Hidden identities of the AI Heiress

Chapter 272: Chapter 272: Don’t Hate Me
 

Li Hanzhou tapped the armrest of the sofa as if deep in thought and asked Qiao Yun unhurriedly.

“Reason?”

Qiao Yun gave her reason, “The day she took me out, I got lost.”

Qiao Yun didn’t remember this incident. It was only after she returned to the old house and saw Su Mian and Qin Huan confronting each other that she realized it was Qin Huan who had taken her out to play, leading to her getting lost.

“You suspect she planned the kidnapping?”

Li Hanzhou looked at Qiao Yun, whose expression was indifferent, her gaze so faint as if she was not the one who had been kidnapped.

Qiao Yun stated the fact, “I will investigate anyone related to the kidnapping.”

When she went missing, the Lu Family could not possibly have let it go uninvestigated.

That Qin Huan remained unharmed until now indicated that after the Lu Family investigated, they had determined the whole incident was unrelated to her.

But that is how Qiao Yun operates; she would not overlook the slightest possibility.

Even though the Lu Family had already investigated Qin Huan, she would still do it again.

Of course, it’s also possible that the kidnappers had a plan all along and just took the opportunity that day, unrelated to Qin Huan.

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“Alright, I will investigate,” Li Hanzhou did not ask further. If Qiao Yun gave him a lead, he would follow it.

Qiao Yun felt satisfied with Li Hanzhou’s trust in her.

She had not investigated earlier because she thought the matter had been resolved until she was kidnapped again in Hai City, and it eerily intersected with the incident fifteen years ago.

It was then that she began to suspect that the kidnapping case from that year had not been thoroughly resolved.

“How did you escape back then?” Li Hanzhou was curious about how a young Qiao Yun managed to escape from the kidnappers.

Qiao Yun seemed to recall something and spoke in a lighter tone, “Someone saved me.”

That’s why, when the Lu Family caught the kidnappers, they couldn’t find her.

Li Hanzhou asked, “Who was it?”

Qiao Yun didn’t answer his question, but simply looked at him and asked her own question.

“Are all friends like you?”

Pei Ya listened to her because they were family.

But Li Hanzhou was just a friend, was it necessary to help to this extent?

“No.”

Li Hanzhou could have evaded the question, but he didn’t. His gaze settled on the clear-eyed Qiao Yun.

“So, is it like a friend but a better friend?” Qiao Yun asked with earnest eyes.

“Not that either,” Li Hanzhou chuckled softly.

Little Qiaoqiao, so earnest in making friends, was actually quite adorable.

“Then why?”

Qiao Yun was asking him, if it wasn’t something a friend should do, why was he still doing it for her.

Li Hanzhou looked deeply at Qiao Yun and said nonchalantly, “Because I…”

“Qiaoqiao, are you guys done talking?”

Li Miao, who had been waiting impatiently, stuck out her pitiful little head from the stairwell.

Li Hanzhou’s unfinished sentence was interrupted, his eyes narrowed as his gaze shifted to Li Miao’s side.

Li Miao: “…”

Suddenly, I felt like I was about to die.

“Coming right away,” Qiao Yun said, feeling somewhat embarrassed. She was supposed to play games with Li Miao, yet she had left her aside.

Because of this, she decided to seriously play games with Li Miao.

After Qiao Yun went upstairs, Li Hanzhou too arranged for people to investigate Qin Huan’s network of connections.

He was thorough in his undertakings, not only investigating Qin Huan but also the people around her.

“Qiaoqiao, no matter what my brother told you, don’t take it to heart. He’s in his midlife crisis lately,” Li Miao slyly disparaged her own brother.

Qiao Yun blinked, not understanding what this had to do with a midlife crisis.

“He wasn’t like this before. You can dislike him but don’t dislike me,” Li Miao continued.

Li Miao didn’t understand why her brother’s confession to Qiao Yun would require a lecture.

To prevent her little friend from indirectly disliking her because of her brother, she bravely interrupted them.