Hidden identities of the AI Heiress-Chapter 991: Series of Traps, Collapse, Learning the Truth

Chapter 991: Chapter 991: Series of Traps, Collapse, Learning the Truth

"No! It’s not true!"

Fu Yun yelled back, cold sweat instantly forming on her forehead. Her limbs went numb and stiff, and her head buzzed incessantly. "Who said it? Is it her? Is she lying to you again?"

Saying this, she glared furiously at Qiao Yun.

Qiao Yun blinked, refusing to take the blame. In a calm voice, she replied, "If you don’t want people to find out, then you shouldn’t have done it in the first place."

Fu Yun pressed her lips tightly together and stayed silent.

Pei Ya’s eyes were bloodshot. "You think I haven’t investigated you?"

Fu Yun opened her mouth, immediately recalling what Huo Yaozong had mentioned to her earlier—that Pei Ya was digging into her. It turned out to be true.

She collapsed weakly into a chair, looking fragile and defeated.

"I know everything you’ve done. I just didn’t expect you’d make a move before I did."

Pei Ya looked both furious and powerless.

Seeing him like this, Fu Yun laughed coldly. "Even if it’s related to me, what can you do now?"

Pei Ya gritted his teeth, his face full of defiance.

Suddenly, Fu Yun seemed to calm down.

Indeed.

Right now, everyone was in her grasp. She could do whatever she wanted.

This matter had been bottled up in her heart for so many years. Now that it had surfaced again, she couldn’t hold back, blurting out, "I didn’t want to do it. It was Yaoyao who was disobedient, who didn’t think about me."

"So it was you after all!" 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Even though he already knew the truth, hearing Fu Yun admit it herself made Pei Ya seethe with hatred.

Qiao Yun couldn’t help glancing at Pei Ya.

Receiving Qiao Yun’s concerned look, Pei Ya took a deep breath and steadied himself. "Why did you do this?"

"You think marrying into the Huo Family is such a great thing?" Fu Yun’s gaze was full of resentment. "He didn’t marry me sincerely—it was just to secure Yaoyao. I looked glorious on the outside but was nothing more than a bargaining chip!"

Fu Yun had long understood that the Huo Family only noticed her because of Fu Yao.

"Since Yaoyao wasn’t interested in him, they naturally targeted me instead. But it worked out—we each had our needs and used each other."

She ignored Pei Ya and seemed lost in her own memories, muttering to herself, "But I wasn’t happy at all. They all looked down on me. I needed an opportunity to make them fully accept me."

Pei Ya said coldly, "So you set your sights on my mother’s research."

Fu Yun paused and then admitted without hiding, "Yes. I knew he coveted Yaoyao’s research, so I tried to persuade her. But she refused!"

She shouted angrily, "Over such a small matter, she said no! She never considered me—so why should I consider her?"

Pei Ya couldn’t believe it. "So you just stood by and let my parents die?"

Fu Yun’s face twisted with both grief and malice. "I didn’t expect him to be so ruthless. I thought he was joking!"

Pei Ya sneered. "Who are you trying to fool? Weren’t you the one who gave him the idea?"

Fu Yun looked blank. "Was it me? So it was me... Oh, I remember now. I was so angry back then that I said it by accident."

Seeing that Fu Yun was showing signs of losing her mind again, Pei Ya pressed her, "You admit it. You’re the murderer who killed my parents!"

Fu Yun’s eyes filled with tears as she stared into the void. "Yaoyao, forgive me. I didn’t do it on purpose. You didn’t help me—you can’t blame me."

Pei Ya told her, "My mother knew you wanted to harm her long ago. But she still believed in you. That’s why she let her guard down—even on the verge of death, she told me not to come after you."

Fu Yun froze, shaking her head in disbelief. "Impossible..."

"Otherwise, why do you think I haven’t sought revenge until now?"

Tears streamed down Fu Yun’s face. She stared blankly, completely devastated.

Pei Ya said coldly, "It’s tragic that Huo Lin has a mother like you."

Hearing this, Fu Yun’s expression shifted rapidly. Unable to hold back, she confessed, "When he was first born, I wished I could strangle him."

Qiao Yun furrowed her brows and said, her voice cold, "You don’t deserve to be a mother."

Fu Yun had no intention of showing kindness to Qiao Yun. Now that she had them both captive, with no chance of escape, she started confessing all the secrets she had buried for years.

"He’s not even my biological son."

"What?"

Pei Ya was stunned.

Even Qiao Yun was slightly taken aback.

Fu Yun snapped angrily, "He’s the bastard child of his father and his ex-girlfriend! If I didn’t need him to secure my position in the Huo Family, I would’ve strangled him long ago!"

Pei Ya, though shocked, thought this might actually be a good thing.

If Huo Lin found out the truth, if he knew Fu Yun’s true thoughts, would he still defend her?

After venting, Fu Yun seemed to feel much better. She walked up to Pei Ya and said affectionately, "Auntie will make it up to you. Even though you’ve lost your parents, you still have Auntie. We’re the only blood relatives left in this world."

Pei Ya’s eyes were dark, his silence hiding a murderous intent.

Qiao Yun noticed his emotions hovering on the edge of losing control and suddenly spoke up, "Do you know how you managed to kidnap me?"

Fu Yun’s attention shifted away from Pei Ya. She sneered, "It wasn’t difficult to deal with you."

Qiao Yun shook her head, her voice calm. "You’re wrong. You captured me so easily because I let you."

Fu Yun froze, clearly unable to comprehend what Qiao Yun meant.

Let her?

Qiao Yun said nothing more. She walked over to the vase sitting on the small round table and softly said, "You can come out now."

Fu Yun’s mind completely blanked out.

Before she could process it, the door to the room suddenly swung open. She instinctively turned her head to look.

The moment she saw who it was, her pupils shrank sharply, and it felt like she had been struck by lightning.

Li Hanzhou entered from outside, his expression lazy and indifferent. With an effortless motion, he threw Huo Yaozong, whom he had been dragging in one hand, onto the floor.

Huo Yaozong landed with a thud, hurriedly scrambling to his feet. His face was pale with fear as he stammered to Pei Ya, "I didn’t do anything! I lied before! I didn’t know what she’d done! I wasn’t involved in any of it!"

He had overheard everything Fu Yun had said just now.

Never in his wildest dreams did he think it was truly Fu Yun and her "good fourth brother" behind it all.

He had thought he fooled Pei Ya—but it turned out he had been caught in their trap from the beginning.

Huo Yaozong was overcome with regret.

Regret to the point of pain.

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