Chapter 306: Chapter 296: Lou Xinrou Looking for Trouble Again
After triple-checking that Zhan Qipei’s face, tranquil as clouds and gentle as breeze, showed no hint of anything amiss, Qiao Jing finally let go of the guard in her heart.
But what he said wasn’t wrong, it was indeed bad for her health, so Qiao Jing stopped doubting and pushed open the door to stand in the corridor.
After getting up and finishing breakfast, Qiao Jing took her own pulse to confirm her body had recovered and was healthy, showing a faint smile on her face.
Zhan Qipei, seeing that Qiao Jing’s complexion was no longer pale but instead had a healthy rosiness, felt his worry from work lighten considerably.
“Has your body recovered?”
Qiao Jing nodded and started clearing her bowl.
Zhan Qipei didn’t go for his car keys but explained to Qiao Jing instead.
“I’ve got some unfinished work, so you’ll need to take a taxi to the research institute today.”
Qiao Jing hummed in acknowledgment, donned her coat, and left the house.
Zhan Qipei prepared to return to his room to resume working on his laptop when he passed through the living room.
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of something.
The sachet that Lou Xinrou had sent over was lying in the garbage bin.
The only item in the trash can was this sachet, which stood out starkly.
It was Qiao Jing who kept the sachet; why had she thrown it away?
Suddenly, he remembered Qiao Jing’s strange expression after smelling the sachet yesterday.
Thinking of this, Zhan Qipei bent down to pick up the sachet and sniffed it.
It indeed smelled as nice as Zhan Nanqing had said, but he couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off.
If there was nothing wrong with the sachet, why had Qiao Jing discarded it?
Before leaving home, he took the sachet with him to the company.
Upon arriving at the company, Zhan Qipei handed the sachet to Tang Yan.
“Take this to the hospital for a test.”
Inside the research institute.
While busy at work, Qiao Jing suddenly felt short of breath, as if her clothes were too tight.
She had to put down her work and walk to the bathroom to check herself in the mirror.
Her clothes had shrunk.
After getting pregnant, a second development meant she needed to buy larger-sized undergarments.
Qiao Jing pulled at the collar of her clothes and returned to her workstation to continue working, planning to go out and buy new underwear during her lunch break.
In the afternoon, Qiao Jing headed to the mall.
She went straight to the store, bought a few suitable sets, and then proceeded to a health products shop.
Qiao Jing picked up some folic acid tablets and looked at several types of pregnant women’s milk powder, preparing to choose the best one to take home and drink.
It’s important to supplement nutrition during pregnancy, and drinking specialized milk powder for pregnant women is a key part of that.
Meanwhile, Lou Xinrou was accompanying her friend Jiang Ling to the health products store.
“Lingling, what are you planning to buy?”
Jiang Ling touched her own pregnant belly of nine months and smiled in response.
“Something to supplement nutrition. I heard that the maternity milk powder sold by this store is the best in the capital.”
The two women approached within three shelves of Qiao Jing, and as Jiang Ling picked up a can of milk powder, she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure from the corner of her eye.
“Xinrou, is that not the country bride that Zhan Qipei married?”
Upon hearing this description, Lou Xinrou looked in the direction Jiang Ling was gazing and indeed saw Qiao Jing.
Instantly, the scene from a few days ago at the dining table flashed across her mind.
Brother Pei treated Qiao Jing kindly, eating the dishes she offered, leaving leftovers…
Lou Xinrou suddenly caught sight of the folic acid tablets Qiao Jing was holding and remembered about Qiao Jing’s pregnancy.
With this thought, her gaze instantly turned sinister as her eyes somberly fell upon Qiao Jing’s stomach.
She must get rid of that child!
These three little ones must not be allowed to live!
Jiang Ling also saw the folic acid tablets in Qiao Jing’s hand, and her expression became somewhat strange.
“Xinrou, is that country bumpkin holding folic acid tablets? What is she buying those for, don’t tell me she’s…”
A conjecture flashed through Jiang Ling’s mind, and she startled herself with the thought.
“She couldn’t possibly be carrying Young Master Zhan’s child, could she?!”
Lou Xinrou’s face darkened, and she looked at Jiang Ling with dissatisfaction.
How could she guess it right away? But she couldn’t let Jiang Ling know the truth.
“How is that possible? Don’t overthink it. She’s probably buying it for Assistant Tang’s wife. How could she possibly carry Brother Pei’s child?”
After giving it some thought, Jiang Ling muttered a sentence.
“That’s right, if she were really pregnant it would have spread by now. Besides, how could a country bumpkin like her be worthy of carrying Young Master Zhan’s child?”
Knowing that Lou Xinrou fancied Zhan Qipei, she deliberately added another sentence.
“I think our Xinrou is the one who’s truly a match for Young Master Zhan. When you become the Zhan Family’s lady, don’t just stay busy with the Young Master and forget to hang out with me.”
As Lou Xinrou was about to find fault with Qiao Jing, she noticed another couple having a minor incident.
The man who was shopping with his wife constantly stared over at Qiao Jing until his wife, noticing, angrily pinched her husband hard.
“Where are you looking!”
Only then did the man reluctantly withdraw his gaze.
The woman frowned at Qiao Jing before leaving the shop without saying anything further, pulling her husband along.
Jiang Ling, who had noticed this scene, scoffed.
“Ugh, nothing but a temptress! Luring men everywhere, I just can’t understand why Young Master Zhan still keeps her by his side. She’s absolutely not worthy of him!”
She seized the opportunity to shift her rhetoric.
“Our Xinrou is the one who’s destined to be with Young Master Zhan.”
Lou Xinrou hid her previously sinister gaze, adopting an innocent and pitiable expression.
“I don’t know why Brother Pei is still with her, perhaps she really is better than me…”
She feigned an injured demeanor while stealthily observing Qiao Jing, seemingly very heartbroken.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Ling’s impression of Qiao Jing worsened, beginning to feel indignant on behalf of Lou Xinrou.
“I don’t think so; she must have used some despicable and shameless tactics to seduce Young Master Zhan. That’s the only way she could have remained by his side.
I despise people who only know how to break up families.”
Lou Xinrou was quite pleased with Jiang Ling’s words, speaking on behalf of Qiao Jing.
“Qiao Jing couldn’t be that bad, could she? Brother Pei is too excellent, there’s no woman who wouldn’t like him.”
She said these things to stir up Jiang Ling’s dissatisfaction towards Qiao Jing, and it was sure to work.
As expected, Jiang Ling’s reaction matched what Lou Xinrou had envisioned; she frowned and sighed.
“Xinrou, you are too kind-hearted. She’s behaving like that, and you’re still speaking up for her. Just now, that man, with his wife right there, and Qiao Jing still dares to flirt with him.”
Both of them chose to ignore the fact that Qiao Jing hadn’t done anything, and it was the man who had been staring at her on his own volition.
As they spoke, Qiao Jing had picked out what she wanted and was heading towards the cashier.
Lou Xinrou and Jiang Ling were near the shelf by the door, and an idea formed simultaneously in their minds.
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