Night Rose

"It's a good opportunity for me to see your capabilities. If you can't handle these matters, then there's no point in keeping you around." Zhou Zheng's gaze fell on the mountain of documents. He didn't have the ability to handle them right now, so it was better to let the professionals do it.

"There's still a probationary period, huh? Fine." Wu Ting resigned himself to his fate. It seemed the new CEO did have some brains and wouldn't be used as a pawn.

Wu Ting sat in Zhou Ruian's chair, feeling a little uncomfortable at first, but after a while she got used to it, adjusted to her preferred angle, and began processing the documents.

While he was processing the documents, Zhou Zheng didn't take it lightly. Instead, he stood behind him and watched. Zhou Zheng didn't offer any opinions on his handling of the documents; he just watched silently.

Wu Ting dared not underestimate this young CEO Zhou; he was no fool, and he was much more capable than Zhou Chengzhuo.

As a result, Wu Ting became even more meticulous when handling documents, and didn't even know when Zhou Zheng left.

Wu Ting had no choice but to accept his fate, after all, the CEO he chose actually had to finish his studies!

On his way home, Zhou Zheng called Su Jin.

Su Jin answered quickly, raising her voice slightly, "Feed~"

"Oh, talking to your brother on the phone again? You call him every day and you never get tired of it, it's so sweet." Su's mother's voice rang out.

Su Jin almost jumped up, "Mom! Go play cards with your best friends! Stop nagging me every day."

After finally getting her mother away, Su Jin returned to her room, turned on speakerphone, and lay down on the bed to have a long phone conversation with Zhou Zheng.

Although they were separated for a few days, they talked on the phone every day for hours at a time.

"Are you outside? There are so many noises around me." Su Jin turned over and tapped Zhou Zheng's profile picture on the screen.

"I suddenly miss you," Zhou Zheng said frankly.

Su Jin buried her head in the pillow, blushing for a moment before replying, "How come you have so many sweet nothings to say when we break up?"

"Okay, I'll tell you next time we meet."

"That's not what I meant... Okay, never mind, I won't argue with you. I won't be back until after the New Year. Grandma is a little angry, angry that I don't tell her anything."

"Is Grandma angry with you? Should I come over?"

Su Jin thought that since her grandfather was still at home, it wouldn't be appropriate to have Zhou Zheng come looking for her.

She smiled and said, "No need, let's spend the New Year with Grandpa first. I'm sure I can win Grandma over and get her to accept you as her boyfriend."

Zhou Zheng chuckled. He also had a lot of mess to clean up. He really hoped to see Su Jin soon, but he wanted to finish dealing with things before talking to her.

"Okay, your work isn't in a rush, is it?"

"No rush, let's rest for a while. With such good results, why would I be worried about not finding a company to hire me? Impossible."

The two chatted for a while longer, until Zhou Zheng's phone got hot. When he got home, Su Jin had also fallen asleep. At home, Su Jin's sleep schedule was irregular; she would sleep for a while whenever she was tired.

Zhou Zheng didn't disturb her and quietly hung up the phone.

Zhou Ruian stayed in the hospital for five days, and his condition finally improved.

Liao Yun stayed by his side at the hospital every day. Whenever it was visiting time, she would change into a sterile gown and go in to accompany Zhou Ruian, putting on a tender and affectionate act. She would often cry in front of him and tell him about how Zhou Zheng had bullied her son.

Zhou Ruian just kept breathing heavily and didn't reply.

"Brother Rui'an, you can move into a VIP private room today. I will take good care of you. You have to get better soon. Zhuo'er and I are counting on you." Liao Yun pretended to cry, wiping her eyes with a handkerchief.

Zhou Chengzhuo was also recovering in the hospital. The kick from Zhou Zheng wasn't serious, but it aggravated his wound, causing him to curl up like a shrimp in pain. He had to be on an IV drip for several days before he recovered.

"Zhuo'er, your father is about to be transferred to a regular ward. Our chance is coming," Liao Yun said fiercely, seemingly a completely different person from the one who had just been playing the victim in front of Zhou Ruian.

"Mom, is this the only way? Do you think Dad might give us all the shares?" Zhou Chengzhuo still clung to unrealistic fantasies.

Liao Yun's eyes turned cold. She was more pragmatic than Zhou Chengzhuo. "How could your father agree? He's very protective of his shares. I haven't gotten a single penny from him all these years! Yet he gave so much to that bitch! Letting her son ride roughshod over me and bully my son and me!"

Zhou Chengzhuo gripped the bedsheet tightly, his tone chilling, "Mom, you're right! Dad won't side with us anymore! We have to fight for what we want ourselves!"

Zhou Ruian was transferred to a private room that night. The tubes that had been inserted into his body were removed, and he fell into a deep sleep while receiving an IV drip.

The door opened quietly, and Liao Yun stepped in. Seeing that no one was in the corridor, she closed the door with peace of mind.

"Brother Rui'an, take your medicine." Liao Yun helped him up.

Even if Zhou Ruian was slow to notice, he realized the problem. The medicine was delivered to the beds by the nurses, so how could the medicine suddenly appear in Liao Yun's hands?

"you……"

Before Zhou Ruian could speak, Liao Yun directly pried open his mouth, "Brother Ruian, take your medicine! Leave a future for me and Zhuo'er."

"Clang!"

The ward door was kicked open. Liao Yun panicked and clutched her pills. Before she could even utter a sound, she was pushed to the ground.

One hand gripped her wrist tightly, forcing her to open her palm and reveal the pill inside.

"This medicine is the same one that was sent for testing, and it's definitely problematic!" Wu Ting's voice rang out.

Liao Yun was startled and immediately knew who was behind her.

"You...know?!"

"It's all your fault for being too hasty. You didn't leave any room for maneuver when you did things. Who wouldn't be suspicious?" Zhou Zheng took the pills in his hand, examined them for a moment, and handed them to Wu Ting behind him. "Let's report this to the police."

"Zhou Zheng! You can't do this to me! I'm your stepmother! Your father loves me! He will never agree to this!" Liao Yun cried out in a fierce voice.

"He's been rendered speechless by you, so he has no choice but to agree." Zhou Zheng waved his hand, deciding to ignore it, and had Liao Yun taken away.

Zhou Chengzhuo was an accomplice and was taken away with Liao Yun's group. Given his past crimes, he and his mother will spend the rest of their lives in prison.

Zhou Zheng stood in front of the hospital bed, looking at the panic and tears in Zhou Ruian's eyes, wondering if he was frightened by Liao Yun or reluctant to part with her.

"Dad, besides handing the company over to me, who else can you give it to? Zhou Chengzhuo and Liao Yuntong plotted to harm you; they've long since given up on you. Your shareholders are hoping you die soon so they can take over the company. Are you really going to give it to them?"

Zhou Ruian's fingers trembled, his cloudy eyes were fixed on Zhou Zheng, his mouth was slightly open as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't make a sound.

"Don't worry, it's just a matter of putting your fingerprint on it." Zhou Zheng took the handover document from Wu Ting and pointed to the words for Zhou Ruian to see.

"It's only ethical for your son to take over your company, isn't it?" Zhou Zheng chuckled, took out a box of red clay, and handed it to him.

Zhou Ruian had no other choice; he would have to rely on Zhou Zheng for the rest of his life.

Withered fingers pressed down on the red clay. In the video recorded by Wu Ting, he pressed his fingers heavily onto the document, as if resigning himself to his fate.

Zhou Zheng put away the documents expressionlessly. "Zhou Ruian, the doctor said that you will probably never be able to stand up again and will have to spend the rest of your life in bed. I won't mistreat you. I will find a caregiver to take good care of you and wait for the day you can go down and reunite with my mother."

Zhou Ruian's hands trembled as he wiped red marks onto the white sheet, a silent protest, but no one paid any attention.

This big news quickly became a hot topic and trended on social media.

Su Jin was eating rice cakes at home. Her cheeks were tired from chewing, so she opened her phone and saw the latest push notification.

"The Zhou Group's newest leader is only twenty years old!"