Pregnant After Healing the Alpha

Chapter 730: Chapter 719: Being Followed

Qiao Jing pursed her red lips, tapping on the screen to reply:

"You know very well whether you’re faking illness or not, I’ll be coming over tomorrow for your re-examination."

After sending that message, she put away her phone and stopped paying attention to Wu Xirui.

The next day.

Qiao Jing and Zhan Nanqing walked out of the research institute together.

While walking, Zhan Nanqing was scrolling through videos on her phone and became excited when she saw a new tasty shop opened by a certain store, enthusiastically grabbing Qiao Jing’s hand.

"Qiao Jing, are you going straight home later? Oh come on, my brother has things to do at the company today, he won’t come to pick you up, let’s go out and have some fun, shall we?"

Upon hearing Zhan Nanqing’s words, Qiao Jing slightly furrowed her brows, somewhat helplessly saying:

"I have to go and re-examine Wu Xirui later."

Even though she was aware that Wu Xirui claiming to be unwell yesterday was quite likely untrue, it was indeed time for his medical re-examination.

Zhan Nanqing let out an "Ah," then sighed.

"Okay, then can I come with you?"

Even though her family had recently had some business friction with Wu Xirui, it didn’t affect her desire to supervise him and prevent him from getting close to Qiao Jing.

Qiao Jing recalled how Zhan Nanqing looked like she was facing a formidable enemy the last time she encountered Wu Xirui.

Moreover, given the recent unpleasantness between the Zhan family and Wu Xirui, taking Zhan Nanqing along didn’t seem like the correct choice.

So she declined without hesitation.

"I can go by myself."

Zhan Nanqing didn’t insist on following and opened her camera to face herself, planning to tidy up her hair.

Just as she had finished arranging her bangs in the phone screen, she suddenly noticed a few individuals dressed in black standing in a corner behind them.

Thinking she had seen wrong, Zhan Nanqing rubbed her eyes, only to find that the individuals had suddenly disappeared.

Confused, she uttered an "Eh?" and turned her head to check, but still didn’t see anyone.

Could it be the bodyguards her brother hired to protect Qiao Jing?

After giving it some thought, she decided this was indeed something her brother would do and thus didn’t pay it any further attention.

At the same time, Qiao Jing also sensed something was off and slowly furrowed her brows.

She could acutely sense that these people were definitely not bodyguards sent by Zhan Qipei.

Because the bodyguards Zhan Qipei sent would maintain a certain distance from her, but these people were indeed somewhat closer.

Qiao Jing pursed her lips again, took a few quick steps forward, pretending she wanted to turn her head back to speak with Zhan Nanqing.

"Nanqing, where are you planning to go later?"

While she was speaking, the corner of her eye surreptitiously glanced at the location of the person tracking them, catching a glimpse of a black figure.

She could now be even more certain that the person following her was sent by someone else.

After hearing Qiao Jing’s question, Zhan Nanqing paused, then answered:

"Huh? I’m going to play a bit after work before heading home, do you want to come with me? But I just asked you, and didn’t you say you’re going for a re-examination?"

Qiao Jing quickly walked up to Zhan Nanqing’s side and lowered her voice.

"Someone is following us."

She hadn’t been able to clearly see the whole appearance of the person, only catching that glimpse of a black figure, and thus couldn’t be certain who it was.

Could it have been sent by Zhan Kaiyang? But logically speaking, their audacity shouldn’t be great enough to make a move near the research institute.

Upon hearing this, Zhan Nanqing was startled, her eyes widening slightly.

"Aren’t those bodyguards sent by my brother?"

Qiao Jing’s delicate brows furrowed, and she squinted her phoenix eyes slightly. Using Zhan Nanqing’s body as cover, she glanced behind them again, trying to gather more information about those people.

Perhaps they had sensed her scrutiny, as the group hid themselves away, refusing to come out into the open.

She whispered, audible only to the two of them, "No."

Zhan Nanqing now felt somewhat panicked, warily observing her surroundings.

"Should we call the police then? Who are they following?"

She had thought they were bodyguards sent by her brother, but they weren’t.

Seeing Zhan Nanqing beginning to panic, Qiao Jing immediately looped her arm through the other’s, letting her lean on herself, while her other hand pressed down on Zhan Nanqing, preventing her from looking around indiscriminately.

Upon considering who the group might be targeting, her eyes darkened.

"We don’t know yet who they are following, let’s split up and contact each other later. Don’t look around anymore; we must avoid startling them."

She could feel that those who were following them were most likely after her.

Because just moments earlier, she had unintentionally caught a glimpse of a pair of blue eyes, fixed intently on her.

Blue eyes... certainly not those of someone from the empire.

If Zhan Nanqing continued to walk with her, she could likely become a liability.

After hearing Qiao Jing’s words, Zhan Nanqing didn’t dare to look around anymore and looked worriedly at her companion.

"But... if they’re after you and I leave, what will happen? You’re pregnant now, and if something happens... No, we should stick together!"

If those people were targeting Qiao Jing, then leaving her alone would be dangerous, especially since she was currently pregnant with triplets!

Qiao Jing’s delicate brows frowned slightly, knowing that Zhan Nanqing wouldn’t be easily swayed, so she changed her approach.

"They are following one of us. If we keep walking together, we might all get caught in one sweep. Or even if they are following both of us, they would need to split their forces, making it easier for me to handle them on my end. Once we separate, if you realize no one is following you, handle the next steps on your own."

She had certain self-defense capabilities, while Zhan Nanqing was completely defenseless. Staying together would definitely slow her down.

Zhan Nanqing hesitated for a long while before finally agreeing to split up.

"Qiao Jing, be careful. I know you’re capable, but you’re pregnant. If they’re after you, don’t fight them. I’ll contact my brother immediately," she said.

Qiao Jing gave a light nod and walked in a different direction.

Zhan Nanqing wanted to stand still and watch Qiao Jing walk away, but the situation was too urgent, she couldn’t stop; otherwise, she might be discovered.

She bit her lip and hurriedly turned to leave.

A few minutes after Zhan Nanqing left, she felt like no one was following her at all.

She immediately stopped, turned to check, and found that indeed no one was trailing her, which made her heart sink.

If no one was following her, that meant those people’s target was Qiao Jing!

With this thought, Zhan Nanqing shakily took out her phone from her pocket and called Zhan Qipei.

"Doot—Doot—"

She dialed for quite a while, but until the call disconnected, no one answered.

Zhan Nanqing quickly called Tang Yan, only to find the same result: no one answered.noveldrama