Qi Yu instantly understood the boss's concerns and immediately nodded solemnly.
"Yes, boss! I'll make arrangements right away and ensure it's completed in the fastest and most covert way."
After Qi Yu left in a hurry, Pei Jiangmu was once again alone in the corridor.
He walked up to the glass window and gently pressed his forehead against the cold glass.
Through this barrier, he stared greedily and painfully at the sleeping figure inside.
His voice was as soft as a dream, filled with endless tenderness and a hint of imperceptible pleading.
"Zhaozhao... I'm taking you away. To a place where no one can hurt you again."
"If you can feel it... don't be afraid, okay?"
"I'll always be with you."
Shortly after his words fell, the attending physician suddenly walked out of the intensive care unit quickly, looking extremely excited. He said to Pei Jiangmu excitedly,
"Mr. Pei! Good news! Just now we detected a very active fluctuation in Miss Meng's brainwaves!"
"Although it was brief, it indicates that she had a reaction to some external stimuli!"
"This is the first such positive sign since she fell into a coma. It's a very good phenomenon, which means her brain function is gradually recovering and she has the potential to wake up!"
Pei Jiangmu's heart skipped a beat!
He immediately looked at the time recorded on the monitoring instrument -
It was exactly the moment when Pei Ting had flown into a rage at him and almost attacked him.
Could it be...
Could it be that even in a deep coma, Zhaozhao could sense his situation?
Was it because she felt he was being blamed and pressured that she subconsciously anxiously wanted to wake up to protect him?
This thought, like the warmest current, instantly washed away all the coldness and despair that had been building up in his heart.
His Zhaozhao, as expected...
No matter when and where, no matter in what situation, her heart would always be on his side. She would always want to stand in front of him and shield him from all the storms.
A great sense of sourness and indescribable emotion welled up in his heart.
Tears welled up in Pei Jiangmu's eyes instantly. He blinked hard to keep them from falling and murmured to the person in the ward.
His voice was choking but full of unprecedented hope:
"Zhaozhao... you heard it, right? You must get better... you must..."
Two days later, everything was ready.
Under strict medical supervision, Meng Ruozhao was escorted by a professional medical team.
On a private plane arranged by Pei Jiangmu, she was directly flown to a top - tier medical center in the United States renowned for neuroscience and intensive care rehabilitation.
The whole journey was heavily guarded, with several elite bodyguards accompanying them. Pei Jiangmu never left her side for a moment.
The Pei family didn't get the news until a week later.
Naturally, Pei Ting flew into a rage and smashed an expensive antique paperweight in his study on the spot.
He sternly ordered his subordinates to immediately investigate the specific information and send people to the United States "to bring the person back"!
At this critical moment, it was Pei Jingdu, who had always remained silent, who stood up.
Looking at his furious father and his mother with a complex expression, he said for the first time in such a heavy and straightforward tone,
"Dad, Mom, if you don't want to lose another son, I advise you to stop here."
He paused for a moment. His gaze swept across his parents' suddenly frozen faces, and his voice was filled with exhaustion and a hint of imperceptible sadness.
"Jiangmu... is no longer the child who could be beaten, scolded, and arranged by you at will when he was a child."
"Now, for the sake of Meng Ruozhao, he really can do anything."
"Didn't you see his state before he left? He... was like a man on the verge of collapse."
"If you force him again, I can't guarantee that he won't do something more extreme."
"Anyway..." Pei Jingdu forced a bitter smile, "I don't think he cares much about the identity of the young master of the Pei family anymore."
After saying that, without waiting for his parents' response, he turned around and left the study.
With Pei Jiangmu gone, all the pressure and responsibilities of the company fell on him alone. He still had too many things to deal with.
Pei Ting looked at the back of his eldest son leaving and recalled the determined and cold look in his second son's eyes.
The phone he had raised finally didn't make that overseas call. He just slumped weakly into his chair.
Mrs. Pei was silently weeping beside him. It was unclear whether she was feeling sorry for her son or regretting her own actions.
Meanwhile, a dramatic change was taking place in the domestic public opinion battlefield.
Shortly after Pei Jiangmu took Meng Ruozhao away, Qin Mu posted a heartfelt long post through his studio's official account.
In the post, he detailed how he had met Meng Ruozhao in high school.
He said that she was a "quiet, hard - working girl full of sunshine and talent in her heart" and was definitely not as despicable as she had been slandered on the Internet.
He firmly denied the false rumors that Meng Ruozhao had meddled in others' relationships or used anyone.
He also said that he would reserve the right to pursue legal responsibility against the rumor - mongers.
Immediately afterwards, the official account of the program "National Elegance Collection · Rainbow Dress" also issued a statement.
It also attached the complete qualification documents submitted by [Fuyun Studio] when signing up for the competition and Meng Ruozhao's past design works.
Facts proved her professional ability and the legitimacy of the studio. She didn't rely on any "backing".
What was even more unexpected was that.
The always high - headed Miss Yan of the Yan family, Yan Sisi, suddenly registered a social media account.
The first thing she posted was to support Meng Ruozhao.
"@Yan Sisi V: I'm Yan Sisi. I've known @Meng Ruozhao since high school. How come I didn't know that she was "mingling with men" when she was in school?"
"She has always been clean and self - disciplined, focusing on her studies. She has a large number of female friends. I'm one of her best friends. Can some people at least think before spreading rumors?"
"As for my brother @Yan Qiubai's relationship with her, both of them were single at that time. They were in a proper relationship and finally broke up peacefully. Some people should stop over - dramatizing things!"
Even more astonishingly, Yan Qiubai then reposted his sister's Weibo and added a message:
"She is a very good girl. Meeting her was a lucky time in my life."
This statement was undoubtedly the most powerful counter - attack against the previous rumor that "Meng Ruozhao had a chaotic love life".
After that, Yi Mo, Xu Lin, Ai Gao and other friends and colleagues who were familiar with Meng Ruozhao also spoke out one after another.
They described the kind, hard - working and talented Meng Ruozhao they knew from different perspectives.
These influential figures speaking out one after another gradually began to reverse the direction of public opinion.
Many netizens began to reflect and realized that they might have been led astray by Du Xixi's one - sided story and a large number of online trolls.
What really caused a decisive reversal in public opinion was the official announcement.
The police officially issued a notice.
Du Feng, Xia Lian, Du Xixi and Du Changlin had been arrested in accordance with the law on suspicion of multiple economic crimes and the attempted child trafficking scheme from that year.
The case was currently under further investigation.
At the same time, the notice also clearly stated.
Regarding the previously circulated rumor on the Internet about "Mr. Pei poisoning someone".
After a detailed investigation and testing by an authoritative institution, no toxic components were found in the bodies of the four members of the Du family. The relevant remarks were false information.
The official verdict completely cleared Pei Jiangmu of the charge of "poisoning"!