Chapter 929: Chapter 929: Lu Erge’s Downfall

Qiao Yun lowered her head again, and in just a short while, S had already sent several messages over.

[S: The food in China is really fantastic, Q, you’re so lucky to be able to eat such delicious food every day.]

[S: But I wish the person next to me would shut up. I just want to quietly enjoy the food, not listen to his nonsense. Oh, my god, why can’t he just shut up.]

Qiao Yun raised her eyebrows and finally replied: [You’ve arrived?]

[S: Yes, Q, are you coming over? I can’t wait to see you, and it’s not just me; the other members of the association are very curious about you, our mysterious chairman. Hahaha, I’m not going to let them see you, you’re my treasure alone.]

Qiao Yun replied expressionlessly: [Aren’t your fingers tired?]

She was trying to make S realize that he was rambling too much.

[S: Are you concerned about me? Oh my god, I’m so touched, you actually care about people. Are you in love?]

Qiao Yun: “…”

Seeing that Qiao Yun was constantly looking at her phone, Pei Ya thought she was chatting with Li Hanzhou, but Qiao Yun’s expression didn’t seem like it.

He was incredibly curious and directly asked, “Boss, who are you chatting with?”

Qiao Yun replied succinctly: “A netizen.”

“Huh?” Pei Ya looked astonished.

It was indeed very rare for Professor Qiao to have a netizen.

What shocked him even more was that someone could actually become netizens with Professor Qiao!

Qiao Yun casually put away her phone and lifted her chin slightly, “Let’s go in.”

“Oh, oh.” Pei Ya came back to his senses and accompanied Qiao Yun to the elevator, chatting in a casual manner during the wait, “By the way, the Huo family will participate in this exchange event as well. The Huo family’s position today is not without strength.”

Qiao Yun nodded: “Okay, I know.”

She wasn’t worried at all. Mingling with the Huo family wouldn’t affect her in any way.

Professor Qiao has always been that confident.

Pei Ya sneered: “I thought after what happened, the Huo family would keep a low profile, but I didn’t expect them to still want to challenge Tianqi.”

Pausing for a moment, Pei Ya added with a look of having seen through it all: “I can probably guess what Huo Lin intends. Isn’t it just to prove the real power of the Huo family? This person’s thoughts are really complex.”

Previously, Pei Ya almost thought that Huo Lin was a good person, but later discovered what a good person Huo Lin was–with such a heavy-heartedness.

Moreover, he was decisive and bold in his actions.

What was more infuriating is that, unlike others who like to scheme behind the scenes, he does things openly, making it impossible to fault him for anything.

Qiao Yun’s expression didn’t change, and she said in an indifferent tone, “One less, one more, it’s all the same.”

Pei Ya smiled in agreement: “True.”

They still didn’t know what kind of opponent they were about to face.

Qiao Yun always had the feeling of bullying kids, not because she was overconfident in herself, but because she was inherently on a different level, with a different spectrum of knowledge.

Pei Ya continued: “It probably won’t be long before I know the things I didn’t know back then.”

Ever since he had complained to Huo Lin in front of Huo Yaozong.

Huo Yaozong had not had an easy time these days, being on the verge of being excluded from the Huo family.

Even the power he held in his hands was being divided up by Huo Lin.

Now his branch’s standing in the Huo family was getting lower and lower.

Huo Lin was never soft on the parasites within the family.

Huo Yaozong couldn’t understand why Huo Lin would lay hands on him; after all, he had been very busy recently. At least Pei Ya could have some peace now, not needing to watch Huo Yaozong’s acting.

Pei Ya sighed and said, “People, once driven to desperation, are capable of anything.”

He was waiting for Huo Yaozong to be pushed into a corner by Huo Lin and come begging to him, at which point he would have the leverage to negotiate.

Qiao Yun nodded, her gaze becoming a bit more focused as if thinking of something, then asked, “Has Fu Yun contacted you?”

Pei Ya replied indifferently, “No, she’s been very quiet, which is good for me; I’d rather not deal with her. Hiss, for some reason, she feels very strange to me.”

Qiao Yun made a noncommittal sound and didn’t press further.

Pei Ya was an adult; he could handle his own matters.

She wouldn’t intervene too much; the most important thing right now was the conference.

To call it a conference is a bit of an understatement; it was more like a grand technology competition extravaganza, and Pei Ya suddenly remembered something ridiculous, laughing wryly, “Boss, do you know? Recently, Beijing’s mayor, when unable to contact Tianqi directly, reached out to me. They hinted quite openly that they wanted to get involved in the conference, saying they couldn’t lose face for Beijing, treating this conference as if it were a significant national event.”

Qiao Yun blinked, not expecting things to get so lively.

Pei Ya continued, “Just in these past days, several groups of foreigners have arrived, and even foreign media has gathered in quite a number; the focus is even greater than Tianqi’s product launch. Let me find some news for you.”

Pei Ya was actually quite a gossip, about to look for news to show Qiao Yun when the elevator arrived.

He fiddled with his phone as he stepped in.

Qiao Yun followed him and pressed the button for the top floor.

Pei Ya, seeing something on his phone, suddenly cursed, “Are these people idiots or what?”

“What happened?” Qiao Yun asked, puzzled.

Pei Ya complained, “It’s just the stupid masses who are ignorant. The competition hasn’t even started, and they’re already writing you off.”

This was a rare opportunity to see the many domestic and international tech tycoons at once, leaving the local netizens in awe. They were worried that Qiao Yun would feel nervous and end up embarrassing China, with many people going to Lu Zhanxing’s social media to provide her mental support.

Yet there were also those who maliciously attacked her, telling her to back out, fearing she’d go weak-kneed, and even mentioning the Future Alliance’s resume.

This scared Qiao Yun’s anxious supporters into losing confidence in her.

Pei Ya was about to curse when he suddenly froze and said, “Eh, Lu brother has entered the fray.”

Qiao Yun frowned and looked at Pei Ya’s phone.

Just an hour ago, in response to those writing off Qiao Yun, Lu Zhanxing directly engaged them with a strong reply: Have the guts not to delete your comment, and wait for your faces to be slapped.

That was the kind of assertion and confidence he had.

The detractor, not to be outdone, replied: Hmph, it’s not certain yet who will be the one getting slapped. If she can create a miracle, I’ll stand on my head and eat shit.

Lu Zhanxing: You’d better be ready to do it!

The big star himself getting into the scuffle with trolls and even making bets with them, instantly caused this to trend online, adding heat to the whole affair.

Qiao Yun stated: As long as you guys are happy.

Nevertheless, she quietly took out her phone and sent a large red envelope to Lu Zhanxing.

[Lu Zhanxing: ? Sis, what’s wrong? Why are you sending big brother a red packet?]

Qiao Yun replied: [Big brother, don’t be angry.]

Seeing this message, Lu Zhanxing couldn’t help but laugh, his anger significantly subsided.

Right after Qiao Yun sent that message, the elevator stopped.

Pei Ya stepped out and saw a group of people coming out from the private room ahead.