Chapter 2: Father's in trouble

  Lu Yan took out his phone and saw that it was an unfamiliar number, so he hung up without hesitation. These days, there are too many people who cheat money and information over the phone, and if you're not careful, you'll get scammed. Lu Yan generally doesn't answer strange calls; if it's really important, they'll send a message or call again.

  However, this time Lu Yan felt that the phone call might be about something important. As expected, after walking a few steps, the phone rang again, and it was still the same number.

  "Hello?"

  "Are you Lu Yan? I am Huang Haiqiang from the Municipal Party Committee Office. Are you Lu Yan?" Before Lu Yan could introduce himself, he was interrupted by the person on the other end of the phone. Huang Haiqiang knew him well, being the director of the General Affairs Department of the Municipal Party Committee Office, and had visited his home more than once or twice.

  "Hello Director Huang, I'm Lu Yan." Over the phone, Lu Yan's voice was still as calm and flat as ever, giving people a sense of not being fully awake.

  "Lu Yan, the Secretary-General has an urgent matter to discuss with you. Tell me where you are now and we will send a car to pick you up."

  "Oh, I'm at school, then why didn't my dad call me?" Lu Yan had some doubts in his heart.

  "The Secretary-General is not available at the moment, he has entrusted me to call you. We will send a car over right away, please wait for a while at the school gate." Huang Haiqiang's voice was somewhat urgent, and there were also hurried footsteps mixed in the phone.

  "No need, just tell me the place, I'll take a taxi there myself," said Lu Yan.

  "Okay, Wu City First People's Hospital, go downstairs and call me back." Huang Haiqiang said before hanging up the phone, leaving Lu Yan somewhat bewildered.

  "Lu Yan, what's wrong? Is there something going on at home?" The speaker was Feng Manqing, who had overheard some of the conversation from the phone call earlier.

  "Uh, my dad wants me for something, I'll hurry over, you guys go eat first." Lu Yan said after thinking for a moment.

  After parting with Feng Manqing, Lu Yan hurriedly walked towards the school gate. This phone call today, he always felt that something was not quite right. His father was inconvenient, but let Huang Haichang call him, and he always felt a bit suspicious. Even if his father was really inconvenient, it should be Guo Zhenjie or some other people familiar with the family who called, while Huang Haichang was completely unfamiliar to him.

  What made him even more uncertain was that Huang Haiqiang asked him to go to the First People's Hospital in Wuzhou City. Why did his father want to meet him at the hospital? Lu Yan muttered to himself, he wanted to call his mother, but Xia Qiu's phone had been unreachable all along. All the questions might only be answered when he saw his father.

  Wu Cheng University is not far from Wu City First People's Hospital, just 15 minutes away. Lu Yan was already at the entrance of Wu City First People's Hospital when he heard someone calling him. He looked in the direction of the voice and saw Huang Haiqiang walking towards him from the hospital gate.

  "Lu Yan, the Secretary-General was in a car accident today and is currently undergoing emergency surgery. We can't get in touch with Xia Tai Zhang, so we called you." Huang Haiqiang also got straight to the point, telling Lu Yan the reason he was called to the hospital as soon as they met.

  When Lu Yan heard Huang Haiqiang's words, he felt his head "buzzing" and his heart suddenly racing. Although he had many doubts about Huang Haiqiang's phone call before, although he had thought of many reasons on the way to the hospital, his father having a car accident was absolutely beyond his imagination.

  Although the news was still a bit hard for Lu Yan to accept, he knew that Huang Haiqiang would not deceive him. The most important thing now was not to rush, but to figure out what had happened to his father. Lu Yan's eyes were already welling up with tears, but he quickly calmed himself down and asked: "Director Huang, how is my dad doing? Is it serious?"

  "Lu Yan, I know you're feeling terrible right now, but you need to prepare yourself mentally." At this point, Huang Haiqiang saw that Lu Yan's tears were already streaming down his face and couldn't help but pause.

  "Huang Chu Zhang, you tell me, what's going on with Dad?" Lu Yan's face was already streaming with tears, but his tone remained strong and determined.

  "The doctor said it's very serious..." Huang Haiqiang lowered his head and didn't continue speaking.

  "What's going on? My dad is the secretary-general of the municipal party committee, how could he fall from your municipal building?" Lu Yan was now completely out of control, grabbing Huang Haiqiang's collar and bellowing.

  The commotion attracted a crowd of onlookers, but Huang Haiqiang did not immediately respond to Lu Yan. He understood the emotions of this big boy in front of him, allowing him to sway his body, roar, and shout, fully venting his feelings.

  "Lu Yan, calm down, the Secretary General has encountered an incident, we are also very grieved. Secretary Zhang has already made a directive, and the Municipal Public Security Bureau is conducting an investigation. The reason should be concluded soon." After a while, seeing Lu Yan's emotions had somewhat subsided, Huang Haichang said slowly.

  "Where's Secretary Zhang? I want to see Secretary Zhang." Lu Yexiang loosened Huang Haichang's collar, his voice a little hoarse.

  "Secretary Zhang is on his way to the hospital and should arrive soon."

  "I'll wait then," said Lu Yan. In his mind, his father was optimistic and had a positive attitude towards life, with a successful career and a happy family, there was absolutely no reason for him to commit suicide. Now he wanted to see Secretary Zhang, as his father had been Secretary Zhang's secretary for over a decade, although they were superior and subordinate in the workplace, but privately they were like brothers, he believed that Secretary Zhang would definitely investigate the matter clearly.

  Huang Haiqiang saw Lu Yan's appearance, and his heart was also aching. Although Lu Xiaodong was the Secretary-General, he didn't have any airs about him, and usually took good care of these young people. No one had expected that something like this would happen.

  "Lu Yan, don't stand there, go sit in the hall and wait." Huang Haiqiang said with a pat on Lu Yan's shoulder.

  "Director Huang, you go in, I'll wait here." Lu Yan didn't say anything else. He wanted to see Secretary Zhang as soon as he arrived and tell him in person that his father would never have committed suicide. Seeing that Lu Yan had no intention of going in, Huang Haiqiang could only stand at the door with him, not knowing what else to say, making the atmosphere a bit awkward for a moment.

  "Ah——” A white Desert King stopped in front of the hospital entrance. Although there was still a distance, Lu Yan recognized at a glance that it was Zhang Guojing, the secretary of Wucheng City Committee's vehicle. And Huang Haichang, like a frightened rabbit, rushed towards the Desert King.

  Before Huang Haiqiang could run up, a young man had already gotten out of the passenger seat and quickly opened the car door.

  Lu Yan saw a slightly bald head sticking out of the car door, and then a stout, rich-looking middle-aged man walked out of the car, who was Zhang Guojing, the secretary of Wugou City Committee.

  Lu Yan quickly walked towards Zhang Guojing, at this time Zhang Guojing also saw Lu Yan, with a look of obvious surprise on his face.

  At this time, the car door on the side had also been opened, and a person who made Lu Yan feel very surprised walked out of the car.