Chapter 377: The countless secrets beneath the water!
"I don't quite understand what you mean." Xu Cang quickly adjusted his mood. Although the news of Xu Ruxing's death gave him a huge shock, Xu Ruxing's affairs were definitely not the focus at this time. It was obvious that this woman was coming for him.
Louise Hughes smiled. Her temperament was not like that of a Western woman. Instead, she had the gentle and elegant look of an Oriental woman.
The combination of Western face and Eastern temperament makes Louise Hughes exude a unique beauty.
"Number Two asked me not to beat around the bush, so what I just said is literal and does not refer to anything else." Louise Hughes smiled and said, "Mr. Xu Cang, this is not a fantasy idea, but something that can really be achieved, as long as you are willing."
Xu Cang raised his chin slightly: "So what are the conditions?"
"Of course there are conditions." Louise Hughes took out an agreement from her bag: "Number One modified his will before his death, leaving most of the estate to you. Number Two is not interested in money. If you just want money, then Number Two can give you endless wealth, and the price is signing this agreement."
"What is the content of the agreement?"
"Of course, all the inheritance you received will be handed over to the foundation to manage." Louise Hughes said at the end, her smile getting wider: "I forgot to introduce our basic situation. We are from the Shengming Foundation. All of No. 1's previous industries were managed by us."
"Shengming Foundation?" Xu Cang pondered for a moment. He remembered that Xu Ruxing's wife was called Han Jingsheng, or it could be said that the name of this foundation came from Xu Ruxing's wife.
However, the name of this foundation is not the point. If this woman is not lying, then the power of this foundation is beyond imagination. It's just that I have never heard of it, and I have never heard of it in my previous life, which is quite strange.
Seeing Xu Cang's hesitation, Louise Hughes stepped forward slowly and said, "Mr. Xu Cang, if you feel the need, you can take a look at this agreement yourself."
"No need!" Xu Cang raised his hand to stop Louise Hughes: "If it is according to what you mean, Dr. Xu's inheritance is extremely huge, why should I go through you? I can just receive the property myself, isn't it better?"
Louise Hughes suddenly pursed her lips and chuckled. She looked very reserved, without the boldness of a Western woman at all. "Mr. Xu Cang, you are so smart that you should be able to understand one thing. For someone like you to suddenly receive such a huge inheritance is not a blessing from heaven, but a sudden disaster."
"Are you threatening me?" Xu Cang narrowed his eyes, "As if someone like me is just like an ant that can be crushed to death at will?"
"You are not an ant, after all, you are the one chosen by Number One." Louise Hughes said, "How about this, do you think we will deduct money from you after it passes through our hands? Then, among Number One's industries, all financial industries and real estate will be divested to you. These industries are the most profitable."
"But what about the rest?"
Louise Hughes spread her hands and said, "Those are not very profitable businesses. Mr. Xu Cang can just ignore them."
"Why should I ignore it? It should have been mine." Xu Cang sneered.
"Mr. Xu Cang, don't you think what I just said didn't stir up even the slightest emotion in you? You have such a huge fortune, but you don't have any power to protect yourself. Isn't it extremely dangerous?" Louise Hughes said, "We will give you the most profitable industries, and you authorize the foundation to manage the less profitable ones. As a generous gift from Mr. Xu, we will guarantee Xu Cang's absolute safety, and you can spend your endless wealth without any worries for the rest of your life."
"But I don't hear any hint of protection in your words."
The woman's footsteps moved slightly, and her high heels made a crisp sound when they hit the floor. "As long as Mr. Xu Cang can see the reality and agree to our suggestions, then this is a thorough and complete protection. Perhaps I should reiterate that No. 2 is not interested in money."
Xu Cang shook his head: "I don't believe there is anyone in the world who is not interested in money."
"Then why did we agree to divest the most profitable industries to you instead of just...killing you?"
Xu Cang's mind moved, but he laughed: "If you are not a crazy woman, what you said so far is true. Then the only possibility that you didn't kill me is that Xu Ruxing was too strong in front of your leader before, and your obedience to him was deep in your bones. Even if he died, you are still afraid of him, so you are unwilling to disobey him unless it is absolutely necessary, and only dare to threaten me."
To be honest, Xu Cang really wanted to know what kind of huge empire Xu Ruxing had created. At least, Xu Ruxing was definitely not the genius medical scientist with some medical patents as Liu Jinxin said.
Louise Hughes raised her eyebrows, a hint of surprise flashed across her face, and then there was a deep silence.
Xu Cang was right about one thing. They were indeed afraid of Xu Ruxing. He was a god-like man. It seemed that nothing was a problem in front of him. In less than 20 years, he had grown from a poor ordinary person to the king of the dark side of the world.
But, he died after all.
Louise Hughes sighed: "Dead people don't scare people."
"No, no, dead people are the easiest to scare people, and..." Xu Cang raised a slight arc at the corner of his mouth: "You are so afraid of him, what if he is not dead?"
As soon as these words came out, for the first time, a violent change of expression appeared on Louise Hughes's face. Her eyes kept moving in a way that was clearly marked by fear.
"Impossible, he's dead." Louise Hughes gritted her teeth, but it seemed that she was not trying to convince Xu Cang, but herself.
Xu Cang raised a finger: "Have you seen his body with your own eyes? Even if you have seen it, are you sure that the body is his? Even if you have confirmed it, can you guarantee that it is not a fake death? The purpose is... to lure out those of you who harbor evil intentions."
Da da da!
Louise Hughes took several steps back and suddenly shouted, "Shut up!"
Seeing Louise Hughes' reaction, Xu Cang's eyelids twitched unconsciously. What a fear this was, it was almost engraved in her genes. Even some extremely small possibility could make her terrified.
After Louise Hughes stopped, her chest rose and fell rapidly, and she didn't even look at Xu Cang. In her eyes, Xu Cang was insignificant, but a possibility proposed by Xu Cang was too terrible, so terrible that every cell in her body trembled.
About ten seconds later, Louise Hughes took a deep breath and finally calmed down. She slowly raised her head and said, "You are very good. You are worthy of being the number one selected person."
Exhaling again, Louise Hughes put the agreement back into her bag and said, "Now is definitely not the time to take action. We have some things to confirm. Fortunately, you have some time to think about it."
Obviously, whether it is the No. 2 she mentioned or herself, she must first determine whether Xu Ruxing is alive or dead. This issue is very critical, quite critical.
"What if I don't want to consider it?" Xu Cang said with a smile.
Louise Hughes had already walked to the door of the reception room. After hearing Xu Cang's words, she turned around and looked at Xu Cang with a smile: "No, you should think about it carefully, because this really concerns your life."
Xu Cang's eyelids twitched. This woman really wanted to kill him.
When she turned back, Louise Hughes seemed to have thought of something, and turned back and said, "As a gift for our first meeting, we will provide Airbus with a sum of money, which will be used to develop a new model. We are only responsible for providing the funds, and everything else will be given to you, including the profits generated."
"If it's convenient, could you tell me how much money you provided to Airbus?"
Louise Hughes smiled, turned around, and left the reception room, leaving only a faint voice around her: "Twelve billion dollars."
Amidst the slow conversation, Louise Hughes' figure finally disappeared into the corner of the building.
It was a long time since she left, but Xu Cang still couldn't calm down.
The news of Xu Ruxing's death had a great impact on him. Clearly, he had reached a cooperation with Xu Ruxing on acquiring Airbus not long ago, but how come Xu Ruxing was dead in the blink of an eye?
What's more, what confused Xu Cang was that no matter what Xu Ruxing finally left behind, why should he leave it to himself?
Xu Cang would not have any arrogant thoughts just because he was a reborn person, as if the whole world revolves around him.
There must be some reason why Xu Ruxing left his inheritance to him, but he doesn't know the reason yet.
In addition, Louise Hughes mentioned at the end that they won Airbus's new generation aircraft project and gave it to Xu Cang as a gift.
If Xu Cang remembers correctly, this model should be the A350.
"Is it such a coincidence?" Xu Cang murmured to himself.
Because even if there was no Louise Hughes, or the mysterious No. 2, Xu Cang was planning to make good use of the A350.
There is no other reason. For Airbus, the leap forward in wide-body aircraft does not come from the behemoth A380, but from the A350.
Xu Cang didn't know if there were any other conditions in this gift, but just from the information revealed now, it would definitely be a huge benefit if he could get it without paying a high price.
Because Xu Cang is more familiar with the A350, it can be considered that he intervenes in the A350 to ensure that it appears in advance while maintaining the trajectory of future success.
This conversation with Louise Hughes contained too much information, and even Xu Cang needed some time to digest it.
Suddenly, Lu Jinghua's voice came from not far away: "Why are you here? The car is ready, but haven't you changed your clothes yet?"
Lu Jinghua's voice startled Xu Cang. He wiped his face and said, "I bumped into someone and talked to him for a few words. I'll go change my clothes now. Wait a moment. Just ask the driver to park the car at the entrance of the building."
"Oh, wait, wait, I just saw you, there's something I forgot to tell you."
Xu Cang was about to leave, but turned back and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Didn't you ask me to find the anniversary video of Hanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics before? I found it. You can ask for the part I cut out." Lu Jinghua said as he opened the video player on his phone and handed it to Xu Cang.
"Got it!?" Xu Cang was shocked and thought to himself that Lu Jinghua's speed was quite amazing.
Lu Jinghua was a pilot who changed his major, that is, he first completed his undergraduate studies before switching to aviation. His alma mater is Hanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University.
However, Lu Jinghua graduated quite early and didn't know Lian Shanli at all. However, he still had the contact information of his former counselors and some of the younger students who stayed in school, so it wasn't difficult to make a school anniversary video.
Xu Cang took the phone and opened the video. The video showed a man and a woman singing on the stage. The video was recorded at the end of the song and finished singing soon. They did not leave the stage immediately, but had a brief exchange with the host.
The girl on the stage was none other than Lian Shanli, and the boy, according to Lu Jinghua, was Lian Shanli's boyfriend, Shen Ning.
Shen Ning is tall and thin, wearing a pair of glasses, and looks like a completely frail scholar.
On the stage, the two of them were very close to each other, and Lian Shanli even leaned towards Shen Ning involuntarily, which showed that the relationship between the two was indeed very close.
"That must be him. He looks like this."
Before this, Xu Cang didn't even know what Shen Ning looked like, and couldn't identify him at all. Lian Shanli's condition was very bad, and a breakthrough needed to be found as soon as possible. Before that, Xu Cang had to at least know what Shen Ning looked like.
After the singing was over, Lian Shanli was the first to speak. After a few words, she handed the microphone to Shen Ning. When Shen Ning spoke, Xu Cang's face suddenly changed: "How could this happen?"
About fifteen minutes later, a car drove out of the airport work area. In the back seat of the car, Xu Cang held a mobile phone in his left hand, on which was the school anniversary video transmitted from Lu Jinghua's mobile phone.
Xu Cang repeatedly played Shen Ning's voice, and because of the excessive repetition, it even attracted the attention of the driver in front. However, the driver still fulfilled his responsibility very well. Although it was a little strange, he kept silent and drove the car with all his heart.
After playing it repeatedly several times, Xu Cang's brows furrowed more and more tightly. Then, Xu Cang switched the video and played the recording that Ma Cheng had sent him before, which scared Park Deok-gyu crazy.
There was the familiar sound of waves and the familiar sound of a man sobbing.
If Xu Cang felt that this voice was weird before, now he really felt a chill in his feet.
"Mr. Xu, is this the same person's voice?" The driver who had been silent in front suddenly asked.
Xu Cang remained silent and stopped the audio playback on his phone.
With a long sigh, Xu Cang kept tapping the screen with his left index finger. Suddenly, Xu Cang picked up the phone and dialed a number.
Soon, another woman's voice came. It was the voice of Lian Shanli's mother. Xu Cang had obtained Lian Shanli's number before.
However, Lian Shanli didn't care about the phone at all because of her emotional problems, so her mother answered the call on her behalf.
This time, it was Lian Shanli's mother who spoke again: "Hello?"
"Hello, Auntie. I called you before. Do you still remember my voice?" Xu Cang said softly.
"I remember, I remember. Xiaoli doesn't have many friends, but I remember them all."
Xu Cang quickly asked: "Auntie, how is she now?"
"I coaxed and forced her to eat some, but it was still not much." When talking about her daughter, Lian Shanli's mother sighed: "Before, you called me and asked me to pay more attention to Xiaoli, fearing that she might have some radical thoughts. At that time, I thought you were making a fuss, but now I apologize to you. Xiaoli's current situation is really..."
At the end, Lian Shanli's mother's voice was extremely low, and she seemed to be about to cry. It can be seen that she was extremely worried about Lian Shanli's current situation.
"Auntie, I will send a MMS to this number later. It contains an audio clip. You just need to play it for Lian Shanli." Xu Cang said solemnly.
Lian Shanli's mother obviously couldn't understand Xu Cang's intention: "Audio, what audio?"
"Just play it for her, she will understand when she hears it." Xu Cang instructed: "Auntie, this matter is very important, please remember it."
Lian Shanli's mother noticed the seriousness in Xu Cang's words: "Oh, I understand. I will tell Xiaoli."
"Then I'll hang up. I'll send it right away."
After hanging up the phone, Xu Cang's brows did not relax at all. This matter was indeed a bit too weird. The voice of the "survivor" of the Penghu air crash that came out of nowhere was highly similar to Shen Ning's.
However, judging from the recent search and rescue situation of the Penghu air crash, there are still no survivors, and the search and rescue team did not even mention any possible traces of survivors.
No matter from which angle, everyone on board should have died in the Penghu air crash.
So what is going on with this strange audio? Why is it so similar to Shen Ning's voice?
Xu Cang closed his eyes, all kinds of thoughts intertwined in his mind. He had too many mysteries to solve, just like a tangled ball of thread. He had no idea where the end of the thread was.
It seems that there are countless unknown secrets hidden beneath the water.
…
After sending the audio to Lian Shanli's mobile phone number via MMS, there was no call back for a long time. Xu Cang was not in a hurry, as he was sure that Lian Shanli would change her mind as long as she heard the recording.
About four hours later, after a long journey on the mountain road, the car finally arrived at the outskirts of Jianchuan. Looking up at the densely packed stars in the sky and the full moon that looked like a jade plate, Xu Cang felt a chill in his heart, just like the moonlight that was shining down.
About a quarter of an hour later, the car arrived at the airport medical department.
Just now on the way, Xu Cang received another hour. After Wang Jingming's body stabilized a little, he was sent to the best hospital in the city, where the medical conditions were better.
The car stopped in front of the airport hospital. Xu Cang said a few words to the driver and then went into the hospital building alone.
It is almost twelve o'clock in the morning . The huge airport hospital is quiet. Most of the lights in several buildings are turned off, and only the emergency department has a little more light.
When coming here, Xu Cang got the number of Xu Mingjian's attending physician in advance. When he entered Jianchuan City, he called the doctor in advance and arranged a meeting place.
When they arrived at the emergency department, even though it was almost midnight, there were still quite a few people here. At the gate, a doctor in a white coat came forward to greet Xu Cang after seeing him coming.
This doctor is Xu Mingjian's attending physician.
Perhaps because he knew Xu Cang's identity, the attending doctor was extremely polite. He came up and shook hands with Xu Cang and said hello, and only stopped after a while.
Xu Cang saw the doctor's good intentions and didn't know what to do, so after exchanging pleasantries for a while, he got down to business.
"How is Xu Mingjian doing?" Xu Cang asked.
The attending doctor said, "There is no major problem. The patient was still in a coma when he was brought here, but he woke up on his own not long after. He is conscious and his memory is not confused. We did a brain CT scan on him, and it showed only a mild concussion. The patient reported having obvious nausea, which is a clear sign of a concussion. As for other more serious injuries, we have not found any yet."
"So it's nothing serious?"
"Based on the examination results and the patient's presentation, it should be."
Xu Cang heaved a sigh of relief: "That's good!"
The attending doctor smiled and said, "The patient is very lucky. The foreign object hit his left eye socket, just above the brow bone. If it had moved one to two centimeters lower, his left eye would probably have been lost."
"However, the wound on his left eye socket is a bit large, and it may leave a shallow scar in the future. However, the scar is in the eyebrow, so the impact should not be significant."
"Scar?" Xu Cang's eyelids jumped. Even though the civil aviation requirements for scars were lower than those for military aviation, if the scars were too big, it would affect the results of the physical examination. "How big is the scar?"
"You can't tell right now, but..." The doctor measured the length with two fingers: "About this, less than three centimeters."
"It's less than three centimeters, but it's a bit big." For a scar on the face, a scar less than three centimeters is somewhat obvious, even if it is covered by the eyebrows.
Xu Cang was not in a good mood. Xu Mingjian's accidental injury was indeed beyond his expectations.
Xu Cang knew more about the life of his son Xu Qing, but not so much about the unknown Xu Mingjian. He didn't know whether this was what he was supposed to experience or whether it was because he had slightly changed the trajectory of his life.
"Compared to scars, there is another thing that needs more attention." The doctor suddenly said.
"Hmm?" Xu Cang frowned: "What's wrong?"
The doctor pointed to his left eye socket and said, "Although he was lucky that his left eyeball did not collide directly with an external object, the force of the impact was still too strong and affected his left optic nerve, which had a great impact on his vision. If he were an ordinary person, it might not affect his normal life, but if he were a pilot, I'm afraid it would be... no use!"
