After Jane Jiao Jiao fled, she found that Feng Qing had almost blown up her phone. It was only when she returned to the B&B that she realized Feng Qing was in a bad state.
"What's wrong with you? You look strange."
Feng Qing didn't want to worry her, so she didn't tell the truth. "Let's not talk about me. What about you? You didn't come back all night. Did something happen?"
"What could happen to me?" Just as Jane Jiao Jiao evaded the question, Feng Qing caught a glimpse of the marks under her collar and her eyes widened instantly.
"You..."
Seeing that Feng Qing had also noticed, Jane Jiao Jiao simply stopped covering them up and acted as if it was no big deal. "Oh, it's just a small thing. Don't worry about me."
"Jiao Jiao, if you encounter anything, you must tell me. If you can't handle it, I can help you."
Jane Jiao Jiao deflected the topic and quickly started packing up. "Since you've said so, I really do have something to ask you. Hurry up. I need to go back to Luocheng."
"Go back to Luocheng? What do you mean?" With such precise wording, it was impossible for Feng Qing not to notice something was off.
"Feng Qing, I'm in trouble." Jane Jiao Jiao suddenly looked at Feng Qing seriously and said earnestly. "So I have to prepare to go abroad right away. I can't stay here any longer. You'll help me, right?"
Feng Qing hadn't fully understood what she meant when she walked up to Feng Qing, took her hand, and said, "After all these years of sisterhood, you definitely won't betray me, right? After I leave, no matter who asks you about me, don't say anything."
When Feng Qing wanted to ask further, Jane Jiao Jiao fell silent. The two quickly packed their things and set off for Luocheng without delay.
It was on the way that Feng Qing realized she hadn't explained things clearly to Ji Yangu. She was still hesitating when Ji Yangu's call came in.
He had been hit hard last night, but now it seemed that he had managed to adjust his mindset. His tone sounded quite normal.
"Sorry, Feng Qing. I felt a bit surprised last night, so my emotions might have been a bit off. But don't worry, I don't mean anything else. I really regard you as a friend."
"Thank you, senior."
It was indeed her fault that she hadn't made things clear before. She just didn't expect that Ji Yangu thought that way and was exposed by Sheng Yan right in front of everyone. That guy was really good at ruining people's moods.
"I promised to take you guys out for fun this weekend. Have you guys gotten up? If it's convenient, I'll pick you up now."
"No need to trouble yourself, senior. Jiao Jiao and I have something to do. We need to go back to Luocheng early. We don't have time this time. Next time."
There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone. After a while, Ji Yangu's somewhat disappointed voice came through. "Okay then. Take care of yourselves."
After Feng Qing hung up the phone, she focused on driving. Only then did Jane Jiao Jiao remember to tease her. "It seems that Ji Yangu has impure intentions towards you."
Feng Qing leaned back in her seat wearily and sighed. "Stop talking. I won't even have the face to come to Wusu in the future."
In short, in just one short night, many things had happened to both Feng Qing and Jane Jiao Jiao. However, neither of them intended to tell the truth. They just frowned and told each other that they were okay.
Since they both had their own secrets, they naturally wouldn't force the other to open up. The two returned to Luocheng tacitly.
Feng Qing began to numb herself with work, while Jane Jiao Jiao packed her luggage and prepared to "flee" abroad as she had said.
Just in case, she specifically asked some friends to do everything they could to hold Sheng Sibai back so that he wouldn't have the time to pay attention to her. Even if he found out that she was running away, he wouldn't have the time to chase her.
Before the plane took off, she still called Feng Qing and told her to take good care of herself.
"Are you really not going to tell me what happened?" Feng Qing was still a bit worried about Jane Jiao Jiao's situation. She had known her for so long and had never seen her so panicked and in such a hurry to flee.
What on earth had happened? What person had scared her like this?
"I just suddenly wanted to go out and relax. Don't worry. It's really not a big deal. I'm Jane Jiao Jiao. Do you need to worry about me?"
"You'd better be telling the truth." Feng Qing's eyebrows never relaxed.
After just a few words, Jane Jiao Jiao said that her plane was about to take off and hung up the phone. Feng Qing could only put all her confusion aside and throw herself back into her work.
Who on earth was Jiao Jiao hiding from? Could it be that she had spent the whole night outside with that person the other night?
Feng Qing was still trying to figure this out when another person involved in the matter showed up.
Since returning from Wusu, Sheng Yan hadn't come to the company. Feng Qing was in charge of all the company's affairs, big and small. Therefore, if there were any "guests," it was usually her who received them.
However, this time the receptionist's words were different.
"General Manager, there's a Mr. Sheng here to see you."
Mr. Sheng? Could it be Sheng Qingran?
Why did he come to see her specifically?
Feng Qing frowned in confusion but didn't refuse. She agreed to let the person come up.
However, she was even more surprised when she saw the person.
A Mr. Sheng who surprised her even more than Sheng Qingran. She never expected it to be Sheng Sibai.
"I'm really surprised that Mr. Sheng would deign to come to Fengxing. Is Shengshi planning to inspect Fengxing's business now?"
Feng Qing's tone was very serious. In her opinion, if Shengshi was going to interfere in Fengxing's internal affairs just because Sheng Yan now held more than 50% of Fengxing's shares, it was something she couldn't accept at all.
The greed was just too ugly.
Sheng Sibai didn't seem to be in a good mood either. He had just recovered from his illness, and the dark circles under his eyes made his already pale face look even worse.
"I'm here to ask you something private."
Feng Qing was even more surprised. What private matter could Sheng Sibai possibly need to ask her?
"Do you know where Kri... Jiao Jiao went?" Sheng Sibai was used to calling her Kristen. It was only after he woke up that morning and found her gone that he had someone check and found out her real name was Jane Jiao Jiao.
It was ridiculous that during all the time they had been so close, she had never once told him her real name.
Feng Qing fell silent.
It wasn't that she refused to say. She was just shocked that the person Jiao Jiao was hiding from was actually Sheng Sibai.
"Mr. Sheng and Jiao Jiao..." Feng Qing originally wanted to ask what their relationship was, but then she thought that Jiao Jiao hadn't told her about this, so maybe she didn't want her to know.
It's better not to ask.
"Sorry, Mr. Sheng. I can't help you. I really don't know where Jiao Jiao went."
"How is that possible? If it were someone else, it might be understandable. But you're her best friend. How could you not know?" When Sheng Sibai had someone check on Jane Jiao Jiao, he also knew about the sisterly relationship between her and Feng Qing, so he simply didn't believe Feng Qing's claim of "not knowing."
Feng Qing smiled, and there was a sudden hint of aggression in her expression. "Mr. Sheng is joking. May I ask, you and Sheng Yan are brothers. Do you know everything about each other?"