Pregnant After Healing the Alpha

Chapter 170: Chapter 163: Can You HelpScrub My Back?

It’s over, it’s all over...

Zhan Nanging kept telling herself it was over, she now had no face to see Qiao Jing.

She had been anxious all afternoon, wondering what Qiao Jing would think after learning about this.

After giving Zhan Nanging a proud glance, Su Manhan turned to Qiao Jing, “Don’t say I'm playing favorites,

you're now nominally one of the Zhan Family, and even though you're just watering plants and gardening at

Professor Qiao’s Research Institute, I'm still willing to let you join this banquet. I'll say you and Nanging are both

from the Research Institute and celebrate for you both at the stime.”

“That won't be necessary, | don’t like to draw attention to myself,” Qiao Jing declined.

Su Manhan'’s breath hitched in her throat, “You, what do you mean by that? Are you implying that I'm too

ostentatious?”

Qiao Jing looked up, calm and composed, “If you insist on taking someone’s casually spoken words personally, |

can’t do anything about it.”

“You, you, you—do you mean to say that I'm judging your noble intentions with my petty mind?!” Su Manhan

stammered, flustered.

Qiao Jing frowned slightly, clearly becoming impatient, “Are you suffering from a persecution complex? Do you

think everyone in the world wants to be your enemy? Whatever | say, you think I'm opposing you?”

At this point, Qiao Jing stood up and scanned the room.

“It seems I'm not very welchere. Your family should enjoy your gathering, | won't disturb you further.”

With that, Qiao Jing turned to leave.

But after just one step, her wrist was caught by Zhan Qipei.

Qiao Jing was lethargic, “You—"

“I'll leave with you,” Zhan Qipei’s voice overpowered Qiao Jing’s words.

Qiao Jing looked slightly bewildered. Was he ready to upset his mother for her sake?

“Qipei! Let her go, you stay,” Su Manhan commanded, looking at Zhan Qipei.

Zhan Qipei stood up, his grip on Qiao Jing’s hand never loosening.

“I'm not hungry, you all go ahead and eat.”

After saying this, Zhan Qipei led Qiao Jing by the hand and left the private room.

“This is infuriating—huff, huff—I’'m so angry—" Su Manhan kept patting her chest, “Once a son grows up, he’s

really no longer under your control, running after a woman all day long.”

Zhan Nanging chimed in, “Isn't that what my dad does too, always hovering around you every day?”

Su Manhan “..."

“When adults are talking, children should keep out!” Su Manhan said irritably, glancing at Zhan Nanging.

Zhan Nanging shrugged her shoulders and picked up her chopsticks to eat her vegetables.

As for the conflict between Qiao Jing and Su Manhan, it wasn’t really her place to comment. Throughout history,

how many mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships were good?

And Qiao Jing’s identity was another matter. If Qiao Jing didn’t mention it, she had no right to bring it up.

Just let it be.

After leaving the hotel, Qiao Jing couldn't help but say:

“Actually, you didn’t have to do that. She’s your mom. No matter how harsh her words toor how little she

likes me, it’s all because of you. She's looking out for you, from your perspective. If she had no blood relation to

you, she wouldn't care less about whom you married.”

Hearing this from Qiao Jing, Zhan Qipei’s gaze softened when he looked at her.

“She treated you that way just now, and yet you still speak for her. How lucky am | to have married such a kind-

hearted wife.”

Qiao Jing was taken aback, were his sentiments not a bit too stretched for a simple conversation?

“I'm not speaking for her, I'm just stating the facts. My mom died early, and | never felt a mother’s love from

childhood to adulthood. It wasn’t until | saw that video, during my illness, she took care ofall the time,

talking towith tender eyes and a gentle voice. In the end, she left this world for my sake, so in my view,

every mother is selfless. No matter what happens, they would always be by their children’s side.”

Qiao Jing looked up at the countless stars in the sky and spoke with a deep sense of feeling.

Standing to the side, Zhan Qipei kept his gaze fixed on Qiao Jing, watching her slender figure which, under the

night's embrace, seemed even more delicate, invoking a sense of heartache in the onlooker.

Finally, Zhan Qipei opened his arms and pulled Qiao Jing into his embrace, wrapping her frail body with his broad

shoulders.

He whispered into her ear with a low, husky voice.

“I will protect you for a lifetand won't let anyone bully you.”

Qiao Jing, who had initially been ready to push the man away on instinct, suddenly heard his sincere words and

couldn't help but feel a softness in her heart, touched by the sentiment.

Just as Qiao Jing was beginning to bask in the man’s good intentions and warmth, he whispered again near her

ear, “Although | can’t let you find your mother again, | can let you beca mother.”

Qiao Jing “..."”

Qiao Jing was speechless, twitching the corners of her mouth before pushing the man away and giving him a

meaningful look.

The force of Qiao Jing’s push wasn’t strong, mainly because she was considering the man’s current leg condition.

Zhan Qipei looked down at where he’d been pushed to, a numbing sensation spreading between his shoulder

blades, his eyes instantly filling with a sense of pleasure.

Usually, Qiao Jing’s pushes were forceful, but this tthey were so gentle. As light as a feather brushing past, it

seemed she had learned to be tender towards him.

“Are you feeling better?” Zhan Qipei had said those words on purpose, just to lighten the mood as the girl missed

her mother excessively.

Qiao Jing raised her eyebrows slightly. As clever as she was, she caught the man’s intention and felt warmth in

her heart once again.

“Actually, there's no need to; I'm not that fragile.”

“No, you are fragile, and you do need my protection,” Zhan Qipei continued Qiao Jing’s words.

Alright, this conversation couldn't go on any further.

As Qiao Jing prepared to leave, the man’s voice suddenly rose again.

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Qiao Jing turned back to look at Zhan Qipei and answered honestly, “Because my interest in medicine is just a

hobby, agronomy is my lifelong pursuit.”

Her words struck Zhan Qipei with an unprecedented shock. Just a hobby, and you becthe nation’s most

famous Divine Doctor Jing?!

If Zhan Qipei didn’t know Qiao Jing as a genuinely low-profile person, he would have thought she was boasting to

him.

This only piqued his curiosity further.

“Just a hobby and you've reached such heights — so what are your achievements in agronomy?” Zhan Qipei

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