Chapter 89 Jinjiang Debut
"Who is it?"
Mi Xiaolan's heart was in her throat.
"Xiao Lingling."
Bai Mian said the name slowly.
Mi Xiaolan frowned and was silent for a long time. Jiang Hua was surprised and repeatedly confirmed with Bai Mian: "Master, are you sure? Is it really her? Xiao Lingling is the least likely person to do this. Xiaolan helped her so much, and she is always grateful to Xiaolan."
Bai Mian looked at Mi Xiaolan and said, "Everything has its limits. Sometimes being too nice to someone is a mistake."
Mi Xiaolan stretched out her hand to stop Bai Mian from saying the next words: "Don't say anything, let me be quiet for a while."
Everyone in the store was silent. Mi Xiaolan calmed down by herself. After a while, Mi Xiaolan finally spoke: "Master, I often watch your live broadcasts. I know you are very accurate, but this matter is really... too hard for me to accept. I want to confront Xiao Lingling face to face."
As she spoke, she took out her cell phone and called Xiao Lingling.
Lame brother smacked his lips and said, "Why call now? You should just rush to the dormitory to find her. If you call her now to make an appointment, I guess she will definitely not come. She did such a thing behind your back, and she still has the nerve to come?"
"No," Mi Xiaolan put down the phone, "She said she was coming and asked me to wait a moment."
Jiang Hua glanced at the time and said, "Our school is in the city. Even if she takes the nearest bus, it will take her half an hour to get here. Let's wait and see what we can say when she gets here."
Everyone waited with Mi Xiaolan. Fifty minutes later, Xiao Lingling appeared at the door of the store. She was thin, with dark skin and many scars on her legs, all from doing farm work as a child.
Lame brother poked the bald man and said, "See, this is your real online love partner!"
The bald man turned around expectantly. After seeing Xiao Lingling's appearance, he was petrified for a few seconds. Then he became furious. He jumped up, pointed at Xiao Lingling and cursed: "You? Who do you think you are? How dare you cheat me of my money? If I had known you were like this, I wouldn't have transferred even a dollar to you! No, I want compensation. You have to compensate me for my mental damages. I will find the best lawyer to sue you. Just wait for the lawsuit!"
Xiao Lingling was still a student after all. She started to get scared after being yelled at by the bald man. She pleaded with him, "Uncle, please don't sue me. I already know I was wrong. Don't worry, I didn't spend a penny of the money you transferred to me before. I will return it all to you!"
Seeing Xiao Lingling admit it, Mi Xiaolan and Jiang Hua were shocked again. They were only half-believing and half-doubting before, but now they truly believed that it was Xiao Lingling who did it.
Mi Xiaolan bit her lips tightly. Her upbringing did not allow her to say anything too harsh. Jiang Hua scolded her, "Xiao Lingling, you still have the nerve to come here?"
Xiao Lingling stammered, "Anyway, you have already discovered the matter, so I have to explain it to you clearly. If I don't come, I'm afraid you will call the police to arrest me."
Jiang Hua wanted to curse, but Mi Xiaolan gently pushed her away, walked to Xiao Lingling, and said word by word:
"Did you really use my photo to date that creepy guy online?"
Xiao Lingling lowered her head and said, "Yes."
"Did you secretly take the photo of me changing clothes?"
"yes."
"You used my name to be a mistress and even accepted a large amount of money from someone else?"
"yes."
When Xiao Lingling said the last word "yes", her voice was filled with tears. It was obvious that she also realized how excessive what she had done was. Mi Xiaolan asked in disbelief:
"Why? Xiao Lingling, during this time of waiting for you, I recalled our past over and over again. I asked myself, I, Mi Xiaolan, have never done anything to let you down. During these two years in college, the counselor looked down on you, Bai Lu bullied you, and other classmates laughed at you behind your back. I have always tried my best to protect you. Why did you treat me like this?"
"I'm sorry," Xiao Lingling whispered, "Xiao Lan, I know what you said, but I want money too much. I'm tired of being looked down upon because of money. I want to become rich overnight and let all those who look down on me see that I can't do this just by looking for a part-time job. I tried to be a tutor and I could make 200 yuan a day. How long will it take me to make 200 yuan a day? So in desperation, I thought of a side job and cheated some old men's money through online dating."
Mi Xiaolan was very angry: "You want to make money by cheating others, but you don't use your own photos, but use mine?"
Xiao Lingling lowered her head even more: "Xiao Lan, you know, I'm ordinary looking, and usually no boys would even look at me. How can I make money with my looks? If I want to have an online relationship, I can only use other people's photos. I only have these roommates around me, and you are the most beautiful one among them, so of course I will use your photo."
Jiang Hua stepped forward and said, "You secretly took photos of Xiaolan and deliberately stood by my bed to take them, so as to mislead others and make them think that I took these photos secretly. I can't tell, Xiao Lingling, you are usually quiet, but I didn't expect you to be so scheming!"
"I'm sorry." Xiao Lingling lowered her head and fiddled with her fingers. No one could see her expression.
Mi Xiaolan looked at Xiao Lingling with a look of disappointment: "You are so stupid. You look down on the 200 yuan you earned from a part-time job, but that 200 yuan is truly yours. It's a quick way to make money, so what? You still have to pay it back in the end. You spent so much effort, but did you earn a penny for yourself?"
Xiao Lingling said timidly: "I'm sorry, I really know I was wrong. After receiving the money, I was also very nervous. I have never seen such a large transfer in my life. I dare not spend it carelessly, because I am afraid that one day the truth will be revealed and I will be held legally responsible..."
Jiang Hua thought of another thing: "Wait, you want to make money by illegal means, so you use Xiaolan's photo, which barely makes sense, but what do you mean by letting the wretched man follow Xiaolan? Xiaolan has no idea at all, and a man follows her for no reason and even hugs her. She must be scared. What are your intentions?!"
Xiao Lingling pointed at the bald man and said, "It's all his fault. He insisted on meeting me, but I definitely couldn't agree because it would be exposed as soon as we met. So I came up with this idea and asked him to follow Xiaolan. I hoped that Xiaolan would call the police and scare this wretched man away so that he wouldn't dare to contact me again. That way, the matter would be over. I didn't expect him to be so slow and didn't realize it even after being fooled again and again. He thought I was playing a flirting game with him."
The bald man yelled, "You bastard! I'm willing to give you face because I thought you looked like that in the photo. If I had known you looked like that, I wouldn't want you even if you came to me!"
Mi Xiaolan sighed, "Needless to say, you also leaked my personal information and whereabouts to him? Because you are my roommate, so you know when I go out. Xiao Lingling, Xiao Lingling, you took away my trust in you to do this, do you know? When the master first told the truth, I doubted everyone except you!"
"I'm sorry. I'm really sorry..."
Xiao Lingling was like a clockwork machine, and only knew how to repeat this sentence.
Jiang Hua advised: "Don't waste time talking to her. She has admitted it herself, and there is evidence in that man's phone. Let's just call the police and let them handle it. They will sentence her as long as she deserves. Even if she is expelled from school, she deserves it!"
Mi Xiaolan bit her lip hesitantly and said nothing.
Hearing Jiang Hua say this, Xiao Lingling panicked. In front of everyone in the store, she knelt down with a plop. Mi Xiaolan was frightened and stepped back. She hugged Mi Xiaolan's thighs and begged, "Xiaolan, I was just confused for a moment. Please don't call the police. Can this matter be settled privately? I will return the money and we will pretend that nothing happened. If you call the police, the school might really expel me. You know, I come from a small mountain village and have gone through countless hardships to get to college. I can't be expelled!"
Lame Brother said seriously: "If you had known this would happen, you wouldn't have done it in the first place. You have tarnished Mi Xiaolan's reputation, how could you let her pretend nothing happened? I tell you, we have to report this to the police today!"
Xiao Lingling was so scared that she burst into tears. She started to cry loudly: "No, please don't call the police! Xiaolan, you may think I'm hateful, but I'm really afraid of being poor. After I went to college, I didn't fit in with you. I cut grass for pigs since I was a child, and my skin was often sunburned. It wasn't until I met you that I knew there was such a thing as sunscreen. I feel that you and I are from two different worlds. I want to enter your world. Maybe I used the wrong method, but my nature is definitely not bad!"
Jiang Hua shouted, "That's enough. If you do something wrong, is it useful to just play the victim? There are so many students from rural areas, why don't they go out and cheat people? Are you the only one who is poor? You are already an adult, you should be responsible for what you have done!"
Everyone was excited to help Mi Xiaolan speak, but Mi Xiaolan was silently thinking, seeming a little soft-hearted.
Seeing Mi Xiaolan like this, Xiao Lingling hurriedly took advantage of the situation and squeezed out a few more tears: "Xiaolan, I did something wrong, but everyone makes mistakes sometimes. How about this, if you let me go this time, I promise you that I will never do it again. I will definitely make money steadily and become a useful person to the society! If you call the police this time, I will have a criminal record, and I won't even be able to find a decent job in the future. How my future life will be depends on your decision!"
Seeing that Mi Xiaolan still didn't say anything, Xiao Lingling kowtowed to the ground: "How about this? If you don't feel relieved, I can kowtow to you until you feel relieved!"
Everyone was shocked. Mi Xiaolan couldn't stand it anymore and reached out to stop her: "Okay, don't do this. I promise you, I will return the money and delete all my photos. This matter ends here."
"Xiaolan?" Jiang Hua called her in surprise.
"Girl, you have to think about it carefully!" Lame Brother also reminded.
Mi Xiaolan shook her head and said nothing. It seemed that she had made up her mind not to call the police. Xiao Lingling fell to the ground with a hint of joy on her lips.
"Tsk tsk tsk, this is really a modern version of the farmer and the snake. The farmer is going to take the snake home." Bai Mian sighed softly.
"What?" Mi Xiaolan asked, turning around.
Bai Mian tilted his head towards Xiao Lingling: "If you let her go like this, you will be disfigured."
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