Crime Prison Island
Chapter 697 - 326: The Mystery of Gao Shu’s Origin_2

Chapter 697: Chapter 326: The Mystery of Gao Shu’s Origin_2

Gao Xin smiled: "What’s there to discuss? Aren’t we partners?"

"Or are you saying you never saw me as a partner?"

Wan Kai quickly replied: "No, no, Tai Sui, today I’ll be honest. Initially, we definitely planned to keep things from you because our enemies are quite powerful."

"But now, after we’ve been through so much, it would be inhuman to keep lying to you."

With that, he openly shared everything about the Vermilion Bird Gate affair.

Of course, Gao Xin had already known most of it.

However, it was the first time Wan Kai explicitly told him: "...Gao Shu, is actually the City Lord’s daughter. But previously in front of Seahorse, I made up a lie saying it was you, don’t take it to heart."

Gao Xin raised an eyebrow: "It’s alright, what’s false cannot be true, and what’s true cannot be false."

"I can stand in for her for now, but I must know the inside story."

Wan Kai was surprised: "What inside story?"

Gao Xin pursed his lips: "So, you truly don’t know why Lv Zhao rebelled?"

Wan Kai shook his head and sneered: "For power, what else? Do you really believe what he said, that it’s for peace?"

"For peace, he’d betray his best brother, his elder brother who trusted him implicitly?"

"For peace, he’d cause the Dragon Level in Tangren City to plummet by half, falling from its peak, even stronger than Eden Garden, to where it is now?"

Gao Xin didn’t express an opinion, but he always felt it wasn’t that simple.

According to Wan Kai, Lv Zhao had already seized great power, second only to Gao Long, and Gao Long trusted him immensely.

Lv Zhao controlled half of the military power and the entire intelligence network, leading many battles with Gao Long in command back home, thus earning significant prestige.

Gao Long didn’t impose any restrictions on him, sincerely believing that ’the world should be shared equally between us.’

That’s why Lv Zhao’s betrayal was so devastating.

It succeeded effortlessly, with only Wan Kai escaping, hardly causing any ripple.

Given this, the question arises: why did Lv Zhao have to choose to carry out the Vermilion Bird Gate upheaval during wartime?

Why didn’t he wait until after the war, when there was no external threat, to make his move?

After all, whenever he did it, it would be easy, whether sooner or later, but he chose the moment when Tangren City faced its greatest external threat to launch a coup.

Fortunately, Milan successfully completed the ceasefire agreement; otherwise, Tangren City could have dragged other allies down with it.

From the results, Milan cleaned up the mess from Lv Zhao’s coup, leading some to speculate about Milan’s backing, though it’s not baseless.

But if that’s the case, the question arises again: why would Milan support Lv Zhao’s coup? And during the most crucial moment of the war? It directly led to their defeat and the cession of Death Hills, what was the point?

Sadly, from Wan Kai’s perspective, he was entirely in the dark.

Apart from calling Lv Zhao a beast, he couldn’t articulate any deeper reasons.

Wan Kai was also completely unprepared; he’d arranged a meeting with Tian Xin, and then as soon as he returned to the city, the coup happened.

This caused him to lose credibility with others, so Gao Xin believed he truly had no idea.

However, those perplexing doubts lingered, and Gao Xin couldn’t help but ask: "I want to believe what you’re saying, but I still can’t comprehend the matter with Gao Shu."

"If Gao Long trusted Lv Zhao so much, how could there be a daughter he kept hidden from everyone?"

"During such a perfect coup by Lv Zhao, how did you manage to take Gao Shu away?"

Wan Kai looked at Chef Xue: "He was the one who brought Gao Shu out. Don’t ask me why the City Lord wanted to hide a daughter; I don’t know either."

"During the Vermilion Bird Gate upheaval, the City Lord knew the end was near. He shielded me with his life to escape, instructing me to find Chef Xue, telling me he had another daughter there. It was only at that moment I learned of Gao Shu’s existence."

"Since then, I’ve repeatedly asked Chef Xue who Gao Shu’s mother was; being able to give birth to an SSR must mean she was SSR, but sadly, Chef Xue just won’t say."

Gao Xin looked at Chef Xue.

Chef Xue sighed: "Wan Kai, do you still think I know?"

"It’s not that I’m not telling; I really don’t know either."

Now that Gao Xin has changed, holding the Dragon King Card, and future revenge will rely on him, everyone naturally laid everything out to Gao Xin.

Gao Shu is indeed an orphan of the Gao family.

This girl, seven years ago, was only nine years old, and she is an unpublicized illegitimate daughter.

The reason she wasn’t publicized is due to her mother’s special status.

So from the moment Gao Shu was born, her father took her away, secretly raising her, not daring to let anyone know who her mother was.

This included Wan Kai, Lv Zhao, and other extremely close brothers.

The first-generation City Lord, Gao Long, seemed to intend to take this secret to the grave.

Additionally, Gao Shu never received the treatment a City Lord’s daughter should have, being raised at Chef Xue’s home instead.

Chef Xue was one of many chefs who cooked for Gao Long, only at Wolf Level.

In a place like the City Lord’s Mansion in Tangren City, it’s not an exaggeration to say he was a servant.

However, Gao Long trusted him greatly and treated him kindly.

Chef Xue said: "The City Lord loved the food I cooked, saying it had the taste of his hometown."

"Then, sixteen years ago, suddenly one day the City Lord brought a baby girl, entrusting her to me to raise, calling her Gao Shushu."

"Initially, I didn’t know she was the City Lord’s daughter, thinking he was just kind-hearted, adopting a war orphan."

"After all, it’s happened before. Many mid-level elites in Tangren City are war orphans he adopted and nurtured, who didn’t know their parents, so they all took the City Lord’s surname, Gao."

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