Chapter 1002: Chapter 990: You’re Worried About Me?
Zhan Qipei stared intently at the girl in front of him with his deep, black eyes. His eyebrows furrowed tightly, and his face clearly showed a hint of resistance, “You’re worried about me?”
Qiao Jing knew that she might have overstepped by saying this.
After all, whether it was because of her identity or their relationship, she had no reason to be concerned about this man.
Thinking of this, Qiao Jing quickly explained, “I’m just worried about Yubao and the others. I’m very close to them. If something happens to you…”
She hadn’t finished talking when Zhan Qipei interrupted her coldly, “Whether something happens to me or not, what does that have to do with you? Aren’t you getting too carried away?”
“Please, stay away from me in the future, and also from Yubao and them. I hope you don’t casually approach the three of them again!”
The man’s voice was cold, and his words were heartlessly indifferent.
Listening to what he said, Qiao Jing was silent for a moment, feeling her instinct was quite accurate.
Did this man really think she wanted to take the opportunity to climb up to him?
Standing beside them, Lu Zijiao couldn’t listen any longer and frowned slightly at Zhan Qipei, “Aren’t you going too far with such words? I think Third Miss Qiao meant well, and it’s not what you think.”
Zhan Qipei indifferently said, “Regardless of the intention, I still say the same thing, please keep your distance, Third Miss Qiao.”
His repeated emphasis inexplicably annoyed Qiao Jing.
Her expression suddenly turned cold as she said, word by word, “Rest assured, I have absolutely no such intentions towards you. As you said, let’s not bother each other in the future.”
Upon hearing this, and seeing her icy demeanor, Zhan Qipei was momentarily stunned.
In that moment, he saw once again the old Qiao Jing in her.
Back then, when he almost hit Qiao Jing with his car and ended up at the police station, once the misunderstanding was cleared up, they had a brief conversation on the overpass.
At that time, Qiao Jing also had this detached demeanor and had said the same words, “Let’s not bother each other in the future,” with the same tone…
By the time Zhan Qipei pulled out from his memories, the girl in front of him had already turned and walked away without looking back.
Looking at her departing figure, the scene of Qiao Jing leaving the overpass drifted into Zhan Qipei’s mind again.
For a moment, he even wondered if the person in front of him was the woman he longed for day and night.
But he already knew, she wasn’t…
…
That night.
Qiao Jing had a dream.
In the dream, it seemed she had to marry a man she didn’t want to in order to fulfill someone else’s wish.
Blurrily, she appeared at the wedding, but the groom did not show up. Later, when she was about to leave, the groom almost ran her over with a car, and they ended up going to the police station…
Although these fragments were scattered and even the groom’s face was blurry, piecing them together formed a very coherent story.
Moreover, this story felt very real, as if it had actually happened!
When Qiao Jing woke up the next day, she found herself drenched in sweat, unable to distinguish whether the story was just a dream or something she had experienced before.
Perhaps she had recovered some memories, which led her to recall these events.
If this wasn’t a dream, but a real experience, then the speculations of her elder and second sisters might actually be true.
She might really have encountered a scumbag, been deceived by him, and then pushed into the sea…
After pondering for a while, Qiao Jing brought her thoughts back to the present.
In the end, the truth could only be determined through investigation.
But she didn’t have enough funds right now to hire a professional organization to investigate.
Even though hiring a professional organization wouldn’t guarantee quick results, there were no better options at the moment.
So, the current priority was to resolve the funding issue and then plan accordingly.
With that in mind, Qiao Jing got out of bed, went to freshen up, changed her clothes, and then opened her computer to check the stocks she had previously purchased.
As expected, the stocks she bought had indeed risen, and the gains were significant, and they were still rising.
Qiao Jing thought to herself, maybe she had traded stocks before, which is why she was so adept at it now, or perhaps she had a natural talent for stock trading?
Regardless, the initial investment had multiplied several times by now, which considerably lifted Qiao Jing’s mood.
While she was watching the computer, Qiao Lin suddenly hurried into the room, grabbed her without a word, and led her outside.
Seeing Qiao Lin’s urgency, Qiao Jing was a bit puzzled, “Second Sister, what’s going on? Where are you taking me?”
Qiao Lin didn’t stop, pulling Qiao Jing downstairs while saying, “That annoying Yang Xiaoxiao came, she said Divine Doctor Jing is already at the Yang Family, and wants us to go there now to settle the previous bet.”
As she spoke, the two had already arrived at the living room on the first floor.
In the living room, Qiao Hong and Yang Xiaoxiao stood facing each other, separated by a few steps.
Seeing Qiao Jing and Qiao Lin, Yang Xiaoxiao gave them a glance and sneered, “Now that everyone is here, let’s hurry up and go. I can’t wait to see you get slapped in the face!”
With those words, she turned and walked out briskly, indeed looking impatient.
“Since she’s so eager to embarrass herself, let’s grant her wish then.”
With that, Qiao Hong pulled Qiao Jing and Qiao Lin along, following suit, “Come on, let’s go watch the show!”
On the way to the Yang Family, Yang Xiaoxiao was in her family car leading the way.
Qiao Jing and her family followed in another car.
After they had driven some distance, Qiao Hong suddenly thought of something and immediately took out her phone to message Lu Zijin.
[Director Lu, do you remember when our Xiao Jing bet with Yang Xiaoxiao? Yang Xiaoxiao says Divine Doctor Jing has arrived at their house, and we are now on our way to the Yang Family. Do you want to come over? If you do, I’ll send you the location!]
Lu Zijin received Qiao Hong’s message while busy at the hospital.
Honestly, he did want to go, but unfortunately, he couldn’t get away.
He quickly replied to the message.
[Unfortunately, I have a patient who needs immediate treatment, so I can’t go right now.]
Seeing Lu Zijin’s reply, Qiao Hong felt it was a bit of a pity and quickly sent another message.
[That’s really unfortunate. Well, you go ahead and get busy, I won’t disturb you.]
Beside them, Qiao Jing noticed Qiao Hong’s actions and curiously asked, “Big Sister, who are you chatting with?”
Qiao Hong didn’t hide it, honestly saying, “With Director Lu.”
Still curious, Qiao Jing casually asked, “When did you add him as a friend?”
Qiao Hong chuckled, “During that meal before. I took the opportunity to add him privately.”
Speaking of it, she actually felt a bit embarrassed at the time, but for her third sister’s happiness, she secretly pulled Director Lu aside to see if they could add each other as friends or exchange phone numbers, so they could help be a wingman in the future.