Hidden identities of the AI Heiress
Chapter 869 - Chapter 869 Chapter 867 The Girlfriends Blame Must Be Borne

Chapter 869: Chapter 867: The Girlfriend’s Blame Must Be Borne Chapter 869: Chapter 867: The Girlfriend’s Blame Must Be Borne Huo Yaozong, seeing his purpose overtly revealed, didn’t bother beating around the bush and got straight to the point. “Yes, I indeed came to you for this matter. However, I was not aware beforehand that Huo Chi would consider kidnapping your people.”

With one sentence, he cleared his own name. It wasn’t incorrect to say that everything Huo Chi had done was his own doing, kept secret from the entire Huo Family.

Yet, it was Huo Yaozong who had to clean up the mess, which left him feeling frustrated. He sighed, “What virtues or abilities does this scoundrel Huo Chi possess that make Mister Li concerned? Even the mayor of Yuncheng was alerted.”

Li Hanzhou raised an eyebrow at these words, feeling he might indeed be carrying the can for the kids. But it didn’t matter to him; he would be more than willing to take the blame for his girlfriend. Therefore, he didn’t refute the statement.

“No matter what, he is my biological son. I can’t just ignore him as his father. Please, for my sake, Mister Li, I ask you to show mercy,” Huo Yaozong pleaded.

Huo Yaozong didn’t know if it was because of Qiao Yun, but he couldn’t get the connections he hoped for since Tianqi had spoken up; after all, Yuncheng’s development owed much to Tianqi. Naturally, Mayor Yang wouldn’t give face to the Huo Family.

Li Hanzhou, with his hands in his pockets, asked with a laissez-faire tone, “Do Huo Lin know that you’ve come to me?”

Huo Yaozong choked up slightly, feeling an inexplicable chill. “Huo Lin doesn’t know about this, but…”

“Is that so,” Li Hanzhou continued to interrupt him, his tone mild and uninviting, “If you want to settle this privately, fine. Let Huo Lin come.”

Huo Yaozong: “…”

If his power allowed, he’d have loved to go through the phone right then and grab Li Hanzhou by the collar and roar at him.

He did want to find Huo Lin, but he was in the wrong. How could he dare initiate a confrontation, only to be met with sarcasm and potentially stripped of pride again?

The reason he approached Li Hanzhou was exactly because he was wary of Huo Lin using this incident as an excuse to settle accounts.

On the surface, Huo Lin held power in the Huo Family, but there were not a few who did not acknowledge him behind the scenes. How could Huo Yaozong possibly let slip an opportunity directly into Huo Lin’s hands again?

Huo Yaozong felt insulted by a junior not giving him face, but he still spoke courteously, “Huo Lin is unrelated to this matter, it’s unnecessary to trouble him. I want to know, what exactly it will take to let Huo Chi go? As long as it’s within my capabilities, I can make it happen.”

Li Hanzhou casually said, “Same as before, let Huo Lin come. You’re not qualified enough.”

Huo Yaozong hadn’t finished speaking when the call was disconnected.

He stared at his phone, his eyes nearly bulging out, fuming with rage.

…

Li Hanzhou put away his phone, let out a scoff, and returned to the private room.

Seeing him enter, Qiao Yun asked with a soft voice, “Finished talking?”

“Yeah, it’s nothing important,” Li Hanzhou replied leisurely as he settled down, not taking Huo Yaozong’s plea on Huo Chi’s behalf seriously at all.

He could probably guess that the kid must have done something to leave Huo Yaozong with no other options but to turn to him.

But Huo Yaozong approached the wrong person.

If it weren’t for Qiao Yun’s intervention, Huo Chi in his hands would have met a gruesome fate; the Huo Family would have been left with only the task of collecting his corpse.

Li Hanzhou frowned slightly.

He was complacent. If he had eliminated the problem at its roots earlier, Huo Chi wouldn’t have harbored such crooked thoughts.

If this had been the past, his methods would have been much harsher. It seemed he truly had been influenced by the kid, and had actually begun to respect the law.

Li Hanzhou’s gaze landed on Qiao Yun’s face and lingered there for a while, his eyes filled with helplessness and doting affection.

Qiao Yun tilted her head slightly: ??? What’s the matter?

Li Hanzhou shook his head lightly, indicating it was nothing.

It was just that his girlfriend acted too quickly and decisively, leaving him no chance to show off.

…

On the other side.

Huo Yaozong sat on the sofa with an ugly expression on his face, holding his mobile phone, and clouds of gloom spread across his weathered face, “If it weren’t for this rebellious son, why would I be humiliated by a junior like this!”

Huo Feng actually agreed with these words, but honestly, the reason Huo Chi became like this was precisely because you spoiled him.

Although there are three boys in their branch, the most favored is Huo Chi, because even though he is unruly, he was born with a silver tongue that bewitches their parents.

Otherwise, why would their father be so confused to really believe that Huo Chi had a way to turn things around, helping Huo Chi delay his return to the Huo Family, and now both people and money are lost.

Of course, Huo Feng wouldn’t dare voice such seditious thoughts. All he did was ask, “Dad, what should we do now? Are we still going to manage my brother’s affairs?”

“What else can we do!” Huo Yaozong’s face turned green, and he gritted his teeth as he said, “Li Hanzhou has a pretty fantasy, expecting Huo Lin to personally plead for him. He really has some nerve, besides, Huo Lin would never lower himself for the sake of Huo Chi.”

Huo Feng was somewhat shocked, Li Hanzhou actually had the audacity to make such a demand.

Wasn’t it because they didn’t want Huo Lin to find out that they sought him out? Going to Huo Lin now, what’s the difference between that and falling into a trap?

“Dad, he’s clearly just making things difficult for us.”

Huo Yaozong couldn’t think of any other solution. With no way through Li Hanzhou, and unable to turn to Huo Lin, he finally said in frustration, “Forget it, Huo Chi is digging his own grave. You can’t blame me for being heartless. Let’s just leave it at that then.”

Huo Feng said worriedly, “How are we going to explain this to my elder brother?”

“We’ll just tell him the truth, of course. It was he who drove Huo Chi out of the Huo Family and forced me not to meddle in Huo Chi’s affairs from now on. So, now that Huo Chi has offended Li Hanzhou, it naturally has nothing to do with me.”

This sounded somewhat unreasonable.

After some thought, Huo Feng suggested, “Dad, have you ever considered looking for the person my brother wanted to kidnap? The Lu Family, being such a small clan, should be easy to settle with some benefits, right?”

Huo Yaozong’s eyes flickered slightly, as he hadn’t really thought about finding the person involved.

He hadn’t ever seen this Qiao Yun that Huo Chi insisted on ruining, but she must be no pushover to have driven Huo Chi to such extent.

After a moment of contemplation, Huo Yaozong nodded hesitantly, “I will think about it…”

Though the Lu Family had money, after all, they were no match for the Huo Family. The problem was that Li Hanzhou had taken an interest in the Miss of the Lu Family, which changed the significance.

Huo Yaozong thought bitterly, if it weren’t for Li Hanzhou standing in the way like a towering Buddha, dealing with a Lu Family would have been a simple matter.

…

Without anyone else to disturb them, they all enjoyed their meal.

After dinner, carrying the things they had purchased.

They first accompanied the Su Family back home.

Before parting, Su Fan told Qiao Yun, “Qiaoqiao, you guys are going to the countryside in a few days, and although I won’t be following you there, I have prepared gifts. I’ll bring them to you another day.”

He wasn’t familiar with the rural life she had once lived, only knowing that she cherished her several friends from there.

“You don’t need to go through such trouble,” Qiao Yun didn’t want to bother them.

Su Fan smiled, “It’s just some local specialties, nothing valuable. If you don’t take them, you would be looking down on your uncle.”

He had actually wanted to accompany them, but work didn’t permit.

“Alright then.” With the conversation having reached this point, Qiao Yun could hardly refuse.

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