He then shoved her head into his chest, “If you want to cry, cry. Nobody here will laugh at you. Once you’re done crying, we’ll go find uncle together.”
Qiao Qing didn’t cry. It was like she was a creature born to be tearless.
However, the strength she used to grab Jun Yexuan’s shirt was outrageously strong. It was as if she tried to single-handedly rip it to shreds.
Just then, her cell phone lit up.
Qiao Qing didn’t notice. It was Qi Yuyang who notified her, “Sister, someone’s calling you.”
Like a zombie, Qiao Qing took out her cell. When she saw the caller ID, she froze.
What Sang Wu said the other day started to ring in her head. Impatiently, she picked up.
It was a video call. When Qiao Qing picked up, Sang Wu’s face showed up on the screen.
She was likely on the other side of the world, as it looked like it was noon there.
“Little baby, you saved the person, didn’t you?”
She said “person”, not “uncle”, which meant she knew this would happen.
Mu Jinghang went into shock when he heard that voice and tried to go up to Qiao Qing. However, Qi Yusen stopped him and warned, “What’s more urgent, your business or Qiao Qing’s? If you dare scare that girl away, I will show you who’s boss!”
Mu Jinghang, “...”
Her wife and her baby! How was that not an urgent matter?!
However, when he saw the ferocious way the Qi brothers stared at him, he didn’t dare to say anything more. Instead, his ears perked up and he focused on listening to Sang Wu’s voice.
Qiao Qing stared deadly at the person through the screen. Her nose reddened.
“Sang Wu, when you said I was putting in effort in the wrong way, you meant this? I was tricked for years. That person isn’t my dad. I worked so hard for so long and now I’m just a joke.”
Jun Yexuan heard her words and couldn’t help but hug her tighter. He found it hard to breathe.
The Qi brothers’ faces also tightened.
“Ah, little baby, don’t be sad.” Sang Wu sighed, “I was worried you’d be traumatized and that’s why I reached out to you despite the risk. Honestly, you really shouldn’t be sad or mad over that dad of yours. If I were you, I wouldn’t even go looking for him!”
Qiao Qing froze.
Sang Wu continued, “You think Di Rong did the deed of switching the body and performing plastic surgery?”
Qiao Qing, “...”
Sang Wu’s expression said, “I knew it”, then she continued, “He wishes he had the ability! Your dad did that himself!”
“Your dad had a strong consciousness and was the first hostage to wake up in that lab.”
“After he awoke, to escape, he found someone who had a similar build as himself and did plastic surgery on him. In the end, he successfully escaped.”
Qiao Qing’s expression was blank. Others were all also still.
Qiao Qing frowned, “Then, where is he? Why hasn’t he reached out to my mom and me?”
“I can’t tell you!” Sang Wu said, “I had to trade a year of lifespan to tell you what I just told you. If I tell you more, I wouldn’t be able to keep this little baby in my belly. Though I don’t want to be with that dog of a man, I can’t hurt this tiny peanut.”
Mu Jinghang, “...”
The men glanced at Mu Jinghang to show sympathy.
When Qiao Qing heard that Sang Wu had to trade her lifespan, she felt guilty. She was about to end the call when Sang Wu added, “But, I can tell you that your dad is living a good life right now. He’s living freely and happily somewhere in this world.”
“Also, he’s responsible for all the hardships you’ve had to face.”