Hidden identities of the AI Heiress
Chapter 530 - Chapter 530 Chapter 530 Surprise or Not Unexpected or Expected

Chapter 530: Chapter 530: Surprise or Not, Unexpected or Expected! Chapter 530: Chapter 530: Surprise or Not, Unexpected or Expected! On the way home, Su Mian looked out of the car window with a worried face, her whole being sunk in low spirits.

Lu Rui, seeing her distress, wrapped his arms around her shoulders and comforted her in a gentle voice, “Still angry?”

Su Mian turned her gaze away from the window and sighed deeply, “I’m not angry at Ye Miaoshan; I’m angry at Afan.”

“Why are you angry at him?” Lu Rui stroked her back, “All right, don’t be angry now.”

Su Mian pouted and leaned into Lu Rui’s embrace, her voice low, “I’m upset that he doesn’t trust me. If it weren’t for everything that happened today, I would have never known he had reservations about me. Although the misunderstanding is cleared up now, it’s impossible for me to feel the same way about him as I did before.”

Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they are hard to uproot.

She is being doubted now, who knows if something like this will happen again in the future, she doesn’t want to get hurt again.

“Whatever you say goes.” Lu Rui agreed with her, “Now that Qiaoqiao is also on vacation, let’s find a time to go to the hot springs together, to relax a bit.”

“That’s a good idea.” Su Mian hadn’t traveled with her precious daughter before and was very much looking forward to it.

With an expressionless face, Qiao Yun watched the fleeting scenery outside the car, feeling oddly as if she shouldn’t be sitting in the car right now.

“Qiaoqiao,” Su Mian’s mood also improved a lot with Lu Rui’s coaxing, turning her head to ask Qiao Yun, “Are you doing well at the Qiao Family?”

Qiao Yun answered honestly, “Very well.”

Although not everyone in the younger generation of the Qiao Family liked her, those who didn’t, wouldn’t dare to act up in her presence because of her achievements.

At most, they would make some sour comments behind her back, but it didn’t matter, she had taught each of them a lesson.

They got a deep understanding that speaking ill behind someone’s back is not a good behavior.

These people were just a small part; most of them were genuinely good to her.

Su Mian examined Qiao Yun’s expression carefully before feeling reassured.

That’s right.

If the Qiao Family hadn’t treated Qiao Yun well, she wouldn’t be so unaffected.

“We should really thank them for raising Qiaoqiao so well, for giving us such a wonderful daughter,” Su Mian discussed with Lu Rui.

“Of course.” Lu Rui nodded in agreement, but then he frowned with worry. Even though the Qiao Family kept a low profile, he was well aware of their deep roots; how should he show his gratitude?

He chuckled wryly, “It feels like whatever we give wouldn’t be appropriate, because they don’t really need anything.”

Qiao Yun said with a tempered look in her eyes, “No need for gifts, I have given.”

She spoke the truth.

Over the years, with her support, the Qiao Family had been smooth sailing.

Qiao Yun was clear about her debts and grievances. Her grandfather treated her well, and he valued the Qiao Family, so she helped them a lot.

However, Lu Rui didn’t know about these matters; he said with a smile, “Still, we should give a thank-you gift. If they hadn’t adopted you, who knows if we would ever be able to meet you.”

Seeing his insistence, Qiao Yun didn’t say anything more.

Curious, Su Mian asked, “Qiaoqiao, how were you adopted by them?”

Lu Rui teased Su Mian, “Qiaoqiao was just a few years old back then, how could she possibly remember?”

“That’s true, we’ll ask their family when we meet them.”

“Grandpa said I was cute,” Qiao Yun suddenly spoke up, her little face cold and indifferent, “and just took me home.”

Su Mian: “…”

Lu Rui: “…”

Is that statement quite right?

Who would just take someone home like that, instead of trying to find the parents?

Su Mian chuckled, “Qiaoqiao even knows how to joke now.”

“So it was a joke, haha…” Lu Rui laughed obligingly a few times.

Doubt filled Qiao Yun’s eyes.

She hadn’t been joking.

When grandpa first saw her, his first words were that he wanted to take home such a cute child as his granddaughter.

Then, she was taken home.

She didn’t return to the Lu Family because she refused to come back.

Even though she wasn’t very old at the time, grandpa agreed with her decision.

Every year, though, grandpa would ask if she wanted to come home, and her answer had always been the same.

Not until Grandpa was about to leave did she reluctantly agree to come back.

Thinking of Grandpa.

Qiao Yun muttered silently in her heart.

Grandpa, I’m doing very well now.

…

After getting home.

Lu Zhanxing had already heard about the incident at the seminar. Before he could feign a few words of concern for Su Qingyan’s situation, he saw his parents frowning disapprovingly at him.

“???” Lu Zhanxing looked confused, “What happened? Why are you looking at me like that? I don’t think I did anything wrong, did I? Is it because I did two extra hours of rehabilitation training today, or because I accidentally ate four bowls of rice?”

Qiao Yun scolded with a cold expression, “You weren’t good; you didn’t follow the doctor’s orders.”

“Brother is wrong, I won’t dare to do it again,” Lu Zhanxing conceded with a pitiful look.

Qiao Yun had no way to deal with Lu Zhanxing like this, emphasizing, “You can’t do it next time.”

“Yes, yes, yes,” Lu Zhanxing nodded indulgently, “But, Dad, Mom, can you stop looking at me like I’ve committed some heinous crime?”

“Hmph,” Su Mian accused, “You and your brother have really made your dad and me suffer. You knew all along that Qiaoqiao was adopted by the Qiao Family and didn’t tell us.”

Lu Zhanxing was startled, “You know about it? How did you find out?”

Su Mian answered irritably, “Thanks to your wonderful aunt…”

She told Lu Zhanxing everything that had happened that day.

There’s nothing to hide among family members. It was necessary for Lu Zhanxing to know what Ye Miaoshan had done, so he wouldn’t encounter her later and still be clueless.

After hearing the whole process, Lu Zhanxing’s expression turned grim, “She deserved to be divorced.”

Su Mian agreed with that remark.

“Sister, are you really okay?” Lu Zhanxing asked worriedly.

“I’m fine.”

Qiao Yun rolled up her sleeve to show Lu Zhanxing the injured area.

It was just a thin line of blood, so minor that it didn’t even require treatment and would heal on its own.

Only then did Lu Zhanxing feel relieved.

He became even more anxious in his heart to recover quickly. If he had been at the scene at the time, he would have definitely kicked Ye Miaoshan out to face her own fate.

A bit later.

The investigation results came out.

After Song Li was expelled from university, his life became a mess, maligned by relatives at home and scolded by his parents. He even committed a crime and got caught selling fake medicine, which landed him in jail for a while.

After being released, he blamed all his miserable experiences on Su Qingyan.

He even harbored murderous intentions towards Su Qingyan.

Originally, he planned to kill Su Qingyan and then himself.

But he was afraid of death, so he didn’t harm himself.

However, the law will not let him off.

Qiao Yun sorted through the causes and consequences.

She realized she was also responsible for this incident because Song Li initially targeted her.

In the end, Su Qingyan was just implicated and became the object of Song Li’s resentment.

So when Su Mian asked her the next day whether she wanted to visit Su Qingyan in the hospital, Qiao Yun didn’t refuse.

Lu Rui didn’t go with them.

He got Qiao Yun’s consent to tell the grandparents about the Qiao Family’s issues, so he went straight to the ancestral house.

“Why are you here at this time?”

The old master had just finished dinner and was sitting leisurely in the tea room, savoring his tea.

The old lady was sitting next to him with reading glasses, knitting a sweater stitch by stitch.

It was for Qiao Yun.

As January approached and the weather got colder, the old lady wanted to send warmth to Qiao Yun.

“Dad, I have something to tell you,” Lu Rui said gravely.

“What’s the matter?” the old master’s heart tightened, fearing serious trouble.

Even the old lady stopped her work and looked at Lu Rui with concern.

“Something big has happened,” Lu Rui asked, “Dad, you know about the Qiao Family, right?”

“There are so many surnamed Qiao, which one are you talking about?”

“The one with many national academicians, the Qiao Family.”

The old master was shocked, “You’ve crossed paths with them?”

“Dad, what I’m about to tell you might be hard to accept, but you need to hold on,” Lu Rui said.

The old master’s hand tightened around his teacup, “No worries, your dad has seen it all, just tell it straight.”

“Okay,” Lu Rui, looking at the anxious elders, laughed in the next second, “Qiaoqiao turned out to be adopted by the Qiao Family, and Grandmaster Qiao is one of their own.”

“Cough cough!”

As soon as the words were out, the old master choked on his saliva.

“Dad, surprised or not?” Lu Rui asked.

Old master: “Cough cough cough…”

“Old man, are you okay?” The old lady hurriedly went forward to pat the old master’s back.

Once the old master had calmed down a bit, he immediately wanted to grab something to beat his unfilial son to death.

“I think you’re asking for a beating!”

“Dad, I just wanted to give you a surprise,” Lu Rui said with a cry of laughter.

The old lady said irritably, “What kind of surprise is this? It’s clearly a shock.”

“You’re not joking with me?” the old master asked seriously.

“Of course not,” Lu Rui told them, “It was Qiaoqiao who made the request, that’s why Doctor Qiao Xun and Doctor Qiao Se came to save Zhanxing.”

The old master was quiet for a long time before he came to terms with it.

“This is really unexpected.”

Lu Rui thought, there’s still so much you haven’t anticipated.

“Doctor Qiao Xun said they would find time to visit.”

Old master: “…”

Honestly, he was not yet mentally prepared.

Lu Rui chuckled, “Who would have thought, my daughter has a bigger background than I do.”

The old master shakily took a sip of tea.

There shouldn’t be any more secrets about his granddaughter, right?

It’s hard to imagine any secret more shocking than that of the Qiao Family.

He was an old man now; he couldn’t take any more scares.

…

Su Qingyan had woken up.

If Song Li’s knife had penetrated a fraction of an inch deeper, it might have punctured his lung, making it very difficult to save him.

After waking up, Su Fan told him everything.

Being the eldest son, he had the right to know these things.

Su Qingyan had not expected that a single injury would lead to such unexpected developments.

He found it ironic recalling how he assured his cousin just before that his mother wasn’t inherently bad.

He thought Qiao Yun would probably hate them for what happened, yet he didn’t expect to see Qiao Yun visiting him.

In the hospital room, Su Qingqing and Su Fan were present, and because of Ye Miaoshan’s actions, they now felt instinctively uneasy facing Su Mian and Qiao Yun.

Seemingly oblivious to their discomfort, Su Mian asked about Su Qingyan’s injury with concern and, upon learning that he was now out of danger, she was relieved.

Su Qingyan’s gaze fell on Qiao Yun, and with a wry smile, he said, “Cousin, thank you. If it weren’t for you, I might not have been saved.”

Qiao Yun said indifferently, “It’s just returning the favor for uncle’s gift, no need to thank me.”

“You don’t hate us?” Su Qingyan asked directly.

Su Qingqing and Su Fan simultaneously turned to look at Qiao Yun, waiting for her answer.

Qiao Yun said with clear eyes, “It has nothing to do with you, it’s her fault.”

“Right, it’s not your fault for doing something wrong.” Su Mian reassured them not to overthink it.

The Lu Family was still very clear about right and wrong, whoever did wrong would bear the consequences.

Despite their words, the Su Family still felt very uncomfortable.

Su Qingyan looked at Qiao Yun, who spoke these words, unsure of what he felt inside.

After he came to Shangjing City for his studies, he had little contact with the Lu Family.

Knowing Ye Miaoshan’s personality, he didn’t want to give her the chance to take advantage of the Lu Family through him.

He also didn’t have much enthusiasm for this cousin.

This time Qiao Yun didn’t even hold his mother’s actions against him and saved him.

A trace of guilt flashed through Su Qingyan’s eyes.

“Right, I got the spot at the symposium because of you, right? And this time Doctor Qiao Xun came to find me also because of you,” he said with certainty as he already knew Qiao Yun’s relationship with the Qiao Family.

But he hadn’t expected that he would receive so many benefits because of Qiao Yun.

Qiao Yun looked lost, “I didn’t do anything.”

She didn’t even know that Qiao Xun had looked for Su Qingyan.

Seeing her sincere expression, Su Qingyan laughed lightly, “Even though you didn’t do it, they did it because of you, didn’t they?”

Qiao Yun didn’t refute this statement.

“So, I still want to thank you.”

Qiao Yun said, “If you weren’t capable, they wouldn’t bother with you.”

A gentle smile surfaced in Su Qingyan’s eyes; his cousin really was quite adorable.

Su Mian only stayed for a while before she took Qiao Yun and left the ward.

Su Qingqing saw them off, looking at Qiao Yun’s cool and detached little face, she bit her lip, seemingly wanting to say something, but in the end, she didn’t say anything.

“Aunt, I’ll go up first, take care on your way.”

She said and was about to leave.

Her footsteps suddenly halted; she turned her head to look.

Qiao Yun’s fair fingers were clutching the hem of her clothing.

Su Qingqing looked puzzled, “Cousin, is something wrong?”

Qiao Yun took out a candy from her pocket, spread her palm open, and said in a flat voice, “For you.”

Su Qingqing was stunned for a moment before asking, “Is it for me?”

“Mhm.” Qiao Yun said, “A gift.”

The next second, Su Qingqing’s face broke into a smile, “I really like this gift.”

Qiao Yun nodded lightly and said nothing more.

Su Qingqing, feeling the sweetness within, looked at the candy in her palm.

Was she just comforted?

Goodness, what an adorable person.

Qiao Yun wasn’t good at comforting people, so she gave Su Qingqing a piece of candy to lift her spirits.

The candy was given by Lu Zhanxing.

He seemed quite keen on secretly stuffing candies into Qiao Yun’s clothes, waiting for Qiao Yun to discover them, at which point he would feel immensely satisfied.

Qiao Yun always indulged Lu Zhanxing’s behavior, showing him the candy from her clothes in his presence.

Look, I found it.

And then she watched as Lu Zhanxing laughed like a fool.

Su Qingqing put the candy in her pocket and happily returned to the ward.

“Brother, the cousin is really interesting.”

“Hmm.” Su Qingyan seemed to be deep in thought, his expression inscrutable. After a while, he said, “Dad, regarding your divorce, I have no objections.”

Su Qingqing opened her eyes wide in surprise.