Chapter Thirty-Three: Brilliant Back

  This semester is almost over soon.

  I don't know if it's because I've been too busy or too careless, but the first semester seems to have passed faster than the speed of light. However, looking back on it, it was still quite colorful.

  From military training to class elections and dance competitions, from coincidentally meeting Zhu Yang to Fang Wenke and then Zhao Jun, every experience and person I've met is etched in my memory.

  Yesterday, after having lunch with Fang Wenke and Zhao Jun, I still couldn't escape Jiang Yun's interrogation. As a party involved, she naturally wanted to know Zhao Jun's answer very much.

  But out of sympathy, I really can't bear to tell her the truth.

  All I can tell her is that Zhao Jun doesn't want to fall in love now, and I don't know if what I said will help or harm Jiang Yun.

  However, the most annoying thing recently is not Liang Xue's modeling job, nor Jiang Yun's confession failure, but Jiang Xiaoqiao's hot romance.

  At this moment and for the next half month, the most frustrating thing is the final exam, because we really don't know anything.

  But it was also because of the upcoming exams that Jiang Yun temporarily put aside her pursuit of Zhao Jun and plunged into the sea of end-of-term review with us.

  Although the days of review were painful, through Fang Wenke's connections, they still got the exam scope from the teacher.

  So we need to memorize knowledge from 1006 pages to 104 pages of super essence, it seems that Fang Wenke is still very useful.

  I took the 104-page exam outline given by Fang Wenke and planned to go to the photocopy shop to make a few more copies for my roommates.

  I ran all the way to the copy shop, but saw Jiang Xiaoqiao who had just come out of the milk tea shop, and her uncle.

  Jiang Xiaoqiao's face was very bad, while that uncle had a very helpless expression.

  Right after that, I saw the uncle tightly grabbing Jiang Xiaoqiao's arm, while Jiang Xiaoqiao was struggling and continuously saying "get out".

  I saw the situation was unfavorable, so I loudly called out Jiang Xiaoqiao's name and quickly ran to her side.

  Jiang Xiaoqiao saw me running over and hastily shook off the uncle's hand, then hid behind me.

  Jiang Xiaoqiao's expression was on the verge of collapse, as if she had been robbed of something and was filled with fear.

  The uncle in front of him also felt embarrassed, instantly recovering his polite attitude, and then said to Jiang Xiaoqiao: "Xiaoqiao, think carefully about it, we'll contact each other by phone tonight."

  The uncle immediately drove away in his Audi, while Jiang Xiaoqiao knelt on the ground, crying uncontrollably and attracting a crowd of onlookers.

  I helped Jiang Xiaoqiao up and accompanied her back to school.

  Back in the dormitory, there was no one in the room, and I guessed they had all gone to the library to review.

  I helped Jiang Xiaoqiao onto the bed and poured her a cup of hot water.

  I actually wanted to ask her what was wrong, but looking at her constantly sobbing, I swallowed my doubts.

  But in the next two seconds, a reversal of events occurred.

  When Jiang Xiaoqiao turned over, her bag fell to the ground, and a pregnancy test stick with its packaging box fell out of the bag.

  I stared blankly at the pregnancy test stick on the ground, then turned my head to her and said: "Xiao Qiao, don't tell me this thing was used by you! Are you pregnant?"

  Jiang Xiaoqiao saw the pregnancy test strip fall out of her bag and immediately stopped sobbing.

  She fell silent for a moment, her expression complex as she nodded and said, "It's already been over a month."

  "What? Several months? You've been with that old man for just a few days! How can you be so bad at protecting yourself?"

  Jiang Xiaoqiao lowered her head and didn't speak, only to see pea-sized tears welling up on her face again.

  She didn't say a word, so I continued to ask: "What were you two pulling at just now? You're already pregnant, why is he still being so fierce with you?"

  Jiang Xiaoqiao probably knew that the truth couldn't be hidden, so after crying for a long time, she finally told the truth: "He found out I was pregnant today and immediately wanted to take me to have an abortion. He said he had a wife and a 3-year-old son, and he said he couldn't abandon his wife for me!"

  "Jiang Xiaoqiao! Are you stupid or something?! Are you lacking money or love?! You're having an affair with a married man? Aren't you just being a mistress?! Does your brain have any logic?!"

  It's possible that I was too harsh with my words, and after Jiang Xiaoqiao heard me scolding her, she cried even harder, almost collapsing the entire dormitory building.

  I pulled out a tissue from my pocket and wiped away her tears and smudged makeup.

  I sat beside her, watching her cry for a full five minutes before I continued to say to her: "Xiao Qiao, we absolutely cannot have this child! He will ruin you! How about we abort him?"

  Jiang Xiaoqiao calmed down for a moment, took a few deep breaths, and slowly grasped my right hand with both of hers. "Wei Ming," she said, "I must keep this child. I love Liang Chengming so much, I couldn't bear to get rid of the baby!"

  Seeing Jiang Xiaoqiao's appearance, I think she has gone mad. At this moment, I especially want to slap her awake with a palm, but I couldn't bring myself to do it.

  "Xiao Qiao, calm down and think carefully, okay? From his behavior today, you can see that Liang Chengming is absolutely not going to divorce for your sake! To put it bluntly, you're just a plaything in his hands, and when he gets bored with you, he'll throw you away! If you give birth to the child, do you think this matter won't be known by his wife? At that time, you'll be a mistress, and can his wife not make trouble for you? Moreover, let's not mention how complicated his family relationships are, what about your parents? Have you thought about them?"

  "But what can I do? I had an abortion in high school, and the doctor said that if I don't take good care of myself, if something like this happens again, I'll never be able to get pregnant!"

  When I heard this, both Xiao Qiao and I fell silent.

  I suddenly started sympathizing with the Jiang Xiaoqiao in front of me, how dazzling and beautiful she usually is! If these things weren't told to me by her own mouth, I think even if I broke my head, I wouldn't dare believe this was her experience.

  In the quiet bedroom, I held Jiang Xiaoqiao without making a sound, because I really didn't know how to deal with this kind of thing.

  Should I advise her to let go or let her pursue it? After all, the one who has gone through these things is not me. Suddenly, I feel that I am living a very happy and simple life, at least I don't have to think about those heartbreaking choices.

  But now I finally understand one truth.

  Originally, the most real appearance of each person is not as direct as what we see. Originally, the phrase "seeing is believing" does not really work. Originally, behind the brilliance, it's either vicissitudes or filth.