The Favored Heiress
Chapter 379: Not a Romantic Deal

Chapter 379: Chapter 379: Not a Romantic Deal

The business car stopped beneath the laboratory building.

Li Qiao slept soundly, showing no signs of waking up.

Shang Yu gave Liuyun a look, and then the automatic door slowly opened.

The man gently held Li Qiao in his arms as he got out of the car, walking along the road in front of the lab building towards the dormitory building in the backyard.

The night was as dark as thick ink, and the surroundings were so quiet that only an occasional cicada’s chirp could be heard.

Liuyun and Luoyu maintained a moderate distance behind them, providing protection.

Upon entering the building, the white incandescent light overhead shone on Li Qiao’s face, and she snuggled further into Shang Yu’s embrace with closed eyes.

The man slowed his pace, looking down at her, "Awake?"

Li Qiao’s face pressed against his neck, rubbing with her forehead, "Mmm."

Actually, she had become conscious when Shang Yu carried her out of the car, but strangely she coveted the scent and warmth of him, so she remained silent, letting him carry her all this way.

It was a peculiar feeling.

Because she was not a sentimental person, and Shang Yu inherently wasn’t a warm person either.

This bizarre combination paradoxically, gave rise to a sense of everlasting tranquility.

Later, the extremely tired Li Qiao still fell asleep unintentionally.

She had no recollection of when Shang Yu left.

...

In a blink, it was early the next day.

Li Qiao slowly woke up before eight o’clock.

Having drunk alcohol last night and after a day’s hustle, she inevitably woke up with a bit of a headache.

She rubbed her forehead, not wasting too much time, and quickly washed up and left.

While going downstairs, Li Qiao made a call to Ah Chang, and then went to the lab.

She arrived at the R&D department and had just walked into the lab when she overheard several people gossiping.

"This is really disgusting, I always thought the South Sea Secretary-General was a clean, good official, never imagined he was involved in such acts like accepting bribes and salacious deals behind the scenes."

"Hey, in today’s world, where are there any clean, good officials? It’s all persona, just persona."

Li Qiao paused in her tracks, her gaze turning frosty.

She didn’t speak out, covering her gaze, with storms brewing deep in her eyes.

After yesterday’s developments, the news about the South Sea Secretary-General Li Jun being taken away for an investigation intensified.

Online news media were scrambling to report, and netizens’ discussions were uproarious.

Li Qiao stood still for a few seconds, the R&D head happened to get up to get water, and with a glance, he caught sight of her silhouette, "Xiao Li is here."

In the entire lab, aside from Academician Jiang, virtually no one knew about Li Qiao’s true background.

They only knew that she was Academician Jiang’s prized student, and her family was very wealthy.

Even though some had suspected whether Li Qiao might be the child of the wealthy Li Family, there was no evidence to support it, so the matter was treated as a joke and soon forgotten.

Li Qiao composed herself, but her expression still bore an indifferent coolness.

She walked over to the R&D head, speaking in an unemotional tone, "This afternoon, 20 bottles of Dz13 will arrive; if that’s not enough, let me know."

The head overjoyed, nodded repeatedly, "That’s plenty, Xiao Li, you’re really impressive."

Li Qiao gave a small, noncommittal smile, said nothing further, and turned to leave the R&D department.

Actually, the shortage of Dz13 wasn’t coincidental; it was orchestrated.

With a cold face, Li Qiao headed straight for Academician Jiang’s office as soon as she reached the third floor.

She had just raised her hand to knock when the door opened just in time.

"Whoa!" Startled by the sudden sight of Li Qiao, Academician Jiang jumped, catching her somber expression, and quickly greeted her, "Qiaoqiao, come in quickly."

Academician Jiang closed the door behind them and looked at Li Qiao with concern, "I heard about what happened with your older brother..."

Li Qiao pursed her lips, composed herself, and then said indifferently, "Teacher, I need to take a few days off."

...

Leaving the laboratory, Li Qiao did not delay and drove straight to South Sea Entertainment City.

On the tenth floor’s guest room area, she expertly made her way to the room at the far end of the corridor.

Ye Yun had already moved from the underground bar to the guest room.

Ah Chang, standing at the door, quickly approached Li Qiao, "Miss Qi, she has confessed everything."

Li Qiao curved her lips as she looked at the phone he was offering her, but didn’t take it, and gestured with her mouth towards the door, "Open it."

After a night of torture by drugs, Ye Yun was on the verge of collapse, her consciousness blurred.

At this moment, she sat on the sofa in the guest room, hugging her knees, with a vacant look in her eyes, and her hair was damp and clinging to her cheeks, a picture of utter disarray.

The moment she saw Li Qiao, she started shaking uncontrollably.

It was a terror born from the heart.

Li Qiao walked over and sat on the sofa in front of her, crossing her legs, and casually picked up a bottle of mineral water from the table, shaking it, "Want a drink?"

Ye Yun’s face still flushed, her voice hoarse, "Li Qiao, you’re inhuman..."

"I may be inhuman, but I can’t compare to you," Li Qiao said coldly, mocking her as she twisted open the bottle of water and took a sip herself.

Ye Yun watched her with terror, "What exactly do you want to do? I’ve already told everything, I was forced, if you don’t believe me, ask them."

Them?

Oh, she meant Ah Chang and Ah Jie.

Li Qiao, with a nonchalant smile on her lips, leaned against the armrest of the sofa, looking at Ye Yun, "Forced? Who forced you to drug my brother? And who forced you to tell the Discipline Inspection Commission that you were violated by my brother?"

Indeed, Li Jun’s case turned out to be more than a simple sex scandal.

Only after a conversation with her brother last night did she find out the investigation by the Discipline Inspection Commission showed that Ye Yun was not the object of a sex deal but claimed to have been violated by her brother.

The so-called sex trade rumors circulating outside were merely a "beautified" version of the accusations against him.

If it had indeed been a sex deal, Ye Yun herself would also be guilty and wouldn’t be able to move freely around South Sea City without harm.

By then, Ye Yun was trembling like chaff, unable to cover the panic in her eyes.

But it wasn’t the fear of Li Qiao, but rather a reaction to the thought of certain people and events.

Seeing this, Li Qiao motioned for Ah Chang to bring over the phone.

Ah Chang walked over confidently and played the recording they had taken this morning.

In the recording, the effects of the drug seemed not to have worn off as Ye Yun groaned and made her statement.

Perhaps because resisting the effects of the drug had drained all her strength, even short sentences came out disjointed and halting.

After listening for a minute, Li Qiao’s delicate brows gradually knit together, and she leaned forward to turn off the recording, eyeing Ye Yun, "This is your confession?"

Ye Yun shook more violently, continually shaking her head as she hoarsely explained, "Li Qiao, I can’t say, I really can’t... they will kill me."

Those people, with wealth and power, could squash her as easily as an ant.

Hearing this, Li Qiao laughed, her response casual yet chilling, "So, you never considered that we might also be capable of killing you?"

As Ye Yun recalled each of Li Qiao’s actions, the initial flush on her face gradually turned pale.

Li Qiao ran out of patience, nonchalantly tossing the water bottle onto the table, dropping a bombshell, "Deputy Secretary-General Xiao Yeyan of the Secretariat, Chairman Liu Chengfeng of the Secretariat’s Labor Union, Director Zhang Ke of the South Sea Personnel Bureau, these are the "they" who you claim will kill you, right?"

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