CH 9

Tang Xia helped out in the kitchen. After eating, she took the initiative to wash the dishes and wipe the table. After everything was settled, she took a shower and dried her hair. It was almost 9 o’clock when she returned to the bedroom.

She nestled in the computer chair and circled slowly, while calculating the last two exercises, she reached out and unplugged the charging phone.

The phone screen immediately lit up, showing 2 missed calls.

The signature is – Gu Qing.

“Damn!”

Tang Xia bounced up in an instant, and she was so surprised that she swore.

Caller ID is 4 hours ago and 2 hours ago.

She was in the supermarket then.

She was in the bathroom then.

Tang Xia dropped the pen and quickly pressed the callback.

Hearing the long sound of “beep beep beep” in her ear, she became nervous for no reason, her hands were numb, and she was sweating profusely.

Ten seconds later, a familiar but unfamiliar voice from Gu Qing came from the other end of the phone.

“Tang Xia…”

The girl’s usual bright and clear tone was nasal, hoarse, dry, and cautious.

Tang Xia’s whole heart trembled.

“Gu Qing, are you… crying?” She squeezed the phone tightly, with an undisguised anxiety in her tone.

“Tang Xia, I don’t know what to do…” Gu Qing over there seemed to be stuffed under the quilt, her voice was very low, her breath was unsteady, and it made people feel distressed.

Tang Xia couldn’t stop comforting her, “Tell me, what happened?”

Gu Qing cried hard, slurred her words, and kept repeating one sentence –

“I didn’t confess my love to Han Yu, so what does Zhao Huan want me for?”

Tang Xia seemed to be thrown into an ice cave all of a sudden, her hands and feet went cold.

So…Zhao Huan still troubled Gu Qing?

Tang Xia gritted her teeth hard. That bitch!

“Tang Xia, you know what? Last week she kept asking people to block me… those people are from Qing Gongyuan, I… I’m afraid…”

Gu Qing’s mood calmed down a little, but she still couldn’t stop sobbing. Tang Xia took a deep breath.

Qing Gongyuan is a “famous” vocational school and the inside…is in disarray, like a small society.

“Did they bully… um… hit you?” Tang Xia asked, pinching the phone more and more tightly .

“No,” Gu Qing sniffed, “but… I’m really afraid…” After she finished speaking, Tang Xia couldn’t hold back, and she heard the grievance and fear Gu Qing tried to suppress through the phone.

Those scumbags from Qing Gongyuan must have threatened or warned Gu Qing! Tang Xia was so angry that her whole body was shaking.

“Tang Xia, I really can’t help it…Zhao Huan didn’t believe me, but said that I was deliberately provoking her, after school the day before yesterday…she said she would look for me next week…Tang Xia, help me, help me Ah…”

Gu Qing cried helplessly, making Tang Xia suddenly think of her ten days ago. Her smile at that moment was so beautiful.

“Don’t be afraid,” Tang Xia comforted her, pursing her lips and thinking, “Hang up first, I’ll call you later. Don’t cry, okay Gu Qing, it’s okay, I will help you.”

After hanging up the phone, Tang Xia sat down in a daze for five minutes.

Zhao Huan didn’t dare to cause trouble again herself, so she found someone from another school.

It’s really shameless and hateful! But there was one thing Tang Xia couldn’t figure out——

Gu Qing really liked Han Yu, but she never said that she would confess or even pursue him. Why did this rumor spread inexplicably after the Qu Sisi incident happened?

Was it an accident? Or… was it done by someone deliberately ? Tang Xia’s heart sank.

She was terrified, feeling that this was not important for the time being. The most important thing right now is to solve the harassment of Gu Qing by Zhao Huan and the people from Qing Gongyuan.

Tang Xia dialed a number and wait for it to connect. The other party quickly picked it up.

“Xiao Xia.” It was a male voice, lazy, as if he hadn’t woken up.

“Brother,” Tang Xia knew that Tang Xuan was playing a game when she heard him, “Don’t turn on the speakerphone, I have something very important to tell you.”

Probably surprised by Tang Xia’s serious tone, Tang Xuan, after a moment of silence, said, “Wait a minute.”

“Okay.” Tang Xia heard the noise in the boys’ dormitory over there, and the sound of clicking the mouse quickly. A moment later, Tang Xuan’s clean and magnetic voice came—

“What’s wrong?”

Tang Xia lowered her voice, briefly and quickly summarized Gu Qing’s affairs, and then said, “Brother, when you were in No. 1 High School, did you know anyone who is powerful? Please help my classmate.”

Tang Xuan leaned on the balcony, and finally smiled, “That’s it? I thought it was urgent,” he paused, and then said, “Have your classmate prepare 500 yuan, I will tell Tan Xiao go to your class tomorrow.”

“Tan Xiao?” Tang Xia was stunned, surprised, “Is it Tan Xiao from the third year of high school?”

“Yes,” Tang Xuan replied, but suddenly became serious, “Xiao Xia, brother will help you with this matter, you just need to tell your classmates exactly what I say right now, don’t worry about the rest.”

“What do you mean?”

“It doesn’t mean anything. Tell that girl to give money to Tan Xiao and for her to call him “brother”. This matter is between Tan Xiao and Zhao Huan. Don’t get into troubled waters, and don’t let Zhao Huan know that you are trying to help, get Tan Xiao out, get yourself out, got it?”

Tang Xia understood, her brother was worried about her.

“I know.”

“Hey, I’ll call Tan Xiao now, you go to bed early, don’t worry too much.”

“Well, you go to bed early too, don’t keep playing games.”

Tang Xuan smiled softly, and the smile turned warm.

“Okay, good night.”

-The next day-

Black Monday, which students hate the most, is here. Tang Xia was the first to arrive at the classroom that day. Gu Qing was the second.

“Tang Xia…” Gu Qing lost a lot of weight, her chin was pointed, and her dark circles were obvious.

Tang Xia hugged her lightly, “It’s okay, when Tan Xiao comes, you give him the money and call him brother, Zhao Huan will definitely not dare to come again.”

Tan Xiao is a celebrity in No. 1 Middle School.

If Zhao Huan is the eldest sister in the third year of high school, then Tan Xiao is the eldest brother among all the gangsters in the first, second, and third years. According to the rumors – they’re too much for the school to handle.

When Tang Xia first entered No. 1 Middle School, Tang Xuan was still in his third year of high school. She knew that her brother knew a lot of people, but that was the only way she knew that he had a relationship with Tan Xiao.

“Will Tan Xiao really help me?”

Even though Gu Qing seemed strong and like a man, she is a girl after all. Encountering such a thing, in the end, she will feel afraid and helpless.

Tang Xia nodded resolutely, “He will, don’t worry.” She had met Tan Xiao twice in school, and he was so powerful that it made people afraid.

Zhao Huan would never dare to provoke him. That day, Tang Xia and Gu Qing spent the whole morning worrying in their hearts, feeling a little nervous.

Until lunch break and Tan Xiao came. He also brought a group of brothers around him, and the formation was huge.

“Which one of you is Gu Qing?”

He was really tall and sturdy, more than 1.85 meters tall, with a crew cut, light honey-colored skin, and a pair of sharp and provocative eyebrows, which made his half-squinted eyes somewhat sharp for no reason. The students in Class 10 immediately cast their eyes on Gu Qing.

Doubt, shock, speculation, confusion. The emotions that leaked from the everyone’s eyes were all different.

Tang Xia coughed softly, and pulled the dumbfounded Gu Qing back to her consciousness.

“…Brother.” Gu Qing walked slowly to the door with difficult steps. She didn’t dare to raise her eyes, she bit her lower lip tightly, her face flushed red, and she choked out the word.

It’s hard to describe the feeling when she said that one word.

It’s as if…it’s as if she lowered her pride to remain alive for another day.