CHAPTER 98: CHAPTER 98: ARE YOU REALLY NOT AT FAULT?

"My name is Rong Qingqing." Rong Qingqing put away her phone, "You can call me by my name."

"I think I’ll stick to calling you Miss Rong." Teacher Lin explained, "I feel like calling you by your name would be a bit impolite."

Rong Qingqing raised an indifferent eyebrow, then led Shen Qiao away from the school.

Shen Qiao had been staring at Rong Qingqing since she got in the car, and then she picked up her phone, unable to resist sending a WeChat message to Shen Jue.

Bro, my math teacher seems to have fallen for Sister Qingqing at first sight, and they even added each other on WeChat. —Shen Qiao.

When Teacher Lin was talking to Sister Qingqing, his face was all red, he seemed so shy. —Shen Qiao.

Bro, what if Teacher Lin pursues Sister Qingqing? —Shen Qiao.

Shen Qiao waited five minutes for Shen Jue’s reply but got nothing, which frustrated her.

Her brother had been indifferent to everything for a long time, and naturally, he cared even less about Rong Qingqing’s affairs.

Without a response from Shen Jue, Shen Qiao felt even more stifled.

She tugged at Rong Qingqing’s sleeve, asking in a small voice, "Sister Qingqing, don’t you think Teacher Lin is acting a bit different towards you? He blushed when he talked to you, do you know why that is?"

Rong Qingqing laughed, shedding light.

"Oh, my damned beauty, with nowhere to hide!"

Rong Qingqing held her forehead, "Yet another man moved by my beauty."

Shen Qiao: "..."

Why did she decide to discuss this topic with Rong Qingqing?

"Sister Qingqing, if Teacher Lin asks you out on a date, would you agree?" Shen Qiao asked tentatively, "What if he confesses to you?"

"This isn’t the kind of problem a 14-year-old girl should be worrying about." Rong Qingqing didn’t answer Shen Qiao’s question; instead, she turned the question around to Shen Qiao, "What do you think about Chen Zhenzhen’s issue?"

Chen Zhenzhen was Shen Qiao’s best friend; when everyone else isolated Shen Qiao, she was the one who stood by her.

It was only after being threatened by Chen Min and Sun Xiangxiang in the bathroom that she distanced herself from Shen Qiao.

According to Zhang Tan’s investigation, Chen Zhenzhen didn’t participate in any verbal abuse.

"What else is there to think? She apologized, I accepted it, but I won’t be friends with her anymore." Shen Qiao’s voice was muffled.

Hearing Shen Qiao say this, Rong Qingqing’s expression became a bit more serious.

"Qiaoqiao, have you never reflected on yourself?" Rong Qingqing’s tone was stern, "In your friendship with Chen Zhenzhen, do you think you were blameless, that you were very wronged?"

Shen Qiao was startled by Rong Qingqing’s sudden sternness. Hearing Qingqing question her, Shen Qiao pursed her lips in grievance, "It was her who stopped playing with me first."

"Shen Qiao, do you really think you were without fault?" Rong Qingqing repeated the question.

Initially, Shen Qiao felt justified, but when asked again by Rong Qingqing, she lost that confidence and looked back at Rong Qingqing, unsure.

"Qiaoqiao, friendship is about equality. Since you are friends, there shouldn’t be anyone trying too hard to please the other; that’s what friends are." Rong Qingqing said, "In your friendship with Chen Zhenzhen, I saw Chen Zhenzhen put in effort, but I didn’t see you, Shen Qiao, put in any effort."

"When everyone else isolated you, Chen Zhenzhen still stood by you. Her behavior was a kind of silent protection and support for you,

She used all her courage to stand against everyone for you; she truly worked hard."

"Later, she was threatened in the bathroom and only then slowly distanced herself from you. Shen Qiao, I ask you, during the time she was being threatened,

What did you do for Chen Zhenzhen? What effort did you make for your friendship?"