Hidden identities of the AI Heiress-Chapter 981: I Will Only Tell One Person

Thinking of the embarrassment she had suffered these days, her emotions became tumultuously agitated, her breathing rapid and fluctuating.

Her gaze towards Qiao Yun was even more filled with deep resentment.

She raised her hand to point at Qiao Yun, her face twisted as she said: "Do you know? I don’t want to compete with you, I don’t want to waste my time on you, but you just had to appear in front of me again and again, constantly reminding me that no matter how hard I try, I can never catch up to you! I just want to beat you once, just once so I can let go of this unwillingness, but why, why do I always lose to you! My life is ruined, and it’s all because of you!"

As she spoke, her emotions became even more agitated, her voice somewhat hysterical.

Xu Qiao only now realized how much pressure Jiang Jing normally faced, and with great distress, she hurriedly consoled her: "Jingjing, it’s Mommy’s fault, Mommy didn’t realize you were under so much pressure."

She turned to Qiao Yun, angrily saying: "You have ruined my daughter!"

"..."

Qiao Yun was somewhat speechless. Compared to Jiang Jing’s excitement, she was calm and spoke clearly: "I have no obligation to be responsible for your miserable life, and besides, the way your life has turned out has nothing to do with me."

Jiang Jing glared, looking like she couldn’t believe Qiao Yun would dare to argue.

Qiao Yun stated: "First of all, I didn’t intentionally cause you to be eliminated from Tianqi. It was your own lack of artistic skill, lack of team spirit, almost bringing viruses into Tianqi. And every word I said to Fu Yun was the truth. As for the competition, it was a regular match. I just competed normally, and you lost to me because you lack the ability, it has nothing to do with suppression."

Who can be born with a smooth sail?

Blaming others for one’s failures is just a covert way of avoiding admitting defeat.

"I said it, I have never regarded you as my competitor. It’s you who has always considered me as your rival."

Jiang Jing felt like she had been struck by lightning, suddenly somewhat bewildered, with a dazed expression.

That’s right.

Looking back from the past until now, it was indeed she who had been actively competing with Qiao Yun, and Qiao Yun had never even taken her seriously.

So what?

From beginning to end, was it all her own fault?

She fell silent, and after a long while, she asked in a hoarse voice, "Is it true that until now, you haven’t regarded me as your competition?"

Qiao Yun’s expression was dull, her voice aloof: "There are many who take me as their competitor, I do not have the time to pay attention to them one by one."

Jiang Jing laughed self-mockingly.

It turns out that after all the fuss she had made, in Qiao Yun’s eyes, she didn’t even qualify as a competitor.

What exactly was she competing with Qiao Yun for?

At that moment, the weight on Jiang Jing’s heart shifted slightly. Ever since she lost to Qiao Yun, she had always thought that the person blocking her way forward was Qiao Yun.

However... perhaps that person was herself.

Jiang Jing’s expression changed dramatically, her hands clenched into fists, her back straight as she refused to admit she was wrong, squeezing out the words through her teeth: "You are remarkable, I can’t argue with you."

Qiao Yun’s face remained calm: "I’m just telling the truth."

Jiang Jing felt as if she was going to cough up blood, so angered by Qiao Yun that she wanted to cough up blood.

But after venting in such a way, her emotions did stabilize quite a bit. She glared at Qiao Yun warily and asked, "Why are you looking for me?"

Although she wanted to find Qiao Yun, now that Qiao Yun came to her, she was not in a hurry anymore.

Qiao Yun didn’t beat around the bush, stating directly: "You want to find Pei Yao, what do you want with him?"

Jiang Jing looked shocked, but quickly realized it must have been Su Qingyan who told Qiao Yun about her wanting to find Pei Yao.

"You came to ask me just for this? What does it have to do with you?"

Qiao Yun’s expression remained indifferent, she analyzed: "You wanted to find Pei Yao, you haven’t met him yet and you rushed overseas. Now, you’ve run away from the Huo Family and Huo Lin is still looking for you. What do you know?"

Jiang Jing’s pupils dilated bit by bit with Qiao Yun’s words, not expecting Qiao Yun to know her actions so clearly.

Her gaze fell on Li Hanzhou behind Qiao Yun.

The man was like a disinterested bystander, who hadn’t said a word since the beginning, his eyes following Qiao Yun with interest.

Was Li Hanzhou helping Qiao Yun?

However, the people who took her away seemed to show more respect to Qiao Yun than to Li Hanzhou.

Jiang Jing had long felt that Qiao Yun was very odd, and she twisted her eyebrows, her laughter betraying a lack of trust: "If you want to know, let Pei Ya come over. I’ll tell only him."

Qiao Yun didn’t respond.

Having regained her composure, Jiang Jing decided not to dwell on her past grievances with Qiao Yun. Worried that Qiao Yun might not agree, and that she wouldn’t be able to fully escape from the Huo Family, she added, "What I know is very important to him, he will definitely be interested."

Qiao Yun, not wanting to bicker with Jiang Jing, promptly replied: "Okay."

She had planned to pry some useful information from Jiang Jing to relay to Pei Ya; her previous silence was due to uncertainty about whether Jiang Jing truly knew anything.

Now it seemed that Jiang Jing indeed had something to hide.

Qiao Yun didn’t say much more to Jiang Jing and went aside to contact Pei Ya after instructing Zhou You to keep a close watch.

After the call connected, she simply dropped a phrase: "Come here to find me."

Then she hung up and sent Pei Ya the location.

...

???

Pei Ya stared at his phone, touched his head, and looked utterly befuddled.

True to Professor Qiao’s style, always straight to the point.

He opened the chat with Qiao Yun and peeked at the location, wondering what on earth Professor Qiao was doing in such a far-off place.

Despite his puzzlement, he didn’t ask further and just picked up his car keys to look for Qiao Yun.

...

"You’re quite good to Pei Ya," Li Hanzhou murmured, feeling a hint of sourness in his heart.

Qiao Yun raised an eyebrow and slowly pocketed her phone, "Are you jealous?"

Li Hanzhou: "Hmm?"

Qiao Yun said earnestly, "Don’t compete with the kid for affection. You’re the adult; you should let the little one have his way."

Li Hanzhou: "..."

In that instant, he felt the self-inflicted pain of lifting a rock only to drop it on his own foot.

Had he known better, he would not have conceded that Pei Ya was a "kid" just to get under his skin earlier; now he had even lost the right to be jealous.

...

Pei Ya arrived quickly, looking confused when he got there, and even more so after he arrived.

His gaze swept over Jiang Jing and then fell on Qiao Yun: "So she’s been found, how come no one told me."

Qiao Yun succinctly replied: "Now you know."

Pei Ya: "..."

Sound reasoning left him speechless.

"What am I here for?" Pei Ya thought. Could it just be for him to watch some drama unfold?

Qiao Yun gestured gracefully with her chin: "Jiang Jing is looking for you."

Pei Ya: "Huh?"

Jiang Jing was rather pleased to see Pei Ya; she felt a sense of impending relief and eagerly eyed him.

Pei Ya felt goosebumps from Jiang Jing’s gaze, and his demeanor grew cold as he disdainfully asked, "What do you want from me?"

Jiang Jing’s throat tightened. Was she really so disagreeable to others?