[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hidden-identities-of-the-ai-heiress":3,"chapter-hidden-identities-of-the-ai-heiress-hidden-identities-of-the-ai-heiress-chapter-271":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Hidden identities of the AI Heiress",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1832882,2439,"Chapter 271: Clues to the Kidnapping Case","hidden-identities-of-the-ai-heiress-chapter-271",271,"\u003Cp>Chapter 271: Chapter 271: Clues to the Kidnapping Case\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Jingzhi had not heard Qiao Yun mention Li Hanzhou recently and thought Qiao Yun had heeded his advice and stopped interacting with Li Hanzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he had forgotten that with Li Miao around, it was impossible for Qiao Yun not to be involved with Li Hanzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Jingzhi still did not know that when Qiao Yun went to Hai City to find Lu Zhanxing, Li Hanzhou had also followed her there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their friendship had deepened because of a kidnapping incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Lu Jingzhi had explicitly stated he did not want her to be friends with Li Hanzhou, Qiao Yun no longer mentioned Li Hanzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that she was afraid of Lu Jingzhi, but she didn’t want to listen to Lu Jingzhi analyzing the various dangers of being friends with Li Hanzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would get angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Qiao was just that protective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Jingzhi’s lips moved, but in the end, he said nothing. Considering his already tense relationship with his sister, he decided it was best to avoid making it worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps he should let his younger brother speak instead?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In distant Hai City, Lu Zhanxing suddenly shivered, pulling his thin coat around him. It was nearly winter—it was truly cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao had “lured” Qiao Yun back home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hanzhou was sitting on the living room sofa, dressed in a white shirt and black trousers, handsome yet languid. Seeing Qiao Yun enter, he casually lifted his eyelids and rested his gaze on her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weather had started to get cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Yun’s fair face seemed to wrap in a layer of chill in the deep autumn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hanzhou pointed to the milk on the coffee table and said, undeniably, “Drink this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Yun said nothing, her hands holding the cup at just the right temperature, the coolness at her fingertips instantly replaced by warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hanzhou spoke to Li Miao, “Weren’t you going to play a game? Go get ready.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Okay, Qiaoqiao, wait for me a bit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Li Miao really wanted to say was, why prepare anything?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>VR games, isn’t it just putting on the glasses?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmph.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Always picking on his little sister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hanzhou didn’t rush to ask Qiao Yun about being confessed to but instead told her about his investigation into the kidnapping case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Found something interesting. Want to hear it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Yun looked at him with her clear black and white eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hanzhou found it gratifying and continued, “The organization that kidnapped you fifteen years ago also saw your information on a trading website. It’s just that back then, the technology was limited and the trading website wasn’t caught.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Yun was slightly surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She did not expect Li Hanzhou to still be investigating these matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It wasn’t specifically sought out. There was a transaction record on the trading website, and that’s how I knew you weren’t lost but kidnapped,” Li Hanzhou’s eyes darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The child was only three years old at that time, he wondered if she had been left with any psychological scars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Yun’s eyes fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two kidnappings were conducted through the trading website.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it wasn’t the same person, then the person who planned her kidnapping fifteen years ago had either been caught or there were informers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then could they use the trading website to initiate a new round of kidnapping on her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Qiao Yun couldn’t understand was, she had been back for several months now, why strike at this time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was the purpose?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did they want to achieve from her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was her existence detrimental to certain people?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hanzhou gently tapped Qiao Yun’s fingers, “Little one, what are you thinking about?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Yun came back to reality, her gaze falling on Li Hanzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had the typical romantic eyes that when smiling at someone, gave the illusion of affection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thinking about the kidnapping,” Qiao Yun replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your mind is already full of stuff, and now you want to think about this too,” Li Hanzhou said nonchalantly, “Let me think for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Okay,” Qiao Yun agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hanzhou was surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had offered to help Qiao Yun a few times before and had been rejected, yet this time she agreed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It showed that Qiao Yun no longer saw him as an outsider.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hanzhou’s lips curved into a pleased smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Yun threw out a name, “Think in the direction of Madam Qin Huan of the Lu Family.”\u003C\u002Fp>",745,"2026-06-09T06:21:36.109Z",1,"novelbin.me","d0b8bf3a41cb2dfab371d4a76bbff28a1728ce442b0f39b7f24dda90cd7b6068","hidden-identities-of-the-ai-heiress-chapter-272","hidden-identities-of-the-ai-heiress-chapter-270",1090,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhidden-identities-of-the-ai-heiress-cover.jpg"]