Chapter 923: Chapter 923: Impossible! We Won’t Do That!

Fu Yun did not want to create a scene in front of Huo Lin. Since Huo Lin already disapproved of her taking Jiujiu away, making a big fuss now would mean she wouldn’t get a chance to see Jiujiu.

Moreover, she hadn’t done anything to Qiao Yun.

Suddenly, Fu Yun felt confident and justified, “Are you trying to blackmail me? That’s illegal.”

Qiao Yun glanced at her, “So was your attempt to confine me just now considered kidnapping?”

Fu Yun: “…”

Fu Yun denied, “I didn’t want to confine you; I just wanted to finish our conversation.”

“That’s unreasonable of you. Not letting me leave is akin to confinement.”

Professor Qiao believed her understanding was correct.

“You…” Fu Yun was rendered speechless and felt a splitting headache, wishing she could faint on the spot, but for some reason, she didn’t want to today at all.

If she had known Qiao Yun was with these people, she wouldn’t have been so assertive.

She was indeed anxious and wanted to quickly take Jiujiu away from this place.

Fu Yun’s lips turned pale. She simply wanted to make amends to Jiujiu; after all, it wasn’t a bad thing, so why was it so difficult to achieve?

She felt an inexplicable irritation inside her, as if a wild beast was rampaging, urging her to vent these emotions.

Fu Yun couldn’t see herself now; her lips were pale, her eyes red, and her face twisted, looking as if she was seriously ill.

Qiao Se carefully observed her, whispering to Qiao Yun, “Her illness isn’t mild. It’s good that we came; otherwise, if she had an episode, she might have hurt you.”

Qiao Yun was observing Fu Yun and couldn’t discern any illness.

Li Hanzhou turned his head towards Qiao Yun, explaining, “It’s a mental illness.”

Qiao Yun wondered if Fu Yun’s illness was related to Fu Yao.

By this time, Fu Yun had calmed down a bit. She glanced at the silent old men and, suppressing her irritation, asked, “Do you gentlemen agree with his approach too? Do you intend to bully a woman like him?”

Could those old fellows not understand the implications of her words?

At their age, bullying a woman could become a laughingstock if word spread out.

But the premise was who was right and who was wrong.

Bullying Xiaoqiao was not acceptable; it would lead to unfavourable outcomes.

Thus, the old fellows turned up their noses, completely ignoring Fu Yun.

“Mrs. Huo, you might as well sit down and wait for Huo Lin to come and take you away,” Li Hanzhou gestured, and the bodyguard outside the private room closed the door.

After saying that, Li Hanzhou didn’t even glance at Fu Yun anymore, and started questioning Qiao Yun in a low voice about what had happened.

The old fellows simply sat down too, starting a casual conversation amongst themselves.

Despite it being Fu Yun’s private room, they comfortably made it look like they were the hosts.

Seeing this, Fu Yun felt her heart sinking, realizing that there was no room for negotiation.

…

City Hospital.

Huo Lin was visiting Adrian.

Adrian’s appearance was unpleasing when he saw Huo Lin. He squinted his trianglar eyes and said weakly, “Mr. Huo still remembers to visit me, I’m genuinely flattered.”

He had been suffering from diarrhea all night, only feeling slightly better today.

Then, Darren informed him that the whole world knew he was hospitalized because of diarrhea.

Adrian was so angry his face turned blue, feeling like he had lost all his dignity.

Huo Lin ignored the innuendo in Adrian’s words, commenting lightly, “It seems the doctor doesn’t have anything serious.”

“What, does Mr. Huo hope something happens to me?” Adrian’s facial expression changed, and he said sharply, “You invited me to China, and you supported me in challenging the Tianqi Research Institute. Are you regretting it now?”

Huo Lin’s eyes twitched, realizing, “Doctor, did you read the comments online?”

Adrian snorted coldly. Being raised abroad, he wasn’t used to beating around the bush and stated bluntly, “Yes, I saw them, and I even find them somewhat justified. When did Mr. Huo become so timid?”

He couldn’t help but suspect that Huo Lin regretted after seeing Tianqi’s technology, fearing that Future Alliance would lose to Tianqi and consequently drag Huo Research Institute down, thus he took action against him.

As long as he was sick, he could not communicate with Tianqi.

Huo Lin shook his head: “The one who made you sick is not me.”

Adrian frowned, disbelievingly asked: “Then who is it?”

Huo Lin spoke calmly, “It’s actually not hard to guess. Who has the doctor offended recently? Surely, you know better than I do.”

Adrian lowered his eyes, pondered for a moment, then suddenly looked up: “Are you saying that the person who made me sick is from Tianqi Research Institute?”

Huo Lin smiled faintly: “See, Doctor, you guessed it.”

“Do you have evidence?”

“I had someone check it out, the last person who went to your room yesterday was not the hotel’s staff. I heard that Tianqi Research Institute has a very skilled doctor, I think it must have been him.”

Huo Lin helplessly said, “Professor Qiao has several students, it is said that each one is not easy to mess with, and they are particularly protective of Professor Qiao.”

Adrian, puffing his cheeks angrily, said: “Damn! They actually dared to do this to me, not following any rules at all!”

Huo Lin just smiled, in this world, there is no rule that says you can’t take action off the field.

Adrian, infuriated, gesticulated wildly: “Now that we have evidence, why not release it? I want to let the whole world know the true face of Tianqi Research Institute!”

“I’m afraid that’s not possible, there’s no concrete evidence.”

That person is very good at finding camera angles, so there was no recording of the face.

At this moment, an assistant came in and quietly said a few words to Huo Lin.

From the beginning, the ever-capable Huo Lin immediately changed his expression, he stood up, and with a serious face said to Adrian: “Doctor, you rest well, Huo Family will take care of your security from now, just wait peacefully until the day of the meeting.”

Now everyone knows that the Future Alliance was brought in by the Huo Family.

Although regardless of win or lose, it won’t benefit the Huo Family, but maybe stimulated by Pei Ya, the calm Huo Lin suddenly wanted to fight for honor.

Huo Lin left the hospital, immediately asked the driver to head to the tea house, which was not far from the hospital, and the car arrived in about fifteen minutes.

Huo Lin, with an extremely grim expression, arrived at the private room entrance, his brow slightly furrowed upon seeing the unfamiliar guards waiting in formation.

The bodyguards had been instructed, so upon seeing Huo Lin, they did not stop him, but opened the door for him.

Huo Lin walked in with a somber expression.

At a glance, his expression slightly changed.

He thought there would only be Li Hanzhou, but unexpectedly there were also several other famous old gentlemen.

He was a bit surprised, but did not show it on his face, even politely greeted each of them.

As the saying goes, you don’t hit a smiling face, the old gentlemen reluctantly responded to Huo Lin.

Fu Yun sat uneasily, pursed his lips and hoarsely said: “Alin, you’re here.”

Huo Lin was still calm, only asking: “What’s the situation now?”

Fu Yun was hesitant, not sure how to explain.

Li Hanzhou had no such reservations, his mouth curving slightly, mockingly said: “Mr. Huo has a wonderful mother, inexplicably pressing down on my girlfriend, how about thinking of kidnapping her?”

Qiao Se, with a serious face, exaggeratedly added: “It’s good that we found out, otherwise if Xiaoqiao got hurt, weak as she is, I would have fought with your Huo Family!”

“We need an explanation for this!” Old Mr. Zhang slammed the table, “How old are you to still bully a young girl.”

The old gentlemen one by one expressed their anger about this matter.

Huo Lin initially thought the old gentlemen were related to Li Hanzhou, but now he saw clearly they knew Qiao Yun and were very protective of her.

Not having time to ponder why Qiao Yun had such a good relationship with them, he was immensely irritated at this moment.

Fu Yun anxiously said: “Alin, it’s a misunderstanding, I didn’t intend to kidnap her, I just wanted to ask for her help.”

Huo Lin asked: “What help?”

“I…” Fu Yun, under pressure, quietly said: “Just wanted her to persuade Jiujiu.”

She didn’t know Qiao Yun was so difficult to handle, otherwise, she wouldn’t have approached Qiao Yun.

Huo Lin didn’t even know what to say, he just felt tired.

Time and time again, when will it ever stop?

Fu Yun looked at Huo Lin’s expression and felt inexplicably panicked, knowing that she had disappointed her son once more.

Huo Lin’s gaze fell on Qiao Yun, explaining, “I am very sorry this happened, my mother is ill, and sometimes she can’t control herself.”

Under the current circumstances, saying anything else is useless, might as well tell the truth.

Fu Yun had a dazed expression, and soon anger towards Huo Lin surfaced in her eyes again.

How could he reveal her illness!

Doesn’t she need any dignity?

Does Alin dislike her now, not wanting to deal with her, so he just doesn’t care anymore?

Qiao Yun hadn’t said a thing, and Qiao Se, the eldest, voiced his dissatisfaction: “To think she’s ill, if she needs treatment, treat her, why let her out!”

Qiao Yun kept a straight face, nodding in agreement.

Right, what if it harms Pei Ya?

Huo Lin frowned unhappily but since they were at fault, he could only endure it, “Miss Qiao, how do you wish to resolve this issue? I will try to accommodate.”

Qiao Yun, with her delicate fingers, lightly tapped on the table, slowly stating, “I like your attitude.”

Professor Qiao says, a sheep delivered to your doorstep should be slaughtered.

Consider it taking revenge for Pei Ya’s parents.

Her eyes turned, an idea forming in her mind.

Qiao Yun, having thought it, stated word by word, “I want the Huo Family to publicly announce, congratulations on Fu Yao’s successful development of the AI system.”

Everyone present was stunned.

Li Hanzhou incredulously raised his eyebrows.

Fu Yun was almost incensed to the brink of a brain hemorrhage by Qiao Yun’s words, uncontrollably shouting, “Impossible! We won’t do such a thing!”

Qiao Yun looked at her, “Then I can only call the police and say you intended to kidnap me.”

Li Hanzhou chimed in, “And to get a few hundred media outlets to report it.”

Fu Yun’s lips trembled, “You cannot do this…”

“Alright.”

Unexpectedly, Huo Lin actually agreed.

Qiao Yun’s clear eyes looked at him.

Huo Lin’s expression was unflinching, “I agree.”

Fu Yun staggered a few steps, and if not for Jiang Jing’s quick reaction to support her, she might have fallen.

She said incredulously, “Alin, what did you say? You agreed?”

Huo Lin’s face was unchanged, “Yes, I agreed.”

Fu Yun felt as if her throat was choked, unable to speak for a moment.

Her body trembled with anger, and it took her a while to regain her senses, disregarding the many people present, she harshly slapped Huo Lin.

“Do you know what this means? It means the Huo Family acknowledges the AI system was first created by your aunt! You will destroy your dad’s reputation, what about the credibility of the Huo Family?”

Huo Lin didn’t dodge, only furrowing his brows slightly, “So you prefer to be reported by the media, you want to kidnap Miss Qiao?”

He knew Li Hanzhou would do as he said.

Ever since his last meeting with Pei Ya and due to his mother’s evasive behavior, he had already formed certain speculations about past events.

And possibly because of his father’s influence, he actually despised the AI system project, having not heavily invested in the Huo Research Institute over the years.

Even if the Huo Research Institute really fell apart, the Huo Family wouldn’t go down.

The other reason Huo Lin agreed was that he wanted his mother to let go of her worries.

Fu Yun was almost beside herself with anger.

This can’t be done!

After suffering so severely in the past, in the end, all her efforts are in vain.

Qiao Yun didn’t care about Fu Yun’s thoughts, her face tense as she said to Huo Lin, “You need to walk the talk.”

Huo Lin nodded, “Don’t worry, I won’t break my word.”

Li Hanzhou shook his phone, “Even if you do, it doesn’t matter, I have a recording, Mr. Huo probably does not want the whole world to know.”

Qiao Yun gave Li Hanzhou an approving look.

With the issue resolved and even exceeding her expectations, Qiao Yun, in a good mood, did not linger.

Huo Lin watched Qiao Yun’s departing figure.

He was very curious about this person, Qiao Yun.

Previously, he had people look into Qiao Yun, and the information obtained was ordinary, without a hint of suspicion.

However, it was the squeaky-clean record that made him suspicious.

Today, he saw that Qiao Yun was surrounded by important figures.

Huo Lin’s lips curved slightly in amusement, thinking wryly, it couldn’t be that Qiao Yun is actually Professor Qiao…

“Alin!”

Huo Lin’s drifting thoughts were pulled back by Fu Yun’s furious shout.

Fu Yun, in a fit of fury, grabbed a teacup from the table and ferociously smashed it towards Huo Lin.

One wasn’t enough, she threw a second, mumbling, “You’re mad, how could you agree to her, you are no son of mine! You’ve disappointed me so much! What about Jiujiu, right, I need to take Jiujiu away, will he hate the Huo Family, I need to lock him up, not to let him leave me…”

She was frantic.

Huo Lin slowly pulled out a napkin from the table, wiping the blood off his forehead.

Indeed, his head was bloody from being hit.

He didn’t soothe Fu Yun, instead, he had the bodyguards escort her away.

Then, he turned his attention to Jiang Jing, who was shocked stiff.

Just a glance.

Jiang Jing, terrified, gulped down saliva, promising, “I don’t know anything.”

Only then did Huo Lin withdraw his gaze and leave the private room.

Jiang Jing collapsed on the chair.

Stunned by today’s events.

She was unclear about the matters of the Huo Family.

All her attention was now on Qiao Yun.

She thought she had secured a strong support, yet still found herself outclassed by Qiao Yun.

Jiang Jing clenched her fists in jealousy, thinking darkly, it’s still not enough… she needs greater power!

…

Meanwhile.

When Qiao Yun returned to the original room, Pei Ya arrived soon after. Learning what Qiao Yun had done while he was away, he stared at her with a very bizarre look.

Qiao Yun slightly tilted her head, “What?”

Pei Ya parted his lips, as if in disbelief, “My longstanding wish, you just fulfilled it like that?”

“Ah.”

Qiao Yun looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Pei Ya’s mouth agape.

Fuck!

Huge problem now!