My Scheming Little Devil-Chapter 1996: Intense Unease

Yin Qi saw her getting nervous and sneered, "When did it become your turn to question me? But it seems you really don’t know anything. You’re such a pathetic creature. It’s not surprising, though. For a countryside girl from Yalan Country like you to get into this elite school is already your greatest luck. Governor Yun let you in under the guise of charity, but at crucial moments, who would care about a humble adopted child like you? You’re so pathetic, let me tell you, they certainly won’t be coming back. Hmph, from now on, you will be the only thorn in the side."

Jun Yiyi’s heart trembled, her pupils flashed with disbelief, and countless questions surged through her mind like a tide.

She vaguely realized something was wrong.

"Weren’t they on vacation? How could they not come back?" Her expression darkened.

"Vacation?" Yin Qi’s laughter was sharp and strange, eyeing her with pity, "Well yes, that’s what’s generally claimed to the outsiders, but..."

"Qi Qi..." exclaimed one of Yin Qi’s followers nervously.

Yin Qi quickly covered her mouth, then gave an odd smile.

"Right, I shouldn’t be talking nonsense. Anyway, your good luck has run out. You’ll find out soon enough!"

With that, she left triumphantly with her entourage.

"Yiyi, what on earth do they mean? Do you understand?" Lina looked at Jun Yiyi, bewildered.

Jun Yiyi couldn’t fully understand either, but from Yin Qi’s unusual tone and the implication that Zhou Like and the others might not return to school, it seemed like... No, it felt like something terrifying and unexpected would happen, causing intense unease.

What on earth had happened? Jun Yiyi felt like even the school was on the verge of a storm.

"I don’t know, either." Jun Yiyi regretted that she had buried herself in studies for the past six months, ignoring everything else, and paid no attention to political developments.

So, what had happened outside in the past six months? She had no clue.

If she had paid a little more attention, she might have guessed the mysterious implications behind Yin Qi’s words.

All she could surmise now was that the departure of Zhou Like and the others was likely political. Was the capital’s situation getting tense, had the Queen lost her power?

What puzzled her was how these royalist families dared to send their relatives away.

After all, the capital was the royalist stronghold. The Queen was standing firm here, and these followers quietly sending their relatives away was like leaving themselves an escape route, not willing to share the Queen’s fate?

Could the Queen forgive such behavior?

It didn’t make sense. It was too strange.

Jun Yiyi couldn’t figure it out for now because she had too little information. Seeing Lina’s bewildered and slightly anxious face, her heart sank, and her expression turned serious.

"Lina, I don’t know what they mean, but I think..." She hesitated for a moment, but eventually spoke, "You’d better take a few days off and stay home. Don’t go anywhere."

Lina looked at her in shock, "Take a break during such a tense time? We don’t have much time left to prepare for the university entrance exams, and there’s nothing wrong with me, nothing uncomfortable." 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"No, it’s not that..." Jun Yiyi didn’t know how to explain her inexplicable unease to her. She just felt like maybe something bad was about to happen in the coming days.