Everything happened so suddenly. Behind her were the startled cries of the servants, and the faint voices of Mr. Lu and Mrs. Lu asking what had happened.
But to Song Qiao, it seed like she couldn’t hear anything. Her eyes were fixed on her husband as he jumped into the swimming pool and brought another woman out.
The distance wasn’t too far. All the bright streetlights were on. Standing there, Song Qiao could clearly see Lu Jingchen carrying the unconscious Zuo Yuqing and placing her on the grass, his face showing traces of fear and panic.
Fear... panic... She thought she was seeing things wrong, but after blinking and looking again, it wasn’t an illusion.
There was no need for artificial respiration. Perhaps the rescue was tily. Just after Lu Jingchen placed Zuo Yuqing on the grass and pressed her chest twice, she awoke and spat out the water forced into her mouth. Her clothes were soaked, the dress clinging tightly to her body, almost revealing her graceful figure.
Mr. Lu and Mrs. Lu walked over directly and, without knowing what had happened, saw Lu Jingchen nervously asking Zuo Yuqing if she was okay.
His tone even carried a hint of caution, unprecedented.
Zuo Yuqing opened her eyes, and upon seeing Lu Jingchen, her eyes turned red instantly. Before the man could react, she sat up and threw her arms around his waist, tears streaming down like they cost nothing, her cries tinged with lingering fear, saying nothing else.
At first, Lu Jingchen’s hands were a bit stiff, but seeing her crying so badly, he relaxed and patted her back, "It’s okay now. I’ll call the family doctor to check your body."
For a mont, Song Qiao felt like her heart had been slashed deeply with a knife, causing her such pain she could hardly breathe. Her hand by her side clenched into a fist and then released again.
When Lu Jingchen lifted his head and looked at Song Qiao, although the distance wasn’t far, the lighting made it hard to see her expression. He called to her softly, "Qiaoqiao, you..."
However, Song Qiao didn’t wait for him to finish. After taking a deep breath, she gave Lu Jingchen and Zuo Yuqing a deep look, then turned toward the villa, walking away without looking back, her steps unwavering.
If you looked closely, you’d notice a sense of fleeing in her movent.
Seeing Song Qiao turn and leave, Lu Jingchen felt a sudden, inexplicable discomfort. His face darkened, and just as he was about to get up and chase after her, Zuo Yuqing clung tightly to his waist, refusing to let go.
"Jingchen... Jingchen, don’t go, I’m scared..."
Lu Jingchen looked down at the woman in his arms, his eyes dark and lips pressed tightly, as if trying hard to suppress so emotion.
Mr. Lu noticed Song Qiao walking past him without a glance, not even a greeting, and imdiately snorted, "A woman like you is truly cold-blooded. Miss Zuo fell into the water, and you can just stand by and do nothing."
His voice wasn’t loud, but Song Qiao, Xu Qian, Zuo Yuqing, and even Lu Jingchen could hear it.
Song Qiao stopped in her tracks, struggling to suppress her emotions. This ti, she didn’t continue to pretend to be ek but instead gave a cold smile and said, "Mr. Lu, I know you don’t like , but there’s no need to always target . If it weren’t for your seniority, I wouldn’t be so polite. I’ve been telling myself you’re my elder, and that’s why I haven’t argued back when you disparage once or twice, but everyone has their dignity."
The surrounding people fell silent, even to the point one could hear the sound of inhalations. Mr. Lu was so angered by Song Qiao’s words that his face turned red, "You..."
Xu Qian, on the other hand, didn’t expect Song Qiao to dare talk back to her husband.
Truly, Song Qiao made her see her in a new light. Not bad at all.
Ignoring Mr. Lu’s anger, Song Qiao’s tone had a hint of sarcasm, "You can call cold-blooded or say I did nothing to save her, and I won’t deny it, but I’m a person who’s afraid of dying. I can’t swim; should I go to my death? Sorry, don’t be so ridiculous, okay?"
Once again, Song Qiao’s retort left Mr. Lu even more upset, his old face darkening further.
Yet, Song Qiao didn’t wait for him to argue or speak further. She walked directly to the exit.
Lu Jingchen and Zuo Yuqing were still by the pool and had not heard what Song Qiao said.
Watching Song Qiao’s departing figure, Lu Jingchen felt a void in his chest, wanting to chase after her, thinking she wouldn’t leave the Lu Family, as there were no cars around.
Ultimately, he didn’t chase Song Qiao but comforted Zuo Yuqing for a bit before carrying her towards the villa to have the doctor examine her.
Yet Lu Jingchen assud Song Qiao wouldn’t leave, but as soon as Song Qiao entered the living room, she grabbed her bag and quickly left the Lu Family villa.
It seed as though the Lu Family truly didn’t welco her. Upon hearing she was leaving, the butler promptly arranged for a car to take Song Qiao away.
Song Qiao was so provoked she almost punched the butler but reined in her anger.
...
Lu Jingchen had been holding onto Zuo Yuqing’s hand the whole ti and hadn’t had a chance to see Song Qiao. After the doctor finished examining Zuo Yuqing and said there was nothing wrong, just a scare, the man finally pried open Zuo Yuqing’s hand and quickly walked out of the guest room.
He ran into a maid in the corridor, directly stopped her and asked with a frown, "Where is the Young Mistress?"
The maid was responsible for cleaning the rooms on the second floor and naturally knew who Lu Jingchen was asking about. She imdiately shook her head, "The Young Mistress did not co up here."
She didn’t co up here...
Lu Jingchen’s expression changed. He hadn’t seen her in the living room earlier, and he thought she must have gone to her room in a huff. But the maid said she hadn’t co up...
He quickly walked towards his room in the Lu Family’s house. When Song Qiao was injured before, he had carried her there, so she knew which room it was.
But when he opened the door and saw the darkness inside, his heart tightened. He turned on the light, and sure enough, there was no one there.
Suddenly, he thought of her silhouette standing still, hidden in the shadows, and he clenched his fist.
How could he have forgotten? Song Qiao couldn’t tolerate any betrayal in love. His jumping into the water to save Zuo Yuqing was purely a reflex because Zuo Yuqing had almost drowned once.
But he had neglected Song Qiao’s feelings.
...
Assistant Xue received a call from Lu Jingchen in the middle of the night, asking her to get up and send people to look for Song Qiao.
Her drowsiness was imdiately scared away. Without even changing, she got out of bed in her shorts and began hurriedly looking for clothes to change into.
It was a call from the CEO, saying that the CEO’s wife was missing...
What exactly happened in the middle of the night? Why did the CEO’s wife disappear? Moreover, why is the CEO asking her to send people to find her...
Could it be that the CEO abused his wife, causing her to run away?
When Assistant Xue drove to the villa where Lu Jingchen and Song Qiao lived, it was already three in the morning. The entire villa was brightly lit, with all the maids and bodyguards gathered in the first-floor living room. The man, dressed in a suit, sat on the sofa in the living room, emitting a cold and stern aura.
Assistant Xue was montarily stunned by the chilling aura emanating from her own CEO when she walked in. Then she mustered the courage to step inside, "CEO."
The man’s head, which had been slightly lowered, snapped up when he heard her voice, his expressionless face as dark as water, "Send out people imdiately and find the Madam."
"Yes, CEO." Without asking why, Assistant Xue imdiately responded and began making phone calls.
When Assistant Xue first saw Lu Jingchen, she was already startled, thinking she was hallucinating. She actually saw him looking disheveled...
At this mont, Lu Jingchen indeed appeared slightly disheveled. He was still wearing yesterday’s clothes, not only unchanged but also soaking wet from saving Zuo Yuqing. But since it was sumr in An City, they had naturally dried by now, though they were wrinkled.
After leaving the Lu Family, Lu Jingchen encountered the Lu family’s driver mid-way, who inford him that he had dropped Song Qiao off at their villa before returning to the Lu Family.
Hearing that Song Qiao was sent back to the villa, he breathed a sigh of relief and initially intended to call her and explain. But no matter how hard he tried, the call couldn’t go through—it was turned off.
When he rushed back to the villa, he found out that Song Qiao hadn’t returned. The maids said they hadn’t seen her co back either.
He initially thought the Lu family’s driver had lied to him, but checking the surveillance footage outside the villa, he discovered that Song Qiao had indeed gotten out of the car at the gate. Yet, after the driver left, she didn’t enter the villa but walked out along the road leading away from the villa neighborhood.
After reviewing all the footage, it was confird that she walked out of the villa neighborhood on her own. However, there were no further videos after leaving the neighborhood, and she disappeared without a trace. Even when they tried to locate her phone, they found it in a bush outside the villa.
A terrifying thought crept into Lu Jingchen’s mind, and his subconscious felt that sothing had definitely happened to Song Qiao.
Suddenly, an image of her crying brokenheartedly in his arms flashed in his mind, causing his heart to ache slightly.
"Sir, Ma’am will definitely be alright. She must have gone out for a walk and will be back soon," Aunt Chen, who had also been called out, couldn’t help but speak when she saw him like this.
Lu Jingchen said nothing, his thin lips tightly pressed, and his jaw set in a hard line.
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