A Half-Step Winner: Qi Tongwei's Journey to the League

"Yangyang, I have something to tell you... Your dad is sick. This time is different from the past. The situation is very serious.

The doctor said... that he might never wake up again. Yangyang, you should come back and see your dad for the last time!" Wang Fuzhen was filled with sorrow.

When Chen Yang on the other end of the phone heard the news, he was stunned.

Although she deeply hated her father for separating her and Qi Tongwei, she still felt sad when she heard that he was dying.

After a long while, she slowly came back to her senses and replied in a low and hoarse voice, "Yeah, I understand." These four simple words seemed to be spoken with all her strength.

After saying this, both mother and daughter fell into a terrible silence.

"I'll hang up if it's okay." After about a minute, Chen Yang broke the awkward situation.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Yang sat on the sofa and began to recall the past.

When she was a child, her father Chen Yanshi was busy with work and rarely spent time with her and her siblings. Later, when she was a little older, her father had already become a leader in the procuratorate. At that time, she admired her father very much.

It was also because of the influence of her father that she was admitted to the Political Science and Law Department of Handong University. It was at this time that she met the love of her life - Qi Tongwei.

Unfortunately, we broke up after graduation.

Because of Qi Tongwei's excellence, he was spotted by Liang Lu, who used her father's power to pursue Qi Tongwei madly.

At the beginning, both she and Qi Tongwei sneered at Liang Lu, thinking that this would not affect their relationship at all, but reality told them that they were still too young!

Liang Lu used her power at home to assign Qi Tongwei to a grassroots judicial office.

She took it for granted that her father would help her, but when she found her father and wanted to transfer Qi Tongwei back, Chen Yanshi directly refused.

The excuse given is that there should not be any corruption or malpractice.

At first, although she resented her father, she did not hate him. However, when she learned that her father used his connections to help her brother Chen Hai advance in his career, her respect for him turned into dislike.

Also because of Chen Yanshi's selfishness, she broke up with Qi Tongwei.

Whenever she thought of Qi Tongwei, her heart ached. Until now, she still couldn't forget him.

She decided that after returning this time, she would ask her father why he refused to help her and Qi Tongwei. Was it as she guessed, that he did not want to offend Liang Qunfeng so as not to affect his own career and that of his brother Chen Hai?

The next morning, Chen Yang returned to Handong again. Without stopping, she rushed directly to the hospital.

Chen Yanshi's condition was very bad at this time. He was sometimes conscious and sometimes unconscious. Only his wife Wang Fuzhen was by his side. He did not look like a provincial deputy procurator general in hospital at all.

Logically speaking, if Chen Yanshi, with such a high status, was injured and hospitalized, there would be a lot of people visiting him, but in reality, there was no one.

This situation happened because of his own fault.

As for the three children at home, Chen Hai had just woken up and was still recovering, so he couldn't help. The eldest son couldn't come back because he had a mission in the army.

As for the other shareholder workers like him, none of them came. This shows that Chen Yanshi is a failure as a person.

The reason why a memorial service was held in the previous life was not because of how well he had done, but because of Sha Ruijin's power. It was said to be a memorial service for him, but in fact it was a show by Sha Ruijin.

Now, Sha Ruijin is behind bars because of Chen Yanshi's matchmaking.

All of his former close comrades-in-arms and his many nephews, nieces, and grandchildren hated Chen Yanshi to the core and wanted to eat him alive. So how could anyone come to visit him?

When Chen Yang came back and saw this scene, he couldn't help but sigh at his father's failure as a human being.

He did not push open the door of the ward immediately, but stood quietly outside the door.

At this time, she was very conflicted and undecided.

On the one hand, Chen Yanshi's actions made her disappointed and angry; on the other hand, the blood ties made it impossible for her to completely let go of this concern.

Finally, after a long ideological struggle, Chen Yang took a deep breath and pushed open the door of the ward.

Chen Yanshi, who was lying on the hospital bed, had his head lowered, as if he was thinking about something.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, he immediately looked up. When he saw that the person who walked into the room was his daughter Chen Yang, his eyes were instantly filled with surprise.

Perhaps even he himself had not expected that after going through so much, his daughter would choose to come here to visit him.

"Are you back?" Chen Yanshi squeezed out these three words with difficulty, his voice trembling slightly.

I don’t know if it was the so-called last burst of energy, but at this moment, his mental state was surprisingly good, as if he had suddenly regained his former vitality.

"Yeah." Chen Yang responded softly, then slowly walked to the bedside and looked down at his haggard father.

After hesitating for a while, she couldn't help but ask, "Are you... okay?"

Chen Yanshi shook his head slightly and replied with a wry smile, "Not very good. I'm afraid I really have to meet squad leader Sha Zhenjiang and the others this time."

After he finished speaking, the ward fell silent again. Chen Yang didn't know what to say. Chen Yanshi thought of Sha Zhenjiang and the others. He didn't know how to explain to his comrades.

When being investigated by the task force, Chen Yanshi always acted tough and insisted that nothing he did was wrong.

However, he himself was the only one who knew best that at least half of the reason why Sha Ruijin ended up like this was because of him.

If he had not been unable to let go of his desire for fame and fortune and had not been used by Zheng Xipo, Sha Ruijin would not have met Zheng Xipo, and this corruption would not have happened.

"Old Chen, don't talk nonsense. I believe you will get better." Wang Fuzhen held Chen Yanshi's hand tightly.

Chen Yanshi didn't say anything. He had a feeling that he couldn't go on any longer and didn't have much time left.

Chen Yang looked at Chen Yanshi for a long time and asked the question that concerned him most.

"Why did you oppose me and Qi Tongwei being together? Was it because he was poor?" Chen Yang stared at Chen Yanshi, wanting to know the real answer.

After hearing his daughter's words, Chen Yanshi smiled bitterly.

If he knew that Qi Tongwei was so outstanding, he would not have followed Liang Qunfeng's advice and not given Qi Tongwei any help. He would have agreed with the other party's strategy and sent his daughter to the capital.

"That's not the reason. I don't help him just because I don't want to put personal interests above public ones. I can't ignore my principles just because he is your boyfriend." Chen Yanshi naturally would not admit that he did this because he looked down on Qi Tongwei's background.

"Then what about my brother Chen Hai?" Chen Yang stared at Chen Yanshi.

"Yangyang, I..."

Seeing that Chen Yanshi was still trying to argue, Chen Yang interrupted him and said, "You don't need to explain. I already understand. In the final analysis, aren't you just looking down on Qi Tongwei's background?"

"Yangyang, it's really not like that. Your father is not that kind of person!" Wang Fuzhen spoke for Chen Yanshi.

"Hmph, I've already known what kind of person he is. Today I just want a definite answer." Chen Yang said lightly.

Although Chen Yanshi did not explain, he already understood the other party's attitude.

At this time, Chen Yang felt that he seemed to have come here for nothing and prepared to leave.