Pregnant After Healing the Alpha

Chapter 737: Chapter 726: Wu Xirui’s Feelings for Qiao Jing

The call came without any remark, but it originated from the imperial capital. Who could be calling her at this time...

Could it be Qiao Jing?

Zhan Qipei hurriedly pressed to answer, just about to ask what was happening when he heard Wu Xirui’s voice.

"Zhan Qipei, you don’t need to be so petty, do you? I asked Qiao Jing to come and check my condition, just for a follow-up, and you won’t let her come?"

He was watching the time, waiting for Qiao Jing to arrive. When she was half an hour late, he initially thought it was due to traffic and that she hadn’t managed to make it in time. But now, it had already been half the day.

Including the times he called Qiao Jing, and still, no one answered—it must be Zhan Qipei preventing her from coming.

After hearing Wu Xirui’s words, Zhan Qipei immediately hung up the phone and floored the accelerator.

Soon, his car stopped beneath Wu Xirui’s company building.

Zhan Qipei, with his long eyebrows gathered and lips tightly pursed into a straight, arcless line of ice, entered the elevator as cold as the wind.

The employees who were preparing to go upstairs in the elevator, upon seeing Zhan Qipei’s grim expression, voluntarily retreated.

They exchanged glances but dared not speak a word.

Only after the elevator doors closed did they feel the suffocating presence dissipate and start to discuss.

"What’s the president of Zhan Corporation doing in our company?"

"And he looks furious. The elevator went straight to Fifth Master’s floor. Could it be that he’s here to throw down with the Fifth Master?"

"Stop it! Can’t you think of something positive? Let’s disperse; this has nothing to do with us."

"..."

Meanwhile, Zhan Qipei had already reached the floor where Wu Xirui was. noveldrama

Zhan Qipei opened the door without hesitation and sat down in the chair opposite Wu Xirui.

Wu Xirui was startled upon seeing Zhan Qipei and looked at him with some surprise.

But quickly, he composed himself and smiled at Zhan Qipei.

"President Zhan, what brings you here today?"

The assistant standing next to Wu Xirui, upon seeing the dark expression on Zhan Qipei, felt fear immediately.

Compared to the usually smiling Fifth Master, the chillingly cold Zhan Qipei radiated an intimidating frostiness that was even more frightening.

He was just about to ask if he should leave when he saw Wu Xirui gesture with his hand.

Realizing this meant he should leave, the assistant bolted towards the door.

This battlefield was not a place he dared stay a second longer.

Once the assistant left the office, a fierce gleam flashed across Zhan Qipei’s dark eyes as he coldly demanded:

"Where have you taken Qiao Jing?"

Among the people Qiao Jing knew who had connections with M country, other than Wu Xirui, there was no one else.

And he believed Wu Xirui had the motive.

Upon hearing Zhan Qipei’s question, Wu Xirui’s smiling face instantly stiffened, giving Zhan Qipei a perplexed look.

"What do you mean?"

Seeing Wu Xirui feign ignorance, Zhan Qipei’s expression turned even colder as he fully intensified the surrounding aura.

"I’m asking you one last time, where have you taken Qiao Jing! Did you take her to M country?"

He had investigated several times already. Apart from that segment of surveillance footage, he had also found Qiao Jing’s wallet in the alley, and there were clear signs of a struggle at the scene.

At this moment, Qiao Jing might have already been taken away.

Realizing the implications in Zhan Qipei’s words, Wu Xirui’s smile diminished slightly.

"Are you implying that Qiao Jing has disappeared?"

Zhan Qipei said nothing, merely staring coldly at Wu Xirui.

Feeling inexplicably scrutinized, Wu Xirui fell silent for a moment, then his expression darkened.

"It wasn’t me who took her away. I had asked her to come over today for a follow-up; why would I take her away?"

He paused, looking at Zhan Qipei’s unconvinced face and continued:

"If I had taken her, you wouldn’t be able to find me right now."

If he had taken Qiao Jing away, he would have first sent her to M country and remotely managed the affairs in the imperial capital from there.

After all, as long as Qiao Jing was by his side, he could use her to threaten Zhan Qipei and also smoothly progress his plans.

Zhan Qipei noticed that there were no signs of lying on Wu Xirui’s face, which deepened his confusion. His brow knitted even tighter, nearly tight enough to squash a fly.

"It wasn’t you?"

If it wasn’t Wu Xirui, then where did those Americans come from?

Wu Xirui was no longer in the mood to pay attention to what Zhan Qipei was saying but caught onto the crucial information mentioned earlier.

"Why do you think I took her away, and what’s this about the Americans?"

He knew Zhan Qipei was no fool, and wouldn’t arbitrarily come knocking, assuming it was him who had taken Qiao Jing away.

Zhan Qipei was silent for a few seconds before he slowly began to speak,

"It was the Americans who took her."

When he had seen those Americans, his first thought had been of Wu Xirui, so he had directly rushed over.

But seeing Wu Xirui in this state, he indeed didn’t seem like he was lying. It seemed that someone else must have taken Qiao Jing!

After hearing Zhan Qipei’s words, the always smiling Wu Xirui furrowed his brow.

"The Americans? I will have someone look into it."

If she was in America, then he would definitely find Qiao Jing.

Watching Wu Xirui immediately start making calls to contact people, Zhan Qipei pursed his thin lips.

"Why do you want to help?"

Although he didn’t want to talk much with Wu Xirui, he wanted to utilize Wu’s connections in the States to look for Qiao Jing.

Moreover, he also had some power in the States, and if he could work together with Wu Xirui, it would increase their efficiency.

Wu Xirui, who was making a call, again showed a hypocritical smile and chuckled coldly.

"I’m not helping you, nor am I helping Qiao Jing. I’m helping myself. If we don’t find her, who will treat me?"

After saying this, he inexplicably felt like he was still very confused.

This feeling of confusion felt a bit... worrying.

Was he worried about Qiao Jing?

Why would he worry about Qiao Jing?

His relationship with Qiao Jing was purely utilitarian, using her to provoke Zhan Qipei.

But...

He carefully savored the feeling in his heart.

It seemed like he really was somewhat worried.

After reflecting for two seconds, he quickly had his answer.

It must be because he worried that if Qiao Jing disappeared, there would be no one to treat him.

Zhan Qipei didn’t bother with Wu Xirui anymore and returned to Nantai Apartment.

He took out his phone and made a long-haven’t-contacted international call.

The call was connected almost instantaneously, and the person on the other end spoke first,

"Mr. K, what do you need us to do?"

Holding Qiao Jing’s wallet tightly in his hand, Zhan Qipei slowly said,

"Check all the flights back to the States today and find Q’s whereabouts."

It was also an accident that let Zhan Qipei know that Qiao Jing was Q.

Funnily enough, the accident itself was quite humorous.

Once, Qiao Jing was drunk and inadvertently let slip that she was the hacker Q.

At the time, he marveled at how incredible his wife was! He thought his wife’s aliases were already many, but he hadn’t expected such a shocking one. Yes indeed.

Thinking of this, he paused momentarily, then suddenly recalled something else and spoke again,

"Also, check any private plane routes back to the country."

He had already checked recent international and domestic flights and found nothing suspicious.

Whoever could silently take Qiao Jing from the capital certainly wasn’t simple.