Hidden identities of the AI Heiress-Chapter 292 - From Tianqi Research Institute

Chapter 292 -292 From Tianqi Research Institute

In the end, Grandpa didn’t manage to trick the painting out of Lu Rui’s hands.

Because Lu Rui rightly declared that, fake or not, it was the first gift his daughter had given him, and of course, he would treasure it.

Grandpa fumed, “Unfilial son!”

Before Qiao Yun left, Grandpa gave her a pile of gifts, including exquisite pastries, top-grade Dahongpao tea, and one of his favored paintings.

Watching this, Lu Shiran was puzzled and asked, “Grandpa, did you take the wrong one? Don’t you really like this painting?”

“I see Qiaoqiao likes paintings, what’s wrong with giving her one! It’s my painting, can’t I decide?” Grandpa reproached with a tone that wasn’t very pleasant.

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“Alright, alright, I didn’t say anything. Do you need to snap at me?” Lu Shiran muttered, “No longer loved, I’m no longer Grandpa’s favorite little grandson.”

Qiao Yun looked from one to the other and handed the pastries and Dahongpao to Lu Shiran, “Here, for you.”

“No, I was just saying,” Lu Shiran didn’t take them, his gaze falling on the painting Qiao Yun was holding, “I thought you liked dolls before, but it turns out you like paintings even more. I’ll give you one someday.”

Qiao Yun pursed her lips, gripped the painting tighter, and nodded her tiny head, “Okay, thank you.”

Lu Shiran let out a few silly laughs, thinking to himself that she was quite well-behaved.

Grandpa liked this kind of friendly and harmonious scene and smiled as he nodded his head.

Actually, he took in everything Lu Rui said to him later.

No matter what Qiaoqiao was hiding, at least since she came back until now, she hadn’t done anything against the Lu Family; on the contrary, she had given them a gift worth a considerable amount.

The many gifts he gave Qiao Yun were also from a compensatory mindset.

*

The next day, the midterm exam results were released.

Li Miao dashed over from the next class and took Qiao Yun’s deskmate’s spot, looking devastated as she said, “Ah, this test was way too hard, I can’t believe I didn’t pass math, it’s the first time I haven’t passed, the Great Demon King is definitely going to scold me.”

She looked toward Qiao Yun, her tone envious as she said, “Wouldn’t it be great if we could switch brains?”

Qiao Yun’s voice was faint, “The technology isn’t there yet, I’ll work on it and get you a new brain.”

Li Miao: “…”

“So you do have a sense of humor.”

Qiao Yun opened her eyes wider to look at her.

Li Miao: “…” Okay, I got it, you are serious!!

She silently gave a thumbs up, “Awesome.”

She definitely couldn’t keep up with the thinking of a top student.

Qiao Yun was puzzled, “You don’t want to switch brains anymore?”

Li Miao touched her own head, “No, no, I’ve just realized that my head is quite cute; I really like it.”

Qiao Yun: “Oh,” pausing for a moment, she added, “Cute.”

Who doesn’t like to be complimented, Li Miao sincerely said, “You’re cute too.”

“You’re cuter,” Qiao Yun didn’t feel she was cute.

“I’m not cute; you’re cute.”

“You’re cute.”

“Alright, let’s say we’re both cute.”

Qiao Yun: “That works.”

After the mutual adoration session, Li Miao reached for Qiao Yun’s test papers and was nearly breathless when she saw that Qiao Yun scored full marks in every subject.

She stared in disbelief until she nearly saw flowers on the test paper, then let out a long sigh.

“Don’t mind me, I want some quiet time now.”

Qiao Yun remembered that last time Lu Shiran also mentioned he wanted quiet time; could it be they knew the same person?

Quite the coincidence.

*

Not only did Qiao Yun take the first place in her grade this time, but she also ranked first in the entire city.

The classmates in her class took it well, thinking, oh well, one gets used to it after a while.

Only Lu Ting had a hard time getting used to it.

She had previously made a solemn promise in front of her entire family that she would beat Qiao Yun in the midterms.

Too focused on this result, she choked during the exam and failed to solve some of the trickier problems.

That led to just earning tenth place in the grade, a stark difference from Qiao Yun’s score.

Lu Ting stared at her own score, her gaze vacant, unable to define the taste in her heart.

But she knew, once back home, Qiao Yun would be praised by everyone in the family again.

Thinking of that, Lu Ting bit her lip, feeling wronged with eyes brimming with tears that seemed ready to fall.

All her efforts were just a joke in front of Qiao Yun.

She didn’t understand what she had done wrong, why she was always worse than Qiao Yun.

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“Are you okay?” Jiang Huai saw that Lu Ting was about to cry and felt extremely distressed, “What’s wrong? Did someone bully you?”

Lu Ting shook her head, her voice slightly hoarse due to the intense emotions, “It’s nothing, just that the score wasn’t what I hoped for. I thought this time, I could surpass my sister.”

Jiang Huai scratched his head and consoled her carefully, “Your score is already very good, tenth in the grade, look at me, second to last.”

“Otherwise, next time you should compare yourself with someone else, stop comparing to Qiao Yun. Her brain is not something ordinary people can match, she’s not one of us.”

Us?

Who is one of you!

Lu Ting’s fingers tightened slightly, crumpling the test paper as she said with a half-smile, “It’s fine, I’ll just try harder next time.”

Jiang Huai thought his consoling had worked and smiled, “If you’re not happy you can talk to me, I’ll keep you company.”

Lu Ting glanced at him and nodded lightly, “Sure.”

*

After the scores were released, not only was Shengyang High School ablaze with discussion about Qiao Yun’s result.

So was City No.1 Middle School.

The city’s top scholar god was surpassed by a dark horse, with a group of people consoling Lu Shiran non-stop.

“Don’t lose heart, you can definitely reclaim the top spot next time.”

“So what if someone else got first place twice, what’s so great about that, you’ve always been number one.”

“We don’t even know who that person is. Let’s go and check them out someday.”

Lu Shiran snorted proudly, “If you want to know, I’ll tell you, that’s my little sister.”

As soon as these words were out, the whole class fell silent for a moment.

Seeing Lu Shiran’s proud expression, they all thought in unison.

What are you proud of? You can’t even beat your own sister, what do you have to be proud of?

“Who said it was nothing special, it is something special, if you have a problem with that,” Lu Shiran was very dissatisfied with them speaking ill of Qiao Yun.

The classmates: “…” They realized Lu Shiran didn’t need any comforting.

He was clearly happier now than when he himself had been first in the class.

Forget it, break it up.

The class was still noisy and not yet settled when a woman appeared at the classroom door.

The woman wore gold-rimmed glasses, had a good figure, and a cold face. She casually grabbed a passing student and asked in a chilling voice,

“Could you call Lu Shiran for me?”

When a glamorously mature woman suddenly showed up looking for Lu Shiran, the students exploded with excitement, rushing back to the classroom and shouting out loud.

“Lu Shiran! A super beautiful lady is looking for you!”

“What? A beauty?”

“Ah? A beauty is looking for Lu Shiran!”

“Ah, Lu Shiran’s got a beauty!”

The excited students banged on the desks, hooting, “Oh oh oh oh, Lu Shiran is going to start dating early!”

Lu Shiran became flustered, “What the hell? Who’s dating early, I’m not into early dating!”

Red-faced from being teased, he stormed out of the classroom and yelled.

“Who’s looking for me! I’m telling you, I don’t date early, give it up.”

“…..” The woman’s face grew even colder, as cold as Arctic snow, “I’m looking for you.”

Lu Shiran looked up and in an instant, his whole body seemed to freeze.

The woman paid no mind to Lu Shiran’s shattered expression and said with an icy voice, “My name is Han Wang, from Tianqi Research Institute, and also…”