

Qi Jiasheng followed the adults inside, while simultaneously calling his wife. However, neither of his two calls went unanswered.

Qi Jiasheng frowned slightly, and then called Tang Ziheng again, but no one answered.

This time, Qi Jiasheng's brows furrowed completely.

He and Tang Ziheng grew up together, their families were old friends, and they were brothers.

Since Tang Ziheng became his father's secretary, his cell phone has always been on 24/7, and there has never been a situation where he couldn't get through.

"Dad, something seems wrong."

Qi Jiasheng strode to the front of the crowd and said to the elders, "I just called Xiaoxin and Ziheng several times, but no one answered."

"I can't get through to any of the phone numbers?"

Qi Guowei was stunned for a moment, then his brows furrowed.

"Mom didn't answer either."

Just as Qi Jiasheng was reporting to Qi Guowei, he called his mother again, but still no one answered.

All three people have gone missing.

Even Qi Jiasheng, who was usually very composed, couldn't help but show a hint of anxiety on his face.

"Buzz..."

Just then, Qi Jiasheng's phone rang.

Qi Jiasheng glanced at the caller ID and saw that his wife, Qiu Yuexin, was calling him back, so he immediately answered the phone.

"Wife, I just gave you..."

Qi Jiasheng was speaking when his face suddenly turned deathly pale.

"Yes Yes Yes!"

"I am Qiu Yuexin's husband!"

When Qi Guowei and the others saw Qi Jiasheng's sudden change in expression and heard his flustered and trembling voice, their faces all became serious.

"Jilin University Ninth Hospital, right?"

"Good good!"

"We'll be there soon!"

"I urge you to do your utmost!"

"I'm counting on you!"

When Qi Guowei and the others heard Qi Jiasheng mention the word "hospital," their already serious expressions changed drastically. In the end, Qi Guowei didn't even wait for Qi Jiasheng to hang up the phone before he raised his hand and dialed the number himself.

"I am Qi Guowei!"

"Get me two cars right now!"

"I need to get to Jilin University Ninth Hospital as quickly as possible!"

Qi Guowei commanded in a deep voice.

The father and son hung up the phone almost simultaneously, and Zheng Hanliu immediately asked anxiously, "Jiasheng, what happened?"

"Xiao Xin and the others were in a car accident."

"They were traveling normally when they were hit and overturned by a speeding heavy truck."

"The heavy truck fled the scene of the accident, and the car that Xiaoxin and the others were in was overturned by the heavy truck and soon spontaneously combusted and exploded."

At this point, Qi Jiasheng took a deep breath: "Fortunately, we met some kind people who risked their lives to rescue Xiao Xin and the other three from the car. Otherwise, they would all have died in that burning car today."

Heavy-duty trucks!

Spontaneous combustion and explosion!

Hearing Qi Jiasheng's description, even though they were all high-ranking and powerful figures, everyone still felt a sense of unease and trepidation.

"How are Xiaoxin and the others?"

Qi Guowei pressed further, "Are you injured?"

"Ziheng has multiple fractures throughout his body, but his life is not in danger."

Just after Qi Jiasheng said those words, Tang Jinghui, whose expression was extremely solemn, breathed a barely perceptible sigh of relief. He had just been terrified. If anything had really happened to Tang Ziheng, he didn't know how he would explain it to his deceased wife after he passed away.

“Xiao Xin and her mother were sitting in the back seat, both wearing seat belts. They were both fine, with only minor scratches on their skin. Xiao Xin woke up immediately, while her mother remained unconscious.”

"Zhengzheng was in the last row and had a child safety seat, so there was nothing wrong with him."

"On the contrary, it was that kind person..."

"He suffered two burns on his body, including two fatal penetrating wounds."

"His life is in critical condition and he is being treated at Jilin University Ninth Hospital."

As Qi Jiasheng finished speaking, his eyes reddened.

"dad!"

"No matter what method you use!"

This person absolutely must be saved!

"He saved five lives in our family!"

"If it weren't for him, Xiaoxin and the others might already be..."

Qi Jiasheng choked up a little. Just thinking about that possibility made him feel like his heart was being torn apart, and he felt like he was suffocating.

What was the result?
Wife lost!

Mother lost!

Loss of a son!

My brother has passed away!

No matter how illustrious his background, such a blow is an unbearable burden in his life.

"Do you even need to say this?"

"Even if we have to sell everything we own, we must save them!"

As Qi Guowei spoke, he picked up his phone and started making a call.

“Director Liu, this is Qi Guowei.”

"There's something I need to ask you..."

Just as Qi Guowei picked up his phone to make a call, Tang Jinghui, Qiu Yanfeng, and Zheng Hanliu were also busy making calls.

"Brother Chen, I am Qiu Yanfeng."

"My daughter was in a car accident, and I need your help..."

……

"Director Deng, this is Tang Jinghui."

"Something's happened at home, please help me..."

……

As Qi Guowei and his team made phone calls from home, an invisible storm began to sweep through Jilin Province, alarming countless people and drawing concerned glances.

"The car has arrived."

"Let's get to the hospital right away."

From the moment Qi Guowei made his first phone call to the moment the vehicle arrived at his doorstep, no more than five minutes had passed.

Everyone was in a bit of a panic and immediately headed outside the villa.

As I left my house, I saw two Hongqi administrative vehicles parked in front of the door, with a police car parked in front of and behind them.

"Qi Province..."

The leader saw Qi Guowei and his group come out of their house and was about to greet them when Qi Guowei interrupted him: "Jilin University Ninth Hospital Emergency Room, turn on the sirens, implement road traffic control, and drive there as fast as possible while ensuring safety!"

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man couldn't help but feel a tremor in his heart.

As far as he knew, Qi Guowei was usually low-key and never allowed his subordinates to give him special privileges. But now he was being asked to use police sirens to clear the way, which showed just how urgent the situation was.

Even though it was somewhat irregular, given Qi Guowei's status, a little bit of willfulness wouldn't be investigated by anyone, especially since there was a reason for it.

Everyone boarded the cars, and then the four cars drove out of the provincial family compound.

The four vehicles had barely driven out of the provincial family compound when the sirens of the two cars in front and behind suddenly went off, and at the same time, all the traffic lights on the route to the Ninth Hospital of Jilin University turned green instantly...

(End of this chapter)