The Fang Family must have sensed something, and they’ve taken some action.
When Luo Ziling and Ling Ruonan left Ling Mingrui’s place, Ling Ruonan received a call from Fang Zhonghua, inviting them to visit the next day. Ling Ruonan gladly accepted the invitation, saying that she would come with Luo Liansheng, Luo Xusheng, and Luo Ziling.
She politely expressed her apologies for disturbing the Fang Family and mentioned that she would toast Fang Xiang and Fang Zhonghua as a gesture of apology.
Fang Zhonghua told Ling Ruonan not to be formal, saying that their families have always had a good relationship and it’s natural for them to visit each other often.
During Ling Ruonan’s call with Fang Zhonghua, Luo Ziling received a message from Yang Qingyin.
Yang Qingyin asked Luo Ziling when he would be free in the next couple of days, as her grandfather Yang Yuanshan wanted to invite them over for a meal.
"Tomorrow night is not available, how about the day after tomorrow or the day after that?" After receiving a hint from Ling Ruonan, Luo Ziling gave Yang Qingyin an affirmative answer, "For the specific day, why not ask your grandfather what would be convenient for him?"
"Okay!" Yang Qingyin readily agreed, "Then I’ll ask Grandpa whether the day after tomorrow or the day after that works for him."
"Just got back from my grandpa’s place with my mom, a lot is going on these days, incredibly busy."
"I know you’re busy, so I’ve gone home," Yang Qingyin added several eye-rolling emojis after her message.
Then she quickly sent another message: "I’m having dinner at home tonight, and I’ll talk to my mom and Qingye about some things. My mom said she wants to talk to you again sometime."
"Is it because of the Weibo I posted this evening, that your mom wants to talk to me again?"
"I don’t know either!" Yang Qingyin didn’t give a direct answer to Luo Ziling, "Your Weibo post this evening got quite a reaction, my mom probably saw it too."
"I haven’t seen what kind of reaction I’m getting yet!" Luo Ziling added several playful emojis to his message.
"Well, go ahead and be busy, I’ll call Grandpa and chat with my mom. If you’re busy, don’t bother me; I don’t want to interrupt your work." After this message, Yang Qingyin included two eye-rolling emojis as well, revealing her mood.
"How could I?" Luo Ziling replied seriously, "No matter how busy I am, I won’t forget to message you. I can’t sleep without chatting with you a bit before bed."
What he received in return were several eye-rolling emojis from Yang Qingyin.
"By the way, I have something to tell you." Yang Qingyin quickly sent another message, "In December, I might go abroad."
"For what? Personal trip or school arrangement?" Luo Ziling was a bit surprised.
"School arrangement. It’s an exchange event related to traditional culture, and I think it’s a great opportunity to see the world and connect with foreign peers."
"So you’re just leaving me behind and signing up by yourself?" Luo Ziling also sent Yang Qingyin several eye-rolling emojis.
"You also want to go?"
"I want to escort you, but unfortunately I can’t go with you."
"You’re hopeless," Yang Qingyin, as usual, inserted an eye-rolling emoji in her message, "Even if I let you go, you might not actually go. Can you spare the time?"
"I really don’t know if I can spare the time, but if you need me to go, I’ll definitely go with you to prevent other men from taking advantage of you." Luo Ziling added several laughing emojis to his message.
"We’ll talk about it then." Yang Qingyin seemed a bit emotional and sent Luo Ziling a longer message: "I actually hope you don’t go because you have so many things to be busy with. Besides, I’m going with some teachers and students from the school, and we have exchange tasks. If you participated, you’d definitely have to invest your energy in these things, and when you have more important matters to attend to, doing things that aren’t so important really isn’t necessary. Also, I want to be apart from you for a while to feel what it’s like to be separated. Many things are felt only when there is distance in time and space. Don’t you think so?"
"Since Little Yang doesn’t want me to go, I won’t insist. If you change your mind, let me know quickly so I can make arrangements early."
"Okay. Go ahead and be busy, I’m going to chat with my mom for a while. I’m not returning to school tonight; I’ll stay at home."
"Alright!"
While Luo Ziling and Yang Qingyin were messaging, Ling Ruonan said nothing, not interrupting Luo Ziling.
After Luo Ziling put away his phone, she asked what was going on.
Luo Ziling briefly explained the situation.
"It seems that Yang Yuanshan also changed his mindset after knowing today’s situation, wanting to exchange some opinions with us," Ling Ruonan laughed, "The coming period will be full of interesting developments. We need to seize the opportunities, make the right decisions, and do things correctly; otherwise, we’ll regret it."
Ling Ruonan’s words surprised Luo Ziling.
But he agreed with Ling Ruonan’s statement, nodding heavily.
The mother and son chatted a bit more after returning to the villa.
Around nine o’clock, Ling Ruonan went to take a bath.
As soon as Ling Ruonan went upstairs, Wuyue came to Luo Ziling to report.
Wuyue told Luo Ziling that they had executed their first plan tonight.
Fang Zhongxiu’s two key subordinates had dinner together just now.
During dinner, they drank alcohol.
After finishing drinking, they couldn’t find their driver, who had disappeared and didn’t know where to have fun.
The two probably drank too much, and neither called for a designated driver nor called another driver. One of them thought he hadn’t drunk much and decided to drive back. As a result, when the car drove onto the main road, somehow an accident occurred.
The accident was quite serious; the two key subordinates of Fang Zhongxiu died on the spot.
The vehicle they collided with was a construction truck carrying sand, which crashed head-on with their car. The driver of the construction truck was unharmed, but the two subordinates of Fang Zhongxiu were crushed by the sand and were lifeless when rescue personnel extracted them.
The traffic police subsequently conducted an investigation into the event and confirmed the driver’s drunk driving.
The final accident determination was: Fang Zhongxiu’s subordinate, the driver of the sedan, failed to take timely action when the sand truck was approaching due to drunk driving, leading to a collision with the sand truck and causing the sand truck to overturn. This made them the primary responsible party for the traffic accident.
The sand truck was overloaded, failed to comply with stated regulations, and ran a yellow light, bearing secondary responsibility for the accident.
After listening to Wuyue’s serious report, Luo Ziling couldn’t help but chuckle bitterly and said, "Why is it the sand truck again?"
"There are many construction sites nearby, and sand trucks are common, so we chose a sand truck." Wuyue replied expressionlessly, "The police determined the accident responsibility lies with the deceased, and it has nothing to do with us."
"As long as it has nothing to do with us, that’s good!"