With tears in her eyes, Chen Qiao looked at Jiang Dahai and said, "Can't you calm down and wait until you know the truth before acting?"
"You damn bitch! You're still protecting him!" Jiang Dahai's mouth twitched, and he was shaking with anger. He immediately swung his hand to slap her face.
Ye Long suddenly grabbed his hand.
Chen Qiao stepped back in fright, and tears streamed down her face. If that slap landed, her face would surely be badly hurt.
Jiang Dahai glared at Ye Long, furious, and tried to pull his hand away, only to find that it was firmly held and couldn't be freed.
Ye Long was a bit angry. "Xiao Chen and I are innocent. I won't let you ruin us before you figure out the truth!"
Ye Long threw his hand away.
Jiang Dahai took two steps back to steady himself.
Jiang Dahai looked at Ye Long and then at Chen Qiao, gritting his teeth. "You two adulterers! Just you wait. This isn't over!"
After saying that, Jiang Dahai turned and rushed out.
Chen Qiao chased out of the lounge crying, only to see her husband running out like a madman, impossible to catch up with.
The receptionist girl came forward, her head bowed in apology. "Sister Qiao, I'm sorry. He said he was your brother, so I brought him here. I never thought he'd break in like that..."
Chen Qiao turned her back, quickly wiped her tears, and said, "It's okay. Go back to your work."
Chen Qiao walked up to Ye Long and looked at him with red - rimmed eyes. "Young Master Ye, I'm sorry. My husband is extreme - minded and has never trusted me. He offended you just now."
Ye Long said, "It's okay. Since it happened, we'll deal with it together."
"My husband is not very capable, but he has a really bad temper. I have to go and explain this to him clearly!" Chen Qiao turned and walked out in a hurry, only to see Zhou Ruobing, the security captain, and a group of security guards approaching.
"Miss Zhou..." Ye Long was behind, and Chen Qiao didn't dare to call her President.
Zhou Ruobing's pretty face was frosty as she coldly asked, "Did that guy try to molest you?"
Chen Qiao glanced at Ye Long and quickly shook her head. "It's not him. My husband suddenly came to check up on me and walked in on me and Young Master Ye alone in the room. He misunderstood us."
Zhou Ruobing knew that her secretary's husband was a self - abased and overly suspicious man. During Chen Qiao's work, he almost called every day to check on her. She never expected him to come and cause trouble in her company today. And what a coincidence that he walked in on this scene.
Zhou Ruobing said, "Didn't you explain?"
Chen Qiao shook her head. "He wouldn't listen at all. I need to take a leave to go and explain this to him. My husband is very extreme - minded, and I'm afraid he might do something crazy."
Zhou Ruobing nodded and said, "If you need my help, give me a call." Chen Qiao nodded gratefully. "Thank you!"
Chen Qiao walked around her and was about to leave. Suddenly, she remembered something and turned around. "Miss Zhou, Young Master Ye has amazing medical skills. After he treated me just now, my scapulohumeral periarthritis feels completely cured."
After saying that, Chen Qiao turned and rushed out again.
Zhou Ruobing's gaze shifted from Chen Qiao's back to Ye Long's face in front of her, her eyes full of complex emotions.
The secretary wouldn't lie to her. Could this guy really know medicine?
Ye Long stepped forward and said, "Miss Zhou, I hope you'll keep your promise."
Before she could respond, Ye Long walked out quickly.
Zhou Ruobing looked at his back with a strange expression.
If he could cure the secretary's scapulohumeral periarthritis, it was enough to show that his medical skills were remarkable. But he was just a small - time security guard. Where did he learn such skills? If he had such skills, why would he still be a security guard?
Zhou Ruobing looked at the security captain beside her.
Captain Liu Gang, seeing that she had instructions, quickly stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "President, what are your orders?"
On the surface, Liu Gang was the security captain of her company, but secretly he had also handled many personal matters for Zhou Ruobing. He was one of her more satisfactory and capable assistants.
Zhou Ruobing took Liu Gang aside and said in a low voice, "Lao Liu, this guy is a security guard at Longma Five - Star Hotel. I always feel that his identity is not that simple. Go to that hotel, dig deep into his situation, and report back to me."
"Yes, President. I'll do it right away." Liu Gang nodded.
...
When Ye Long left the company, he saw that Chen Qiao was just driving out.
Ye Long stopped her car.
Chen Qiao rolled down the car window, revealing a sad and beautiful face. "Young Master Ye, I don't want to trouble you..."
"Xiao Qiao, what are you saying? This happened because of me. I have a responsibility to help you." Ye Long opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat.
Chen Qiao felt a warmth in her heart at his action and drove off.
Ye Long asked, "Do you know where he might be?"
Chen Qiao shook her head. "I just called him, but he didn't answer. I don't know where he went now. I can only go home and check."
Five years ago, she and her husband bought a house in Jiuzhou Community. They had been living there, but they didn't have children yet.
After driving for a while, Chen Qiao's phone rang.
Chen Qiao pulled the car over to the side and, looking at the phone screen, answered immediately. "Sister, what's up?"
"Sister, your husband Jiang Dahai just called me and gave me a good scolding, saying you were having an affair. Is that true?" Chen Qiao was furious. She never expected that without knowing the truth, Jiang Dahai would directly call her sister and spread rumors.
"Sister, don't listen to his nonsense. I had a quarrel with him earlier, and I'm going to find him and make things clear now!"
As soon as she hung up, her mother called suddenly.
"Qiaoqiao, Dahai said he's going to kill you. You must take care!" Her mother was crying on the other end of the phone.
Chen Qiao's nose stung, and she started crying too. "Mom, don't worry. I'll be fine."
"If it really doesn't work out, just divorce him. Mom doesn't think that man is any good..."
"Mom, don't cry. I'll go find him and explain first!"
After hanging up the phone, Chen Qiao covered her face with both hands and wept.
She still couldn't believe that her husband would go so far as to threaten her mother!
Seeing her so sad, Ye Long comforted her a few words and then sent a text message to Lu Hu. "Seventh disciple, help me look into this Jiang Dahai. He was at Zhou's Group in the last twenty minutes."
Ye Long then switched seats with Chen Qiao and drove off.
After a while, Ye Long drove into Jiuzhou Community and went with Chen Qiao to Room 1015. There was no one in the room. It seemed that her husband hadn't come back yet.
Throughout the journey, Chen Qiao kept calling and texting Jiang Dahai, but he neither answered her calls nor replied to her messages.
Seeing her standing on the balcony in a daze, Ye Long asked, "Do you know where he might be now?"
Chen Qiao thought for a moment and gently shook her head. "My husband hasn't been working recently, and I've been very busy with work. I really don't know where he could be."
Ye Long's phone rang. It was Lu Hu, his seventh disciple.
"Seventh disciple, what's the result?" Ye Long walked to the side to answer.
Lu Hu said, "Master, I've found out. A few years ago, Jiang Dahai worked as a programmer in a company. For some unknown reason, he was fired from that company. Then he partnered with a few people to start a company, but it went bankrupt after a little over a year. In the past two years, he hasn't been working. He lives off loans for stock trading and his wife's salary. Besides, we found out that he has the habit of going for massages and foot - washes every day. Recently, he even rented a room and lives with a foot - washing girl named Huang Xiaomei..."
After hanging up the phone, Ye Long couldn't help but feel a bit sorry for this woman.
He had just met Chen Qiao, but he could tell that although she was disappointed in her husband, she still loved him. Judging from the information Lu Hu investigated, her husband was simply a scoundrel.