Chapter 1168: No One Expected It Would Turn Out Like This

Of course, all of this was predicated on the assumption that Shi Ran had no dowry!

Having only read the first part, the couple was already speechless with anger before they even looked at the rest.

Shi Youxuan handed half to her husband, and then the two of them, almost in perfect synchronization, went "swish, swish, swish"—tearing it to shreds.

Without needing to say a word, the couple used their actions to show their stance.

The negotiations collapsed.

The expressions on the faces of the Qi Family couple were very unpleasant.

Lady Qi: "So you are refusing?"

Shi Youxuan: "Nonsense. I said I wouldn't covet a single blade of grass or a single tree from your Qi Family, so will you give your son to me and let him take my surname, Shi... or Sheng would work too, or Jin, or Ji—will you agree to that?"

"I've given you even more choices; do you want to consider them? Shall we print them out in black on white paper and sign our names?"

Lady Qi: "That won't do. Our A Heng is a man, a man who is destined to be president in the future. What would it look like for him to follow you? He cannot become a businessman. Among the four classes of scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, merchants have the lowest social status, no matter how much money they have."

Sheng Hanyu: "Then why waste more breath? The engagement is cancelled."

Shi Youxuan: "Right, let's cancel it."

Lady Qi: "It cannot be cancelled. Your Sheng Family may not care about face, but our Qi Family does. Cancelling it right after the engagement—where would we put our family's reputation if word got out?"

Shi Youxuan: "Your Qi Family has such a massive face; it really wouldn't be easy to find a suitable place to put it."

Lady Qi was furious; these words were hurtful and unpleasant to hear.

"You..."

Shi Youxuan: "You what? If you look down on our family for being merchants, it's better to make a clean break sooner rather than later. Don't think you can control Ranran by making us sign some piece of trash. She is my daughter; she has been influenced by me since she was little and is just like me—she could anger you to death."

"Cancelling the engagement now is just right; don't wait until three years later when she's actually pregnant with twins, only for them to be brought to my house instead."

The Qi Family couple:...

Both of them believed that Shi Youxuan was capable of doing such a thing.

Shi Ran was her daughter; could she also be capable of it?

No, they must prevent such a thing from happening.

But they were not children; they wouldn't believe everything Shi Youxuan said, and they did not agree to cancel the engagement.

The plane flew south, heading directly toward the destination.

Huaxia University.

Shi Ran had a mouth ulcer, and Qi Heng's eyes were bloodshot; the two said goodbye at the school gate, preparing to head home separately.

Both sets of parents had been out of contact for two days.

There was no news at all.

Where could they have gone?

Two days ago, they had left Jiangzhou on the same plane, but the signal was suddenly lost once they reached the destination country.

The local area had been in chaos for the past few days.

Losing contact was no small matter; while there was no leader, many people were starting to stir.

Things were relatively better on the Jiangzhou side.

The management model of Dingsheng was excellent; with the Chairman absent, there were people immediately ready to step up and temporarily take over the Chairman's work.

Although the company would not fall into chaos, everyone at home was extremely anxious.

The younger brothers at home were still small, and the grandparents were too old to handle the pressure, so Shi Ran had to go back to be the backbone of the family.

Qi Heng was the same.

It was just that his responsibility was even greater than Shi Ran's—he also had to temporarily fill his father's position to prevent the presidency from falling into someone else's hands!

The two said their goodbyes and wished each other well.

Just as Shi Ran was preparing to get into the car, someone behind her called out: "Ranran, wait for me."

"And me."

It was Yun Qitian and Liu Min.

Like the other two, they both looked hurried and anxious.

Yun Qitian was prepared to go back with Shi Ran; with such a major event, having an extra person to help was always good.

Liu Min had received a call from her father, telling her to return to L Country with Qi Heng.

And so, they paired up, each returning to their own homes to find their own mothers.

Jiangzhou.

Sheng Family.

The large living room was filled with people; everyone looked anxious, but each person was acting in an orderly manner, including the children.

Sheng Zichen and his younger brother Sheng Zihan seemed to have grown up overnight!

They were usually the ones causing the most trouble and rarely acted serious, so seeing them suddenly act so solemn made people look at them with new respect.

Sheng Zichen, Sheng Litian, Sheng Zirui, and Sheng Zihan—the four of them each had a computer and a mobile phone, with notebooks placed beside the computers for easy recording.

The plane had lost contact after entering the country's airspace.

Sending people into the country to search was a matter for the adults.

Yun Zhehao, Sheng Zerong, and Jian Yining.

These adults were responsible for the most direct and effective methods.

They were responsible for tasks that looked insignificant but were actually very important.

Sheng Litian was born with a natural sense of direction and sensitivity to geography.

There were numerous islands here; while others found it dizzying, he did not.

He is able to quickly distinguish among the many islands which ones have people on them and which ones do not.

Sheng Zirui is responsible for further analysis and refining the specific location.

Sheng Zichen and Sheng Zihan are responsible for communication.

The brothers have extremely strong communication skills, directly using phones, video calls, and the internet to contact locals to help them find people on the islands!

When looking for people, it is inevitable to encounter scammers.

The brothers' ages combined are only in their early twenties, yet they are more sophisticated and have better discernment than many people who have lived to be forty or fifty.

Those scammers who prepared to provide false information to swindle some money were all picked out one by one.

It is not that they are afraid of being swindled out of money, but mainly that they are afraid of delaying important matters.

Sheng Zihan also has an important task—comforting their grandparents.

Their grandparents are old and cannot handle stress; their grandmother's blood pressure has remained high since last night, and their grandfather does nothing but ramble and cry.

Sheng Zihan acts like a little adult, constantly comforting their grandparents.

Telling them that it was not a plane crash, just that there is no news for the moment.

Mom and Dad will definitely be safe and sound and will be back very soon.

When Shi Ran arrived home and saw all this, she breathed a sigh of relief and joined in the work.

She is a computer expert, her attainments already far exceeding those of ordinary experts, and her level is higher than the technical personnel specially invited by the police station.

In the absence of a black box, Shi Ran managed to find the specific location of the plane!

She sent the specific location to everyone, and everyone gasped.

How did it end up there?

The sea area where the plane is located is particularly complex, with unpredictable weather; one second it is clear skies for miles, and the next second there might be gale-force winds and torrential rain!

The sea is not like land; when it rains heavily here, you cannot see individual raindrops, it is just like water being poured down.

When a storm blows up, the waves can rise as high as a dozen stories.

If an ordinary plane or ship is unlucky enough to be caught in the wind, it will be torn to pieces!

Sheng Zichen worried: "The weather over those two days was not very good, I'm afraid... we should tell Uncle Wang Yong and let him send more people to land on the island."

Shi Ran looked relaxed and said to her younger brother: "Don't worry, the plane is fine; the black box is in a state of manually-intervened hibernation, and the plane is safe for now."