CHAPTER 537: 537: DID YOU LABEL IT?

Ultimately, it was Qiu Xue’s connections that spurred this.

Previously, Yan Xiaolan had gained quite some benefits from Qiu Xue, so she kept quiet after eating and took whatever was offered.

With this mindset, Yan Xiaolan took the initiative to attack!

It counted as repaying Qiu Xue a favor.

She had calculated her moves shrewdly, but all of this hinged on her assumption that Gu Tong was easy to bully.

Yan Xiaolan’s thinking was simple; she reckoned that Gu Tong wasn’t on her side, so she dared to behave like this...

The Duchess, who had stopped Yan Xiaolan for a long time, saw the latter unmoved and had no choice but to give up...

She didn’t want to get involved in this mess anymore...

Actually...

Yan Xiaolan had returned to her parents’ home a few days ago...

She didn’t know what Gu Tong had been up to these days...

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have dared to provoke her...

After all, Yan Xiaolan bullied the weak and feared the strong. If she encountered a tough opponent, she certainly wouldn’t dare to attack actively...

...

In front of the vegetable sink.

Gu Tong was peeling potatoes.

She was expressionless, completely unfazed!

It was as if she had completely blocked out the outside world.

This move could be described as a move with no move, winning without a fight.

Yan Xiaolan’s cunning words hit on deaf ears.

They were directly countered by Gu Tong!

Yan Xiaolan didn’t expect such a situation to happen.

She was so angry her teeth were grinding, a ball of anger stuck in her chest, unable to go up or down.

She secretly cursed, wondering if Gu Tong was really dumb or just pretending to be!

Could she not hear the meaning in her words...

Gu Tong turned the tap on and began washing the potatoes, preparing to cook the dishes!

She wasn’t so idle as to have to pay attention to everyone, regardless of who they were.

If most of her daily time was used to handle these trivial matters, she’d have nothing better to do and might as well become the head of the neighborhood committee.

"I’m talking about you, can’t you tell?! How dare you stay here! You’re so shameless!"

Gu Tong completely ignored her.

Yan Xiaolan lost face entirely; if she didn’t regain some ground this time, it would be utterly embarrassing.

The sound of running water from the tap was undulating.

Gu Tong tossed the washed potatoes into the dish.

Her red lips slightly moved, and she said, "Isn’t the small kitchen part of the Academy Courtyard? Has it been contracted out?"

These two or three sentences carried a hint of sarcasm.

It was also a veiled way of saying that although Yan Xiaolan was aggressive, she didn’t have the authority to stop her from cooking here.

Indeed, this place belonged to the public!

No one had the right to drive others away.

"You, you..." Yan Xiaolan was so angry her face turned green, and she felt like swearing on the spot.

She fiercely threw the freshly picked vegetables into the basket and said, "The small kitchen in the Academy Courtyard is for the Duchess, not for some idle person trying to please a man! And certainly not for someone stealing others’ men!"

Her words were a bit harsh, equating to a direct falling out.

However, this was Yan Xiaolan’s actual personality; the previous insinuations followed Qiu Xue’s style, aimed at seeking justice for her.

It wasn’t Yan Xiaolan’s usual way of resolving things.

Instead, this straightforward cursing suited her better!

"Did you see a sign?" Gu Tong picked up another potato, then repeated her previous steps, calmly saying, "How come I didn’t know about this rule?!"

Unwritten rules are always unwritten and never written in plain view.

Yan Xiaolan’s words were nothing more than her provocation towards Gu Tong, not the actual rules of this small kitchen.

Thus, everything she said! was invalid.

Gu Tong’s mouth had always been sharp! In just a few words, she had already made Yan Xiaolan collapse without a fight.

To compete with her in words, Yan Xiaolan was far from being up to the task!