Half an hour later.
Rhine.
Qiao Nian had just gotten up, and her eyes were still filled with grumpiness. She was woken up by Jiang Li's phone call. She didn't sleep well last night, and when she woke up in the morning, a nerve in her brain was tense and pulled, causing a throbbing pain in the back of her head.
"Hello." After Qiao Nian woke up, she pulled out a chair next to the desk and sat down. Since it was Jiang Li who called, her attitude was pretty good. At least she didn't blame Jiang Li for her bad mood after waking up.
"Niannian..." Jiang Li on the other end of the phone found it difficult to speak.
Qiao Nian, however, sat there patiently with his arms supported, and glanced at the water on the table out of the corner of his eye.
She put the phone to her ear, reached out to get the water, unscrewed the cap, tilted her head back and gulped down a big mouthful of water, finally moistening her dry throat: "What do you want to talk to me about?"
The girl's voice sounded much more mellow, at least not as dry, hoarse and rough as before.
Jiang Li felt mixed emotions when he heard her voice. After a long while, he took a deep breath and asked her, "I, I heard that you kidnapped Qi Lanyin. Is that true?"
Qiao Nian was originally playing with the bottle cap with one hand. Upon hearing this, her eyes turned cold. She did not answer his question, but instead asked him, "Who told you that?"
Jiang Li became more and more worried: "Don't worry about who told me this, just tell me if it's true."
Qiao Nian said nothing.
Jiang Li was extremely anxious in the hospital. He tried to get up from the bed again but failed. He fell back on the bed. He hated his own incompetence and said to Qiao Nian in a hurry, "Niannian, listen to me. Don't provoke the Qi family. The Qi family is very dangerous. Qi Yan is not easy to mess with. No matter whether my affairs are related to the Qi family or not, don't be impulsive. Wait until I get better. I'll take care of it. Listen, Niannian."
Qiao Nian could hear the anxiety and worry in his tone, and her heart warmed up. She suppressed most of the hostility in her body, but she still did not agree to Jiang Li directly. She tapped the desk with her slender white fingers, and said in a rather dry tone: "Did Jiang Xianrou tell you?"
Jiang Li seemed to be acupunctured, and immediately hesitated: "She..."
He realized that he was being led by Qiao Nian, and suddenly became anxious: "Niannian, who told me that this is not the point, I am worried about you alone..."
"What did Jiang Xianrou tell you?" Qiao Nian was quite persistent about this question, and asked casually, "Didn't I ask someone to guard the inpatient department and not allow anyone to visit in the past few days?"
Jiang Li was a little confused about why he called after hearing what she said. He didn't answer for a long time and was completely suppressed by Qiao Nian.
Qiao Nian thought about it and figured out how Jiang Xianrou contacted Jiang Li. The corners of her mouth curled up, and she was smiling, but the smile did not reach her eyes, and her eyebrows and eyes were very dry. She threw the bottle cap on the table, leaned back, and sat in a very arrogant and lazy posture. She lowered her voice and said, "Let me guess, she called you. What did she say to you on the phone? She said that I had provoked the Qi family, and if I didn't kneel down and beg for mercy, the Qi family would deal with me. She asked you to persuade me to stop as soon as possible, so as not to be dealt with by the Qi family?"
Jiang Li: “…”
Qiao Nian paused for a second. Seeing that he didn't say anything, she knew that her guess was almost right. She smiled again, and her eyebrows and eyes were quite wild and arrogant: "I guess she also told you that they told me that I would not be obedient. Only if you tell me, I will be obedient. Is that right?"
(End of this chapter)