novelraw Chapter 706 - 716: Stalemate (11)
Chapter 706 - 716: Stalemate (11)
Aunt Lan glanced at her belly and hesitated for a moment before speaking, "The child... is it Fu Nancheng’s?""Yes." Qiao Mo nodded.
"But... I heard at your wedding... he never showed up?" Aunt Lan couldn’t help but ask.
"Didn’t show up?" Jing Hao spoke coldly, his eyebrows furrowed deeply.
"Ah, Jing Hao, you still don’t know?" Aunt Lan was slightly startled and then remembered that Jiang Jinghao seemed to be abroad at that time.
Or rather than coincidence, it was because when he found out about their wedding as the invitations were being sent out, he left Jiang City to deliberately avoid the affair.
So after returning, he never really paid attention to their wedding and didn’t know that Fu Nancheng never came back after leaving during the ceremony.
He placed his large hand on her shoulder, looking at Qiao Mo with a cold voice, "Come out with me for a moment."
Qiao Mo was slightly startled, looking at his back, she sighed softly.
He really was different from before.
She remembered that in the past, he seemed never to speak like this.
Now, there was a touch of authority and an air of irrefusability.
Qiao Mo gave Aunt Lan an apologetic smile, while Aunt Lan looked at her with concern.
After closing the ward door, Qiao Mo looked at the serious-faced Jiang Jinghao and said gently, "I’m fine."
"What’s the deal with the wedding?" He looked at Qiao Mo, asking with a frown, his tone fairly gentle.
Qiao Mo hesitated for a moment, and then briefly told him about what happened that day. After all, it was quite the talk of the town back then, and even if she didn’t say, he would eventually find out.
"Fu Nancheng, that bastard!" Jiang Jinghao’s gaze darkened a bit, and he turned to face the window, his back to Qiao Mo.
He used all means to take Qiao Mo away from him, was it just to treat her like this?
"Jing Hao, I’m fine. We’ve already resolved it now." Qiao Mo stepped forward, not wanting his resentment towards Fu Nancheng to deepen because of her.
"Resolved?" Jiang Jinghao turned his head to look at her, eyes carrying a hint of sarcasm, clearly not believing it.
He even let her come for the prenatal checkup alone; it’s hard for him not to overthink her usual situation.
"Alright, Jing Hao, I’m really fine." Qiao Mo spoke again, feeling that the man before her had become much more unfamiliar than before.
Jiang Jinghao placed his hands gently on her shoulders, lowering his head slightly to look at her, "If I hadn’t left, things might have been different. I didn’t think... he would treat you like this."
Seeing the concern and tenderness in his eyes, Qiao Mo’s somewhat tensed heart relaxed again.
He was still him, still the one who cared for her meticulously in her memories, even if a lot had changed, his care and concern for her were never fake.
"Oh, he’s really quite good to me. Look at me, well-fed and well-dressed, not at all like someone who’s been wronged." Qiao Mo softly comforted, as if afraid he wouldn’t believe her, she even spun around in front of him for effect.
The pale pink hem of her dress fluttered slightly, along with her hair.
He watched her, a faint smile appeared on his lips, his gaze indulgent, but he said nothing.
"Alright, I won’t talk to you anymore. My appointment with the doctor is at ten, which is soon. Let’s catch up later." Qiao Mo spoke warmly.
"I’ll accompany you."
She was slightly startled, feeling touched but also finding it somewhat inappropriate, she hesitated for a moment before declining, "No, you need to look after Aunt Lan. I can go on my own."