Hidden identities of the AI Heiress
Chapter 584 - Chapter 584 Chapter 584 Transition

Chapter 584: Chapter 584 Transition Chapter 584: Chapter 584 Transition After thinking it over, he suspected again, “If it has nothing to do with Li Hanzhou, could it be related to someone from Li Group?”

“No.”

Pei Ya: “…”

Qiao Yun said seriously, “If it was, he would know.”

“It’s not guaranteed he would have noticed. Look, there was a mole in our group, and I didn’t notice it.”

Pei Ya pointed to himself, realizing there was no precedent here.

Qiao Yun lifted her eyelids, “Because you’re stupid.”

Pei Ya: That was a bit too much, damn, he wouldn’t accept it!

Qiao Yun soothed with a sentence, “Compared to him, you’re stupid, but compared to others, you’re smart.”

Pei Ya: Even less convinced now, what makes him stupider than Li Hanzhou!

So, when Li Hanzhou received Qiao Yun’s request to meet and came over, he saw Pei Ya glaring at him angrily.

Li Hanzhou was silent for two seconds, then turned to ask Qiao Yun, “Did I massacre his entire family or something?”

Qiao Yun glanced at Pei Ya and said indifferently, “Don’t mind him.”

Li Hanzhou raised an eyebrow, and then really stopped paying attention to Pei Ya.

The ignored Pei Ya: I won’t accept it, I won’t, I won’t!

Ignoring Pei Ya’s gaze, Li Hanzhou tilted his head, his eyes twinkling with amusement, his voice languid, “I thought you’d only invited me, got my hopes up for nothing.”

Pei Ya: “Heh.”

Qiao Yun said, “Then let him leave first.”

Pei Ya: “Ying~”

He felt wronged, he felt helpless.

Professor Qiao, you really have changed.

To think you would abandon him for Li Hanzhou.

Qiao Yun just felt like Pei Ya didn’t like Li Hanzhou, and it put her in a difficult position in the middle, so it would be better not to let them meet.

“You can act like I’m not here.”

Pei Ya thought, even if God himself came, he would never allow Li Hanzhou and Professor Qiao to be alone together.

Li Hanzhou glanced at Pei Ya, said nothing, and turned back to ask Qiao Yun, “Kid, did you need me for something?”

“Yeah.” Qiao Yun pushed a briefcase in front of Li Hanzhou.

Li Hanzhou looked down, “What’s this?”

Qiao Yun said, “A potion, I want to know the ingredients.”

She sought Li Hanzhou’s help in part because she didn’t want the people around her to know about the potion.

That made Li Hanzhou the best choice.

“Okay.”

Li Hanzhou didn’t ask what the potion was for or why she wanted to know the ingredients. It was the first time the kid had asked for his help, and he even felt strangely pleased about it.

Admiring a highly capable person has its downsides–he hardly got any chance to show off.”

Li Hanzhou didn’t ask, which made Qiao Yun curious instead, “Don’t you have any questions to ask me?”

“No.” Li Hanzhou said with a smile, “As long as it’s something you ask me to do, I’ll do it, no questions asked.”

Qiao Yun stared at him blankly, not quite grasping the implications of his words before Pei Ya interrupted with a “hehehe.”

Qiao Yun frowned, disapprovingly glancing at Pei Ya.

Pei Ya pouted but did not “hehehe” again.

Qiao Yun said, “You’ve been acting a bit strange lately.”

Li Hanzhou’s deep-set eyes were fixed intently on Qiao Yun, and then he let out a very soft chuckle.

“Really?”

Qiao Yun nodded straightforwardly, “But I can’t quite put my finger on what’s odd.”

The innocence in her eyes stung Li Hanzhou’s heart, softening it as he said, “You can take your time thinking about it.”

Qiao Yun fell silent, took a while, and then slowly uttered an “oh.”

Pei Ya stared, what, as if I don’t exist?

So, when it was time to leave, Pei Ya didn’t give Li Hanzhou a chance and directly whisked Qiao Yun onto the car.

Li Hanzhou had no particular reaction to this.

He only cared about Qiao Yun’s attitude toward him and didn’t care about what others around Qiao Yun thought of him.

That included the members of the Lu Family as well.

“I’m leaving now.” Qiao Yun fastened her seatbelt, poked her little head out of the car window, and waved to Li Hanzhou.

Li Hanzhou, on the other hand, wanted to spend more time with Qiao Yun, but it was somewhat inconvenient due to Pei Ya being there.

His gaze deeply fell upon Qiao Yun’s head, and then he couldn’t resist the urge, reaching out to ruffle her hair.

Qiao Yun paused, then quickly withdrew her head.

Li Hanzhou was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

Once the car had driven off, Pei Ya then said, “Boss, after all this time, are you still not planning to tell him? At least let him be on guard.”

Qiao Yun asked, “If he knew, what do you think he would do?”

Pei Ya thought seriously for a moment, then analyzed, “Based on my understanding of him, he might use himself as bait to lure out the mastermind behind the scenes.”

Li Hanzhou did things in such a ruthless manner that even he could exploit himself.

Qiao Yun ambiguously said, “Ignorance is rather pleasant.”

Pei Ya shook his head, utterly baffled.

…

Qiao Yun asked Pei Ya to drive her to the old mansion, as today was the day Lu Shiran returned, so they arranged to meet at the old mansion.

When Qiao Yun arrived at the old mansion, Lu Shiran had already returned. On seeing Qiao Yun, he wanted to pounce on her but was stopped by Lu Zhanxing, who pulled him back by the collar.

“Why? Let me go.”

Lu Zhanxing chided, “Don’t you know that men and women shouldn’t be too close?”

“Hugging my sister is my natural right.”

“Still no.”

Lu Shiran huffed, clearly displeased, but he didn’t pounce again and asked with a silly smile, “Sis, did you miss your brother?”

“I did,” Qiao Yun answered truthfully.

At this, Lu Shiran was instantly delighted.

His appearance caused laughter among the family members.

In the entire Lu family, other than Qiao Yun, only Lu Shiran still acted like a child, which was actually quite nice–later maturity meant fewer worries.

All of a sudden, Lu Shiran deflated and apologized, “Sorry, sis, I was thinking that if I could meet the legendary Professor Qiao, I would try to woo her and then introduce you to her.”

As soon as he said this, he noticed the expressions of the family members turning a bit peculiar.

Especially when Lu Zhanxing outright started laughing while clutching his stomach, and even the typically solemn Lu Jingzhi couldn’t help but press his lips together in a smile.

Lu Shiran was baffled, “What? What’s so funny about what I said?”

The old lady tried to hold back her laughter, “Laughing at your cuteness.”

Lu Shiran argued, “How can a big man like me be described as cute?”

Lu Zhanxing patted his shoulder, sympathetically saying, “Oh silly little brother, the Professor Qiao you intend to woo is your sister. Since when does a brother try to woo his sister?”

Lu Shiran: ????

Lu Shiran: !!!!?

He exclaimed, “You must be joking again.”

After he finished, he saw the family members again looking at him like he was really naive.

Suddenly frozen, he turned his head towards Qiao Yun, “Sis, are they serious?”

This time Qiao Yun admitted quite straightforwardly, “Yeah, Tianqi Research Institute, mine.”

Lu Shiran: “…”

He was greatly shocked.

His sister was actually Professor Qiao?

Had he just told Professor Qiao in person that he wanted to woo her?

Lu Shiran snapped back to reality and, the next second, clasped his hands over his head and yelled.

“Just let me die…”

Qiao Yun stared blankly at Lu Shiran, who had just said this sentence before running off while holding his head.

What’s going on?