Bai Rou, hiding in the bushes, watched the direction Gu Rong walked and glanced at Lin Qi beside her.
Seeing that the other person wanted to follow, Bai Rou tugged at his arm: "Brother Lin, Gu Rong just said something to Han Xinyi."
"I'll keep an eye on Gu Rong. You go down the mountain and keep an eye on Han Xinyi and the others to prevent them from making any other moves. Just make sure the stuff is moved out in advance."
Lin Qi hesitated for a moment, then frowned and said, "No, I'll keep an eye on Gu Rong with you."
Lin Xinyi and her group seem useless; they're just there to muddle through. Gu Xing and the others can't possibly entrust things to a few women.
Bai Rou patted his hand and said firmly, "Brother Lin, with so much stuff, and we're living right next to Gu Xing, do you think they won't be on guard?"
And look at them, they brought the stuff over here and went straight to work on the land, completely ignoring the things on the mountain.
So I was thinking, would they also arrange for Han Xinyi and the others? If so, wouldn't they be more important than Gu Rong who went to the cave?
Besides, I can only rely on you now. Do you think I'd betray you? We can keep an eye on things separately; that's called a two-pronged approach.”
Lin Qi stared at Bai Rou for a while, but couldn't see anything different or discern anything amiss.
Moreover, Bai Rou was right. With so many treasures on the mountain, Gu Xing and Chu Jianshu didn't care about them and just left them to the people up there to keep an eye on. They weren't afraid that someone would take them away.
Could it be true, as Bai Rou said, that Gu Xing and the others have noticed something?
Thinking back to how Gu Rong and Han Xinyi had been whispering to each other, it seemed they might really have something to ask of them.
Lin Qi smiled and took Bai Rou's hand, lowering his voice to say, "How could I not believe you? I'm just worried that it might be dangerous for you to go up the mountain by yourself."
However, after thinking about it, even if something happened in broad daylight, Gu Rong wouldn't dare to kill. "Be careful on the mountain, and if anything happens, come down and find me immediately."
"I'll be careful, and you be careful too."
As soon as Bai Rou finished speaking, Lin Qi crouched down and quickly ran down the mountain.
After watching Lin Qi leave, Bai Rou's gaze returned to Gu Rong's direction.
She carefully emerged from the bushes, trying not to make a sound.
After waiting for a while without seeing Lin Qi turn around, he chased after Gu Rong in the direction she had left.
She had only taken a few steps when Gu Rong appeared in front of her: "You're a little slow. They don't really trust you."
Bai Rou said with a dark face, "That's still better than you not trusting me."
Several days earlier, upon learning that Gu Qiang had gone to see Gu Jiazhen, Gu Rong went to see Bai Rou that very night and told her about the situation.
There are no permanent friends, nor permanent enemies.
There's absolutely no way she and Bai Rou could become friends, but a temporary collaboration is still possible.
Therefore, at that time, with Gu Jiazhen as the main focus and Lin Qi as the secondary focus, she reached a brief cooperation with Bai Rou.
They call it a cooperative relationship, but in reality, it's just a matter of each person using the other for their own benefit.
While she was setting things up, Bai Rou stirred up trouble between them in order to achieve her own goals.
Gu Rong replied with a smile, "Don't talk like you trust me. We're just using each other. I've already made arrangements on my end. What about yours?"
It's impossible for him not to hold a grudge against Gu Rong after what happened in Beijing.
But after seeing through Gu Qiang, she realized that she was also wrong at the time and deserved to be punished, but what she hated most was Jia Zhen's accident.
But Gu Qiang is unreliable; Lin Qi only coveted her body and had no real feelings for her.
All those words he said were just to fool her; you can't believe a single word a man says.
But without these two, she didn't know who else to rely on. In the current situation, it was impossible for her to resist them on her own.
Later, Gu Rong approached her and said that they could cooperate, but she didn't believe it at the time.
But after visiting Jia Zhen, she decided to cooperate with her temporarily.
The cooperation wasn't very solid to begin with, and considering Sun Shi's situation, Bai Rou said pessimistically, "I've had some results on my end, but Sun Shi has found someone, so I'm afraid it won't be enough for you guys to handle the rest."
As we agreed before, I'll help you sow discord over there. Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, you'll give me 30% of what you produce, 5,000 yuan, and at the latest, have Chu Jianshu send me and Jia Zhen to Shanghai within a year. I hope you won't forget this.
Based on the timeline, all educated youth were allowed to return to the city a year later, and as long as you had a house to receive you, no one cared where you were transferred.
They have a house in Beijing, so even without her saying anything, Bai Rou will take Gu Jiazhen back there.
So they'll be able to get back to the city sooner or later, so what difference does it make whether she did it or not?
Gu Rong glanced at Bai Rou and said with a smile, "Of course I won't forget. The things will be given to you in a week. Just wait."
"Okay, I'll wait," Bai Rou said, then turned and left.
After Bai Rou left, Gu Rong also went down the mountain and returned home. Once home, Gu Rong immediately called Gu Xingge and Chu Jianshu to the next room.
She had approached Bai Rou before, told Gu Xing about the situation, and then asked Gu Xing to tell Chu Jianshu.
However, she said at the time that Gu Xing and the others were very pessimistic about it.
But they were going to be discovered anyway, so they had no objection to Gu Rong using Bai Rou for this purpose.
Gu Xing frowned as he listened to his sister's words and said, "Okay, we know about this. Be careful on your end, and watch out for Bai Rou stabbing you in the back."
Gu Rong had long been wary of this, after all, her relationship with Bai Rou was not friendly, and was even quite bad.
Gu Rong smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, brother, I know what I'm doing."
Ultimately, Bai Rou's needs are greater than ours right now, and she can still use us. She won't take any action for the time being, but we still need to be on guard.
Especially Sun Qi, Lin Qi, and Gu Qiang, those three will definitely make a move later, and from what Bai Rou said, they've even hired help, so we can't let our guard down."
Chu Jianshu pondered for a moment and said, "We really can't let our guard down. Although the people I called can help, we are still in danger."
Especially Xiao Rong, I've told you everything you said before. If Gu Qiang goes all out and tells Sun Shi and the others, you're finished.”
Gu Xing chimed in, "Yes, it's too dangerous. I'll keep a close eye on Gu Qiang from now on. Xiao Rong, you shouldn't go to the back mountain for now."
Gu Rong smiled helplessly: "Brother, I've already said it, and Gu Qiang and the others completely believe it. There's no use in saying anything more now."
Moreover, this secret is on me, so it's easy for them to make a move. If I really let you have it, it will be difficult for them to make a move. How can we catch them all in one fell swoop?
After all, you can't exactly say that the paper wasn't burned, then show it to me, and then deliberately let Gu Qiang find it, right? That sounds too fake, and no one would believe it.
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