Qiao Wanwan looked bewildered. "What nonsense are you talking about? He's just my friend."
"Go out and ask around, who would believe that he only has friendly feelings for you!"
Qiao Wanwan paused for a moment, then quickly shook her head firmly. "It's impossible. In my current state, there's no way he could have any feelings for me."
"Qiao Wanwan, I am a man, and I understand men better."
"You're really overthinking it." Qiao Wanwan cleared her mind of the jumbled thoughts. "You should rest well. I'll go check if the soup is ready."
That evening, Zhan Jingting insisted that Qiao Wanwan stay with him.
“I don’t like anyone else being around me. You have to sleep in the master bedroom with me.”
Qiao Wanwan: "......"
"Can't I sleep next door? You can call me anytime if you need anything."
"no."
Qiao Wanwan had no choice but to compromise and went to the dressing room to get a blanket.
The man frowned. "You're going to sleep on the sofa again?"
"yes."
"Qiao Wanwan, you are my wife, so naturally you should sleep in the bed."
"Zhan Jingting, stop being unreasonable." Qiao Wanwan lay down on the sofa. "Once you're better, we'll get a divorce."
"Qiao Wanwan, if you mention the word 'divorce' again, I'll make sure my health never gets better, you believe me!"
Qiao Wanwan was speechless, turned over, and faced away from him.
She couldn't sleep soundly, trapped in nightmares from which she couldn't escape.
In a daze, a light seemed to appear above her head, and she heard a man's gentle, deep voice in her ear, "Wanwan, I'm here, don't be afraid."
She felt her cold hands being held, and she craved the warmth of his palms, holding his hands tightly, unwilling to let go...
......
When Qiao Wanwan woke up, it was already broad daylight.
She slowly opened her eyes and found herself not only sleeping in bed, but also being held in Zhan Jingting's arms.
Qiao Wanwan hurriedly pushed him away, "Zhan Jingting, what are you doing!"
The man opened his eyes in his sleep. "What's wrong?"
"I was about to ask you what happened! How did I end up in bed!"
"Of course you climbed up here yourself."
"Impossible!" Qiao Wanwan said firmly, "There's absolutely no way I could have climbed up here by myself!"
She didn't dare drink any water before going to bed last night, lest she fall asleep and climb into bed while trying to use the restroom!
Qiao Wanwan suddenly remembered something, "Zhan Jingting, you were the one who carried me to bed, right?"
How do you know?
"You rushed out to save me that day, you must have run here, your leg isn't crippled at all!"
The man answered frankly, "Yes."
"Why did you lie to me!"
"I'm not lying to you, I'm lying to everyone. Wanwan, the Zhan family is a dangerous place, I had no choice but to pretend to be disabled."
Qiao Wanwan could imagine that no normal person would want to sit in a wheelchair and pretend to be lame.
"If you're going to pretend, why did you rush out to save me? Aren't you afraid of being discovered?"
Zhan Jingting gazed at her intently, "Wanwan, you are more important than anything else."
Qiao Wanwan felt a sharp pain in her heart and quickly looked away. "I need to get up... Also, don't carry me to bed again. The ending between us can't be changed."
In the afternoon, Qiao Yuqi suddenly called.
Qiao Wanwan didn't answer, but soon received another text message: Qiao Wanwan, don't you even care about Cheng Zaozao's life?
Qiao Wanwan frowned and immediately called Cheng Zaozao, but no one answered!
She called the caregiver again, who quickly answered, crying, "Miss Qiao, something terrible has happened! I was just about to call you, Zaozao... Zaozao is gone!"
"How could this be!" Qiao Wanwan exclaimed in surprise. "Didn't I hire bodyguards to protect her?!"
She anticipated that Qiao Yuqi would resort to desperate measures and threaten her with Cheng Zaozao, so she hired two bodyguards, but unexpectedly, something still happened!
"I don't know! They disappeared a long time ago when I went to get the medicine. The bodyguard said they went to smoke and left early!"
Qiao Wanwan closed her eyes briefly. "Get the hospital to show you the security footage immediately!"
"yes."
Qiao Wanwan hung up the phone and called Qiao Yuqi.
Qiao Yuqi's light laughter came from behind, "Qiao Wanwan, I thought you were tough as nails."
"Qiao Yuqi, if you lose even a single hair on your head, I will make you pay double!"
"Qiao Wanwan, haven't you been emphasizing that Cheng Zaozao is my younger sister? We sisters are reunited, you should be happy for us."
"You have your reasons for arresting Zaozao, so speak!"
Qiao Yuqi scoffed, "The Qiao Group is gone, and the board members are all blaming me. Even the Gu family is mocking me. You're the one who caused all this!"
"Qiao Yuqi, get this straight, the Qiao Group will be destroyed because you offended Zhan Jingting. You humiliated him in public, no wonder he's going to punish you," Qiao Wanwan said coldly. "You can't handle Zhan Jingting, so you bring Zaozao here to threaten me, how ridiculous!"
"I don't care!" Qiao Yuqi screamed hysterically, "You're so dirty, and Zhan Jingting still brought you home! What does he want? Huh? He can't possibly still miss you!"
"So you're resorting to such unscrupulous means because you're afraid Zhan Jingting will go to any lengths to kill you for my sake, right?"
"That's right, Qiao Wanwan, I want you dead! Only when you're dead can I have peace! If you want Cheng Zaozao to live, you have to die!"
I received a text message on my phone from the caregiver: Ms. Qiao, your phone has been busy the whole time. The hospital's surveillance cameras have all been destroyed, so we can't see how Zaozao left the ward at all!
Qiao Wanwan closed her eyes briefly and said, "Qiao Yuqi, I need to hear Zaozao's voice to confirm that she is safe."
"OK."
A moment later, Cheng Zaozao's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Sis, don't worry about me! I can't be a burden to you anymore! Don't worry about me! Ugh..."
"Qiao Yuqi, what did you do to her?!"
"Don't rush, she's too noisy, I just told her to shut up." Qiao Yuqi's voice suddenly turned fierce. "But Qiao Wanwan, my patience is limited. You're coming to the place I've designated by five o'clock, or you can wait to collect Cheng Zaozao's corpse!"
The call ended, and Qiao Wanwan gripped her phone tightly, trying to calm herself down.
She couldn't let anything happen to Cheng Zaozao, nor could she let anything happen to herself!
......
At five o'clock in the evening, Qiao Wanwan arrived at an abandoned warehouse on time.
Qiao Yuqi sat in an old chair waiting for her. "Qiao Wanwan, it looks like I made the right bet."
"What about Zaozao?"
"Do you think I'm stupid? Leaving Cheng Zaozao here for you to rescue?" Qiao Yuqi chuckled and tossed her a small bottle. "Eat what's inside, and I'll release Cheng Zaozao naturally."
Qiao Wanwan picked up the medicine bottle, opened it, and smelled it. "It's a highly toxic poison, the kind that would kill you before you could even get to the hospital."
"You embarrassed Zhan Jingting in public, and feeling ashamed, you ultimately chose to commit suicide, which is understandable."
Qiao Wanwan calmly closed the lid. "Hand over Zaozao, or you'll be the one taking this medicine today!"
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