Hidden identities of the AI Heiress
Chapter 571 - Chapter 571 Chapter 571 Could There Be a Mole

Chapter 571: Chapter 571: Could There Be a Mole? Chapter 571: Chapter 571: Could There Be a Mole? Pei Ya, frustrated like an iron not turning into steel, turned off his phone, expecting better from this ingrate bunch was less likely than expecting better from himself.

A while later, he reopened the contact group and angrily typed, “Do you want to be punished by copying again?”

The group quieted down for a moment before becoming lively again.

“You startled me, I thought Professor Qiao had appeared.”

“Pei Ya, you useless guy, just watching Professor Qiao get slandered?”

“Useless guy!”

“Useless guy!”

Veins on Pei Ya’s forehead throbbed, “With all this spare time to curse, why don’t you have the time to investigate who wants to target us?”

“You don’t need to tell us that, we have already started investigating, waiting for you? The herbs would have withered.”

“If someone is indeed scheming, I’ve already prepared my scalpel, no need to worry.”

Pei Ya thought to himself, he was more worried about the mastermind behind the scenes.

After instructing the ingrates to investigate the source of the public opinion, Pei Ya then received numerous calls from academicians, doctors, and various magnates asking about the incident.

They expressed anger, they said to wait, they were about to defend Professor Qiao.

Pei Ya: “…”

Ever heard of the saying ‘too much can be as bad as too little’?

The reason why the smart home system exploded had not yet been found.

Rushing to shout that Professor Qiao could not be wrong, wasn’t that forcing a backlash?

Pei Ya finally calmed them down and then contacted Qiao Yun.

Qiao Yun had slept in the old house the previous day and had just gotten up when she received Pei Ya’s call.

She was then informed that her product had problems, her technology was being questioned.

Qiao Yun actually found it novel, as it was the first time she was trending under the name of Professor Qiao.

“Boss, don’t be angry with these fools, I will handle it as soon as possible, and you can just peacefully enjoy the New Year.”

But Qiao Yun’s focus was different from Pei Ya’s, her voice calm, “You’re still on vacation.”

“Vacation isn’t as important as you.”

Pei Ya was on the verge of tears; his hard-earned week of vacation was gone just like that, and once he found out what was going on, he would definitely take revenge on the perpetrator.

“Could it be a problem with the smart home system?”

This was his bigger concern, fearing that there really was a problem with the product which would be impermissible to wash away.

Qiao Yun’s voice was very confident, “You could make a mistake a thousand times, and I wouldn’t make one.”

Pei Ya: “…”

Really, why compare and tear him down? Haven’t you heard of not making things worse?

Although it was such, after hearing this, Pei Ya was certain in his heart that there were no issues with the products researched by Qiao Yun, someone was scheming.

That was just his blind confidence in Qiao Yun.

“Since it’s not the product, then someone is targeting us, but I’m not sure if they’re targeting Shengqiao or you, boss.”

They had many competitors, hard to investigate who it might be immediately.

Qiao Yun thought of someone directly, “Zhou Family?”

On hearing this, Pei Ya frowned, “That can’t be, do they dare? Didn’t Zhou Second Master learn his lesson?”

“I don’t know, that’s for you to investigate.”

Business matters were never Qiao Yun’s concern; it had always been Pei Ya dealing with them.

“Leave it to me,” Pei Ya patted his chest on the other end of the call, then added, “Boss, don’t go online.”

“Why?”

“The nonsense these fools speak isn’t pleasant, mostly they’re just jealous of your talent, they really don’t care about the truth, but some are trying to force you to appear by this incident, I’ve noted all these people, they’ll never have the chance to collaborate with us in the future.”

Qiao Yun’s reaction was as cool as ever, “Insignificant people, I don’t care.”

Pei Ya thought to himself, no matter how these people slander or envy, it wouldn’t change the fact that Professor Qiao is better than them.

Tell me, is that frustrating or what?

Pei Yao was initially quite angry that the foolish people were questioning Qiao Yun, but after hearing what Qiao Yun had to say, his sense of frustration dissipated.

Now, looking at these foolish people, they seemed even more foolish than before.

Just running along with public opinion, what else could they be if not foolish?

“The product needs to be inspected.”

“I know, it’s already been recalled. We’ll find out the reason soon.”

“We need to conduct an internal investigation within the group.”

Pei Yao was shocked, “Could there be a mole?”

“Not sure, just to be safe.”

Pei Yao’s expression suddenly changed.

He had never considered this aspect before, but if the product wasn’t tampered with, how could it possibly just explode without reason?

After hanging up with Qiao Yun, his secretary knocked and entered.

“Chairman, it’s clear now. The account that leaked the information is fine. It belongs to a family member of the injured consumer; they thought disclosing this would garner attention and so they leaked it. We also checked the injured person, and he isn’t involved.”

Pei Yao had anticipated this, considering the buyer was genuinely injured and is now in the ICU.

He thoughtfully said, “Check the people inside our group.”

“Yes.”

It seems Professor Qiao’s guess was right. If there’s nothing wrong externally, then the problem must be internal.

…

Over at Qiao Yun’s, as soon as she was dressed and stepped downstairs, she was ‘kidnapped’ by Lu Zhanxing and Lu Jingzhi.

“What’s the matter?”

Once brought to the garden, Qiao Yun was still a bit dazed.

“Little sister, don’t be upset,” Lu Zhanxing said with a concerned look in his eyes.

“No matter how the outside world questions you, in your brother’s heart, you are always the most capable.”

Lu Jingzhi’s eyes were filled with a stern resolve as he asked, “This incident wasn’t an accident, was it?”

Qiao Yun suddenly realized that they had seen the online comments.

“I’m fine, I’m not upset.”

Qiao Yun’s calm attitude made Lu Jingzhi and Lu Zhanxing seem overly worried.

“Are you really okay?” Lu Zhanxing still wasn’t reassured.

His own research product was now being questioned this way; how could he feel okay?

He knew very well how much effort and time it took to develop a product.

Early in the morning when he saw Professor Qiao trending on social media, Lu Zhanxing thought his sister’s identity was being exposed, but only after checking did he understand what was happening.

Of course, he believed his sister was not at fault, so the problem must lie with someone else.

Qiao Yun nodded her head, “I’m fine.”

Lu Jingzhi said, “I’ll have the post deleted immediately.”

Lu Zhanxing stopped him, “Big brother, you don’t understand. Deleting the post might control the narrative but won’t eliminate doubts; it will only make more people suspect you are guilty.”

Now that this issue has arisen, it would be best to clarify it.

Lu Jingzhi frowned, looking somewhat troubled.

Lu Zhanxing, eager to counterattack, said, “Just wait, I’m going to strike back.”

Lu Jingzhi, expressionless, said, “Don’t forget, you’re a public figure.”

Lu Zhanxing felt stifled internally.

Just because he’s a public figure, can’t he take a stand when his sister is being questioned like this?

Qiao Yun looked at the two, thinking hard for her sake, “I will handle it, you guys don’t worry about it.”

This issue had nothing to do with them, and she didn’t want to drag them into it.

Qiao Yun hadn’t spoken out yet because she didn’t have enough information; she needed to wait until the reason for the smart home assistant’s explosion was discovered.

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