Hidden identities of the AI Heiress-Chapter 982: Turns Out She’s Also One of the Murderers!
After all, as the Jiang Family’s young miss, she used to be held in high regard wherever she went, but now being so blatantly despised, it made her uncomfortable inside.
She had a change of heart.
She couldn’t count on the Huo Family anymore, and she couldn’t stand the idea of living a mediocre life forever, so perhaps she could negotiate some terms with Pei Ya.
Jiang Jing had made up her mind but didn’t rush to speak. She pursed her lips tightly, her gaze falling on Qiao Yun, "I have something to tell you, please have the irrelevant people leave."
Before Qiao Yun could react, Pei Ya said with a taunting smile, "She is not an irrelevant person, say it or not, I don’t care to listen."
Jiang Jing was taken aback, her expression ugly, "Mr. Pei, this matter involves your parents, do you truly not want to listen?"
Pei Ya was surprised inside, but his face showed no emotion, feigning disinterest with a look of disgust, "I won’t listen. What could you possibly know? I think you’re trying to deceive me."
Seeing that Pei Ya was about to leave, Jiang Jing had to compromise, "Fine, she doesn’t have to leave."
Pei Ya was satisfied, crossing his arms and looking down on Jiang Jing, "Well then, speak up."
He appeared nonchalant, but internally he cared a great deal.
He didn’t believe Jiang Jing could know anything of substance, yet he couldn’t help but hope.
Pei Ya had sent people to investigate the past, but the clues they could find were too scarce; all they found was that the driver who caused the accident’s family had moved to the Tibetan Area.
He had already sent people there, but the Tibetan Area was vast, and finding someone there was easier said than done.
The corner of Jiang Jing’s mouth twitched, "This has nothing to do with my mother, she knows nothing."
Pei Ya raised an eyebrow, instructing Zhou You, "Take her down first."
"Yes."
Zhou You stepped forward to escort Xu Qiao outside.
Worried, Xu Qiao gripped Jiang Jing’s hand, "Jingjing..."
"Mom, it’s alright." Jiang Jing reassured in a low voice, "We’ll be out of trouble soon."
Xu Qiao was on edge, she clenched her teeth and said to Pei Ya, "If you dare harm my daughter, I won’t let you off even in my death."
Pei Ya chuckled dismissively, "That’s assuming she’s not playing us."
Xu Qiao glanced at Jiang Jing a few times and then obediently followed Zhou You out.
Qiao Yun thought to herself that Jiang Jing was not a good person, but at least she genuinely cared for her family, and that was something she could appreciate.
Now, only Qiao Yun, Li Hanzhou, Pei Ya, and Jiang Jing remained at the scene.
Pei Ya said, "You can speak now, right?"
"Yes, but..." Jiang Jing calmly proposed, "You have to promise me, you will deal with the issues concerning the Huo Family for me, ensuring they won’t trouble me or the Jiang Family, and you will also arrange for me to study abroad in a school of my choice, supporting my scientific research for the next five years."
She believed these conditions would be easy for Pei Ya to meet, so she said them without any sense of burden, yet she still worried that he might not agree.
Qiao Yun observed Jiang Jing.
She kind of admired that Jiang Jing could still make demands at such a moment.
Yes, courageous indeed.
Pei Ya mockingly said, "You sure are delusional."
Jiang Jing’s face turned red with annoyance, her neck stiff as she said, "Just tell me if you agree or not."
Pei Ya shook his head with a tut, "The premise of a deal is equal power between both sides, and you seem to have forgotten that you’re the one begging us. You are desperate, that’s why you came to us."
He’d be a fool to agree.
Pei Ya refused to be taken for a fool.
Jiang Jing’s face turned pale, her lips quivered slightly.
Pei Ya was right, she was indeed desperate, she truly had no grounds to negotiate with them.
Pei Ya said coldly, "You were not invited here; you were brought here against your will. I can hand you over to the Huo Family at any moment."
Jiang Jing panicked, "No, I won’t go back to the Huo Family, he’ll kill me."
"Who will kill you?" Pei Ya narrowed his eyes.
Jiang Jing replied anxiously and subconsciously, "It’s Huo Lin, he wants to kill me."
The three people present were all taken aback.
They all knew very well that Huo Lin had no intention of killing Jiang Jing; if he really had wanted to, he would have done it already. This was just Jiang Jing’s wild guess fueled by too much fear.
Of course, they were not going to tell Jiang Jing the truth.
Pei Ya even agreed, saying: "You need to think carefully, if you return to the Huo Family, you’ll have no life left."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Jing felt a chill through her body, having lost all leverage in negotiations, she was like a fish on a chopping board, at the mercy of others.
She closed her eyes and her shoulders slumped, "I only have one request, I don’t want to be involved in this matter any more."
Pei Ya looked toward Qiao Yun for her opinion.
Qiao Yun nodded subtly without showing any emotions.
She didn’t intend to do anything to Jiang Jing.
As she had said, she never considered Jiang Jing as an opponent.
Jiang Jing got entangled with the affairs of the Future Alliance and also with the Huo Family’s matters; her future had already been lost.
This is what is called reaping what one has sown.
Having received Qiao Yun’s response, Pei Ya agreed with alacrity: "I will ensure your safety, nothing beyond that."
Jiang Jing let out a bitter smile.
In the end, she still didn’t gain anything.
Jiang Jing took a deep breath and slowly said, "I don’t know much, I only managed to get some information when Fu Yun had an episode."
The time when Fu Yun had an episode, she mistook her for someone else and started talking to herself, and later, while Fu Yun was having another episode, Jiang Jing managed to extract quite a few things from her ramblings.
Finally, from these fragments of words, she learned about the things Fu Yun had always wanted to keep hidden.
Pei Ya’s expression turned serious: "What did she say?"
Jiang Jing spoke incoherently: "After she got sick, she mistook me for your mother, kept apologizing to me, saying she was sorry."
"Back when Fu Yao proposed the concept of the AI system, Huo Lin’s father started targeting her. After pressuring Fu Yao to back out, he was always worried that Fu Yao would seek revenge."
"Probably vexed by his constant paranoia, Fu Yun casually said, ’If you’re so afraid, just kill them, what’s there to worry about after that?’"
Jiang Jing paused here, mainly because Pei Ya’s gaze was too terrifying, as if he was about to devour someone. She swallowed nervously and continued: "The speaker meant nothing serious, but the listener took it to heart, and he really took action. Fu Yun realized what he was doing beforehand, but for fear of losing her place in the Huo Family, she didn’t stop him."
"That’s all I know, as for whether it’s really true or not, I have no idea."
Jiang Jing said all that she knew, finally feeling a sense of relief.
Pei Ya felt a buzzing in his head, his eyes red and frightening.
So the reason his parents died was just because of an offhanded remark by Fu Yun?
No wonder Fu Yun acted so crazily upon seeing him; she was one of the murderers too!
Pei Ya vaguely remembered Huo Lin’s father as a refined man, gentle and studious, not someone you would expect to be so ruthless and decisive.
But could he alone really have arranged such a meticulous car accident?
So there must be someone from the Huo Family helping him.
Pei Ya’s voice turned cold: "Who else was involved?"
Jiang Jing felt oppressed by Pei Ya’s imposing manner and struggled for breath, shaking her head frantically, "I don’t know, I really don’t know..."
As she spoke, Jiang Jing seemed to have thought of something, pausing. "I truly don’t know who was involved, but when Fu Yun had her episode, she said something..."
