Blossom In Adversity - Vol. 2

C366. Jealous?

Chapter 366: Jealous?

"Ah Zhi, have you noticed that you care about Hao Yue a lot?"

Hua Zhi looked up at Gu Yanxi. The man met her gaze, his eyes seeming a bit aggrieved, "An extraordinary amount of care, more than you care about me."

"..."

Hua Zhi's anger, which had been brewing, suddenly fizzled out. For a moment, she didn't know whether to be angry or amused. It was true that she cared about Hao Yue, but why?

Wasn't it largely because of him?

Perhaps it was the fire in her eyes that made Gu Yanxi fall silent. He lowered his head to eat, looking... almost docile, leaving Ah Zhi with nowhere to direct her anger.

Taking a deep breath to suppress her inexplicable emotions, Hua Zhi spoke through gritted teeth, "Are you sure you're jealous of the right person? Hao Yue came for you, don't deny it. If anyone should be jealous, it should be me."

"But you're not jealous at all," Gu Yanxi seemed genuinely aggrieved, as if he had forgotten that he was a noble prince and the powerful leader of the Seven Stars Bureau, a man who usually presented a commanding image. Without any self-consciousness, he accused, "You don't seem worried at all that she might seduce me."

"If the man I fancy can be so easily seduced by someone else, what's the point of me being here?"

Gu Yanxi was appeased by the words 'the man I fancy,' and the smile in his eyes could no longer be suppressed. He stroked Ah Zhi's hair in turn, "I know you care about Hao Yue because of her ability to make predictions, but I don't think she can truly predict the future. From the beginning to the end, I've always thought she was an unstable factor. The only way to deal with such a person is to silence her completely, of course, after we've squeezed all her value out of her."

Ah Zhi had always known Yanxi's attitude towards Hao Yue, so she wasn't jealous at all. She softened her tone, "Judging from her prediction about the Xiangyang Dam collapse, her existence is not entirely useless. The other things she said were just off in terms of timing, but the events themselves were correct. So, what if we guide her to say certain things? For example, tell her that Wu Yong was not poisoned. This would break her prediction. Since she values her reputation so much, she will be very anxious once her reputation is tarnished. When people are anxious, they tend to make mistakes. At that time, it will be easy to extract information from her."

Gu Yanxi understood Ah Zhi's meaning. It was one thing to be reconciled actively, and another to be forced to reconcile. If they truly angered her, she might say things that were both true and false, and they wouldn't be able to distinguish between the two. It was for this reason that he had been delaying using strong measures and had only asked Chen Qing to wear her down.

"I've already told Chen Qing to tell her everything that can be said. Let her ask whatever she wants, and we'll see how it goes. When there's any news, I'll send it all to you. You're going to have a lot of work, but see if you can find anything."

Hua Zhi glanced at him, not even wanting to talk to him. His words were so sour, but he still did everything he should, didn't he?

Gu Yanxi ingratiatingly picked up a piece of mushroom and brought it to her lips. Hua Zhi ignored him for a while before opening her mouth to eat it, pretending not to see the man use the same pair of chopsticks to pick up some vegetables and put them into his own mouth.

"The date for the autumn examinations has been set, half a month from now."

Because of the disaster in the south, the autumn examinations were postponed, but since this matter had nothing to do with the Hua family, she only listened to it casually and didn't take it to heart.