Hidden identities of the AI Heiress
Chapter 708 - Chapter 708 Chapter 708 Lu Zhanxings gaze shifts to Li Hanzhou

Chapter 708: Chapter 708: Lu Zhanxing’s gaze shifts to Li Hanzhou: Hehehehe~ Chapter 708: Chapter 708: Lu Zhanxing’s gaze shifts to Li Hanzhou: Hehehehe~ She couldn’t help but think that if Qin Yuan could be so cruel to his own grandfather now.

Would there come a day when he would do the same to her?

This thought had crossed Mrs. Qin’s mind more than once, leaving her unsettled and unable to sleep at night.

No, it couldn’t be.

This was her own son, a piece of flesh that had fallen from her body; how could he possibly be so heartless towards her?

Old Master Qin’s face turned red with effort, and it took a while for him to squeeze out a sentence: “You’re dreaming… only my own grandson… has the right to inherit…”

He thought to himself, thankfully he had had the foresight to take precautions.

Fight, the more vicious the fight, the more time he would have to find a way out.

Maybe Old Master Qin sincerely wanted to acknowledge Lu Shiran, but no matter how genuine his intentions were, once it came to his own interests, he would ruthlessly use anyone around him who could be used, even if that person was his own grandson.

Qin Yuan still didn’t know that Old Master Qin had prepared a surprise for him.

At this moment, upon hearing what Old Master Qin said, Qin Yuan’s face turned green and white, and then he abruptly stood up.

His voice was sinister, “It seems that Grandfather still doesn’t realize your current situation.”

Qin Yuan didn’t say anything more and turned to leave the hospital room.

Mrs. Qin, not daring to stay alone with Old Master Qin, quickly followed suit.

Qin Yuan told his subordinate, “The old master is not feeling well, give him another injection of the medicine to help him sleep.”

“Understood.”

Qin Yuan’s step faltered, and he called out to his subordinate again, “Send the old master back to the villa to recuperate.”

It would prevent Lu Shiran from taking the chance to come by again. Once back on Qin Family’s turf, let’s see how he manages to barge in.

Sending the grandfather to the hospital was just for show to the Qin family’s uncles; now that the performance is nearly done, the grandfather no longer needs to stay in the hospital.

Only after everything was arranged did Mrs. Qin dare to speak, “Look at your grandfather, even at this point, he’s still thinking about Lu Shiran. Is bloodline really that important? Isn’t it you who has been by his side, helping to manage the Qin Family’s affairs?”

Qin Yuan’s face grew dark as he said menacingly, “Lu Shiran is indeed a thorn in the side!”

…

No sooner had Qin Yuan brought Old Master Qin back to the Qin Family than Qiao Yun learned of it from Pei Ya.

“What does Qin Yuan mean by this move?” Pei Ya couldn’t help but speculate.

“Oh, maybe he knows we visited Old Master Qin and he doesn’t want us to see him,” Qiao Yun told Pei Ya not to overthink it.

This would prove that the person who called Lu Shiran to the hospital wasn’t Qin Yuan.

So who was it, and what was their purpose?

In matters related to the Qin Family, Qiao Yun always tends to think more.

“Is it necessary to be so cautious? With your little cousin’s spirit that just wants to dedicate himself to scientific research, what can he do?” Pei Ya said, exasperated.

Qiao Yun then asked, “Have you found the person?”

“Not yet, that kid’s pretty good at hiding,” Pei Ya knew Qiao Yun was asking about Xiaozhang, the assistant to Old Master Qin.

The moment Old Master Qin had an accident, Xiaozhang fled.

He could be an important witness to prove that Old Master Qin was persecuted by Qin Yuan.

With this witness, the Qin Family can only become more chaotic, right?

Their goal isn’t to replace the Qin Family leader with someone more ruthless; their aim is to stir the Qin Family into complete turmoil.

Pei Ya reminded, “It’s very likely that Lu Shiran will be sought after, since he bears the blood of the Qin Family.”

“I know,” Qiao Yun wasn’t worried about Lu Shiran; she would keep an eye on him.

While scheming against the Qin Family, she had long considered the unstable element of Lu Shiran.

“What’s the situation with Old Master Qin?” Pei Ya’s forces hadn’t penetrated the heavily guarded Qin Family yet, so he didn’t know what Qin Yuan had done to Old Master Qin.

“Zhouzhou said he was poisoned with a hallucinogenic neurotoxin,” Qiao Yun’s eyes narrowed as her tone lightened, “Han Zhou is testing it.”

On the other end of the phone, hearing Qiao Yun’s words, Pei Ya’s mouth twitched but he said nothing.

Seeing Pei Ya’s sudden silence, Qiao Yun hummed in confusion.

Pei Ya, with a heavy heart, said, “Boss, are you serious?”

“Huh?”

“Seriously dating Li Hanzhou?”

Qiao Yun said, “I never joke.”

“Ah, fine. I’ll just suck it up and admit that this successor of the Li family… pah pah pah!”

Pei Ya slapped his own face, almost blurting it out completely.

“It’s okay on my end, but those kids at the research institute… they’re a tough crowd.”

Qiao Yun: “…”

Many of the people at the research institute didn’t have families; they were ones she picked up from the streets. Some happened to be encountered by her by chance and happened to have talent, so Qiao Yun unabashedly lured them back.

This bunch was quite well-behaved in front of her but rather mischievous around others.

Qiao Yun could roughly imagine the kind of things they would do if they found out she was dating.

It would make things difficult for her, so she could only make Li Hanzhou suffer a bit.

Alas…

Poor Zhouzhou.

“No worries, I’ll nourish him well tomorrow, make him strong, then there’s nothing to fear.”

Pei Ya: ????

Just as Pei Ya was about to ask what that meant, someone knocked on Qiao Yun’s door.

Qiao Yun was puzzled for a moment, then said to Pei Ya, “We’ll talk later.”

Then Qiao Yun hung up the phone and stood up to open the door.

When she saw who was outside the door, Qiao Yun was slightly surprised but her expression remained calm, “What is it?”

Lu Jingzhi cleared his throat, “There’s something, actually.”

“Oh, tell me.” Qiao Yun stood at the doorway, without any intention of inviting Lu Jingzhi in to sit.

She was not very fond of people invading her space anyway.

Seeing this, Lu Jingzhi gave up on the idea of entering.

He stood at the door, hesitated, and struggled to say anything for quite a while.

After waiting for a while and seeing that he did not speak, Qiao Yun said, “If there’s nothing else, I’m going back in.”

Lu Jingzhi hastily stopped her, “Wait…”

Qiao Yun paused in the act of closing the door and looked up at him.

Her eyes were clear, her gaze innocent.

Lu Jingzhi felt his heart soften, his voice grew gentler, “How have you been at school lately?”

Qiao Yun didn’t understand why Lu Jingzhi was suddenly asking this, but she still nodded honestly.

Lu Jingzhi felt a bit relieved, “The students haven’t been treating you differently because of the Lu family’s issues, have they?”

“No,” Qiao Yun answered him.

When the Lu family had just had their incident, real and fake rumors led to occasional speculative glances from her classmates, but no one approached her about it.

Especially after Lu Ting’s affairs were exposed, when Qiao Yun went to school, she would even receive a word or two of concerned inquiries from her classmates.

“That’s good,” Lu Jingzhi chuckled dryly.

It was fine when others were around, but now that they were alone, he had no idea how to chat with Qiao Yun.

The atmosphere was awkwardly strange.

Qiao Yun asked, “Is there anything else?”

Lu Jingzhi licked his dry lips, took a deep breath and said, “Sister, the day Grandfather was discharged from the hospital, I didn’t mean what I said.”

Qiao Yun was confused by Lu Jingzhi, so she told him bluntly, “If you have something to say, just say it directly, I don’t like beating around the bush.”

Lu Jingzhi, afraid of upsetting Qiao Yun, quickly said, “It’s about Lu Ting’s matter. I wasn’t actually sad for Lu Ting at the time, just a bit shocked, and lost control of my emotions for a moment.”

“Oh.” Qiao Yun found it a bit strange that Lu Jingzhi brought this up now.

“Don’t misunderstand,” Lu Jingzhi finally got the words out and felt much better.

He had been troubled by this for days, scared that his unintentional behavior would lead to a misunderstanding with his sister.

Qiao Yun said indifferently, “Lu Ting once was the sister you cherished the most, it’s normal to feel upset, there’s no need to explain to me.”

Lu Jingzhi instinctively protested, “You are the sister I cherish most.”

Qiao Yun looked at him oddly, her eyes seeming to say, “Are you sure?”

Caught off guard, Lu Jingzhi’s face turned even more awkwardly embarrassed, “I admit, I indeed favored Lu Ting in the past, but big brother has long realized his mistake.”

He stressed his words, “You are my only sister, big brother will only be good to you.”

“Oh,” Qiao Yun nodded, indicating she got it.

However, even so…

She and Lu Jingzhi did have a blood relationship, she was legitimately his younger sister.

It was puzzling why Lu Jingzhi felt the need to emphasize this.

Lu Jingzhi did not see any sign of pleasure on Qiao Yun’s face, and his heart immediately felt stifled.

If it were Lu Zhanxing who had said that, Qiao Yun would probably have been very happy.

…Another day feeling jealous of his brother.

Lu Jingzhi felt defeated, consoling himself that at least Qiao Yun hadn’t misunderstood him.

“I’m fine now, little sister, you should go to bed early.”

“Alright.” Qiao Yun said these words and closed the door without any reluctance.

Lu Jingzhi: “…”

He felt blocked up again.

…

The next day.

Li Hanzhou arrived on time as agreed.

Upon hearing the doorbell, Lu Zhanxing opened the door without a second thought, then saw the figure standing at the doorway.

With a tall stance, dressed in a stylish suit, boasting handsome features, Li Hanzhou looked as flamboyant as someone who was about to be sold.

Lu Zhanxing stalled for 0.000001 seconds before slam shut the door.

Li Hanzhou was not annoyed, merely raising his eyebrows slightly.

The brother-in-law really doesn’t seem to like him…

Thinking this, Li Hanzhou took out his phone and sent Qiao Yun a wronged emoji.

Qiao Yun glanced at her phone, then looked up at Lu Zhanxing, who was lost in thought at the doorway, and asked, “Zhouzhou is here.”

Lu Zhanxing looked innocent, “Really?”

He would rather die than be the one to let the dog in.

Qiao Yun knew Lu Zhanxing didn’t like Li Hanzhou, although she wasn’t clear why.

She stood up, bypassed Lu Zhanxing, and directly opened the door.

When Li Hanzhou saw it was Qiao Yun who opened the door, he sighed lowly, “Finally, I was wondering if I had to wait a long time, it is quite cold outside.”

Upon hearing this, Qiao Yun touched the back of Li Hanzhou’s hand, which indeed felt cool.

She took the man’s hand, leading him into the house, “Come inside quickly.”

Li Hanzhou entered the Lu Family home openly and honorably, thanks to Qiao Yun.

Lu Zhanxing: “…”

So frustrating.

Because Li Hanzhou was coming, both Lu Jingzhi and Lu Rui were also home.

When Li Hanzhou came in, Lu Jingzhi looked somber, while Lu Rui greeted him cheerfully.

Su Mian was busy in the kitchen when she heard the commotion outside; she quickly came out to greet Li Hanzhou, “Mr. Li has arrived, have a seat. There are a few dishes left, they’ll be ready soon.”

“No rush, take your time,” Li Hanzhou said with a light smile, lifting the exquisite bag in his hand, “It’s just a small token.”

Su Mian was quick to respond, “Why have you brought a gift? It was I who invited you.”

“It’s nothing valuable,” Li Hanzhou said nonchalantly.

Seeing this, Su Mian accepted the gift graciously.

The Lu Family and the Li Family were both wealthy, there was no need for pretense over some gifts.

The main reason was that once Li Hanzhou started speaking, it was difficult for Su Mian to refuse. She didn’t want him to think she was declining his gifts because she looked down on them.

Li Hanzhou looked at Qiao Yun, and seeing her eyes brighten, he knew she was happy.

Because he valued her family, she felt happy.

He thought to himself that these gifts were indeed meaningful.

Su Mian asked Lu Rui to entertain Li Hanzhou, then she went into the kitchen.

Qiao Yun naturally sat down right beside Li Hanzhou.

Before she had agreed to Li Hanzhou, he always had to sit by her side. Over time, Qiao Yun became accustomed to this pattern of interaction.

It had to be said, Li Hanzhou’s approach to gently simmering Qiao Yun was very successful.

Upon seeing this, Lu Zhanxing’s mouth was tightly pursed, his arms crossed, and he had the look of someone who everyone owed him money.

Lu Jingzhi’s expression was also somewhat stiff, unsure of how to face Li Hanzhou, who had snatched away his sister and now even came to his home.

Lu Rui, with his sharp senses, realized the atmosphere was a bit tense: ????

What’s going on here?

Who has upset them one after another?

Lu Zhanxing’s eyes shifted, and thinking of something, he stood up and headed to the kitchen.

…

In the kitchen, Su Mian was busy cooking and didn’t look up when Lu Zhanxing entered.

Lu Zhanxing rolled up his sleeves: “Mom, is there anything I can help with?”

While washing the vegetables, Su Mian said in surprise, “The sun has risen from the west today. What’s with the sudden diligence?”

“Li Ye is an important guest. Of course, I have to entertain him properly,” Lu Zhanxing emphasized on the word “entertain.”

Su Mian replied with satisfaction, “That’s good, you’re becoming sensible.”

“Leave the lamb chops to me, I have at least worked in the kitchen before,” he said.

Lu Zhanxing straight away picked up the lamb chops from the countertop and pulled out a cleaver.

Raising his hand, the knife fell with each chop, very fierce in demeanor.

I chop chop chop chop…

Su Mian: Are you chopping lamb or people?

The corner of Su Mian’s mouth twitched: “Go easy.”

Lu Zhanxing looked up with a smile, “How can I cut through if I don’t use some force?”

Su Mian shook her head with a chuckle, thinking the child was a bit odd.

When the lamb began to braise, Lu Zhanxing picked up a can of salt, saw that Su Mian wasn’t paying attention to him, and quickly shook it vigorously with his hand.

I shake shake shake…

Su Mian was stir-frying vegetables and reached for the salt to give it a few shakes.

Huh?

Where is the salt?

Her whole unopened pack of salt, where was it?

Su Mian had a confused expression; had she remembered incorrectly?

…

When everything was ready, Su Mian called everyone to eat.

As an outsider in the Lu Family home, Li Hanzhou felt quite at ease and had no qualms about heading to the dining table.

Qiao Yun helped him pull out a chair, indicating for him to sit, and whispered, “It says in the materials that when dining with a lover, one should help by pulling out a chair to appear gentlemanly.”

Li Hanzhou really wanted to know what sort of things Qiao Yun usually read.

He was about to open his mouth to instill some correct knowledge into Qiao Yun.

Just then, Lu Zhanxing, with a large serving of lamb chops, saw his sister actually ‘serving’ Li Hanzhou.

With a bang,

he placed the clay pot heavily on the table and smilingly said, “Let’s eat!”

His eyes glanced towards Li Hanzhou: Hehehehe~