"What do you want to ask?"
Gu Chenfei took a puff of her cigarette and blew out a smoke ring. She was the first to break the silence.
"Um? … Eh?" Gu Yangtao suddenly didn't know where to start.
"If you don't ask, I'll leave." Gu Chenfei had finished her cigarette and was about to turn around and leave.
"Don't… don't go." In a hurry, Gu Yangtao grabbed Gu Chenfei's hand. Realizing what she had done, she quickly let go.
Gu Chenfei turned around and looked at Gu Yangtao.
Swallowing hard, Gu Yangtao finally looked up and met Gu Chenfei's gaze.
It felt so strange. Gu Yangtao wondered if it was just her imagination. She always felt that Gu Chenfei had been smiling when she turned around just now, but the moment she let go of Gu Chenfei's hand, the latter had resumed her usual cold expression.
Could it be that Gu Chenfei liked it when she held her hand?
Another crazy thought popped into Gu Yangtao's mind, but just like before, she quickly dismissed it. How could that be possible? Gu Chenfei had always hated being touched by others.
Gu Yangtao remembered that when she was a child, she had always loved to stick to Gu Chenfei. She would always hug Gu Chenfei's arm, ask to be carried, and even act coquettishly with her.
Thinking about Gu Chenfei's personality and her own behavior back then, Gu Yangtao felt that Gu Chenfei must have found her annoying and must have hated her back then.
So just now, as soon as there was any physical contact with Gu Chenfei, Gu Yangtao immediately withdrew her hand. She used to be a child and didn't know any better. Back then, Gu Chenfei might have forgiven her, but now she wasn't a child anymore.
Although that was true, Gu Yangtao actually still wanted to hug Gu Chenfei's arm and act coquettishly with her. She didn't know why, but she always had an inexplicable dependence on Gu Chenfei.
But she was afraid of getting beaten.
Was it because Gu Chenfei was her sister? Gu Yangtao was also very confused. She couldn't help but think of her other sister. She wondered if she felt the same way about her.
"Cough, cough. Sister, do you know something about the Huo family?"
After being in a daze for a while, fortunately, Gu Chenfei didn't seem to mind and didn't turn around and leave. Gu Yangtao cleared her throat and got to the point.
"Yes."
Gu Chenfei answered truthfully. Ever since she found out about Gu Sisi and Huo Cheng, she had started sending people to keep an eye on the Huo family, hoping to find out some useful information.
Recently, something big had happened to the Huo family. Even though the Huo family had tried to keep it a secret, Gu Chenfei had still managed to find out some information through her efforts.
"Then… was everything that Xia Lian said false? I saw you keep asking her questions." Gu Yangtao continued.
"Why did you come to ask me? Do you think there's something wrong with Xia Lian?" Instead of answering, Gu Chenfei threw the question back at Gu Yangtao.
"I thought that since you kept asking that Xia Lian questions, you might know something. Besides, that maid's story didn't add up. First, she said she was an ordinary maid, then she said she took care of the baby. She also said that she was indebted to Huo Cheng, but when asked what it was, she couldn't say a word. These are all red flags."
"Moreover, she was being way too detailed. Even if the maids in the family like to gossip, they wouldn't know so much."
Since Gu Chenfei had asked, Gu Yangtao told her all her thoughts.
"Sigh."
Gu Chenfei let out a sigh, which made Gu Yangtao feel a little flustered.
"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"
"Even you can see through it, but she just can't."
Following Gu Chenfei's gaze, Gu Yangtao saw Gu Sisi still chatting with Xia Lian.
"Sister, the place where we grew up is different from where Sister Sisi grew up."
"If I had a choice, I would also like to grow up like Sister Sisi."
Gu Yangtao didn't say the second half of the sentence. A look of maturity that didn't match her usual self appeared on her face.
"However, a lot of what that maid said is true." Gu Chenfei suddenly turned around and interrupted Gu Yangtao's train of thought.
"What?! What do you mean? What's true?"
"How could this Xia Lian be like this!"
Lies always have to be a mix of truth and falsehood to be believable.
Gu Yangtao was stunned. She had thought that everything Xia Lian said was false, but she never expected that there was actually some truth in it.
"What she said about the Huo family is all true." Gu Chenfei let out an almost inaudible sigh. Her hand rested on the cigarette case, and she really wanted to light another one.
This piece of information was too much for Gu Yangtao to handle. She felt like she needed some time to process it.
"Does that mean that the Huo family's treasure was really stolen, and all the Huo family's children were called back for investigation? Then the treasure was found on the baby that Huo Cheng and Gu Sisi left behind in the Huo family. So, it's not a lie that Huo Cheng is about to be locked up in the dungeon?!"
Gu Yangtao was a little panicked. If Huo Cheng was locked up, what would happen to Sister Sisi? And what about the children that Sister Sisi and Huo Cheng had?
"Yes."
Gu Chenfei's reaction was rather cold, but Gu Yangtao didn't care about that.
"What should we do then? Sister Sisi will definitely be worried. We can't just leave the two babies alone, especially the one still in the Huo family."
Gu Yangtao was very anxious, especially when she saw Gu Sisi chatting happily with that liar Xia Lian outside.
Sister Sisi was so naive. She probably didn't know that the person in front of her was a liar. Gu Yangtao was very worried. She suddenly wanted to rush out and pull Xia Lian away.
"Who said we're going to ignore it? It's just that right now, I don't know how to handle it or what the consequences will be."
If time could turn back, Gu Yangtao really wouldn't have believed that these words came from Gu Chenfei's mouth. Such a weak tone and a hesitant attitude made Gu Yangtao wonder if this was the same Gu Chenfei she knew. Normally, Gu Chenfei would have already come up with a solution and be in full control of the situation.
The fact that she was now considering the consequences was really not like her usual style.
Was it because it was related to Sister Sisi?
Gu Yangtao suddenly thought of this. After thinking about it carefully, this idea seemed more plausible. When she was a child, Gu Chenfei had always been very careful and considerate when dealing with her matters, but she was more carefree when it came to her own. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Gu Chenfei had a giving personality.
Recently, because of Gu Sisi, Gu Yangtao had seen many different sides of Gu Chenfei. She had to admit that she was both envious and regretful.
She was envious that Gu Sisi not only got to see Gu Chenfei treat her like this but also got to be closer to her.
She was regretful about what had happened when she was a child. She still couldn't figure out why she had treated Gu Chenfei the way she did back then.
It seemed that sometimes, when we look back, we still won't understand why we did what we did.