Chapter 915: Chapter 915: Why Have You Never Doubted?

He originally thought she was just an ordinary girl raised by the Qiao Family, the lost daughter of the Lu Family, the girlfriend of Li Hanzhou.

Now, looking at it this way, he might have been mistaken.

Thinking about the recent events, it seems that every time there was a shadow of Qiao Yun, including the issue of the Future Alliance challenging Tianqi, it was Qiao Yun who first stepped forward, and Tianqi even tacitly approved her approach.

Huo Lin’s inscrutable gaze involuntarily fell on Qiao Yun’s face, and before he could analyze further, Pei Ya blocked his view, displeasedly saying, “What are you looking at? Don’t you know she’s taken?”

Qiao Yun’s expression remained unchanged; she was used to being looked at and didn’t feel anything special, and moreover, Huo Lin’s gaze contained no admiration, it was more like he was sizing her up.

Huo Lin calmly retracted his gaze, “Do you care about her much?”

“What does it matter whether I do or not?”

Pei Ya was puzzled why Huo Lin was asking this.

“So, do you like her?”

“Are you always this nosy?”

Huo Lin then stopped speaking; indeed, he had intended to probe into Qiao Yun’s background, always feeling that this young girl was not as simple as she appeared on the surface.

Pei Ya huffed lightly and said to Qiao Yun, “Let’s go quickly, they must have been waiting for a while.”

“Yes.” Qiao Yun had never looked Huo Lin directly in the eyes from the beginning to the end.

Huo Lin’s brows raised slightly, not out of arrogance, but knowing his status, no one with knowledge of his identity has ever remained as composed as Qiao Yun, unless she was always dealing with significant figures, which could forge such detachment.

Pei Ya took a few steps, seemed to recall something, turned back to Huo Lin, who was still standing there pondering, and said, “Also, have you never asked about Fu Yun’s past?”

Huo Lin suddenly came back to reality, his heart sinking.

He had asked.

But his mother had never answered directly.

She only told him not to dwell on the past, after all, Fu Yao was his aunt.

His mother had always been a softhearted person; otherwise, she would not have taken Jiang Jing as her goddaughter; he did not want to stir up bad memories for her, thus he had never pressed the issue.

Was there something about the past he didn’t know?

Huo Lin pressed his fingers to his forehead, feeling somewhat irritated; he looked up at the departing back of Pei Ya and finally turned to leave.

…

“Boss, have you guys been waiting for me for a long time?”

Pei Ya touched his head, embarrassed yet speechless, and said, “I didn’t expect to run into them here.”

He did not elaborate on what happened with them.

He mainly didn’t want to sully Professor Qiao’s ears.

Disgust flashed across Pei Ya’s face: “It’s really funny, she actually wanted me to go with her, I don’t know where she got the courage, maybe because I am now the chairman of Shengqiao.”

Qiao Yun’s eyes moved slightly, and she asked in a faint voice, “Do you want to leave?”

“How could I.” Pei Ya shook his head, “I am already doing well by not hating her.”

Because of a human casualty in the Huo Family’s AI system testing, his mother once blamed herself, thinking she was also responsible, so before passing away, she had instructed him not to hate Fu Yun.

Qiao Yun recalled what Li Hanzhou had mentioned before, she asked, “How exactly did your parents die?”

Pei Ya had mentioned it to Qiao Yun before, and now being asked again, he said with a sorrowful expression, “Car accident, on the way to the airport, they collided with a large truck, the accident was caused by the driver’s fatigue, though he also paid with his life…”

His parents didn’t survive, and not wanting to be sent back to Fu Yun, he simply ran away.

He suffered a lot in between, but fortunately, things have gotten better now.

Thinking of this, Pei Ya recalled what Huo Lin had just said, furrowing his brow in confusion, “It’s strange, it was clearly a car accident, why did Huo Lin ask how I survived a plane crash?”

He guessed that Fu Yun hadn’t told Huo Lin the truth.

But was there a need to lie about such a thing?

Pei Ya stroked his chin, his face thoughtful, always feeling that something was off.

Qiao Yun responded very directly, “Have you never considered that it might not have been an accident?”

Pei Ya was completely stunned, even stopping in his tracks, his mind went blank for a long while before he stuttered, “Could it, could it really be like that?”

Qiao Yun, however, found it strange and said, “Why have you never doubted it?”

Pei Ya’s expression froze, and he pursed his lips, “Although Fu Yun also asked my mother to transfer the rights to the AI system, I feel that she wouldn’t do such a thing.”

Qiao Yun asked him, “Why?”

Pei Ya sighed, “I haven’t mentioned to you, but she and my mother are orphans, so they depended on each other from a young age, and their relationship is still very good. Although she did that later, my mother never hated Fu Yun; on the contrary, she worried a lot that Fu Yun was being used by the Huo Family.”

After all, an orphan marrying into a wealthy family, it does seem quite strange.

I didn’t notice anything wrong when there were no issues.

After the incident, all the irregularities emerged.

But surely Fu Yun was also willing.

Qiao Yun did not continue to inquire, and her clear beautiful eyes sized up Pei Ya, finally concluding in her heart.

Pei Ya really is a kind-hearted child.

Pei Ya thought reflectively, just because Fu Yun wouldn’t do it, doesn’t mean other members of the Huo Family wouldn’t, if the car accident really wasn’t an accident…

A fierce glint flashed through Pei Ya’s eyes, worried that Qiao Yun would see his dark side, he immediately smiled at Qiao Yun the next second, avoiding the topic of the Huo Family, and started discussing the symposium with her.

“Let’s hold the symposium in Shangjing City, Professor Qiao, it’s almost September, you should be going back to school.”

Professor Qiao had originally planned to return to Shangjing City right after the conference but now got held back.

Qiao Yun replied, “You decide, I’m fine with anything.”

She just needs to focus on the symposium.

“Alright, I’ll decide then. As for Adrian and his group’s opinion…” Pei Ya snorted, “They don’t have a say.”

If you want to challenge them, naturally you need to listen to their arrangements.

That’s how cool it is!

Elsewhere.

Fu Yun held her forehead, her complexion frighteningly pale, until Huo Lin pushed the door of the private room and entered, she anxiously asked, “What did Jiujiu say, did he blame me?”

Huo Lin said solemnly, “Mom, if he doesn’t want to recognize you, just let it be.”

“How can I let it be! He’s the only family I have left. Is it because you won’t let him come back! You just hate that I always think about him, don’t you!”

Fu Yun angrily picked up the water cup on the table and threw it at Huo Lin.

Huo Lin expressionlessly dodged to the side.

As the water cup hit the ground, making a crisp sound, Fu Yun seemed to snap out of her emotion, suddenly shivering, and with a panicked look said, “Sorry, mom didn’t do it on purpose, mom was just too worked up, don’t blame me.”

Huo Lin flicked his sleeve that got splashed with water, speaking deliberately slow, “Are you hiding something from me?”