Chapter 80: Chapter 80 Great Job_1
As soon as Bin Xia, Huo Xiaoning and Zhao Mei stepped in, they heard Ye Qing speaking ill of Qiao Xiaren from the seats behind the door. Their faces instantly turned sour.
A bottle of mineral water landed with a ‘thud’ on the table in front of them, startling both Ye Qing and Ye Jianian. Looking up, Ye Qing met three bright and pretty faces. They were definitely not friendly.
“Ye, the academic representative, did your parents teach you to gossip about others behind their backs?”
Huo Xiaoning was always rather straightforward and sharp-tongued. Ye Qing, choked for words in front of Ye Jianian, couldn’t help but retort, “Creating cliques in class? What, Huo Xiaoning, do you actually regard Qiao Xiaren as a goddess? I really don’t understand– can anyone casually be crowned a goddess?”
“So what if she is?” Huo Xiaoning slapped the table, exuding a strong aura. “You can talk about me, but you cannot badmouth my goddess! Casually? If you think it’s easy, how about you go ahead and make people respect you as a goddess? Are you so jealous that it’s now unacceptable for others to look good?”
Seeing that Zhao Mei and Bin Xia also chimed in, while Ye Jianian had no intention of defending her, Ye Qing’s eyes reddened with grievance. She argued back, “Yes, I’m not as attractive as her, but that doesn’t mean you have to come over and humiliate me. Is this fun to you?”
After speaking, Ye Qing began to sob as though she had suffered a great grievance. At this moment, when class was about to start, her crying attracted a number of onlookers.
“You’re talking nonsense!”
Huo Xiaoning immediately became infuriated upon hearing this. She hadn’t expected Ye Qing to be such a manipulative person. They had just come to stop her from talking behind their goddess’s back, yet she had turned it around to accuse them of humiliating her?
“Stop crying.” Ye Jianian gently patted Ye Qing’s back. The image of a victim was vivid in her performance. Everyone was classmates, and no one wanted to make things so nasty. They even thought that Huo Xiaoning had said something to make Ye Qing angry.
“Huo Xiaoning, you should apologize.”
“Yeah, there’s no need to have such a falling out among classmates…”
“Why should I apologize?” Huo Xiaoning retorted angrily. “Unbelievable, she really is a two-faced hypocrite! Dare you say again what you just said?”
Ye Qing remained silent, crying even harder.
Qiao Xiaren entered the classroom just as the bell rang. Almost simultaneously, all eyes landed on the girl who was slowly walking in.
“What happened? Why is everyone gathered here?”
Her calm and gentle voice was exceptionally soothing. The students instinctively made way, and the whole classroom fell silent, save for the sound of Ye Qing’s sobbing.
“Qiao Xiaren, you’re finally here.” Ye Jianian looked over, his eyes filled with complex emotions. “This situation started because of you, so you need to solve it. It would be best if you apologize to Ye.”
Qiao Xiaren’s eyes flickered with confusion as she glanced at Ye Qing.
“Qiao Xiaren, we may not be as pretty as you, but do you really need to humiliate me in front of everyone?” Ye Qing looked somewhat hysterical, her lips quivering as she glared at Qiao Xiaren, looking extremely pitiful.
As she finished speaking, Ye Qing once again burst into tears.
“Stop playing the victim, it was clearly you who…” Huo Xiaoning was about to curse, when she felt a slender hand lightly touch her shoulder and gently pull her back. Looking up, she saw that Qiao Xiaren had moved in front of her.
“Thanks, I’ll handle this.”
In an instant, an image of the formidable goddess Qiao sprang up in the hearts of Huo Xiaoning, Bin Xia, and the others. Wow, the goddess was really impressive! Was she going to protect them? She was indeed awesome!