Chapter 920: Chapter 908: Qiao Jing’s Disguise as a Man Is Discovered by Zhan Nanqing and Chi Yuhang
Hearing Qiao Lin repeatedly call someone "boyfriend," Qiao Jing couldn’t help but find it amusing.
She teased with a laugh, "Second Sister, are you too deep into the act? Are you really treating me like a ’boyfriend,’ scared that your classmates might snatch me away?"
Qiao Lin, upon hearing this, unexpectedly linked arms with Qiao Jing and leaned on her like a delicate bird, confidently saying, "If you were really a man, I would shamelessly pursue you till I got you!"
Just then, a car slowly drove up from the other side of the street.
The driver was Zhan Nanjing, with Chi Yuhang sitting in the passenger seat. They were out for a meal.
Chi Yuhang absentmindedly turned his head and unexpectedly caught sight of Qiao Jing on the other side of the street.
He immediately widened his eyes, raised his hand, and pointed in the direction of Qiao Jing, exclaiming in surprise, "Hey! That person looks like Professor Qiao!!"
Upon hearing this, Zhan Nanjing slammed on the brakes.
"Screech—" The car came to an abrupt stop.
Chi Yuhang, caught off guard, was thrown forward by inertia. Fortunately, he was wearing a seatbelt, so no accident occurred.
However, as luck would have it, a bus drove up and stopped right in front of Qiao Jing and Qiao Lin, blocking their view.
Zhan Nanjing, having stepped on the brakes, immediately looked around, her anxious expression evident, "Where, where? Where’s my sister-in-law?"
Chi Yuhang, stabilizing himself, turned to look outside again, but after scanning around, he couldn’t find that figure.
He scratched his head, frowning slightly, with a somewhat puzzled look, "Weird, I clearly saw it just now, how did it disappear?"
Hearing Chi Yuhang say this, Zhan Nanjing sighed in disappointment, "You must have seen it wrong, right? We’ve been searching for so long, if my sister-in-law was really in the capital, how could we not find her?"
For the past four years, the Zhan Family had turned the entire capital upside down. If her sister-in-law was in the capital, it would be unreasonable to have no trace until now...
Chi Yuhang nodded in agreement, also sounding a bit disappointed, "I might have indeed seen it wrong. After all, that person was wearing men’s clothing, so it probably wasn’t Professor Qiao."
As they spoke, the bus that blocked Qiao Jing and Qiao Lin’s view drove away, and a taxi stopped in front of them.
Zhan Nanjing restarted the car, and before stepping on the gas pedal, she instinctively glanced outside the car once more.
To her surprise, she saw a familiar face.
"Sister-in-law!"
Zhan Nanjing shouted out in surprise, her emotion overflowing.
Chi Yuhang followed her gaze and saw the figure from before, quickly saying, "Nanjing, that’s the person I mentioned earlier. Doesn’t she look a lot like Professor Qiao?"
"Quick, they’re getting into the taxi, we have to catch up!"
Reminded by Chi Yuhang, Zhan Nanjing suddenly came to her senses.
She immediately stepped on the gas, but since they were in the opposite direction, there was a traffic divider in the middle of the street, requiring her to drive quite a distance to find an intersection to turn around.
By the time Zhan Nanjing made the turn and successfully reached the opposite street, the taxi was long gone.
Zhan Nanjing patted the steering wheel in frustration, frowning tightly, "How could this happen? Just a little bit late!"
Chi Yuhang thought for a moment and suggested, "How about we drive around the area and see if we can find that taxi?"
"But it’s a taxi, they all look alike, how can we recognize it?"
As she said this, Zhan Nanjing suddenly thought of something and quickly turned to Chi Yuhang, asking, "Or did you manage to remember the license plate number of that taxi?"
Chi Yuhang shook his head and lowly muttered, "No."
"Sigh..." Zhan Nanjing couldn’t help but sigh again.
Because of this, neither had the mood to go to the restaurant and eat, so they turned the car around and headed back home.
Seeing them return so quickly, Su Manhan found it a bit odd and asked suspiciously, "Didn’t you guys go out to eat? Finished so soon?"
Zhan Nanjing hesitated for a moment, but still explained, "Mom, we thought we saw my sister-in-law just now..."
"What? You saw Qiao Jing?!"
Su Manhan was incredibly excited upon hearing this, and even before Zhan Nanjing could finish her sentence, she started firing questions like a machine gun.
"Where did you see Qiao Jing? Where is she now? Why didn’t she come back with you two?"
Zhan Nanjing and Chi Yuhang exchanged glances, both with complex expressions, unsure of how to respond.
Seeing their reactions, Su Manhan’s eyebrows furrowed, her tone growing urgent, "What do you mean by not speaking? What’s the situation? Hurry up and tell me before I get anxious!"
Chi Yuhang pressed his lips together and explained, "We think we saw her, but we’re not quite sure, because when we chased after her across the barrier, the person was already gone."
"Moreover, although the person looked a lot like Professor Qiao, she was wearing men’s clothing..."
Zhan Nanjing chimed in, "My sister-in-law has disguised herself as a man before, I’ve seen it, that person really looked like her!"
Su Manhan finally understood.
She hesitated for a moment but still voiced her thoughts, "Then why not send people to search for her? Even if we’re not sure, what if it is her? Even a small possibility offers a glimmer of hope."
Chi Yuhang shook his head, saying, "Actually, thinking about it, I think we probably made a mistake, because there was a girl next to that person, and they seemed very close, probably in a relationship, so... it doesn’t make sense for her to be Professor Qiao."
Upon hearing this, Zhan Nanjing earnestly recalled the scene, and then, frowning, said, "Now that you mention it, it’s true. I remember the girl had her arm linked with the person’s and was leaning on them, really like a couple in love."
As they finished their sentences, the three of them fell silent, disappointment uniformly spread across their faces, and the mood turned somber.
Not far from a corner, Zhan Yuanshan, sitting in a wheelchair, heard every word of their conversation.
He huffed softly, determined that even if no one believed, he would have people continue the investigation.
Because he was absolutely certain, the one who saved him that day was Jing Girl!
Jing Girl must have returned, and she is in the capital!
...
A day later, in the afternoon.
Qiao Jing was watching the news in the living room when Zhan Qiaomo suddenly toddled over to her, blinking his bright eyes at her.
Seeing the little guy like this, Qiao Jing immediately knew he wanted to say something.
She picked him up, placed him on the sofa next to her, and then asked, "What’s up?"
Zhan Qiaomo tilted his little face, flashed a sweet smile, and started to act cute as he hugged Qiao Jing’s arm, "Aunt Jing, I want to eat the food you cook again, can I?"