"Why aren't you driving?" Bai Qing asked coldly, "Isn't Yun Qiqi waiting for you?"
Mo Xiao originally intended to let her sit in the front seat.
But with her words, he directly started the car.
On the way back, neither of them spoke a word.
The atmosphere was more tense than ever before.
Mo Xiao believed that all of this was Bai Qing's fault.
If she were still the way she used to be, they wouldn't be fighting.
Halfway through, Mo Xiao's phone rang again.
It was Yun Qiqi, once more.
"What did you say? I'll be right there!" Mo Xiao suddenly stopped the car and said to Bai Qing, "Get out, I'll have Zhao Teng come pick you up."
Bai Qing didn't move.
"Get out," Mo Xiao's voice was icy.
"It's 11:30 at night. Are you really going to leave me, a woman, by the roadside?" Bai Qing's chest ached.
"Zhao Teng will be here in five minutes," Mo Xiao replied coldly.
Bai Qing's heart throbbed painfully, her face turned pale.
She bit her lip and got out of the car.
"In five minutes, Zhao Teng will arrive. Wait here obediently." Mo Xiao instructed.
Bai Qing lowered her head and said nothing.
By this point, she had nothing left to say.
Even if he no longer had any feelings for her.
For her safety alone, he should understand how dangerous it was to leave a woman on the side of the road at night.
Yet he still left her there.
Mo Xiao glanced at her, and for some reason, the sight of her bowed head made him feel a little uncomfortable.
But his phone rang again.
Yun Qiqi needed him.
Without thinking, he drove off.
Bai Qing's tears fell silently, dropping to the ground.
Five minutes later.
Zhao Teng came to pick her up.
But there was no one on the road.
Where was the young madam?!
Zhao Teng had Bai Qing's phone number, and he called her.
But her phone couldn't be reached.
A sudden sense of dread hit Zhao Teng, and he called Mo Xiao.
"Did you pick her up?" Mo Xiao's voice was low, "Make sure to send her home safely. If she's hungry, have..."
"President, the young madam is missing." Zhao Teng's voice trembled.
"Missing?" Mo Xiao frowned.
"Yes," Zhao Teng said, panicking, "There's no one on the road, and I can't reach her on the phone."
"Send more people to search," Mo Xiao said gravely, "You must find her!"
What would he do if something happened to Bai Qing?!
"Understood." Zhao Teng hung up and called in more people to help with the search.
They scoured a ten-kilometer radius, but there was no sign of her.
Zhao Teng checked the surveillance footage.
What he saw made his heart sink.
Bai Qing had indeed run into trouble.
A drunk man had dragged her into a narrow alley.
Zhao Teng, pale as a sheet, called Mo Xiao.
Mo Xiao was stunned, "I'm on my way!"
With that, he stood up to leave.
Yun Qiqi tugged at his sleeve, "Mo Xiao, what's wrong?"
"Bai Qing's in trouble," Mo Xiao replied gravely.
"In trouble?" Yun Qiqi pursed her lips, "Could it be she's doing this on purpose because she doesn't want a divorce?"
"Impossible," Mo Xiao was certain.
Bai Qing was too innocent to come up with such schemes.
"Alright then, go quickly. I'll wait for you," Yun Qiqi said softly.
Mo Xiao nodded and left without looking back.
Yun Qiqi bit her lip. Bai Qing, you really have no shortage of tricks, do you?
But it's useless.
Mo Xiao belongs to me.
Mo Xiao rushed to the scene where Bai Qing had been.
Zhao Teng handed him a phone, "President, this is the young madam's, and there's blood on it."
Mo Xiao felt a chill run through his entire body. "Find her! Dead or alive!"
"Yes!" Zhao Teng nodded and immediately commanded the others to search again thoroughly.
Mo Xiao clenched Bai Qing's phone, his knuckles white. She couldn't... she couldn't be hurt.
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"I'm coming!" Yu Qi opened the door and was shocked to see Yu Jun carrying a woman covered in blood.
"Don't talk, move!" Yu Jun said in a low voice.
Yu Qi stepped aside.
Yu Jun carried Bai Qing and laid her on the sofa.
Yu Qi walked over, "Is this... Bai Qing?!"
"Yes," Yu Jun looked at her, "Bring me a towel."
"Alright!" Yu Qi hurried to the bathroom and brought a wet towel, handing it to Yu Jun, "Brother, what happened?"
"I came to find you. On the way, I saw a drunk man harassing her, so I saved her. It wasn't until afterward that I realized it was Bai Qing." Yu Jun wiped Bai Qing's face gently.
"And the blood?" Yu Qi frowned.
"It's the drunkard's. She wasn't hurt," Yu Jun said gravely.
Yu Qi crossed her arms, "Brother, shouldn't you have taken her to the hospital?"
"Before she fainted, she begged me not to take her to the hospital," Yu Jun explained.
"Why?" Yu Qi didn't understand.
"How would I know?" Yu Jun sighed, "I'm leaving her in your care. I have to go."
"Where are you going? You're covered in blood! What if someone sees you and calls the police?" Yu Qi worried.
"I *am* the police. Who's going to call the police on me?" Yu Jun said coolly, "I'm going to the station to check things out and call her family."
Yu Qi's eyes darkened, "Does she even have any family? Like us, she's lost her parents."
Yu Jun remained silent, "I still need to check."
Because, just before Bai Qing fainted, she kept calling out "A Mo."
This "A Mo" must be someone important to her, maybe a boyfriend.
After all, it wouldn't be surprising if she had a boyfriend after all these years.
Yet, Yu Jun felt a pang of sadness.
Yu Jun left.
Before leaving, he said, "If Bai Qing wakes up, ask her if she has any family left. If she does, give them a call. If she doesn't want to talk about it, don't press her."
Yu Qi gazed at Bai Qing's face and sighed.
She wiped Bai Qing's face with the towel, only for Bai Qing to suddenly open her eyes.
"You're awake?!" Yu Qi exclaimed, delighted.
Bai Qing blinked and stared at Yu Qi's face, "Xiao Qi?"
"Well, well, you still remember me?" Yu Qi teased, "I thought you'd forgotten us commoners after the Mo family took you in."
Bai Qing paused, "I wasn't adopted by the Mo family."
"Whatever," Yu Qi shrugged, "You're awake now. Do you feel unwell anywhere?"
After all these years, Bai Qing was still as beautiful as ever.
"I'm fine," Bai Qing murmured, "Where am I?"
"My place," Yu Qi explained, "My brother saved you. Oh, right, he said when you woke up, you should call your family so they won't worry."
Bai Qing's expression dimmed, "I have no family left."
Once she divorced Mo Xiao, she would have nothing.
Yu Qi froze, her expression somber, "Right. We've both lost our families."
"But you still have Yu Jun," Bai Qing said softly.
Yu Qi sighed, "By the way, do you want to call the Mo family?"
Call the Mo family?
Would Mo Xiao let her off easily?
If Madam Mo and Shen Wan found out that, late at night, he left her on the road, only for her to almost be assaulted by a drunk...
Madam Mo would know that Mo Xiao was with Yun Qiqi.
Mo Xiao would only grow more dissatisfied with her.