The Mo family's attempt to acquire Guangming Hospital had taken over two years without success.
Li Qianfan would absolutely not allow anyone else to set their sights on Guangming Hospital.
But what if Qingyun City's upcoming urban construction plan encompassed Guangming Hospital within its development zone?
Even with Li Qianfan's vast influence, he wouldn't use it for personal gain at the expense of the entire city's development plan.
"Our hospital is too small," Su Ziyu said, walking slowly with Li Qianfan on her back. "If it were as large as Qingyun's biggest private hospital, Tianci Hospital, then Qingyun would have to seriously consider us."
Expanding Guangming Hospital to the size of Tianci Hospital was Su Ziyu's sole dream in her career.
Li Qianfan's heart stirred.
Su Ziyu continued, "I learned this news in advance because Mr. Liu from Qingyun Steel specially called me this evening."
It was perfectly normal for the general manager of Qingyun Steel to know about regional urban planning in advance.
"Qingyun will compensate us threefold and also allocate us a piece of land to establish a new hospital," Su Ziyu said. "But Mr. Liu mentioned the location wouldn't be ideal."
She chattered on, and Li Qianfan listened quietly.
"As for what to do with the new hospital, we'll discuss that later."
Su Ziyu turned her head. "Little husband."
"Hmm?" Li Qianfan replied.
Su Ziyu said, "Your wife is tired."
"Tired? That's easy to fix," Li Qianfan immediately offered three solutions.
One, he would sing to his older sister wife, using his beautiful voice to make Su Ziyu forget her fatigue.
Two, she could use the remaining strength she had to hurry and carry him home.
Three, they could rest for a moment by leaning on a utility pole before continuing.
Su Ziyu asked lightly, "Isn't there a fourth option?"
Li Qianfan detected a veiled threat in her voice and immediately said, "Yes. The fourth is for me to carry you."
Su Ziyu said, "I choose the fourth."
No problem!
Li Qianfan carried Su Ziyu, continuing their walk. "Wife, your skin is so smooth."
"Do you like it?"
"Of course, I wish I could hold them [your legs] and sleep every night."
"When I get old, I won't be smooth anymore. You'll be disgusted with me then."
"Of course. I'll get a younger girl then."
"Little husband."
"Hmm?"
"Don't always be ahead of me—"
Su Ziyu whispered into his ear, "If I didn't have you, I wouldn't only be lonely, but I might also be scared."
How long had they known each other for Su Ziyu to become so dependent on Li Qianfan?
There was a proverb that explained it: "White hair like new acquaintances, meeting under a tilted parasol as if old friends."
"Don't worry. If that day ever comes, I'll still be with you every night."
Li Qianfan, filled with happiness, his eyes slightly hazy, looked at their shadows on the ground.
The streetlights behind them cast their long, long shadows onto the ground.
The shadows of two people merged into one.
Vroom—
As a high-speed train sped past on the overpass, a new week had begun, the fourth day.
In the past few days, Dai Paipai had brought Wang Mingshuai back home.
Mo Hongti, backed by a mysterious divine being, had signed a most friendly agreement with the Du family of Tiandong, becoming the de facto controlling shareholder of Tianci Hospital.
Old Su, on Saturday afternoon, finally managed to secretly drink the "holy medicine" he had been longing for, which resulted in Mother Lan being unusually late to get out of bed on Sunday morning.
Zhao Lianjin remained missing, as if he had completely evaporated from the face of the earth.
Wang Ming, hospitalized at Tianci Hospital, received a final ultimatum from Mo Bin: "If you don't take action, don't blame me for turning against you!"
Meanwhile, Li Qianfan and Su Ziyu had driven their little Mini to the southern mountains and had a great time on Sunday.
Li Qianfan was bullied quite a bit.
His older sister wife was probably a cat.
She clearly loved her little husband dearly, yet she cruelly pinched his leg until it was bruised.
Because I love you, I'm pinching you!
The consequence of Su Ziyu's actions was a good spanking from Mother Lan with her belt.
Even though it had been several days since she was beaten, she still used the excuse of being injured and unable to drive to ask Li Qianfan to take her to the hospital this morning.
Li Qianfan readily agreed, of course.
After dropping off his older sister wife, Li Qianfan went to Dai Paipai's apartment on his way, to keep her company at work.
Since bringing her husband home, Dai Paipai had finally been able to sleep soundly.
Her overall spirit and energy had clearly improved significantly.
However, her habit of immediately changing her clothes upon arriving at the company office gave Secretary Li a headache.
Ten-thirty in the morning.
Li Qianfan was discussing with the big boss Ruohua on WeChat whether a photo he had sent had been filtered for beauty when he received a call from Old Su.
Boss Paipai happened to be in the finance department, so Li Qianfan went to the vice general manager's office.
As soon as he entered, Li Qianfan saw that Old Su's expression was very grim.
Li Qianfan quickly asked him what was wrong.
"Qianfan, didn't you confidently claim that you had treated the general manager of Jinchao Group's headquarters before?" Old Su got straight to the point. "As long as I went to the Qingyun branch and mentioned your name, would they give me the uniform business?"
"Isn't that so?" Li Qianfan retorted with a frown.
The excuse he had given Old Su to go and negotiate business with Jinchao Group was that he had treated the group headquarters' general manager before.
All he had to do was call the group's general manager, and the Qingyun branch would award the business to the sales representative from Paipai Fashion.
"What do you mean?" Old Su threw him a cigarette and said angrily, "I did as you said, went to see General Manager Ye Kaiming, and specifically mentioned your name. He also clearly stated that he could give me the uniform business. However, he has two conditions."
One, Old Su had to crawl three laps in front of the Jinchao Group (Branch) building, barking like a dog.
Two, Old Su had to find someone to beat his backside until it was bleeding, and then have someone carry him back and forth in front of the branch building for half an hour.
What kind of person was Old Su?
He was someone who would rather die than be humiliated!
He almost had a heart attack and a cerebral hemorrhage from anger.
"Did he really say that?" Li Qianfan narrowed his eyes slightly and asked.
Old Su, somewhat embarrassed and indignant, replied, "Would I lie to you?"
Li Qianfan was certain Old Su wasn't lying.
He had only asked casually out of surprise.
In his opinion, securing the uniform business for Jinchao Group's Qingyun branch was a done deal.
After all, Li Village was a major shareholder of Jinchao Group.
The general manager of Jinchao Group, Li Zhaoyu, was actually a villager of Li Village, and not even from the core circle!
It wouldn't even be necessary for Li Qianfan to contact Li Zhaoyu personally; Li Bei just needed to make a call, and Li Zhaoyu would quickly handle it.
Yet, Li Zhaoyu couldn't even handle such a small matter!
"Heh, alright, I understand." Li Qianfan smiled reassuringly, seeing his father-in-law's anxiety. "Don't worry, this business won't slip away."
"Don't blow smoke at me," Old Su said gloomily. "I had someone investigate and found out what's going on."
Li Qianfan immediately perked up.
Ye Kaiming was the son-in-law of the Du family of Tiandong!
Du Tianci had been ambushed by Li Qianfan at Paipai Fashion.
On that day, Old Su had been unusually active when he was forced to parade Zhao Lianjin around the factory grounds.
Du Tianci dared not provoke Mo Hongti, who had a divine being behind her, nor even her lover Li Qianfan. However, he felt no psychological burden in humiliating Old Su through Du family's son-in-law, Ye Kaiming.
"Qianfan, you might not know," Old Su continued. "Bao Shan, Zhao Shui, and others, who were kicked out by General Manager Dai, have now become core members of Tianci Fashion. And this Tianci Fashion was rapidly acquired by Yuanhang Group on Tuesday. This garment factory was originally a competitor of Paipai Fashion, but it had poor management and dismal sales."
The Du family of Tiandong again?
Du Tianci again?
And Bao Shan and the others.
Were these idiots like cockroaches that couldn't be killed?
"Dad, don't worry. Leave this matter to me, and I guarantee you'll vent your anger," Li Qianfan said with a smile.
"Don't boast," Old Su pouted. "If you can't handle it, treat me to Victoria's twice a month."
Li Qianfan was speechless.
They were discussing work, yet Old Su was adding his personal selfish desires. He was truly incorrigible.
Li Qianfan's phone rang.
It was Zeng Ting, Su Ziyu's little secretary.
She said with a slight nervousness, "Son-in-law, someone is going to bully Dean Su!"