"Old He, your wife mentioned last time that she wanted your son to study abroad. I'll take care of that for you," Zhang Yuyun said, thinking that only his son's affairs could move and appease him.
Old He made a difficult choice for a few seconds before finally nodding and saying, "Alright."
Zhao Jianhua secretly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing how to smooth things over from then on.
...
Three days later, Qin Tianyi was waiting for news from the city construction project's responsible party.
He and Xiao Anjing had met with the bidding party and two project managers from the city construction project a week ago. They had shared their ideas for the bid and also informed them about the issues with the Xie Corporation's cultural wall project.
They presented clear photos of the already completed cultural wall, samples taken from the site, and analysis reports from professionals on the paint and soil to prove that the Xie Corporation lacked construction experience and that their choice of contractor was unprofessional, which would lead to incalculable losses and harm.
The two project managers, upon seeing this evidence, felt the matter was serious. They had agreed to make the matter public and cancel the Xie Corporation's bid qualification.
However, a week had passed, and Qin Tianyi had not seen any action taken against the Xie Corporation. Worried about any further complications, he planned to have An Jing call the other party to inquire.
Before he could send for An Jing, the office door was pushed open, and An Jing walked in with his head down.
"Your wife and children have been sent off. No one to keep me company at home, and I'm not in the mood at work," Tianyi said jokingly. "I'll have my secretary get you a cup of coffee."
"No need," An Jing looked up at him and said, "I just received news that the bidding for the city construction project has been postponed until after the New Year."
"What?" Tianyi felt sudden shock.
An Jing said dejectedly, "The project manager we met last time just contacted me. They notified the relevant construction quality supervision departments. When they sent people to investigate, they found that all the previously built cultural walls had been demolished. The Xie Corporation has ordered the contractor, Zhao Jianhua, to rectify the situation. The on-site supervisor has admitted to secretly replacing the good waterproof paint and soil for kickbacks, and that it has nothing to do with the Xie Corporation or Zhao Jianhua."
"How could this happen? Could those two project managers also be unreliable? Did they leak the news before the quality supervision department arrived?" Tianyi's expression turned extremely grim, and his head started to ache again. He hadn't expected Xie Zhendong to be so resourceful.
"The project manager who contacted me said they would investigate who leaked the information because they had reported the matter to their superiors immediately after learning about it, which allowed the quality supervision department to verify it."
Tianyi held his head with one hand and asked, "Then why was the bidding postponed?"
"Although this incident didn't eliminate Xie Zhendong, he also admitted to his oversight of his subordinates and made corresponding remedial efforts," An Jing said helplessly. "He somehow managed to convince the main project manager to postpone the bidding. In reality, he wants to wait for everyone to forget about this matter, so the bid will have less impact on him then."
"I understand, but if this continues, we'll be stuck in an endless tug-of-war with him," Tianyi said, hitting the desk forcefully, but his headache did not subside.
"Then we'll prepare to spend more time with them," An Jing said, now confident about this project. "After this incident, more people are questioning the Xie Corporation, which is good for us."
"I understand. I want to be alone for a while," Tianyi said.
Not achieving their expected results, he understood that Tianyi would definitely be upset.
It wasn't just Tianyi; he was also angry and dejected when he received this news. He had thought the matter would be settled by the end of the year, but now it would be postponed until after the New Year, meaning it would be a matter for next year.
He had originally planned to bring Lan Yu and the children back after the New Year, but it seemed his plans would also have to be delayed, forcing Lan Yu and Xiaoxiao to stay abroad longer.
He responded with an "Okay" and took a few steps towards leaving Tianyi's office when he suddenly felt that Tianyi's condition seemed a bit off.
He couldn't help but turn back to look at Tianyi again, noticing he was still propping his forehead with one hand. With his other hand, he opened a drawer under the desk, fumbled around for a moment, and took out a bottle of medicine.
At this moment, he unscrewed the medicine bottle with both hands. His eyes were clearly open, but he failed to accurately pour the medicine into his hand, instead scattering it on the desk.
Seeing this, An Jing panicked. Without making a sound, he walked over softly and waved his hand in front of Tianyi's eyes. Tianyi didn't react at all, as if he hadn't seen it, his eyeballs not even moving.
"Tianyi, are you blind?"
Qin Tianyi, surprised, tried to cover it up and said, "Why haven't you left yet?"
"Can't you see if I've left the office or not?" An Jing became even more certain that he was blind. He hurriedly took the medicine bottle from his hand, wanting to see what kind of medicine it was.
Tianyi irritably tried to snatch it back, but due to his extremely blurred vision, his outstretched hand missed. He angrily shouted, "Give me back my medicine! I'm fine, it's just temporary blurred vision!"
An Jing looked at the label on the medicine bottle and found it was just painkillers. He placed the bottle back on his desk and anxiously asked, "What's wrong with you? Tell me the truth!"
"It's nothing. Maybe I've been working too hard lately. I'll be fine after resting."
An Jing didn't believe him and said, "If you don't tell me the truth, I'll go tell Susu to ask you."
"Don't tell her," Tianyi stopped him loudly.
"Then do you have a reason to convince me not to tell her?" An Jing asked, unwilling to back down.
Tianyi knew he couldn't fool him anymore. His tone became calm as he said, "Pour me a glass of water. I'll tell you after I take my medicine and my headache subsides."
An Jing went to pour him a glass of warm water, placed the cup and the medicine in his hands, and watched him take the painkillers.
After taking the medicine and resting for a while, he began to tell An Jing about the blood clot in his brain.
As he spoke, his vision gradually returned. He saw An Jing sitting in the chair in front of his desk, looking worried.
Tianyi accurately closed the medicine bottle and put it back in the drawer. An Jing, seeing that he seemed to be able to see again, simply stared at him without speaking.
He then said to An Jing, "Alright, don't worry about me. See? I can see everything now, I'm not blind..."
Before he could finish, An Jing suddenly stood up, walked over to his chair, and forcefully pulled him up. He said decisively, "No, I'm taking you to the hospital right now for another brain CT scan. The doctor must see the current condition of the blood clot in your brain!"
Tianyi forcefully threw him off and said, "There's no need. Now that the city construction project is postponed, we can't just focus on this project. We need to develop other projects. I can't collapse at this time..."
"No matter how important the group or work is, you can't ignore your health problems when you know about them! Come to the hospital with me!"