"You really do care about me." Gu Tong murmured with hidden meaning, but her heart had already sunk to the bottom.
She truly felt like an idiot, being played around by Qiu Xue completely. If it weren’t for the fact that before her death, she couldn’t help but spill the beans, she probably wouldn’t know anything at all.
She really had been too well protected by her father and the others, truly considering herself to be the delicate young lady.
"That... that’s because... I grew up with Sister Gu Tong, I really treat you like my own sister..."
At this age, although Qiu Xue was quite composed, she still wasn’t as smooth as she was in a later life, and would get scared when lying.
Gu Tong’s smile turned cold, she reached out to touch Qiu Xue’s head and said: "It’s great to have such a wonderful younger sister like you, I guess it’s my good fortune!"
A wonderful younger sister who wants to steal her man, a wonderful younger sister who wants her dead, truly wonderful.
"We are going to be best sisters for life..." Qiu Xue didn’t notice anything strange, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Sister Gu Tong... you still haven’t answered my question... did you really choose a hidden marriage?"
This question was extremely important to Qiu Xue, her next plans all depended on this, so she was particularly concerned.
"Yes, we did a hidden marriage." Gu Tong uncharacteristically answered the question, but she was silently cursing her own stupidity from before, being completely played by Qiu Xue, saying: "But... my newlywed husband is a bit different..."
"Really? How is he different?" Qiu Xue asked with some urgency.
"He treats me very well, loves me a lot, it’s not like he’s forced to marry me, maybe if we spend more time together, we might actually develop feelings for each other."
Gu Tong spoke nonchalantly, with a bit of a mocking tone, but her eyes were watching Qiu Xue’s face, which was gradually turning pale.
"Sister Gu Tong... don’t let him deceive you... you know, we are from a family of generals, our futures are limitless, for him to have a marriage agreement with you is his good fortune from a past life, if he doesn’t treat you well, how can he live up to Gu Wangjue’s grooming..."
Qiu Xue understood Gu Tong’s soft spot, she had always advocated for free love, and despised political marriages the most, so in her past life, Qiu Xue always used this as a breakthrough to attack, and it was always twice the result with half the effort.
"I don’t think he’s that bad, do you have a bias against him?" Gu Tong tilted her head in doubt but did not agree with Qiu Xue’s words.
"People’s hearts are hidden behind their ribs, actions don’t always align, anything can happen, especially with men, I’m just worried about you..." Good line about worry, she was worried that if they stayed together, she wouldn’t have any opportunity to intervene anymore.
In the previous life, Qiu Xue slowly alienated her , until she achieved her unspeakable purpose, now thinking about it, Gu Tong felt a chill all over, Qiu Xue indeed had deep schemes, if not vigilant, she would be devoured until nothing was left.
"You do make some sense..." Gu Tong didn’t intend to tear off the disguise now, scaring the snake is of no benefit to her.
It’s better to go with Qiu Xue’s words and probe her real thoughts and intentions.
"Phew... It’s good that Sister Gu Tong can think this way... being cautious of him definitely won’t harm you... If anything happens, just tell me, I can help you come up with some ideas..."
Qiu Xue thought she had made a good plan, if Gu Tong came to her with everything, she could know what was happening between them first and control Gu Tong’s thoughts, it would be killing two birds with one stone.