Hidden identities of the AI Heiress
Chapter 895 - Chapter 895 Chapter 895 They All Share the Surname Qiao What a

Chapter 895: Chapter 895: They All Share the Surname Qiao, What a Coincidence Chapter 895: Chapter 895: They All Share the Surname Qiao, What a Coincidence Qiao Yun looked puzzled.

Seeing Qiao Yun’s gaze focused on himself, Li Hanzhou explained with pleasure, “Huo Lin now needs the Qiao Family, and even specially reminded me to bring you along. Don’t you understand why?”

Before Qiao Yun could answer, Su Qingqing suddenly realized, “So that’s it, they want to use this banquet as an opportunity to connect and build bridges.”

Overhearing this, Lu Zhanxing was somewhat confused, but one thing he knew for sure, “Sister, you better not go. It will just be endless trouble.”

“Yeah.” Qiao Yun nodded obediently. “I didn’t want to go in the first place.”

Whatever the purpose of the banquet was and whatever it had to do with her, she certainly didn’t want to trouble herself.

Meanwhile, Su Qingqing suddenly thought that if Jiang Jing knew the Huo Family was holding a banquet for her, which actually had ulterior motives from Huo Lin, Jiang Jing would probably be furious.

Feeling mischievous, she thought about sharing this juicy piece of news with Jiang Jing, but then reconsidered. Why should she go out of her way to remind Jiang Jing?

“Let’s stop talking about her.” Su Qingqing raised an eyebrow at Qiao Yun, “Cousin, are you busy at noon?”

Qiao Yun shook her head, “Not busy.”

“That’s great! Come on, I’ll take you out for some fun.”

Without giving her any chance to refuse, Su Qingqing excitedly pulled the bewildered Qiao Yun along, and went to fetch Lu Shiran and Li Miao from next door.

Lu Zhanxing: ???

What about my dear sister?

Li Hanzhou watched as his wife was whisked away from him, his mouth twitching fiercely.

…

Elsewhere, Fu Yun was also discussing the banquet with Huo Lin.

“Alin, you don’t really need to throw a banquet, especially with so many things happening at home lately. It’s best not to draw too much attention,” she said, with a frown on her frail and ill-looking face. She let out a bitter laugh, “But I didn’t expect you to take this matter so seriously. It seems you really like Jiang Jing.”

Without looking up from the documents in his hands, Huo Lin’s voice was cold, “I don’t object to you wanting to acknowledge a goddaughter. As long as you are happy, that’s fine by me. But that’s all there is to it. This banquet is for Li Hanzhou.”

Fu Yun asked in confusion, “For him?”

Huo Lin closed the document: “Or rather, it’s for his girlfriend. I want to meet her, but Li Hanzhou has been safeguarding her too well. Fortunately, the Jiang Family and the Li Family are relatives, which makes it more convenient for me.”

He had thought about other methods, but every attempt had failed.

For someone like Li Hanzhou, to be so protective of someone was intriguing. He was quite interested in this Qiao Yun, the last person to catch his interest having been Professor Qiao.

Hm?

Both surnamed Qiao, what a coincidence.

Fu Yun’s brows furrowed even more tightly, “You aren’t interested in his girlfriend, are you? That would be wrong. You can’t commit such an act of taking someone else’s love. It would damage your reputation.”

Huo Lin let out a laugh, “You are thinking too much. I want her to persuade the Qiao Family to treat you.”

Fu Yun breathed a sigh of relief, her hand on her forehead, she said with sorrow, “I fear my illness is incurable.”

Huo Lin sighed, “Don’t talk like that, there’s always hope.”

Fu Yun waved her hand and said nothing more.

…

In a blink of an eye, the day of the banquet arrived.

This banquet was very important to Jiang Jing; after having felt suppressed for so long, she could finally stand tall.

The banquet was a dinner, starting at six o’clock.

The members of the Huo Family hadn’t arrived yet, but the Jiang Family members had already come.

Jiang Jing was wearing a luxurious evening gown, surrounded by the second generation of her social circle.

Her lips curled into a smile as her gaze swept over the crowd, realizing quite a few people there were the same ones who had mocked her in the private room before.

And now, here they were, obediently coming over to ingratiate themselves with her.

Xu Lu asked Jiang Jing with envy, “Cousin, how did you get to know Mrs. Huo? Why don’t I have the same good luck as you?”

As soon as these words came out, everyone turned to look at Jiang Jing, honestly, they were also curious about how Jiang Jing had established a relationship with Fu Yun.

Jiang Jing smiled, “I saved her once before, if I had to say, it was a life-saving grace.”

Surprise showed on everyone’s faces.

It was impossible for there to be no one among these people who was not jealous of Jiang Jing; after all, they had been privately suggesting,

that Fu Yun’s recognition of Jiang Jing as her goddaughter could have been a whim and questioned how much she really valued her.

Now, knowing about the life-saving grace, the significance was different.

“Jingjing, Huo Lin will come to this kind of event, right?” someone spoke up, “In the future, he will be your brother. That’s Huo Lin, the Head of the Huo Family! If I had someone like that as my brother, I would be over the moon with happiness.”

Jiang Jing’s smile stiffened slightly.

In fact, she had not exchanged a single word with Huo Lin until now. She thought Huo Lin might have seen through her ambition to climb up using Fu Yun, until Huo Lin offered to hold a banquet for her, which finally set her heart at ease.

Jiang Jing pursed her lips and smiled, appearing a bit shy, “Actually, Auntie Fu and I had agreed that there was no need for such a big fuss, We could have just kept it between the two families, but Brother Lin insisted on hosting a banquet for me.”

This statement incited yet another wave of envy from the crowd.

“He must really value you, his god sister,” someone remarked.

“Jingjing, will you join Huo Research Institute in the future? I’ve heard that it’s not easy to get in there,” someone else inquired.

“For Jingjing to enter Huo’s, it’s simple, she just has to mention it to Huo Lin,” another chimed in.

“Having a godbrother with such a powerful background sure is great. Jingjing, if you ever go to K Harbor to develop, don’t forget about us,” yet another voice added.

Jiang Jing replied with a smile, “How could I forget you guys? But some things you shouldn’t say carelessly. Even though Huo Lin will be my brother in name, I still have to rely on my own abilities to get into the Huo Family. I don’t want to trouble him.”

“Jingjing, you’re really pushing yourself too hard,” someone commented.

Jiang Jing’s lips curved into a smile, “Although Auntie Fu did mean for me to go directly to Huo’s in the future, and Brother Lin has also mentioned it once.”

The crowd was abuzz with amazement, gaining a whole new understanding of Jiang Jing’s status in the hearts of the Huo Family.

Mrs. Huo liked her, and even Huo Lin valued her.

How could Jiang Jing be so lucky!

Jiang Jing, basking in their admiring glances, felt as if she had returned to the past, before Qiao Yun had appeared in her life, before Qiao Yun had shattered her pride.

She was still the genius girl everyone talked about, the idol in the eyes of her peers, the future pillar of the nation.

Although sucking up to Fu Yun was not to her liking, it didn’t matter, as long as it could help her return to the days of her past, no matter how distasteful, she would endure it.

Elsewhere.

As guests arrived one after another, Xu Qiao greeted each one with a cheerful smile.

After making a round, she felt slightly disappointed not to see anyone from the Lu or Su Families.

She had wanted to take the opportunity to humiliate them.

Yet, they must be fuming in secret about the Jiang Family’s connection with the Huo Family.

With this thought, Xu Qiao’s face glowed with delight as she entertained the guests with even more enthusiasm.

“Come with me.”

Xu Qiao was bragging to the ladies about how much Fu Yun valued Jiang Jing when Jiang Shaocheng interrupted her.

Reluctantly and with impatience written on her face, she followed Jiang Shaocheng, saying, “But I still have guests to attend to.”

“I’m asking you, did you say something to Mrs. Li the elder?”