Chapter 57: Rift Three

  There was a moment when I felt that the iron quadrangle of the past suddenly became very far away. I and Xu Luo stood inside the door, Su Yan and Ning Jing stood outside the door, but the distance between this small door seemed to me like a vast distance.

  Xu Luokai fell silent, she stood quietly on the other side, I rarely saw her so quiet. Su Yan forced a smile, but I clearly felt her unhappiness at this moment. As for Ning Jing, her eyes looking at Xu Luokai were obviously unkind, probably still resentful about what happened today.

  Although Ning Jing is gentle in nature, she is a particularly sensitive girl. Today, Xu Luo didn't stand up for Su Yan, so she must be blaming her.

  "Where did you go?" I took a step forward, wanting to ease the awkward atmosphere at this moment, but Ning Jing and Su Yan surprisingly didn't respond to me, Ning Jing not even willing to give me a smile.

  This is the most embarrassing for me now.

  "Xiao Luo, why didn't you stand up for Su Su today?" Ning Jing finally broke the silence, her lips tightly pursed as she asked word by word.

  Xu Luokai smiled faintly and said, "Is it useful for me to stand out?" What kind of person is Xu Luokai? Does her words carry any weight?

  A glimmer of disappointment flashed in her calm eyes, and she looked at me again with a hint of blame. "Ah Qian, SuSu didn't do anything wrong, it was that woman who intentionally picked on her, why did you stand on her side and force SuSu to apologize?"

  I was stunned and didn't say anything.

  "Right, I almost forgot, you were originally a rich young lady, and your world is different from ours." Ning Jing sneered with a smile, not knowing whether she was mocking me or herself.

  Something has quietly changed, perhaps I really shouldn't have let them attend Gu Liu's birthday party, perhaps Ning Jing was right, we were never people of the same world.

  Because they are not of this world, they cannot understand what I have done. If I didn't do that, Su Yan would only be more humiliated.

  I didn't explain, and had nothing to say. She quietly assumed I agreed, without saying a word, and began packing her things. She took off that magnificent dress, folded it neatly and placed it on my bed, whispering: "Returning it to you, perhaps it's gotten a bit dirty."

  Xu Luokai walked up and patted me on the shoulder. She seemed to be feeling unwell too, but didn't explain anything either.

  Xu Luo understood my intention just as I had grasped her situation after listening to her words.

  Su Yan said, "Ah Qiang, I understand. You don't need to explain. I won't blame you. Ning Jing was just temporarily angry and didn't mean any harm. Don't blame her."

  I don't blame her, I never blamed her, but this matter has taken root in my heart after all.

  The calm misunderstanding and suspicion towards me made my heart cold. Not long ago, I was still talking to Gu Chen with a solemn oath about the unbreakable friendship between us that I thought we had, but I didn't expect that just one birthday party would create such a big gap between us.

  That night, I lay awake all night, staring at the ceiling with wide eyes. When I turned my head, I saw Ning Jing's back facing me, and she was clearly not asleep either. Su Yan covered herself tightly with the quilt, and I could faintly hear her suppressed sobs, which struck my heart directly. Xu Luo tossed and turned on the bed, and in the darkness, I could clearly hear her sighs.

  I guess we all have our own worries, it turns out I'm not the only one who can't sleep.

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