Chapter 191: Chaos
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The scene of Qiao Yue kissing him a few months ago surfaced in Qiao Jing's mind.
He retracted his arm and pinched it in an attempt to calm himself down.
This drug was too powerful. He had never seen Qiao Yue like this.
There were other people in the car, and he didn't want anyone to see Qiao Yue like this.
Fortunately, the driver drove speedily, and they arrived at his private residence in less than ten minutes.
He put Qiao Yue on the bed.
He smelled the perfume on Bo Ning when he was talking to her just now. He knew the effects of this perfume combined with the aphrodisiac.
He called the hospital and asked them to send the antidote.
It would take at least half an hour for the medicine to arrive. He really didn't know how Qiao Yue would survive this time.
Qiao Jing loosened his collar and felt his body burn. The feeling of the girl's tongue licking his palm and the wonderful touch when holding her still lingered on his hands.
He walked into the bedroom to check on Qiao Yue.
Qiao Yue was lying in bed and hugging his blanket. Her face was pressed against the blanket, as if there was something on it that calmed her down.
The girl panted softly. At this moment, Qiao Yue didn't look like the usual ruffian youth. Instead, she had completely revealed her girly side.
Qiao Jing walked over and held her hand.
She moaned and snuggled her face against his hand.
This drug was very powerful. He had seen women who had been drugged with it and sent to his bed. The way they tore off their clothes and stuck themselves to him was nauseating.
This drug devoured human nature and heightened sexual desire. It could make the most emotionless people face each other with naked sincerity in the most compromising positions, until they fell into the quagmire of lust.
However, Qiao Yue wasn't that kind of person. Even though she had been drugged, she could still rationally ask him to investigate the source of this illicit drug.
When Qiao Jing was still in a daze, Qiao Yue suddenly reached out and wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him down.
Qiao Jing couldn't avoid her in time and his whole body was on top of Qiao Yue.
The two of them were so close that their lips were almost touching.
Qiao Jing's rational mind told him to sit up immediately, but when he saw the girl's face, he suddenly had the urge to kiss her.
Before he could figure out what he was going to do, Qiao Yue raised her head and closed the distance between them. Their lips touched.
It wasn't a deep kiss, just a light peck.
Qiao Yue's eyes were tightly shut, as if she was trying to hold back something. Her mouth was slightly open. If Qiao Jing wanted to, he could deepen the kiss at any time.
But Qiao Jing didn't. He clenched his fists and put them next to Qiao Yue's waist, trying hard to control himself.
Qiao Yue was clearly the one who was drugged, but why did it seem like he was drugged too?
The two of them remained in this position. Qiao Yue's body was still hot, and she was groaning as if she was protesting about Qiao Jing not deepening the kiss.
Finally, the doorbell rang, and the assistant brought in the medicine.
Qiao Jing helped Qiao Yue sit up. Her fringe was wet with sweat and her whole body was wet, as if she had been drenched.
He poured a cup of hot water and fed Qiao Yue the medicine.
After a few minutes, Qiao Yue calmed down and slowly fell asleep.
Qiao Jing tucked her in and let her sleep while he turned and walked out of the room.
Qiao Yu, along with Bo Ning and Bo Song, were already waiting in the living room.
Qiao Jing's private residence was usually only occupied when he worked overtime. It's usually empty. The living was even more deserted, and Bo Ning shivered slightly.
The atmosphere in the living room was too somber, as if a trial was about to take place.
Qiao Jing straightened his clothes as he walked into the living room.
Bo Song saw Qiao Jing and quickly stood up. He bowed and asked, "Is the fifth young master alright? Do you need me to find a woman to help him..."
Qiao Jing picked up a glass of water from the table and thew the water at Bo Song's head. How could this old man still be so arrogant at this time?
It was because of Bo Song's parenting that Bo Ning was audacious enough to do such a thing!
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Chapter 192: Source of the Illicit Medicine
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Qiao Jing's face was long when he said, "Miss Bo, you'd better come clean about what you've done today."
He turned on his phone and showed her a video of the bathroom where Bo Ning had placed the camera.
"Drugging, recording people in secret and buying forbidden drugs. Every single offence can send Miss Bo to jail."
Bo Song apologized hurriedly, "My daughter doesn't know anything. Please don't let the police arrest her."
Bo Song only had one daughter, Bo Ning, and he had raised her like a boy. Because he spoiled her too much, Bo Ning was fearless, which led to such an incident.
"Quickly apologize," Bo Song urged Bo Ning with a pat.
Bo Ning was shocked. Her father was a high-ranking official, and he had always been the one who had the final say in the family. She had never seen him so humble to anyone.
"I'm sorry, I only did it for the sake of justice."
"Justice?" Qiao Jing found it even more amusing.
"Qiao Yue has always been a scumbag in our school. He lied to a girl..." Bo Ning's voice trailed off.
Qiao Jing looked at Qiao Yu.
Qiao Yu laughed. "What scumbag? He only rejected our department belle, but she is persistent and keeps pestering fifth brother. Fifth brother's rejection wasn't too tactful and the rumors on the school forum are ridiculous. That's probably why Miss Bo misunderstood."
Bo Ning's face turned red. Qiao Yu made it sound like she had a crush on the department belle.
Qiao Jing did not expect this kind of misunderstanding.
Qiao Yue seemed to be very popular at school. However, he knew that Qiao Yue was really a girl. How could she have any romantic relationship with these girls? This Bo Ning was probably just a clueless person.
"Where did you buy the medicine from?"
"From an ecommerce website..."
"Would an ecommerce website in C-Country sell such things?" Qiao Jing frowned. "The medicine contained hallucinogenic components, even drugs. How could it be bought on an ecommerce website?"
Bo Ning took out her phone and launched the ecommerce website.
The website was very well hidden. It used a novel website as launchpad. Once a user was in the novel website, he or she would see a discreetly placed link to the ecommerce website. Once the link was clicked, the user would pay to register as a member before being allowed into the ecommerce website.
Qiao Jing looked at the sales volume of each drug and found that there were hundreds of thousands of sales.
There were people in this country who actually used this method to profit.
"Actually, I could have bought it from a normal shopping website before, but I didn't need it then. I just saved the merchant's contact information. When I needed the drug, it was the merchant who taught me how to buy it..."
Bo Song gave Bo Ning a tight slap. "How could you do such a thing? Don't you know that this drug is illegal?"
Bo Ning was a little dizzy from the slap. Her father had always loved her, and she had asked him indirectly about this matter, and he had approved it.
Qiao Yu looked at the ecommerce website. "The website looks simple enough, but it might be a little difficult to hack through its firewall."
Qiao Yu was a computer science student, so he probably saw some vulnerabilities.
"I'll get someone from the company to solve the problem."
"Second Young Master Qiao, you see, my daughter is just a naïve girl. We have also apologized..."
"You need to apologize to Qiao Yue." Qiao Jing did not look at the father and daughter again.
Bo Ning was stupid but her father, Bo Song, was no smarter. They probably chanced upon this, and they were not connected to Qiao Yue's background or her past. There was no need to investigate this father and daughter anymore.
"I'll have my daughter prepare an apology. Please don't be angry."
"Apologize to Qiao Yue in three days, or I'll get someone to kick Bo Ning out of Harvey Academy."
"Thank you, Second Young Master Qiao." Bo Song heaved a sigh of relief, "As for our cooperation..."
"Dealings between Qiao Corporation and the government will not be affected by personal grudges."
Bo Song calmed himself down. "Thank you. I will make sure that my daughter apologizes to the fifth young master as soon as possible."
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Chapter 193: Sacrifice
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The drug caused drowsiness, so did the antidote. Qiao Yue slept until noon the next day.
When she woke up, she realized that she wasn't at home. The last thing she remembered was lying in Qiao Jing's arms.
She got up and checked her clothes. She was still wearing yesterday's clothes and because of the sweat, they were stuck to her body. She was sticky and dirty.
Qiao Jing probably hadn't touched her.
Qiao Yue heaved a sigh of relief. She thought that her secret might have come out yesterday, but it was still hidden.
She found a pair of sweatpants and a white shirt in the closet.
In the closet were mostly Qiao Jing's clothes.
Qiao Jing was taller than her, but she could hold up his clothes, barely.
Qiao Yue showered quickly, changed into fresh clothes and walked out of the bedroom.
Qiao Jing didn't go to work. Instead, he sat at the dining table and worked on his laptop.
Qiao Jing glanced at Qiao Yue. She was wearing his white shirt and pants, which looked really loose on her.
She had deliberately rolled up her trousers, revealing her delicate ankles, which were as white and slender as lotus roots.
The image of their kiss from yesterday appeared in Qiao Jing's mind. He turned his head away and said, "Lunch is ready. If we eat now, you can still make it to your afternoon classes."
"I'm sorry, second brother. I've caused you trouble." Qiao Yue said with a smile.
She quietly looked Qiao Jing up and down, trying to see if he had done anything out of line yesterday.
Qiao Jing's expression was his usual. She couldn't see anything different.
"It was an emergency yesterday. I had no choice but to ask second brother for help."
"Yes," Qiao Jing nodded and closed his laptop.
On the dining table were plain porridge with simple side dishes.
That kind of medicine did some harm to the body, so Qiao Jing had specially asked someone to make something light and bring it to his private residence.
Qiao Yue picked up the bowl and took a sip. The vegetable porridge was sweet and delicious. It should be the cooking of the servants at home.
"Thank you, second brother, for specially getting the Auntie at home to cook me this meal."
Qiao Yue laughed boisterously.
Qiao Jing looked at her carefree attitude and suddenly had a different idea.
If he told her that he knew that she was a girl, would their relationship change? However, as soon as this thought emerged, Qiao Jing suppressed it.
"Be more careful in school and don't flirt around. Our family has never liked people who are too flirtatious."
"People said that I flirt, but I..."
"I know," Qiao Jing nodded. "But you still have to be more careful. I don't want to have to come and deal with such things again."
Qiao Yue stuck out her tongue. She didn't know how she could be so charming even when she was disguised as a boy.
"Did second brother investigate the source of the medicine?"
Qiao Jing nodded. "I did but we haven't found anything yet."
Qiao Yue was a little suspicious. Bo Ning had mentioned yesterday that she bought it from an ecommerce website. It shouldn't be too difficult to find out who the merchant was.
After the two finished eating, Qiao Yue went to school. She had an elective music class in the afternoon. Although it was not very important, it was still very important to Qiao Yue. After all, there was an exam for it.
Although she had played "Flight of the Bumblebee" from memory last time, her rhythm was one big mess. She was afraid that she would be disadvantaged by this during the exam.
Today's teacher was still Jin Lu.
When Qiao Yue arrived, there were still ten minutes or more before class started. When everyone saw her walk in, they looked at her strangely.
Qiao Yue patted Xu Hao's shoulder and asked, "What's wrong? Is there something on my face today?"
Xu Hao replied softly, "Don't you know? Bo Ning apologized to you, saying that she shouldn't have drugged you. You're quite lucky with women, boy, to have a girl drug you."
Qiao Yue felt that this incident was too peculiar. How could she make a public apology for such a thing?
"Check out the online forum. Bo Ning has personally written you an apology letter."
Qiao Yue took Xu Hao's phone and read the apology letter.
This Bo Ning really wasn't very bright. Her apology letter revealed her not-so-high IQ.
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Chapter 194: The Apology
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Bo Ning's apology letter was posted on the school forum using her own ID.
It was a handwritten apology letter.
Throughout the letter, Bo Ning explained why she had misunderstood Qiao Yue. After the misunderstanding, she decided to drug Qiao Yue to make him reveal his true colors.
The reason seemed too strange, but that was what Bo Ning thought and did.
Qiao Yue facepalmed herself. Why did she come across such a muddle-headed person?
When people read this explanation, they would think that Bo Ning had taken a fancy to Qiao Yue and had found an even weirder reason to drug Qiao Yue.
With such an apology, it's better not to apologize.
The bell for class rang and Jin Lu walked in. She looked very haggard today without any makeup.
Today, they started practice with a simple étude.
Probably because of Bo Ning's apology, everyone's attention was on Qiao Yue.
Qiao Yue felt as if there were dozens of curious eyes staring at her when she played.
After class ended, Jin Lu called Qiao Yue to the teachers' room.
"It's about my sister..."
"We'll take action when they next deal, but I've checked. Your sister should have been smuggled overseas, but my men in A-Country haven't found her yet."
Jin Lu's eyes were filled with tears.
She grew up with Jin Yan, and Jin Yan didn't treat her like an older sister, but more like a mother.
The two sisters came from a poor family and relied on their own talents to get to where they were today. They did not expect to encounter such a thing.
"Thank you for helping us." Jin Lu took out a package, which contained a broken Hetian jade bracelet and a cut-open amulet with bloodstains on it.
"What is this?" Qiao Yue frowned.
"Someone sent this to me a few days ago, together with an invitation to an audition. I don't know what happened to my sister."
Qiao Yue frowned. These people were too outrageous. They used the audition to trick Jin Lu's sister and they were using her sister's life now to threaten her.
"I'll think of a way to send more people to find your sister. When is your audition date?"
"Christmas Day."
Qiao Yue nodded. Christmas Day was the perfect day for Qiao Yi's monthly deal, which Qiao Ze mentioned before. It seemed like she had to make this trip.
Qiao Yue took the package. "If you don't mind, I would like to take this to do a blood test."
Jin Lu nodded. "I've already tried to give this to the prosecution, but they don't seem willing to accept the case."
Neither the police nor the court were willing to accept the case. Just what kind of power was behind Qiao Yi?
Qiao Yue frowned. "I may need your cooperation for the operation next month."
Jin Lu nodded with tears in her eyes. "I'll do it."
On her way out of the teachers' room, Qiao Yue ran into Qiao Yu.
Qiao Yu had just collected the exam admission tickets from the teachers' room and was on his way back to the classroom to distribute them. "Why are you in the teachers' room? Did a teacher ask you there for a chat?"
Qiao Yue put the package into her bag. "A teacher just gave me something."
"Don't tell me it's a female teacher! Fifth brother, you have to be more careful. You're now a scumbag people wanted even if they had to drug you."
Qiao Yu revealed a teasing smile.
"Alright, brother. There are only teachers here. Who knows which teacher has heard you say that? Your image would be destroyed."
Qiao Yu's smile disappeared. "What happened between you and second brother yesterday? How did he know that you were in trouble?"
"I called second brother."
Qiao Yu replied with an "oh" and seemed a little disappointed. "You can call me for help next time. I was just outside. You could've asked me for help."
Qiao Yue's mind had been a little muddled after she was drugged. She only called Qiao Jing in a moment of emergency, forgetting that Qiao Yu was outside.
"Alright, fourth brother, I'll call you next time." She patted Qiao Yu on the shoulder.
When Qiao Yu heard this, he felt a mix of disappointment and happiness. He didn't understand himself. Qiao Yue was just asking for help. Why was he jealous when his fifth brother asked his second brother for help?
This was not like him.
The two of them talked for a while before they went back to their classroom. Everyone was either playing with their phones or chatting, except Sun Bin, who was studying hard.
Sun Bin pursed his lips when he saw Qiao Yue come in. He was a little disgruntled. This Qiao Yue had clearly said that he wanted to compete with him. Why did he skip class this morning?
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Chapter 195: Studying
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Qiao Yue returned to her seat and looked at the book in front of her. While thinking about Jin Lu and her sister, she flipped through the book absentmindedly.
Xu Hao saw that Qiao Yue was studying and turned to look at his own notes. After a while, he turned again to say something to Qiao Yue only to find that Qiao Yue had already flipped to the end of the book.
"You don't have to be so dramatic, do you?" Xu Hao looked at Qiao Yue in disbelief.
"What?" Qiao Yue snapped back to her senses.
"You've almost finished revising the entire book? This is advanced mathematics. Even a genius can't read it so quickly, right?"
Xu Hao's voice was very loud, and the people around them looked over. Sun Bin also looked over with a look of disbelief on his face.
"You don't have to insult me like this."
Sun Bin walked over to Qiao Yue's desk and looked at the book he was reading.
"You consider this an insult?" Qiao Yue realized that Xu Hao had misinterpreted her actions, but she had no intention to explain herself. After all, she had already mastered the knowledge in the book. She just didn't expect Sun Bin to be so fragile. After she said this, Sun Bin left the classroom with a long face.
Qiao Yue didn't take the matter to heart. It was dinner time when she came home from school. There were very few people at the dining table today, only Old Master Qiao and a few of his grandchildren. Qiao Jing seemed to be busy and hadn't come home.
After Qiao Yue finished dinner, she returned to her room. Just as she took out her phone to make a call, someone knocked on her door.
After she opened the door, Qiao Yu walked in with some fruits and milk.
Qiao Yue burst out laughing. What was going on?
"You need to replenish your vitamins and protein. I asked the servants to prepare these for you."
Qiao Yue nodded and took the tray from Qiao Yu. As she was about close the door, Qiao Yu grabbed her hand. "Don't you have anything to ask me?"
Qiao Yue was confused.
"What I mean is, is there anything you don't understand from reading these notes? I can tutor you for a bit."
Qiao Yue shook her head. "Your notes are very detailed. I can understand them. Don't worry."
A look of disbelief appeared on Qiao Yu's face. How could a student who scored 60 points on average have no questions studying on his own?
"Then let me hang out in your room. In case there's something you don't understand, you can ask me right away."
Qiao Yue couldn't argue with him, so she let him in.
Qiao Yue looked at the practice questions, while Qiao Yu looked at Qiao Yue with his head rested on one hand.
After a while, Qiao Yu realized that things were not quite what he had expected. Qiao Yue was reading too quickly.
"How can you read so quickly? Are you reading properly?"
"I'm reading carefully," Qiao Yue said, "and I remember what I read."
Qiao Yu didn't believe her. He asked a few questions from the book, and Qiao Yue answered them easily.
"You've finished revising this book?"
"I mugged this book today, so yes." Qiao Yue replied.
Qiao Yu nodded. He didn't think that he'd misjudged Qiao Yue. Qiao Yue had a good memory, and he could learn very quickly when he was serious.
"I believe that you'll do well this time. Study hard."
He handed the book back to Qiao Yue.
"Since you believe in me, you don't have watch over me here. Why don't you go back first?" Qiao Yue asked.
Qiao Yu kept quiet as he looked at the books on Qiao Yue's table. He had no intention of leaving.
"Fourth brother, do you have something to ask me?"
Qiao Yu shook his head. "Nope. I just want to keep you company. I have nothing to do anyway."
Qiao Yu's words were confusing. His request didn't sound like one between brothers, but more like one between lovers... What was up with Qiao Yu lately? Why was he so clingy?
At this moment, someone knocked on the door.
Qiao Jing was standing outside the door. As soon as he entered, he saw the two of them studying.
Qiao Yu turned to Qiao Jing and smiled. "Second brother."
"What are you doing here?" Qiao Jing asked.
Qiao Yu opened a book. "I'm studying with Qiao Yue. The mid-term exams are coming up. What's wrong? Is second brother not happy with something?"
"No, I'm here to check on Qiao Yue."
Qiao Yue listened to their conversation and felt that they were competing with each other.
"How's your revision going?" Qiao Jing bent down and looked at Qiao Yue's book.
He recognized Qiao Yu's handwriting on the book.
"You can ask me if there's anything you don't understand. Qiao Yu's also taking the exams, so don't take up his study time."
"I'm basically done with my revision. Helping Qiao Yue can also help me remember better." Qiao Yu said with a smile to Qiao Jing.
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