Pregnant After Healing the Alpha

Chapter 718: Chapter 707: The Man Who Wouldn’t Let Go

Zhan Nanqing smacked her lips before settling back into her seat.

Qiao Jing was still thinking about how Zhan Kaiyang had framed her.

Since Zhan Kaiyang had harbored intentions of framing her, it was a clear indication he wanted to harm her.

It seemed that from now on, she would have to be more vigilant towards any moves Zhan Kaiyang might make.

As she was mulling over this, the voice of Xu Hongzu suddenly came from beside her.

"Xiao Jing, are you still thinking about that Zhan Kaiyang? It infuriates me! That old boy Zhan Kaiyang has such gall, daring to bully Xiao Jing! Just because his brother is Zhan Yuanshan doesn’t mean I can’t touch him! I dare to mess with Zhan Yuanshan, let alone him, who’s a generation younger than me. I could take care of him with ease!"

Qiao Jing glanced at the enraged Xu Hongzu and sighed somewhat helplessly.

"Grandpa Xu, please eat your meal. There’s no need for you to trouble yourself."

Looking at Xu Hongzu’s current state, she got the impression that he was ready to go out and have a showdown with Zhan Kaiyang this instant.

Xu Hongzu huffed and glared at Qiao Jing for quite some time before finally nodding, albeit reluctantly.

"However, I believe nobody can bully Xiao Jing, to be honest. Judging by your capabilities, I can’t even touch a hair on your head, let alone Zhan Kaiyang being a simple matter for you."

He paused, picked up a piece of fish, and placed it in Qiao Jing’s bowl.

"Enough of these annoying matters, let’s eat."

Qiao Jing nodded and refocused her attention entirely back onto the banquet.

"Okay."

An hour later.

Qiao Jing and Zhan Nanqing walked out the door together.

As they reached the entrance, they saw a familiar car stopped in front of them.

Zhan Qipei first lowered the car window on one side, then his gaze settled steadily on Qiao Jing. After briefly sizing her up to make sure she was unharmed, he got out of the car.

He walked over to Qiao Jing and opened the passenger door.

"Let’s go home."

Qiao Jing nodded, slid into the passenger seat, and raised her eyes to look at Zhan Nanqing.

"Nanqing, get in and let him take you back as well."

It was getting late, and for Zhan Nanqing, a young girl, taking a taxi came with certain risks.

Hearing Qiao Jing’s words, Zhan Nanqing glanced at Zhan Qipei and pursed her lips.

"I better not. After all, my brother isn’t that easy to talk to. I’ll just take a taxi."

If she got into the car, her brother would definitely think of her as a third wheel, and an especially bright one at that.

Qiao Jing pursed her red lips, casting a faint glance at Zhan Qipei, and then spoke up:

"It’s fine, he will take you home."

Zhan Qipei, who had initially wanted to suggest Zhan Nanqing take a taxi herself, closed his mouth upon being looked at by Qiao Jing like that.

Zhan Nanqing noticed Zhan Qipei’s face, dark as coal, and couldn’t help but snort with laughter.

"Hahaha, Qiao Jing, look at my brother’s face, it’s so dark, almost like Bao Qingtian, how dare I ride in his car? It’s okay, you two go back on your own, I’ll just take a taxi."

She felt her brother was totally henpecked; just now his face had turned that dark, and he didn’t say a word in refusal, all because Qiao Jing had spoken.

Qiao Jing frowned and turned to look at Zhan Qipei, only to find that his complexion seemed no different than usual.

She looked at Zhan Nanqing with a puzzled face.

After witnessing Zhan Qipei’s swift change of expression, Zhan Nanqing shrugged with some speechlessness, and made a comment.

"My brother changes his expressions so fast, it’s like he’s a professional face changer... Alright, Qiao Jing, you and my brother should head back first; my ride is here," Zhan Nanqing said, then headed toward another car.

Seeing this, Qiao Jing didn’t say anything more and could only watch Zhan Nanqing leave.

Just as Zhan Nanqing was about to get into the car, Chi Yuhang suddenly appeared beside her.

Before she could see what the two were doing, Zhan Qipei had already started the car.

Feeling utterly helpless, Qiao Jing glanced at Zhan Qipei, then, not bothering to deal with him any further, took out her phone to send a message to Zhan Nanqing to ask about the situation.

Right as she took out her phone, it beeped with a new message.

When she opened it, she found it was from Lin Yun, who hadn’t contacted her for quite some time.

This young troublemaker hadn’t sent her a message since finding out she was pregnant, and unlike before, hadn’t been bothering her to chat about all sorts of things. She was relieved, thinking that Lin Yun had finally grown up.

What he had sent this time were... two VIP tickets to the King’s Glory World Competition, followed by a text message.

"I have a match tomorrow, bring that little brat along to watch," Lin Yun messaged.

Qiao Jing, realizing she had the day off and was indeed free to attend the world competition the next day, agreed to go.

"Okay."

Since Zeng Xiangyang’s academic results and other aspects had been good lately, she thought it would be nice to take him to watch the competition as a reward.

Right after she replied to Lin Yun, a message from Zeng Xiangyang came through.

"Ah! Master! I didn’t get VIP tickets for tomorrow’s match! I must go to the scalpers again... Oh right, Master, can you come watch the finals with me tomorrow? It’s so rare for a world competition to be held in the Imperial Capital, let’s watch it together..."

After reading Zeng Xiangyang’s message, Qiao Jing simply took a photo and sent it to him.

"I’ll pick you up tomorrow."

Seeing the VIP tickets, Zeng Xiangyang hugged his phone and kissed it several times, bursting with excitement, and immediately called Qiao Jing.

Qiao Jing inexplicably had a premonition and subconsciously moved the phone away from her ear before answering.

As expected, as soon as she answered the call, Zeng Xiangyang’s excited voice came through.

"Master─! I love you! I─"

Before he could finish, Zhan Qipei took Qiao Jing’s phone and interrupted him. noveldrama

"Say that again?"

He thought Zeng Xiangyang was getting too bold, daring to confess his feelings to Qiao Jing?

Hearing that the person on the other end of the call had changed to Zhan Qipei, Zeng Xiangyang tactfully shut his mouth, planning to speak when Qiao Jing got back the phone.

But Zhan Qipei had no intention of returning the phone to Qiao Jing and just stared at the call screen.

The air was filled with an eerie silence.

Waited for quite some time on the other end, Zeng Xiangyang thought Zhan Qipei had returned the phone to Qiao Jing and was getting ready to discuss tomorrow’s competition with her, only to find the call had just been dropped.

Soon after, he received a message from Qiao Jing.

"I’ll pick you up tomorrow, and we’ll go together."

Zeng Xiangyang quickly replied with an okay and sent several emoticons of nodding heads before putting away his phone.

Meanwhile, in another car.

Zhan Qipei was still driving with a dark expression on his face, deliberately wearing his "I am not pleased" for Qiao Jing to notice.

Qiao Jing didn’t even need to look closely to notice, just feeling the atmosphere inside the car she knew, Zhan Qipei was jealous.

She pulled a wry smile, somewhat speechless.