Chapter 12 No More Favors
After that, Qin Chi and I never spoke again.
I studied like crazy, watching the gaokao countdown on the blackboard grow smaller every day. I felt nervous and expectant at the same time.
My target was W University.
Qin Chi looked for me once.
After a classmate passed the message, I put down my pen and went out.
In the corridor he handed me a bag of snacks and four hundred yuan.
"Auntie asked me to give these to you."
"Thank you." I took them and turned away without another word.
"Have you been bullied lately?"
"No."
"If you run into any trouble, you can tell me."
I didn't answer. I carried the things and walked quickly back into the classroom.
At lunch in the cafeteria, Lin Yuanyuan walked straight toward me.
"Zhou Xiaoning."
I already knew what she wanted to say. When I carried the bag into the classroom that morning, Liu Tian had been staring at me the whole time.
She must have told her.
I spoke first. "This morning Qin Chi was only passing money and things on behalf of my mom."
Lin Yuanyuan paused, then still looked angry.
"Hmph. Couldn't your mom ask someone else? She had to ask him. You shameless thing. I think you did it on purpose."
"Watch your mouth. Qin Chi may be precious to you, but that doesn't mean everyone wants to steal him. And if I really wanted to steal him, I wouldn't act like this."
"Hmph, Zhou Xiaoning, stop pretending. You like Qin Chi so much. Do you think I can't see it? Do you think I didn't notice you secretly watching us? You look like a thief peeping at other people's things. You always want to steal Qin Chi from me. You're really disgusting."
"Steal? You don't even deserve to say that word. Look at yourself. A disabled girl like you thinks she can compete with me? Even if all the women in the world died, Qin Chi would never look at you."
I couldn't hold back anymore. "You're the crazy one."
I ate two bites and lost my appetite. I threw the rest away and returned to the Dorm Room.
I sat on the chair in a daze for a while.
But to stop anything like this from happening again, I took out the old phone from the drawer and called my mom.
"Mom, don't let Qin Chi bring me things anymore. If I need anything I'll call you myself."
"Why? Did he refuse? I ran into him today and worried you weren't eating well, so I bought some things and asked him to bring them."
"It's not that. I'm fine. Just don't let him bring anything anymore. I'll come home this weekend."