Hidden identities of the AI Heiress-Chapter 972: So Her Role is to be a Human Shield?
Jiang Jing took a deep breath, her voice trembling as she said, "It’s about how Pei Yao’s parents died..."
Huo Lin’s pupils shrank sharply, followed by a lowered voice, "Continue."
...
Recalling Huo Lin’s last dark gaze, which still left her somewhat terrified, Jiang Jing touched her heart, feeling the thumping of her own heartbeat before she finally felt a bit better.
She bit her lip, annoyed with herself for being too careless and confident, not even realizing that she was under surveillance.
Did Huo Lin know about her encouraging Fu Yun to target Qiao Yun during the competition?
Huo Lin hadn’t asked her about it from beginning to end, which seemed to indicate he didn’t know.
She then remembered the last thing Huo Lin said to her: "From now on, forget everything you know, and you’ll live well abroad, you’ll get what you want."
Jiang Jing felt a sense of relief as if having survived a disaster. After this incident, she had given up on getting involved in matters between the Huo and Pei families, to avoid Huo Lin regretting letting her go. It was better to leave the country sooner rather than later and mind her own business.
Jiang Jing made up her mind and then replied to Su Qingyan’s message: [I’m planning to go abroad, let’s meet up in a few days.]
After sending the message, she received no reply.
A faint sense of loss crept into Jiang Jing’s heart; she really liked Su Qingyan, but unfortunately, Su Qingyan was Qiao Yun’s cousin. As long as Qiao Yun didn’t stop targeting her, she and Su Qingyan would be impossible in this lifetime.
...
"Do you have something on your mind?"
Fu Yun looked at her son, who had been silent since a while ago, and couldn’t help breaking the silence, "If something’s wrong, just say it."
"It’s nothing." Huo Lin glanced at the time, "You should take your medication now."
He took the water and medication from the attendant’s hand and personally handed it to Fu Yun.
Looking at the medicine in front of her, a flash of disgust passed through Fu Yun’s eyes. She used to secretly discard the medicine when it was time to take it, but now with Huo Lin watching, she had to swallow it even if she was unwilling.
After taking the medication and drinking some water, Fu Yun suddenly found Huo Lin disagreeable and said irritably, "If there’s nothing else, you can go rest."
Huo Lin’s eyes narrowed slightly, "Okay, I’ll leave."
After saying that, he stood up and left.
Fu Yun was puzzled and didn’t take Huo Lin’s abnormal behavior to heart.
As Huo Lin left Fu Yun’s room, his gaze darkened.
He still hadn’t voiced his doubts, but even if he did, it would be useless. What had to happen had already happened.
He had previously wished to prove that Pei Yao’s parents’ death had nothing to do with his own parents, yet he hadn’t expected...
Huo Lin’s expression was troubled, for the first time feeling a sense of difficulty; if this matter wasn’t handled well, it could shake the foundation of the entire Huo family.
Fortunately, not many people knew about it.
Among them, Jiang Jing was an unstable factor and needed to be dealt with first.
Huo Lin had no intention of telling Pei Yao the truth. After all, he was a member of the Huo family and a businessman. Until he was certain whether Pei Yao was a threat to him, he would remain silent and even cover up the truth.
...
It was the next morning when Qiao Yun learned from Su Qingyan’s lips that Jiang Jing was preparing to go abroad, something expected, and Qiao Yun wasn’t surprised at all.
"Otherwise, I could take the initiative to meet her," suggested Su Qingyan.
"There’s no need; wait for her to contact you."
Jiang Jing wasn’t foolish; in fact, she was smart. If they were too proactive, it would certainly draw her suspicion.
Qiao Yun had seen many people like Jiang Jing and knew that pressuring her would backfire, so she decided it was best to wait for Jiang Jing to reach out to Su Qingyan again before taking action.
Seeing this, Su Qingyan said no more; if it weren’t for his cousin, he wouldn’t want to see Jiang Jing at all.
...
Qiao Yun yawned, threw off the blankets, and in slippers, slowly shuffled to the bathroom to wash up. After changing clothes, she went downstairs for breakfast.
Lu Zhanxing had not returned, and downstairs, there was only Lu Jingzhi and Su Mian, as well as Lu Rui present.
The family finished breakfast.
Su Mian took out her tablet and gestured for Qiao Yun to come to sit.
Qiao Yun obediently sat down before Su Mian opened the design samples: "Qiaoqiao, take a look at these and see which one you like? If you don’t like any, we can have someone design a new one."
Qiao Yun glanced and realized they were birthday party invitations, and she was suddenly speechless: "..."
Su Mian continued to introduce them, saying this one was designed by a certain master and that one by another master, every sample had been meticulously thought out, which showed how much they cared.
"Mom really likes them all, and I don’t know which one to choose."
Qiao Yun wanted to say that there was no need for such extravagance.
She remembered that for Lu Ting’s coming-of-age ceremony, the invitation was just a publicly available design taken from the internet.
Qiao Yun expressed that she could do the same.
Lu Jingzhi said with a conflicted face: "Sister, I’ve selected a few hotels, take a look and see which one you’d like for the venue?"
Qiao Yun’s mouth opened slightly, as she had thought it would just be a simple family affair at home, as that’s how Lu Ting had celebrated hers.
Lu Rui laughed: "This time we’ll also invite your classmates. Don’t young people like lively events? Should we invite a celebrity to perform? It just so happens that Zhanxing is a star, so we could have him sing on stage."
Su Mian slapped her thigh: "That’s a great idea! We can use that advantage and save some money."
Lu Zhanxing, who had suddenly become a performing artist for hire: ???
Qiao Yun weakly protested: "There’s no need to go to all this trouble..."
"That won’t do," Su Mian declared. "If we’re going to do this, it has to be the biggest, most luxurious, and most —— expensive!"
Su Mian placed a bottle of milk in front of Qiao Yun, "Baby girl, you drink your milk first, just listen to Mommy."
Qiao Yun shut her mouth and watched Su Mian’s enthusiastic demeanor.
Forget it. As long as they are happy, it’s fine.
But actually, she felt a bit happy in her heart too, being valued by her family who was taking such pains for her sake.
Qiao Yun suddenly felt a sense of happiness, cradling the milk in both hands, sipping it slowly, evidently in a good mood.
After a long discussion, the family finally decided on the invitation design and the hotel for the event, and next, they had to decide on the decoration of the venue...
Qiao Yun felt a bit dazed.
Is celebrating a birthday really this troublesome...?
Just then, her phone rang.
Qiao Yun picked up the phone from the table, a message from Simon.
She opened it to see.
[S: Dear Q, have you missed me? How come you don’t reply to my messages?]
[S: Hey, Q, are you there? Please respond, please respond.]
Qiao Yun felt a headache upon seeing Simon’s messages and replied succinctly: [What’s up?]
[S: Not a big deal, just that the vice president is here.]
[To catch you, I bet.]
Simon was having too much fun in China, he was supposed to return after the exchange meeting ended, but since he got invited to Qiao Yun’s birthday party he decided to stay. He wanted to travel around and was enchanted by China’s landscapes, and to be able to eat Chinese food every day, he even suggested joining Tianqi.
Qiao Yun was almost driven speechless by Simon’s carefree personality.
[S: I just learned a phrase, "ren jian bu chai".]
Qiao Yun: [It’s "ren jian bu chai".]
[S: Alright, whatever, want to go out for a meal? With you there, I’d get scolded less.]
Qiao Yun: "..."
So, she’s a shield?
