happy. He even threatened her with a labor contract, a tyrannical agreement claiming she couldn't quit within three months. Just like that, she was detained by this pair of heartless father and son, f...Lu Qinian was busy sending people back to the snowy mountains to look for the pocket watch.

As he passed the inspection room, he happened to see Qiao Bao'er come out of the room. Her expression was a little strange.

"What's wrong"

"Did you find anything during your full checkup"

Lu Qinan called out to her. Hearing his sudden voice, Qiao Ba'er was thinking about something and looked up in a daze, reacting somewhat sluggishly, "I'm fine."

Lu Qinan frowned, "You look distracted. What's on your mind"

"Is something bothering you"

He watched her facial expressions carefully, always feeling that Qiao Bao'er seemed to be carrying something on her mind. She was quite normal when she just came down from the snowy mountains, so what had stimulated her this time

"You didn't seem happy to meet the shepherd here," Lu Qinan guessed.

After all, the two of them had a fight and parted ways unhappily.

He also knew that Junzhimu hiding the child was unforgivable, and it was normal for Qiao Baier to be angry and refuse to talk to him.

"Joe Baoer, the airport here basically stopped flying two days ago. Zhi Mu only managed to fly over by borrowing an air route. He..."

Lu Qinan was paying attention to her changing expression and wanted to say something to let her know, "Before we were trapped in the hotel, I actually guessed it. Since we didn't inform him when we went abroad, he would send people to keep an eye on us. So when an accident happened, I was very relieved. I knew he would definitely come."

At the end of their conversation, Lu Qinian felt that Qiao Bao'er had been keeping her head down. He added, "Jun Zhimu cares about you very much."

< Qiao Baoer glanced at him, pursed her lips, and said in a very low voice, "I know." >

Lu Qinan knew her awkward personality. Jun Zhimu's approach was completely wrong for her. Qiao Bao'er needed to explain things clearly to her, and hiding things from her would only make her angrier.

As for the wound on Jun's shoulder, they all cleverly chose not to ask about it afterward. There was no need to ask; it must have been Qiao Baier who did it. Otherwise, who could have wounded him so easily

When handling some aftermath work just now, a subordinate who was taking notes came over to ask about Junzhimu's knife wound. He very succinctly and accurately replied with two words: self-harm.

Lu Qinian saw that she didn't seem to want to speak, and fell into an awkward silence for a while.

After all, these emotional matters are quite complicated. Lu Qinan didn't mention Jun Zhimu again. He directly told her to rest, "If your check-up comes back fine, then get some rest early. I've reserved a room for you with hot water and clean clothes. You can go find Zhu Xiaowei and Pei Yi..."

At this moment, a subordinate hurried over and reported to Lu Qinan about something. They were preparing to take a high-power electromagnetic device to the snowy mountains to search for the lost pocket watch.

"Qiao Ba'er, I have to go busy…" Lu Qinan said quickly, and was about to leave.

"Just a moment."

Jo Bao'er suddenly called out to him.

"Are you going back to the Snow Mountain for the watch" she asked hesitantly.

"Yes, the wind and snow have stopped now. Although it's night, we have high-powered lighting equipment and some magnetic devices to take with us. The pocket watch is made of metal, so it should be findable. The longer time passes, the thicker the snow will get..."

Qiao Bao'er couldn't help but interrupt, "It's not necessary, you should go rest."

“We men can pull a few all-nighters, it's nothing tiring,” Lu Qinan did look a bit fatigued on his face, “If we don't go find him now, Zhi Mu will still dispatch a massive amount of manpower and resources... You don't know, once he went looking for a pocket watch, he blew up the 30-plus story Flame Bar building, it took all the staff three days to find everyone. He cares a lot about this."

qiao Baoer clenched tightly in her right hand some things, she slightly tightened her grip.

As if hesitating, she looked at Lu Qinan and suddenly asked a rather off-topic question, "Do you know why Jun Zhimu became a teaching assistant in the city before"

Lu Qinan didn't understand why she suddenly asked that.

Lu Qinan smiled rather suggestively, "Don't you know"

She knows some things, but...

To be honest, she didn't quite understand and felt uneasy about it.

Lu Qinan told her what he knew. “I find it incredible too. I only heard about it from Grandpa Jun recently. Jun Zimo has always disliked girls since he was young, and he doesn’t have a romantic bone in his body. He actually went to your school to be a teaching assistant for half a year. But think about it, who hasn’t done something silly during their youth”

"Well, no wonder you don't know him. Even when Jun Zhomu was quite famous at your school, he was a teaching assistant for your elective course. You definitely skipped his class, and you didn't even see him. Even if you were at the same school, you would have missed each other."

Actually, Qiao Baoer has taken his class before.

That day, she was so tired from working and studying that she fell asleep on her desk.

She still vaguely remembered that day when she was called out in public. The teaching assistant on stage seemed angry and found her in the faculty office. She didn't look at the teaching assistant, thinking she would be scolded. However, he didn't scold her. Her memory was too blurry, only remembering that in the end, he let her lie down on his work desk. When she woke up, the office was empty and she had an extra men's coat on her body.

Never would I have thought that the teaching assistant back then was Jun Zhi Mu.

Lu Qinan saw that her expression was a little lost, and he was curious about one thing, " Qiao Bao'er, Jun Zhimu has been an assistant teacher at your school for half a year. He went through so much trouble to transfer there, he...he really didn't say anything to you"

For example, confessing one's feelings.

The small line of English engraved on the inside of the pocket watch.

Does that count as what he wanted to tell her.

He wanted to say it deeply, with force, each character painstakingly carved onto the surface.

I want to tell you that I love you so much.

"No." She said, her voice tight.

qiao Bao'er suddenly extended her right-hand pocket watch, "I don't believe in the so-called love that Zi Wuyou has, I only believe in companionship."

Lu Qinan listened to her words and looked again at the golden pocket watch in her palm. He was greatly surprised by his expression.

How could a pocket watch be in your hands

Jo Baoer didn't reply to him, and directly stuffed the pocket watch into his hand. "Don't tell Jun Zhi Mu, just say that you found it."on signal.A sense of unease crept into Qiao Bao'er's heart. She glanced at the clock: 1 a.m. The wind and snow outside were still raging fiercely."Pei Yi, go back to bed and sleep. It's very late."Pei...