Chapter 313 Jealousy Backfires
Zhou Siqing's face was still pale, and he was obviously still in shock.
"Zhou Siqing?"
The monitor called her.
"ah?"
Zhou Siqing looked up blankly, his eyes dull and almost out of focus.
"It was so late yesterday. Why did you run out instead of staying at the base to attend the bonfire party?"
The squad leader frowned and asked. This was something he had never figured out.
This is a military base, in the wilderness, not a big city. How dare Li Jiaojiao and Zhou Siqing go out alone?
As soon as this question was asked, the other students looked at Zhou Siqing. It was obvious that everyone was confused about what happened last night.
Zhou Siqing's face turned even paler, and his lips trembled slightly, as if he recalled some terrible scene.
She lowered her head and said weakly, "We, we just wanted to go out for some fresh air, but we didn't expect to run into that kind of monster..."
"Get some fresh air?"
The squad leader frowned.
"The base is so big, why did you have to go outside? Besides, don't you know how dangerous it is outside at night?"
He was obviously not satisfied with this explanation.
Murong Xuan frowned, took a step forward and asked, "It's late at night, it's dark outside, how can you two girls be so bold?
Moreover, as far as I know, the base has clear regulations that prohibit going out without permission at night. You don't know that, do you?"
Zhou Siqing turned pale when asked by him, and his body was shaky, as if he would fall down at any time.
She glanced at Huo Qinghuang quickly, bit her lip, and a trace of panic flashed in her eyes, as if she had something unspeakable to hide.
"Speak now, what are you looking at Qing Huang doing?"
Seeing this, Lin Xuan's face darkened and she stepped forward and pushed her.
Zhou Siqing staggered and almost fell down after being pushed by Lin Xuan. She steadied herself, her face became even paler, and a trace of panic and helplessness flashed in her eyes.
“I, I…”
She stammered and was unable to speak, obviously struggling internally.
Huo Qinghuang looked at her coldly, his eyes as sharp as knives, as if he could see through her thoughts.
She said calmly, "Zhou Siqing, if you have any unspeakable secrets, you'd better speak out now. Otherwise, when things get out of hand, you won't have a chance to speak out."
Zhou Siqing was forced into nowhere to escape by Huo Qinghuang's gaze, and finally broke down and burst into tears.
"It's Li Jiaojiao! She is jealous of Huo Qinghuang. When Huo Qinghuang was not here, all the boys in the class were surrounding her, but when Huo Qinghuang came, you all were surrounding her. She felt unbalanced and said a lot of sour words behind her back.
You won the championship yesterday, and she felt even more uncomfortable. She dragged me out to get some fresh air at night. I didn’t expect it, I didn’t expect it…”
Zhou Siqing spoke intermittently while crying, his voice was tearful and seemed particularly helpless.
Everyone was stunned when they heard her words. No one expected that Li Jiaojiao would be jealous for such a reason.
"Jealous of Huo Qinghuang?"
The squad leader frowned, obviously not expecting the matter to involve such a personal grudge.
Murong Xuan's face also darkened. He looked at Huo Qinghuang and found that she was still expressionless, as if what Zhou Siqing said had nothing to do with her.
Lin Xuan sneered, with a hint of sarcasm in her tone: "Li Jiaojiao is jealous of Qing Huang? Just because she stole her limelight? If that's the case, why didn't she go up and win first place for our class during the competition?"
"What a nonsense!"
Another male classmate also had a dark face and said angrily: "Since the start of the school year, Huo Qinghuang has only been in school for two days at most. The rest of the time she took leave. Why are we revolving around her?"
This statement caused everyone present to fall silent, and the atmosphere became extremely awkward.
It is really hard to understand and even a little ridiculous that Li Jiaojiao took such a risky move because of her jealousy towards Huo Qinghuang.
The squad leader frowned, with a hint of helplessness in his tone: "Let's not talk about Li Jiaojiao's thoughts for now, but she went out without permission for this reason and almost lost her life. She was really too impulsive."
Murong Xuan glanced at Zhou Siqing coldly, with a bit of blame in his tone: "As adults, you should know the rules of the base and the dangers outside.
Li Jiaojiao was impulsive. As her friend, shouldn't you have stopped her? Instead, you followed her and made such a big mistake. "
Zhou Siqing felt so ashamed by Murong Xuan's words that tears kept falling down: "I advised her, but she didn't listen at all. She said that if I didn't accompany her, she would never talk to me again. I, I can't do anything..."
Lin Xuan sneered, with a bit of disdain in her tone: "No way? You went out without permission, not only harming yourselves, but also implicated everyone. Now Li Jiaojiao is lying in the hospital bed, and her life is uncertain. Do you think you can shirk responsibility by saying 'no way'?"
Zhou Siqing was left speechless by Lin Xuan's words and could only sob with his head down.
Huo Qinghuang finally spoke at this time. Her voice was still calm, but with a hint of unquestionable majesty: "Enough, it is meaningless to pursue responsibility now. Besides, this matter cannot be blamed on Zhou Siqing. Life and death are determined by fate. This is her own choice, and she must bear the consequences herself."
She knew in her heart that Li Jiaojiao must have said a lot of bad things about her behind her back.
How ridiculous!
She is the supreme being, how can a mere mortal slander her?
No wonder there was backlash.
She couldn't sympathize with this kind of person even if she wanted to.
Huo Qinghuang's words stunned everyone present.
Especially her tone, which was so calm that it was almost cold, as if Li Jiaojiao's life or death was nothing but an insignificant matter in her eyes.
The squad leader sighed, with a hint of helplessness in his tone: "Huo Qinghuang is right. It is meaningless to pursue responsibility now. What happened to Li Jiaojiao has already happened. All we can do is wait for her to wake up and then find out the details."
Murong Xuan frowned and looked at Huo Qinghuang with complicated eyes.
He always felt that Huo Qinghuang's attitude was a little too cold, but on second thought, what she said was not unreasonable.
Since Li Jiaojiao chose to take the risk, she must bear the consequences herself.
Seeing that no one was questioning him anymore, Zhou Siqing breathed a sigh of relief, looked up at Huo Qinghuang gratefully, his eyes full of tears.
"Can I go see Li Jiaojiao?"
She asked in a low voice.
The squad leader glanced at her and nodded: "You can go, but she is still in a coma. The doctor said she needs to rest. Don't stay too long."
Zhou Siqing nodded and hurried towards the ward.
After she went in, everyone dispersed one after another, packing up their things and preparing to leave the base.
The base was now in a state of panic, and Chief Instructor Zhao was eager to send these students away quickly, so he arranged several military trucks and sent a dozen soldiers with real guns and live ammunition to escort the students, for fear that something might go wrong on the road.
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