Night Fire Lingering

Chapter 210 She Doesn't Have a Boyfriend

"Senior..." Wen Yan didn't know how to comfort Jiang Xing and offer her condolences.

"I want to know why this is happening," Jiang Xing said, his voice extremely calm.

Jiang Xing knew she had to stay calm. Her mother was in poor health and had become weak because of her father's passing. She didn't even dare to tell her mother that her father had died.

Wen Yan was also unaware of the latest situation and looked at Lou Qi and Gu Yanci.

Lou Qi felt so irritable that he wanted to smoke, but he forced himself to resist because Wen Yan and Jiang Xing were there.

He looked at Jiang Xing and said in a gloomy tone, "Someone revealed Professor Jiang's identity as a physics professor, saying that he is a core member of a new type of weapon manufacturing project in our country. During the negotiation, a sniper suddenly appeared, and Professor Jiang... was hit. When the mercenaries took Professor Jiang to the hospital, his pupils had already dilated."

No one could have predicted that, in addition to guarding against kidnappers, they would also have to guard against snipers who could appear out of nowhere.

When Jiang Xing heard the word "hit," she closed her eyes tightly, and tears streamed down her face.

Lou Qi began to regret not going abroad himself. If he had gone to negotiate in person, would the outcome have been different?

But the reality is harsh: it won't.

He is no better suited to ransom the hostages than a group of professional mercenaries and negotiators.

"I apologize for not handling this matter well, Jiang Xing."

Jiang Xing shook his head: "It's not your fault."

Lou Qi felt a tremor in his heart, unable to describe the feeling in his mind. He was somewhat amazed, but also a little heartbroken.

He couldn't understand how Jiang Xing could do such a thing. He was clearly very sad inside, yet he still remembered social etiquette and said he didn't blame him.

“It must have been done on purpose,” Gu Yanci said.

Intentional what?

They deliberately revealed the identity and information of Jiang Xing's father.

Jiang Xing's face had turned cold, and her hands, hanging at her sides, silently clenched into fists.

She had the same idea: "My father does teach physics, but his research has nothing to do with weapons manufacturing. Moreover, if he were a core member of a country's new weapons project, he would never have gone abroad alone, let alone been kidnapped without national intervention."

So, who exactly wanted Jiang Xing's father to die overseas?

Jiang Xing didn't know either.

Just then, Jiang Xing's phone rang. The caller ID read: Mom.

Jiang Xing shuddered almost instinctively, unsure how to face her mother.

After a while, she answered the phone. A middle-aged woman's gentle yet anxious voice came through the receiver: "Ah Xing, when is your father's flight back? Why don't we go abroad to pick him up? He must have been terrified these past few days."

"Mom..." Jiang Xing opened her mouth, but the sound disappeared in her throat.

Afraid of crying out loud, she helplessly covered her mouth.

Seeing that something was wrong, Wen Yan tried to communicate on Jiang Xing's behalf, but a hand took Jiang Xing's phone first.

“Auntie, I’m leaving for overseas with Miss Jiang today to pick up Uncle. The plane tickets and visas are all ready. Can you wait at home?” It was Lou Qi.

When Jiang's mother heard that her husband was about to return to China, she was both surprised and delighted. After a while, she realized what was happening and asked, "Excuse me, who are you? You... are not A-Xing's boyfriend's voice."

“I am indeed not Miss Jiang’s boyfriend. She doesn’t have a boyfriend right now; she and Ying Kaian have already broken up.” Lou Qi paused here, then continued looking at Jiang Xing, “I am—”