As soon as her words came out, everyone on the rooftop looked at He Zhilan differently. Only Zhilan herself was practically flabbergasted after hearing them. "Senior Liao, whatever happened between Ding Long and you has nothing to do with me. On what grounds do you accuse me of breaking you two up?"
Zhou Hongjin sighed. He had heard many at school discussing yesterday about a freshman of the foreign language department stealing another’s love, and the main characters of this saga were Ding Long, He Zhilan, and Liao Qinghong who is threatening suicide right now. That was why he waited for He Zhilan to get off work at the library to ask about it.
However, after hearing what He Zhilan said last night, he knew that there was no relationship between He Zhilan and Ding Long, so he didn’t tell He Zhilan. He originally thought that this nonsense would naturally clarify over time, but he didn’t expect Ding Long’s girlfriend to threaten suicide. Moreover, they even brought He Zhilan here to accuse her of stealing another’s love in front of so many people.
"You still deny it! Everyone saw it that day in the library, Ding Long went to find you!" Liao Qinghong cried out. "Ding Long told me, he said he has fallen for you! He Zhilan, why do you treat me this way? You took over my job at the library, and now you want to steal my boyfriend. What do I owe you? He Zhilan, I hate you! If I die, I still hate you!"
"He Zhilan is not the kind of person you portray!" Jiang Biyun shouted angrily.
Facing so many spectators who insulted and blamed her without knowing the truth, Zhilan’s heart turned bitter. Senior Liao’s words also seemed ridiculous to her.
It was pitiful for Senior Liao to be dumped by Ding Long. However, if this led her to frame Zhilan, putting her in infamy at school, Zhilan couldn’t help but mock her. It served her right!
"Senior Liao, what do you mean by saying I took over your job at the library and stole your boyfriend? Firstly, you resigned from the library job on your own, and I only got this job after you resigned. The library doesn’t belong to your family; you can’t just arbitrarily say I took over your job! Secondly, I didn’t steal your boyfriend. Everyone knows that the encounter with Ding Long in the library was only our second meeting. Our first meeting happened when I was out with my roommate, and we didn’t even exchange words. I have nothing to do with Ding Long. How can you say I stole your boyfriend? Senior Liao, I respect you as my senior. So, I don’t need an apology from you, but please, refrain from slandering me at will. I don’t know or care how deep your relationship with Ding Long was. However, Senior Liao, we only have one life. If you really jump off, the only ones who will mourn are your parents. The people you can threaten with your life are the ones who truly love you. Don’t you think it’s cruel and outrageous to hurt these people with your own life?"
He Zhilan was holding back her anger. She would have exploded if Liao Qinghong was not threatening suicide with her irrational jabbering.
As expected, nothing good ever comes from any involvement with Ding Long. Her intuition was correct: Ding Long was her disaster.
"Your words sound nice. But you are not me. You don’t know how much pain I feel losing him. All due to you he wanted to break up with me! If it weren’t for your instigations, why would he want to break up!" Senior Liao yelled furiously. "You can’t fool me, He Zhilan. I’ve seen it. He bought you a gold necklace a few days ago! He Zhilan, you are utterly shameless. For Ding Long’s money, you ruthlessly broke us up. He Zhilan, you don’t even love Ding Long at all. Can you please return him to me?"