But they didn’t expect that before they even got there, the middle-aged man standing on the edge of the rooftop and throwing objects into the air burst into tears and shouted, “Don’t come over! Don’t stop me! Let me die; after all, I don’t have long to live…”
Li Qianfan, Liu Ruyan, Ah Hua, and Chen Ya were all stunned.
Hei Yue also had a dumbfounded expression.
The three of them and the cat stared blankly at the middle-aged man on the edge of the rooftop, who would fall if he took one more step, unable to recover their senses for a long time.
After a full ten seconds or more, Li Qianfan finally came to his senses and said in a lowered voice, “Could it be this guy is trying to commit suicide?”
“You can’t throw things from a high place even if you want to commit suicide,” Chen Ya whispered.
Liu Ruyan frowned and said, “I can smell alcohol on him. It seems he came here to seek death after drinking, and accidentally dropped the empty bottle.”
“I think so too,” Ah Hua nodded in agreement.
So Li Qianfan looked at the middle-aged man and shouted, “Buddy, what are you trying to do? Commit suicide? You look to be under forty, and you have decades of life ahead of you. Why seek death?”
“Yes, I think you’d better calm down,” Liu Ruyan also said.
The middle-aged man wailed loudly, sorrowfully saying, “Didn’t I say that I don’t have much time left to live…”
“What troubles have you encountered?” Li Qianfan asked again.
“Even if I tell you, you can’t help me…” The middle-aged man wiped the tears from his face but quickly teared up again.
“How do you know we can’t help if you don’t tell us? What if we really can help?” Li Qianfan said.
The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, then finally walked a few steps away from the edge of the rooftop toward them.
Then he began to sob and tell his story, sniffling and tearful.
Li Qianfan, Liu Ruyan, Ah Hua, and Chen Ya all drew closer to listen to his account, and only after a while did they finally understand what was going on.
It turned out that this man was Li Lang, the owner of Galaxy Pharmaceutical Company in Da’an City, with the company valued at about ten billion yuan.
Li Lang also had a wife younger than him by about a decade, beautiful as a flower.
Originally, he had a double harvest of family and career, living a life that most people would envy.
But three months ago, Li Lang attended a birthday party hosted by Young Master Qian, Qian Youyu, of the wealthy Qian Family in Da’an City, and made an ill-considered joke at the party, offending Qian Youyu.
Since then, Qian Youyu had been secretly dealing with Li Lang, joining forces with seven or eight pharmaceutical companies to suppress Li Lang’s Galaxy Pharmaceutical Company.
Galaxy Pharmaceutical Company used to rank second in Da’an City, with the first being Qian’s Pharmaceutical Group of the Qian Family.
But now, under Li Lang’s suppression, Galaxy Pharmaceutical Company was facing the plight of collapse.
If that were all, it would be fine.
Even if Galaxy Pharmaceutical Company went bankrupt, Li Lang wouldn’t lose his livelihood.
Unexpectedly, half a month ago, Li Lang felt unwell, with a constant stabbing pain in his stomach, so he went to the hospital for a checkup, only to discover that he had cancer, and it had progressed to late-stage gastric cancer!
Li Lang went home and told his wife the situation, only for his wife to run away the next day with hundreds of thousands of yuan in savings from home!
Struck by the triple blow, Li Lang finally collapsed completely, drowning his sorrows with alcohol every day.
He spent the whole day drinking at Jingchen Bar near this mall, and then he came here ready to commit suicide.
Coincidentally, he ran into Li Qianfan and his group.
At this moment, after hearing Li Lang’s misfortune, Li Qianfan felt this guy was truly unlucky, like he was possessed by the spirit of bad luck.
Liu Ruyan whispered, “Qianfan, can you treat him?”
“Do you want me to save him?” Li Qianfan asked.
Liu Ruyan nodded, and then took out her phone: “I thought this guy looked familiar just now, turns out he is the owner of Galaxy Pharmaceutical Company, Qianfan, look at this…”
Liu Ruyan found a news article and handed her phone to Li Qianfan.
Li Qianfan glanced down and saw that the news reported a charity gala, where Li Lang, the owner of Galaxy Pharmaceutical Company, donated twenty million, making him the largest donor of the evening.
Then Liu Ruyan continued searching and found several news articles reporting Li Lang’s donations to Hope Primary School and the Milk and Egg Project.
“I think this person is alright; he shouldn’t be so unlucky,” Liu Ruyan said.
Ah Hua hesitated before saying, “Maybe he’s doing good deeds just to gain a good reputation?”
“No matter the motive, doing charitable acts is a good deed,” Liu Ruyan seriously stated.
After pondering for a moment, Li Qianfan said, “Alright, I’ll listen to you.”
Then Li Qianfan walked up to Li Lang, handed him a pack of tissues, and said with a smile, “Stop crying, a man crying and wailing about wanting to die, what does that look like?”
“You… if you had suffered as many setbacks as I have… you would certainly be even more… more of a mess…”
Li Lang said through tears, desperately wiping his face, but the tears just wouldn’t stop.
Li Qianfan patted Li Lang’s shoulder and said, “I can help you, I’m not joking, you might think I’m just an ordinary person, not someone important, but I can cure your cancer.”
“Really?”
Li Lang suddenly looked up, casting a look of disbelief at Li Qianfan.
“Of course it’s true, why would I bother lying to you? Here’s the deal, if I can’t cure your cancer, I won’t take a penny; but if I do, you give me fifty-five percent of your company’s shares,” Li Qianfan said.
“What? Fifty-five percent of my company’s shares? Aren’t you asking for too much?” Li Lang exclaimed, his face filled with grief and indignation.
Li Qianfan said earnestly, “If your cancer can’t be cured, do you still have a future? What does the fate of your company have to do with you?”
“Besides, your company is being suppressed to the point of bankruptcy, so what does it matter if you give me fifty-five percent of the shares? Maybe I can help your company make a comeback, or even soar.”
Hearing this, Li Lang was immediately caught in a dilemma, his face showing his internal struggle.
“Here’s what we’ll do, I’ll leave you a phone number. You go back and think it over well, and sober up in the meantime.”
“Call me within three days, whether you agree or refuse, it’s up to you.”
After finishing, Li Qianfan returned to Liu Ruyan and Ah Hua’s side, took them by the hand, and left downstairs.
Li Lang stood on the rooftop, gazing at the departing silhouettes of Li Qianfan and his group, stunned and unable to recover for a long time.
“Qianfan, what do you want with his company shares?” Liu Ruyan asked curiously.
Li Qianfan replied with a smile, “I also want to start a business, can’t I?”
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