My husband disappeared after a flash marriage, but I am pregnant with his child

Chapter 148 Lin Xingran is missing

Time passed by minute by minute.

Qiao Qin was busy in the office for the entire afternoon. The piles of documents and work tasks left her with almost no chance to breathe.

It was not until the sky outside gradually darkened, like a huge black curtain slowly descending, that she was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

When Qiao Qin stopped writing and rubbed her tired brows, her eyes were full of bloodshot, which were the traces left by long hours of focused work. Long hours of work made her feel exhausted both physically and mentally, as if she had become an overstretched rubber band that could break at any time.

Jia Lulu's concerned voice came from my ears: "Sister Qiao, you haven't eaten for a day. I'll order some takeout for you."

Qiao Qin raised her head, glanced at Jia Lulu, and forced a smile, which was filled with gratitude and helplessness: "Okay, thank you."

Jia Lulu quickly ordered takeout for Qiao Qin, and soon, a box of steaming mushroom chicken rice was delivered to the office. As soon as it was opened, the rich aroma instantly filled the whole room, as if it was an invisible temptation.

Qiao Qin's stomach made a gurgling protest. She touched her stomach helplessly and picked up her chopsticks to take a bite.

At this moment, an abrupt cell phone ring broke the silence in the office. The ring sounded particularly harsh in the quiet room, like a bolt of lightning that cut through the quiet night sky.

"Qiao Qin, is Xiao Ran at your place?"

Bo Zhili's nervous voice came from the phone, with a bit of urgency and anxiety in his tone, as if his heart was hanging in his throat and might fall at any time.

Qiao Qin's expression changed slightly in an instant, as if a piece of white paper was suddenly splashed with ink.

She subconsciously thought of the phone call from Lin Xingran in the morning, and her heart suddenly beat rapidly, as if it was about to jump out of her chest. A bad premonition surged from the bottom of her heart, as if an invisible hand was tightly grasping her heart, making it almost impossible for her to breathe.

"Don't worry yet."

Qiao Qin took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down, trying to appease Bo Zhili's emotions, while also allowing herself to think more clearly: "Have you carefully searched the community? And where else does she usually go?"

Hearing that Lin Xingran was not with Qiao Qin, Bo Zhili's heart suddenly turned cold, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar in the abyss.

His voice was hoarse and low, filled with endless self-blame and regret: "I've looked for it, I've looked for it all."

Bo Zhili clenched his hands into fists at his sides. Due to excessive force, his knuckles turned pale, as if they had lost the nourishment of blood.

He smashed the wall hard, and it was instantly bloody, but he seemed to feel no pain. He murmured, "Blame me, it's all my fault. I should have stayed at home with her. She called me this morning. It might be something important, but I was in a meeting at the time so I didn't answer."

Bo Zhili's voice was filled with pain and self-blame, as if every word was a sharp knife, ruthlessly cutting his own heart.

Qiao Qin felt very uncomfortable listening to Bo Zhili's self-blame, as if a heavy stone was pressing on her heart. She said slowly: "Actually, she also called me."

"What?" A glimmer of hope rose again in Bo Zhili's desperate eyes. Although the flame of hope was weak, it burned tenaciously.

His voice pressed eagerly, "What did she tell you?"

Qiao Qin was silent for a while, as if she was organizing her thoughts, and kept recalling the scene in her mind. Then she whispered, "She said she was going to Wuxia Wharf to meet a friend."

"Wu Xia Pier? What friends is she going there to meet?"

Bo Zhili frowned, his heart full of doubts and confusion. In his memory, the pier was at least an hour's drive from the city center, and Lin Xing was prone to motion sickness, especially after she became pregnant, she couldn't stand the smell of leather in the car.

Why did she suddenly propose to go so far away?

This question was like an unsolvable mystery, which made him fall into deep thought.

"I don't know either. I was busy with the customer's design draft at the time." There was also a hint of guilt in Qiao Qin's tone. If she had asked a few more questions at the time, if her attitude had been more resolute, if she had strongly stopped Lin Xingran from going out, or if she had accompanied her to the pier, perhaps such a thing would not have happened.

However, things have already happened, and no amount of regret will help. Time cannot be reversed, and they can only face reality and find a way to find Lin Xingran as soon as possible.

There was a heavy and depressing atmosphere in the air, as if people were trapped in an invisible cage, unable to escape.

Bo Zhili was the first to break the silence. He tried to keep himself calm, even though his heart was already in chaos. He barely comforted himself and Qiao Qin: "Maybe Xiaoran's phone just ran out of battery or signal. She is still waiting for us at Wuxia Pier."

"Yes, that must be the case. I'll go to the dock now." Qiao Qin echoed, not even bothering to eat, and hurriedly got up and walked out.

Just then, the voice from the other end of the phone came again.

"Huo Yan should also be told about this."

"Okay, I understand." Qiao Qin paused for a moment, and instantly understood what Bo Zhili meant. Huo Yan had a wide network of contacts in Yuncheng, and with his help, they would be able to find Lin Xingran faster.

Since human lives are involved, all previous grudges must be put aside for the moment.

Thinking of this, Qiao Qin took out her phone and found the familiar number from the blacklist. Her fingers trembled slightly, as if she was touching a past that she didn't want to look back on.

Then, she took a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind, and called Huo Yan.

The other party answered quickly.

"Xiaoqin?"

On the other end of the phone, Huo Yan's voice was filled with disbelief. Ever since the two of them broke up, Qiao Qin had never contacted him again.

next second.

"Xiao Ran is missing."

Qiao Qin's voice was filled with anxiety.

Huo Yan was stunned for a moment, frowned tightly, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, tell me what happened in detail."

Qiao Qin took a deep breath and told the other party everything about the morning phone call and Bo Zhili.

A moment of silence.

"Where are you? I'll be there now."

Huo Yan's deep, pleasant voice was still as steady and reliable as ever, as if it had magical power to soothe people's inner anxiety.