Chapter 415: Chapter 415

Everything happened too abruptly; behind her, there were gasps from the servants, mixed with the Lu patriarch and the Lady’s voices, asking what had happened.

However, for Song Qiao, it was as if she couldn’t hear anything; her gaze fixed firmly on her husband as he jumped straight into the swimming pool, emerging with another woman in his arms.

The distance was not too great, all the bright street lamps were on, and from where Song Qiao stood, she could clearly see Lu Jingchen lifting the unconscious Zuo Yuqing onto the grass, his face showing a hint of panic and fear.

Panic... Fear... She thought she had seen it wrong, but after blinking and looking again, it indeed wasn’t an illusion.

There was no CPR; perhaps because the rescue was timely, just after Lu Jingchen laid Zuo Yuqing on the ground and applied a couple of emergency presses, Zuo Yuqing woke up, spitting out the water she had been forced to swallow. Soaked through, her dress clung tightly to her body, almost revealing her graceful figure.

The Lu patriarch and Lady immediately came over, not yet understanding what had happened. They saw Lu Jingchen anxiously asking Zuo Yuqing if she was alright, his tone even carrying a degree of exceptional caution.

Upon opening her eyes and seeing Lu Jingchen, Zuo Yuqing’s eyes immediately reddened. She sat up and threw her arms around his waist before he could react, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably, revealing her fright, all without saying a word.

Lu Jingchen’s hands were initially stiff, but seeing her crying so tragically, he relaxed and patted her back. "It’s okay, it’s over now. I’ll call the family doctor to come over and check you," he said.

For a moment, Song Qiao felt as if her heart had been ruthlessly sliced by a knife, causing her such pain she could scarcely breathe. Her hand, resting by her side, involuntarily clenched into a fist then slowly opened again.

As soon as Lu Jingchen lifted his head, he saw Song Qiao. The distance wasn’t far, but because he was under the light, he couldn’t clearly see Song Qiao’s expression. He called out her name in a low voice, "Qiaoqiao, you..."

But before he could finish, Song Qiao took a deep breath and, after another deep glance at Lu Jingchen and Zuo Yuqing, turned swiftly and walked towards the villa without looking back, not even pausing for a moment.

If one looked closely they would sense her urge to run away.

The moment Lu Jingchen saw Song Qiao turn to leave, he felt an inexplicable discomfort in his heart. His expression darkened, and he was just about to stand up to chase her when Zuo Yuqing was already clinging tightly to his waist, refusing to let go.

"Jingchen... Jingchen, don’t go. I’m scared..."

Lu Jingchen looked down at Zuo Yuqing in his arms, his gaze dark and his thin lips slightly pursed, as if forcibly suppressing some emotion.

The Lu patriarch saw Song Qiao walk by without even glancing at him, not bothering to greet him, and he immediately snorted coldly, "You are cold-blooded enough, Ms. Zuo fell into the water and you could just stand by and not help."

His voice was neither loud nor soft. Song Qiao could hear it, Xu Qian could hear it, even Zuo Yuqing and Lu Jingchen could hear it.

Song Qiao stopped, trying hard to control her emotions. This time, she did not continue to play the innocent victim but instead responded with an icy smile, "Lu patriarch, I know you don’t like me, but that doesn’t mean you have to pick on me at every turn. If it weren’t for the fact that you are my elder, I wouldn’t be so polite with you. Time and again you slander me, and I remind myself that you’re my elder to avoid arguing, but everyone has their dignity."

The atmosphere suddenly quieted down, to the point where the sound of people drawing in a breath could be heard. The Lu patriarch himself turned red-faced with anger at Song Qiao’s words, "You..."

To Xu Qian’s surprise, Song Qiao actually dared to retort against her husband.

She really saw her in a new light, not bad at all.

Song Qiao ignored the Lu patriarch’s anger and continued with a tint of sarcasm, "You can call me cold-blooded, accuse me of standing by and watching someone die, I won’t deny it. But I am also someone who fears death, I can’t swim. Should I have gone to my doom? Sorry, please stop the joke, alright?"

The Lu patriarch was left speechless by Song Qiao’s retort, his old face turning even uglier.

However, without waiting for him to argue or speak, Song Qiao was already heading straight for the door.

Lu Jingchen and Zuo Yuqing were still by the pool and hadn’t heard what Song Qiao said.

Seeing Song Qiao’s departing figure, Lu Jingchen felt as if a hole was gouged into his heart. He wanted to chase after her but thought that she would not leave the Lu Family because there was no car nearby.

Instead of chasing Song Qiao, he comforted Zuo Yuqing for a while before taking her towards the villa, preparing to have the doctor check on her.

However, Lu Jingchen thought Song Qiao would not leave the Lu Family; yet as soon as she walked into the living room, she grabbed her purse and quickly left the Lu Family villa.

It might have been that the Lu Family really didn’t care for her; hearing her wish to leave, the butler immediately went to arrange a vehicle to take Song Qiao away.

Song Qiao was almost choked with rage and nearly hit the butler, but fortunately, she managed to suppress her anger.

Lu Jingchen had been held by Zuo Yuqing’s hand the entire time and didn’t have the chance to check on Song Qiao. Only after the doctor finished examining Zuo Yuqing and said she was fine except for the scare did the man briskly walk out of the guest room, prying Zuo Yuqing’s hand away.

Upon encountering a servant in the hallway, he immediately stopped them and asked with knitted brows, "Where’s the Young Mistress?"

That servant, responsible for cleaning the second-floor rooms, naturally knew who Lu Jingchen was inquiring about and immediately shook their head, "The Young Mistress did not come up here."

She didn’t come up here...

Lu Jingchen’s complexion changed; he hadn’t seen her in the living room earlier and thought she must have gone to her room in a huff, but now the servant was saying they hadn’t seen her come up here...

He quickly headed toward his own room in the Lu Family’s house; Song Qiao had been injured before, and he had carried her up, so she knew which room it was.

But when he opened the door and saw pitch darkness inside, his heart tightened. As soon as he turned on the light, there was indeed no one there.

Suddenly, he remembered her figure standing motionless in the shadows, and he clenched his fists.

How could he forget? Song Qiao was someone who couldn’t tolerate even a speck of dust in her love. His jump into the water to save Zuo Yuqing was purely a physical reflex, as Zuo Yuqing had almost drowned once before.

But he had neglected Song Qiao’s feelings.

Assistant Xue received Lu Jingchen’s call in the middle of the night, instructing her to get up and organize a search for Song Qiao.

All drowsiness was shocked away in an instant. She didn’t even put on clothes, just threw the blanket aside and got out of bed in her shorts, hurrying to find something to wear.

The President’s call, saying the President’s wife was missing...

In the dead of the night, what on earth had happened? Why had the President’s wife disappeared? And the President was asking her to organize a search...

Could it be that the President had committed domestic violence against the President’s wife, and that was why she had run away from home?

When Assistant Xue drove to the villa where Lu Jingchen and Song Qiao lived, it was already three in the morning, the villa was brightly lit, and all the servants and bodyguards were gathered in the ground floor living room. The man in the suit was sitting on the sofa, his whole body emitting an icy aura.

When Assistant Xue entered, she too was startled by the cold aura emanating from her boss, but she then braved it and approached, "President."

Upon hearing her voice, the man, whose head had been slightly bowed, abruptly looked up, his expressionless face now overcast, "Send out people immediately and find the lady."

"Yes, President." Assistant Xue acknowledged without asking for the reason and immediately began making calls.

Assistant Xue got a shock at her first glance of Lu Jingchen, almost thinking she was hallucinating – she had actually seen dishevelment on the President.

Lu Jingchen at this moment was indeed a bit disheveled; he was still wearing yesterday’s set of clothes, not only unworn but also wet from saving Zuo Yuqing. It was only because it was summer in An City that they had naturally dried, but wrinkles were evident.

After leaving the Lu Family’s house, Lu Jingchen encountered the Lu Family’s driver on the road, who informed him that he had driven Song Qiao back to their villa before returning to the Lu Family’s house.

Hearing that Song Qiao was sent back to the villa, he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. He intended to call her to explain, but his calls wouldn’t go through, and her phone was off.

By the time he rushed back to the villa, he discovered that Song Qiao had not returned. He asked the servants, who also said they had not seen Song Qiao come back.

At first, he thought the Lu Family’s driver was deceiving him, but after checking the surveillance camera outside the villa, he confirmed that Song Qiao did indeed get off at the front door. After the driver left, however, she did not enter the villa but walked along the road leading to the villa community.

After reviewing all the footage and confirming that she left the community on her own, her trail disappeared as soon as she left the villa area. When they located her cell phone using GPS, they found it in a bush outside the villa. Thɪs chapter is updated by novelFɪre.net

A terrifying thought filled Lu Jingchen’s mind; subconsciously, he felt something must have happened to Song Qiao.

In his mind, the image suddenly appeared of her weeping desperately in his arms, and his heart couldn’t help but ache slightly.

"Mister, the lady will be alright for sure, she must have just gone out to clear her mind, and she will be back soon," said Chen Ma, who had been called out, unable to restrain herself from speaking upon seeing the mister .

Lu Jingchen did not speak, his lips tightly pursed, his jaw clenched even more rigidly.