Chapter 95 Jiang Xingyao desperately wants to leave him
That night, Jin Qingyu searched all the hospitals in Shenzhen but couldn't find a patient named Jiang Xingyao.
His final destination was a well-known traditional Chinese medicine clinic in Shenzhen.
It's already nine o'clock in the morning.
The man, who hadn't slept all night, looked tired, and his neat and elegant suit was somewhat disheveled. He entered the clinic that had just opened that morning.
"Hello, do you have a patient named Jiang Xingyao here?" Jin Qingyu said this sentence countless times throughout the night.
He felt that in his entire life, he had called Jiang Xingyao's name more times than he had in this one night.
Throughout the night, besides rushing to the hospital from house to house, he kept calling Jiang Xingyao on the way.
Aside from a busy signal indicating the call could not be connected, there was no further response.
At six o'clock in the morning, another heavy rain fell in Shenzhen. Large raindrops hit the car window and made a pattering sound. Jin Qingyu sat in the back seat, looking at his phone screen, which was almost out of power.
He seemed to know how Jiang Xingyao felt when she repeatedly dialed his number and no one answered.
A strange tightness settled in his chest, as if a heavy stone was pressing down on him. This unfamiliar feeling made Jin Qingyu extremely uncomfortable.
"Jiang what? Huh?" The old Chinese medicine doctor who was seeing patients at the clinic was quite old and seemed to be a little hard of hearing.
Jin Qingyu moved closer and patiently repeated, "Jiang Xingyao, sir, did you have a patient named Jiang Xingyao here yesterday?"
“Yesterday, yesterday, it was raining so hard yesterday, I didn’t even open the door, how could there be any patients?” The old Chinese medicine doctor heard him clearly this time, and when he replied, the last bit of hope in Jin Qingyu’s eyes was extinguished.
No.
This clinic was the last place they could find out about, but it wasn't there either.
After leaving the clinic, Jin Qingyu wanted to call Jiang Xingyao again, only to find that his phone, which had been with him for a day and a night, had run out of battery.
The air in Shenzhen after the heavy rain was damp and sticky, just like when Jiang Xingyao looked for him at Jin's a few days ago.
Jin Qingyu leaned against the car, his brows furrowed, the cigarette between his fingers flickering.
Assistant Xu wondered, "This shouldn't be the case, Mr. Jin. We've searched almost the entire city of Shenzhen. There should be some news about your wife. Did we miss something?"
Should I go ask again?
The smoke will automatically extinguish when it reaches the end of its burning cycle.
Jin Qingyu's expression was almost icy cold, and the veins on his hand on the car hood were bulging. He called out to Assistant Xu, "No need to look anymore. We've been tricked by Qin Jiangnan. Let's go back to the capital."
The three words "Qin Jiangnan" were practically squeezed out from between his teeth.
He said that the person had suddenly asked him to drink out of the blue.
So that's where he was waiting.
He should have been suspicious earlier. They had already had a falling out over Jiang Xingyao, so Qin Jiangnan's sudden visit was suspicious.
"What about those experts we consulted before..."
"Let them all go to the capital and wait," Jin Qingyu said.
Assistant Xu responded and contacted the person again.
When he hung up the phone, Jin Qingyu asked, "Where's Jiang Cancan? Did she call again?"
Assistant Xu shook his head: "No, Secretary Jiang has been very quiet all day."
Jin Qingyu nodded, and said nothing more, but closed his eyes to rest in the back seat.
Assistant Xu was somewhat confused.
Wasn't President Jin looking for his wife? Why is he suddenly showing concern for Secretary Jiang?
Assistant Xu was once again unable to figure out what his boss was thinking.
He may care about Secretary Jiang, but when he hears that his wife is in Shenzhen, he can drop everything and travel thousands of miles to Shenzhen without stopping, and he can spend an entire night looking for his wife in the pouring rain.
But if we're really talking about how much he cares about his wife, then he's defended Secretary Jiang in front of her on more than one occasion.
These were originally the president's private matters, and Assistant Xu shouldn't have asked so much. However, after glancing at the unfamiliar street scene outside the window, Assistant Xu still mustered up his courage: "President Jin, are you concerned about your wife or Secretary Jiang?"
He's a married man, and it's bad enough that he's always being called to the company to work overtime by President Jin, but now he also has to accompany President Jin around to deal with the affairs between the two women.
Assistant Xu felt he should remind President Jin to resolve his relationship issues as soon as possible so he could go back to be with his wife.
Assistant Xu's gaze met the man's cold eyes through the rearview mirror. He felt inexplicably guilty and was about to explain a few more words to ease the tension when he heard Jin Qingyu say, "There's nothing between Jiang Cancan and me. Yaoyao is my wife."
After receiving a response, Assistant Xu's expression became even more rigid.
He thought for a moment, then reminded him again: "Mr. Jin, please don't blame me for being nosy, but since you don't want to divorce your wife, you should focus on that instead of always pushing her away."
"Playing between two women inevitably leads to getting your shoes wet."
As soon as Assistant Xu finished speaking, he received an even colder look from Jin Qingyu.
The atmosphere inside the car was deathly silent.
Assistant Xu didn't dare to say anything more for a moment.
It wasn't until after they passed through airport security that he heard Jin Qingyu say wearily, "I only have Yaoyao as my woman."
"But you treat Secretary Jiang very well too. In fact, to outsiders, you treat her better than you treat your wife."
"Mr. Jin, you may not know this, but there have been rumors in the company that Secretary Jiang will replace your wife sooner or later," Assistant Xu said.
Even he himself initially thought that President Jin preferred Secretary Jiang.
It now seems that President Jin simply couldn't distinguish the normal boundaries between men and women; he genuinely had no romantic feelings for Secretary Jiang.
At least in his heart, his wife's position has never changed.
Assistant Xu thought for a moment and then added, "Perhaps you yourself feel that those rumors are nothing to worry about, but what about your wife? What if she does care?"
“She won’t care.” Jin Qingyu said this almost without hesitation, his tone full of certainty.
Putting aside Jiang Xingyao's cold personality, she is an adult, not an ignorant child. How could she possibly care about rumors that are true or false?
He was always clear about his attitude towards Jiang Xingyao, and he remained steadfast even when Jiang Xingyao wanted a divorce.
Jiang Xingyao couldn't possibly be unaware of this.
Jin Qingyu's attitude was so firm that Assistant Xu was unable to persuade him any further in the end.
The plane landed in the capital, and Jin Qingyu ignored everything and drove straight to the Qin family's house.
Qin Jiangnan was not home; only his elder brother, Qin Mobei, and a few servants were present.
Qin Mobei seemed to have just returned from a night shift at the hospital. He hadn't changed out of his white coat yet, and his whole body reeked of disinfectant. The fatigue between his brows was no less than that of Jin Qingyu.
He still greeted him gently, "Mr. Jin, what brings you to the Qin family? Please come in and have a cup of tea."
Jin Qingyu cut to the chase: "Where's Qin Jiangnan? Where did he take my wife?"
Qin Mobei looked somewhat bewildered. He asked, "What do you mean by that, Mr. Jin? What is the relationship between your wife and Anan?"
Jin Qingyu said, "Forget it, I can't explain it to you. Just tell me where Qin Jiangnan is."
Although Qin Mobei still had doubts on his face, he did not hide anything: "You mean Anan? He went to Shancheng to participate in some kind of traffic race. He left last night. He's never been one to stay still. It will probably be several days before he comes back."
Mountain city...
Jin Qingyu's fists clenched so tightly they cracked.
Luring him to Shenzhen was clearly a ploy to sow discord.
On the way back, he had already thought about it. It was obvious why Qin Jiangnan had gone to such lengths. Even if Jiang Xingyao wasn't in Shenzhen, there was a high chance she wasn't in the capital.
And now it seems that his guess was indeed correct.
He knew Qin Jiangnan fairly well. If it really was a racing competition, Qin Jiangnan should have made preparations in advance, instead of rushing off overnight like this.
so…
He not only lied to himself, but also took Yao Yao away!
Despite his best efforts to guard against Shen Mingsu, he remained vigilant.
It turns out that the person who really wanted to steal his girlfriend had always been right beside him.
Glancing at Qin Mobei, who was still clueless, Jin Qingyu said, "I'll remember this debt for now. Once I find Yaoyao, I'll settle accounts with your Qin family properly."
Qin Jiangnan is really something. He used to treat him like a brother.
He actually dared to run away with his wife.
In retrospect, the claim that Jiang Xingyao had a back injury was probably fabricated by Qin Jiangnan.
The goal was to trick him into leaving.
Jiang Xingyao was determined to leave him, and Qin Jiangnan was willing to help, which he thought Jiang Xingyao would be very happy to accept.
What Jin Qingyu could think of, Assistant Xu naturally thought of as well. He asked again, "Mr. Jin, those experts..."
Those were all people he had gathered from all over the world, specifically for his wife's medical consultation. Now that he couldn't find his wife, he had gathered them all in the capital, and the daily pay was not a small amount.
The main problem is that with such a big fuss, it will eventually reach the old man's ears.
Jin Qingyu wanted to say that they should be sent back, but he suddenly froze when he got to the point.
What if…
What if something happens to Yaoyao?
“Let them stay in the capital for now,” Jin Qingyu said. “You stay too and help me find out what happened at the Shen family banquet that night. I’ll go to Shancheng to bring Madam back myself.”
It wasn't until Jin Qingyu's car drove away from the Qin family manor that Qin Mobei dialed Qin Jiangnan's number: "What are you up to now? Why did you lie to that Jin guy and say you were in Shancheng?"
What about his wife? Did you really hide her?
On the other end of the phone, Qin Jiangnan mumbled, "How could that be, brother? Don't worry about it."
"How can I not care? Qin Jiangnan, I can usually turn a blind eye to your petty squabbles, but this time you should think it over carefully. Other people's family affairs are not something an outsider like you can interfere in."
"If you really are hiding Jin Qingyu's wife, send her back immediately," Qin Mobei said.
He knew his younger brother too well. If Qin Jiangnan were wronged, he would have a violent outburst and hang up the phone immediately, instead of giving a vague explanation like he was doing now.
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