Hidden identities of the AI Heiress
Chapter 515 - Chapter 515 Chapter 515 You Can Only Blame Your Own Stupidity

Chapter 515: Chapter 515: You Can Only Blame Your Own Stupidity Chapter 515: Chapter 515: You Can Only Blame Your Own Stupidity “I said, it’s not about the money,” Qiao Xun’s eyes showed disdain.

Zhou Xinyu’s expression changed, and he asked harshly, “What do you mean by that? It’s not about the money, and you’re not prepared to agree to our Zhou Family’s request. Then why did you ask to meet with me? Are you trying to waste my time?”

Having been ignored for so long had already exhausted his last bit of patience, and now to be told that he might have been played, there was no way he could keep a pleasant demeanor.

It’s not like he’s that desperate.

If it weren’t for Qiao Yun’s sake, Qiao Xun wouldn’t possibly have agreed to meet Zhou Xinyu today. He didn’t even talk to Zhou Xinyu but turned to look at Qiao Yun instead.

Qiao Yun was holding a drink, sipping it slowly. Seeing Qiao Xun looking at her, she spoke indifferently, “I said last time, give me the shares and I will save a life. Now I don’t want them.”

Zhou Xinyu didn’t immediately grasp what she meant.

Qiao Xun explained clearly, “Did you hear that? Even if your Zhou Family gives me the shares this time, I won’t lift a finger to save anyone. I asked you to come here today for this reason. So, don’t come looking for me in the future. It’s useless.”

Zhou Xinyu trembled slightly upon hearing this.

Before coming, he had been smug, thinking that the matter could be settled.

He even called his grandfather in advance to take credit, asking him to wait for Qiao Xun to save the person and getting praised by his grandfather, who promised to give him some of the Zhou Family’s shares.

Why had there been a sudden change of events?

Qiao Xun didn’t just refuse the reward, he had even ruled out the possibility of helping. Why did it come to this?

Zhou Xinyu couldn’t understand it; thinking that Qiao Yun had initiated the discussion, he redirected his anger at her, “Did you say something to Dr. Qiao? Dr. Qiao, are you out of your mind? How can you listen to a little girl’s words? She’s clearly trying to sow discord. By refusing to help, aren’t you afraid it will impact your reputation?”

He never expected Qiao Yun to have such control over Qiao Xun. It baffled him that Qiao Xun, a renowned doctor, could be so infatuated.

Qiao Xun replied with indifference, “You seem to have forgotten something. Usually, it’s others who beg me to save lives, not me begging others to let me save them. To me, reputation is useless.”

Zhou Xinyu had no comeback for that, since Qiao Xun was speaking the truth. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have moved heaven and earth just to meet Qiao Xun.

He angrily said to Qiao Yun, “You’re quite capable, aren’t you?”

He had now convinced himself that Qiao Xun had been influenced by Qiao Yun’s deception, thus cutting off all his options.

Qiao Yun replied unflinchingly, “I’ve always been very capable.”

Zhou Xinyu, flustered and furious, asked, “Are you admitting it?”

“You’re quite capable too.” Qiao Xun said with a smile that didn’t reach his eyes, “Mr. Zhou, have you forgotten what you did yesterday? Would you like me to remind you?”

Zhou Xinyu’s expression changed dramatically, and his heart leaped to his throat, “I don’t know what you’re talking about, what did I do yesterday?”

Qiao Xun didn’t spare him any face and exposed him directly, “You thought I liked Qiao Yun and wanted to drug her to win me over, didn’t you?”

Zhou Xinyu felt as if struck by a bolt from the blue.

He hadn’t expected that they already knew about his actions. This dinner was a trap all along!

Was Qiao Xun looking to get even for Qiao Yun?

Regretting his oversight, he thought that if he had realized earlier how serious Qiao Xun was about Qiao Yun, he would not have acted so impulsively.

For the sake of the Lu Family’s shares, he swallowed his frustration and said, “It’s a misunderstanding, a complete misunderstanding. I had no intention of drugging Miss Lu. I just wanted to invite her over to talk. It seems that my men didn’t do their job. I will make sure they are well reprimanded when I get back and will ensure Miss Lu gets a proper explanation.”

He shifted the blame, as if it were the most natural thing to do.

After all, Qiao Yun is fine now, who could know what his real thoughts were at the time.

“Doctor Qiao just wants the Zhou Family’s shares, I will discuss it with my grandfather,” Zhou Xinyu compromised in the end.

As for whether the shares will be given, that’s up to his grandfather’s decision.

What’s most urgent now is to stabilize Qiao Xun first. He didn’t want to mess this up, because if his grandfather gets angry and kicks him out of the Zhou Family, what would he do then?

Qiao Xun could tell what Zhou Xinyu was thinking just by looking at him. He let out a few chuckles, and asked meaningfully, “What do you think her relationship is with me?”

Zhou Xinyu didn’t answer, but his gaze was obvious enough.

For Qiao Yun, he didn’t even care about his reputation, what else could their relationship be, except for something disgraceful?

“Qiaoqiao, you tell us, what’s our relationship?” Qiao Xun asked Qiao Yun with a smile.

Qiao Yun looked at Qiao Xun, who was gloating with mischief, and indulgently called out, “Uncle.”

“Good girl,” Qiao Xun said contentedly as he ruffled Qiao Yun’s hair.

Qiao Yun tilted her head back slightly, avoiding his pat.

Qiao Xun retracted his hand with a pitying look, then turned to Zhou Xinyu, who looked as if he had been struck by lightning, “Do you understand our relationship now?”

So it’s not that he doesn’t want to take action; it’s that if Qiao Yun is unhappy, then the Zhou Family can only stay out of it!

Who told you to annoy Professor Qiao time and again?

“You, you, you…” Zhou Xinyu was dumbstruck, his face full of surprise. He stared blankly at Qiao Yun, utterly shocked, and for a long time couldn’t say a single word.

Qiao Yun called Qiao Xun uncle?

So their relationship isn’t what he thought??

Qiao Xun continued, “So on what grounds do you think that after you have insulted her with money, and tried to send her to my bed, you still believe I would help save someone from the Zhou Family?”

“How could this be…” Zhou Xinyu couldn’t accept this truth. He stood up abruptly, “Are you refusing me, just looking for an excuse?”

“Do I need an excuse to refuse someone?”

“You’re relatives?”

“Not exactly. The Qiao Family has only adopted her for over a decade, so of course, she’s like my little niece,” Qiao Xun didn’t lie to him, but neither did he reveal Qiao Yun’s true identity.

“Mr. Zhou, if you’ve angered my little niece, throughout China, even internationally, as long as the Qiao Family is unwilling, no one will lift a finger to help you,” he said.

Zhou Xinyu staggered back, his complexion ashen.

How could he have known that things would happen to coincide like this, that Miss Lu actually had a real connection with the Qiao Family! All the information he had gathered before was false!

Now with Qiao Xun publicly acknowledging his relationship with Qiao Yun, it made all the brown-nosing and careful planning he had done previously seem idiotic.

When he previously threw money at Qiao Yun, was she looking at him as if he were a performing clown, perhaps even entertained by his actions?

“To be honest, if you hadn’t kept annoying her, maybe if your Zhou Family had sincerely asked for my help, I might have considered it,” Qiao Xun told him with a smile: “That I’m not helping now, you can only blame your own stupidity.”

Zhou Xinyu thought, it’s all over, completely ruined by him; if his grandfather finds out that it was because of him that things turned out this way, he would indeed be kicked out of the Zhou Family!

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