“If he really planned on acknowledging you as his goddaughter and stopped talking about it afterward, and even stopped caring about you, that must have had nothing to do with you getting together with Chen Jun. Quite on the contrary, he stopped mentioning you or paying attention to you to protect you from being watched and preyed on by Wang Yang.”
Even the most brilliant people made mistakes. Wang Yang was ambitious while Qiao Nan was in a vulnerable position and no match for Wang Yang at all. Zhu Chengqi had to have full confidence in raising Qiao Nan into someone who could defeat Wang Yang in the shortest possible time.
Otherwise, Zhu Chengqi’s good intentions toward Qiao Nan would only harm her. Just like in the past, he would simply have to divert his attention away from Qiao Nan to maintain peace on the surface. Then, Wang Yang would not even care about a trivial character like Qiao Nan.
As such, Zhai Sheng had reason to believe that Zhu Chengqi had given up on Qiao Nan not because of his disappointment in her. Zhu Chengqi had allowed Qiao Nan to return to her normal life to protect her. At that time, the only one left in the Zhu family was Zhu Chengqi alone.
That was the saddest and loneliest time in Zhu Chengqi’s life but he had never stopped working. Evidently, Zhu Chengqi could not spare too much time trying to protect Qiao Nan from Wang Yang during the worst period of his life.
No wonder. No wonder Old Chief Zhu, who rarely interacted with anyone, had suddenly offered his assistance to allow Nan Nan to get married from his house. It was because Old Chief Zhu had intended to do so a long time ago. Since Old Chief Zhu had been prepared to acknowledge Nan Nan as his goddaughter, it was no surprise that he would let Nan Nan get married from his house.
“So, that’s why…” Qiao Nan was overwhelmed by the information. She had always thought that Wang Yang’s ploy had succeeded and that Zhu Chengqi had been exceptionally disappointed with her. That was why she had not become Zhu Chengqi’s goddaughter in the end. But it turned out that had not been the case. Her godfather was still silently protecting her even though he was not physically present, just like how he had in her dream.
Qiao Nan sat up suddenly, scaring Zhai Sheng. Zhai Sheng quickly supported Qiao Nan’s waist to prevent her from moving too much, afraid that she would injure the baby in her stomach. “What’s the matter? Be careful. Thankfully, Mom didn’t see that happen. Otherwise, she would nag at you forever.”
Pregnant women could not move around too much. Pregnant women could not eat too much cold or raw food. There were so many things that she could not do…
No matter how smart Zhai Sheng was, he was nearly getting overwhelmed and confused by the countless forbidden actions. Of course, Qiao Nan’s sudden movements were also forbidden in the Zhai family.
“Nothing.” Qiao Nan stroked her stomach, which was not very obvious yet. “Brother Zhai, I’m just feeling a little emotional thinking about it. I thought that I was capable enough, and that’s why… Brother Zhai, weren’t you curious about how I managed to get so many people looking for me for translations even though I only have a Level Four certification? Although it’s not popular anymore, my business hasn’t suffered. Brother Zhai, do you think there’s been someone helping me behind the scenes?”
Could that person be the old chief, Zhu Chengqi?
In the past, Qiao Nan had thought that she had managed to earn a high salary and carry the burden of supporting the entire Qiao family because of her own hard work and efforts, even though she was only a junior high school graduate.
Now that Qiao Nan thought carefully about it, she had always been quite lucky throughout her life. It was suspicious enough that she had been able to hold down such a lucrative job as a translator for more than ten years.
Initially, Qiao Nan had had no idea that Zhu Chengqi had intended to acknowledge her as his goddaughter or that Chen Jun’s appearance had been planned by Wang Yang. It was only because of her dream that Qiao Nan had learned of these truths.
Zhai Sheng had thought about this some time ago, but at that time, Qiao Nan had not agreed to marry him yet. Since he had not even gotten her hand in marriage, Zhai Sheng naturally had no time to try to find out about who had been treating his future wife so well all those years. “I think it’s highly possible.”
Upon getting Zhai Sheng’s affirmation, Qiao Nan got even more anxious to visit Zhu Chengqi in the hospital. “Brother Zhai, will you bring me to visit Old Chief Zhu?” Even though Old Chief Zhu had not acknowledged her as his goddaughter, she would still regard him as her godfather because he had taken care of her for two entire lifetimes!
Zhai Sheng supported Qiao Nan, but unfortunately, the couple had not managed to meet Zhu Chengqi. The first time, the couple had been rejected at the door with the excuse that Zhu Chengqi’s condition was not stable and that he could not receive any visitors. The Zhai couple could try again once Zhu Chengqi’s condition stabilized.
The second time, they were rejected once again with the same excuse.
After making two fruitless trips, Qiao Nan could not help but ask Brother Zhai on the way back, “Brother Zhai, do you really think that Old Chief Zhu is too ill to see us, or do you think that Wang Yang is doing something behind Old Chief Zhu’s back again?”
Now, Qiao Nan was filled with disgust toward Wang Yang. Was Wang Yang entirely shameless? He should know very well why Zhu Baoguo had passed away at that time. Even though he had not intended to kill Zhu Baoguo and had only wanted to teach him a lesson, it was still Wang Yang’s decision that had led to the death of an innocent person, Zhu Baoguo.
Even after causing the death of Zhu Chengqi’s only son, Wang Yang was still eyeing Zhu Baoguo’s place, wanting to take over everything that should have belonged to Zhu Baoguo. There were no words to even describe how evil and psychopathic Wang Yang’s cruelness was. Wang Yang’s immoral acts were too numerous to even count.
“I can’t say for sure.” After learning about the truth behind everything, Zhai Sheng thought back about how Wang Yang had been looking at him and Qiao Nan with wariness on the day of their wedding.
This could only mean that Wang Yang had the guts to treat them in this manner behind Old Chief Zhu’s back. Yet, even if Old Chief Zhu was truly ill, there was no reason for him to be controlled by Wang Yang. Because Zhai Sheng had not interacted with Zhu Chengqi, he could not be certain of Zhu Chengqi’s current condition. As such, his suspicions were nothing more than groundless speculation.
The Zhai couple returned in vain and their actions quickly found their way to Wang Yang’s ears.
