Gu Jinman's smug smile froze on her face.
Qiao Hua didn't notice anything unusual about her and continued grumbling inwardly.
[Oh, right. If I remember correctly, her birthday was the day she got sold off to a mountain village.]
[Good thing she didn't invite me, or I might get dragged into it and sold off too.]
[But this is serious. Should I warn her so nothing actually happens to her?]
[Forget it. I'll warn her that day. She wouldn't believe me if I told her now. She might even think I couldn't stand to see her happy.]
Gu Jinman's hands began trembling involuntarily, and she pressed them down hard to stop them.
She wasn't going to believe Qiao Hua!
Last time, Qiao Hua had said Song Zixuan was having an affair with Xu Peiya, but it had turned out to be a misunderstanding. She had nearly made Gu Jinman believe the two had actually betrayed her.
This time, Qiao Hua was definitely trying to drive a wedge between them again.
Although Gu Jinman kept telling herself she didn't believe it, her body betrayed her as she picked up her phone. After a moment's hesitation, she called Song Zixuan.
Unlike last time, the call didn't go through. A cold, mechanical female voice came from the other end:
"Sorry, the number you have dialed is switched off. Please try again later..."
Gu Jinman's expression shifted, and she called Xu Peiya instead.
She heard the same recorded message.
Could they really be fooling around in a hotel behind her back, just as Qiao Hua had said?
Gu Jinman dismissed the thought as soon as it arose.
No, impossible. Zixuan treated me so well. How could he cheat on me?
Besides, Xu Peiya had been her best friend since high school.
It had to