"How can this be?" The man seemed very anxious as he grabbed Qiao Zhen's hand, as if he wouldn't let her go until she ate.
"Miss Qiao, please come with us. I can only settle this matter after I treat you to a meal."
Hearing this, Qiao Zhen couldn't refuse any longer, since they would come looking for her again if this matter wasn't resolved.
Afterwards, the group went to a restaurant for dinner. Qiao Zhen then realized that she didn't know the man's name, so she politely asked, "Hello, may I ask what your name is?"
"My surname is Song, you can just call me Mr. Song."
The man grinned, revealing his yellow teeth.
Qiao Zhen suddenly felt something was off. The voice seemed familiar, but she couldn't quite place it.
"Let's eat quickly now, so I can apologize to you as well."
"What are you saying? I can completely understand how anxious you were when you lost your child."
Qiao Zhen quickly waved her hand to decline, secretly thinking that this family was being far too polite.
"It's nothing, it's my honor to invite you to dinner."
Mr. Song seemed very enthusiastic and poured Qiao Zhen a glass of wine.
Qiao Zhen, thinking that she had to go back to work after dinner, waved her hand and said, "No, Mr. Song, I have to go to work this afternoon. Drinking will affect my work efficiency."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Song looked unwilling: "I finally have some free time at work and am able to treat you to a meal. How can you not even give me the courtesy of a drink?"
He was speechless at this kind of moral blackmail from an elder, but considering the other party's good attitude, he didn't dare to say anything else and could only laugh awkwardly.
"Mr. Song, there's really no need for that."
However, Song Shiyi, who was standing to the side, suddenly spoke up.
"Qiao Zhen, just drink the wine they gave me. What do I owe you?"
Perhaps realizing her attitude wasn't quite right after she finished speaking, Song Shiyi gave an awkward laugh and said, "That's just my personality, I'm a bit straightforward, don't take it to heart."
Hearing this, Qiao Zhen said with a forced smile, "Alright, I'll drink it then."
After drinking half a bottle of wine, Qiao Zhen instinctively reached for the bottle and asked in confusion.
"This liquor seems to have a rather high alcohol content..."
She then noticed that the two people opposite her had suddenly fallen silent and were staring intently at Qiao Zhen, like hunters eyeing their prey.
"you……"
Qiao Zhen instinctively sensed some danger. At this moment, because she was drunk, her vision was somewhat blurred.
In a daze, he found the figure of Mr. Song in front of him to be increasingly familiar, as if he had seen him before.
"Miss Qiao, do I look familiar to you?"
Mr. Song across from her suddenly grinned, his bright yellow gold teeth making Qiao Zhen's eyes hurt.
"You..." Qiao Zhen felt weak all over, and her vision was spinning.
Is this the man who was lurking outside the car window yesterday?
Qiao Zhen was startled by her own thoughts. She looked up at the man and saw that he had suddenly stood up and was smiling.
"It seems Miss Qiao has figured out who I am? But Miss Qiao, there's something you should note: you've seen me more than once."
Just before Qiao Zhen lost consciousness, he remembered the dream he had the day before, in which Song Chengzhi's face corresponded to his own.
Although so many years have passed and Song Chengzhi's face has aged, coupled with some disguise, Qiao Zhen didn't recognize him at first glance.
However, although she realized it now, it was already too late.
When Qiao Zhen opened her eyes again, she found herself in a hospital bed.
Almost instinctively, Qiao Zhen immediately sat up and looked around warily.
Where is this?
Qiao Zhen started sweating profusely.
Could she have been tricked into some mental hospital by Song Chengzhi and his gang?
Thinking of this, Qiao Zhen was still in shock. He realized that he was still on an IV drip, but he didn't care about anything else. He just pulled it out and pressed himself against the door of the ward, looking into the distance through the peephole.
I noticed that the lights outside were bright, and there were several nurses walking in the corridor; everything seemed no different from a normal hospital.
While she was still in a daze, she noticed that Gu Xijue, who was not far away, was suddenly walking towards Qiao Zhen's ward.
Before Qiao Zhen could react, Gu Xijue yanked open the door to the ward and was taken aback when he saw Qiao Zhen standing there.
"Zhenzhen, you're awake?"
Before Qiao Zhen could speak, Gu Xijue hugged her tightly.
"Gu Xijue...you used too much force..."
Qiao Zhen was so breathless from being hugged that she couldn't help but pound Gu Xijue's back.
"I'm sorry." Gu Xijue then realized his lapse in composure, quickly released Qiao Zhen, and turned to close the ward door.
"I lost control of myself just now, are you alright?"
Hearing this, Qiao Zhen shook her head and smiled, "I'm fine."
"That's good..." Gu Xijue was still a little shaken by Qiao Zhen's recovery and couldn't help but ask, "Are you really alright?"
"No!" Qiao Zhen shook her head firmly, then said, "Um, what happened back then? Why am I here?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Xijue's face turned serious, and even more so, it showed anger.
“I had someone hack into your company’s surveillance system and found that after you said a few words to Song Shiyi and the others, you set off together and disappeared without a trace.”
At this point, Qiao Zhen's heart skipped a beat, and she asked with concern, "You hacked into Lu's system, will you be alright?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Xijue shook his head: "Of course not. Your company's monitoring system is not very strict, and it is separated from other systems, making it easier to hack into and less likely to be detected."
"That's good……"
Qiao Zhen nodded with lingering fear, then asked, "And then?"
"So I quickly followed you in my car, and I found you went into a private room at a restaurant, and then..."
At this point, Gu Xijue became a little embarrassed. Qiao Zhen was amused by his expression and asked, "What's wrong? Are you still embarrassed to say it?"
Gu Xijue smiled and shook his head: "No, it's just that I was really worried about you, so I kept pretending to be a waiter and wandering around outside your private room. Maybe it's because you had your accident relatively early, because soon I heard a thud from inside the private room."
Qiao Zhen realized that he had probably passed out on the table due to being unconscious.
"Then I rushed in immediately and saw you unconscious."
At this point, Gu Xijue's expression turned somewhat grim: "Those people probably thought they wouldn't be discovered, so when I barged in, they hadn't even realized what was happening."
"So how did you take me away later?" Qiao Zhen couldn't help but ask curiously.
Gu Xijue smiled and said, "A middle-aged man and a woman are naturally no match for me, and they are in the wrong and don't want to make a big fuss."
Hearing this, Qiao Zhen nodded and couldn't help but ask, "Then what about them...?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Xijue hesitated for a moment, as if he was worried about something.
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