Chapter 44: Female Leads with Different Thoughts
Unknowingly, a whole day was about to pass again.
As the dismissal bell rang, the teacher left the classroom swiftly, not staying for a moment.
Long Qinxin stood up, slung her schoolbag over her shoulder, and slowly walked out of the classroom, slightly dejected.
Today, she again failed to see her light.
From the moment she entered the school gate this morning, she had longed to meet that white-haired figure. During every break between classes, she would silently go to Lu Zhiyin’s classroom door and look inside through the glass.
Even so, she still hadn’t seen Lu Zhiyin, and a growing worry filled her heart.
Could it be that the injuries the girl in her memory sustained for her were that severe?
If she couldn’t see her today, she would have to wait until Monday.
Head bowed, thinking of this, Long Qinxin felt a pang of reluctance.
She recalled Lu Zhiyin’s friend who didn’t seem to like her much. Although she had some doubts about Leng Qing Qiu’s feelings for Lu Zhiyin, at least Lu Zhiyin admitted they were friends, right?
As friends, she should know Lu Zhiyin’s address…
She suddenly realized that she and Lu Zhiyin didn’t even seem to qualify as friends.
“…”
Looking at her toes, Long Qinxin’s eyes darkened further.
She slowly made her way to the door of Lu Zhiyin’s classroom, ignoring the classmates passing by her, and looked towards a corner of the classroom.
The brown-haired girl was slowly packing her schoolbag. Long Qinxin saw her rummaging through the compartment under Lu Zhiyin’s desk and taking out some thing.
“As expected, she’s not a good person.”
Murmuring softly to herself, Long Qinxin made her conclusion about Leng Qing Qiu.
She began to wonder if she should tell Lu Zhiyin what she had seen today.
If possible, she would tell her in person the next time they met.
Lu Zhiyin was her light, and Long Qinxin didn’t want her light to be obscured by anyone.
While Long Qinxin was lost in her jumbled thoughts, inside the classroom, Leng Qing Qiu placed Lu Zhiyin’s house key back into the schoolbag in her desk.
Since she had already made an identical copy, there was no need to keep the original key with her.
Slung her schoolbag over her shoulder, Leng Qing Qiu stood up.
“…Tsk.”
Her gaze fell on the classroom door, where an unwelcome figure stood quietly.
Head bowed, with black hair and green eyes, wearing twin ponytails, it was undoubtedly Long Qinxin.
That girl had been peeking at her more times than she could count today. Leng Qing Qiu simply couldn’t understand what she wanted to do with her childhood friend, especially since she had only recently met Lu Zhiyin.
The figure in her sight was small, but not as endearing as Lu Zhiyin. Leng Qing Qiu had little patience for Long Qinxin.
She quickly walked to the classroom door, intending to slip out through the gap in the doorframe, but Long Qinxin blocked her way.
“…”
Looking up, gazing at Leng Qing Qiu, Long Qinxin stood in front of her.
“Is there something you need?”
Seeing this ungrateful girl before her, Leng Qing Qiu’s anger slowly began to rise, but she didn’t lash out, merely softening her tone.
“Where does Lu Zhiyin live?”
Without hesitation, the question she wanted to ask slipped out. After speaking, Long Qinxin stood there motionlessly, waiting for an answer.
“…I don’t know.”
Leng Qing Qiu naturally knew the answer to this question, but there was no reason for her to reveal her childhood friend’s address to a stranger, was there?
After speaking, Leng Qing Qiu didn’t wait for Long Qinxin to reply. She pushed Long Qinxin aside with a little force and quickly went downstairs.
“…Don’t know… huh?”
Long Qinxin was left alone in her original spot, the black-haired girl muttering to herself.
She felt that Leng Qing Qiu was lying to her, but she seemed to have no reason to press further.
Her already not-so-good mood worsened.
“Looks like I’ll have to wait until next week to ask her myself.”
Slowly leaving the now empty teaching building, Long Qinxin went downstairs and merged with the students preparing to leave the school.
At the same time, at the school gate, Qin An stood outside, quietly watching the students coming out of the gate. Several followers were behind her.
“I haven’t seen that girl for the past two days, tsk… it feels a bit boring…”
The person she referred to was Lu Zhiyin.
In her memory, the Lu Zhiyin of the past would resist when she bullied her, making futile resistances like most people, monotonous and annoying to watch.
But recently, she seemed to have changed, becoming weaker, only passively accepting. This, in turn, had piqued Qin An’s interest.
Although there were students who resigned themselves to being bullied often, none of them were as beautiful as Lu Zhiyin. White hair and red eyes were quite rare in this city. Before Lu Zhiyin, Qin An had no experience bullying disabled people.
She felt that bullying Lu Zhiyin was much more satisfying than bullying others.
As for why she could bully others so unscrupulously without punishment or retaliation, it was naturally because she had a good father.
The judicial officer of this city held considerable power.
As the daughter of a judicial officer, Qin An not only did not become a law-abiding good citizen but even did many illegal things, becoming the ringleader of a gang of thugs and delinquents.
It was a bit ironic, Qin An herself found it somewhat amusing.
“Still not out? Or did that girl not come today either?”
After waiting at the school gate for a while, without seeing Lu Zhiyin come out, Qin An was becoming impatient.
She turned to look at her followers. The followers were trembling like sieves, afraid of offending her.
“Big Sister, that little cripple really didn’t come to school all day.”
One follower hesitated for a long time before speaking.
“Mm.”
With a hum, Qin An felt a little dissatisfied, but the thought that the week would soon end cheered her up.
She could wait until Monday to ask that girl for money again, and have some fun with her on the side.
Qin An remembered that last time she had pushed Lu Zhiyin down the stairs. So what about next time? How would she play with her next time?
Qin An had not yet figured it out.
Just then, Leng Qing Qiu walked out of the school gate, carrying her schoolbag.
Qin An knew Leng Qing Qiu. In her eyes, Leng Qing Qiu was a difficult person to deal with.
Without seeing Leng Qing Qiu fight anyone, just from her eyes and face, Qin An could tell she was not someone to be trifled with.
Therefore, Qin An basically never provoked Leng Qing Qiu.
Although she wouldn’t fear her with her family’s influence, Qin An still didn’t want to trouble herself.
With so many people in the school, there was no need to add one more to her list.
After Leng Qing Qiu had walked a distance away, Qin An finally came up with a good way to bully Lu Zhiyin.
“You all, when you come to school next Monday, remember to bring me a basin.”
She planned to let that seemingly pathetic white-haired cripple experience the feeling of drowning.
