Fire Chief vs. Surgeon: A Tale of Relentless Pursuit-Chapter 726: Very Convenient
"Don’t, don’t, don’t, when did I ever say no?"
The duck at hand can’t just fly away!
Hmm, it still is only a fat duck.
Jiang Ye snickered:
"So why aren’t you getting to work?"
Too much idle chatter indeed.
"Going, going, I’m on it."
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Ye put away his phone and stepped out from the shadows.
He didn’t plan to go home; instead, he headed outside the fire station.
...
At home, Lu Jing was completely unaware of all this.
He had quickly taken a shower, without washing his hair—could do it tomorrow.
He wasn’t hungry either; he just lay on the sofa, holding the tablet and comfortably started browsing the news.
Once he started, it was a shocker.
Those eye-catching headlines were impossible to miss.
"Nanxi City’s Dai Group on the Verge of Bankruptcy," "Complete Falling Out between Dai Group’s Chairman and Daughter," "Dai Group’s Shares Acquired by Son-in-law, Now the Major Shareholder"...
Too many headlines.
Lu Jing’s eyes nearly popped out, Dai Group went bankrupt?
Naturally, he was most concerned about his best friend’s circumstances, hurriedly pulled out his phone and made a call.
To his surprise, no one answered the first call?
Lu Jing frowned slightly, then placed a second call.
This time, after a few rings, it was finally picked up:
"Jing’er~"
Hearing that tone, full of vitality, it seemed there wasn’t much of an issue.
Lu Jing breathed a sigh of relief:
"I saw the news, how are you?" he asked.
Over the phone, Dai Changwan laughed:
"What can I do? Of course, I’m overjoyed. Everything the Dai Family owed me and my mother, I’ve taken it all back!"
But Lu Jing still sensed the insincerity in his best friend’s tone.
They could reclaim money, the company, and so on.
But her mother’s life could never be brought back.
Just then, Lu Jing felt it was not the right moment to bring that up.
Wouldn’t that just pour cold water on her?
"How about Xiang Zheng?" 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
"He’s out, busy."
Makes sense, Xiang Zheng wasn’t free right now, what with all the mess in the Dai Family to sort out.
Leaving everything to his subordinates wouldn’t be wise; they wouldn’t dare to go too far, considering it was their wife’s family home after all.
Thus, having Xiang Zheng handle it personally was the safest.
The two best friends hadn’t spoken for quite a while; having finished discussing urgent matters, they naturally started to chit-chat.
"Jing’er, how’s it going with your Captain Jiang?"
Lu Jing involuntarily coughed a bit:
"Just like that, what else can it be?"
Tsk, tsk.
"I heard, you know. The old chairman of Jiang Group and his family have all come to Nanxi City. Are you saying they came here for no particular reason?"
Lu Jing was startled:
"You’ve heard?"
That was enough to indicate a lot of people knew.
Such matters weren’t secret at all; it was all a game of passing the word from one to another.
Sweat, he had hoped to keep it low and not let it get outside.
Dai Changwan now caught up:
"So, tell me, what’s the situation?" she began questioning.
Lu Jing pursed his lips:
"Nothing much really."
"Nonsense! You think you can fool me? Believe it or not, I can come to your place right now?
Sister isn’t abroad, I’m right here in Nanxi City, very convenient."
Lu Jing sighed a few times:
"All right, all right, I’ll tell you."
"Hmm, go on."
She was quite smug.
"Uncle Jiang and Aunt Su came to discuss the marriage."
"I guessed as much; what else?"
But she didn’t believe that was the only issue.
Indeed, Miss Dai’s intuition was really sharp.
Lu Jing bit his lip, feeling somewhat embarrassed to say it, but with the persistent questioning, he couldn’t just lie, could he?
