the seventh bride

Chapter 106 Mu Qing is Missing

After returning to the hotel, Bai Muqing took a shower, climbed onto the bed and lay down.

Nangong Chen looked down at her on the bed: "Are you sure you don't need to call the doctor?"

"I'm sure." Bai Muqing turned around and turned her back to him.

Seeing that she didn't want to talk too much, Nan Gongchen didn't bother her any more, but went to the desk and turned on the computer he carried with him to start dealing with business.

Probably because she slept too much in the afternoon, but Bai Muqing lay on the bed but didn't feel sleepy, listening to his occasional beating on the side drum and keyboard, and the occasional phone call, since she thought it was very pleasant.

She scratched her hair with her hands, thinking that she was really crazy, but at this moment, she still thought the sound of his work was very pleasant.

She closed her eyes tightly and forced herself to fall asleep quickly, as long as she fell asleep, she would stop thinking about it.

Gradually, she actually fell asleep, and could no longer hear Nangong Chen's voice at the desk.

She didn't know how long she had been asleep, but in a daze, she felt Nan Gongchen leaning over from behind her, pulling her into his arms as usual.And his palm stroked from her swollen abdomen all the way to her chest.

Feeling the need of his body, Bai Muqing twisted her body a little, pretending to be unbearable to be disturbed, and pushed his palm off her body.

Nangong Chen paused, leaned over and blew in her ear: "You are such an inconsiderate wife."

Bai Muqing's eyelids trembled, and she continued to pretend to be asleep.

She didn't know how other pregnant women served their husbands who had physical needs, and she was not in the mood to think about it right now. Before she fell asleep, she could only think about how to find her uncle's family that had disappeared for many years.

Although Nan Gongchen was dissatisfied with her reaction, but considering that she was as jerky as a little girl in this aspect, he didn't force her anymore.In the end, after taking a deep breath, he hugged her and fell asleep lightly.

Bai Muqing, who went to bed early, naturally also woke up early. She turned her head and glanced at Nan Gongchen who was sleeping on her side, then carefully got up and walked to the bathroom.

Although there is resentment towards him in her heart, after all, he is still her husband now, and it is her responsibility to take care of him.After washing up, she went downstairs to prepare breakfast.

It was past twelve o'clock when he went to bed last night, and today he has to go to the city government for a meeting at nine o'clock, which will allow him to sleep a little longer.

The ingredients in the hotel are quite comprehensive, so Bai Muqing decided to simply cook some spinach and lean meat porridge, which is nutritious and delicious.

Spinach porridge has always been Xiaoyi's favorite, Nangong Chen should also like it, she thought.

After cooking the porridge, she just wanted to go upstairs to wake Nangong Chen up, but Nangong Chen had already walked down from the second floor slowly, looking at her while arranging the tie around her collar: "I thought you were out when you got up so early."

"I cooked some vegetable porridge, you can eat together." Bai Muqing served him a bowl and put it on the table.

Nangong Chen looked at the vegetable porridge on the table, raised his eyes and glanced at her with a slight smile: "It looks pretty good, it shouldn't be unpalatable."

"Try it, and then you'll know."

"Thank you." Nangong Chen sat down on the seat opposite her, took a sip of it with a spoon and put it into his mouth, then looked up at her and said, "I blamed you wrong last night, but in some respects, you are still quite inconsiderate as a wife of."

An ordinary flirting between husband and wife is what Bai Muqing had always expected before, but at this moment she felt extremely irritable and said: "Hurry up and go to the meeting, be careful you're late."

Nangong Chen felt her irritability, and looked at her with a spoon: "Is this also a manic symptom of pregnant women?"

Bai Muqing was speechless, sat down opposite him and began to eat breakfast.

Nangong Chen took a few mouthfuls, then raised his head to stare at her again: "I have a meeting in the morning, and the city government banquet at noon, do you want to go with me?"

"Do you have to go?" Bai Muqing asked calmly.

"The organizer has no requirement to bring a female companion."

"If that's the case, then I won't go."

"Then where are you going today?"

"I... just wander around."

"Alright, ask Driver Chen to take you there."

"No, I'm just walking around, I don't need a car."

Nangong Chen thought for a while, then nodded: "Alright then, call me if you need anything."

Bai Muqing gave an 'hmm' indiscriminately, and continued to eat the porridge in the bowl.

After Nangong Chen finished eating the porridge, he wiped the corners of his mouth with a tissue: "I'll go first." After speaking, he got up and left the restaurant to the hotel gate.

For some unknown reason, Bai Muqing got up and followed him out of the hotel gate, and stood on the steps to watch him get into the car.Nangong Chen felt that she was following her, he stopped when he got into the car, turned around to look at her, and then walked towards her.

"Are you waiting for my goodbye kiss?" Nangong Chen asked with a smile.

Before Bai Muqing could deny it, he had already cupped her small face and lowered his head to kiss her lips.

Bai Muqing closed her eyes and let his lips penetrate into her, always feeling that this kiss would be a farewell kiss, and she didn't know why she felt this way.

Probably because what she was going to do later was related to grandma's death, she thought.

Since it is a farewell, let her shamelessly indulge one more time, and make a real farewell to this ridiculous past.

*****
After Nangong Chen's car left the hotel gate, Bai Muqing went back to her room and changed into a set of clothes before leaving the hotel alone. Instead of using Driver Chen's car, she rented a car and walked towards the downtown area.

She only knew that her uncle moved to a villa in the urban area, and she had heard from her mother that her uncle's family had immigrated abroad, but she still wanted to go there to try her luck, maybe she could meet her uncle's family?

It's a pity that the villa has been transferred to another family, and the current owner refused to say that he didn't know where the family moved.

Bai Muli asked several neighbors, but no one knew the whereabouts of his uncle's family. He only said that the family left in a hurry and left without saying hello.

Bai Muqing had no choice but to turn to the cemetery.

The time interval between this time and the last time is not too far, but they are two completely different moods. This time when she came to grandma's tombstone, Bai Muqing first knelt on the ground and kowtowed to her, and said with tears in her eyes :"sorry……."

"Grandma, please forgive my ignorance and helplessness. I didn't intend to marry Nangong Chen on purpose, and I never thought that he would be the murderer who forced you to death. If I had known earlier, I would never have married him anyway. Yes. Grandma, maybe you will blame me, hate me, and blame me for not leaving him now. Please forgive me, I have come this far, and I am pregnant with his child, so I can only go on with the courage But grandma, I promise you, I will definitely leave him after the baby is born, stay far away from him, and never see him again."

"I'm sorry, I can't avenge you, I can't kill him like in my dream, because...he is the father of my child after all. Grandma, do you still remember when you were a child, you always hugged me and wiped your tears, saying that I It's really pitiful to have no father's love at such a young age, so I can't let my child follow in my footsteps, and I can't bear to let him do like this."

"Grandma, will you forgive me, right? If you forgive me, please give me a dream to tell me at night, so that I can feel more at ease..."

A drop of cold water landed on Bai Muqing's forehead, interrupting her narration.

Is it raining?She raised her head faintly, only to realize that the originally bright sky had somehow turned dark, looking like it was about to rain.

Bai Muqing collected her emotions, placed the lily in her arms in front of her grandmother's tombstone, then turned around reluctantly and walked outside the cemetery.

She walked to the gate of the cemetery, and when she was about to get in the car, a tentative voice suddenly came from beside her: "Xiaoxue?"

Bai Muqing was stunned for a moment, even though she hadn't heard this title for more than ten years, when she heard it again, she was immediately moved.

She turned her head in surprise and saw a woman walking towards her. The woman was wearing a sun hat and her clothes were quite expensive.

A familiar feeling came over her, and Bai Muqing felt pleasantly surprised, and called out, "Auntie?"

Although she didn't have much affection for this aunt, she was naturally delighted to meet someone here who she had searched for a lot today but couldn't find.

Compared with the aunt who was a petty citizen back then, the aunt in front of her looks a bit higher in temperament and dress than before, looking a bit like a lady.

"I haven't seen you for more than ten years. I didn't expect you to remember me as an aunt." Zou Su walked in front of her and took her hand: "Just now I was afraid that I had misunderstood the wrong person, but then I thought I could come here Except that you are definitely not your sister, so I dared to call you tentatively."

At the beginning, Zou Lan noticed Bai Muqing's appearance of Bai Ying'an after plastic surgery, but it's just that she hasn't seen her for too many years, so she doesn't recognize her.

"Aunt, are you here to see grandma?" Bai Muqing asked after a while.

"That's right." Zou Su raised his head and glanced at the sky: "But it's about to rain, so it seems that we can't go."

Bai Muqing felt that she had a lot of questions to ask, but she didn't know where to start, so she finally asked the most common questions: "Auntie, I heard from my mother that you immigrated to the country many years ago, why are you in Yanzhou today? City? Did you emigrate back to your country?”

"No." Zou Su shook his head: "I came back to China to do something, and I just have time today, so I came to see your grandma."

As the rain fell, Zou Su looked up at the top of her head, and then took her arm: "Come on, Xiaoxue, let's go to the car to talk, and take you back by the way, by the way, where do you live now?"

"I live in the river bend." Bai Muqing followed her into the car.

"Oh, who do you live with? Did you come back to Yancheng to play?" Zou Su asked the driver after he turned to drive.

Bai Muqing didn't want Zou Su to know about her marriage to Nangong Chen, and she didn't want to talk too much about herself, so if she answered her question casually, she immediately changed her words and asked, "Auntie, can I ask you something?"

"what's up?"

"About grandma." Bai Muqing hesitated for a moment before saying, "I heard from my mother that grandma was forced to death in the sale of Zhu's old house, is that true?"

Zou Su was slightly surprised, as if he didn't expect Bai Muqing to ask about this matter, so he just looked at her but hesitated for a while but didn't answer.

Bai Muqing said again: "Auntie, please tell me the truth, I want to know what's going on."

Zou Sucha looked at her face and said: "Xiaoxue, I think it's better for you not to know. After all, your grandma loves you so much, even more than your own granddaughter. I know that your feelings for her are also stronger than any relatives." Dear, so in order to avoid being sad, it is still..."

"It's okay, aunt, just tell me."

After some hesitation, Zou Su said hesitantly: "I don't know why, a wealthy businessman came to our house suddenly, claiming to buy our house at all costs. You know , your grandma has a lot of affection for that house, no matter what price the other party offers, she refuses to sell it. Then the rich businessman became angry and resorted to all kinds of dirty tricks to force your grandma to compromise. Your grandma was so angry that she ran up to the third floor and threatened If they forced her again, she would jump down. As a result, the rich businessman didn't take her threats to heart, and forced her to jump off the building. Poor your grandma, who was seriously injured and sent to the hospital, the rich businessman still didn't let go Just because I was afraid that she would continue to obstruct her after she recovered, I sent someone to secretly kill her in the hospital, just like that, your grandma..."

Zou Su couldn't continue, tears welled up in his eyes, and he shook his head: "This bastard... is too cruel...."

"Still sneaking to the hospital to kill grandma?" Bai Muqing muttered in a daze.

"Most, otherwise, why would he be willing to pay us so much money? At that time, the market value of the house was only 50 yuan, but he paid us tens of millions of villas."

Bai Muqing's palms were clenched into fists little by little, she could hardly believe what she heard, she thought Nan Gongchen just forced her grandma to jump off the building, but she didn't expect that she even chased her to the hospital to silence her...

After a long time, she looked at Zou Su faintly, and asked in a trembling voice, "Are these... all true?"

"Yes." Qiu Su nodded, and said: "I knew you would be angry and distressed, so I dare not tell you."

After another long period of silence, Bai Muqing looked at Zou Su with cold eyes: "Then what about you? You let him succeed like this? Sell the house to him? Didn't even give him the slightest punishment?"

"Xiaoxue..." Zou Su dodged her blaming gaze and said in embarrassment: "The main reason was that the compensation he gave was too high. Your uncle meant that even if we knew that he killed your grandma, But there is no way to take him without evidence. Even if there is evidence to imprison him, it will not do us any good, it is better... "

"Why don't you accept his tens of millions of villas and make a fortune?" Bai Muqing interrupted her.

"Xiaoxue, don't speak so harshly. In fact, what your uncle said is right. Even if we lock him in, with his powerful background, he will definitely be released soon, and he has such a ruthless temper. , will definitely not let us go after he comes out. Why not accept his villa and change the poor fate of the Zhu family for generations."

Although Bai Muqing gritted her teeth in anger, she knew very well that this was the personality of her uncle and aunt who were greedy for comfort. Let alone tens of millions, even if it was tens of millions, they would definitely choose to keep this matter private.

If it wasn't for doing so, how could the aunt in front of her change her previous image and become like a noble lady?
This is my uncle's decision, and it's been so many years, what else can she say?What choice is there but to accept the truth?

She closed her eyes, took a bitter breath and said, "Please stop."

"Xiaoxue, what do you want to do? It's in the wilderness here, and it's going to rain soon, so let your aunt take you back."

"No, please let me get out of the car." She said with a deadpan expression.

Zou Su took a look at the dark sky, and said to the driver without stopping her, "Driver, please stop by the side of the road."

The car was quickly stopped by the driver on the side of the road, Zou Su took Bai Muqing's hand and said with concern: "Xiaoxue, I know you will definitely be angry with me and your uncle, but you can't hurt your feelings just because you are angry. I’m back in Yancheng, so I’ll go to my uncle’s house for a meal if I have time, or stay at my uncle’s house for a few days, okay? Living at home is better than staying in a hotel.”

"No need, I live well outside." Bai Muqing refused with a blank mind, opened the door and got out of the car.

"Be careful by yourself, don't hang around outside for too long, you know?" Zou Su said this while gesturing to the driver to drive.

After the car restarted, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was so dangerous that she almost couldn't hold on.

She quickly took out her cell phone from her bag and dialed a number. The phone rang for a long time before someone answered. It was a young man's voice: "Hello, Mrs. Zhu, can I see Mr. Lin?"

Zou Su's face was instantly covered with a flattering smile, and he said with a smile: "Assistant He? Is Young Master Lin here?"

"Young Master Lin is in a meeting with the municipal government, just let me know if you have anything to say."

"Oh..." Zou Su thought for a while, and said, "Then please tell Young Master Lin that I have finished the matter according to his instructions."

"Okay, I'll tell him later." Assistant He hung up the phone after finishing speaking.

After hanging up the phone, Zou Su smiled mockingly at the screen of the phone, and then put the phone back into the bag.

*****
After Bai Muqing got out of the car, she walked alone on the side of the road as if she had lost her soul, and didn't even care that it was about to rain.

Zou Su's words echoed vaguely in his mind, and the hatred towards Nan Gongchen that had been suppressed with great difficulty came to his heart again.

Is this the purpose of coming to Yancheng?In order to clarify the situation, in order to make myself hate Nangong Chen even more?So what now?Are you finally satisfied?

It's just... At this time, besides hatred, she is more disappointed and heartbroken. Does this really make sense?

She closed her eyes and let the tears slide down her cheeks, mixed with a few drops of rain falling from the sky.

The rain finally officially started to fall, and it was cold on the face and head. Slowly, the clothes on the body also started to get wet.

After being drenched by the cold rain, Bai Muqing regained consciousness a little. She instinctively covered her lower abdomen with her hands. In such a sad time, she could still think of protecting this child.And the premise of protecting this child is to protect herself and prevent herself from getting caught in the rain and catching a cold.

Just looking around, except for the two rows of green trees on the road, the rest are all crops, and there is not even a place to shelter from the rain.

She quickened the pace of walking forward, her body was already drenched in the rain as she shuttled through the rain.

Turning a corner, she was disappointed that there were still green trees and crops in front of her, and she stopped moving forward at a fast pace.Apart from the rain and tears, she didn't care about how embarrassed she was at this moment!

A van drove up ahead, and a wretched man stuck out of the window and whistled at her. She was frightened, and hurriedly accelerated her pace.

Only at this time did she realize that this place is really desolate, there are few passing cars, let alone taxis.She began to regret that she got off the bus impulsively just now, and she should have returned to the city to get off anyway.

She took out her mobile phone from her bag while walking, but only after she took out her mobile phone did she realize that she had no one to turn to for help. Who could she turn to in this place where she was unfamiliar with for a long time?Who else could she look for besides Nangong Chen?
No, she can't look for him, even if she dies here, she won't look for that cold-blooded murderer!

She stood under the tree, the rain dripped on her hair through the treetops, and the hands holding the mobile phone were trembling because of the cold or excitement.

The van circled back to her just now, and the wretched man just leaned out, snatched her cell phone, and drove the car away with a huff.

Bai Muqing was stunned for a moment, then screamed and chased after her: "Give me back the phone... bastard...!"

However, the car quickly left her sight.

It was the mobile phone that Nangong Chen gave her before, a limited edition set with foreign diamonds, she was not nostalgic for this expensive mobile phone, nor was she nostalgic for Nan Gongchen's heart, but without the mobile phone, she would have no way to leave here!
***
At this time, the seminar held in the municipal government had ended, and entrepreneurs came out of the meeting room one after another.

When Nan Gongchen walked out of the conference room surrounded by a group of peers, he could see the direction of the exit of the hall from a distance. Lin Annan's assistant was leaning over and whispering something in his ear, while Lin Annan's face changed slightly, and then he made a phone call. He walked towards the entrance of the city hall with big strides.

Assistant Yan came from another direction, nodded to the entrepreneurs, then took a step forward and whispered in Nangong Chen's ear: "Young Master Chen, I just heard Mr. Lin's assistant mention Mrs. Mr. Lin turned around and left the hall as soon as he heard his name."

Nangong Chen's face was slightly ill, and he apologized to the entrepreneurs beside him, then walked towards the rest chair while taking the mobile phone handed over by Assistant Yan.

He pressed Bai Muqing's number, and the response was to turn off the phone.

shutdown?He remembered that when he threw the limited-edition mobile phone to her and forced her to change it, he reminded her that he had to turn it on for him at any time.And these days, although he called her less often, he never showed that the phone was turned off.

He glanced outside where it was raining. How could she turn off the phone at this time?There is no reason.

(End of this chapter)