bookbashuk Chapter 330 Tasting the Bitterness of Wandering
Chapter 330 Tasting the Bitterness of Wandering
Shen Li hung up the phone, and Lu Cheng walked over carrying the child, asking casually, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing," Shen Li shook her head. "Ming Xiangyang said that my car was hit because of him and wanted to come and drive it to get it repaired tomorrow, but I refused."
Lu Cheng nodded: "Yes, he doesn't need to worry about it. I'll have someone drive it to be repaired tomorrow."
Shen Li reached out and took the child from his arms. Looking into the little guy's round eyes, her maternal heart instantly overflowed, and she softly called out, "An'an..." Suddenly remembering something, she asked, "Why is only the eldest here? Where's the second one?"
"Think about it, he's with Mom," Lu Cheng explained. "Lu Zhou thought he was too noisy, so he sent him to Mom's."
"You can't be biased. You all complain about the second brother being noisy and favor the eldest brother," Shen Li scolded playfully.
The two little ones look very alike, but their personalities are completely opposite.
She always felt that An'an would be a quiet and reserved person in the future, somewhat like her older brother Lu Sheng.
Thinking of Lu Sheng, Shen Li's expression darkened—he hadn't heard from him for half a year, and she wondered how he was doing outside.
At this time, Lu Sheng was abroad.
He and his companions had been lying low abroad for more than half a year, but had not found a suitable opportunity.
Their purpose in this trip was to assist a Chinese-American researcher in sending their research findings back to China.
This scientist went abroad in his early years due to domestic turmoil. Now that he has achieved scientific success and the domestic situation has stabilized, he is eager to return to serve his country. However, the US insists on not releasing him, and the two sides are at an impasse. They are also secretly planning a rescue and transfer operation.
In mid-September, the investigation results of Ming Xiangyang's car accident were released.
The driver finally confessed, admitting that he was instructed by someone else to deliberately drive into Ming Xiangyang.
Ultimately, the driver was sentenced to three years in prison, while Ming Xiangyang's second uncle, who instigated him to commit the crime, was also arrested and imprisoned according to law.
After his second uncle went to prison, only Ming Qihui remained in the old Ming family house—his younger brother Ming Qihua had already been imprisoned, and the old man was paralyzed in bed due to a stroke.
They could only sit up, albeit with difficulty.
The only saving grace is that Grandpa Ming can still speak.
When a person suffers a stroke, their mouth droops and their speech becomes slurred.
Madam Ming simply ignored the old man, but fortunately Uncle Zhong took good care of him, otherwise the old man's life would have been much more miserable.
All of this is exactly the result Ming Xiangyang wanted to see.
Not long after, Uncle Zhong pushed the paralyzed Old Master Ming to Ming Xiangyang's courtyard.
Ming Xiangyang looked at his emaciated grandfather lying on his sickbed, his tone tinged with sarcasm: "Grandpa, how have you been lately?"
Old Master Ming looked at him. The face in front of him was ninety percent similar to his eldest son's, and even the tenacity in his eyes and brows was exactly the same as that of his first wife.
He coughed violently a few times, his voice hoarse: "Cough...cough cough...what do you want from me to stop?"
Ming Xiangyang laughed, but the smile didn't reach his eyes: "What do I want? Didn't you attack me first?"
Old Master Ming fell silent.
"Grandpa, you don't think I can't fight back after being hit, do you?" Ming Xiangyang's tone grew increasingly cold.
"If you don't touch the Ming family's property, they won't make a move against you!" Old Master Ming retorted, trying to maintain his composure.
Ming Xiangyang looked at him as if he were a fool: "The Ming family's business? Are you sure it's the Ming family's? Grandpa, you must have a bad memory. Mingshi Pharmaceutical was formerly called Xiangshi Pharmaceutical Factory, which was my grandmother's family's business."
"I'm simply taking back what rightfully belongs to us. Does that mean things become yours just because they've been in your hands for a while?"
Two streams of tears rolled down Old Master Ming's cheeks, his voice trembling: "What will it take for you to let the Ming family go?"
"How about it?" Ming Xiangyang's smile was chilling. "Naturally, it's time for the Ming family to taste the bitterness of displacement and hardship."
"You...you unfilial descendant! Cough...cough cough..." Old Master Ming was so angry that he trembled all over and almost died.
Ming Xiangyang, however, didn't seem to care and slowly said, "Grandpa, don't be so angry. What's this? There's something even more surprising. All these years, haven't you noticed that my second uncle is nothing like you?"
These words struck Old Master Ming like a thunderbolt. His face was filled with terror, and his voice trembled as he stammered, "Wh...what?"
Overcome with excitement, his blood pressure spiked dramatically, nearly causing his blood vessels to rupture.
Fortunately, Uncle Hu reacted quickly and immediately stepped forward to administer acupuncture, which barely managed to stabilize his life.
After the old man was seen off, Uncle Hu looked at Ming Xiangyang and asked hesitantly, "Young Master, is Second Master really not...?"
Ming Xiangyang shook his head casually, "I don't know, but he doesn't look like Grandpa at all."
Uncle Hu's lips twitched—when did his young master learn to talk nonsense?
Ming Xiangyang didn't care, thinking to himself: as long as it annoys them, what's wrong with saying a few words?
In October, Shen Li and Ming Xiangyang entered the same mentor's laboratory together.
When Shen Li learned that the lab's research topic was methanol-to-olefins, she was utterly shocked—she had been a chemistry major in her previous life.
I clearly remember that this research officially started in 1991, and the 100-ton-scale pilot test was completed in 1995.
The pioneering process of producing olefins from syngas via dimethyl ether also won the Special Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, laying the foundation for the industrialization of coal-based olefins.
She never expected that the experiments would begin so soon.
The birth of a scientific research achievement can take anywhere from a few years to more than a decade. She never imagined that she would be able to personally participate in this groundbreaking research.
It seems that this laboratory was only recently established.
When the mentor asked the two if they were willing to join, Ming Xiangyang did not answer immediately, but instead looked at Shen Li, clearly indicating that he was going to follow her decision.
Shen Li was naturally eager to participate—she was well aware of the prospects of this research, and being able to participate was both an opportunity and a challenge.
"I do," she said firmly.
Seeing that she agreed, Ming Xiangyang immediately nodded: "I'm willing too."
For Professor Yu, Ming Xiangyang and Shen Li are both top students in the Chemistry Department, and the newly established laboratory needs such talents.
With his two assistants, the five of them officially began their research on methanol-to-olefins.
Seeing that the two agreed, Professor Yu continued, "There's one more thing I need to tell you. The lab is being established, and we'll be going abroad for research this semester, returning at the end of the year. I wonder if you'd be able to go abroad?"
Ming Xiangyang turned to look at Shen Li.
Shen Li couldn't be happier.
She had always wanted to go abroad because there were things she wanted to buy overseas.
If I can travel abroad on official business, that would be even better.
"Teacher, I have no problem, I'll just follow your plan."
Upon hearing this, Instructor Yu looked at Ming Xiangyang again.
Ming Xiangyang nodded, "I have no objection either."