In the past few days, Xia Qiao often asked He Tianran to meet. As the contact deepened, she became more certain that He Tianran liked her too.
Otherwise, how could a senior in high school, who is so busy studying, be free to spend time with himself at any time if it wasn't because he liked it?
Even if he comes every time, he will ask himself if he is caught in rumors again.
Xia Qiao feels that she is much smarter than a child herding sheep. It is true that the wolf is coming, but the wolf is also her.
The rumors in school became more and more intense, and even some scandalous things about her in junior high school were exposed, but she didn't care because He Tianran would always say that he believed her.
And every time she believed it, it made her like He Tianran more.
Like a child who has never eaten candy, he enjoys every piece of candy.
"Qiaoqiao, I think... you should stay away from your friends..."
Once, He Tianran hesitated for a long time and couldn't help but mention it.
At that time, Xia Qiao was thinking about how to naturally hold He Tianran's arm. After hearing this, she was slightly stunned and asked:
"Friend? Brother Tianran, which one are you talking about?"
He Tianran looked embarrassed, "It's just... ugh... you can see for yourself."
He handed over his cell phone.
After Xia Qiao took it, her pupils suddenly enlarged.
On the chat interface, there were messages sent quietly to He Tianran by his best friends. They complained about his various private behaviors and sent various suggestive words to the boy. However, the boy's replies were very polite, and he was very polite to those who sent them. All content should be treated with due skepticism.
"Brother Tianran, when did she join you?"
Xia Qiao suppressed her anger.
He Tianran rubbed his chin and said:
"That day you invited me to drink coffee, and the next day she came to class to look for me. I thought you were looking for me for something, but I didn't expect that she just wanted my contact information. I thought she was your friend, so I gave it to her... right..."
The boy continued talking to himself, ignoring the increasingly ferocious expression on Xia Qiao's face next to him.
"After she was about to go there, a few more girls added me. The verification messages they sent said they were all your friends. However, I thought someone was trying to mess with you, so I didn't add them. Please check the friend messages and see. Did I misunderstand?"
Xia Qiao didn't have time to confirm. She just quickly flipped through all the chat records between He Tianran and his best friends. The more she read, the more panicked she became. Cold sweat broke out on her forehead. All her crimes were clearly exposed. She was so nervous that she stammered:
"Brother Tianran, I...she...isn't..."
"I know……"
He Tianran smiled warmly as usual, and said comfortingly:
"I believe you, Qiaoqiao. Although we have not known each other for a long time, I always feel that you are not who you are as they say, because the way you look in front of me is completely inconsistent with what they say. Am I wrong if I saw it with my own eyes?"
His rhetorical question dispelled Xia Qiao's doubts, and at the same time moved the girl with dazed eyes to the extreme.
Yes, as long as Brother Tianran believes in me, that’s enough!
Those bitches must be jealous of me!
"Brother Tianran, if you didn't tell me, I might still be in the dark. I have always regarded them as good friends. I didn't expect that she would slander me like this in private! Those rumors about me must have been spread by her. Come out! What good will this do to them!"
As she talked, Xia Qiao actually shed a few tears in grievance. She was not pretending, but really pretending to be a victim.
This kind of mentality is very complicated. He Tianran's simple words "I believe you" are a hundred times more powerful than those rumors, so much so that it really made Xia Qiao have the mentality of "I am so innocent" .
Tears streaked across her makeup, leaving two obvious traces. Xia Qiao suddenly felt a soft object gently wipe her eyelashes.
It was He Tianran's handkerchief. The boy was wiping his tears. His movements were gentle and his eyes showed worry.
"Don't cry. After all, you are friends. It's not good to start a fight. How about I go and talk to you? Tell her to stop doing this."
Xia Qiao subconsciously grabbed He Tianran's hand. At this moment, she seemed to have grasped her destiny, the best existence for her in the world.
"Brother Tianran, no need, I will handle this matter myself..."
She didn't want He Tianran to meet her so-called "friends" because she was afraid that things would be exposed. But at the moment, Xia Qiao was more afraid of letting the boy in front of her come into contact with her past self, her true self.
He Tianran was silent for a moment, then nodded with a "yes". He also held the other person's palm and put the handkerchief in her hand.
"Stop crying, I give it to you." He looked away.
"Brother Tianran..."
Xia Qiao's eyes sparkled with enthusiasm and happiness.
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Xia Qiao angrily grabbed the informant's hair and dragged her to the toilet. She had long disliked the informant. She originally said that it was her idea to cut Cao Aiqing's hair, but in the end it was herself who carried it out.
That's all. She, Xia Qiao, has been resisting the ups and downs on campus now, and these teammates who are holding them back have the time to stab her in the back!
She stepped on the informant's face one by one, causing the other person's nose and face to be bruised and swollen. She was still upset, turned around, and ordered a few trembling girls:
"Don't just watch, come along too! Don't think that I don't know what you have done behind my back. If you don't break up with this guy today and clarify your own position, you will be next!"
After that, she turned around and walked out of the toilet. Several classmates who were passing by saw her and walked away quickly.
Xia Qiao looked sideways at their actions and didn't care. She took out the handkerchief given by He Tianran and put it between her nose and took a deep breath. She liked this scent very much. If it was paired with the scream later, she would be more satisfied. .
"Brother Tianran, they are the ones who harmed me. I will get rid of those who harmed me now. You will definitely not blame me, right?"
Xia Qiao murmured to herself. She felt that she was really a good person now. As long as she could hide the truth, she would be completely different from her previous self.
But there was no sound from the toilet.
This disappointed her, she frowned, carefully put the handkerchief into her bag, and then entered the toilet again with a sullen expression.
The injured child was actually helped up by the previous girls, and what greeted Xia Qiao was a look that was several times colder than hers.
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After school, it's especially cold in winter.
The school's gossip group has exploded, and this afternoon, a big revelation was made.
A girl named Xia Qiao was in the first year of high school. All the evil things she had done in the past were revealed, and there were screenshots of her personally admitting them and bragging about them as proof.
What she did was simply too numerous to describe, and it was chilling to hear.
This incident even alarmed the school leaders, but when the dean and teachers went to look for Xia Qiao for confirmation, they did not find her in the class.
At this time, Xia Qiao's hair was messy, her face was covered with dirt, and she had an abnormal smile on her face.
Hey, those girls ran away in the middle of the fight. They were really vulnerable.
She remembered that brother Tianran said at noon that he would have something to do with her in the evening.
Will you confess your love?
Is it too fast?
Xia Qiao thought excitedly.
No, it won't happen. Brother Tianran is not that impatient, so he has to take his time this time.
He must be worried about himself. After all, at noon, he said that he would handle this matter alone. During this period, his cell phone was smashed by that guy and he couldn't make calls. He had to go there quickly and not let him worry.
Xia Qiao was a little worried about her makeup, but time waited for no one and she couldn't control so much. Moreover, He Tianran would definitely feel sorry for her when he saw her look like this.
The girl with hanging eyes thought so.
However, when she saw the girls she had beaten away, crying and complaining around He Tianran, Xia Qiao's blood surged again, and she wished she could go up and tear those girls alive right now.
He Tianran also noticed him, and when he looked at her with his eyes, there was no expression on his face.
This familiar feeling of alienation does not seem to have diminished by half as the two gradually deepened their understanding.
Xia Qiao walked forward with heavy steps. Her voice was as dry and hoarse as a broken gong, but she still said with hope:
"Brother Tianran...I...I am innocent...you still believe me...right?"
He Tianran finally smiled. When the girls around him saw Xia Qiao's appearance, they all retreated behind He Tianran in fright.
"What are you doing? Come out! Brother Tianran is mine!"
When Xia Qiao saw this, she suddenly seemed to go crazy. She rushed two steps, but was stopped by He Tianran.
"Qiaoqiao, don't do this!"
He Tianran seemed to have returned to the familiar look of trusting him. Xia Qiao couldn't help but pointed at the group of girls behind him and said:
"Brother Tianran, they just beat me! They also wanted to snatch the handkerchief you gave me. I don't want them to take it away. Look..."
Xia Qiao took out the dirty handkerchief and was about to claim credit when He Tianran suddenly said seriously:
"Is what they said...all true?"
"Wha...what?"
Xia Qiao forced out a smile.
"Did you hit her?"
He Tianran glanced at the girl whose nose and face were bruised and swollen by Xia Qiao, and asked.
"She...she...she framed me first, Brother Tianran! She is a liar!"
"So, you beat her, right?"
"me……"
"They told me a lot of your secrets, Qiaoqiao, would you like to confront them? If what they tell is lies, I will definitely help you. I told you, I only believe what I see. ."
He Tianran spoke slowly and slowly, just like Xia Qiao's expression when she saw him defending herself for the first time.
But this time, as several girls walked out from He Tianran, Xia Qiao took a few steps back.
"Why, Xia Qiao, you don't even have the courage to confront me?"
"Don't you usually like others to publicize your deeds? Are you mute this time?"
"Yeah, why are you pretending to be a good person now? It was you who stood in this position and forced Cao Aiqing to cut his hair! Do you remember?"
A series of questions from her former companions left Xia Qiao unable to avoid and unable to answer. She placed her only hope on He Tianran, looking forward to hearing those four words again.
But that boy who was always kind, looked at himself, but at this moment he was spinning a string of unfamiliar rosary beads in his hand.
She heard a sentence full of disappointment from his mouth——
"How can I trust you when you are like this?"
He Tianran walked past Xia Qiao, who was in a state of despair. She clenched her handkerchief tightly and said out of control:
"Brother Tianran, believe me again. You gave me something. I really cherish it...I...I'm going to clean it now..."
He Tianran passed through the arch of the English Corner, leaving behind a back figure and a straw that could break a camel's back——
"Forget it, it's too dirty and can't be cleaned."
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He Tianran didn't want to know what happened after the English Corner.
The bodhi seed rotated in his hand, and finally he hung it calmly around his neck.
Sure enough, he liked this thing better than the handkerchief.
Xue Yong jumped out from halfway, with an inexplicable expression on his face, but after a moment he still said in a joking tone:
"Okay, Brother Tianran, it turns out that you are the devil!"
He Tianran also smiled: "Does it feel good?"
"It's great! If it were me, I wouldn't be able to think of such a way to feed a tiger in less than a year and a half."
The cold expression on He Tianran's face returned to normal at this time. Xue Yong was the only person who knew all his plans. People such as Ye Jiaqi, Bai Tingting and others only knew that he wanted to spread rumors, so they only helped spread the news that Xia Qiao had done evil. News, did not participate in this step.
As the saying goes, the evil one defeats the bully and uses evil to control evil.
"I didn't expect that the relationship between Xia Qiao and this group of people would go so smoothly. There was still a lot of luck involved."
He Tianran concluded.
Xue Yong was puzzled: "Why didn't you reveal the truth directly in the end? Maybe it would be more enjoyable that way!"
The sinister boy shook his head, "Suspense movies always like to leave hooks in the endings to keep people's appetites, and they don't directly tell you the answer that is closest to the truth. Do you know why?"
"Why?"
"Because the most despairing things are often hidden in hope."
Xue Yong scratched his head: "I don't understand, you are talking human language."
"Xia Qiao likes me."
"Yes, I can tell, you're a nymphomaniac."
"Do you think it's more sad to be hated by someone you like, or to be hated by someone who pretends to like you?"
This was a convoluted statement, but Xue Yong understood it.
He took a breath: "You... you hurt others by cutting their hair, but you hurt others by leaving scars on their hearts!"
He Tianran chuckled: "What a metaphor."
"..."
Xue Yong stopped, shuddering a little.
What He Tianran did was indeed a relief, but it also made Xue Yong feel a deep chill.
He could feel that the distance between He Tianran and evil was so close, even just one step away...
If that prank really came true...
So how will He Tianran retaliate against these people?
Xue Yong thought about it carefully. He was a little bit unable to control this idea, until He Tianran turned his head and said to him loudly:
"Hey, let's go and eat. I'm so hungry."
The frightened school bully shook his head and finally threw this idea out of his mind.
He ran up, jumped up and hooked He Tianran's neck, and the two walked away laughing.
Fortunately, that prank didn't come true.
They are good buddies now.
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The next day, Xia Qiao was ordered to drop out of school for defaming others and bullying her classmates.
