Pregnant After Healing the Alpha

Chapter 142: Chapter 135: Zhan Qipei Wants to Go Back to the Countryside with Qiao Jing

Xu Hongzu’s words were emphatic and commanding, leaving no room for anyone to interject!

At that, Zhu Cheng and Cheng Dachang were completely dumbfounded.

Xu Hongzu’s remark was not just a simple matter of having good relations; he had even brought up the nation and the people.

So what exactly was Qiao Jing’s identity?

As the two were shocked to their core, Zhan Qipei, having received the news, also arrived.

“Mr. Zhan,” Captain Zhao went forward to greet Zhan Qipei.

Captain Zhao was curious; what was Zhan Qipei doing here at this time? Could it be that he wanted to kick someone while they were down and also wanted Qiao Jing to be brought here?

It was no wonder Captain Zhao guessed this, especially since Qiao Jing and Zhan Qipei had ended up at the police station on their wedding day.

“Are you here for Miss Qiao’s matter too?”

“Yes,” Zhan Qipei nodded once.

Captain Zhao: He knew it.

Just as worried, he furrowed his brows and wondered when these two powerhouses would ever give it a rest?

Zhu Cheng, Cheng Dachang, and Captain Zhao had similar speculations, mainly because they knew that Qiao Jing was not favored by the Zhan Family and that Zhan Qipei didn’t like his country bride at all. That’s why they were causing such a ruckus; otherwise, they would have given Zhan’s some face.

Xu Hongzu thought the same.

However, the following words from Zhan Qipei were totally unexpected to them.

“Regarding Qiao Jing’s matter, I just want to—”

Zhan Qipei paused for a second and then said, “Zhu Tingting has been arrested, and she deserved it. If your two families really need her to settle this for you, then I am settling this for her right now. Are you satisfied?”

This—

Everyone present did not expect Zhan Qipei to say such words, and seeing his serious expression, there was not the slightest hint of joking.

Zhan Qipei had not finished speaking, “Furthermore, Zhan’s will firmly protect her! I, Zhan Qipei, will always stand by her side and defend her!”

Zhu Cheng and Cheng Dachang felt more and more confused as they listened; how could this be so different from what they had heard?

What they had heard was that over two months earlier, Zhan Qipei did not want to marry the country girl Qiao Jing, so much so that he hadn’t even attended the wedding. Not only that, but on the day of the wedding, the bride was nearly run over by Zhan Qipei’s car.

Although it was later declared an accident, anyone with eyes and a brain could guess that Zhan Qipei had intended to kill Qiao Jing.

That’s why Zhu and Cheng families dared to brazenly approach Zhan’s and trouble Qiao Jing, mostly emboldened by Zhan Qipei’s apparent disregard for Qiao Jing’s life and death.

And now, Zhan Qipei had personally arrived and made such a resolute declaration.

Of course, the most shocking were the sharp words just spoken by Xu Hongzu.

Once both families returned home, they immediately ordered an investigation into Qiao Jing’s identity, only to find out that Qiao Jing worked at Professor Qiao’s Research Institute, but what role she played there remained unknown.

Later, they also approached Gan Lanlan.

But since Gan Lanlan kept mum, they were at a loss.

In the end, under the pressure of Zhan Qipei and Xu Hongzu, Zhu Cheng and Cheng Dachang dared not continue troubling Qiao Jing.

Even if avenging Zhu Tingting, they would have to wait until Qiao Jing and Zhan Qipei were divorced before taking action.

As for Zhu Tingting, Zhu and Cheng families were helpless and could only watch as Zhu Tingting remained in jail for dozens of days before being released.

There were only 12 days left until the divorce.

That morning, Qiao Jing packed a suitcase and came out of her room.

As soon as Zhan Qipei saw this scene, his face immediately changed color.

“You must be mistaken about the date. It hasn’t been 100 days yet,” he said.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Jing guessed that Zhan Qipei had misunderstood.

“You’re overthinking it. Today is Grandpa Zhang’s death anniversary, and I’m going back to offer him some paper offerings,” she explained.

Hearing Qiao Jing say this, Zhan Qipei breathed a sigh of relief. He had thought that Qiao Jing couldn’t wait to leave him already.

“Then why are you taking a suitcase?”

“Oh, I haven’t been back for a long time, so I plan to stay in the countryside for a couple of days,” she replied.

No sooner had Qiao Jing finished speaking than Zhan Qipei walked over and took the suitcase from her hand.

“I’ll go with you,” he declared.

Qiao Jing’s eyebrows slightly furrowed. Zhan Qipei had long known that Lan Yinyin was not the one who had saved him back then, which meant he was still suspecting her of being the one who performed the surgery on him.

This trip back home wasn’t just to pay respect to Grandpa Zhang but also to visit the old fields and the old house where she and her grandfather had once lived together.

It was the house where she had taken him to perform the surgery.

Although Zhan Qipei had been semi-conscious and his vision blurred from excessive blood loss at the time, she feared that he might recall something if he went back with her.

“Isn’t your company busy? Just the other day, I heard you on the phone with Tang Yan, saying Zhan Corporation was negotiating a big deal. Better you don’t go with me. I will be back in a couple of days after paying my respects,” she said.

Zhan Qipei narrowed his dark, unfathomable eyes, staring at Qiao Jing so intensely that it made her heart skip several beats.

Of course, Qiao Jing only felt uneasy on the inside, but her face remained as unruffled as if Mount Tai were crumbling before her.

“Why are you so afraid of me going? Do you have secrets you can’t tell me? Afraid that if I go with you, I might uncover your secrets?” he pressed, stepping closer to Qiao Jing and gazing straight at her, his dark pupils filled with her reflection.

Facing the man’s intensely virile presence, and his probing gaze that seemed determined to peel her open layer by layer, Qiao Jing instinctively took a step back, then another.

Qiao Jing’s retreat wasn’t out of cowardice, but her instincts told her that if she didn’t step back, his towering figure would crash into her unabashedly.

Eventually, Qiao Jing was backed into a corner.

“Hmm?” Zhan Qipei made a low, throaty sound that carried a subtly enticing lure, enough to make one’s ears instantly ‘pregnant,’ “Why aren’t you speaking? Admitting it? The person who saved me that day—”

Zhan Qipei hadn’t finished speaking when Qiao Jing interrupted him.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“I’m not afraid, it’s just—”

At this point, Qiao Jing paused, furrowing her brow. Two seconds later, she looked up, meeting Zhan Qipei’s gaze squarely.

“Never mind. If you’ve got nothing better to do and want to go somewhere, go ahead. Autumn Water Village isn’t mine alone to claim; if you want to come, I can’t stop you,” she said.

Qiao Jing said this out of concern that continuing to stop Zhan Qipei from going to Autumn Water Village would deepen his suspicion.

Besides, most residential layouts in the rural areas of Autumn Water Village were quite similar; even if Zhan Qipei went to her house, he wouldn’t be able to prove he had been there before.

“I must go. After all, Grandpa Zhang was once my grandfather’s loyal subordinate, and he even saved my grandfather’s life. My grandfather is too ill to travel long distances, but on his death anniversary, it’s only right that I go,” he stated.