"What did you say?" Wen Ning thought he had an auditory hallucination.
"Last night, the workers forgot to turn off the power switch, and a fire broke out in the workshop... By the time the fire brigade arrived, the entire factory was on fire."
"I don't believe it!" Wen Ning shook his head and shouted loudly, "Impossible! Take me there, I'll go see for myself."
Wen Ning got up and rushed to the door, but she hadn't taken two steps when her legs went soft and she fell forward. Gu Bei Ci hurriedly supported her.
"I'll take you there, don't move around."
Gu Bei tried to persuade her to stay but she refused, so he had no choice but to drive her to Manrou.
Forty minutes later, the car stopped in front of the Manrou Gate. The familiar buildings outside the window were gone, replaced by a burnt-out building.
Everything in sight was a charred ruin, Wen Ning couldn't believe the scene before her eyes. She wanted to open the door, but Gu Bei Ci didn't unlock the car.
"Don't go down, it's dangerous."
A big fire burned all the goods and materials to ashes. As soon as the news came out, all suppliers and workers rushed over, they wanted to find someone to ask for debts, to get back their hard-earned money.
Wen Ning is going down now, don't know what conflict will happen.
Man Rong is really gone, this time Wen Ning has truly lost everything.
Wen Ning stared blankly out of the window, his expression dull and lifeless like a wooden puppet with its soul extracted.
Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen.
She clutched her lower abdomen in agony, her face deathly pale with no hint of blood color.
"Are you all going to leave me too?"
A severe pain struck, and Wen Ning's vision went black as he fainted.
"Xiao Ning!"
Gu Bei stepped on the accelerator with one foot and felt her abnormality.
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Hengshi Group
Ji Qing stared at the message on his phone - Man Rong Garment Co., Ltd. had an accidental fire, and Man Rong was facing bankruptcy and huge debt risks.
He looked from head to toe and then clicked on the X in the upper right corner to close the news webpage.
Like Wen Ning being exposed on the internet yesterday, Ji Qing chose to pretend he didn't know and didn't report it to Shen Qiuhan.
Shen Zihhan has been working continuously for two days, during which time he received more than a dozen requests for cancellation.
Xing Si's hands and feet were tied up, he had no time to take care of the newly acquired Shen Corporation, and Shen Junhao's followers in the Shen Group took advantage of the situation to make trouble. The shareholders who originally supported him also had some reservations.
If this continues, it won't be long before the board of directors will certainly remove him from his position as president. No one wants to see their money being wasted in vain.
Shen Zihhan has never been so stuck since he started his business.
He put down the documents in his hand, rubbed his temples, and suddenly his heart ached with a sharp pain, as if the tip of his heart was being tightly twisted by a thin thread.
A sense of foreboding lingered in his heart.
Just then, his phone rang.
"Director Shen, Gu Bei Ze led his wife into a private obstetrics and gynecology hospital, and his wife was pushed into the operating room."
Ji Qing was holding a cup of coffee and about to push the door when it suddenly swung open from inside, spilling the cold coffee all over his clothes.
Shen Shihan flashed past him and disappeared into the elevator in the blink of an eye.
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Gu Bei sent Wen Ning to the hospital, where his friend was the attending physician. The obstetrics and gynecology surgery was much more skilled than him.
Wen Ning lay on the hospital bed, his consciousness a bit fuzzy, but he could still hear the sounds around him.
"The doctor said to Gu Bei, 'You're also a doctor, you should understand. Today we barely saved the child, it's just luck. The placenta has almost slipped into the birth canal, from now on rest in bed, maybe you can safely make it through childbirth.'"
"Gu Beici asked: 'If we perform a surgical delivery now, what will be the impact on the mother's body?'"
"Induction of labor is also risky, but with current technology and equipment, there will be no risk to the mother's life."
"What special precautions should be taken after a cesarean section?"
Before Gu Bei's words had even fallen, a fist as swift as lightning landed on his face.
The doctor looked at the man who suddenly rushed in and asked, "Who are you? Why did you hit someone?"
Shen Chihan glanced at the woman on the bed, turned his head and grabbed Gu Beidi's collar, dragging him out of the ward.
Wen Ning lay on the hospital bed, she wanted to cover her ears with her hands, she didn't want to hear Shen Cihan's voice, but her body couldn't move at all.
Her mind is like a mess, she wants to escape all thoughts. Not thinking about Uncle Li lying in the hospital, not thinking about Manrou being burned to ashes, not thinking about the childhood memories of her and her grandfather and mother in Manrou.
All the light in her world has gone out, let her fend for herself in the dark abyss.
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Outside the ward, Shen Sicong pinned Gu Beidi against the wall. Seeing his furious and unseemly behavior, Gu Beidi couldn't help but sneer at the corner of his mouth.
"When everyone beats someone up together, does Director Shen even care about his dignity?"
When he heard the two words 'induced labor', Shen Sihuan lost all his composure and dignity.
"You think I'd do something to Wen Ning's kid? Shen Qingqiu, I'm not you, I won't do anything she doesn't want me to." Gu Beidi sneered.
Shen Zhan cooled down quickly, "I want to take her away, I will get the best doctors in the world to take care of her."
Gu Bei smiled and readily agreed, "Alright, you go ask her. If she's willing to leave with you, I absolutely won't stop you."
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It was unknown how much time had passed when Wen Ning opened his eyes. Gu Bei Ci stood at the head of the bed, the bruise around his eye socket more severe than before.
Footsteps echoed in the ward, Wen Ning mechanically turned his eyes and only then saw another man standing in the corner of the ward.
She took a glance, her eyes were like a dry well, stagnant water.
Shen Zhan stopped in his tracks, and the words that had reached the tip of his tongue were swallowed back. He didn't dare say it, because he had already seen the outcome from her eyes.
Wen Ning stretched his dry lips, his voice weak and hoarse, "Bei Ci, I don't want to stay in the hospital..."
"Alright, I'll take you out of the hospital, but you have to promise me that you'll behave and rest at home, don't go wandering around or think wild thoughts."
Wen Ning nodded, "Okay."
Gu Bei finished speaking, bent down and picked up Wen Ning from the bed, carrying him out of the ward.
Shen Zihan stood still, watching them leave with his eyes wide open, and then slammed his clenched fist against the wall with a loud bang.
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The day after the great fire, the cause of the fire was determined to be an accidental result of improper use of electricity, and Man Yung took full responsibility.
Man Rou declared bankruptcy, and all assets under Wen Ning's name were mortgaged, including the apartment that had not yet been transferred to Qiao Mian Xia's name.
Wen Ning had nothing left, and on top of that, he was still shouldering debts of over tens of millions.
Wen Ning looked at the court's judgment and execution documents, feeling a deep sorrow in her heart.
"Don't worry about Uncle Li's medical expenses, I'll take care of them. You're talented and capable, once you recover, everything will fall back into your hands." Gu Bei Ci comforted Wen Ning every day.
The day he declared bankruptcy, Shen Junhao called Wen Ning, but she didn't answer. Afterwards, she received a call from Shen Junhao with 1 million yuan.
After that day, Wen Ning pulled out his mobile phone card and never turned it on again.
Just when she thought her life was going downhill, she found out that it could actually get worse.
(End of chapter)
