Chapter 513: Chapter 502: Qiao Jing Had a Stomachache Several Times

She gently placed her hand on her lower abdomen, furrowing her brows tightly, and glanced sideways at Zhan Nanqing.

“I need to go to the restroom.”

Zhan Nanqing quickly stood up, following behind Qiao Jing.

“Hold on, Qiao–”

As soon as she said the sound of the word “Jing”, she caught Lu Yingying’s suspicious gaze.

Lu Yingying next to her looked doubtfully at Zhan Nanqing, waiting for her to continue speaking.

Zhan Nanqing immediately hit the brakes and silently gave herself a slap in her mind.

She had almost let it slip…

She immediately held her stomach, feigning discomfort.

“Dear, my stomach hurts. Can you come to the restroom with me?”

Although places like Fuhuang Hotel are five-star and have good security measures, this entertainment area has many drunkards, so just in case, she still had to follow.

After all, today was the day she had asked Qiao Jing to come and help, so she had to take good care of her.

Qiao Jing nodded her head, stood up, and left the private room with Zhan Nanqing.

On the way to the restroom, the corner of Qiao Jing’s eye suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure, and she slightly squinted her eyes.

It was the man who had been beaten up in the alley earlier; his face was still swollen, still bearing the inflated half of his face at work.

Not sure what had happened, the man was constantly being shoved by several customers.

Qiao Jing furrowed her brows, deciding to stay back to observe the situation at the scene.

Zhan Nanqing noticed that Qiao Jing had suddenly stopped and looked at her questioningly.

“What’s wrong?”

She noticed that Qiao Jing’s gaze was fixed on somewhere. She also looked in that direction and realized it was the man they had encountered at the entrance to the alley.

The man was shoved again, and one of the customers picked up a wine bottle and smashed it on the ground, shattering the glass all over.

“I heard you’re broke? Do you know how much this shirt that you stained costs? Eighteen thousand! Are you going to pay or kneel down and clean up this mess?”

The man hastily bowed in apology, squatting down to pick up the fragments.

“I’m truly sorry.”

Upon seeing this scene, Zhan Nanqing disdainfully clicked her tongue.

“Why is this guy so cowardly? I saw it earlier; it was that customer who accidentally spilled the wine on himself. This guy is so silly, just owning up to it.”

She’s never seen anyone so cowardly in her life, really! She couldn’t stand it!

Now that Qiao Jing had seen this, like her sister-in-law–kind-hearted and beautiful–she might go up and offer her help.

Qiao Jing also saw that it was the customer purposely making it difficult, her frown deepening.

She hadn’t intervened last time because Zhan Nanqing was there persuading her, and it involved a creditor collecting debts, so she didn’t meddle.

But this time it was clearly the customers causing trouble intentionally. She couldn’t just stand by and watch.

Just as Qiao Jing took two steps forward, Zhan Nanqing pulled her back.

Zhan Nanqing forcefully led Qiao Jing toward the restroom, not sparing a glance at the man from earlier.

“Qiao Jing, didn’t you say you needed to use the restroom? Let’s go.”

Qiao Jing looked back one last time at the man still squatting on the ground picking up glass pieces, trying to pull her arm away from Zhan Nanqing’s grasp.

“I’m just going to help out.”

She wouldn’t show mercy to someone who was maliciously bullying and insulting another person’s character.

Just as she was about to pull her hand out of Zhan Nanqing’s grasp, she felt a slight pain in her lower abdomen again.

Zhan Nanqing continued to pull Qiao Jing toward the restroom, tirelessly rambling on.

“There are so many people opposite us, you better not go over there. And that guy is so silly, people bully him and he doesn’t even fight back, really. Also, you’re pregnant, definitely don’t rush to help arbitrarily. Even if you are skilled, it’s useless if something accidentally happens, right?”

“If you don’t consider me, then I have to consider myself, right? If something happened to you, my brother would definitely kick me out of the house, and it’s not just my brother, my mom and my grandfather too. What if they decide to completely disown me? I’d end up on the streets and then have to join the Beggars’ Sect.”

After listening to Zhan Nanqing’s long speech, Qiao Jing tugged at the corner of her mouth in speechlessness.

“Is it really that exaggerated?”

She almost couldn’t help but laugh when she heard Zhan Nanqing talk about disownment and joining the Beggars’ Sect.

How could the Zhan family possibly kick Zhan Nanqing out?

Seizing the opportunity, Zhan Nanqing brought Qiao Jing to the restroom door and pushed her inside.

“Where did I exaggerate? I’m telling the truth. Based on how much my brother treasures you, I would not only be kicked out of the house but might even be abandoned in the wilderness–oh no, to exaggerate a bit more, I might even be thrown onto a desolate island in another country.”

Now, anyone who knows my brother is aware of how much he treasures Qiao Jing.

She dared not take the risk.

Qiao Jing furrowed her brows and glanced in the direction of the man she had seen earlier.

Noticing Qiao Jing’s gaze, Zhan Nanqing urged:

“Don’t bother with him anymore, we aren’t related to him, and we don’t have to help him. He is so timid for a boy, we can help him once but not for a lifetime.”

Feeling the pain in her stomach again, Qiao Jing had to enter the restroom first.

When she came out, ready to head back, she noticed that Zhan Nanqing was preparing to take her down another path.

A hint of confusion appeared in Qiao Jing’s eyes.

“Why not return the way we came? This way would take us on a much longer route.”

In her mind, she was still thinking about the man from earlier and wanted to check on him on the way back, but Zhan Nanqing seemed to purposely want to avoid that area.

However… she guessed the reason for Zhan Nanqing’s actions.

It was simply out of fear that she might go and offer assistance later, but she would only help after considering her own condition, not without thinking it through first.

She was well aware of her physical condition; being pregnant didn’t make her as fragile as porcelain that shatters on touch.

Otherwise, were all her years of training for nothing?

Zhan Nanqing, feeling somewhat guilty, looked away and made up an excuse.

“It’s okay, I don’t really want to hang out with those people. Seeing Lu Yingying just irritates me. I’d rather wander outside for a bit longer.”

Qiao Jing helplessly touched her forehead and started walking in the direction they had come from.

“Let’s go back the way we came.”

Zhan Nanqing wanted to stop Qiao Jing, but before she could even attempt it, Qiao Jing had already walked far away.

She had no choice but to quickly follow.

Upon returning to their original spot, they saw the man from afar, surrounded by a few customers. The lead customer was stepping on his shoulder, even holding a bottle threateningly while continuously spewing curse words.

But the man still did not retaliate, letting the customers hit and curse him as they pleased.