Chapter 349
The chairman of the Qin Group, Qin Hanyue, has not appeared in the company for more than half a year since disappearing at the end of last year.
Although the employees cannot help but privately discuss this, they dare not be too curious, let alone make random guesses about Qin Hanyue's whereabouts.
It was thought that they were insignificant, but they heard that the big shots in the Beijing circle were just like them, none of them had seen Qin Hanyue at any occasion.
Who doesn't know that Qin Hanyue is strict with himself, with only work in his eyes. Since he took over the company, this is the first time this has happened. In the past, he was away on business trips for three to five months at most, and during that time one could still hear a little about his whereabouts, but this time he just disappeared completely.
There are two most prevalent speculations: Qin Hanyue is managing overseas enterprises abroad, and is temporarily unable to get away; Qin Hanyue is sick at home recuperating.
These are the two most widely spread opinions.
Why would there be talks of Qin Hanyue, young and strong, being critically ill? That's because many big shots in Beijing circles have also heard the wind—that the Qin family is sparing no expense seeking medical treatment everywhere.
In fact, two months ago, an extremely outrageous incident was spread: The Qin family, unable to find medical treatment, superstitiously found a Taoist priest and invited him home to perform rituals and summon spirits.
No one knows how this information leaked out, but some people believed it. Those at odds with the Qins even secretly looked into its authenticity, hoping to hear the good news of Qin Hanyue's critical illness and the Qin family losing its person in power.
Originally everyone thought it was Old Master Qin who had reached old age, and Qin Hanyue, being a filial son, was running around seeking medical treatment for his father, and had no time to attend to the company. NewW novels updates at novelhall.com
But after the incident of summoning spirits with a Taoist priest came out, everyone unanimously rejected it, because it was absolutely impossible for Qin Hanyue, a well-educated normal person, to do such superstitious things.
So everyone became more convinced that Qin Hanyue himself was ill, and the Qin family, unable to find medical treatment, finally went down this crooked path for Qin Hanyue.
Exactly what was going on and where Qin Hanyue went, only the Qin family themselves knew.
The curtains were completely drawn open by someone, and sunshine poured in, shining brightly beside the bed.
The girl lying in bed looked increasingly emaciated. She lay there quietly, making everyone dare not speak loudly, for fear of startling her away.
"Morning," Qin Hanyue leaned down and kissed the girl's forehead.
"I have things to attend at the company today, I need to chair two meetings there. I'll handle them as quickly as possible and come back to accompany you."
He spoke gently, reporting to the girl.
Qin Hanyue lingered by the bedside for a good half day, wasting away the breakfast time, before finally leaving with an empty stomach.
Before leaving, he looked at her worriedly, pulled out one of her hands from under the quilt, kissed it, and only then left.
This thought made Qin Hanyue panic. He immediately called Cheng Jinyan.
Fortunately Cheng Jinyan reminded him, and spoke reasonably.
The real Qiao Ying was already dead. If the soul left this body, then this body should have already lost all signs of life, and not be in a coma like now.
Just as he felt relieved, Qin Hanyue thought again, if Qiao Ying's soul could inhabit this body, perhaps others' could as well.
What if when she woke up, her soul had already been replaced by someone else's?
Maybe, maybe, maybe the soul in this body now was no longer hers.
This thought of Qin Hanyue's not only frightened himself, but even frightened Cheng Jinyan, because it was indeed possible in principle.
And so Qin Hanyue frightened himself for two months, wearing himself out, and only now finally calmed down somewhat.
Qin Hanyue, who hadn't been to the company for several months, went today and chaired two meetings nonstop in the conference room. In order to finish work as quickly as possible, he didn't stop for breaks and left immediately after the meetings ended without giving further instructions.
Even during the meetings, Qin Hanyue's phone was connected to the room monitoring the whole time. He still couldn't stop worrying.
He rushed back home after 6pm in the evening.
Only after seeing Qiao Ying did the uneasiness in his heart disappear.
After listening to the doctor, nurses and servants report on Qiao Ying's condition throughout the day, Qin Hanyue went to eat dinner.
At night,
Qin Hanyue finished up the remaining work in the study, took a shower, and after grooming himself, came to the bedside again.
Seeing Qiao Ying's fingernails had grown long, he took nail clippers and carefully trimmed them for her.
He lowered his head, extremely attentive with each fingernail, and after clipping them he even rubbed them with his fingertips to ensure they were smooth without sharp edges.
It was obvious he had done this many times, very skilled.
After trimming her fingernails, he also trimmed her toenails.
As he did this, he kept talking to her.