"Is it that serious?" Lin Chuan was slightly shocked.

"Yes!" Tang Yumeng sighed and said, "It's indeed quite troublesome right now, and the situation is giving me a headache. Family members are causing disturbances, and related departments are trying to appease them. What's most infuriating is that the responsible party chose to flee at this time and took all the money with them. Planning to just walk away."

"Hmph, so arrogant, there must be a protector behind them." Lin Chuan scoffed.

"Song Ming." Tang Yumeng gritted her teeth and said, "It's this bastard. This project was originally supposed to be open for bidding, but unexpectedly, this bastard gave it to Ding Dahua under the guise of attracting investment. Now, when trouble arises, he lets the City Committee take the blame."

"Sister, just let him handle it." Lin Chuan spoke up.

"Let him handle it?" Tang Yumeng sneered, "This old fox claimed to be sick the day the trouble occurred and now he's lying in the hospital."

"What illness?" Lin Chuan asked in surprise.

"Heart disease. Pretending." Tang Yumeng disdainfully said, "He purposefully hospitalised himself to evade responsibility."

"Really an old fox." Lin Chuan huffed coldly.

"So, I'm the only one who can handle this matter, otherwise, who could solve it?" Tang Yumeng said annoyed.

"Sister, let me help you." Lin Chuan pulled out his phone.

"How can you help me?" Tang Yumeng asked curiously.

"I'll find someone to help you locate Ding Dahua!" Lin Chuan said with a sly smile, "I might not be of much help with work, but when it comes to finding people, hehe, I can still help you out!"

"Really?" Tang Yumeng was overjoyed, "If you can help me find Ding Dahua, I'll buy you anything you want."

"Sure?" Lin Chuan asked with a smile.

"Of course!" Tang Yumeng nodded eagerly, "I'll give you anything you want."

"Good." Lin Chuan was secretly delighted.

Then, Lin Chuan hurriedly called Zhou Kai.

Zhou Kai was still asleep, and it wasn't even nine o'clock yet. Zhou Kai groggily picked up the phone and said, "Hello, Brother Chuan, I was still sleeping."

"Stop sleeping, get up now." Lin Chuan cursed, "The sun is already shining on the butt, why are you still sleeping?"

"Bro, what's the matter?" Zhou Kai asked awkwardly.

"Umm, gather the brothers, I need you to find someone." Lin Chuan said.

"Who are we looking for?" Upon hearing it was about finding someone, Zhou Kai immediately got up, "Is there a fight again?"

"Exactly." Lin Chuan nodded, "This is a major issue, you need to get up quickly."

"Brother Chuan, just tell me who are we looking for?" Zhou Kai hurriedly asked.

"Ding Dahua." Lin Chuan said, "The chairman of a real estate company, the corporate executive."

"Yes!" Zhou Kai immediately nodded.

"Also." Lin Chuan quickly added, "Immediately send someone to the People's Hospital to keep watch. Song Ming is hospitalized there at People's Hospital, especially pay attention to the people coming and going from his ward. Ding Dahua definitely hasn't escaped Jiangbei City, and he has extensive connections with Song Ming."

"Rest assured, I'll definitely find him for you." Zhou Kai hung up and immediately called others.

After hanging up, Lin Chuan looked at Tang Yumeng with a proudly smug expression.

"Why are you smiling so wickedly?" Tang Yumeng stared at Lin Chuan.

"Sis, you just said any request, any condition, you'd agree to me." Lin Chuan chuckled mischievously.

"Yes!" Tang Yumeng nodded.

"Then... I want you to have a chubby baby boy for me." Lin Chuan's face suddenly turned a bit red.

"You!" Tang Yumeng's eyes suddenly widened, she never expected Lin Chuan to make such a request. First, she widened her eyes, then her face immediately turned red as if a blooming bud, she gritted her teeth and said, "You jerk, at a time like this, you're still joking with me."

"Sis, I'm not joking with you." Lin Chuan shook his head, "I'm speaking my true heart, you better believe me."

"You!" Tang Yumeng was even more annoyed, "I certainly don't want to have children for you."

"Sis, you already agreed to be my girlfriend." Lin Chuan said discontentedly, "You can't go back on your word."

"I did agree to be your girlfriend." Tang Yumeng nodded, she bit her red lips, shyly said, "But who determined that being a girlfriend means having children? Isn't that the duty of a wife? Why should I help you accomplish it?"

"Aren't you just playing tricks?" Lin Chuan chuckled, "We're already girlfriend and boyfriend, could becoming a wife be far off?"

"You haven't proposed to me." Tang Yumeng lightly huffed, "And, I haven't agreed to be your wife either?"

"Then I propose to you now." Lin Chuan smiled.

"I'm not interested." Tang Yumeng shook her head, "I want a romantic, grand proposal ceremony."

"This..." Lin Chuan's eyes shifted as he said, "Sis, this is not right of you."

"How is it not right?" Tang Yumeng turned around, sat down on the chair, and took a sip of water.

"What you are doing is illegal!" Lin Chuan said harshly.

Pfft...

Tang Yumeng immediately spat out the water she was drinking.

Tang Yumeng looked at Lin Chuan in astonishment and then said, "How is it illegal? How is not being your wife and not bearing your children considered illegal?"

"Hehe..." Lin Chuan chuckled sinisterly and then said, "Sis, a great man once said, dating without the purpose of marriage is hooliganism."

"You!" Tang Yumeng was flabbergasted.

"Hooliganism," Lin Chuan laughed. "This is a classic case of hooliganism."

"You shameless bastard!" Tang Yumeng glared at Lin Chuan and said, "You're the one playing the hooligan, you're the one guilty of hooliganism."

Indeed, Chairman Mao had once said such a phrase, yet Lin Chuan unexpectedly used it to corner Tang Yumeng, leaving her no room to retort, only to curse Lin Chuan, the bastard.

Central Hospital.

On the twelfth floor of the inpatient department, Song Ming was playing Chess with someone in the room. The secretary was serving tea and water on the side, while an assistant was playing Chess with Song Ming.

"Secretary Song, how long can we keep this under wraps?" The assistant, looking worried and hardly in the mood to play chess, was already at a disadvantage on the chess board. Song Ming, however, was completely focused on Chessboard Mountain.

"General, dead game!" With a cannon maneuver, Song Ming immediately won the game.

The assistant said helplessly, "Secretary Song, what's the time for this, and how can you still be in the mood for chess?"

"What else can we do?" Song Ming chuckled and said, "What's done is done, panicking is useless. There's nothing I can do right now. We can only let Tang Yumeng handle it, we must trust her capabilities. With Tang Yumeng's abilities, there's no issue. Once she settles things, I will naturally recover and be able to leave the hospital."

"This..." the assistant said helplessly, "Currently, Tang Yumeng is requesting the public security departments to fully pursue Ding Dahua."

"So what?" Song Ming chuckled, "Notify all departments, fully support Tang Yumeng in arresting Ding Dahua."

"This..." the assistant looked astonished.

"This project has nothing to do with me!" Song Ming laughed, "It's the underlings causing trouble, I don't know a thing about it."

"I see," the assistant said upon hearing this, "But, this might implicate you."

"That's why I am here in the hospital!" Song Ming laughed heartily.

............

Elsewhere, Ding Dahua was desperately seeking help everywhere. He contacted his initial intermediary over the phone.

In a certain teahouse, the intermediary, clad in black, was sitting down and playing chess with a young man. While playing chess, they discussed the sports center project. Being the initial intermediary for this project, the man in black had profited considerably.

"Mr. Liu, I went to the City Committee today, someone said you would have a visitor today," the young man said with a smile.

While they were talking, a knock on the door was heard.

"Speak of the devil, and the devil shall appear," the intermediary said while holding a cup of tea, looking down at the floating tea leaves.

Upon opening the door, there stood Ding Dahua. Ding Dahua walked in hurriedly with several subordinates.

"Mr. Liu, you must help me," Ding Dahua said with a distressed face.

"You still have the face to ask for help?" the young man exclaimed, cursively saying, "Look at the mess you made. The sports center collapsed, killing so many people. Tang Yumeng sent a third-party inspection team to investigate, and the results are out. You cut corners and even used substandard rebar, you deserve to die!"

"Oh, I was helpless," Ding Dahua almost cried, with a mournful face he said, "The sports center project didn't have much profit, I…I spent over ten million on gifts alone. How could I make ten million from this project? If I hadn't cut corners, I… I would have certainly faced a loss. As for the rebar, I... I didn't know that the supplier provided substandard materials. If it had been up to standard, complying with national standards, this wouldn't have happened. I swear on my integrity."

"You come to me to shirk responsibility?" the intermediary asked curiously.

"No, no, no, I'm just speaking the truth," Ding Dahua explained awkwardly, "This matter must be settled with the rebar supplier."

The intermediary chuckled and said, "So, you mean to settle accounts with me then?"

"I wouldn't dare!" Ding Dahua hurriedly shook his head, "That's absolutely not what I meant."

In fact, everyone knew that the rebar supplier was provided by the intermediary, who received over a million in benefits. That was how the rebar contract was secured. Due to the bribe, the profit margins were thin; hence, substandard steel materials were the only option.

Just as Ding Dahua was scratching his head, the rebar supplier Chen Minghua also rushed over in a hurry.

"Damn, you dare to show your face?!" Ding Dahua got furious, he lunged to start a fight with Chen Minghua.

"You still have the face to hit me?" Chen Minghua roared in anger.

Just as the two were about to scuffle, the intermediary scolded, "Rubbish, what are you trying to do?"

The two immediately quieted down, Ding Dahua hurriedly said, "Mr. Liu, he's the main culprit in this accident, he supplied the substandard rebar."

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