Pregnant After Healing the Alpha-Chapter 666 - 655: Exposed (2)

Just as she was about to take a bite to taste it, Zhan Nanqing suddenly started speaking, drawing her attention.

"The dish is indeed well-made, just not as good as Qiao Jing’s," she said.

Qiao Jing lifted her eyes to look at Zhan Nanqing and, feeling helpless, tugged at the corner of her mouth.

Zhan Nanqing’s personality was always blunt and straightforward, sometimes speaking without thinking and letting her words slip out directly.

Upon hearing Zhan Nanqing’s words, Lou Xinrou’s expression shifted subtly, and she seemed a bit downcast.

But at this moment, she dared not show much of a reaction and could only offer an awkward smile.

"Ah... as long as you find it delicious, that’s good."

What did she mean that the meal she made was just a bit worse than Qiao Jing’s?

Although she had eaten the food Qiao Jing made before, she believed her own cooking was not much inferior to hers, and even thought it tasted much better than Qiao Jing’s, okay?!

It was then that Zhan Nanqing realized she had misspoken and slapped her forehead.

"I’m sorry, Xinrou, you know how I usually speak. Don’t take what I just said to heart, okay! The dish you made is really delicious. What I meant just now is that the food Qiao Jing makes isn’t something ordinary people can compare to, not even the chefs at five-star hotels, so it’s not fair to compare."

Lou Xinrou could no longer maintain her smile, and her face darkened instantly.

What did that mean? Did she not even have the right to be compared with Qiao Jing?!

The culinary skills she learned from the five-star hotel didn’t qualify her to be compared with Qiao Jing?

Honestly, she didn’t think Qiao Jing’s cooking was that great; it was just a bit better than homemade food.

Yet, in Zhan Nanqing’s eyes, Qiao Jing had been praised to the skies??!

Su Manhan followed up on Zhan Nanqing’s comment.

"Yes, Nanqing is right. My daughter-in-law’s cooking is indeed too delicious. Ever since I’ve tasted her dishes, I’ve almost wanted to fire the foreign chef we hired at home, sigh..."

She paused, glancing at Qiao Jing.

"Unfortunately, I can’t bear to have Qiao Jing cook every day; it’s too exhausting. We’ll leave it to the chef to do the cooking, and we’ll just enjoy it occasionally."

The more Lou Xinrou listened, the darker her face became, and her grip on her dress tightened, almost wanting to tear it apart.

So they spoil Qiao Jing that much?! fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

Auntie Su, you dote on Qiao Jing so much, yet she keeps her own pregnancy a secret from you—what’s the use of your doting? Doesn’t it clearly show her lack of trust in you?

Fine, since Qiao Jing kept it so well hidden and liked to keep secrets, she would make sure the pregnancy ceased to exist!

To avoid making it too obvious by cooking a separate soup just for Qiao Jing, she simply added the drug to every dish.

As for the fact that Su Manhan and Zhan Nanqing would also ingest the abortion drug, she didn’t care; she only wanted Qiao Jing to have a miscarriage!

Besides, it wouldn’t cause much of an issue if Su Manhan and Zhan Nanqing took a little of the abortion drug, given that neither of them was pregnant.

With this in mind, Lou Xinrou curled her lips into a smirk, her gaze landing on the food in Qiao Jing’s bowl.

Eat, Qiao Jing! Go on and eat!

Feeling resigned, Qiao Jing glanced at Su Manhan and revealed a faint smile.

"Madam Zhan, let’s eat," she said.

Only then did Su Manhan stop praising Qiao Jing and, with a smile, said:

"Alright, alright, let’s eat, let’s eat. Nanqing, you eat too."

Qiao Jing also picked up her chopsticks to resume eating, but she suddenly felt a gaze fixed on her.

Qiao Jing furrowed her brows and followed the gaze, finding Lou Xinrou watching her.

There was something strange about Lou Xinrou’s expression, as if she was anticipating something. It seemed her gaze wasn’t merely on Qiao Jing but on her hands as well.

With all of Lou Xinrou’s attention focused on Qiao Jing, she became puzzled when she noticed the latter had suddenly stopped moving. Lou Xinrou slightly raised her eyes only to meet Qiao Jing’s scrutinizing phoenix eyes.

Lou Xinrou was startled and hastily withdrew her gaze, flickering her eyes towards her own bowl and pretended to pick up her chopsticks to eat.

Qiao Jing narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly, suspicion flickering within.

Her intuition told her something was off with Lou Xinrou, and she was looking at something in Qiao Jing’s hand.

Besides the chopsticks, there was only the bowl...

With this thought, Qiao Jing picked up the vegetables from her bowl, examining them closely for a while before bringing them closer to smell.

Something was wrong with the vegetables!

Upon realizing the vegetables were off, Qiao Jing’s face instantly cooled, and her brows tightly furrowed as she set the bowl aside.

Su Manhan, sitting beside Qiao Jing, noticed her actions and asked with confusion,

"What’s wrong, Qiao Jing? You almost had a bite, why didn’t you eat? Don’t you like it?"

Zhan Nanqing also saw this and half-jokingly said,

"Could there be something wrong with the vegetables?"

Hearing Zhan Nanqing’s words, Lou Xinrou’s heart skipped a beat, and she blinked guiltily.

She quickly put on a sincerely apologetic smile.

"Qiao Jing, did I not suit your taste with the cooking? Sorry, I didn’t know what flavors you like, I only prepared what Auntie Su and Nanqing like. It’s all my fault for not preparing in advance. What do you like to eat? I’ll go make you a fresh dish right now."

There was no way she could let Qiao Jing skip dinner just because it wasn’t to her taste, she must go and make a new dish.

Fortunately, she had bought several packages of the drug just in case, and now that she had used two, there was one left, perfectly suitable to add into Qiao Jing’s own portion, to make the effect even stronger.

Coldness crept into Qiao Jing’s eyes, and the depths of her phoenix eyes were somber like a pool of black water, her icy gaze piercing directly towards Lou Xinrou.

She stared unemotionally at Lou Xinrou and said in a tone devoid of emotion,

"Lou Xinrou, don’t come here anymore."

The moment she saw the look in Lou Xinrou’s eyes, she knew something was off; now that she had a whiff, it turned out to be true.

These dishes had abortion drugs added to them.

She had always maintained one principle: never to harm her child.

And yet, Lou Xinrou had not only crossed her line once—first sending a sachet to cause her miscarriage, now she had the audacity to drug the food!

Lou Xinrou’s apology earlier had sounded so genuine—she must have practiced countless times at home, to the point where Lou Xinrou believed it herself, no wonder she had deceived Qiao Jing too.

With this thought, Qiao Jing looked over at the mother and daughter who were blissfully unaware.

This incident couldn’t be let go so easily. People like Lou Xinrou, if left unchecked in society, could potentially become a danger.

Moreover, not only did Lou Xinrou deceive her, but she also cheated the trusting mother and daughter, who had also consumed the abortion drug!

Hearing Qiao Jing say this, Lou Xinrou was instantly stunned.

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