"Qingqing, I'm scared... they'll look down on me for what happened last night. Qingqing, I don't want to go to school anymore, sob sob sob..." An Susu burst into tears.

Gu Qingqing frowned and pursed her lips. She hated An Susu's fake crying the most. It gave her a headache and made her feel uncomfortable all over.

"Sister Susu, I will protect you. It's okay to go, they won't dare to look down on you... How about this! Take a day off today, since tomorrow is the weekend anyway, I'll take you to Miss Zhai's birthday party, so you can get to know her, and then no one will dare to look down on you anymore."

"Miss Zhai? Qingqing, is this true? You're willing to take me to her birthday path?" An Susu's eyes lit up, tears welling up on her face. Hearing the good news from Gu Qingqing, she couldn't help but smile through her tears.

Zhai Wan'er's birthday path, she can finally attend!

That was a wish she had cherished for years, hoping for it year after year, but Gu Jin was unwilling to take her along.

She can finally participate this year! That's wonderful!

"Really! Anyway, I have an invitation, so I can bring one female companion. I was going to take you anyway. In the past, only my older brother had an invitation, and he could only bring one female companion. But this time I have one too, so of course I'm going to take you with me!"

Gu Qingqing used Zhai Wan'er's birthday path date spot to bribe An Susu, so that she would stop mentioning how she was almost mistaken for a scoundrel who ate and dashed last night.

Anyway, she's been talking about Zhai Wan'er's birthday party to me a lot these past few days. Isn't she just trying to go to the birthday party with me?

She always beats around the bush, never explicitly saying what she wants, leaving people to guess and speculate.