Hidden identities of the AI Heiress
Chapter 715 - Chapter 715 Chapter 715 Turns out You Were Waiting for Us Here

Chapter 715: Chapter 715: Turns out You Were Waiting for Us Here Chapter 715: Chapter 715: Turns out You Were Waiting for Us Here Qin Yuan was not afraid of the Lu Family, nor had he ever thought highly of them, but if he could face fewer obstacles, why wouldn’t he be happy?

Now that his mother had provoked Qiao Yun, if it caused the Lu Family to stir up trouble at this critical juncture, it would not be beneficial for him.

After all, everyone knew that Lu Shiran was recognized by the Qin family patriarch as a direct descendant. If Lu Shiran wanted to fight for the inheritance, he indeed had the qualifications.

And those in the Qin Family who opposed him would probably choose to ally with the Lu Family.

Although he now bore the Qin surname, that could never change the fact that he was an outsider.

Not everyone in the Qin Family was obedient to him.

Especially with the emergence of the variable, Qiao Yun; her adoptive relationship with the Qiao Family had truly surprised Qin Yuan.

Qin Yuan thought in the long term; he wanted to secure what he desired with the least cost first.

Once he had the power he wanted, he would naturally eliminate one by one those who hindered him, including the Lu Family and Lu Shiran.

As for Qiao Yun…

A faint smile played across Qin Yuan’s lips. The Qiao Family indeed was not one to be trifled with within China.

But he was different, if he wanted to hide a person away, no one would be able to find them.

Mrs. Qin, however, could not understand; all she knew was that her son blamed her for the sake of a little wretch!

Qiao Yun truly was a seductress!

Mrs. Qin clenched her back teeth, grudgingly saying, “So what about the Qiao Family, once you have firmly secured the position of Family Head, what is there to fear from them! Your biological mother was publicly humiliated by them, and you don’t even comfort me; instead, you blame me!”

She had always been wary of the Lu Family, but the smooth sailing of the past few days, along with the Lu Family’s silence, made her feel that her worries had been unnecessary.

Otherwise, she would not have confronted Qiao Yun today, attempting to embarrass her.

Qin Yuan didn’t speak; he watched his mother’s complaints with a cold indifference.

Indeed, women were not conducive to achieving success but excelled in causing failure.

His mother was his maternal grandfather’s biological daughter, entitled to a certain right to inheritance. He needed his mother’s support for now, so he could not afford a fallout with her.

With this thought, Qin Yuan furrowed his brows and softened his tone, “Mom, you’re right. The Qin Family indeed does not fear the Qiao Family. But I have not yet solidified my position as Family Head, and anything could happen at any time.”

Mrs. Qin, seeing his softened attitude, had some of her discontent dissipate, and with a curl of her lips, she said, “Are you worried about Lu Shiran? That little bastard, does he have the brains to compete with you?”

“Until Grandfather changes his mind, he can compete at any time.” Qin Yuan thought of the words his grandfather had spoken in the hospital, and his eyes darkened.

Everything was going too smoothly, so smoothly that it gave him a sense of unreality.

With a sarcastic tone, Mrs. Qin said, “So what, at tomorrow’s family meeting, as long as you are successfully elected as the delegate, even without a will, the Qin Family will still be yours.”

Mrs. Qin’s nonchalant attitude sparked a flash of malice in Qin Yuan’s eyes. He did not continue to explain to her, but instead said, “There’s nothing for you to do here; you might as well go back to M country first.”

Mrs. Qin waved her hand: “No, I won’t go back.”

Not waiting for Qin Yuan to continue persuading, Mrs. Qin found herself a reason, “My biological father is seriously ill; if I don’t stay by his sickbed and run back to M country, won’t you worry about the suspicions of the family members?”

After a moment of thought, Qin Yuan looked up at her, “You can stay, but behave yourself.”

Mrs. Qin muttered under her breath, “When have I not behaved myself…”

Qin Yuan then laughed, his laughter laced with a chill, “Mom, you wouldn’t want to see me fail because of your meddling, would you?”

Mrs. Qin felt a shiver down her spine from his laughter and nodded repeatedly, “I know, I’m your mother; there’s no one in the world who wants to see you succeed more than I do.”

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have brazenly returned to the Qin Family and even changed her children’s surnames to Qin.

She had been coveting the Qin family fortune from the start.

Mrs. Qin’s marital family was no worse than the Qin Family, but after her husband’s death, her husband’s family looked down on her Eastern appearance. She was targeted at every turn and, having no other choice, she decided to return to her maiden home.

Mrs. Qin snapped back to reality and casually asked a question, “By the way, have the people from your father’s side contacted you?”

When she took Qin Yuan away, he was already eight or nine years old, an age where he could remember things.

Qin Yuan was startled for a moment and narrowed his eyes as he scrutinized his mother, his voice ambiguously saying, “Why bring them up all of a sudden?”

Lady Qin didn’t notice anything off about Qin Yuan’s expression. She said, “It just came to my mind, be careful if they look for you.”

Her son was now in control of the Qin Family, and it was hard to guarantee that he wouldn’t be targeted by those hungry wolves.

Qin Yuan smiled wryly, “They won’t come looking for us. After all, they look down on us.”

Seeing that her son didn’t care, Lady Qin anxiously said, “I’m not joking with you, you really must stay away from them. You don’t know, a lady from the main branch of the family in China met her death because of them, even her child was killed. It was a boy too, it’s just a pity he was inherently… ”

Lady Qin wanted to gossip some more, but Qin Yuan’s cell phone suddenly rang, and she quickly shut her mouth.

Qin Yuan answered the call.

Lady Qin watched as her son’s expression went from indifferent to sinister, even the fingers grasping the phone turned white from the tension.

Lady Qin was alarmed, thinking something bad had happened. As Qin Yuan hung up the phone with a dark expression, she hurriedly asked.

“What happened?”

Qin Yuan’s voice carried the chill of December frost, “It was Grandfather’s lawyer.”

Lady Qin was stunned.

Qin Yuan’s features contorted with ferocity, “Grandfather had long made a will! He told the lawyer that if he became seriously ill, or something happened to him, and after one week he was still unable to manage his affairs, then the will would be made public!”

“Wha– What!”

Lady Qin trembled all over, it took her a long time to recover, and then she hysterically shouted, “He made a will! When did this happen, how could I not know! I’m his daughter, and he actually guarded against me!!”

Qin Yuan’s hand veins throbbed, his eyes dark and foreboding.

Lady Qin’s face turned pale, “What do we do now? Who knows what kind of will he made. I’ll go ask your Grandfather right now!”

Qin Yuan spoke softly, “It’s no use, would you even kill Grandfather?”

Of course, Lady Qin didn’t dare, no matter what, that was her biological father; she didn’t have the courage.

Qin Yuan coldly said, “Heh, I actually want to know what kind of will Grandfather made.”

Qin Yuan appeared calm on the surface, but was actually feeling very disgruntled inside.

With the family meeting right before his eyes, he was about to be elected the family’s acting representative, but it was all ruined by a single will.

As expected.

Later on, Qin Yuan received the news.

Given that Old Master Qin had made a will long ago, the schedule for electing a representative needed to be pushed back.

Lady Qin was so angry that she shattered several vases.

“How can he treat me like this! He just had to mess things up at this moment, your grandfather did it on purpose, no wonder…

“No wonder, no matter how you threatened or enticed him, he remained unmoved, it turns out he was waiting for us here, what is he really trying to do?”

Lady Qin’s chest heaved with anger.

Even with Old Master Qin in this state, she had never thought about taking his life.

She had even planned that once Qin Yuan took the position of Family Head, she would take good care of him for the rest of his life.

But now, their father had caught them completely off guard.

Lady Qin cursed Old Master Qin venomously in her heart, asking why he had to spoil things at such a critical juncture, die, just die!

Qin Yuan remained silent, but it was clear to anyone that his mood was extremely foul.

“Grandfather, he has never truly trusted me…”

…

Just when the Qin Family was almost turned upside down because of a will.

Lu Shiran received a phone call, the person on the other end claimed to be old Mr. Qin’s lawyer, and asked him to come over on the weekend, as he needed to announce old Mr. Qin’s will.

Because he was a direct blood relative of old Mr. Qin, he needed to be present for the will to be announced.

Lu Shiran almost thought he had heard wrong and asked with a puzzled look, “What did you say?”

The lawyer repeated, “Young Master, the old gentleman said that you need to be present when the will is announced, otherwise the announcement cannot proceed.”

This time, Lu Shiran was completely stunned and then ruthlessly made his stance clear, “You’ve got it wrong, I have never acknowledged that I’m his blood relative, so what the heck does his will have to do with me? I’m not going to go. What do you announcing it have to do with me?”

“Young Master, I’m just following the rules, I hope you won’t make it difficult for me.”

Lu Shiran scoffed with a laugh, “If you pretend I don’t exist, you won’t have any trouble, right? He is the one who unilaterally recognized me, I never acknowledged him.”

If he really ran over there to join the commotion, wouldn’t that tell others that he’s interested in the Qin Family?

How unjust would that be!

Who knows what people would say about the Lu Family?

Lu Shiran would never do such a foolish thing.

“Young Master, this…”

“Alright, I’m done talking to you, the matter is decided.”

Lu Shiran hung up the phone and put his cell phone back in his pocket.

Yu Fan saw his face didn’t look very good and leaned over curiously, asking, “Yo, who upset my brother Lu? Tell me, I’ll help you beat him up!”

Lu Shiran packed up his textbooks, and said leisurely, “I can finally understand the troubles of those heartthrobs in the novels.”

Yu Fan didn’t understand what he meant, why bring up heartthrobs out of the blue.

Lu Shiran sighed, “Being too popular isn’t good either.”

Yu Fan was surprised, “Brother Lu, have you finally come to your senses? Do you finally realize how popular you are, how many girls secretly like you?”

Lu Shiran disbelieved, “Are you blind? Those girls, when they see me, they run away as if they’ve seen a ghost. Is that secretly liking me? It’s fear.”

At this point, Lu Shiran felt somewhat dejected.

Even though he wasn’t interested in finding a girlfriend, he didn’t want to be avoided like a ghost either.

Yu Fan: “You’re the one who’s blind. Is that seeing a ghost? That’s shyness.”

Lu Shiran still didn’t believe it, saying assertively, “I’m not about to be tripped up by love. Love is nothing; my future is to be dedicated to scientific research! So there isn’t a girl in this world worth an extra glance from me. Of course, this doesn’t include my sister.”

Yu Fan said solemnly, “That’s why you’re single.”

Lu Shiran, speechless, slung his backpack over his shoulder, “Alright, let’s go.”

Exiting the school gates, Lu Shiran waved goodbye to his friends and then got into his family’s car.

As soon as he sat in the car, his expression became somber.

Even the driver noticed the quiet, weird atmosphere and thought the young master had been bullied at school, so he couldn’t help but ask, “Young Master, do you have something on your mind?”

Lu Shiran was taken aback for two seconds, then let out a sound of acknowledgment and shook his head, “It’s nothing.”

Seeing his reaction, the driver didn’t inquire any further.

When he got home, it happened that Qiao Yun and Lu Zhanxing had come over.

They were here to see the old master.

Ever since the old master had been hospitalized once, Qiao Yun would come over to check on him whenever she had free time.

Because she found that every time she came over, the old master’s mood was very good.

Qiao Yun also noticed Lu Shiran’s preoccupied appearance and asked with concern, “Not happy?”

“Ah, no.” Lu Shiran furrowed his brows, looking troubled, “It’s just that there’s something… I don’t know whether to speak of it or not.”

Qiao Yun raised her eyebrows slightly and told him lightly, “If you want to talk, just talk. Don’t keep it inside, it’s not good.”

Like her, who always speaks up and doesn’t know how to hold back.

Lu Shiran felt she made sense.

After much deliberation, he still decided to tell the family about it, primarily worried that the Qin Family would bypass him and directly approach his family members.

But he didn’t know how to broach the subject, unsure if Grandpa would get angry.

Lu Zhanxing, who was helping the old master water the plants, heard their conversation and raised an eyebrow, “Who upset you? Tell your brother and I’ll take you to get even, cheering you on from the sidelines.”

Lu Shiran: “…”

Qiao Yun with a serious face, “We should maintain harmony and love, not take pleasure in other’s misfortune.”

“Sister, I’m just kidding,” Lu Zhanxing felt that his literally-minded sister was just too cute, the corners of his eyes curling into a beautiful smile.

Qiao Yun uttered an “Oh.”

Lu Zhanxing looked again at Lu Shiran, “But really, did you have a conflict at school? Look at this expression of yours, so dark, anyone would think I owe you money.”

Before Lu Shiran could answer, the old master just happened to come back from walking his bird and immediately went to check on Lu Shiran upon hearing Lu Zhanxing’s words, frowning, “Were you bullied?”

“I…”

The old master said sternly, “If you were bullied, can’t you fight back?”

“…”

“…It’s not that.”

Lu Shiran sighed again and ultimately decided to tell the truth, “A lawyer from the Qin Family came looking for me, saying that they want to announce his will, because…”

He surreptitiously monitored the old master’s face, seeing his expression changing wildly, and continued hesitantly.

“Because I carry his blood, so I need to be present at the announcement.”

But what really caught the old master’s attention was, “So that old codger finally kicked the bucket?”

Lu Shiran was slightly at a loss for words, “He’s not dead.”

The old master was surprised, “He’s not dead? Then what’s all this about announcing a will? Is he that eager to die? Well, that’s good news.”

Lu Shiran: “…” Grandpa, you’re too obviously taking joy in another’s misfortune.

Lu Shiran shrugged, indicating he was also unclear on the matter.

Lu Zhanxing put down the watering can; his expression turned unpleasant when the Qin Family was mentioned, “What did you tell them?”

“Of course, I didn’t agree,” Lu Shiran shrugged again, spreading his hands.

Lu Zhanxing let out a chuckle, “You’re sensible then.”

The Qin Family’s Qin Xuan had caused enough trouble for the Lu Family; naturally, Lu Zhanxing didn’t like the Qin Family.

He also didn’t want Lu Shiran to get involved with the Qin Family.

Lu Shiran told them, “I just don’t know if they will come directly to you guys now.”

The old master said angrily, “Let them try to mess with me!”

“Especially sister…”

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