An Empress's Return to the Present: The Real Young Lady's Strong Comeback

Chapter 54: Conspiracy

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

A few days after the exhibition, Han Tian sent a message to Gu Xiao, saying that the auction had ended.

The two works were sold at 900,000 and 1.2 million respectively. According to the rules of the auction house, Gu Xiao could get 70%.

Gu Xiao happily replied with an OK. Han Tian quickly transferred the money over and asked Gu Xiao when he was free to discuss calligraphy with him.

Gu Xiao thought that it was a good thing that he was a sixty-year-old grandfather. If he wasn’t young, Chu An might have been jealous for a long period of time.

She didn’t tell Chu An about the money she had earned for the time being. She planned to give Chu An a surprise.

She had accumulated savings of 1,050,000 yuan. She was definitely a rich lady.

During this period of time, she had been working very hard in her studies. Her schedule was full every day. Although she was tired, Gu Xiao was spending her time in a fulfilling manner.

Her grades improved rapidly, and the students gradually fell in love with Gu Xiao. After all, who wouldn’t like a hardworking and kind girl?

In the blink of an eye, the final exam was in two weeks.

Gu Xiao’s life was simple and happy, but Ji Yao’s was different.

Ever since the incident at the painting exhibition and she was dealt a blow, Ji Yao had fallen into a dispirited state.

The person she had always looked down on had defeated her in a field that she prided herself on. It was not that she could not accept it, but she would not allow such a thing to happen.

Recently, her condition had been extremely bad. She had been discovered by the teacher many times when she was distracted in class. The most serious time was when the teacher called her to the office and asked her if anything had happened recently.

Ji Yao couldn’t say those things out loud, so she could only find an excuse to brush it off.

Gu Xiao’s victory this time had become a nightmare in Ji Yao’s heart. She began to worry. What if she really lost the bet with her?

Unknowingly, Gu Xiao had destroyed all her confidence.

At this moment, a terrifying thought appeared in Ji Yao’s mind.

She could just destroy her then.

Then the words kept repeating themselves in her head, eventually occupying all her thoughts.

She made a call to a hooligan outside the school.

Gu Xiao didn’t choose to go home with Chu An today.

With the hard-earned money, she wanted to buy some gifts for Chu An. After all, Chu An had helped her too much. Not only did she love Chu An, but she was also grateful to him.

Therefore, she used the excuse of looking for a teacher to tutor her and told Chu An to go home first.

Chu An didn’t say much and only reminded her to be careful when she went home alone.

After Chu An left, Gu Xiao only went out about half an hour after he had left.

At this time, there were already very few students.

As the school was in the city center and very close to a large shopping mall, Gu Xiao wanted to buy a set of clothes for Chu An.

As soon as she stepped out of the school gate, Gu Xiao realized that something was wrong.

Someone was following her.

That person covered his face with a cap and followed her footsteps with his head lowered.

Initially, Gu Xiao thought that she was overthinking. However, after taking a few detours, that person still followed closely.

She thought to herself that something was wrong. She wanted to run, but she was already grabbed from behind and her mouth was covered.

Gu Xiao whimpered. Suddenly, a few people rushed out from the side and tied her up with a rope before dragging her into an alley.

It was a dead end. Almost no one would pass through it.

There were a total of five people on the other side. Gu Xiao stared at them and saw a familiar figure—Ji Yao.

“What do you want?”

Gu Xiao’s tone was unprecedentedly calm and filled with uncontrollable anger.

“What do I want to do? Gu Xiao, you should ask yourself what you want to do.” Ji Yao looked down at Gu Xiao, who was kneeling on the ground.

“What do I want? I’m living my own life. How am I an eyesore to you? Or are you jealous of me?” At this point, Gu Xiao suddenly smiled coldly. “I didn’t expect the dignified daughter of the Ji family to be jealous of a country bumpkin like me.”

Ji Yao’s face was filled with anger. She waved at the boy behind her, and a boy came up and slapped Gu Xiao.

He used a lot of strength, and her face burned. However, Gu Xiao still looked at Ji Yao with disdain.

“Gu Xiao, they are underage.”

“Oh, so?”

“I gave them money. Even if they’re caught by the police, it won’t be my fault. They’ll be detained for a few days at most,” Ji Yao said coldly. “Break her hand.”

Another boy approached her with a stick in his hand. Gu Xiao looked at him coldly without any fear.

“If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for provoking Sister Ji. Sister Ji is not someone you can provoke!” As he spoke, he raised his stick and was about to smash it down.

Gu Xiao closed her eyes tightly, but the expected pain did not come..