CHAPTER 186: 186: SHE IS ALREADY SUSPICIOUS.

This little girl really underestimates Qiu Xue. Qiu Xue’s guardedness and suspicion have reached terrifying levels.

Even when Gu Tong speaks with her, he is extremely cautious, for fear of revealing any slip. However, Bei Jiafei actually directly showed such emotions and even distanced herself from her, which is simply courting death.

"I, I didn’t expect it to be like this..."

Bei Jiafei truly did not anticipate this. She is originally a simple and honest country girl, without so many scheming thoughts.

"You may not understand, Qiu Xue is from the Qiu Family, the daughter of Prince Qiu! A true member of a Royal family! On the surface, Qiu Xue shouldn’t have learned such tactics, but her maternal family is the prestigious Yi Family. There are three uncles in Yi Family’s mother’s generation. Counting Qiu Xue’s mother, there are four."

"However, when the old Family Head of Yi divided the company’s shares, he gave Qiu Xue’s mother, Yi Yilan, twenty-five percent of the shares. Except for the eldest son inheriting the company, having thirty-five percent of the shares, the other sons each have twenty percent of the shares!"

"What does this have to do with Qiu Xue?" Bei Jiafei, not understanding the affairs of wealthy families, was a bit confused.

"Of course, it has! And it’s crucial." Gu Tong calmly poured another cup of water, saying, "In wealthy families, daughters married off usually have the least shares. Yet Yi Yilan, being a daughter married off, still has the second-ranking shares, which is enough to prove her extraordinary tactics."

"Prince Qiu is busy with government affairs, rarely home, and Qiu Xue was personally raised to adulthood by Yi Yilan. A child brought up under such teachings, with such scheming tactics, how can ordinary people compare!"

Gu Tong knew all this in her past life, but she never analyzed it deeply. After the events unfolded, she then analyzed everything about Qiu Xue, piecing together all the threads. Only then did she realize her own foolishness!

Knowing Qiu Xue’s background, she still treated her as a delicate flower, a harmless sheep without scheming—how truly blind she was.

"So... she’s already suspicious..." Bei Jiafei shuddered subconsciously, speaking with certainty.

She had never encountered such things before, and she was terrified by them. She never imagined there would be such a dark side to this world, truly chilling to the bone.

"Qiu Xue’s greatest strength is her keen observational ability! Your rebuttal is a sign of distrust towards her; your avoidance is proof of distancing yourself from her. A canary kept right under the eye is most reassuring, and what you’ve done is push yourself onto a dead-end!"

"Isn’t there any other way... This is the Academy, I can report her behavior..." Bei Jiafei was thoroughly frightened, unwilling to relive the nightmare-like scenes where each memory kept her awake at night.

"Do you have any evidence?" Gu Tong raised her eyebrows, with a smirk that was almost a smile, saying, "Without evidence, it’s slander against a comrade, essentially handing a knife to the enemy. Qiu Xue is the Bai Ling of the literature class, the pillar of the class. There’s no comparison between you and her; no one would believe what you say!"

"Then what should I do..." For the first time, Bei Jiafei felt so helpless, trembling continuously, left with only fear. She never expected the world to be this dark, forcing her into a corner...

"There is still a solution!"

Gu Tong finally opened her precious mouth when Bei Jiafei was completely collapsing, which was also one of her strategies. People, only when at their wit’s end, can unconditionally believe the only light!