Chapter 249 She will never forgive herself
After careful tracking and investigation, Qiao Xi and Fu Jinxing's team finally located Shen Qianqian and her group on the edge of an abandoned industrial area.
As they crept closer and observed, what they saw ignited a fire in Josie's heart.
Shen Qianqian was surrounded by more than a dozen men, like stars surrounding the moon.
The most eye-catching figures were Feng Ye, who sat silently in the corner like a sculpture, and Xu Linchuan, who stood a little further away with a complicated expression.
Seeing that Feng Ye was safe and sound despite his indifferent expression, Qiao Xi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
She composed herself, stopped hiding, and walked straight out of her hiding place, heading directly towards Fengye with a clear goal in mind.
Her appearance instantly attracted everyone's attention.
The moment Xu Linchuan saw her, his eyes were filled with surprise, but then he was struck dumb as if by lightning.
His gaze was fixed on Josie, especially her noticeably protruding belly. His eyes were filled with disbelief and intense pain. His lips moved, and he unconsciously murmured, "Josie...Josie..."
However, Josie acted as if she hadn't heard him at all, and didn't even see him. She walked past him without looking at him, as if he were just a wisp of air.
In her eyes, there was only the man sitting in the corner, who didn't react to her arrival.
Seeing this, Shen Qianqian immediately stepped forward and stood between Qiao Xi and Feng Ye, a smug and provocative smile on her face: "What are you doing? Qiao Xi, look carefully, Feng Ye is my man now! You want to steal him away right in front of me?"
A cold smile curved Josie's lips, but her eyes flashed with chilling murderous intent: "Your man? You touched him?"
Her voice wasn't loud, but it seemed to freeze the air around her.
To provoke her, Shen Qianqian deliberately raised her chin and said in an ambiguous tone, "Of course! I have to say, he is the most... amazing man I've ever slept with."
She deliberately dragged out her words, with a malicious boastfulness.
Just then, a hoarse and pained voice rang out, breaking the suffocating atmosphere.
"Xixi...she didn't touch Fengye, don't believe her, don't be angry."
It was Xu Linchuan who spoke.
He was pale and looked at Josie with a pained expression.
Even though he knew this was the best opportunity to sow discord and make Qiao Xi give up on Feng Ye, for some reason, seeing Qiao Xi's tense body and the fleeting pain in the depths of her eyes, his heart felt like it was being clenched, and he uncontrollably told the truth.
He had already betrayed and hurt her once, and he couldn't bear to watch her suffer because of lies again.
Only now did Qiao Xi finally turn her head and look directly at Xu Linchuan.
Upon closer inspection, she realized that Xu Linchuan had changed a lot.
His once handsome face now bore deep marks of hardship, and the look in his eyes when he looked at her was no longer filled with the anger and betrayal of their last meeting, but with an overwhelming pain, regret, and... a humble plea.
Josie raised an eyebrow, a hint of doubt flashing through her mind.
His change in attitude is too drastic.
But she was too lazy to investigate further and quickly withdrew her gaze, refocusing on Feng Ye.
Shen Qianqian was furious when Xu Linchuan exposed her, her face turning ashen with anger: "Linchuan! I may like you, but you can't keep undermining me like this!"
Xu Linchuan's handsomeness and temperament were second only to Feng Ye, making him a key target she desperately wanted to win over. Therefore, she was more "patient." However, Xu Linchuan didn't even glance at her, his eyes fixed on Qiao Xi as if she were his whole world.
"Feng Ye..." Qiao Xi ignored Shen Qianqian and called out again to the man who kept his head down and did not respond to her appearance and calls.
Her heart sank lower and lower.
Given Feng Ye's personality, even in the worst-case scenario, he would never remain so indifferent if she appeared!
She raised her voice and called out again, but Feng Ye remained like a soulless puppet, offering no response.
A smug chuckle came from beside her: "I told you long ago, he only has me in his heart now. Without my permission, he won't even talk to you..."
Before she could finish speaking, her voice abruptly stopped!
Because Josie had already closed in like a ghost in an instant, and one hand grabbed her neck with lightning speed.
Josie's eyes were as cold as ice, and her voice was squeezed out from between her teeth: "What did you do to him?"
"Let go...cough cough...let go!" Shen Qianqian was caught off guard and struggled in terror.
Instead of letting go, Qiao Xi tightened her grip, so much so that Shen Qianqian's eyes rolled back instantly.
"Let go of Qianqian!" Upon seeing this, the men behind Shen Qianqian roared and launched an attack on Qiao Xi, with fireballs and ice spikes coming at them instantly!
Fu Jinxing, who had been vigilantly guarding her side, moved swiftly forward, grabbed Qiao Xi's waist, and pulled her away from the spot, narrowly avoiding the attack.
The superpower missed its target, striking the dilapidated wall and kicking up a cloud of dust.
Shen Qianqian collapsed to the ground, clutching her neck and coughing violently. Once she caught her breath, she shouted, her voice trembling with fear, "What? You want to fight? Qiao Xi, don't think you're so tough! The people around me aren't pushovers either! If a fight breaks out, at worst, we'll both be injured!"
Just as Qiao Xi was about to speak, Fu Jinxing squeezed her hand tightly, signaling her to calm down.
He turned his head, his sharp gaze fixed on Feng Ye in the corner, and called out in a deep voice, "Feng Ye? Feng Ye?"
Fengye remained unresponsive, like a lifeless statue.
A thoughtful glint flashed in Fu Jinxing's eyes behind his glasses.
He stopped trying and instead hugged Josie, his tone becoming soothing: "Josie, you're exhausted from tracking this whole way, and your emotions are all over the place. You're also pregnant, so you can't get agitated. Let's find a place to rest and then we can discuss this further."
As he spoke, he turned his back to Shen Qianqian and the others, and quickly winked at Qiao Xi.
Qiao Xi received his hint, suppressed her anxiety and anger, and obediently leaned into his arms, letting him hold her, temporarily leaving Shen Qianqian and the others out of sight.
Xu Linchuan subconsciously took two steps to chase after him, but then stopped abruptly, his face full of bitterness and despair.
What qualifications or standing does he have to follow suit?
Every man around her cherished her like a precious jewel.
As for himself... recalling his foolish act of indirectly causing Qiao Xi's death by trusting Su Qianqian in his previous life, the deep-seated regret almost overwhelmed him.
Even if he later suffered a fate worse than death, rushing into a horde of zombies to experience her pain in the same way, trying to atone for his sins, what was the point?
Having been given a second chance at life, Josie still carries her memories, and she will never, ever forgive herself.
Fu Jinxing led Qiao Xi to a relatively intact empty building not far away.
"Brother Jinxing, what are you planning to do?" Qiao Xi asked anxiously.
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