Suddenly, Xia Canglan saw someone whisper something in Huo Xuan’s ear. His expression changed, and he clicked his tongue impatiently.
Then, glancing around at the growing crowd of onlookers, he waved his hand,
“Take these guys back—oh, no, ‘invite’ them back for a friendly chat for a while. We’ll send them back after this is resolved. Dean, you should have no problem here, right?”
The dean’s lips twitched.
This unreasonable guy… judging from his eyes, if he dared to say no, would he also be dragged back for a ‘friendly’ visit like Ji Wuren?
“Heh, since it’s between you two, why would I have a problem? Alright, what are you all doing here? Disperse, disperse.”
Then, he hurriedly left with the security team.
Seeing the juicy gossip was over, Xia Canglan was about to leave when she met Huo Xuan’s gaze.
He winked playfully at her, then gave her a suggestive “goodbye,” and left without looking back.
“How has this guy—with such an annoying personality—alive this long?” Xia Canglan muttered.
“Huh? Lanlan, what did you say?” Zhou Fumei didn’t hear her clearly.
…
By the time she got off work in the afternoon, Xia Canglan hadn’t had a chance to think about what happened that day.
It wasn’t until she got home that she vaguely felt something was wrong.
She had clearly sent the pregnant woman out yesterday and given her an acupuncture injection, which would have made her wake up quickly.
The pregnant woman didn’t look like a rich person, so she shouldn’t be a member of the Huo family.
Why would Huo Xuan say that Ji Wuren kidnapped his younger sister? Could it be something Ji Wuren did before?
No, that doesn’t make sense either.
Ji Wuren had only recently moved here. Even if he wanted to do something, he wouldn’t kidnap two women here at the same time so quickly.
So, the younger sister Huo Xuan was talking about, could it really be that pregnant woman?
“What are you thinking about? We’re at the door, and you’ve been standing outside without going in? I called you, but you didn’t respond,”
Xia’s mother said helplessly.
Xia Canglan snapped out of her reverie, smiled at her mother, and was about to say something when she met the gaze of the man in military uniform in the living room.
His eyes were sharp as a sword, filled with inquiry, doubt, and curiosity.
However, his gaze swept over her for only a moment before quickly averting.
“Mom, this comrade is…” Xia Canglan raised an eyebrow.
She didn’t want to ask, but this man—every inch of him was exactly what she fantasized about in her future ideal man.
Handsome yet masculine, with a hidden strength beneath his clothes, his muscles looked well-developed and firm, definitely not comparable to the weaklings outside.
Although she was fond of men, her biggest regret after the apocalypse was not having enjoyed being surrounded by handsome men, having them on either side, and experiencing true bliss.
In the apocalypse, even those who weren’t handsome became sallow-faced, thin, or even dark-skinned, unkempt, and unattractive men, making it impossible to find a man who caught her eye.
“Oh, Lanlan, this is your brother’s superior, Commander Pei Xingzhe. Your brother is away on a mission, so he’s investigating Kong Miaomiao’s matter on his behalf.”
Pei Xingzhe stood up.
“Hello, are you Comrade Xia Canglan?”
“I am Xia Canglan,”
Xia Canglan instantly dismissed her little thoughts; now was not the time to think about such things.
“Comrade Xia Canglan, our team took your message very seriously and immediately sent people to investigate. Please rest assured, if this is true, then Comrade Kong Miaomiao is breaking the law—”
“I didn’t, I didn’t cheat on you! This is all slander by that little bitch Xia Canglan! I…”
Kong Miaomiao, who had overheard their conversation in the room, quickly ran out, her eyes filled with terror, her words incoherent and rambling, clearly not telling the truth.
Xia Canglan curled her lips.
“Oh, isn’t this Kong Miaomiao, the one who ran away from home? When did you come back? What, couldn’t survive out there? What do you think my home is? You think you can just leave whenever you want?”
Kong Miaomiao didn’t dare to meet Xia Canglan’s gaze, and couldn’t argue with her. In a panic, she tried to grab Pei Xingzhe’s hand, but he dodged her.
She looked at him pitifully, her eyes filled with his cold-blooded accusation.
But she had targeted the wrong person.
Who was Pei Xingzhe?
The only grandson of the Pei family, his parents had disappeared without a trace, and he was raised by his grandparents.
He joined the army at a young age, relying on his fearlessness and hard work to become a mission-chasing maniac. Whatever the mission level was dangerous or high-level, he would take it. In just a few years, he had firmly established himself as a full colonel.
If he weren’t so young and couldn’t be too conspicuous, his achievements would far exceed this position.
At 27, aside from his superiors, no one dared to arrange a marriage for him. It wasn’t just his cold expression, but also his inherent, intense aura that kept people at a distance.
Even though the girls were attracted to his face and background, they were terrified by his menacing presence.
To Pei Xingzhe, Kong Miaomiao’s little glance was nothing more than a twitching, clearly problematic gaze.
“Are you Kong Miaomiao? Xia Cangyun’s wife, Kong Miaomiao?”
Pei Xingzhe suddenly asked, startling Kong Miaomiao. She nodded instinctively, immediately regretting it.
“I…I didn’t cheat on you…”
She tried to explain, but was shocked by Pei Xingzhe’s words the next second.
“Zeng Minqiang, isn’t he your cousin?”
“Whoosh!”
Kong Miaomiao’s face changed, cold sweat poured down her back, and her eyes were filled with terror.
“You, you…why are you bringing up Minqiang? He’s my cousin, he’s already married. You, you want to force us to our deaths?”
Pei Xingzhe glanced at her coldly, silencing her.
“I only asked you one question: Is Zeng Minqiang your cousin? Why did Comrade Kong Miaomiao think of that? Or is this a self-incriminating confession?”
“Pfft!”
Xia Canglan couldn’t help but burst out laughing, immediately feeling two pairs of eyes on her.
“Eh, sorry, I really couldn’t help it. Comrade Pei Xingzhe probably didn’t expect this either. Some people are just so stupid, thinking their actions are flawless, but they don’t realize there are traces everywhere.”
She slowly approached the trembling Kong Miaomiao.
“Kong Miaomiao, tell me, a married man, your cousin, two blood relatives, doing such a despicable thing. What will happen to you when this is exposed? What will happen to the Kong family?”
*Thud!* Kong Miaomiao fell to the ground, her eyes filled with fear as she looked at Xia Canglan, frantically grabbing her trouser leg, pleading,
“Xia Canglan, I was wrong, please let me go, I’ll never dare to do it again, really, I’ll never go back, never see you again… Ah…”
Before she could finish her pleas, Xia Canglan yanked her hair violently, the force so great that Kong Miaomiao felt her scalp being ripped off, causing her to cry out in pain.