Hidden identities of the AI Heiress-Chapter 941: Professor Qiao Goes Missing

Spectator area.

As participants, the Huo Family finally got to sit in the front row this time.

Fu Yun was looking around, wondering if she could see Pei Ya, when her phone rang, and she looked at it after retreating her gaze.

[Madam, it’s all taken care of.]

Fu Yun slightly curved her lips, revealing an inconspicuous smile, but fearing that Huo Lin would notice, she quickly straightened her lips and pretended nothing happened as she put down the phone.

Huo Lin split a fraction of his attention to Fu Yun, her fleeting abnormality still caught his notice, and he asked in a deep voice, "You seem very happy?"

His gaze fell on the mobile phone in Fu Yun’s hand and he slightly squinted his eyes.

Fu Yun’s heart skipped, and nonchalantly put her phone back into her bag, complaining, "Alin, don’t you think you’re overstepping? I’m your mother, not a prisoner. Do you also need to know everything I eat every day?"

Huo Lin spoke unhurriedly, "I didn’t intend to intrude, I’m just worried about your safety."

Fu Yun slightly annoyed: "I won’t impulsively go looking for Jiujiu, you can rest assured."

Huo Lin nodded, "That would be best."

Fu Yun felt extremely frustrated inside; her son had grown up and become so stubborn, no longer listening to her, whereas before he would satisfy whatever she wanted.

Fu Yun, knowing she had a guilty conscience, did not say much and texted Jiang Jing instead.

Truth be told, she despised using such vile small tricks; if it were the past, she definitely wouldn’t have done such things.

But now, her rationality was beyond her control.

Fu Yun thought expressionlessly, she couldn’t be blamed; it was Qiao Yun who targeted her first, causing Jiujiu not to recognize her.

Perhaps having found a suitable excuse for her over-the-line behavior, the slight wavering in Fu Yun’s heart dissipated instantly.

...

Jiang Jing received the message sent by Fu Yun in the rest area.

[Compete well, no one will interfere with you.]

Jiang Jing’s heart thumped rapidly, and she couldn’t resist her lips curling upwards.

Seeing her unusual behavior, Darren inevitably asked, "Jing, what good news has made you so happy?"

Jiang Jing smiled, "I was just thinking how delightful it is that the first prize will belong to us."

Darren laughed loudly a few times, "I like your confidence, please keep it up."

"Yes."

Compared to before, Jiang Jing was much more relaxed now.

The biggest obstacle had been dealt with, and now she could concentrate on the competition.

...

Elsewhere, Han Si was sitting improperly on a chair; he glanced at his watch and frowned, asking, "Big sister, why hasn’t the teacher come yet? It’s been almost half an hour, right?"

Han Wang also found it strange.

Professor Qiao had always been a punctual person, it was almost time to go on stage, but not a person in sight.

What could have detained Professor Qiao?

Han Wang stood up, her voice calm, "I’ll go have a look; you get ready."

Han Si nodded, "Alright."

Han Wang pushed the door and went out, just as Pei Ya happened to open the door and come in, their eyes clashed abruptly.

Pei Ya was taken aback for a moment and said with a smile, "Little Wangwang, where are you rushing off to?"

Han Wang, not in the mood for jokes, said firmly, "I’m going to find the teacher, she hasn’t arrived yet."

"The boss came quite early," Pei Ya found it odd, "She just contacted me, saying someone wanted to bribe Simon to cheat, but Simon drove them away, I’ve already sent someone to gather evidence."

Han Wang’s eyebrows were filled with frost: "It wouldn’t even take five minutes to walk from there, but now it’s been definitely more than five minutes. This isn’t like the teacher."

Pei Ya immediately broke out in a cold sweat, cursing under his breath, "Fuck, I knew it..."

I just knew there would be someone stirring up trouble; accidents like these in competitions have too high of a likelihood.

Sportsmanship? What is that?

Stop kidding, as long as you win, who cares about the means as long as no one finds out.

Even the Olympics, which are international sports events, can have black whistling; what to mention in a dignity-related technology competition.

Pei Ya spoke irritably, "I should have gone to pick her up just now."

It was mainly because Professor Qiao usually seems so powerful, giving him a sense that she could handle anything, so he was reassured.

Han Wang had calmed down now and spoke rationally: "Go ask Simon, maybe the teacher is still with him."

"I’ll ask right now."

Pei Ya had gotten Simon’s contact before, so he pulled out his phone and directly called, and Simon answered quickly.

Without waiting for the other person to speak first, he hurriedly said, "Simon, is Qiao Yun still with you?"

"No, she left 15 minutes ago. Is something wrong?"

"No, just asking casually, forget it then, I won’t disturb you further."

After speaking, he hung up the phone.

Simon looked at his phone puzzled and muttered: "Chinese people are really impatient."

Pei Ya’s expression was stern, "She left 15 minutes ago." He gritted his teeth: "Fuck, daring to mess around in my territory, if I find out who it is, I’ll kill them."

Han Wang spoke methodically: "Call the teacher first."

They were too anxious and forgot to contact Professor Qiao first.

Pei Ya hastily dialed Qiao Yun’s number, muttering anxiously in his heart: Boss, please pick up the phone, hurry...

However, by the time the call automatically disconnected, Qiao Yun hadn’t picked up.

Han Wang understood, then added: "You ask around to see if the teacher is with someone else, and I’ll check the surveillance."

"Alright." Pei Ya was nearly frantic, what an awful timing for all this!

However, as the chairman of a major corporation, he had chilled out by now, and he and Han Wang split up to look for Professor Qiao.

...

Venue.

Li Hanzhou had also taken his seat, enjoying privileges which offered him a forward position.

The attendance for this viewing was not large, only about three hundred attendees, mainly to prevent noise from disturbing the participants.

The Shen family was also present; Shen Qi saw Li Hanzhou from afar and hustled over, asking with a smile: "Brother Li, where is Professor Qiao?"

Li Hanzhou responded indifferently: "Went to look for someone."

Shen Qi’s shoulders drooped a bit disappointedly, then said again disappointedly: "I really wanted to compete with Professor Qiao too."

Li Hanzhou gave him a look: "You?"

Shen Qi: What’s with this dismissive look?

Shen Qi, a lump in his throat, changed the subject: "By the way, I heard that this time not only have people from the Technology Association been invited to judge, but there’s also a heavyweight judge. Brother Li, have you heard?"

A competition naturally has judges or a jury. Pei Ya’s idea was simple; Adrian fears that they might cheat, hence he invited the Technology Association members, although Adrian didn’t know that the Technology Association is also affiliated with Professor Qiao.

But that wouldn’t stop Pei Ya from making a comeback, thus he also invited a heavyweight judge.

You invite one, I invite one; entirely fair, Adrian couldn’t complain even if he didn’t like it.

Li Hanzhou uninterestedly said: "Don’t know."

Although Shen Qi was curious about this VIP guest, he would be able to meet him soon, just then a disturbance came from the entrance.

Stretching his neck to look, Shen Qi saw the hubbub was coming from the passage, and he excitedly said, "Here he comes, the VIP guest is coming."

Li Hanzhou watched indifferently following his gaze.

The first to appear was Simon from the Technology Association, a warm person who, seeing everyone’s enthusiastic applause, kept waving to everyone like a peacock spreading its feathers.

Shen Qi was vigorously clapping, "It’s Simon, ranked eightieth in the world!"

Recalling how Simon had claimed Qiao Yun was his Juliet, Li Hanzhou sneered coldly.

Then another person came in.

This person’s presence was much grander than Simon’s.

There were bodyguards around him.

Dressed in a long gown, his hair graying, his aged face still spirited, he walked unhurriedly with his hands clasped behind his back.

When Shen Qi saw the man entering, he vigorously rubbed his eyes and after confirming repeatedly, he loudly exclaimed, "Damn! Am I blind? Otherwise, why am I seeing Grandpa Li?"

Li Hanzhou’s mouth twitched slightly, and he calmly said, "You’re not blind."

"Really Grandpa Li?" Shen Qi felt like the world had gone bizarre, "He’s the VIP guest today!! Li, did you already know and just pretended not to with me?"

Li Hanzhou laughed wryly, "He even kept it from me."

It’s no wonder that today when he came out, Grandpa looked so mysteriously stealthy. Turns out he snuck here to be the judge.

Shen Qi just remembered now.

Grandpa Li is a retired academician who had participated in major projects, advancing the domestic economic development.

His presence as a judge was well deserved.

Waiting for the judge to be seated.

Next were the teams participating in this event, the first to come out was the representative team from Future Alliance, led by Darren confidently, followed by the beautiful Jiang Jing.

Her eyes slightly narrowed as she scanned the entire venue; she did not see Qiao Yun or other members of Tianqi, her steps eased.

Logically, after Future Alliance made their appearance, Tianqi should be next, but everyone waited a while and still did not see any sign of Tianqi.

Shen Qi felt puzzled, "Why hasn’t Tianqi appeared yet?"

Li Hanzhou furrowed his brows, not speaking.

The next second.

Han Wang came up, but Qiao Yun was nowhere to be seen.

Li Hanzhou’s eyes narrowed just as he received a message from Pei Yao asking if he had seen Qiao Yun.

"What happened?"

"My boss is missing."

Li Hanzhou’s lips tightened, and he abruptly stood up and walked out of the venue.

"What’s wrong, Li? Where are you going?" Shen Qi hurriedly followed.

Li Hanzhou’s gaze was cold, "Qiaoqiao is missing."

"What?" Shen Qi was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly said, "I’ll come with you."

He was worried inside.

If Qiao Professor does not appear by the time the competition officially starts, it would mean she had automatically forfeited.

What a messy situation!

Li Hanzhou’s departure drew quite some attention.

At the Lu Family’s side, they found it odd that the competition hadn’t started yet and Li Hanzhou was already leaving, wondering if he didn’t care about who would win or lose?

Huo Lin also noticed, but he only glanced once before shifting his gaze away, not very interested.

Fu Yun watched the stage with a slight smile on her lips, feeling pleased about not seeing Qiao Yun appear.

Jiang Jing saw Li Hanzhou leave and knew something had happened on Qiao Yun’s side, otherwise, as her boyfriend, Li Hanzhou would not have left.

Jiang Jing felt an unprecedented relaxation. Although her methods were shameless, she had not enjoyed this kind of focus for a long time.

As long as Qiao Yun was around, her spotlight would be heavily suppressed.

Now, no one could suppress her anymore. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Her eyes landed on an LED clock on the field, which was used for timing.

Only two minutes left until the competition could officially start.

"She must have run away," Darren said with a look of pity: "And she called me the last one, poor soul, now she might be hiding somewhere secretly crying."

He hadn’t seen Qiao Yun, who had challenged him, and thought Qiao Yun had run away out of fear.

The arrogance earlier was just a facade.

Jiang Jing muttered to herself: "One more minute."

Everyone present also noticed this unexpected change, after all, Qiao Yun was the main character today, how could they compete without her?

Those who knew Qiao Yun were anxious and worried for her.

There were already sporadic discordant voices in the spectator area.

"Why hasn’t Qiao Yun come yet, it’s almost starting."

"The people from Tianqi are all here, just missing her."

"I said it, she was just trying to show off, now she must have been scared away at the critical moment, how embarrassing! She not only represents Tianqi but also the domestic technology, now the whole world is going to laugh at us!"

"What nonsense are you talking about, it hasn’t even started yet, my Qiao Yun will definitely come."

"Even if she comes, so what, can she beat the Future Alliance? Coming would only bring her humiliation."

"If you ask me, it’s Tianqi’s fault, they have so many talents, why send someone who has achieved nothing?"

"Qiao Yun is a student of Professor Qiao, it’s totally normal for her to be sent."

The people present naturally had expectations for Qiao Yun, but as time passed and Qiao Yun still hadn’t appeared, this expectation turned into disappointment, and naturally, there were no kind words.

The Lu Family was furious upon hearing these words, but they didn’t know what had happened either.

Adrian thought Qiao Yun had fled in panic, watching the time arrive, he was the first to suggest: "Time has come, why hasn’t it started yet?"

Simon looked hesitant, unsure of what to do, he was completely bewildered.

Where was his Juliet?

How come she is not in sight?

Old Master Li, however, stood up at this moment, coughed lightly, and spoke righteously: "Before the competition officially begins, I have a few words to say..."

It was time to showcase his delaying tactics.

Let me tell you what is called science and technology benefiting the nation.

The perfectly good competition area bizarrely became Old Master Li’s speech stage.

And no one dared to jump out and tell him to shut up.

Adrian was dumbfounded, quickly giving Simon a look, asking him to stop Old Master Li.

Simon looked up at the sky, oh, I know nothing.

Fu Yun’s face suddenly darkened, not expecting this turn of events, but soon she chuckled inwardly.

Even if they delay till the end of time, Qiao Yun won’t show up.

Old Master Li only intended to delay the time at first, but as he spoke, he got carried away; he was still fervently talking when suddenly a huge uproar along with overwhelming screams and applause burst from the entrance.