Chapter 925: Chapter 925: Is Everyone Thinking: Have They Gone Mad?

Qiao Yun blinked, unusually dazed for once.

Li Hanzhou held Qiao Yun’s small hand, “Don’t worry about him; he’ll handle it well.”

Qiao Yun acknowledged with an ‘Oh,’ and stood up following the pull from Li Hanzhou’s force.

“Let’s go back.”

“Okay.”

Everyone else had run off, there was no point in staying any longer.

Qiao Yun wanted to do something for Pei Ya, but thinking it over, Pei Ya was a very capable person and probably didn’t need her meddling.

Li Hanzhou seemed to have read Qiao Yun’s thoughts, and said in a low voice, “You helped him a lot this time. What he wanted most was for the Huo Family to personally acknowledge that the AI system belonged to his mother.”

Qiao Yun instantly became happy, her eyes shining, and she humbly said, “She came to me on her own, so I can’t be blamed.”

“Mhm, you did the right thing.” Li Hanzhou patted her small head.

The two walked to the parking lot, where Li Hanzhou opened the door for Qiao Yun first, waiting for her to get seated. Only then did he walk around to the other side to enter the car.

Qiao Yun was about to buckle up, but Li Hanzhou was quicker.

The man turned his body, his long and pale fingers pulling over the seatbelt and buckling it.

With Qiao Yun seemingly embraced by him, as Li Hanzhou turned to the side, her hair brushed against his nose, tickling her slightly. Qiao Yun took a sniff, detecting a pleasant scent.

Fresh, reminiscent of bamboo shoots after rain.

For some reason, she felt her face flush, making her turn her head away uncomfortably.

Despite not doing anything excessive, why was her heart racing a bit faster?

Qiao Yun suddenly realized that, without her knowing, Li Hanzhou had become very attractive to her.

After Li Hanzhou fastened Qiao Yun’s seatbelt, he saw Qiao Yun staring resolutely out the window, and couldn’t help but chuckle, “What’s so interesting outside? More interesting than looking at me?”

Qiao Yun turned her head back in a second, saying honestly, “You’re more interesting to look at.”

Li Hanzhou felt like he was being flirted with, even though the person flirting had no such intention.

Qiao Yun pursed her lips, her eyes flickering, and she changed the subject, “How did you know where I was?”

Li Hanzhou instantly knew what Qiao Yun was referring to, pinched her hand, and said, “Maybe it’s because of our connection.”

Qiao Yun remained cold-faced.

She didn’t believe it at all.

Li Hanzhou didn’t tease her any longer, telling her the truth, “There are bodyguards of mine nearby, the second you walked away with Fu Yun, I knew.”

Qiao Yun knew that Li Hanzhou was protecting her, so she didn’t think much of it, saying, “Actually, you don’t have to bother, this matter has nothing to do with you.”

The Huo Family had significant influence in Harbor K.

The lack of action now didn’t mean there wouldn’t be any in the future.

Qiao Yun simply didn’t want Li Hanzhou to wade into muddy waters.

Moreover, since the matter originated from Pei Ya, it really had nothing to do with Li Hanzhou.

Li Hanzhou knew there was no other implication in Qiao Yun’s words; it was all for his sake, but he still felt stifled, giving him a sense of being unable to provide Qiao Yun with support.

This feeling lasted only a moment; Li Hanzhou laughed lightly, unconcerned, “Didn’t you say Pei Ya is my kid now? So how is it not my business?”

Qiao Yun: “…”

She was at a loss for words.

Li Hanzhou saw that Qiao Yun had nothing to say, and with a particularly good mood, he laughed, “I didn’t do much, just made them think that I’m your backing.”

Now everyone outside, including the Huo Family, thought that he was Qiao Yun’s supporter.

They were blind to the truth.

Li Hanzhou thought, could his role in life really just be to play a mountain in name only?

Qiao Yun earnestly said, “I am also your mountain to lean on.”

Li Hanzhou then smiled, giving a light ‘hmm’ in response.

Fine, being each other’s support didn’t seem too bad.

…

On the other side.

Fu Yun had taken medicine, and her emotions had completely settled down. She lay weakly in bed, holding Huo Lin’s hand tightly, looking at the treated wound on his forehead and asking worriedly, “Does it hurt?”

Huo Lin spoke softly, “It doesn’t hurt.”

Fu Yun’s eyes brimmed with hot tears: “Mom’s sorry, don’t be mad at mom.”

Huo Lin uttered a customary “hmm,” “Rest well.”

After speaking, he stood up, intending to leave.

Fu Yun looked at him with a worried gaze, almost pleadingly saying: “Alin, tell mom, you’re lying to her, right?”

Huo Lin’s eyebrows slightly furrowed, staring into Fu Yun’s eyes for a moment, then decisively said: “No.”

Fu Yun felt as though she had been petrified, then the next second her expression twisted again: “Why won’t you listen to me!! How did you become like this!”

Huo Lin’s eyes darkened as he said self-mockingly: “But mom, wasn’t what she said the truth?”

Fu Yun was stunned, staring incredulously, unable to believe that Huo Lin would defy her.

Her son had always been obedient.

Whatever she asked of him, he never objected.

Huo Lin, annoyed, tugged at his tie, “I’m not an idiot, with things having gone this far, do you really think I can’t guess whose AI system it actually is?”

Fu Yun’s lips trembled, “Shut up.”

Huo Lin didn’t shut up, continuing: “It’s from my aunt, right?”

Fu Yun suddenly clutched at the fabric over her chest, breathing with some difficulty.

Huo Lin did not look too cheerful.

All his life, what he thought he knew was all wrong; he had even mocked Pei Ya as a thief.

Now he himself had become a thief.

“No, it isn’t,” Fu Yun clenched her teeth, struggling to say: “It’s your father’s! You cannot let your father be disgraced, you can’t do this…”

Huo Lin said expressionlessly: “If I don’t do this, things will only get worse.”

If Pei Ya hadn’t appeared, even knowing the truth, although he would be sorry, he would still choose to hide it.

But now that Pei Ya has appeared, and with Shengqiao backing him, the consequence of a fight to the end would be mutual destruction.

The Huo Family would plummet.

He weighed the pros and cons before agreeing to Qiao Yun’s terms.

Fu Yun couldn’t comprehend at all, hysterically yelling, scolding Huo Lin for being unfilial, and even went so far as to harshly say: “Don’t force me to cut ties with you!”

Huo Lin’s eyelids didn’t even twitch, “Rest well.”

Fu Yun was incredulous.

How could her son become more and more disobedient.

She suddenly panicked.

It felt as though something always in her grip was no longer hers.

Fu Yun thought miserably, why can’t anyone understand her, not Pei Ya, not Huo Lin.

How did things turn out this way.

Right, it’s Qiao Yun.

Everything started from when she talked to Qiao Yun.

Fu Yun faintly regretted, somewhat vexed by why she had sought out Qiao Yun.

…

Huo Lin did as he said.

That very night.

The Huo Research Institute’s external communication account reposted the news about Tianqi’s release of the AI system.

Accompanying text: [Congratulations to Ms. Fu Yao, wish fulfilled, it’s truly a pity without you at Huo’s.]

A short sentence, but it contained a lot of information.

The internet had not yet blown up in hot debate, but the tech circle had already exploded.

Everyone knew that Huo’s was researching an AI system, and everyone knew that the AI system released by Tianqi was developed by Fu Yao, later they also knew that Fu Yao worked at the Huo Research Institute.

Now what was the Huo Research Institute doing, hitting themselves in the face?

Are they insane!

Everyone was thinking: Have they gone mad?