Hidden identities of the AI Heiress
Chapter 636 - Chapter 636 Chapter 636 Professor Qiao Was Being Tracked; Qin

Chapter 636: Chapter 636: Professor Qiao Was Being Tracked; Qin Xuan Drugged Master Li Chapter 636: Chapter 636: Professor Qiao Was Being Tracked; Qin Xuan Drugged Master Li The old master’s heart skipped a beat as he asked in a tense voice, “Who is conducting the investigation?”

“We still don’t know who it is yet, but they seem to be no ordinary people.”

The old master’s tone grew grave, “Alright, I understand. Handle this matter well, and don’t let anyone know. Let’s see what the other party wants to do first.”

The man on the other side of the phone had been working closely with the old master for years, deeply knowledgeable about the old master’s affairs. After receiving the orders from the old master, he immediately responded, “Yes.”

After thinking for a moment, the old master instructed again, “Find out who wants to find the child. Notify me when there is news.”

“Yes.”

After hanging up the phone, the old master felt a heavy weight on his emotions.

If secrecy was maintained so well, it seems this was no ordinary person.

The old lady, woken up by the noise, saw the old master looking worried and spoke irritably, “Why aren’t you sleeping at this hour? What are you thinking about?”

Not keeping anything from his wife, the old master shared the situation with her and sighed deeply, “Why look for something now and not earlier or later?”

The old lady couldn’t go back to sleep either, terrified by the incident, “Could there be some trouble?”

“What trouble?”

“Like, someone in their family falling ill, needing a bone marrow transplant, and then they thought of this child, pah, such heartless people, only coming to us when they need something.”

The old master couldn’t help but laugh, “You watch too many dramas, old woman.”

Though he joked with his wife, his heart couldn’t help but wonder, could it really be true?

He definitely couldn’t let the other party find the child, so the old master quickly called his subordinate again, making sure he paid attention to keep the child’s matters confidential.

The old lady, after pondering for a while, remembered something else. After the old master had ended his call, she asked, “Hasn’t the Qin family been searching for an illegitimate child recently? Could it have something to do with them?”

The old master’s eyes widened immediately, but he waved his hand, “Impossible, the information doesn’t match. I’ll go talk to the eldest, he has the right to know about this.”

The old lady watched the old master’s worried figure disappear, and her mood also sank deeply.

…

Lu Xian had not yet rested and was buried in checking data in the study.

Recently, Lu Group had undertaken a large business deal, and to avoid any flaws, he personally took charge, which made him quite busy lately.

Seeing the old master, he exclaimed, “Dad, haven’t you slept yet?”

The old master slowly walked in and even carefully closed the study’s door, his expression grave as he said, “I have something to tell you?”

“What’s the matter? Dad, please sit down, don’t stand,” Lu Xian urged the old master to sit on the sofa.

The old master organized his thoughts and slowly told him the situation.

Lu Xian, clasping his pen, suddenly gripped it so hard that he almost broke it, and fell silent.

The old master reassured, “We haven’t figured out what’s going on yet, don’t rush.”

Lu Xian opened his mouth, his voice hoarse, “After so many years, there hasn’t been a hint of activity, and now they want the child back. I won’t give him up.”

“Ah…” the old master sighed deeply, “If he dares show up in front of me, I’ll beat him to death. It’s all his fault, your aunt died of sorrow because of him!”

The old master’s face showed intense anger as he spoke of this.

Lu Xian, too, appeared equally enraged, “If my aunt were still alive, she definitely wouldn’t let the child go with them.”

That was indeed the truth.

The old master had a younger sister who had fallen in love with a poor young man decades ago. In order to be with him, she even broke ties with her family.

Years later, she returned, pregnant.

The family asked her what happened, but she remained silent, depressed day after day.

The elder also felt heartache for his sister, and after much persuasion, he finally got her to reveal a bit of information.

It turned out that the man she loved had been married and had children already, and she had unwittingly become the other woman. The man even thought it was not a big deal and wanted her to become his mistress.

Being a proud person, the sister couldn’t accept this and argued with the scumbag, then left while pregnant.

The elder wanted to confront the scumbag, but he didn’t even know who he was, only that he came from a poor family living in a small mountain village.

Supposedly, he had no feelings for the tigress of a wife back home, which led him to search for true love, yet it only brought misery to his sister.

Lamentably, the sister gave birth to a child, but committed suicide due to postpartum depression.

Stricken with grief, the elder treated his niece’s child as his own son, watching him grow up to marry and have children, thinking everything was finally going well until the nephew tragically died in a car accident.

He left behind a wife and an unborn child. The wife, overwhelmed by emotion, didn’t survive a difficult delivery.

At that time, Qin Yuan had delivered a stillborn. The elder decided to secretly switch the babies, a secret only known by the old lady, Lu Xian, and the doctor at that time. Qin Huan himself didn’t know, and Lu Rui also thought Shiran was Lu Xian’s biological son.

The elder did this partly because he didn’t want Shiran to become an orphan and partly considering Qin Huan’s mental state.

After so many years, with the elder and Lu Xian covering it up, this matter was well concealed until someone suddenly turned up.

Lu Xian, filled with anxiety, said, “Dad, we can’t let Shiran know about this.”

“I know,” the elder nodded. “Since your aunt’s family is no longer around, the other party is probably looking for their son. As long as they don’t know there’s a grandson, no one can take Shiran away.”

Lu Xian sat blankly in the chair, his mind in disarray.

Although Shiran was not his biological son, from the moment he first held the child, he had loved him as if he were his own.

Lu Xian had a restless night and even had a nightmare about someone trying to take his son away.

The next day, when he looked at Shiran, his gaze inexplicably contained even more affection.

Shiran: ??

Shiran shivered, “Dad, are you okay?”

Lu Xian, in a gentle tone, said, “Son, have I treated you well these years?”

Shiran nodded. “Of course.”

Very satisfied with the answer, Lu Xian tentatively asked, “What if someone told you that you’re not my biological son and wanted to take you away, would you go with them?”

Shiran, confused and half-joking, said, “If they’re richer than us, I might consider it.”

Lu Xian’s expression stiffened, and he picked up his chopsticks to serve Shiran a helping of food, “Let’s eat first.”

Shiran, looking at the chilies in his bowl, suspected his dad did it on purpose. Seeing Lu Xian’s obvious unhappiness, he seriously said, “Dad, I was just kidding. You are my real dad. No one can separate us; I would die before I’d leave you!”

Lu Xian: “You don’t need to follow me in death.”

“Okay,” Shiran shook his head again, “No, that’s wrong. Even if you die, I will still follow you, so that nobody can ever separate us. You’ll still be my dad in the next life.”

Lu Xian was somewhat moved by this.

“So in the next life, you keep being a wage earner to guard me while I continue to be the spendthrift haha…”

Lu Xian: “…”

Lu Xian suddenly wondered if indeed someone wealthier than the Lu family came along, Shiran might actually leave with them.

When Qiao Yun arrived at the old house, she glanced at Lu Xian, who seemed to be in a trance on the sofa, and asked Shiran with her eyes what was going on.

Shiran whispered, “I suspect my dad is going through midlife crisis.”

Qiao Yun: “Ah?”

Shiran told Qiao Yun about the question Lu Xian asked him in the morning. “See, even though I’m actually his son, he’s still worried I might run off with someone. That’s one of the symptoms of a midlife crisis: anxiety.”

Qiao Yun said, “Uncle loves you.”

Suddenly excited, Shiran slapped his thigh, “Does that mean I might really not be my dad’s biological son?”

Qiao Yun frowned, “You can’t just speculate wildly.”

“I understand,” Lu Shiran said to Qiao Yun with a wink, “I am a child of God, sent to save my sister as a savior.”

Qiao Yun: “…”

Forget it, taking it seriously means losing.

Lu Shiran stopped joking and said, “I must be my dad’s biological son, look how much I resemble him.”

Upon hearing this, Qiao Yun seriously examined Lu Shiran’s features and then realized that they didn’t look very alike?

“By the way, sis, there’s a technology expo in a few days, will you go with me?” Lu Shiran coaxed, “You’ve been to so many expos with grandpa, you have to accompany me this time.”

Hearing him say this, Qiao Yun felt somewhat apologetic and replied, “Okay.”

Qiao Yun had stayed at the Lu Family’s house for a while but, since she had to go to school the next day, she did not spend the night.

As it was getting dark, she took a car back.

Zhou You was driving. Ever since the entire Lu family found out that Qiao Yun was Professor Qiao, Zhou You didn’t need to sneak around and take up all sorts of odd jobs. He was now officially Professor Qiao’s bodyguard.

The ride was very quiet until they were almost back to the Lu family’s place, when Zhou You received a phone call. After talking with the caller with a furrowed brow,

he reported to Qiao Yun, “Professor Qiao, someone was following us just now, but our people intercepted them. We forced it out of them that they are the bodyguards of someone named Qin Xuan, and they wanted to bring you to see Qin Xuan.”

His lips twitched. Was this an invitation? It seemed more like an attempt at kidnapping.

Qiao Yun replied indifferently, “Okay, I got it.”

Zhou You respectfully asked, “Do we need to take any forceful measures?”

Qiao Yun thought for a moment and shook her head, “No need.”

“Yes.”

Although Zhou You didn’t know what Professor Qiao intended to do, he still followed her orders.

After returning to the Lu Family’s, Qiao Yun immediately contacted Li Hanzhou.

Li Hanzhou was on his way to a gathering, which was organized by Shen Qi. Shen Qi had been working abroad in the recent months and barely had time to come back, so as soon as he did, he hurriedly organized this gathering. It was only with great effort that they managed to convince Elder Li to come.

Seeing that Qiao Yun was calling him, although he didn’t show it on his face, he was filled with joy inside.

“Kid, do you miss me?”

Qiao Yun replied coldly and heartlessly, “Qin Xuan wants to kidnap me.”

Li Hanzhou frowned, “What’s going on?”

Qiao Yun told him, “She had someone follow me, trying to take me away.”

Li Hanzhou looked displeased. Qin Xuan dared to trouble the kid again.

“I won’t let her get close to you again.”

Qiao Yun hummed a response but said nothing more.

Li Hanzhou also remained silent.

Everything around seemed to become very quiet, with only their breathing audible.

After a long while, Li Hanzhou said with a smile, “Are you tattling?”

Qiao Yun’s eyes flickered and she whispered softly, “It’s because of you, you need to deal with it.”

Li Hanzhou couldn’t help but laugh softly, “Alright, I’ll handle it. If you have any issues in the future, you can always come to me.”

“I won’t need to.”

Before he could speak, Qiao Yun hung up the phone, and Li Hanzhou looked at the disconnected call.

He thought, is she angered into embarrassment?

Qiao Yun didn’t consider it tattling; she just disliked Qin Xuan always bothering her and didn’t want to interact with her, so she let Li Hanzhou handle the people she didn’t like.

Seeing Li Hanzhou believe her without hesitation, Qiao Yun somewhat felt that his face was more agreeable.

Since it was so, she wouldn’t secretly substitute it for another.

…

Upon receiving the message from her bodyguards that not only had the kidnapping failed but they were also captured, Qin Xuan was so enraged that she threw her phone.

She was scolded by her mother the day before and sent back to M country, unable to swallow her pride, she decided to teach Qiao Yun a lesson.

She knew very well that this was domestic territory, not M country, where she could not act recklessly. Hence, she thought of taking Qiao Yun away to force her into taking some compromising photos.

But she didn’t even catch a glimpse of Qiao Yun’s clothing.

Qin Xuan wondered inwardly, did the Lu Family care so much about Qiao Yun? They even hired a bodyguard for her, and it seemed that the bodyguard was quite capable.

So she had no chance to teach Qiao Yun a lesson?

While Qin Xuan was feeling depressed, she received an invitation from a young lady. She originally wanted to refuse, but when she heard that it was a gathering organized by Shen Qi, and that Li Hanzhou seemed to be attending,

she immediately agreed to go and even dressed up for it.

Before leaving the house, her gaze fell on the desk.

Qin Xuan paused, her eyes darkening, but she still took the medicine with her.

…

The gathering was at a high-end clubhouse.

There were quite a few attendees.

All were Shen Qi’s good friends, and some were good friends brought by good friends.

The incident that Qin Xuan caused yesterday had already spread wide and far. Her arrival caught everyone’s attention.

But these looks weren’t friendly, with a hint of schadenfreude.

Qin Xuan clenched her teeth and glared accusingly at Li Hanzhou, who was surrounded and flattered by a group of young masters. Seeing that he remained indifferent, she could only sit in a corner.

Shen Qi raised an eyebrow, “Brother Li, do you and that woman have some unspeakable secret? The way she looks at you, one would think you’ve wronged her.”

Among so many people, only Shen Qi, who had known Li Hanzhou for a long time, dared to joke with him.

Li Hanzhou chuckled softly, “Am I too good to you?”

Shen Qi immediately made a zipping motion across his lips, signaling that he would shut up.

Li Hanzhou glanced at him and chuckled.

Qin Xuan watched Li Hanzhou for a long time with a burning gaze, but seeing that he still remained indifferent,

she felt wronged and angry.

It was Li Hanzhou who was being heartless to her, so she couldn’t be blamed for using some tricks.

Qin Xuan looked down, her eyes dimming. She didn’t believe that there was really no chance between her and Li Hanzhou.

After making up her mind, she filled two cups with alcohol and then dropped the medicine into one of them before holding both cups and approaching Li Hanzhou.

“Brother Li, I was wrong about the past. I offer you a drink as an apology. Will you forgive me?”

Then she handed over the drugged drink to Li Hanzhou.

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