"Hey, look over there."
Lu Zijiao raised a hand and pointed towards the direction of the restroom.
Zhan Qipei turned his head and saw Ni Yue leaning against the wall, staggering as she walked over, looking as if she could collapse at any mont.
"See? Ni Yue isn’t doing any better."
Lu Zijiao shrugged, "So, it’s decided, I’ll take Ni Yue ho, and you take this Third Miss Qiao."
Zhan Qipei glanced down at the woman in the crook of his arm, seeing that she was indeed quite drunk. If he left her alone, the sa situation that happened earlier was bound to occur again.
After hesitating for a mont, he finally decided to reluctantly take her ho.
In a blur, Qiao Jing was taken out of the bar by Zhan Qipei.
As they were getting in the car, a slightly chilly night breeze blew over, bringing a touch of clarity to the drunken Qiao Jing.
With one hand clutching the car door, she gazed at the man holding her, with a sowhat slurred voice, she asked, "Where are you taking ?"
"Taking you ho," Zhan Qipei replied succinctly.
There was a ti before when it was pouring rain, he had taken her ho, so he knew her address.
Though quite drunk, the remaining bit of clarity made Qiao Jing instinctively feel that going ho wasn’t right when she heard the words "going ho."
If she went back like this, Qiao Hong and Qiao Lin would surely be worried.
Moreover, the little guy at ho is so sensitive; if he saw her like this, besides worrying, he might also think she encountered so bad situation.
If she frightened the little guy for that reason, it wouldn’t be good. Better to find a hotel to stay for a night, and then go back tomorrow...
With such muddled thoughts, Qiao Jing spoke again, her voice even more slurred, "Thank you... thank you for helping earlier... But I don’t want to go back, you don’t need to take , I can..."
As she spoke, Qiao Jing struggled to free herself from the man’s arm, intending to leave on her own.
However, without Zhan Qipei’s support, she couldn’t even stand, let alone walk.
Seeing her stagger like she could fall any minute, Zhan Qipei couldn’t bear it, with his face stern, he reached out to hold her again.
She’s drunk into this condition, how could she act tough?
This is nowhere like she can manage on her own!
Zhan Qipei furrowed his long brows and asked in a steady voice, "If not going ho, then where to?"
At this point, even the last bit of her consciousness was overwheld by the rise of intoxication.
She muddle-headedly shook her head and mumbled, "Not going back... not going back..."
Seeing her repeat the sa words without uttering anything else for a long ti, Zhan Qipei’s brow furrowed even tighter, feeling quite a headache.
At that mont, a phone ringtone rang.
Zhan Qipei, holding the woman with one arm, used his other hand to fetch the phone from his pocket.
He intended to hang up directly, but hesitated upon seeing the caller ID, then answered it.
"Grandfather, what’s the matter?"
As soon as Zhan Qipei asked, Zhan Yuanshan’s voice ca through the phone aggressively.
"How dare you ask what’s the matter? I told you to pick up Jing Girl, why haven’t you returned after so long?"
"I tell you, you must bring Jing Girl back today, otherwise... cough cough... otherwise you just wait to collect your grandfather’s corpse... cough cough cough..."
With Zhan Yuanshan’s seemingly deliberate violent coughing, the call ended.
Zhan Qipei glanced at the phone, then looked at the woman in his arms, his thin lips pressed into a straight line.
One was too drunk to speak properly yet didn’t want to go ho, the other was using illness to threaten him to bring the person back...
It seed there was no choice but to take her to Purple Garden first.
Thinking of this, Zhan Qipei put away his phone, helped the heavily intoxicated woman into the back seat of the car, and after ensuring she wouldn’t fall over, walked to the front, sat in the driver’s seat, and started the engine.
On the way back, Zhan Qipei occasionally glanced at the rearview mirror inside the car, inadvertently looking at the woman in the back through the mirror.
Several tis, he felt especially as if his own Qiao Jing was back.
But each ti that thought erged, he’d quickly shake his head to expel the unrealistic idea from his mind.
Over ten minutes later, the car stopped at the gate of Purple Garden.
Zhan Qipei helped down the already slumbering woman from the car and strode inside.
The servants at ho were all shocked at this sight, whispering among themselves in small groups.
"The young master actually brought a woman back!"
"I’ve worked at the Zhan Family for so many years, apart from the young mistress, this is the first ti I’ve seen the young master bring another woman back!"
"What is the background of this woman to get close to the young master!"
"..."
Even Su Manhan and Zhan Yao were quite surprised.
Zhan Yao exclaid, "I thought Qipei was just humoring his grandfather, didn’t expect he really brought back Third Miss Qiao!"
Su Manhan wore a look of astonishnt, "Indeed, what’s happening? Could it be that Qipei really feels differently about this Third Miss Qiao?"
Zhan Yuanshan maneuvered his wheelchair over, gave his son and daughter-in-law a glance, face full of speechless expression, and said, "What situation could it be? This is my granddaughter-in-law; isn’t it natural for my grandson to bring her back?"
With that, the old man sternly instructed again, "Everyone keep quiet, didn’t you see my granddaughter-in-law is drunk? Let her rest well, don’t disturb her."
Zhan Nanjing was also sowhat surprised by the circumstances.
She ran over to Zhan Qipei, whispered, and asked, "Brother, what’s going on, did you really bring her back?"
"Stop talking nonsense; quickly take her in, she’s drunk, so find a room for her to stay tonight."
After saying that, Zhan Qipei handed the woman in his arms over to Zhan Nanjing.
Seeing Qiao Jing utterly drunk, Zhan Nanjing didn’t bother asking more questions, hurriedly helped her to an empty guest room to rest.
In a room upstairs, Zhan Qiaoyu and Zhan Qiaomo heard the commotion outside and curiously ran out.
Just then, as a servant was passing by the doorway, Zhan Qiaoyu stopped them, blinking and asked, "What happened? Why is there such a commotion?"
The servant truthfully replied, "Because the young master brought a woman ho, everyone’s shocked, so it’s a bit noisy."
Upon hearing this, instant frowns appeared on Zhan Qiaoyu and Zhan Qiaomo’s faces.
The two little ones exchanged glances, their thoughts identical.
Although their mommy disappeared and her whereabouts remain unknown, it doesn’t an she’s not alive.
Plus, over the years, they’ve seen their daddy’s genuine feelings for mommy, so why would daddy suddenly bring a woman ho?
Thinking of this, Zhan Qiaoyu and Zhan Qiaomo exchanged looks again and decided to investigate.
The two little ones imdiately trotted with their short legs, scurrying towards the guest room.
Once in the guest room, they moved to run towards the bedside.
Zhan Nanjing quickly stopped them, "Hey, hey, hey, you little ones, what are you doing causing a scene? She needs to rest."
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