Pregnant After Healing the Alpha
Chapter 742 - 731: Threatening Her with Pregnancy

Chapter 742: Chapter 731: Threatening Her with Pregnancy

Upon hearing John’s words, a hint of surprise surfaced in Qiao Jing’s eyes.

Why would John suddenly say such a thing?

At the time, she hadn’t expressed whether she was willing to help with the experiment or not, so why would he suddenly say she was unwilling to participate in the experiment now?

But later, she also felt it was to be expected.

After all, she was lying in bed now with no apparent intention of helping with any experiment.

But there must be a reason why John said this at this moment.

Qiao Jing looked up at John with a scrutinizing gaze, her expression growing stern as she indifferently watched him.

When John met Qiao Jing’s gaze, he felt an urge to recoil!

He furrowed his brows, quickly shaking off the feeling.

He smoothed over his emotions before continuing to speak.

"Professor Qiao, I do hope you’ll help us with the experiment, because we’re in a real hurry. I’ve prepared everything you’ll need for the experiment. Could you tell me why you’re unwilling to help us? I believe we’ve always held you in high regard."

Perhaps it was because of Qiao Jing’s multiple identities that he, the head of M country, felt a sudden urge to back down after being stared at by her for a while.

"Oh? Respect me? From forcibly bringing me over from the empire, confining me in a lab, and installing a signal jammer there, to trying to forcibly take my phone away—is this your definition of respect?"

As she spoke, Qiao Jing paused for a moment, her gaze shifting back and forth between John and Frank.

"The underlying message in your words is that I can only negotiate with you after conducting the experiment? Why should I even help you with it? I’m not a citizen of M country."

She never liked beating around the bush. When the two men previously spoke of other matters, she could afford to ignore them.

But now John actually had the audacity to say they respected her, which was utterly contemptible to her.

After Qiao Jing laid bare the things they had done, an embarrassed look appeared on the faces of John and Frank simultaneously.

John coughed, diverting the topic.

"But we haven’t done anything out of line to you, and if you do succeed in helping us with the research, we will most certainly not leave you shortchanged."

Upon hearing Qiao Jing’s words, he inexplicably felt somewhat guilty.

Because her words pierced through the deception, stripping away their superficial smiles, exposing their true intentions in broad daylight.

Qiao Jing snorted with laughter, looking at John with a mockingly amused expression.

"You think I’m in need of money?"

In need of money?

What a joke?

The top agricultural magnate of the imperial capital in need of money?

Seeing the two of them silent, Qiao Jing spoke again.

"If there’s nothing else, please leave. I need to rest."

She really couldn’t be bothered to waste her breath on these two. Regardless, she would not help John with his experiment.

Seeing Qiao Jing’s unbending stance, John could no longer maintain his fake smile, and his facade crumbled entirely.

"Since that’s the case, Professor Qiao, don’t blame us for not being courteous."

He had given Qiao Jing a chance, but she had made her choice, so he would have to resort to the method Frank had mentioned.

He refused to believe that using Frank’s method, they couldn’t coerce Qiao Jing into conducting the experiment for them.

After hearing John’s words, Qiao Jing did not pay much attention.

John, seeing that Qiao Jing didn’t care at all about the punishment he might receive, was so angry that he couldn’t let it out.

It was as if he had punched cotton and ended up suffocated with rage.

He bit his teeth and blurted out a harsh threat.

"Professor Qiao, if you don’t help us with the experiment, then we won’t bring you food. Even if you don’t eat, the child in your belly still needs to eat, right?"

When they had first brought the unconscious Qiao Jing to the research institute, they immediately had a doctor perform a full physical check-up on her, fearing any complications.

And that examination revealed that Qiao Jing was pregnant.

He didn’t believe that Qiao Jing would neglect even her own children.

If it hadn’t been for Frank’s reminder, he might have forgotten all about it.

Frank snorted and looked at Qiao Jing, threatening her again.

"Professor Qiao, if you don’t eat, the children in your stomach will be deprived of nutrition. Are you really willing to let them starve?"

When Qiao Jing heard the word "pregnant" from the mouths of the two men, she didn’t feel surprised.

She had woken up to find herself on an IV drip, and the food was exceptionally good, so much so that it didn’t seem like it was meant for just her. At that moment, she had guessed that John and the others knew about her pregnancy.

Given John’s concern for her, it was certain that they would have her health checked to prevent any issues that would preclude her from participating in the experiment.

However, she indeed had not expected John and his team to threaten her with her children, a move that had indeed successfully threatened her.

Qiao Jing pursed her red lips and then spoke coldly:

"Don’t make me repeat myself. I want to rest now. You should leave."

Even if John and his team did not bring her food, she naturally had ways to find something that could tide her over.

For example, some of the plants on the experiment bench contained some nutrients and could provide a bit of sustenance.

As for the matter of food afterwards, she didn’t believe that Zhan Qipei could not hurry over within a day to deal with the situation.

John, seeing Qiao Jing’s indifferent demeanor, couldn’t help but doubt himself.

Could it be that this tactic was useless against Qiao Jing?

Frank looked confusedly at Qiao Jing and asked uncertainly:

"Professor Qiao, are you really going to let your children starve along with you? Moreover, you are pregnant with triplets!"

Qiao Jing rolled her eyes silently and looked at the two men with an icy expression, not saying a word.

Seeing Qiao Jing’s attitude, John’s face turned to the color of iron, and then he stood up indignantly, turning towards the door of the lab.

When he was about to reach the door, he stopped, his chest visibly heaving, then he turned back to look at Qiao Jing.

"Professor Qiao, I hope you will reconsider your decision. Even if not for yourself, you should think about the children in your belly."

Although he had said this almost twice, at this point, there really was no other way to threaten Qiao Jing.

Without giving him another glance, Qiao Jing returned to the bed to lie down and rest.

After all, she wasn’t hungry at the moment, and even if she didn’t eat the next day, she could nibble on some plants to hold herself over while waiting for Zhan Qipei to come and save her.

Meanwhile, in the surveillance room.

John stared at the still-quiet laboratory and could only see that Qiao Jing had already gone to rest on the bed.

He slammed his hand on the desk in anger but ultimately did nothing else.