Qiao Jing was just thinking when Zhan Qiaomo eagerly pulled her towards the bathroom.
He happily shook his little head, humming a childish tune, "I love bath ti, my skin feels so good..."
His adorable deanor truly lted Qiao Jing’s heart.
Qiao Jing followed the routine and, just like last ti, skillfully helped the little guy take a bath.
Zhan Qiaomo thoroughly enjoyed the whole process, feeling delighted, thinking it was a good thing he had won the rock-paper-scissors ga earlier, otherwise he wouldn’t have experienced Aunt Jing helping him with his bath!
This feeling, it’s so blissful!
Being with mommy should feel just like this, right?
After the bath, seeing that it was getting late, Qiao Jing took the little guy back to his room to sleep as usual.
Once in bed, the little guy wriggled into Qiao Jing’s arms, his tiny hands tightly clutching her arm like a clingy little koala.
Qiao Jing raised her hand and gently pinched his white, soft cheeks, her eyes unconsciously showing a mother’s unique affection.
Zhan Qiaomo rembered his brother ntioning that during bedti, Aunt Jing had told him bedti stories.
He wanted to hear Aunt Jing tell a story too!
Actions speak louder than words!
Zhan Qiaomo imdiately blinked, looking eagerly at Qiao Jing, "Aunt Jing, can you tell a story, please?"
"You want to hear the Three Little Pigs again?" Qiao Jing found it sowhat amusing.
All she knew how to tell was the story of the Three Little Pigs, and this little guy had heard it several tis already, wasn’t he bored of it?
"Yes! I want to hear it!"
Zhan Qiaomo nodded quickly, looking as if he was afraid Qiao Jing would refuse.
Unable to help but laugh, Qiao Jing said, "Alright, I’ll tell it to you then."
Upon hearing this, Zhan Qiaomo was very happy. He suddenly straightened up from Qiao Jing’s arms, unexpectedly kissed her on the cheek, and sweetly said, "Aunt Jing, you’re really nice, I like you so much!"
Qiao Jing reached out to hug the little guy, showing a smile and said, "Aunt Jing likes you a lot too."
She always felt that this little guy had beco much clingier than before, and he was even more good at acting spoiled, asking for hugs more often than before!
Could it be that this child really mistook her for mommy?
...
In the blink of an eye, several days had passed since the engagent party.
At the Zhan Family, Zhan Yuanshan, Zhan Nanjing, Su Manhan, and Zhan Yao were gathered in the hall.
Zhan Yao spoke first, "Dad, you see, we’ve been looking for several days, dispatched quite a few people, but still haven’t found a clue. I think... Maybe you really got it wrong this ti."
Su Manhan also spoke up, "Yes, Dad, I think you just miss Qiao Jing too much, plus your illness flared up at the ti, so you mistakenly thought the expert treating you was Qiao Jing."
Zhan Nanjing agreed, "Grandpa, I also think it’s definitely a misunderstanding, if that person was really my sister-in-law, how could she return but not co to find us, and intentionally hide to prevent us from finding her? It just doesn’t make sense!"
Zhan Yuanshan, sitting in a wheelchair, listened to the three of them, his face growing more solemn.
After they were done speaking, he replied with displeasure, "If you guys don’t want to search, I’ll have soone else look for her. Anyway, I trust my instincts, that person must be Jing Girl, there’s no mistake!"
Seeing him so stubborn, completely unwilling to listen to any advice, Zhan Nanjing and the other two shook their heads helplessly.
Additionally, recalling what Zhou Fu had said, the three of them dared not continue persuading him, fearing it might agitate the old man.
Previously, Zhou Fu ntioned that the old man’s illness was worsening and that he probably didn’t have much ti left, which inevitably led to ntal issues.
So now, all they could do was go along with the old man’s wishes as much as possible, keeping him emotionally stable.
With that in mind, Zhan Nanjing comforted, "Grandpa, don’t get agitated, we believe you, and we’ll continue having people search."
Su Manhan cooperated, saying, "Yes, we’ll keep searching until we find Qiao Jing."
anwhile, on the other side.
Qiao Jing was being taken out by Qiao Hong and Qiao Lin, and the three were in the car heading to Qiao Family’s branch office in the capital.
A couple of days ago, Qiao Hong heard from her assistant that Zhan Corporation had a new project.
For Zhan Corporation, this project was a minor one, but for Qiao Family, it was a major one that could salvage their current situation!
If they could win this project and partner with Zhan Corporation, they could recover all the losses they suffered due to the Jiang family’s suppression in one go!
So upon receiving the news, Qiao Hong imdiately inford the branch’s marketing departnt, asking them to use the past two days to co up with a bidding proposal.
Today was the bidding day; they needed to first go to the branch to pick up the proposal, and then proceed to Zhan Corporation.
Halfway there, Qiao Lin suddenly rembered sothing and turned to Qiao Hong, asking, "I heard that Yang Family is also aiming for Zhan Corporation’s project?"
"That’s right." Qiao Hong nodded, her expression growing more serious, "The Yang Family is quite a competitor for our Qiao Family. If we want to win this project, our proposal has to outshine Yang Family’s."
"I wonder who the Yang Family will have in charge? Hopefully, it’s not that annoying Yang Xiaoxiao; she always gets under my skin!"
Qiao Lin muttered to herself.
Qiao Hong shook her head, "I’m not sure either, but once we get to Zhan’s, we’ll naturally find out."
A mont later, the car stopped at the entrance of Qiao Family’s branch office.
Qiao Jing followed Qiao Hong and Qiao Lin out of the car and into the company, heading straight to the marketing departnt.
Upon seeing them arrive, the marketing manager respectfully greeted them and handed Qiao Hong a docunt.
"Miss, this is the proposal we ca up with; it’s been revised several tis, and this is the best version."
Qiao Hong took it, carefully flipped through it, and then handed the docunt to Qiao Lin, "Take a look; I think it’s pretty good, but it seems slightly imperfect. I can’t pinpoint exactly what’s off."
After reading, Qiao Lin expressed that she felt the sa as Qiao Hong.
Feeling a bit awkward, the manager said, "Miss, second miss, we’re aware the proposal still has so shortcomings, but given our marketing departnt’s capabilities, this is the best we could produce. Even if we revise it, it might not be better, plus there’s no ti."
The manager’s words resonated with what Qiao Hong already knew.
After a few seconds of silence, she spoke, "Alright, let’s go with this version."
Leaving the marketing departnt, Qiao Hong saw there was still ti and intended to head to the finance departnt.
Knowing they were going to review the quarterly reports, Qiao Jing decided not to follow, since she wasn’t interested in such matters.
"Then you can wait for us in the lounge over there."
Qiao Hong pointed to a lounge next to the marketing departnt and handed Qiao Jing the docunt they’d just received, "You take care of this docunt."
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