Chapter 914: Chapter 914: He is the thief

“You’re calling me a thief?” Pei Ya pointed at himself, his face displaying an incredulous look as if to say ‘are you out of your mind’.

Huo Lin did not argue with him but stated plainly, “Others might not see it, but I can tell. The AI system released by Tianqi is based on the Huo Family’s AI system, and some functions are even wholly retained.”

The Huo Family had researched this for so long and although it had stalled at one point, due to his father’s involvement, he paid close attention to this project, and no one, aside from the project team, knew the AI system better than him.

Moreover, when Fu Yao left the Huo Family, she deleted the AI system data, yet now it appears with Pei Ya.

He didn’t even suspect it; he was certain that Fu Yao had stolen the data.

Huo Lin eyed Pei Ya, who looked unconvinced, and suddenly laughed mockingly: “Do you think what I said is wrong?”

This was the first time he had seen a thief get angrier than the victim.

If it hadn’t been for the sake of his mother, he wouldn’t be speaking to Pei Ya so calmly right now.

Thinking of how much his mother cared for Pei Ya, Huo Lin paused, then said with a sardonic smile, “I forgot, the aunt herself is a thief, she ruined the entire Huo Family, yet only my mother still thinks about her, even cares about you.”

Pei Ya should feel angry or furious hearing this, but instead, he felt unusually calm, looking at Huo Lin with sympathetic eyes, incomprehensibly saying, “So that’s the case, no wonder you dare to call me a thief.”

It turns out Huo Lin didn’t know anything.

Fu Yun probably hadn’t mentioned to Huo Lin that the AI system was originally his mother’s concept, and it was Huo Lin’s father, driven by greed, who wanted to seize it, with Fu Yun as an accomplice.

Their actions led to his parents’ deaths.

Pei Ya could never see the Huo Family in a good light.

As for Huo Lin.

Though ignorance isn’t culpable, blindly accusing without verifying the facts, he still found Huo Lin disagreeable.

Pei Ya knew, given Huo Lin’s current convictions, even if he spoke the truth, Huo Lin wouldn’t believe it; he might even think he was lying.

He didn’t want to waste time on meaningless arguments, but he also didn’t want Huo Lin calling his mother a thief.

Pei Ya, with a face full of sympathy, said: “I thought someone who could take the position of Family Head of the Huo Family would have to be very smart. It seems you’re just so-so.”

Huo Lin frowned in confusion: “What do you mean, what are you trying to say?”

“Oh, I want to say…” Pei Ya put away his frivolous expression, looking at him coldly: “Do you really think the AI system was created by your father?”

Huo Lin’s gaze was strange: “You ask this question, are you trying to say the AI system is your mother’s?”

Pei Ya slightly opened his mouth, then clapped his hands, “I really don’t know whether to call you smart or shortsighted. Even if I say so, you wouldn’t believe it, right?”

Huo Lin didn’t respond, but his expression said it all.

Pei Ya nodded knowingly: “If that’s the case then let me ask you, you think it’s my mother who harmed your father, then why would Fu Yun want to take me, the son of his mortal enemy, back with him?”

Huo Lin was slightly stunned; he had thought about this issue before but had no answers.

In the end, he could only conclude it was because Fu Yao was his mother’s blood sister. Being close-knit, she couldn’t bear to leave Pei Ya without any relatives.

Pei Ya said to himself: “Right, there’s another thing, I hope you understand clearly…”

He looked coldly at Huo Lin, “The AI data my mother gave me was already refined, only lacking final testing. As far as I know, didn’t the Huo Family’s testing fail years ago? Strange, isn’t it? Since it was supposedly developed by your father, how come the version my mother gave me was refined yet he failed? Wasn’t he the one who knew the AI system best? It still failed; could it be…”

He retorted mockingly: “Maybe he was the real thief.”

Huo Lin fell silent.

In his memory, his father was always in the laboratory, obsessed with research to the extent that even his mother met him because she went to the Huo Family to see Fu Yao, and through her introduction, they got married.

He knew his father valued the AI system greatly, often saying that if the technology succeeded, it would surely cause a global sensation.

And he ultimately failed.

Now someone is telling him that the facts he believed in might be false.

However, Huo Lin didn’t feel any surprise in his heart.

He was too angry before to think deeply about it.

Now, hearing Pei Ya say so, he even finds it somewhat reasonable.

Why is the product in Fu Yao’s hands successful, while the one in his father’s hands failed…

He suppressed the unbelievable guess in his heart, his Adam’s apple moving, and looking at Pei Ya with his profound eyes, he slowly said, “Ridiculous, just with your words, do you think I would believe you?”

Pei Ya, however, had an innocent look and said, “I didn’t ask you to believe me, my mouth is on my body, I can say whatever I want. After all, neither of us are the parties involved, you can say my mother is a thief, why can’t I say your father is a thief?”

Huo Lin was rendered speechless by what Pei Ya said, and he laughed, “You really have changed from before.”

The childhood Pei Jiu could barely give him a glance.

Now he talks quite a bit.

Pei Ya responded, “Thanks for the compliment.”

Huo Lin: “…”

Wasn’t he being sarcastic, where was the compliment!

Pei Ya obviously had some frustrations to vent and wanted to say something more to irritate Huo Lin, but that’s when Qiao Yun came over.

She was looking for Pei Ya, having just received a message from him that he had arrived, and after waiting a long time without seeing him, she came out to check.

Then she saw Pei Ya boastfully talking with Huo Lin.

From her perspective, Pei Ya even looked a bit like a triumphant villain, hmm… somewhat like a major antagonist in a TV drama, which was quite annoying to see.

Qiao Yun gently shook her head, throwing out the messy thoughts in her mind, she didn’t look at Huo Lin, and only said to Pei Ya, “Let’s go.”

Huo Lin was quite surprised when he saw Qiao Yun.

He still remembered how the Qiao Family had refused their request for medical help because of Qiao Yun, but these past few days the matter had been put aside due to the Tianqi press conference.

His mother’s condition today worried him that her illness might have worsened again, and seeing Qiao Yun, he hesitated a moment, wanting to go up and ask her what conditions she needed to relent.

Prompter than him was Pei Ya.

The Pei Ya who was just looking defensive is now obediently saying, “I’m leaving right away.”

Huo Lin was amazed.

His gaze shifted between Pei Ya and Qiao Yun a few times.

If he wasn’t mistaken.

It seems like Pei Ya really listens to Qiao Yun???

Is it an illusion?

Why would Pei Ya listen to Qiao Yun, could it be that he likes her?

But he didn’t see any love in Pei Ya’s eyes.

Huo Lin only felt that the relationship between these two was very complicated, especially Qiao Yun…