Chapter 661. Scheming (6)
Hearing the sound of Gu Lingsha’s grim laughter, Yang Sheng was stunned. He subconsciously turned to look at her, yet at this moment, she had already lowered her gaze and turned to look to the side.
“Is she still like that? Looks like that isn’t so,” said Gu Lingsha calmly. The contents of her words confused Yang Sheng, and he did not understand what he meant.
He thought about it before asking, “Miss Gu, were you very close to Chief Zhuang before this?”
She wrapped herself with the coat tighter as she replied indifferently, “I’m not.”
Yang Sheng recalled Gu Lingsha’s relationship with the Mu family previously, and his expression turned stiff. He was well aware of the situation, so he did not ask further after that. Instead, she looked up to look at the bench where Zhuang Shurong and Xi Xiaye sat under the sun and sighed. “I did meet Chief Zhuang quite a few times before this. It’s quite hard to imagine that she would have such easy-going moments. She’s the famous stern iron wrist in the world of politics. Many people are…”
She did not continue while a smile just curled up on her lips. Yang Sheng softly reminded, “It’s best not to simply discuss matters like that. Be careful. The walls might have ears.”
Gu Lingsha knew the kind of person Zhuang Shurong was. While she had never gotten any goodwill out of Zhuang Shurong, much less have chatted the casual way she was chatting with Xi Xiaye right now.
In the past, even though she had very carefully tried to please Zhuang Shurong, all she would have gotten would be an indifferent nod.
So, back then, her mother had told her that even if she married into the Mu family, she might not have pleasant days to come, but…