Hidden identities of the AI Heiress

Chapter 247: Chapter 247: The Strange Woman

Qiao Yun didn’t want to draw too much attention, so she sent a message to Pei Yao: “Suppress the trending topic.”

By the time Pei Yao saw the message, he had already instructed someone to handle it: “It’s already being taken care of.”

Qiao Yun responded with a hmm.

Pei Yao called her right away, clearly having a lot to say, and as soon as the call connected, he launched into a litany of complaints.

“Being a person is not easy for you, is it? Why is there always so much trouble? I seriously wonder whether you’re trying to live as an ordinary person or cultivate immortality. At this rate, you might as well ascend to heaven.”

Qiao Yun: “You’re so nagging.”

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Pei Yao felt like he was coughing up blood, and said dismally, “My respected Professor Qiao, it’s not that I want to nag. I’ve gone from a CEO to being a little assistant, and now I even have to deal with the trolls. Juggling multiple roles is really exhausting…”

“I’ll give you a raise.”

“Sure thing,” Pei Yao sneakily asked, “How much?”

“Just decide for yourself.”

Qiao Yun knew that Pei Yao was joking; he was just grumbling about all the troubles that came with her decision to live as a regular person.

At the end of the day, he still cared about her. Professor Qiao could have stayed comfortable, but she chose to be an ordinary person instead.

“I won’t be satisfied no matter how much you add. I just want to rest.”

Pei Yao’s annual dividends were enough to buy several islands; Professor Qiao never shortchanged him when it came to money.

“Otherwise, you come to the company and cover for me, so I can have a break.”

He was constantly trying to persuade Qiao Yun to give up being a regular person and to come back to inherit the family fortune.

Qiao Yun said earnestly, “That works, once I’ve learned how to be a person.”

“How unreliable does that sound? Waiting for you to learn how to be a person could be forever.”

Qiao Yun: “Then you can wait until forever to take your vacation.”

Pei Yao: “…”

Pei Yao was almost brought to laughter by Qiao Yun’s absurd logic.

Qiao Yun made up her mind: “I said I’d wait half a year, and it hasn’t been half a year yet.”

Pei Yao calculated and realized it had only been three months, meaning there were still three months left. He could wait.

Indeed, Qiao Yun used to think that if she couldn’t adjust to being a person after half a year, she’d stop trying.

But now, there were several people in her heart she couldn’t bear to leave.

She also wasn’t sure what might change in half a year.

Qiao Yun collected her thoughts and headed off campus.

Since Li Miao had to stay behind for duty, she walked with her desk mate Xia Ling.

She had promised Xia Ling before that they would be friends.

So, she was going to try hard to be friends with Xia Ling.

It was the first time Xia Ling was walking home with Qiao Yun, and she felt like she was dreaming.

She thought Qiao Yun’s earlier offer to be friends was just to comfort her, but now she saw that Qiao Yun was really serious about it.

At the school gate, they went their separate ways because they were headed in different directions.

“Qiao Yun, is that Lu Ting?” Xia Ling asked, ready to leave when she keenly spotted Lu Ting leaving with another woman.

“Is that your relative?”

Qiao Yun narrowed her eyes, shaking her head thoughtfully: “No.”

But she remembered that woman, when she was in Hai City with Lu Zhanxing and Lu Ting to record a variety show, she had run into the woman in the restroom.

At that moment, the woman’s look at her was a mix of surprise and fear.

Why was she now appearing in Shangjing City, and walking with Lu Ting?

Before Qiao Yun could ponder deeply, several cars stopped in front of her, bringing her back to the present.

Zhou You drove a taxi to take Qiao Yun home, with several unassuming cars following behind him.@@novelbin@@

“Dismiss them,” Qiao Yun ordered Zhou You after she got into the car.

Zhou You was in a difficult position, “Pei Ya said, this time we can’t listen to Professor Qiao. If Professor Qiao doesn’t let these people protect her, he will come personally.”

Qiao Yun was faintly surprised. Was Pei Yao trying to take her place?

She knew Pei Yao wanted to increase her security detail, but she didn’t expect there to be so many; it was as if he was afraid that others wouldn’t notice her.