Hidden identities of the AI Heiress-Chapter 974: Lost a Horse

Huo Lin was one hundred percent certain that if Pei Yao knew the truth, he would never let anyone involved in that incident off the hook.

To protect the Huo Family and his mother, he had to prepare in advance.

Now, either Pei Yao would never know the truth, or a scapegoat had to be found.

And Huo Lin had already picked out a candidate for the scapegoat.

Huo Lin suddenly felt a headache coming on; he didn’t want to do this, he even felt sympathy for Pei Yao, but, given their different positions, he had no choice but to set aside his sympathy.

...

Meanwhile, the car stopped at the agreed-upon hotel.

Li Hanzhou told Qiao Yun to go in first, and that he would come after parking the car.

Qiao Yun unbuckled her seatbelt and opened the car door to get out.

At the same time, she received a reply to an inquiry she had made.

[Professor Qiao, we have found out that Jiang Jing indeed had a flight plan today, heading to O Continent.]

Is she planning to flee?

Wishful thinking.

Qiao Yun replied while walking: [Stop her.]

Professor Qiao expressed the sentiment of ’if the mountain won’t come to me, I’ll go to the mountain.’

[Received.]

"Qiao Yun?"

Hearing someone call her, Qiao Yun looked up and frowned imperceptibly.

The person approaching was the recently infamous Adrian.

Adrian’s face was gloomy as he cursed under his breath, "So malicious at such a young age."

He absolutely detested Qiao Yun.

It was all because Li Hanzhou wanted to stand up for Qiao Yun that he found himself in such a miserable situation.

Qiao Yun didn’t bother with him, just a washed-up loser.

Today, Adrian had arranged to meet someone. Even though he had been dismissed by the Future Alliance, he still had skills. He intended to rally funding and make a comeback, but his potential backer had mocked him instead, leaving him in a foul mood when he ran into the main culprit.

He couldn’t hold back unless he vented his anger.

Adrian reached out to block Qiao Yun, spewing viciously, "Such a pity for your pretty face. How long can you last serving others for your looks? There are prettier people than you in this world. Be careful not to be discarded."

Qiao Yun’s face showed impatience as she looked up at him, "I still have a face, while you have none."

Adrian was subjected to her gaze.

Grinding his teeth in rage.

If it weren’t for Li Hanzhou and Pei Yao, she would be nothing.

Why could she look down on him with such an air of superiority?

Adrian, feeling wronged, wanted to continue his tirade, but then someone rushed towards him, speaking in not very fluent Chinese, exclaiming.

"Oh, my God, Q, were you waiting for me?"

Adrian was shoved aside at once, and he stood there stupefied.

Qiao Yun blinked, looking at the man in front of her.

That was a middle-aged man, who albeit being over forty years of age, looked as if he was in his thirties thanks to good maintenance.

A bona fide handsome uncle.

"Ever since our last encounter, I’ve been meaning to see you again."

Qiao Yun: "..."

Simon arrived a step late, and upon hearing this, laughed heartily: "Is this some kind of newly invented third language?"

The shoved Adrian snapped irritably, "Who are you? Didn’t you see I was talking to her?"

The handsome uncle, his catch-up with Qiao Yun interrupted, shot a furious glance at Adrian.

That look was evident.

What trash has appeared?

Adrian, seeing this person, was actually the one shocked!

It was the vice-president of the Technology Association, Volkov.

His pupils trembled: "Mr. Volkov, how come you..."

Adrian’s eyes shifted back and forth between Volkov and Qiao Yun in disbelief.

Why do these two seem so familiar with each other?

Volkov glared at Adrian and it took him a while to remember who he was, then he greeted in his native language, "Oh, it’s you. Do you also know our president?"

"What?" Adrian’s expression stiffened, and his eyes almost involuntarily fell on Qiao Yun, his face filled with incredulity: "Are you joking with me? Are you saying that she is the president of the Technology Association?"

Volkov expressed his extreme dissatisfaction: "Am I that familiar with you? Why would I joke with you?"

Adrian found it absurd.

Wasn’t Qiao Yun from Tianqi?

Didn’t she have only one face?

Adrian swayed unsteadily, feeling dizzy in his head.

God must be joking with him.

But he was well aware that Volkov had no reason to play him.

In an instant, Adrian felt a bitter taste in his mouth; he had just cursed Qiao Yun, and now he was being told that Qiao Yun herself was a competent person!

She was even the president of the Technology Association!

He was overwhelmed with regret, his breathing became stagnant.

If he had known of Qiao Yun’s identity earlier, he would never have dared to challenge Tianqi.

And there was Simon fanning the flames: "Dr. Adrian, you’ve always wanted to meet our president, right? Now that you have, do you have anything to say?"

Adrian’s expression was indescribably complex; no wonder Simon had said earlier that Qiao Yun was sure to win.

Turns out he was a subordinate of Qiao Yun.

Feeling a rush of embarrassment and ire, Adrian’s cheeks began to redden.

He opened his mouth, but ultimately, nothing came out; his face burnt with pain, and he almost fled in utter humiliation.

Simon snorted through his nose: "Is he feeling guilty?"

Volkov shook his finger: "NONO, he feels embarrassed."

After watching the whole scene, Qiao Yun said indifferently: "There’s no need for this, I’ve never considered him my opponent."

Volkov nodded: "YSE, he’s not even worthy to be considered an opponent."

Qiao Yun’s eyelid twitched: "You, talk normally."

"Oh, alright." Volkov switched back to his mother tongue and apologized: "Q, please forgive me for revealing your identity to Adrian without your consent, but rest assured he won’t tell anyone."

Adrian was very proud.

He would naturally not let others know that Qiao Yun was the president of the Technology Association, which would only give people another reason to laugh at him.

"It’s fine." Qiao Yun didn’t mind.

Even if Adrian told others, no one would believe it.

Volkov did so to anger Adrian; he was upset upon hearing Adrian curse at Qiao Yun.

Now that Qiao Yun didn’t blame him, he impulsively wanted to give Qiao Yun a hug.

"Q, you really are a good person."

Before he could hug her, someone grabbed his collar.

Volkov was furious: "Who dares touch my collar?"

Turning his head, he saw a young and handsome man looking at him with displeasure.

"It’s me, you have a problem with that?"

Qiao Yun explained: "This is Volkov."

Li Hanzhou blinked and naturally let go, smiling: "Sorry, my hand slipped."

Volkov, grinding his teeth, spat out in his mother tongue: "Q, who is this guy?"

Qiao Yun said: "Boyfriend."

Volkov: ????

He was shocked.

Q was so young and already had a boyfriend.

Qiao Yun didn’t pay attention to him and said succinctly: "Let’s talk inside."

Volkov nodded blankly: "Let’s go inside."

Simon: "..."

Hahahahaha.

...

They arrived at the private room they had reserved.

While they were ordering dishes, Qiao Yun’s phone rang; she took it out to look.

It was a message from Zhou You.

She had asked Zhou You to stop Jiang Jing from leaving the country, and now there was a reply.

[Professor Qiao, the person couldn’t be found, Jiang Jing has disappeared.]