Hidden identities of the AI Heiress
Chapter 862 - Chapter 862 Chapter 862 Every Single One is Vengeful

Chapter 862: Chapter 862: Every Single One is Vengeful Chapter 862: Chapter 862: Every Single One is Vengeful Huo Feng saw that his father didn’t leave and kept staring at the closed elevator doors with an expression so complex that he couldn’t understand; he curiously asked, “Dad, what are you looking at?”

His father came back to his senses; his brows were furrowed, his face showing no emotion, “I saw someone who looked very much like an old acquaintance.”

Huo Feng glanced at the elevator subconsciously. The elevator had stopped at the third-floor banquet hall. He asked, “Do you want to go up and check?”

“No need, it might also be that I saw wrong.” Huo’s father simply thought his old eyes were playing tricks. He had been preoccupied with too many things lately and didn’t have the energy to focus on anything else, so he dismissed the matter.

Huo Feng did not continue to ask. He followed his father’s footsteps to the car, and with a turn of his eyes, asked nonchalantly, “Dad, are you really going back to K Harbor and not dealing with Brother?”

When this matter was brought up, Huo’s father inevitably looked grim, “Why bother with him? That bastard deserves a hard lesson. You didn’t see how arrogant Huo Lin was, acting like if I dared to intervene in this matter, he would dare to kill me.”

Sacrificing one son to save himself, though unwilling, he was helpless.

“I don’t know what Grandpa was thinking, letting Huo Lin take over the Huo Family.”

Huo Feng muttered, then perked up and said, “I heard from our relatives that Tianqi is having a new product launch in a few days and has invited the Huo Family. Huo Lin agreed. Dad, what do you think Tianqi means by this?”

Logically speaking, with all the nonsensical things Huo Chi had done to Tianqi, not only did Tianqi fiercely retaliate, but they also swindled a large sum of money from the Huo Family.

Knowing how petty Huo Lin can be, he still agreed to attend their launch event.

Without fearing that others might think he’s bowing to Tianqi.

Huo’s father was aware of this; he also didn’t understand what Huo Lin was thinking. Could it be he still thought about cooperating with Tianqi?

Actually, Huo Lin hadn’t thought of much; he had orally promised Tianqi a favor. Now that Tianqi was calling in that favor, even if he knew that attending Tianqi’s launch event might make people misunderstand that the Huo Family was conceding openly in their dispute with Tianqi, it was a desperate situation.

Who could blame him when he indeed had plans to use Tianqi’s incident to cut down the third branch of the family?

So when he received the invitation, he couldn’t help but smirk bitterly, “Professor Qiao holds a grudge well,” which made him very curious about Professor Qiao as a person.

Speaking of which, Huo Feng subtly said to his father, “Dad, why don’t I stay behind?”

Huo’s father gave him a glance.

Huo Feng reasoned, “Since my brother has offended Tianqi, we should make some gesture.”

Eager for a rare opportunity to prove his capabilities, he was almost eager to step forward immediately.

Huo’s father frowned and pondered for a moment, “We’ll see.”

He hadn’t known the people from Tianqi before, but now he understood them completely.

Every one of them was vengeful. Even if they went to apologize, they probably wouldn’t even get through the door, so why bother facing rejection?

Huo’s father didn’t bring up the matter again and asked, “Are the plane tickets arranged?”

Huo Feng answered, “Everything is arranged, tomorrow’s flight. He will be directly sent to a quiet place in the suburbs once we reach.”

“Good, it’s better he doesn’t come out then.”

This meant a sort of house arrest.

That was all Huo’s father could do now, and Huo Chi’s future would have to be left to fate.

…

When the elevator doors closed, Pei Ya’s heart inexplicably skipped a beat. He touched his chest, murmuring, “Strange, could it mean something bad is going to happen?”

Soon, Pei Ya would know exactly what this bad thing was.

As he idly waited for Qiao Yun while notifying his colleagues at the institute of his return, the door of the private room was pushed open.

Pei Yao looked up with a smile on his face and saw Qiao Yun walking in wearing jeans and a white T-shirt, her eyelashes drooping somewhat listlessly, like a lazy ragdoll cat.

He was about to greet her when, in the next second, his face fell longer than a donkey’s upon seeing the man behind her.

Li Hanzhou followed behind Qiao Yun, tall and leggy, with handsome features. Standing next to Qiao Yun, they made a very eye-pleasing pair of a handsome man and a beautiful woman.

Pei Yao, with a tone of dissatisfaction, said, “How come you’re here?”

“Oh, about that…” Li Hanzhou drawled, turning his head to look at Qiao Yun, who was sitting down, “Qiaoqiao, what do you think?”

Qiao Yun, now seated, said sternly, “I wanted him to come. Do you have a problem with that?”

“…” Pei Yao responded, “Okay, no problem.”

He really knew how to keep things cool.

He wasn’t really against Li Hanzhou and Qiao Yun being together now; giving Li Hanzhou a cold shoulder every time was just out of habit, something he couldn’t change all of a sudden.

Li Hanzhou sat next to Qiao Yun and chuckled lightly, “Qiaoqiao, you’re so good to me.”

His tone was intimate, his gaze affectionate.

Pei Yao suddenly felt like announcing, “Look at me, this bright and glaring third wheel.”

So, what was the point of this meal again? Why had he even come to torment himself?

Pei Yao decided to ignore Li Hanzhou’s presence and started talking to Qiao Yun about the press conference, voicing his concerns, “Inviting the Huo Family this time, aren’t you afraid they won’t behave?”

Qiao Yun said quite calmly, “Not afraid.”

She was confident and capable, unafraid of anyone.

Seeing this, Pei Yao felt he was perhaps worrying too much.

To speak out of turn, Qiao Professor is really something else, truly a devil.

Li Hanzhou said leisurely, “Don’t forget I’m here too, always ready to be your backup.”

Qiao Yun looked at him, pursed her lips, and hummed softly to indicate she hadn’t forgotten.

Pei Yao: “…”

Pei Yao clicked his tongue in disapproval, then as if he remembered something, mumbled to Li Hanzhou, “Oh, and thanks for the thing with Huo Chi.”

He was referring to the incident where Li Hanzhou taught Huo Chi a lesson, which no matter how, did indeed help Tianqi vent some bad air.

“No need to thank me. Qiaoqiao is my girlfriend. If he dares to bully her, naturally he must pay the price.” Li Hanzhou was looking at Qiao Yun, unable to shift his gaze away from her face.

Qiao Yun had long been used to his stares and didn’t react much, just gave him a look that meant, “Tone it down, Pei Yao is still here; don’t be so clingy.”

Li Hanzhou chuckled softly and obediently shifted his gaze away.

Pei Yao had learnt to ignore these little actions between the two and shifted the topic back to the Huo Family, “Boss, don’t be fooled by Huo Lin’s easy manner. From what I know, if they find out the newly released product is an AI system on that day, I bet they’d want to curse Tianqi to the high heavens.”

The Huo Family had been developing AI systems for over a decade, investing a massive amount of manpower, finances, and effort, especially with Tianqi’s rise, always regarding the AI system as their ace in the hole against Tianqi.

The result being that Tianqi got there first with the development and even plans to go public, causing them to potentially see years of massive investment go down the drain.

Putting himself in their shoes, Pei Yao felt he would definitely want to crush and scatter his rivals’ ashes to the winds.

Previously, the Huo Family hadn’t made much of a stir, probably because they thought Tianqi hadn’t succeeded yet, or they were facing similar technical difficulties, so they dared to approach for a collaboration.

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