"Because she always bullies us? We have to fight back together!" Gu chengyan took it for granted.
On the surface, what she said was true, but ye zhiqiao still found it strange. After thinking for a while, she finally caught the flash of doubt in her head and asked, "But there seems to be no actual conflict between you and Li Ruonan, right? The reason she's targeting you is also to deal with me, so... You don't really have to do this."
Li Ruonan had even tried to pull gu chengyan over. Gu chengyan himself disagreed and insisted on standing beside ye zhiqiao to confront Li Ruonan.
The more ye zhiqiao thought about it, the weirder she felt. In fact, gu chengyan did not need to do this at all. Even if gu chengyan and li ruonan were working together to harm her, there was no need to form an alliance with her at all.
As ye zhiqiao became more and more suspicious, gu chengyan became anxious. She did not know that ye zhiqiao suspected that she and Li Ruonan were conspiring. She was worried that her real identity would be exposed.
The reason why she immediately joined forces with ye zhiqiao after seeing Li Ruonan was because she had a conflict with Li Ruonan when she was still in ye yi language.
At that time, she was held in the hands of miss ye, and Li Ruonan was also born with a golden spoon. Both of their families were in the business world, and both of their personalities were domineering and did not put anyone in their eyes. They met several times in public places such as cocktail parties, ball auctions, and so on, and the conflict naturally arose.
This was the reason she had to deal with Li Ruonan, but she could not tell ye zhiqiao the truth about these things.
"I... I was afraid you wouldn't be able to beat her alone. Although you have the upper hand this time, the next time Li Ruonan is on guard, what if you miss? It's safer to have a companion."
Gu chengyan's excuse was not very good, it could not be said that it was full of loopholes, but ye zhiqiao also immediately noticed the twinkle in her eyes, which was a sign of lying.
She was unwilling to tell the truth, and ye zhiqiao was too lazy to ask any more questions. Instead of being an ally, she might as well just refuse. So, ye zhiqiao shook her head and said calmly, "I believe I can deal with her on my own. If I don't need your help, as an ally, both sides need to feel loyal, but I think..."
She tilted her head and smiled, "We shouldn't be able to do that."
"Hey Zhiqiao!" After being rejected, gu chengyan immediately panicked. She didn't have the good brain of ye zhiqiao. If she fought against Li Ruonan alone, she might be held back by the other party. She had to win over ye zhiqiao as a partner.
His lips moved a few times, and gu chengyan's face turned a little red. In the end, he had no choice but to stick his neck and say, "Because we are enemies! I want to make an alliance with you because I have a grudge against Li Ruonan before."
Ye zhiqiao thought of many possibilities, but she did not expect gu chengyan to have a grudge against Li Ruonan!
But Li Ruonan's family was so well off that it was written on her resume how gu chengyan, who grew up in a middle class family, hated her.
Not to mention that ye zhiqiao did not know that gu chengyan was ye yiyu, even if she did, she knew very little about ye yiyu's previous life, and it was impossible to think of this.
Ye zhiqiao was even more confused at once, so she continued to ask, "How did you form a grudge? Can you tell me?"
Gu chengyan secretly supported his forehead and thought to himself, seeing ye zhiqiao's questioning posture, could she not tell her?
However, this time, she could not tell ye zhiqiao the truth, or her true identity would be exposed, so she casually made up a safer excuse.
"Just... I studied abroad, you know? At that time, I didn't have much money to live on, so I worked in a restaurant, and I happened to meet Li Ruonan. I made a mistake, and she didn't give up on me. Everyone was chinese, and they were like family in a foreign country, so I was made so difficult by her. I really felt bad because she lost that job."
In order to prevent ye zhiqiao from looking for an opportunity to verify with Li Ruonan, she added in the end, "But that was a few years ago. She must have long forgotten that she hurt an ordinary chinese student, but the harm she did to me, I will never forget."
It was a very touching and inspirational story. Ye zhiqiao couldn't tell the truth of the incident for a moment, but she had already given her the reason she wanted. Next, she had to make a decision - should she form an alliance with gu chengyan?
The answer was definitely no.
The reason why she asked gu chengyan about the alliance was that she saw that gu chengyan had something to hide and wanted to make things difficult on purpose. She had no intention of agreeing to the alliance from the beginning.
The reason was simple. Although gu chengyan had been very obedient to her during his time at the gu family, she had not forgotten what gu chengyan had tried to do to her!
The only reason why gu chengyan was staying with her was because he had been doing well recently. If she had really changed, she would have given her the chance to do so, and if gu chengyan was still stubborn, she would have been on guard.
But at this time, gu chengyan's desire to cooperate was very strong, and she had answered the question according to her request just now. If she continued to refuse now, she would probably provoke gu chengyan.
Now, we have to delay the policy and appease gu chengyan, so ye zhiqiao deliberately put on a troubled expression and muttered softly, "Oh, Li Ruonan is really too much. If it was me, I would probably hate it, but... About the alliance... Chengyan, can you give me time to think about it? After all, this is not a child's play."
Hearing that she wanted to consider it, gu chengyan did not have any doubts or dissatisfaction, but nodded his head in agreement and said repeatedly, "Of course, we should consider it. We are going to work together for a long time. We should take it seriously."
Gu chengyan was telling the truth. If ye zhiqiao agreed to him immediately after hearing her story, she might even suspect that ye zhiqiao was perfunctory. At this time, ye zhiqiao said that she had to think about it, but she was instantly relieved. In her opinion, this proved that ye zhiqiao believed her words and valued the cooperation after.
"Then let's make a deal. You have to give me an answer as soon as you think about it?" Gu chengyan smiled.
Ye zhiqiao tucked her broken hair behind her ear and nodded.