568 Ulterior Motives (2/2)
The original Iris had never bothered with clan affairs. When she woke up from coma as the new Iris, she didn't change this, thereby making her completely unaware of insider news within the clan. Not all information could be gathered by hacking, especially with an old family like the Longs.
Most of its members still retained their traditional practices, preferring to write things on paper and meeting each other in person instead of leaving electronic traces. In addition, the main family and the important branch families lived in ancient residences. Only a few had security cameras installed in the properties. All of these made it quite challenging for Iris to glean private information within the clan, especially when concerning the older generation. It was easier to snoop around the younger generation because they favoured the convenience of modern technology, carelessly leaving traces online which she could exploit.
This was why even though Iris didn't give a whit about Long Jufang and had no interest in befriending him, she put on a smile and chatted with him. He wanted to act closer to her, so she would do the same. She knew that he had ulterior motives for wanting to be close to her. So did she. She needed him in order to glean insider information within the clan.
Thanks to her earlier acting classes, she was able to hide her distaste for Long Jufang with a smile on her face.
Moments later, they saw Long Hui and Long Meng heading towards them.
Long Jufang leaned towards her and whispered in a conspiratorial tone, ”Long Meng has been going around the clan trying to discredit and defame you. She's your elder brother's biggest supporter and hates it whenever you overshadow your brother. Don't trust her.”
It took great effort for Iris not to cringe at his proximity to her.
'I don't trust her. I don't trust you either,' she thought to herself before replying to him, ”I understand Granduncle. Thank you for your warning.”
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She resisted the urge to roll her eyes, nodding instead. Seeing Dom also fighting hard not to make faces of disgust, she gave him warning glare. He nodded and smoothed out his expression.
”Little Sister,” Long Hui greeted when he arrived with Long Meng.
”Deputy CFO,” she greeted back with a nod, not bothering to call him 'Elder Brother'.
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