Chapter 173 She Is Your Sister

Lin Yao never expected this girl to be so gullible, falling for her lies after just a couple of simple sentences.

The corners of her lips curved upward, though the amusement in her eyes carried a hint of mockery. Feigning intimacy, she draped an arm around Wang Qingqing's shoulder. "Of course it's true. Come on, let's go find Weiwei together."

The stone that had been weighing heavily on Wang Qingqing's chest finally settled somewhat.

Chacha despised her so much now; she probably even hated her deep down.

If there really was someone who could help her, that would be wonderful...

At the mere thought of this, Wang Qingqing's mood improved considerably.

She followed closely behind Lin Yao until they reached Ruan Wei's desk.

The moment Ruan Wei caught sight of the girl's face, a flash of disdain crossed her eyes. The girl was simply too ugly.

She looked at Lin Yao in confusion, failing to understand why she had brought Wang Qingqing over to her.

"Weiwei, the new student used to know Ruan Cha. It seems they are from the same village, and there's some bad blood between them. Since you're Chacha's sister, you should help her out. Otherwise, I can see the new student is having a really hard time."

As soon as Lin Yao finished speaking, Ruan Wei understood instantly.

She looked at Wang Qingqing with a gentle expression, suppressing the disgust in her heart as she took the girl's hand. "I heard you introduce yourself as Qingqing, right? Qingqing, my sister's personality is just like that. Even though she's pretty, she holds grudges, and she's actually quite difficult and overbearing. As her older sister, I've offended her and made her angry several times just by saying the wrong thing, and she can be completely ruthless even to me..."

Wang Qingqing had originally hoped they could help smooth things over between her and Ruan Cha. But now, hearing this girl named Ruan Wei speak, it sounded on the surface like she was trying to understand her sister's temperament, yet no matter how she listened to it, it sounded entirely like bad-mouthing Chacha.

Wang Qingqing felt conflicted for a moment. Frowning, she mustered the courage to ask, "Isn't Chacha your sister? How can you talk about her like that?"

Before Ruan Wei could finish her complaints about Ruan Cha, she was interrupted by the girl right in front of her. Her eyes widened instantly, a wave of annoyance rushing to her head, and her breathing grew slightly rapid.

"I was merely telling you the truth."

Wang Qingqing grew even more puzzled. "The truth? If you're trying to ease the tension between me and Chacha right now, shouldn't you be saying nice things about her? After all, she's your sister, while I'm just a distant stranger to her."

Although the girl had a timid personality, her stubborn persistence over things that didn't make sense caused Ruan Wei's expression to shift completely.

She exchanged glances with Lin Yao, her chest heaving heavily with anger.

Realizing the situation was getting out of hand, Lin Yao quickly pressed a gentle hand onto Ruan Wei's shoulder before turning back to Wang Qingqing. "Qingqing, don't be upset. Weiwei only spoke that way because she considers you one of us. We all assumed you and Ruan Cha used to be very close, which is why we didn't think things through. Could you tell me what your relationship was like back then? What actually happened between you two?"

Hearing this, the gloom in Wang Qingqing's chest dissipated slightly.

"After her mother disappeared, Chacha stayed at our house. We used to study together and were in the same class. Back then, a professor from the city came to our school to select promising programming students. Chacha had an extraordinary talent for programming. After she submitted her programming project, the professor noticed her and intended to take her to the city to study. But my mother thought it was such a wonderful opportunity, so she made me secretly steal Chacha's score and go to the city in her place..."

Listening to the girl's increasingly guilty and self-reproachful voice, the looks exchanged between Lin Yao and Ruan Wei grew even more shocked.