Half Edge Coffee Shop
When Gu Chu came out of the restroom, Jiang Jinyu had already left. She checked the time and saw that it would be 3:30 pm in five minutes. She sat in the private room, took out her phone, and prepared to call Rong Shi.
She paused after opening her contacts.
I thought to myself: He must be busy, I shouldn't bother him.
At this moment, Rong Shi was in a basement in a certain base in City A. The man in front of him, whose hands were shackled and who looked disheveled and covered in blood, was Zhang Xincheng, nicknamed "Acheng," whom they had captured last night. He was a junior exorcist.
During interrogation, he confessed that the person behind him was Sun Yaobin, his senior fellow apprentice.
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Gu Chu and Lin Xingxue met in a private room at the coffee shop.
Lin Xingxue sat down arrogantly: "You invited me here to speak up for Gu Qingling?"
Gu Chu smiled somewhat insincerely and said, "Secretary Lin, you're overthinking it. Don't you know how bad my relationship with Gu Qingling is? I invited you here because I want to cooperate with you."
Lin Xingxue didn't take it seriously: "Cooperation? What is there for us to cooperate on?"
Could it be that this adopted daughter of the Gu family knows she's pregnant and wants to curry favor with him?
Gu Chu continued with a smile, "I heard you're pregnant. What do you think the chances are of your child being born safely?"
After she finished speaking, her eyes flashed with icy coldness.
Lin Xingxue was startled and quickly reached out to protect her stomach: "Gu Qingling contacted you?"
“Yes, she wanted to cooperate with me to get rid of the child in your belly in exchange for shares in Gu Shi. However, I refused. Gu Qingling is not a good person, and I will not trust her. But Secretary Lin is different,” Gu Chu said truthfully.
Lin Xingxue's eyes blazed, and she gritted her teeth: "How dare she!"
“What’s there to be afraid of? This isn’t the first time she’s killed someone. When I was ten, she pushed me into the water. I almost drowned that time. If Hua Hua hadn’t found me, I probably would have died long ago.”
Gu Chu rarely mentioned that incident to anyone, not even Su Wan knew about it.
Lin Xingxue asked instinctively, "Who is Huahua?"
A hint of sadness flashed in Gu Chu's eyes: "Hua Hua was a stray dog that I used to secretly feed outside. Later, Gu Qingling had it beaten to death."
Lin Xingxue trusted Gu Chu; no one would joke about life and death. She thought for a moment and asked, "How do you want to cooperate?"
Gu Chu's gaze fell on Lin Xingxue's stomach: "Simple, pretend to have a miscarriage and pin the blame firmly on Gu Qingling."
Lin Xingxue immediately refused: "No! Even if it's just pretending, it's not okay! I can't live without this child!"
If she fakes a miscarriage, then in Gu Dongting's eyes she will lose the right to "gain status through her son".
Gu Chu saw through her little scheme and said with a smirk, "Even if you give birth safely in front of Gu Dongting, it won't matter. Gu Qingling already suspects that your child isn't Gu Dongting's."
Gu Chu was testing Lin Xingxue.
As expected, Lin Xingxue immediately flew into a rage upon hearing someone question the child's parentage: "Nonsense! The child is Gu Jia's!"
Gu Chu, however, was certain from her actions that the child was not Gu Dongting's; otherwise, she wouldn't have reacted so strongly. Her overreaction only served to make things worse.
Gu Chu saw through her but didn't say anything, comforting her, "Don't worry, there's no use getting anxious with me. Even if the child belongs to the Gu family, can't Gu Qingling make him someone else's? Or is Secretary Lin willing to guarantee her loyalty to Gu Dongting?"
Gu Chu tested her again. Although Gu Chu already knew about the relationship between Lin Xingxue and Qi Mingxuan, she just wanted to see her reaction.
Upon hearing this, a hint of guilt flashed in Lin Xingxue's eyes, which Gu Chu keenly noticed.
"Okay, I'll cooperate with you! What's in it for me?"
Lin Xingxue couldn't guarantee that Qi Mingxuan would keep his word. Rather than worrying about being deceived, she decided to forge her own path.
Gu Chu spoke softly, "I don't care about the Gu family's assets. Once we send Madam Gu to jail and ruin Gu Qingling, the entire Gu family will be yours. But..." Gu Chu deliberately hesitated.
Lin Xingxue's curiosity was piqued, and she asked, "But what!"
Gu Chu stared intently into Lin Xingxue's eyes: "I'm just afraid that Qi Mingxuan won't be willing then."
Lin Xingxue was shocked by these words. She didn't know why Gu Chu mentioned Qi Mingxuan in front of her.
Did Gu Chu find out about her relationship with Qi Mingxuan?
Seeing Lin Xingxue's pale face, Gu Chu continued, "Your brother Lin Xingrui betrayed Gu Dongting, and you are also Qi Mingxuan's woman. Do you not know Qi Mingxuan's purpose in doing this?"
Boom!
Lin Xingxue felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
She hadn't expected that Gu Chu would know all this.
She knows everything!
She asked nervously, "How did you know?"
"I have my own ways of knowing these things, so dealing with Gu Qingling alone is not enough, we can't let that madman Qi Mingxuan live either!" Gu Chu said, revealing her plan.
“No, you can’t beat him. Behind him…” Lin Xingxue’s eyes were filled with fear.
Gu Chu said coldly, "No matter who's behind him, I will find them all!"
After saying that, she got up to leave. Seeing Lin Xingxue in a daze, she reminded her, "I'll stop here. If you recorded this, remember to delete it. Once Qi Mingxuan finds out about our conversation, given his crazy nature, he probably won't believe you anymore, and the child in your belly will inevitably meet a bad end!"
Lin Xingxue snapped out of her daze and looked at Gu Chu, who was smiling broadly, with a look of horror in her eyes.
"See you next time!"
After Gu Chu finished speaking, she walked away.
That evening, Gu Chu looked at the takeout on the table and then at the time. It was already past nine o'clock. Just when she thought Rong Shi wouldn't be coming back tonight, there was a knock on the apartment door.
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