Chapter 409: It Was Gu Yinxue Who Incited Me to Kill You

After two months, seeing Lin Shutong again, she had lost her usual radiant brilliance, like a wilted rose, dressed in a loose prison uniform and wearing silver shackles.

When she sat down in front of Jiang Lai, the fury in her eyes hadn't changed at all, only it was no longer the wild, clawing rage of before, but a deeper, more sinister hatred.

If such hatred persists for three years in prison, who knows what kind of revenge Lin Shutong will enact after she gets out.

No wonder Ke Zhongyu was worried.

"Long time no see." Jiang Lai faced the gritting Lin Shutong with a normal expression.

Lin Shutong ground her teeth: "You still have the nerve to see me!"

"You have the nerve to know the law and break it; why would I be ashamed to come see you?" Jiang Lai calmly took out a stack of documents and placed them in front of herself.

Looking at her that way, Lin Shutong couldn't help recalling the humiliation in court that day, when Jiang Lai, together with a lawyer, hammered her with one blow after another, ruining her reputation.

"Jiang Lai, after getting with the right man, you've become even better at borrowing authority." Lin Shutong glanced at the distance, where the famous Ke Zhongyu was sitting there waiting for Jiang Lai.

Rather than waiting, it was more like a backing.

Jiang Lai: "I truly only found myself again after meeting Ke Zhongyu. I came to see you today to talk about the report against Ji Lao."

When that was mentioned, Lin Shutong slammed the table and rose: "What's there to say! Isn't it just you stabbing someone in the back!"

The newly risen Lin Shutong was restrained by a prison guard; the seated Ke Zhongyu, hearing the commotion, turned his head, his cold, deep gaze sweeping over her, causing Lin Shutong to shiver all over.

"I didn't do this." Jiang Lai pushed the documents over, "I know you won't believe what I say, so we brought evidence for you. Take a look, see who really orchestrated all this."

Lin Shutong glared at Jiang Lai, snatched the documents quickly: "What trick are you playing now."

Jiang Lai said calmly, "Before Ji Lao was reported, you met Gu Yinxue in B City, right? Is it really only me and Ke Zhongyu who know that Ji Lao gave you 70 million?"

While she spoke, Lin Shutong flipped through the documents with a doubtful expression, growing increasingly impatient and less convinced the more she turned the pages.

"Gu Yinxue? How could that be? How could she report my grandfather!" They were allies!

Jiang Lai slightly lifted her chin, indicating that she look at the IP address shown in the documents and the users of that IP; everyone else had no connection to Ji Lao or Lin Shutong, only Gu Yinxue.

"Is it strange that she wrote the report?" Jiang Lai retorted.

Lin Shutong slammed the documents: "She has no reason to do this! She's been matchmaking me with Gu Zhiyan; we have a cooperative relationship, why would she do this?"

"Why do you think Gu Yinxue would match you with Gu Zhiyan?" Jiang Lai found it somewhat amusing, "Lin Shutong, ask yourself honestly, which sister would introduce you to her own brother?"

Lin Shutong heard the blatant mockery.

Jiang Lai continued, "What kind of person are you? Gu Yinxue was crystal clear in court, yet she still stood on your side, jointly deceiving Gu Zhiyan. Do you think that's real?"

"I don't know what justification Gu Yinxue used, but I can now tell you why she reported Ji Lao: she wants to use you against me. As for why she targets me, it's because I am the Gu family's biological daughter, whereas Gu Yinxue is not; Gu Yinxue is only a native of G Province."

Lin Shutong's pupils trembled repeatedly; she stood up again, only to be forced back onto her seat by the prison guard.

She stared with bell‑like eyes, furrowing her brows in disbelief: "What are you saying? You're the Gu family's daughter? Aren't you an orphan!"

"You look disappointed," Jiang Lai nodded, "I just returned to the Gu family; everyone knows Gu Yinxue isn't a Gu daughter, but you're in prison and can't get outside information."

Lin Shutong still glared angrily at Jiang Lai, her eyes mixed with deep jealousy.

She used to think her abilities surpassed Jiang Lai, a housewife, but Jiang Lai suddenly transformed into the chief engineer of the Self-developed Chip Project that everyone clamored to join.

She believed her own lineage was many times better than Jiang Lai's, yet now Jiang Lai tells her that Jiang Lai is actually a daughter of the Gu family in B City?

Lin Shutong was both angry and amused, feeling that Heaven was deliberately teasing her; after more than twenty glorious years, in a single night she was crushed from all sides and ended up in prison reform.

It even caused her parents to disown her, and her most beloved grandfather's reputation was ruined.

Jiang Lai watched her angry silence for a moment, then flipped through the documents again and asked, "Was the person who reported my grandfather really not you?"

"It wasn't me." Jiang Lai looked at Lin Shutong.

Lin Shutong quickly crumpled the documents into a ball and whispered angrily, "Gu, Yinxue!"

"Well done, Gu Yinxue, you actually used me as a gun? You actually used me as a gun…" Her voice suddenly stopped.

Lin Shutong seemed to recall something.

"Aside from being able to get you a lawyer, there's really nothing else we can do."

"I've looked into this a bit; if the report is true… but if you're willing to do it, that's fine, at least it would be true to your conscience."

"If it were me, I'd lean toward making the mastermind pay the price."

Jiang Lai heard Lin Shutong's words as if her soul had left; she murmured softly, "Make the mastermind pay the price," then snapped her gaze at her, eyes as if ready to devour.

Ke Zhongyu's cold stare was commonplace; Lin Shutong's look held little intimidation for Jiang Lai.

"It was Gu Yinxue who incited me," Lin Shutong hurriedly tried to grab Jiang Lai's hand, but couldn't, and began shouting, "It was Gu Yinxue who incited me! She urged me to kill you!"

Jiang Lai's expression flickered slightly, not fearing Lin Shutong's feral look, but after sensing the meaning in her words, she pressed, "What? Explain clearly—who incited you? How did they incite you?"

"Gu Yinxue told me herself; she said that if it were her, she'd lean toward making the mastermind pay the price. I got emotional hearing that, fixated on making you pay, so I discreetly followed you for a while, even rented a car with faulty brakes, deliberately waiting at Mujiang Tai gate to cause a crash when you emerged!"

Lin Shutong blurted it all out in one go, smoother than when facing police interrogation.

Her mind seemed to shift at that moment; she turned to the prison guard and said, "I want legal aid, I want to appeal! I was incited, I was incited to commit a crime!"

"Why am I the only one sentenced!" Lin Shutong snarled, "Gu Yinxue, you treacherous scoundrel, I won't let you get away, I definitely won't let you go."

Visiting hour arrived, and Lin Shutong was taken away, still clutching the crumpled documents. As she left, she kept looking back at Jiang Lai, saying, "It's Gu Yinxue! Jiang Lai, if you have the ability, go find Gu Yinxue and kill this shameless scumbag for me!"

Lin Shutong's voice grew farther away.

Jiang Lai stood up and went out; Ke Zhongyu was already waiting for her.

"Finished?"

"Mm." Jiang Lai looked up at Ke Zhongyu, "I got an unexpected gain."