Zhan Mohan was not there to attend any grand opening ceremony. After causing a stir, he left the venue. How to appease the remaining reporters was not his job.
He was also looking forward to what kind of achievements Ji Tong would make in the country. In this circle, without his word, more than half of the companies would not dare to cooperate with this company.
Time flew by, and Pengcheng welcomed its first heavy snowfall of the year. Wei Yumeng sat indoors, watching the snow weigh down the branches. She looked at the two children sleeping soundly beside her. They were not big at all, and now they were over eight months old, babbling and wanting to speak.
Counting the time, Mu Linjing had been missing for half a year, with no news.
When Uncle Mu and Aunt Mu came, they had hoped to wait for news of Mu Linjing. However, after staying there for more than a month, there was still no news.
The couple could only leave unwillingly. Before leaving, they repeatedly urged Wei Yumeng to tell them as soon as there was any news.
But now, even Wei Yumeng herself was about to give up. They had searched from summer to winter. If they could find her, there should have been news by now.
Zhan Yichen had offered a heavy reward, which had now reached tens of millions. This reward still went unclaimed.
People rarely mentioned this matter anymore. Even though they had not given up searching, more of it was just to comfort themselves.
They tacitly understood that Mu Linjing might never return.
She heard the children babbling beside her. It turned out that Shi Yi had woken up at some point. As if sensing her mother's unhappiness, she wanted to say something to comfort her.
Seeing this, Wei Yumeng picked her up and patted her gently. If Linjing could come back and see how grown the two children were, she would definitely be very happy.
As she hugged her child, feeling sad, her phone suddenly pinged with a text message from an unknown number: Come to Shense Cafe, there is someone you want to see.
Looking at the message, she pondered for a long time. Although Mu Linjing's matter had passed for a long time, it was not impossible for someone to use this matter to stir up trouble again.
She had encountered this before. The first time, she had not acted rashly, and she would certainly not believe it so easily this time. But as long as there was a glimmer of hope, she did not want to give up.
So she decided to go to the appointment. Even if it was fake, at least she would not lose sleep over it later.
She did not go alone. She called a bodyguard to protect her in secret.
Ever since Zhan Mohan told her that Feng Shiming had found a backing and started her own business, she knew that if she wanted to share the burden with Zhan Mohan, she had to ensure her own safety.
Although Ji Tong had not made any moves, and Zhan Mohan had removed half of the bodyguards at home, she still brought a bodyguard with her every time she went out.
She arrived at Shense Cafe, found a seat, and waited for the person who had asked her to meet to appear.
After waiting for a long time, she did not see the other party, so she sent a text message to the number to urge them.
But there was no reply from the other side, so she had to wait a little longer.
Suddenly, a pair of hands covered her eyes. "Guess who I am?"
At this, she paused for a long time. This voice...
She slowly raised her hands, covered those hands, and slowly moved them down, her heart pounding with every second.
"Linjing, is that you?"
As she finished speaking, she slowly turned her head and saw Mu Linjing looking at her with a smile. "Yumeng, did you miss me?"
With these words, Wei Yumeng's tears fell like a broken string. She turned and threw herself into Mu Linjing's arms. "Linjing... you're alive, I knew you would come back."
Mu Linjing gently patted her shoulder, knowing that she had to let her cry. She had disappeared for so long, and she must have endured considerable pressure and pain.
Wei Yumeng did not know how long she cried. Mu Linjing's clothes were soaked with her tears. She finally choked back her sobs and looked up, letting Mu Linjing sit beside her.
She repeatedly pinched Mu Linjing's arms as if to confirm that she had indeed returned.
Mu Linjing let her confirm. "How is it, am I not fake?"
She finally smiled through her tears. "They said you fell into the sea. We looked for you for half a year, but we couldn't find you. How did you come back?"
While Mu Linjing wiped away her tears, she recounted her near-death experience from half a year ago.
"Six months ago, they did throw me into the sea, but fortunately, I was rescued by a passing private yacht. I had choked on a lot of water, and when I was on the verge of death, the owner of the yacht took me back. He took me to see a doctor and pulled me back from the brink of death."
How unfortunate, yet how lucky, that the ship just happened to pass by, otherwise Mu Linjing would have really perished at sea.
It was also fortunate that the person did not give up on her but took her for treatment, otherwise, they would not have had their reunion today.
"Then what happened? Why did you only come back now?"
Mu Linjing gave a wry smile. "I choked on so much water that I barely saved half my life. I couldn't get out of bed for the past six months and was constantly undergoing treatment. I only started to walk last month, so I came back after I fully recovered."
Listening to her narrate what had happened in the past six months, Wei Yumeng felt heartbroken. It turned out that during these past six months, it was not only they who searched tirelessly, but Mu Linjing was also not doing well.
Who could be comfortable lying in bed every day for more than five months?
She patted Mu Linjing's hand and comforted her. "It's okay, it's good that you're back. This way, we can all be at ease, and Yichen won't have to be like a madman every day, numbing himself with endless work."
Hearing her talk about Zhan Yichen's recent situation, Mu Linjing's heart felt as if it was being squeezed by something.
"Yichen, he..."
Wei Yumeng sighed. "Since you disappeared, Yichen has been looking for you frantically. But after searching for months, there was still no news. He gradually started to degenerate. Now, he manages the departments of both of you. He has a mountain of work, and he lives and eats at the company every day, just to numb himself."
Hearing Wei Yumeng say this, Mu Linjing's eyes filled with tears. "How long has he been like this?"
"About three months."
Wei Yumeng then mentioned the time when Mu Linjing disappeared and Wen Yulan faked her death. Zhan Mohan had a really hard time.
Upon hearing Wen Yulan's name, Mu Linjing's eyes turned cold. "Wen Yulan instigated me to be thrown into the sea. She and Feng Shiming colluded, and I almost died at their hands!"
As she spoke, her emotions became agitated, and her breathing became more rapid. She was almost unable to breathe, which greatly frightened Wei Yumeng.