Hidden identities of the AI Heiress
Chapter 713 - Chapter 713 Chapter 713 It is said that when the weather cools

Chapter 713: Chapter 713: It is said that when the weather cools down, it’s time to go bankrupt Chapter 713: Chapter 713: It is said that when the weather cools down, it’s time to go bankrupt “It’s rare for us to have time together, let’s not talk about these sad matters anymore.”

Qiao Se interrupted their conversation, completely unaware of what shocking news he had missed.

He already knew about the incidents that had happened to Qiao Xun before and didn’t want the rare moments of togetherness to be spoiled by the mood, so he asked them to stop talking about it.

However, Qiao Se understood and supported Qiao Xun’s thoughts; he was older and couldn’t manage too much anymore.

He paused, then turned to ask, “Xiaoqiao, are you really okay at the Lu Family?”

“Yes.” Qiao Yun didn’t understand what Qiao Se was worried about and truthfully replied, “I’m very fine, Great Uncle, don’t worry.”

“Alright then.” Qiao Se sighed, “You are the one living your life, we don’t want to interfere too much, but if you face any hardships, will you come back?”

Qiao Yun was momentarily stunned, feeling a slight warmth in her heart, and nodded in response, “Okay.”

A smile finally appeared on Qiao Se’s face.

In the past, they thought that Qiao Yun was strong and that she didn’t need these superfluous emotions, which even seemed like a burden to her.

So they held back, keeping their thoughts of wanting to pamper and cherish her to themselves.

It wasn’t until the Lu Family appeared and Qiao Yun changed that they realized their mistake.

Even the strongest people could feel the warmth of humanity and needed a safe harbor.

If they had expressed their affection for her from the beginning, perhaps Qiao Yun wouldn’t have chosen to stay with the Lu Family.

At that moment, Qiao Yun’s phone rang. She picked it up and saw that it was from Li Hanzhou.

She was slightly startled, then stood up and said to them, “I need to take this call.”

Qiao Se didn’t think much, “Go ahead.”

Qiao Yun nodded, walked out of the private room, and went to the corridor to answer the call.

Upon answering, she heard the man on the other end, with a low voice, asking, “Where are you?”

Qiao Yun honestly replied, “Having dinner with Great Uncle and my younger uncle.”

Then there was silence.

From the other side, Li Hanzhou raised an eyebrow, “Aren’t you going to ask where I am?”

Qiao Yun, leaning against the wall and staring at her toes, followed his lead and asked, “Where are you?”

“At the institute, just got the report.”

Li Hanzhou, with long strides, walked out of the huge gate of the institute and got into the car parked by the roadside.

The driver, seeing Li Hanzhou in the car, started the vehicle and drove forward.

Li Hanzhou flipped through the medical report and continued, “It’s the blood test report of the old Mr. Qin from the Qin Family.”

Qiao Yun perked up, stood upright, “Is there something new?”

“Yes.” Li Hanzhou, as if teasing Qiao Yun, slowly said, “Comparing the pathogenic toxin in the old man with the unpublished drug components from the ‘G.M. Institute’ the previous years…”

His voice trailed off suddenly.

“?” Qiao Yun had to ask him, her voice puzzled, “And then?”

Li Hanzhou cleared his throat, stopped his laugh, and continued, “It resembles up to 99 percent.”

Li Hanzhou didn’t explain further, but the answer was self-evident.

Qiao Yun’s eyes, previously half-lowered, suddenly lifted, bright and startling, yet her voice remained steady, “I understand.”

She paused, then softly added a line, “Zhouzhou, thanks for your hard work.”

Li Hanzhou’s eyelids twitched, he lifted a hand and pinched the bridge of his nose.

If Qiao Yun could change her way of addressing him, he guessed he would be happier.

“Let’s not talk about this now.”

Considering that the second grandfather was still waiting for her, and keeping someone waiting was very impolite, Qiao Yun ruthlessly ended the call as soon as she got the test results.

“…”

This kind of behavior, using people and then discarding them, made Li Hanzhou’s mouth twitch involuntarily.

…

Qiao Yun stared at the turned-off screen of her phone, her eyes slightly narrowed, her gaze intriguing.

The person who injected the Qin patriarch with the mental toxin was Qin Yuan, and it had now been established that the toxin was the same substance that nearly got injected into Shiran Lu’s body.

It was indeed Qin Yuan…

Qiao Yun was not surprised; she had suspected it all along but needed solid evidence.

Qin Xuan was indeed used; she had indeed kidnapped Shiran Lu, but she did not order the injection of the toxin.

Qiao Yun thought she had understood family ties, but now she was somewhat puzzled again.

They were clearly family; why would one harm one’s own kin?

Qin Yuan used Qin Xuan, Madame Qin abandoned Qin Xuan, and now Qin Yuan had acted against the Qin patriarch…

Alas, wealthy families are indeed chaotic.

Being human is really hard.

Qiao Yun did not dwell on it too long, after all, the Lu Family was not the Qin Family; the two families could not be compared at all.

She shook her head gently, discarding this irrelevant information from her mind and walked back to her private room. Just as she lifted her foot, her phone rang again.

Qiao Yun thought it might be Li Hanzhou having something left unsaid but, looking down, she realized it was Pei Ya calling and she immediately pressed the answer button.

“Boss, good news!”

“What?” Qiao Yun replied in a lackluster voice, devoid of any excitement.

This made Pei Ya, who sounded cheerful on the other end, pout, bored at the impossibility of seeing Professor Qiao lose control of her emotions.

He did not beat around the bush and said directly, “It’s the assistant Xiaozhang who was by Old Master Qin’s side; we’ve caught him now.”

“Hmm.”

“The person who injected the medicine into Old Master Qin was indeed Qin Yuan; Qin Yuan himself admitted it to the old man. Old Master Qin expected as much and had sent Xiaozhang back to M country early. If anything happened to him, Xiaozhang was to seek help.”

“But he hadn’t anticipated Qin Yuan’s swift action; he failed to flee and has been hiding recently.”

Pei Ya took a breather, then continued, “He reached out to Shiran. That’s right, the person who had Shiran visit Old Master Qin at the hospital was him; he wanted to get close to Shiran quietly at that time.”

Qiao Yun frowned, “Planning to do what?”

“He wanted Shiran to help him flee the country, a clever idea indeed, since no one would expect that the Lu Family, who hated the Qin Family the most, would help. Of course, your cousin refused.”

Pei Ya’s voice carried a mischievous grin, “But we learned something from him — sheesh, the old man is utterly ruthless, you have no idea what he…”

With a tone of Schadenfreude, Pei Ya relayed everything they had learned from Xiaozhang to Qiao Yun.

Qiao Yun listened silently, her facial expression unchanged at first until she heard about Old Master Qin’s malicious intentions.

A flicker of cold light passed through her eyes.

“I have to admit Qin Yuan is indeed skillful, but the elder is hotter, he probably never expected the old man to act like this. Not just him, even I didn’t expect it; that old man is too venomous, it makes me suspect that Shiran’s biological grandmother might have been killed by him.”

Pei Ya sighed, “It seems this old man wasn’t very sincere towards Shiran, otherwise he wouldn’t have…”

“There’s a term…”

Qiao Yun suddenly spoke, her voice cold, and if one listened carefully, a hint of chill could be detected, “called using one’s own tricks against them.”

Pei Ya was somewhat baffled.

Qiao Yun’s clear eyes gazed out of the window at the bright sky, “It is said that as the weather cools, bankruptcy approaches.”