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Wu Qiang's wallet contained a photo, and Song Pearl immediately recognized it as an intimate father-daughter portrait. She didn't closely examine the girl's features because her gaze was drawn to a pendant hanging from the girl's long, jade-like neck, tied with a red string.
The photo was of excellent quality, clearly showing that the transparent bead attached to the red string had the skeleton of a fish inside.
Amber!
Song Pearl felt a spark of excitement; indeed, the supernatural fruit lived up to its reputation. It was true that as long as one went with the flow, what was meant to come would arrive without needing to be sought after.
Just when she was unsure of where to go next, Song Zhenbao appeared right before her.
If she could quickly contact Song Zhenbao and obtain the Amber pendant from around her neck, she would fulfill her mission and no longer have to worry about the Fish Pond.
Song Pearl felt her heart racing; if she guessed correctly, the phone number on the back of the photo should belong to Song Zhenbao.
The man who lent his phone to Song Pearl noticed that her hand trembled while holding it, as if she had never seen a phone before. Concerned that she might drop it, he gently said, "My phone isn't very easy to use. You can read me the number, and I'll dial it for you!"
"Okay, thank you." Song Pearl handed the phone back to him and read out a series of numbers from the back of the photo.
The call connected, and the man handed the phone back to Song Pearl.
A gentle and sweet female voice came through: "Hello, who is this?"
Let's have her come over first! Song Pearl's palms were sweaty, and her voice was somewhat excited. "Hello, Wu Qiang is at Lingshui Hospital; please come over as soon as possible."
"Lingshui Hospital?" The gentle voice on the other end sounded a bit nervous and alert. "Who are you? What's going on? Is there anyone else with him? What about Li Secretary and President Jin? Have them call me!"
"I met him on the road. He was alone, and his wallet had your number. Can you come over quickly?" Song Pearl asked.
"Who are you? I can send someone to find you."
"I'm just passing by, and I have things to do later. Please come over immediately." Song Pearl was very firm and did not reveal who she was.
"I understand," the gentle voice on the other end became very calm. "I will contact someone to come over soon. Thank you."
Song Pearl returned the phone to the man and smiled as she thanked him. The man waved his hand dismissively, took the phone, and dialed a number. Just as he put it to his ear, a mechanical female voice came through, "Sorry, your phone has insufficient balance."
"How could it be out of balance!" The man puzzled as he tucked the phone into his pocket and left.
"I wonder how long it will take Song Zhenbao to arrive?" Song Pearl sat down at the stairway, hugging her legs and carefully examining the necks of every long-haired girl entering the hospital.
"Song Pearl, have you seen Mr. Wu who is staying at Cheng Hotel?" As Song Pearl focused on collecting information about beautiful girls' necks, a tall figure blocked her view.
"You are blocking my view!" Song Pearl frowned in displeasure and shouted.
"Song Pearl, stand up!" The voice of the newcomer was icy. Song Pearl immediately recognized it as Qing Wenyu's voice. She wanted to calmly ignore him but found herself standing up in surprise.
She couldn't compromise with a bad person like this. Song Pearl bit her lip and raised her hand to push away the figure blocking her view, but someone grabbed her hand.
"Mr. Wu is in the emergency room!" Song Pearl rolled her eyes and glared at the person holding her wrist, shoving the doctor's order form into his hands. "Is this for paying the hospitalization fee?"
To her surprise, Qing Wenyu took the form with good humor and headed to the payment window.
"Are you really here to pay the hospital bills?"
Song Pearl glanced at Qing Wenyu's tall figure, lacking the mood to concern herself with his affairs. She continued to hug her knees at the stairway, observing the necks of every girl entering the hospital.
As dusk fell and the first stars appeared, with a crescent moon hanging high in the sky, no one could be seen coming in or out of the hospital anymore. Song Pearl still hadn't spotted any girl wearing Amber around her neck.
She did encounter two girls with red strings around their necks. She quickly approached them for a check but found that one had a Buddha pendant and the other had a mouse attached to their red string, neither of which was the transparent Amber she was looking for.
"I heard you were the one who brought Mr. Wu to the hospital?" Qing Wenyu approached with a takeout box in hand and sat down beside Song Pearl.
"Has Mr. Wu woken up?" Song Pearl glanced at Qing Wenyu and asked weakly.
"He has woken up, thankfully because of you." Qing Wenyu smiled and offered her the takeout box.
Song Pearl did not take it.
"Who are you waiting for?" Qing Wenyu retracted his hand and placed the takeout box on the ground. He stared at the absent-minded Song Pearl and asked, "Why do you look like you've lost your soul?"
"I'm waiting for Mr. Wu's daughter to come," Song Pearl replied, glancing at Qing Wenyu. "It seems she hasn't arrived yet..."
"Oh, she won't be here that soon; she's abroad right now!" Qing Wenyu looked ahead. "Did Mr. Wu ask you to wait here? When someone falls ill, their mind becomes fragile; Mr. Wu has been acting a bit off lately..."
"Abroad?" The flicker of hope that had just ignited in Song Pearl was doused with cold water. "When will she come back?"
"She's studying abroad; she should only return after graduation." Qing Wenyu puzzledly withdrew his gaze from the distance and glanced at Song Pearl, whose expression was strange. "Are you close with her?"
Song Pearl did not respond, resting her chin on her knees with her eyes closed.
"You saved Mr. Wu, so they shouldn't bother you about the last alcohol poisoning incident anymore. You can return to your original position soon."
"Please leave our Fish Pond alone, okay?" Song Pearl lifted her head, her dark, bright eyes looking at Qing Wenyu. "Why do you have to buy our Fish Pond? Why do you have to force us to be homeless?"
"Are you worried about that?" Qing Wenyu smiled. "The issues with your family are written in the contract. I don't know how you convinced the chairman and the general manager to agree to such a ridiculous condition, but because you're being so obstinate, it's like having a bone in an egg—it's very detrimental to management planning, do you understand?"
"What does that have to do with me?" Song Pearl bit her lip. "If you make us give up our house and Fish Pond, I will be homeless, do you understand?"
"What we at Hongqing want to build is an Ecological Aquaculture Park. Your parents won't be unemployed or homeless; they can still work at the Ecological Aquaculture Farm and live in the houses that will be newly planned and built there. Isn't that better? Plus, you won't have to worry about selling the fish while you're at work..."
"Your words sound nice," Song Pearl squinted at Qing Wenyu. The powerful aura made his words seem reasonable and easily relaxed her defenses. "Do you know what it feels like to have no home to return to?"
"Do you know?" Qing Wenyu looked at the suddenly stubborn and childlike girl, a smirk appearing on his lips once again.
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