Pregnant After Healing the Alpha

Chapter 715: Chapter 704: Framing Qiao Jing

Qiao Jing was sitting in the audience, watching Xu Hongzu preside over the speech on stage.

Thinking about the success of this research, she slightly curled her lips, revealing a faint smile.

After briefly delivering a few official words of thanks, Xu Hongzu brought out the highlight of the event.

"Actually, there’s another very important thing at this banquet, and that is to have all the staff present play a small game. Everyone must review the research report again, as the documents are quite important—it’s good for everyone to recall them."

Heaven is helping me indeed!

Zhan Kaiyang, upon hearing this, stroked his beard and almost burst out laughing with excitement.

The staff in the audience, upon hearing this, cried out in unison with moans of dismay.

"I thought it was some kind of fun game, but it turns out to be a work-related game."

"Oh well, it’s for the sake of the research institute!"

"Yes, but it should also help improve our memory of this occasion, which is quite good."

"..."

Xu Hongzu, seeing that everyone in the audience had started discussing, glanced at the staff next to him.

A staff member, who had been prepared early on, spoke up:

"Professor Xu, please wait a moment, I will go backstage and bring out the documents."

Shortly thereafter, Qiao Jing saw a staff member dash out from backstage.

She narrowed her eyes slightly, suddenly feeling an ominous premonition.

On the other side, Zhan Kaiyang saw the staff member and his face revealed a cunning, triumphant smile.

He looked at Zhan Nan and Zhan Bei and said,

"Xiao Nan, Xiao Bei, the show is about to begin, and we’ll soon help you regain your honor!"

Upon hearing this, Zhan Nan and Zhan Bei’s faces immediately bloomed with smiles as they entered a mode of extravagant praising.

"I knew Grandfather would not let us suffer in vain!"

"Yes, after all, Grandfather loves us the most. I don’t know where Qiao Jing got the guts to hit us! This Qiao Jing has neither money nor background, it’s just that she has some looks, which is why we liked her in the first place, and she is ungrateful? Hah!"

As the staff member received a signal from Zhan Kaiyang that he could start, he deliberately raised his voice, looking very anxious:

"This is terrible!!!"

The staff member’s voice drew everyone’s attention, and all eyes were drawn to him.

Qiao Jing furrowed her brows slightly, her gaze landing on the staff member.

The staff member looked at Qiao Jing, then at Xu Hongzu, and hesitated.

This important matter should actually have been reported to Professor Qiao first, but since there were outsiders at the banquet, it wasn’t convenient to discuss it with Professor Qiao.

Finally, the staff member approached Xu Hongzu.

"Professor Xu! The research outcome reports and documents are all missing!"

As soon as these words were said, it was like a bomb had been dropped among the crowd, causing a total uproar!

"What?! The documents are all missing?"

"Doesn’t this prove that someone has stolen the documents?"

"It must have been someone present!"

"..."

Qiao Jing lowered her eyes, then took out her phone to send a message to the hotel staff.

"Seal the exits of this floor, don’t let anyone leave."

Since the incident had just occurred, the person who stole the documents definitely hadn’t left the scene yet.

All she needed to do was to seal off the floor they were on, and then have each person searched one by one.

Xu Hongzu furrowed his brows, his old face turned cold.

"What happened? The data has been stolen?"

After saying this, he quickly moved to Qiao Jing’s side and lowered his voice to ask,

"Xiao Jing, what do we do now?"

Qiao Jing pursed her red lips and put away her phone, which displayed the surveillance page.

"Search. I’ve already had this floor sealed off; no one can get out."

She had already checked the surveillance earlier, but strangely, aside from the staff who went in to fetch the data, no one else had gone in there.

How had the data disappeared without a trace?

After hearing Qiao Jing’s words, Xu Hongzu nodded his head and quickly returned to the stage.

"Everyone, please quiet down. This floor has been sealed by us; I need everyone’s cooperation in searching any personal belongings such as bags you might have."

The staff members were very cooperative; those who had brought bags voluntarily opened them and set them aside while those without bags turned their pockets inside out, unzipped their jackets, and shook their clothes to prove they weren’t hiding the data on themselves.

After a round of checks, there were no data found in the bags or on any personnel or their families.

Xu Hongzu found the situation exceedingly strange and furrowed his brows tightly.

"Hey? It’s nowhere to be found? What’s going on? Could it really have disappeared into thin air?"

Qiao Jing’s phoenix eyes darkened, and she swept her scrutinizing gaze over everyone present.

As her gaze passed over a corner, she noticed Zhan Kaiyang and two others sitting there.

Qiao Jing narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly, a hint of doubt and vigilance appearing in them.

Why were these three here?

Zhan Kaiyang, having noticed Qiao Jing’s gaze, deliberately displayed a cunning smile towards her.

He looked at Zhan Nan and Zhan Bei, and said with a smile,

"Xiao Nan, Xiao Bei, the show is about to officially start. Qiao Jing is about to be expelled!"

Now that everyone present had been searched, only Qiao Jing was left. Next, everyone’s attention would turn to Qiao Jing.

At that moment, Qiao Jing would be embarrassed in front of everyone!

Zhan Nan and Zhan Bei were delighted; their corners of the mouth almost reached the sky.

However, what happened next was beyond Zhan Kaiyang’s expectation.

Why wasn’t everyone’s attention focused on Qiao Jing, the only person left unsearched?

Zhan Kaiyang looked around at everyone present, puzzled, and then glanced at Xu Hongzu. noveldrama

What on earth was going on? Had they forgotten to check Qiao Jing’s bag?

Zhan Kaiyang certainly could not let this oversight occur. He stood up and started to make a fuss.

"Qiao Jing, hasn’t your bag been searched yet?"

A middle-aged woman also noticed this and looked puzzledly at the staff responsible for the search.

"Right, her bag hasn’t been searched."

As soon as her words fell, her husband, who worked in the institute, pulled her aside.

The middle-aged woman glared fiercely at the man.

"What’s the matter? Can’t I even speak now? Could it be that you’re mesmerized by her good looks?"

The man’s heart skipped a beat when he heard his wife utter such words. He quickly bowed slightly in the direction of Qiao Jing and apologized with a smile.

Then, he immediately pulled the woman close and whispered,

"Do you know who she is? She is Professor Qiao! You absolutely mustn’t let out a word of this! Otherwise, our good days are over!"

Although he had to adhere to the rule of not disclosing Professor Qiao’s identity, if he did not reveal the truth to his wife, she would certainly continue to make comments that could offend Professor Qiao.