Pregnant After Healing the Alpha

Chapter 163: Chapter 156: Xiao Jing, I Treasure You

“Pop—”

Qiao Jing quickly pulled her hand back, stepping several steps backward. She first looked at her own hand and then stared at Zhan Qipei with disbelief.

Here he goes again!

Ever since he found out she was the one who had saved him back then, he had often taken liberties with her.

She had let it slide before, but now he was pushing it even further!

She had to warn him, otherwise he would definitely do something even more outrageous to her in the future.

“Zhan Qipei, do I seem that cheap in your eyes? You think you can kiss me whenever you want, hold me whenever you wish? Do you really disregard me that much?”

“No,” Zhan Qipei replied almost instantly.

“I see you as a treasure, the greatest treasure of my life. Since you’re a treasure, I want to hide you away where no one can find you. But you’re too radiant, too hard to ignore. There’s always someone coveting my treasure. Xiao Jing, what should I do?”

As Zhan Qipei said this, his eyes were filled with affection, his tone intoxicating.

Qiao Jing had initially intended her words as a warning for Zhan Qipei to keep his distance, but instead, the man confessed to her so passionately.

Especially those eyes that kept watching her, as if he was looking at the entire world.

Facing such a man, Qiao Jing was at a loss for words, unsure of what to say.

Looking at the man in the wheelchair, remembering that his injuries were because of her, she found herself unable to voice any rebuke.

“Let’s go back,” Qiao Jing said as she pushed the wheelchair.

After a pause, Qiao Jing added, “Don’t just kiss me whenever you feel like it in the future.”

“I can’t do that,” Zhan Qipei said with utmost certainty.

“You—” Qiao Jing felt infuriated by Zhan Qipei’s words.

“Unless—” Zhan Qipei suddenly changed his tone and turned to look at Qiao Jing, “you stop seducing me.”

Qiao Jing paused, “Me, seducing you? When have I ever seduced you?”

Zhan Qipei’s mouth curved into a smile, his thin lips parting slightly as he spoke with a hint of amusement, “All the time.”

Qiao Jing “…”

*

After Qiao Licheng returned to the Qiao Family home, he was throwing things around and stamping his feet.

“Damn that wretched girl! Knowing the hospital’s dean and not telling me! It’s absolutely hateful!”

Zheng Haijuan looked worried, “What are we going to do now? We can’t manage the funds, and Qiao Jing, with her malicious behavior, refuses to help. If this continues, the company will go bankrupt in less than three months.”

Hearing this, Qiao Licheng suddenly remembered the words Qiao Jing had said at the hospital.

She said she could bankrupt the Qiao Family in one day!

“Hmph! Who does she think she is? Looking at herself in the mirror, she says she can bankrupt our Qiao Family in one day? Our Qiao Family will go bankrupt in one day? Does she still think she’s Mrs. Zhan? It’s been over 100 days now!”

Even if it hadn’t been 100 days, she was just married off in a contract—who would care about her? Who would help her?

As Qiao Licheng thought this, his cellphone rang, and it was a call from the company assistant.

Why would the company assistant call him at this hour?

Once he picked up the call, Qiao Licheng heard the assistant’s extremely anxious voice.

“It’s bad! Boss, something terrible has happened!”

Qiao Licheng’s scalp tingled, “Speak up, don’t just yell ‘it’s bad’ at me! It’s annoying to hear!”

“Boss, the company has gone bankrupt!”

These words were like a bolt from the blue, suddenly exploding above Qiao Licheng’s head.

“What did you say? Bankrupt—bankrupt—bankrupt? Now, right—right now?”

Upon hearing Qiao Licheng’s exclamation, Zheng Haijuan, Jhiang Cuifeng, and Qiao Mengtong each felt as if they had been struck by lightning. Their brains buzzed, they couldn’t believe their ears, and they all stared at Qiao Licheng.

They hoped they had heard wrong or that Qiao Licheng had misheard.

Qiao Licheng was thinking the same thing, anxiously waiting for his assistant’s words.

“It’s true! We’re bankrupt!”

Qiao Licheng’s mind went “buzz—” his vision went dark, and like a collapsing skyscraper, he collapsed onto the sofa.

Seeing Qiao Licheng’s reaction, Zheng Haijuan and the others followed suit, slumping onto the sofa.

“How could this happen? How could this happen? Wasn’t it said that we were at least three months away from bankruptcy? How could they declare bankruptcy just like that?” Qiao Mengtong mumbled in a broken, despondent tone.

Just a second ago, she had been a high-society lady, and now she was as downcast as a stray dog. How would she buy luxury goods or her favorite clothes and bags in the future?

Hearing Qiao Mengtong’s comment, Qiao Licheng was reminded of the emotionless words Qiao Jing had said to him earlier that day.

“Today? Did Qiao Jing say today? Could it really be because of Qiao Jing?”n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“What Qiao Jing? Dad, what are you talking about? Does this—does this have something to do with Qiao Jing? It couldn’t be, could she have that much influence? Didn’t the 100 days pass? Shouldn’t Qiao Jing have divorced President Zhan by now?”

Qiao Mengtong’s analysis had already been silently considered by Qiao Licheng before.

Suddenly, Qiao Licheng thought of someone, Lu Zijin.

“That hospital president?!”

About the hospital’s president, Lu Zijin, Qiao Licheng had already mentioned him while he was fuming earlier, hadn’t he?

“Could it really be Qiao Jing? Did Qiao Jing shamelessly get involved with the hospital’s president and thus did that to the Qiao Family? But a small hospital like that, could it really have the capability to bankrupt the Qiao Family within a single day?”

Listening to Qiao Mengtong’s analysis, Qiao Licheng calmed down considerably.

Right? He was too hasty just now, hasty to the point of losing his sanity.

It was just a hospital. Even if the other party had the capability to bankrupt the Qiao Family, could they really reduce them to this state in just one day?

“So, this means that this incident has nothing to do with Qiao Jing; it’s all just a coincidence?”

“Let’s not worry about whether it’s a coincidence or not for now. Let’s think about how to deal with the upcoming issues,” Zheng Haijuan said as she rubbed her temples.

“Ah—” Jhiang Cuifeng sighed deeply, her expression becoming extremely fierce.

“It’s all because of Qiao Jing! If only that girl had given the money to the Qiao Family right from the start!”

Jhiang Cuifeng truly despised Qiao Jing now, holding onto so much of their money and not giving it back to them. If the Qiao Family had that sum of money, they wouldn’t have ended up on the road to bankruptcy.

After that night, the Qiao Family’s status as a wealthy family was utterly gone.

This was also a fitting retribution for the Qiao Family’s ruthless excesses.

Not just the Qiao Family, but also the Hou family.

Hou Bo, beaten black and blue by Qiao Jing, lay in a VIP hospital room, grinding his teeth and wishing he could tear Qiao Jing apart.

“You guys, bring Qiao Jing to me immediately! By any means necessary, if I don’t teach him a lesson today, I won’t take the Hou surname!”

The bodyguards exchanged looks, their faces showing hesitation.

They had all seen Qiao Jing’s capabilities; she was not someone they could handle.

“What are you still standing here for? Go now!” Hou Bo picked up his phone and hurled it at the bodyguards.

“Yes, yes!” The bodyguard, clutching his bleeding forehead, went out.

He had just stepped out when he was kicked back in.