Hidden identities of the AI Heiress
Chapter 899 - Chapter 899 Chapter 899 This Matter Needs to Be Thoroughly

Chapter 899: Chapter 899: This Matter Needs to Be Thoroughly Investigated Chapter 899: Chapter 899: This Matter Needs to Be Thoroughly Investigated She had already committed this matter to her heart.

As for how deep the waters of the Huo Family were, Qiao Yun didn’t know and didn’t care.

Pei Ya was the kid she had watched grow up, and she wouldn’t let anyone hurt him.

Moreover…

Qiao Yun furrowed her small brows–Pei Ya should have had a happy and fulfilling family, and all this was ruined by the selfish Huo Family.

This made Qiao Yun’s heart inexplicably uncomfortable.

She thought, was this emotion heartache?

Not until she returned to the private room did Qiao Yun stop frowning.

When Li Hanzhou saw that she had returned, he pulled her to sit beside him and asked softly, “What took you so long? I thought you ran off with Pei Ya.”

This matter concerned Pei Ya, and she didn’t feel she had the right to tell anyone else, even if that person was her lover.

Yet she couldn’t lie to Li Hanzhou, so Qiao Yun vaguely said, “Ran into someone, a bit annoying.”

Li Hanzhou raised an eyebrow, looking deeply at Qiao Yun.

Qiao Yun met his gaze unflinchingly, fluttering her curled eyelashes, a picture of innocence.

Li Hanzhou admitted defeat, looked at her with a lazy gaze, and smiled invitingly, “Girlfriend, are you hiding something from me?”

“Yes,” Qiao Yun admitted candidly, lifting her eyelids, “Something’s up.”

After a pause, she added, “It’s related to the Huo Family’s investigation of Pei Ya.”

The girl’s eyes and brows were delicately beautiful. When she lifted her eyelids to look at someone, it was as if a hint of spring light flickered at the corner of her eyes, appealingly tugging at one’s heartstrings.

Li Hanzhou’s heart skipped, and he stealthily stretched out his hands to encircle the girl’s slender and soft waist, smiling, “You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to, but make sure not to put yourself in any danger, understand?”

“Oh,” Qiao Yun answered nonchalantly.

She didn’t think she was in any danger.

To her, a single Huo Family wasn’t enough to deal with.

“Ahem,” Qiao Se coughed softly, gesturing with his eyes that the young couple should be mindful of their surroundings.

He was still here!

What kind of manners were these!

Qiao Yun’s face felt heated; she gently pushed Li Hanzhou, urging him to let her go.

Li Hanzhou calmly released his arms from around Qiao Yun’s waist, appearing as if nothing had happened.

Qiao Se hummed softly in satisfaction.

Qiao Yun felt even more embarrassed. How could she be so improper in front of an elder? She glared at Li Hanzhou.

Li Hanzhou touched his high nose and sat up straight.

Lu Zhanxing, who had been watching them, said, “…”

Had he come all this way just to watch his sister and Li Hanzhou being lovey-dovey?

So annoying!

After the meal, the group chatted for a while before going their separate ways.

During that time, Su Fan received a phone call, and it wasn’t clear what was said on the other end. After hanging up, he wore a schadenfreude expression.

Su Mian found it odd and asked, “What happened that’s got you smiling like that?”

Su Fan chuckled a few times, “It’s not really good news, just that the Jiang Family banquet ended before it even started. The explanation given by the Jiang Family was that Fu Yun fainted, but who knows if that’s actually true. It’s turned into a joke now.”

The misfortune of the Jiang Family pleased him immensely.

Even though Su Mian also found Xu Qiao disagreeable, she couldn’t help feeling a bit wistful.

Su Qingqing gripped her wrist and muttered, “To think there was such good fortune, I should have attended the banquet just to watch Jiang Jing make a fool of herself. What a pity.”

Su Qingyan said helplessly, “You should also stop provoking Jiang Jing, careful it backfires on you.”

Su Qingqing pouted. Was it her who provoked Jiang Jing, or was it Jiang Jing who had provoked her cousin first?

Listening to them discuss the Jiang Family, Qiao Yun’s eyebrows slightly raised.

Being the person involved, she knew Fu Yun had genuinely fainted but had not expected to inadvertently ruin Jiang Jing’s banquet.

Li Hanzhou’s gaze fell on Qiao Yun’s exquisite and beautiful face as he realized, “The person you encountered was Fu Yun?”

Qiao Yun gave a sound of confirmation, “It was her.”

After a pause, she said without any malice, “She’s ill, um, seriously ill.”

If someone didn’t know Qiao Yun well, they might think she was cursing.

Li Hanzhou nodded uninterestedly, “If she weren’t ill, she wouldn’t be seeing Dr. Qiao for treatment.”

Qiao Yun paused in her step.

She suddenly thought, could Fu Yun’s illness be related to something involving Pei Ya?

Qiao Yun keenly sensed that the Huo Family might still be hiding something. Otherwise, Fu Yun would not show such extreme guilt when she saw Pei Ya, as if trying to grasp at something to redeem herself.

She felt that this matter needed thorough investigation.

…

Right after Qiao Yun and her family had left the hotel, Huo Lin, who had just received a call from the Jiang Family, returned but unfortunately missed them.

Huo Lin, with a cold expression, entered the lounge.

Seeing him arrive, Jiang Shaocheng hurried forward to say a few words with a strained smile, but Huo Lin didn’t even glance at him and bypassed him to approach the bed.

Fu Yun lay on the bed, eyes closed, her brows tightly knotted and cold sweat on her forehead, even her faint sleeping appeared troubled.

It was unknown what kind of nightmare she was having.

Huo Lin felt somewhat irritated and turned, asking in a cold tone, “What happened?”

Although his tone did not sound accusatory, Jiang Shaocheng was still startled by Huo Lin’s imposing aura, his face turning pale as he wiped the nonexistent sweat from his forehead, “This, this…”

“We also don’t know what happened. She fainted after taking a phone call outside, and we’ve had a doctor examine her, but nothing was found.”

Jiang Jing interrupted Jiang Shaocheng’s words, her composure intact. Subconsciously, she did not want Huo Lin to know that Fu Yun had fainted after encountering Qiao Yun.

She didn’t want Huo Lin to pay attention to Qiao Yun at all.

Not out of love or jealousy, just unwilling to let Huo Lin know of Qiao Yun’s existence.

Qiao Yun was too sinister; those who had interactions with her found it hard to shift their gaze away from her.

Huo Lin stared at Jiang Jing for a while, making her back break out in a cold sweat before he slowly shifted his gaze away, not pursuing the matter further.

He instructed the assistant who followed, “Take the lady back home.”

The assistant responded, “Yes.”

Afterward, Huo Lin said nothing more and disregarded the Jiang Family group as he left straight away.

The Jiang Family group looked at one another, unsure what Huo Lin’s attitude implied.

Xu Qiao nervously wrung her fingers, “The young master Huo won’t hold a grudge against us for this incident, will he? Her fainting has nothing to do with us; it might be some illness.”

Jiang Jing calmly said, “No, we didn’t cause her to faint.”

Reassured, Xu Qiao felt that Jiang Jing was just too unlucky recently, with nothing going her way.

This Qiao Yun really is a disaster. Nothing good happens when she’s around.

Jiang Shaocheng sat on the sofa smoking, looking troubled, “Keep a low profile during this time and stop flaunting our ties with the Huo Family like before.”

Xu Qiao scoffed, not taking his words to heart at all.

Watching her indifferent demeanor, Jiang Shaocheng was so frustrated he began to entertain thoughts of divorce for the first time.

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