Chapter 200: Chloe and Ling Xue?
Chloe felt sick in her stomach thinking about her father, who even tried to use Mary as leverage to make her work for him forcefully. She didn't think she would ever be able to have a normal relationship with him. Thankfully, due to her talent, she was able to escape with Mary safely.
Still, her hate toward him was just a little below the person who had killed her and Mary previously. If she ever met that person in this life, she wouldn't wait for any explanation or anything. She would just kill him without any questions. She wouldn't even feel much knowing how many wrongs he had done previously; it would be a pleasure for her to get rid of that scum.
Ignoring these thoughts, she focused on the people in front of her, who, in her previous life, had taken advantage of her naivety for quite a bit of time. She was furious when she found out that the people she had thought were her friends were actually the ones taking advantage of her.
In her previous life, getting kicked out without giving them any payback left quite a sour taste in her mouth. While she had learned a few things being together with them, and they had also helped her survive many hardships, at the end of it all, the Vice President had become the leader of the Winter Alliance and, hoarding all the treasure, had become very powerful—more powerful than she was.
She knew if she was given the resources, she could be equally strong or even stronger. Even when she had contributed just as much as the Vice President, she was only given the title of founding member. Other than that, she wasn't included in any decision-making, which she didn't quite care about honestly. However, taking advantage of her when she thought they were her first friends hurt her very much and even caused her to become overly cautious of others.
'Haah!'
A helpless laugh escaped her mind thinking about everything. She thought that in this life, they would not do the same thing. While they were all under the venomous woman Ling Xue's command, and Ling Xue was the one taking the most advantage of her, that didn't mean they weren't guilty.
Now she didn't care about them at all, as she already had her one true friend, Aiden, whom she was going to find after leaving this group of snakes. She would have to pay them back later; however, for now, she didn't have much time.
For now, she was only going to embarrass them here in front of everyone without caring about anything, and she was excited. She was going to first play around with the Vice President a bit to expose just how selfish of a person she actually was.
A giggle escaped her mind as she thought about the things she was going to say to her.
'Hehehe.'
She looked into Vice President Ling Xue's eyes innocently and said in her cute voice, which she wasn't trying to make sound cute, but whatever she said in her voice always sounded cute:
"Ling Xue, is that really true?"
She had already started calling her by her name, which she had used in her previous life, and the Vice President didn't seem to mind. She still remembered how this snake of a woman told everyone to call her the leader in later days.
She could see the twitching in Ling Xue's face whenever she called her by her name. Chloe knew she felt annoyed, which was why she used her name even more.
She had understood her personality, as she was the type of woman who liked to be above others, even before the evolution.
Chloe, seeing how Ling Xue was keeping a fake smile on her face when she was clearly annoyed, enjoyed her reactions a little.
'This little shit!'
Ling Xue hated when this little twerp called her by her name as if they were friends or something. She was clearly the leader here. But remembering how powerful Chloe was, she had to bear with her for some time and make use of this powerful little gadget until she became many times stronger than all of them.
That was when she would implement her other plans. Until then, she had to act friendly toward her.
She had felt trapped before these magical things happened, as she knew her father would have surely married her off to that scum Mark just to gain more power.
She didn't hate him or anything for trying to make use of her to gain more power, but she didn't like it when he treated her as if he could control her as he pleased.
She had already manipulated her brother, making him believe that their father was going to make him the heir and creating hatred toward their father by creating many false pieces of evidence and coincidences over the years, which made him believe that their father was selecting an heir from the branch family.
She had already realized that their father had no intention of choosing any heir. Like her, he was also a person who loved power and had never mentioned anything about choosing an heir, not even as a joke.
She had taken advantage of his strict and power-hungry personality to make use of her brother and had also given him many ideas on how to take out their father, even though he always had tight security.
Her brother loved her very much, and knowing he wasn't too good with his brain and would only be considered above average, she was the one who had made it possible for him to become the president, even when he wasn't deserving of it.
But he wasn't a fool. However, in the end, she could easily manipulate him, so seeing him become the owner of their business was not a problem for her.
Now, she could see the opportunity to break free from everything on her own and become even greater than her father, who was the largest supplier of weapons in the world. She knew she was still not out of his grasp, as if he knew she had great talent, he would surely try to make use of her.
She didn't want to be under someone else's command and wanted to be the one who ruled above others. She wouldn't have to worry about being used by someone else. Even if he was her father, she wouldn't forgive him for trying to chain her.
She hoped her father would just forget about her, but she knew this was only wishful thinking. She had realized her talent was probably very good in this short period of time, as compared to others, Chloe's AAA+ ice affinity talent made everyone else's talents look like a joke.
She knew he would try to control her, and knowing how powerful he was, she didn't think she was capable enough to even resist him right now when he found out about her and sent people with his modern weapons.
But she knew she had time now, as everything would be in chaos.
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She didn't think he would be coming for her soon. So, in that time, she had to become as powerful as she could and get more people under her so that when he came after her, she would be capable enough to protect her own destiny.
And to do that, she would do anything. Using little Chloe, who probably hadn't done anything wrong to her, was the least of her worries. Now, hearing the words coming out of her innocent-looking, cute face, Ling Xue felt a little conscious about using her. However, she quickly cleared those thoughts as a resolute expression appeared on her face.
'It looks like Chloe really is as naive as she looks.'
Ling Xue felt good knowing it would be easy to trick her, so she replied to Chloe's naive words about whether what she had said was true or not.
"Of course, Chloe, it is true. If we divide the cores according to what I have said, it would be much better for everyone else. You can also see that all the others agree to this, so you don't have to worry much and just trust me. I will take care of everything."
A look of sadness appeared on Ling Xue's beautiful face as she continued.
"I don't want anyone to starve. So, to do that, I have to take care of everyone, and to do that, I may even be a little strict. But don't hate me for that. I am doing this for you and everyone else."
She looked at all of them not just Chloe but others beside her.
"I know your share of cores would be higher, and even mine would be a little more than what I would be getting now. But for the safety of me and everyone else, even if I have to make this little sacrifice, I am willing to do so, Chloe, and everyone else. Will you also do it together with me—for you, me, and everyone else?"
Her voice cracked a little, and even tears threatened to come out of her beautiful blue eyes as she said her last words.
"I-I don't w-want a-anyone to d-die."