"Yes, she stayed at the Academy! She stayed as Li Yan’s personal trainee."
Gu Tong said, her eyes naturally lowered, adding somewhat gloomily, "Initially, I didn’t plan to stay at the Academy, but Li Yan insisted. Even though my ’scores weren’t high’, he still broke the rules to keep me..."
Qiu Xue nearly ground her silver teeth to pieces. She had calculated everything but hadn’t included Li Yan!
She thought there shouldn’t be much affection between the couple, and Li Yan wouldn’t take care of her at all, yet it was beyond her expectations.
She vaguely recalled the scene she overheard at Li Yan’s dorm door...
Hadn’t Gu Tong said before that there was no love between them? How did it suddenly change...
"Since we’re married, what can we do? Besides... sometimes, women aren’t like men, even wanting to resist is hard..."
Gu Tong was particularly sorrowful, as if she had dug into the most painful corner of her heart.
However, her so-called suffering, in Qiu Xue’s eyes, was a form of display! It was something she couldn’t have yet desperately wanted to grab.
Why wasn’t it her who married Li Yan in the first place? Why is Gu Tong so fortunate!
Both being daughters of a Prince, she was jealous to the point of madness...
"Are you saying... he forced himself on you... Did you tell Gu Wangjue..." How can things go on ...
Qiu Xue was almost driven insane by jealousy.
"What’s the use in telling my dad? We are legitimate husband and wife. Marital life is naturally justified, besides, how could I possibly bring this up to my dad..."
Gu Tong bit her lower lip and said, "Anyway, I’ve resigned myself now. Since we’re already married, it’s better to just go along with it and make do..."
Qiu Xue’s reaction was too intense, catching Gu Tong off guard for a second, who gave her a strange look.
Qiu Xue forced herself to calm down, saying, "Sister Gu Tong, you too are a woman of the new era. You know the importance of love in life. A marriage without love is an emotional grave and won’t bring happiness. You have no love for Earl Li, compromising is harmful to both of you. It’s of no benefit, so you should cut the ties swiftly to be more appropriate..."
"Marriage has already become a fact. Wanting to sever it is impossible..."
Gu Tong waved her hand and also sensed Qiu Xue’s real intentions, helplessly saying, "You don’t need to persuade me, if I had a choice, I wouldn’t have taken this road. Everyone has their fate, this is life..."
Her expression was pained, as if the situation had already driven her to the brink of despair, yet inside, she was overjoyed.
Gu Tong clearly understood what kind of person Qiu Xue truly was, how despicable and shameless she was, she knew this all too well.
But it was precisely because of Qiu Xue’s impatience that she conceived a thought, which was how to make Qiu Xue initiate and peel away all her hypocritical facades.
Since she liked Li Yan so much, Li Yan was the best blade to drive Qiu Xue to madness!
"Sister Gu Tong..." Qiu Xue had a thousand words unsaid.
Because she knew in her heart that now everything was a foregone conclusion, nothing could be changed, seeing Gu Tong , she surely had thought of everything already, otherwise she wouldn’t have come to find her.
Watching them living well together, and she no longer had any chance to rise! How could Qiu Xue be reconciled? Every time she thought of Li Yan, the extraordinarily handsome, heroic man, her heart ached as if twisted by a knife!