Chapter 374: Chapter 374: Playing Matchmaker for You Two?
"Wait? I had no idea how long I would be waiting. We can’t just wait for him to command us and then act. At the very least, we need to find some things within our power to start doing. Besides, didn’t he just arrange for you to investigate the origin of the two villages? If that’s the case, I think you can start taking action now."
"Alright then, let’s split up and investigate as quickly as possible to gather all the information."
"That’s settled, then. Thank you for your hard work. But rest assured, I will certainly fulfill the conditions I promised. I’ll have the lawyer draft a contract in the next few days to formally establish our employment relationship. When it’s ready, I’ll notify you to come to the village committee office to sign it and make it official."
"Okay, no problem. We’ll get busy then. Let’s hurry up and split up to start our work. We must clarify the origin of these two villages as soon as possible. Let’s go."
Li Dazhuang was the first to stand up, followed by several other men, who left the village committee office. Now, only Liu Jiaxin and Li Yanling remained in the village committee office.
"Yanling, I haven’t had a good chat with you for a while. How is everything? How is the child? Oh, your husband is working in the city, isn’t he?"
"Hehe, yes, indeed, he’s working in the city. The child has been doing well. Although their studies are not that great, as long as they are safe and healthy, I’m already content."
"That’s good. That’s life, isn’t it? As long as everything’s fine at home, everything else will fall into place. Some things aren’t necessary to insist upon too much."
"By the way, about you and Liu Zheng..."
Actually, since the night she saw the two of them, Li Yanling had been pondering over the matter, feeling there really was something between them.
But it was still an unclear relationship. However, as an outsider, and a married one at that, it was inconvenient for her to meddle in such affairs.
Every woman is delicate and sensitive in thought, not only Li Yanling. When Liu Jiaxin saw them together that night, she too suspected there was some private connection between the two.
"Liu Zheng and I, our relationship, isn’t it just normal? Why, you’re not thinking in that direction, are you?"
"Both unmarried, I think it’s quite normal. Besides, both of you come from the same village, have known each other since childhood, and still keep a good relationship. I think you should seriously consider it."
"Sister-in-law, what are you talking about? Even if I considered it, I couldn’t consider him. Besides, he might not even be interested in me. I think you’re overthinking it."
"No, I’m not overthinking it. If you really can’t handle it, let your sister-in-law set you up. What do you say to that?"
In fact, Li Yanling also wanted to end the inappropriate relationship between them, feeling too guilty towards her husband. Ending it sooner would mean a release and relief for her.
"Sister-in-law, these things depend on personal feelings. Moreover, it’s not that Liu Zheng and I don’t know each other. If we weren’t acquainted, you could play matchmaker, but the key issue is our well-established familiarity—that might be why I’ve never thought of him in that way."
"Jia Xin, you’re not getting any younger. If it’s really the case, look around our village—at your age, many are already mothers. You really should hurry. Besides, now you’ve achieved career success, and later on, if you invest and build a factory in the village, you will have even more interactions with him."
"Sigh, yes, I’ve been thinking about that. Let’s just let things take their natural course. Okay, sister-in-law, I’ve got some things to take care of, I must rush. You get on with your work, and we’ll get in touch later."
"Alright, you go ahead then."
Li Yanling waved goodbye to her and escorted Liu Jiaxin to the door, then watched her leave before turning back to the village committee office.
In her heart, she couldn’t quite describe her feelings—it was a sour sensation. But after thinking it over carefully, she realized this pain was likely only temporary, because upon long consideration, there could never be a future between her and Liu Zheng.
Liu Zheng hurriedly followed the young man toward the village entrance.
"What happened? How could there be an accident all of a sudden? I recall that there aren’t many cars passing through this village, let alone other vehicles."
"It was a car passing by here, with an out-of-town license plate. The child might have been running too fast and not paying attention. The car wasn’t going very fast at the time, but the child still lost consciousness."
"What? Already unconscious? Then hurry, we must hurry!"
Liu Zheng, upon hearing the word unconscious, realized the seriousness of the situation. Normally, a simple collision wouldn’t render someone unconscious unless it’s a mere external injury. Now, if the child was unconscious, it was likely that some other part of their body was damaged.
Before he reached the scene, Liu Zheng saw a crowd gathered around, and he pushed his way through.
"Make way, let Dr. Liu through to check the injuries and see how serious it is."
Once Liu Zheng got through, he saw about an eleven or twelve-year-old child lying on the ground. However, the child’s eyes were open, looking around, and there were no obvious external injuries on the body.
Liu Zheng crouched down to take a look and noticed that the child’s arm was bandaged with a thin strip, and there were two bricks placed at the head, which were fixed firmly with a belt around the head and the bricks.
"Who did this?"
Upon seeing everything, Liu Zheng looked into the crowd, as he could tell at a glance that the person who did this must have a professional background; regular emergency procedures wouldn’t include using bricks to stabilize the head.
