Hidden moth

Chapter 71 Is that woman pretty?

This was the first time Gao Xue'e fell asleep on her own in a few days. He Kao was relieved to see this. He couldn't bear to wake her up, so he had to drive all the way back to his home.

After parking the car in the yard and waiting for more than half an hour, Gao Xue'e finally woke up slowly and said embarrassedly, "I feel sleepy after drinking a little. Why didn't you wake me up?"

He Kao: "You seem to be sleeping soundly, so I want you to rest a little longer."

Gao Xue'e rubbed her shoulders: "What time is it?"

He Kao: "It's just past ten o'clock, and you only slept for more than an hour."

Gao Xue'e: "My neck is a little sore from sleeping in the car, so the bed is more comfortable."

"Ms. E..." He Kao hesitated to speak.

Gao Xue'e: "What's wrong?"

He Kao reminded: "We have to go to work tomorrow."

Gao Xue'e: "Your work task for next week will still follow the original schedule and go to the site to collect data.

You are in charge of your own time and don’t have to come to the office. It must be completed before the weekend and cannot affect the work nodes of other departments.

I will say hello to Huang Si, and you can just contact him within the department..." When it came to work, Gao Xue'e resumed her identity as General Manager E and arranged the work.

He Kao: "I finished all the work in the first three days of the long holiday."

Gao Xue'e blinked. "So, you've essentially bought yourself a week off so you can work from home."

He Kao: "It doesn't matter what happens to me, I just want to ask you - how do you get to work?"

Gao Xue'e lowered her head and said, "Do you want me to leave?"

He Kao: "That's not what I meant. It's just that it's a bit far from here to work. It's thirty kilometers."

Gao Xue'e laughed again: "You've never commuted in a big city. Thirty kilometers isn't really far for many people. A taxi ride only takes half an hour."

He Kao reminded him, "If there's no traffic, it usually takes 40 minutes to get from here to the company by taxi, because there are so many traffic lights. If there's a traffic jam, the time is unpredictable. The longest I've ever walked was an hour and a half.

If the traffic is really bad, you can take Metro Line 3. It's only two kilometers from here to the starting station. There are usually seats from the starting station. It's about ten stops to the office, and it only takes about half an hour.

Gao Xue'e responded, "That's eleven stops in total! I checked, and your home is very close to Line 3... I don't usually like taking the subway during rush hour, so I can leave earlier every day."

Also, you can take Line 3 from Guanliu Community to our company, it's only five stops, and to your house it's six stops... You're so thoughtful, the way you spoke just now was just like Grandma He."

What the hell is Grandma He! He Kao is simply too exhausted to complain.

In a few words, what to do after work was decided. Gao Xue'e continued to stay at He Kao's house and gave He Kao a week's vacation in disguise. Then the two got out of the car and went into the house.

"Xiao Kao, there's only one pack of Chongheyin left. I'll make some for you."

"I don't need to drink! If you drank alcohol today, don't drink Chonghe Yin again. Drink it before work tomorrow."

"I still can't fall asleep. Once I close my eyes, I still feel horrible."

"You were in the car just now, weren't you already..."

"That's because you're driving next to me."

So that night, He Kao was still sitting by the bed watching over her, so that she could fall asleep peacefully, and then He Kao returned to his room to practice.

In the next seven days, he can concentrate on practicing "See Me" and various techniques of the stalker.

But what he didn't expect was that shortly after Gao Xue'e went out the next day, he was startled by a phone call and immediately drove to a hospital in the city because the money was finally found!
The money was indeed found in the Golden Mountain Temple.

This Jinshan Temple, located in Fubo City, downstream of Qiyuan City, is very famous in the history of the East Country. It is not only the place where the legendary Tang Sanzang became a monk since childhood, but also the place where the snake demon Bai Niangzi caused a flood to fight the monk Fahai.

Tang Sanzang's nickname was Jiang Liu'er, because he floated down the river in a wooden basin to the Jinshan Temple. Qian was even worse off than Tang Sanzang, as he didn't even have a basin.

In the early morning of October 5, the Jinshan Temple scenic area had not yet opened for business. A fellow villager who had gotten up early to set up a stall ran to the river to urinate, and suddenly saw a man lying on the shore with half of his body soaked in water.

The fellow villager was shocked and quickly called the police.

When the police arrived, they found that the man was still alive. They estimated that he had fallen into the water and struggled to float here along the river. So they sent him to the hospital and investigated his identity.

Qian Guran's cell phone must have been lost in the river, and his ID card, wallet and other things were also gone. Because he had been soaking in the water for too long, his face was a little swollen and his fingertips were wrinkled.

The police finally found a match in the database using fingerprint samples and confirmed that the man was Qian Guran, the director of a state-owned design institute. The address on his ID card was also the institute's dormitory.

The police contacted the design institute, but because it was the Golden Week holiday, they were closed and the staff on duty did not know what was going on. They replied that there was no such employee in their unit.

The police contacted the leaders of the design institute, who replied that although Qian had resigned from the institute in the first half of the year, he was no longer under their jurisdiction.

The personal information the police had was obviously a little out of date, but fortunately, a laminated card was found in Qian Guran's trouser pocket. It was the contact card of a law firm in Qiyuan, so they contacted the law firm.

When lawyer Yao Shaolan heard the news, she immediately rushed to Fubo City. Qian was not only her client but also her good friend. She thanked the police and paid for the medical expenses.

By this time it was already noon on the 6th. Qian's condition was stable and the doctor said he was no longer in danger of death, but he was still in a coma.

This was not a solution, and it was inconvenient to stay in another place, so Lawyer Yao contacted the hospital in Qiyuan, transferred the money, and arranged an intensive care unit.

This was quite difficult to do during the long holiday, and I had to use my connections to successfully transfer to another hospital.

Lawyer Yao had been incredibly busy these past two days, but Old Qian simply wouldn't wake up! It wasn't until the evening of the 7th that Lawyer Yao finally got a full night's sleep. The next day, when he woke up, he remembered that he should notify Qian Guran's workplace.

Qian Guran is the vice president of the Qiyuan branch. Upon hearing the news, the president and another vice president rushed to the hospital to express their condolences.

All department leaders who were in Qiyuan went to the hospital, and those who were not in Qiyuan sent their deputies to visit on their behalf.

Although there was no one to organize, everyone tacitly separated into batches. First, a few senior leaders went, and then it was the turn of each department. No one went together in a noisy manner, making it difficult for the family members to tell who was who.

Only three people didn't follow this order. Gao Xue'e left immediately after hearing the news, and informed He Kao at the same time. Huang Xiaopang, seeing that General E had gone, also skipped work and rushed to the hospital on his own.

On the way, He Kao contacted Lin Qingshuang again. Lin Qingshuang said that she already knew about the matter and was rushing to Qiyuan. She also said that two elders from the clan hall had already arrived in Qiyuan and were investigating the matter.

He Kao happened to see the branch president Fang Qizi getting into his car in the parking lot in front of the inpatient building. He must have just come out from visiting Lao Qian, and Director Zhao from the administrative office was following behind him.

He Kao didn't want to go up and say hello, so he deliberately walked around from behind a van and pretended not to see it. Unexpectedly, Mr. Fang's eyes were sharp, and he turned around and shouted, "He Kao, are you here to see Mr. Qian too?"

He Kao had to stop and said, "Mr. Fang, so you know me? Yes, I'm here to see Mr. Qian."

Fang Qizi nodded: "Of course I remember you, a top student newly recruited this year. I heard that Gao Xue'e thinks highly of you... It's only natural to care about your colleagues, go ahead!" The reason why He Kao didn't want to greet Mr. Fang was because he was not familiar with him. There was a seven-level difference between them in the group and a five-level difference in their positions, so they would never have direct contact with each other on weekdays.

There are more than 500 full-time employees in the entire branch. He knows Mr. Fang, but Mr. Fang may not know him. He probably can't even remember his name, right?
Unexpectedly, Mr. Fang not only knew his name, but also recognized him at a glance and called him on purpose, which surprised He Kao a little.

He Kao didn't feel that Mr. Fang had any obvious ill intentions, but he didn't seem to have any good intentions either, so he seemed weird and what he said was a bit strange.

But He Kao was thinking about Lao Qian and had no time to think about Fang Qizhi...

Qian Guran looked very peaceful, his breathing steady, his heartbeat strong, even his pulse normal and healthy. His face was no longer swollen and pale, but had regained its usual rosy color, and he looked like he was asleep - a very deep sleep at that.

In the ward, He Kao finally met Yao Shaolan, the lawyer friend of Lao Qian.

He Kao had heard of this name a long time ago, because when he went to retrieve something from the safe deposit box last time, some of the procedures and documents were handled by Lawyer Yao.

However, He Kao himself did not meet with Lawyer Yao. Although the money was directly collected for him, no fees were charged.

Without even meeting He Kao, Lawyer Yao completed all the relevant procedures. This shows that her relationship with Qian Guran must be extraordinary, to the extent that she can just give Qian Guran a heads-up if there is anything.

When I saw it today, it was indeed very extraordinary!
Old Qian was unconscious, and the person accompanying him should have been his closest relative, but at the moment there was only Lawyer Yao, and she seemed very natural about it.

Lawyer Yao looks to be in her early thirties, with a pretty face and a very capable personality. She has the temperament of a legal beauty in film and television dramas, or perhaps the so-called legal beauty that those film and television dramas want to portray should be her image.

When He Kao entered the ward, Lawyer Yao was chatting with Gao Xue'e. Fat Huang was sitting beside the bed, looking at Qian Guran with a worried look on his face, occasionally poking him with his finger.

Yao Shaolan took the initiative to greet He Kao: "You are He Kao, right? I often hear Lao Qian mention you, as well as President E and Huang Si. I heard that you all take good care of him at work and you have a good relationship with him."

He Kao originally thought that after the past two days of hard work, Lawyer Yao must be very tired, but she looked much better than he expected and did not look haggard at all.

He Kao was more worried about Qian Guran's condition, but with his keen perception, he didn't notice anything abnormal about Qian Guran. He was "sleeping" well and didn't look like he was injured anywhere.

According to lawyer Yao, the attending physician also found it quite strange. Mr. Qian's body was fine, and his brain waves were different from those of a vegetative state, suggesting he was in a deep sleep. For some reason, he couldn't be awakened.

Could this be a self-protective stress coma? That was all the doctor could say, and even this statement itself was vague because he had rarely seen such a patient.

The doctor also had a guess that as long as the person woke up, everything would be fine... but it was like saying nothing.

They stayed in the ward just to chat with Lawyer Yao and seemed unable to help much. They waited for and saw off several colleagues from other departments.

The nurse on duty at the nurses' station on this floor seemed a little unhappy because there were too many people coming and going today and it seemed a bit messy.

He Kao later took the initiative to say, "Lawyer Yao, you're the only one here, it's too tiring, and many things are inconvenient. I can come over and help take care of it, day or night, so you can take a break and change shifts."

I'm free this week, so please don't hesitate... You're Lao Qian's friend, and I'm Lao Qian's friend too. If something happens to him, we can't rely on you alone to take care of it."

These words were sincere. No one knew what had happened to Old Qian that night and he ended up like this. He Kao always felt that he owed him something, and General E happened to give him a week's vacation.

Lawyer Yao shook his head and said, "I have hired two professional nurses who can take turns to look after Lao Qian. I will also be here to watch over him when I am free on weekdays. There is no need to trouble others. You are all very busy!

The attending physician also said that Lao Qian's current condition requires rest and that we shouldn't disturb him too much. I'm very grateful for your concern for Lao Qian. Your thoughtfulness is enough. I'll pass on the message to everyone when he wakes up."

Gao Xue'e: "What about the expenses?"

Lawyer Yao said, "Don't worry about the expenses. Your company leader just came and expressed their commitment to providing full medical treatment. I'll be happy to ask for anything you need."

Lawyer Yao's words hinted at sending him away, but He Kao remained in the ward, unwilling to leave, mainly waiting for Lin Qingshuang. Gao Xue'e and Huang Xiaopang also lingered, mainly waiting for him.

The doctor had never seen Qian in this situation, but Lin Qingshuang was a senior from the Guanshen Sect. A third-level warlock from the Guanshen Sect called herself a medical expert. Should she be able to revive Old Qian?
So He Kao quietly sent another message: "Senior Lin, when will you arrive? I'm already in the hospital and have seen Qian Guran.

He looks fine, but he's unconscious, and the doctors don't know what to do. Perhaps you could help."

After a while, Lin Qingshuang sent him a reply that surprised him: "I can't go. I was stopped by the elders of the clan hall outside the hospital.

Before Qian Guran woke up, no one from any sect was allowed to enter the hospital except Lawyer Yao. Just now, Gu Yunteng came to visit the patient, but was stopped and taken away.

Wait for my news, and we'll arrange another time and place to meet."

What is going on? Not only did the elders of the clan law hall rush to Qiyuan City, but they also prevented disciples from various sects from visiting Qian Guran. Even Lin Qingshuang was stopped and sent back?
In this case, He Kao had to say goodbye temporarily, and Gao Xue'e and Huang Si also left together.

Before leaving, Lawyer Yao suddenly stopped He Kao and said, "Old Qian had contacted me before the incident. I heard that you recently obtained a property title deed in Guanliu Community, and it's registered in your father's name.

Whenever you're free, bring the property deeds over and give them to me. I promised Lao Qian I'd help you with the inheritance paperwork. It might cost some money, but we'll talk about it after it's done."

Hearing these words, He Kao felt even more guilty...

When they walked out of the elevator, they met two people in the lobby of the inpatient department.

One was an old man whose age was unclear. He had pale, slightly curly hair and it was hard to tell his age. He was not tall but had a straight back, clear eyes and a moist complexion, giving people a very imposing feeling.

The other person's temperament was even more outstanding. She was a young lady, about 1.75 meters tall, with a hot body and pretty face. At first glance, she looked like she was 27 or 28 years old, but when you looked closely, she seemed to be only about 20.

Because her overall temperament seems relatively mature, but her skin and other details are very delicate... How did He Kao observe so carefully? Because he has a keen sense of perception and can notice many details at a glance.

"Is that woman pretty?" Gao Xue'e asked slowly.

He Kao: "Ah, who are you talking about, Lawyer Yao?"

Gao Xue'e: "Even the woman who just entered the elevator, I was a little surprised. Don't be embarrassed. It's normal to look at a beautiful woman a few times. It's no big deal."

He Kao: "Oh, I just felt that those two people were quite special, with unique temperaments. I didn't pay attention to who was pretty or not."

Huang Xiaopang interrupted, "I noticed that. It's really cool. It's my cup of tea!"

He Kaoxu kicked him and said, "You are such a wimp!"

Huang Xiaopang was in a bad mood today. He had been lamenting why Lao Qian was so unlucky. He had just been promoted to vice president, but something like this happened during the holiday!

His bad mood did not stop him from looking at the beauty. Huang Xiaopang looked at her very carefully just now. Even after the person entered the elevator, he turned his head to look at her.

But he didn't know that the woman just now was over sixty years old, older than his mother.

The two people they met were the old man named Gu Chun, a sixth-rank earth master from the Xinpan Sect, and the woman, formerly known as Ye Qi, a sixth-rank physician from the Guanshen Sect. They were both elders of the sect's patriarchal hall.

Ye Qi also has a nickname called Wild Phoenix. She is one year older than Lin Qingshuang, and they were close friends in their early years.

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PS: Sorry, today's post is a little longer and the update is late.

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