Chapter 135 – Lodging a Complaint (告状)
Jing Yunzhao may be the cause of it, but what she did not know was that Qiao Hongye had walked along that road all alone and only arrived by dawn the next day!
The place was isolated, other than other muddy roads in the area, it was completely impossible to find a single road sign. Qiao Hongye had no choice but to steel herself and continue walking forward. If she stopped, she would feel an ominous breeze blowing by, especially around those graves by the roadside that were littered with rice coloured shredded papers fluttering around. Just the sound of it made her skin crawl. She did not dare to stay any longer.
She was, after all, still a girl. She had also participated in very few P.E. lessons ever since she was young. Her walking speed was also very slow. Especially since the more she walked, the more tired she would get. In the end, she kept walking but kept stopping repeatedly. Also, because the sky was dark, she tripped many times. Only when daybreak came and everything become more illuminated, did a kind-hearted driver drive her to school, and only then did Qiao Hongye find out that she had been walking the opposite way. She felt like she was going to vomit and pass out.
Unfortunately for her, after being exposed to the cold winds and frightened the whole night, by the time she arrived at school, she had caught a high fever. Right now, she was resting in the infirmary.
Initially, Jing Yunzhao thought that while Qiao Hongye was hateful, she was still only a kid after all. If, after experiencing the bitterness that she had gone through in her past life, Qiao Hongye would become more tactful, then she would be glad to leave things the way they were and not get involved with her anymore, but Qiao Hongye had to deliver herself to her doorstep.
Jing Yunzhao did not want to harm anyone, but she was also unwilling to just wait for others to come to her to scheme against her. Since it was hard to change Qiao Hongye’s scoundrel-like personality, then no matter what kind of difficulties she faced from now on, she had brought it onto herself.
The fever she had was very bad that even after sending her to the infirmary to rest for a day, she still had not recovered. The school saw that her condition was not good, so they just sent her directly to the hospital. If it was like this in the past, the students of Class 2 would already have spontaneously gone to visit her as a group, but this time, they did not. Towards her, almost everyone avoided her as if she was a snake or a scorpion.
However, there would still be that handful of people who were not enlightened.
For example, Jiang Xia of Class 1.
Maybe it was because Jing Yunzhao hadn’t been harsh for a while, Jiang Xia’s original personality showed itself again. He kept feeling like everything was Jing Yuzhao’s fault. (well he’s not wrong hehe)
On that day, Jiang Xia had bought a bouquet of flowers using his allowance and hurried to the hospital.
Inside, Qiao Weimin was frowning while looking at Qiao Hongye with an expression of irritation.
This brat actually did not want to be discharged!
All she had was a fever, it was not like she had a terminal illness. She could rest up anywhere. Additionally, the bed space cost money, the drip cost money, eating and drinking also cost money! Knowing how to squander money from such a young age, what about the future?
Qiao Weimin still missed and thought about that ginseng even till this day. Every night when he went to sleep, he would see Jing Yunzhao swallowing it bite by bite. Now that the topic of money was raised, he felt like he was hurting everywhere.
With an expression of respect on his face, Jiang Xia pushed open the door and came in. He was completely unable to see that Qiao Weimin’s expression was unkind.
“Qiao Hongye, I’m here to visit you as a representative of our class. I hope you’ll get well soon,” Jiang Xia smiled as he passed the bouquet over.
Qiao Weimin frowned. He was representing a class and only brought one bouquet?
However, he was still not so muddled that he would vent his anger on an outsider. He just glossed over the inconsistency, but thinking that his daughter was from Class 2, he couldn’t resist asking, “Ye-er, how come I haven’t seen any of your classmates come visit you?”
Qiao Hongye was lying on the medical bed, her face pale.
Just when she was about to explain, she heard Jiang Xia laugh. “Isn’t it all because of that Jing Yunzhao? Uncle, you should also educate her properly. What was it about her that she had to keep bullying Qiao Hongye? The people in school kept talking bad about Qiao Hongye’s character these days, and she’s isolated by them. No matter how one explained, no one would listen. Oh yeah, her seat has also been dragged all the way to the back, severely influencing her grades. She ranked in the double digits in class in the test two days back.”
