CHAPTER 1525: CHAPTER 1429: THE WHOLE TRUTH SURFACES

Gong Xue’er let out two soft chuckles.

She sensually flipped her hair.

Gong Xue’er spoke up, "Of course, it’s me. Haven’t you already figured that out?"

Although Xia Yangyang had suspected this, Gong Xue’er’s candid admission...

still made Xia Yangyang’s heart ache sharply.

Not a trace of guilt for her wicked deeds appeared on her face.

Instead, her expression was one of brazen confidence.

Xia Yangyang simply couldn’t fathom how someone with murderous intent could be so self-assured.

Xia Yangyang asked, "So, the incident at the racetrack wasn’t an accident either? Was that something you specifically orchestrated for me?"

The smile on Gong Xue’er’s face didn’t fade, "Let’s put it this way: I’ve been setting the trap since your group arrived at Yunya Village. You were just too slow to realize it until now."

Although Xia Yangyang had suspected that many of the incidents were Gong Xue’er’s deliberate attempts to harm her...

she never imagined that all of it had begun in Yunya Village.

Xia Yangyang’s brows furrowed tightly, "At Yunya Village, what exactly did you do?"

Back in Yunya Village, Lu Haotian had secretly come by.

At that time, Lu Haotian had warned Xia Yangyang that Gong Xue’er was there too and advised her to be cautious.

But Xia Yangyang always thought Gong Xue’er’s participation in the program was coincidental. Little did she know it had all been meticulously planned.

That’s right, she must have planned it long ago.

After all, how else could she lure everyone onto this island?

Gong Xue’er seemed to grow ecstatic as she began recounting, like telling a story, "Did you really think your sickness in Yunya Village was due to acclimatization issues? No, you simply ate the drugged strawberry jerky I prepared."

Xia Yangyang suddenly remembered, "Xingxing’s strawberry jerky?"

Thinking back, Xia Yangyang now realized she did indeed begin falling ill from that point onward.

So it had been Gong Xue’er’s deliberate scheme all along.

Xia Yangyang said, "So you used poison and even manipulated Xingxing? But if you wanted me dead, why didn’t you just lace the strawberry jerky with lethal poison back then? Why go through all the trouble leading to this absurd chicken-heart shellfish incident?"

Gong Xue’er wore a look of feigned innocence and said, "Yangyang, you’ve truly misunderstood me here. Back then, I hadn’t planned on targeting you. That strawberry jerky wasn’t even meant for you."

Xia Yangyang suddenly understood, "The strawberry jerky was meant for Shao Tiantian. You wanted to harm her. Why?"

"Yangyang, how can you still be so clueless? Only if Shao Tiantian withdrew from the program would I have the chance to replace her and join the show with Haotian."

Indeed, Gong Xue’er’s initial goal hadn’t been to kill her but to use the program to announce to the world her relationship with Lu Haotian.

That’s why she wanted Shao Tiantian to fall ill and be forced to quit filming. Then, she’d approach the director...

who would undoubtedly agree to let her, Xingxing’s biological mother, take Shao Tiantian’s place.

Thinking back, Gong Xue’er must have been planning this from the moment she proactively sent Xingxing to join the show as a child guest.

Xia Yangyang suddenly recalled that the director had mentioned before that Xingxing wasn’t originally meant to be the child guest.

But because the original child kept falling ill and couldn’t participate in filming, they had to replace him last-minute.

Could this also have been Gong Xue’er’s doing?

Xia Yangyang felt a chilling dread. Just when had she started plotting all this?

Gong Xue’er continued speaking, "But the strawberry jerky unexpectedly ended up in your hands. At first, I thought I’d just let the matter drop, but then Shao Tiantian, that idiot, managed to get herself kicked off by the director. I heard it had something to do with her trying to seduce your Mr. Gu—what a dumb woman. Still, it worked out perfectly, allowing everything to proceed according to my plans."