Gu Qili was originally the center of attention at Australian University, initially because of her dual identity as both the campus belle and top scholar, but now the plot has twisted, and she has suddenly become a negative example.
Amidst the whispers, even in the cafeteria where there were originally seats for six people, only Gu Qili and Mickey sat facing each other, with several empty seats next to them becoming glaringly conspicuous amidst the bustling crowd.
Everyone just watched from afar, and no one came to sit down.
While waiting to get rice noodles, Mickey cautiously looked around and noticed everyone's glances were fleetingly directed at them. The cafeteria was too noisy to hear what they were saying, but those non-eating, moving mouths must be chewing on some unpleasant words.
At this moment, she really admired Gu Qili's calmness; her slender fingers pressed on the tiny pocket-sized vocabulary book, as she was trying hard to memorize words, as if the discussions among the people were not about her.
Since the person involved remained so calm, Mickey also let it go, and those discussions soon turned into insignificant gossip, entering one ear and exiting the other.
As Gu Qili was memorizing words, a text message suddenly popped up on the screen of the phone beside her.
She glanced at the phone number with a bit of dread; although it wasn't saved, she knew it by heart.
She opened the text message, and immediately, as if she had done something guilty, she quickly turned it off, then looked up at Mickey sitting across. Mickey, looking down at her phone, did not notice her reaction.
Gu Qili felt a sigh of relief, yet her face felt hot. Updates are released by novel fire.net
That man had actually written in the text, "Where did you put my pants?"
This phrase could easily fuel wild speculations, and besides, wasn't it a bit too intimate as well.
She hadn't planned to reply to him, but was also afraid he would directly call her; although he had never called her before, she hastily sent back a message: It's in the second layer of the box.
The other party did not reply back, probably already found it.
Actually, the box was only so big, she had folded at least ten pairs of pants inside, if he had looked carefully, it was impossible not to find them. Or is it that he was simply too lazy to look, unwilling to even move his fingers.
"Qiqi." Suddenly a sticky voice rang above her head, and seeing the seat beside her, there seemed to be both surprise and delight, "No one is sitting here, right?"
Gu Qili had already put away her phone, calmly smiled at her and said, "No."
Hu Jiaojiao was not alone; two classmates from the same class were with her, and thus three of them quickly occupied three seats.
"Hi Mickey," Hu Jiaojiao's soft, weak voice was tingling to the bone, she raised her head slightly at her, a gentle smile on her face.
"Hello." Mickey's response was somewhat indifferent, she didn't know why, but she just didn't like Hu Jiaojiao. If it weren't for the fact that Hu Jiaojiao and Gu Qili had grown up together, she wouldn't even bother to expend the energy to talk to her.
"Qiqi, I have heard about your situation." Hu Jiaojiao grasped Gu Qili's hand, and before she could continue her sentence, tears had already started flowing, "If you encounter any difficulty, you can tell me. I will help you even if it means giving all I have. We've grown up together, we shared everything, now that we've grown up, has our relationship become estranged?"
Watching her tears fall like beads, Gu Qili felt a mixture of emotions and for a moment, she didn't know what to say.
"I know about the winery of Uncle Gu. Just like you, I am also very anxious, but I think there must be a better way, it should not have come to... come to..." Unable to continue, she could only helplessly sigh, tears flowing more profusely.
"Jiaojiao, you are too kind-hearted, after what she did, such shameless things, and yet you still cry for her," a female student from the side couldn't bear to watch anymore, "She's almost tarnished the name of our Australian University."