From Runaway Bride to Global Queen
Chapter 188 That Woman

Chapter 188: Chapter 188 That Woman

After staying at the Lu Mansion for a few days, Old Mr. Lu, upon confirming Lu Yanchuan’s health, allowed the two to return to their own home.

For these days, the old man was not only attentive to their health recovery, but also persistently urged them to have children as soon as possible—to the point where Qiao Yi even dared not mention the word "children" in front of him.

Perhaps Lu Yanchuan’s injury truly frightened Old Mr. Lu, as his insistence on them having children became unprecedentedly firm.

After recuperating at home for several days, Lu Yanchuan returned to the company to work. Those two dolls originally hanging on his arm sling, at Qiao Yi’s request, were placed on his office computer to declare sovereignty.

In Qiao Yi’s words, since Lu Yanchuan declared his possession at the Qiao Family annual meeting, she couldn’t fall behind—she had to let everyone at Lu Group know that this handsome fellow was already taken!

The first thing Lu Yanchuan did upon returning to the company was to call Lu Ming.

Since he had been absent from the company for nearly a month due to injury, Lu Ming once again stepped in, even taking over many projects from Lu Yanchuan during his convalescence.

Although Lu Yanchuan didn’t care about the loss, Lu Ming’s encroachment was not greatly harmful but sufficiently disgusting.

Learning that Lu Yanchuan and Qiao Yi were both unharmed, Lu Ming cursed Jenfors a hundred times in his heart.

That guy claimed to have everything planned out; even if they didn’t take out Lu Yanchuan, they were supposed to teach Qiao Yi a lesson.

But now, Qiao Yi and Lu Yanchuan were safe and sound, while it was Jenfors who had paid the price—he wouldn’t live long if he never woke up, and if he did wake up, imprisonment awaited.

Yet none of this concerned Lu Ming, after all, he hadn’t been involved in this matter.

Lu Ming was immensely grateful that he had been busy dealing with the divorce from Qiao Xin; otherwise, he would surely have offered some help to Jenfors, and then he wouldn’t be the only one reduced to a vegetative state!

Not knowing why Lu Yanchuan summoned him to the office, Lu Ming let his mind wander on the way; arriving at Lu Yanchuan’s office, he was taken aback when he saw those two dolls, clashing with the office decor, on the computer.

"Lu Ming, you should be familiar with Lin Ke."

Hearing Lu Yanchuan’s first sentence, Lu Ming immediately felt relieved.

It wasn’t about the company, nor about Jenfors. As long as it wasn’t these two issues, nothing else scared Lu Ming!

"I know her, what about it?"

"Qiao Xin is divorcing you because of this woman. You are a member of the Lu Family, and your every move is seen by outsiders as representing the face of the Lu Family. I don’t want to see news online about members of the Lu Family committing adultery and being sued by allied families."

Lu Yanchuan’s tone made Lu Ming very uncomfortable—so superior, so justified in commanding, it infuriated Lu Ming.

But in front of Lu Yanchuan, whether by seniority or power, he was far inferior to Lu Yanchuan.

If you are beaten, you must bow your head. Lu Ming hung his head low and muttered a response.

"I understand."

"What I demand is that you see it done. If any more news detrimental to the Lu Family spreads, I won’t allow you to return to Lu Group."

The reason why Lu Yanchuan suddenly brought this up today was because Old Mr. Lu instructed him; Qiao Xin caused such a stir that some of Old Mr. Lu’s old comrades got wind of it and brought it up to Old Mr. Lu, who then learned that Lu Ming had committed adultery and was caught in the act!

Old Mr. Lu was well aware of what kind of person Lu Ming was, saying one thing and meaning another, never aligning his words with his heart. Even if he himself scolded or beat him up, once Lu Ming stepped out of the house, he would still do as he pleased.

It was only Lu Yanchuan who could perhaps suppress him in this household.

After leaving the office, Lu Ming did take Lu Yanchuan’s warning to heart, but in a completely twisted way.

Lu Yanchuan wanted him to cut ties with the women outside. But in Lu Ming’s mouth, it turned into—the affair can continue, just make sure no one finds out!

Lu Ming was pondering his next move when suddenly an idea came to him. He took out his phone and dialed a number.

"There’s a person that I need you to take care of..."

Qiao Benqing and Zhao Wenjing were always the last to know. It was the same with Qiao Xin’s car accident, and now it’s the same with Qiao Yi’s kidnapping. If Qiao Qiao hadn’t told them, they wouldn’t have known about the dangers Qiao Yi had faced!

Qiao Yi shot Qiao Qiao a warning glance, only to receive a slap on her forehead from Zhao Wenjing.

"How dare you glare at your brother! With such a huge incident, you still dared to hide it from us! Do you even consider me your mother?"

"Ouch! Mom, what are you saying? Of course you’re my mom. I just didn’t want to worry you. Besides, I wasn’t really hurt. Wouldn’t telling you just make you worry for nothing?"

No sooner had Qiao Yi finished speaking than Zhao Wenjing hit her forehead again.

"Stop being so slick with words. I know exactly what you’re up to! If you encounter anything like this again and don’t tell us, you’ll see how I’ll deal with you!"

Qiao Yi covered her forehead and didn’t dare to retaliate. Zhao Wenjing was quite satisfied with Qiao Yi’s repentant attitude and turned around to begin fussing over her again.

"Really, that Dirk Group, I heard about them a few years back. That was over twenty years ago, not long after your father and I got married. Dirk Group had caused some trouble in the country, but since the domestic economy wasn’t doing well then, perhaps they thought there was nothing worth profiting from and gave up. Now seeing the domestic development, they’ve come back trying to get a share of the pie!"

Zhao Wenjing muttered her grudges against Dirk Group with evident resentment.

"Fortunately, you were rescued by Yanchuan this time, otherwise, it would have been truly dangerous."

Speaking of which, Qiao Yi also felt quite scared after the fact, but what puzzled her more was, why did Jenfors kidnap her?

With Jenfors’ means, a ransom of ten billion shouldn’t even matter to him. Besides the previous confrontation, she had no other dealings with Jenfors, so there was no reason for him to go through such lengths to target her, was there?

As Qiao Yi was pondering this, she inexplicably thought of the phone call she overheard Jenfors make in the car.

The woman who was in collaboration with Jenfors could very well be the real culprit behind Jenfors’ targeting her!

"What real culprit? Yiyi, what are you talking about?"

Zhao Wenjing slapped Qiao Yi, bringing her back to reality. Qiao Yi brushed off her earlier thoughts with a few vague words.

However, her curiosity about the mysterious woman still lingered.

Who exactly was this woman? What kind of connection did she have with Jenfors?

As Qiao Yi racked her brains over this question, what she didn’t know was that the woman who learned Jenfors was beaten to near death also went to great lengths because of Qiao Yi.