Xu Jing stretched out a finger.
"Ten dollars?" Qin Chuan's eyes widened. This was too much. Li Heng was such a spendthrift. How could he spend so much money on his face?
"It's one." Xu Jing held his forehead, looking up at the sky in silence. "From now on, learn arithmetic from me, otherwise you'll be easily cheated when buying things."
"I understand." Qin Chuan spoke in a muffled voice, and his mood was not much better.
He also didn't expect Ye Ziqiu to take action. To be honest, he didn't want to see Ye Ziqiu and Li Heng quarreling. Ye Ziqiu was his sister, and Li Heng was... Li Heng was...
Qin Chuan suddenly felt a little confused. They seemed to be friends, right?
"Li Heng, don't quarrel with Zi Qiu."
"Why, are you feeling sad?" Xu Jing asked back.
"No." Qin Chuan shook his head like a rattle, emphatically denying his answer. "I don't want to see you get hurt, nor do I want to see Zi Qiu sad. Zi Qiu is my sister, and I promised her that I would protect her."
"I understand." If it's about family, then it makes sense. No one would give up family for love, unless they are crazy and treat love as a meal.
"That's not what I meant. I..." Qin Chuan became more and more anxious as he spoke. After thinking for a long time, he said, "The relationship between you and me is just friends. You only have one. Zi Qiu, she will get married in the future."
Qin Chuan knew that Ye Ziqiu did not belong to him. He was just trying his best to help this girl next door.
Their relationship has not yet developed to the point of life and death. They have been together since childhood, knowing each other and relying on each other, so it is normal for them to have such feelings. Xu Jing expressed his understanding but did not support it.
"Qin Chuan." Xu Jing put his hand on his shoulder and said seriously, "You have to understand one thing. You can't always be nice to some people. Once you treat her well, she will take it for granted and won't give you anything in return."
"I want to be good to you." Qin Chuan didn't know what return was. He only knew that if he was good to Li Heng, Li Heng would be happy, and he would be happy too.
"I'm talking about Ye Ziqiu. You can't spoil her."
Qin Chuan had always acted as a parent, supporting Ye Ziqiu with his hard-earned money, and Ye Ziqiu naturally considered these things his own. However, Qin Chuan and Ye Ziqiu had no blood relationship, so even if they went to court, they had no evidence, and the final result was a private settlement.
Qin Chuan didn't have the mind for those complicated things. He was easily fooled and ended up losing everything. Even brothers would settle accounts clearly, let alone childhood sweethearts.
"Listen to me, you have to make Ye Ziqiu write an IOU. When she's able to pay you back, you can do a lot of things with the money."
"I don't understand." Qin Chuan has never had any concept of money. As long as he has enough food and clothes, it is enough. He doesn't have much pursuit in other aspects.
"So, what if you get sick and need money in the future?"
Qin Chuan counted on his fingers and thought for a while. "Can I go find you?"
Xu Jing was so angry at Qin Chuan's attitude that he laughed. "What if I'm not here?"
"No." Qin Chuan's eyelids drooped, and he suddenly lost all his energy.
He couldn't imagine what he would do in the future without Li Heng.
He just didn't want Li Heng to disappear, that's all.
"You need to learn a lesson. Money is not that easy to come by."
Qin Chuan scratched his head and couldn't figure out what Li Heng's so-called lesson was, but things happened so quickly that he found out within a few days.
It all started when Xu Jing called Hou Liang over without Qin Chuan's knowledge. Hou Liang was a little excited after not seeing him for a long time. Before they could even exchange pleasantries, Xu Jing told him what he wanted him to do. "Get a few of the guys to spread rumors about Ye Ziqiu refusing to pay back her debts and having bad personalities. Don't mention anything else, just focus on the fact that she didn't pay back her debts."
"What did she do to you?"
"She hit me." Xu Jing's sinister smile frightened Hou Liang, and he subconsciously said, "She's quite brave."
He even dares to offend the King of Hell. He must be tired of living.
Ever since Li Heng defeated the local tyrant, the thugs on the street had to bow their heads when they saw him, fearing that someone would catch them in a small detail and put them in a big-character poster and send them to jail.
But this does not include some naive students.
People like Ye Ziqiu are quite naive. They think that they can scare away the thugs by saying harsh words, but they don't know that hitting a stone with an egg will only lead to death.
After accepting the task, Hou Liang found a few people to spread the rumors.
At first, the rumors were circulating that Ye Ziqiu had bad morals and didn't pay back the money she owed. Later, rumors spread that Ye Ziqiu had eloped for a man and didn't pay back the money she owed. Then, rumors spread that she ran off with another man and had a child...
The rumor was so outrageous that it spread throughout the entire campus in an instant.
The students talked about it secretly, and their classmates also started looking at Ye Ziqiu in strange ways.
Ye Ziqiu was very sensitive and could quickly sense the difference in the way people around her treated her. They looked at her as if she were a piece of dirt. Even her best friend, who was usually very close to her, had ignored her for several days.
Ye Ziqiu couldn't stand it any longer and stopped Wang Lan, saying, "What's wrong with you?"
"Don't you know yet?" Wang Lan whispered, "Someone said you ran away with a strange man and had a baby."
"They're talking nonsense. How could I possibly run off with a random guy? I've been studying at school for three years in high school. How could I have the time to hang out with random guys?"
Ye Ziqiu was so angry that she was shaking. If Wang Lan hadn't stopped her, she would have gone to find someone to settle the score.
"What else did they say?"
Wang Lan didn't dare to look at her and even took a few steps back.
"You're my best friend, just tell me what you want to say." Ye Ziqiu was incredulous. What was wrong with this world? She had done nothing wrong, so how could someone be so mean as to tarnish her pristine resume?
"Zi Qiu, it's not that I don't want to say it, I..."
"Oh, isn't this Ye Ziqiu, the famous slut from our Pu High School?"
Gao Jie, who usually doesn't get along with Ye Ziqiu, happened to pass by and witnessed the farce. "If I were you, I'd be too embarrassed to stay in school. You'll be expelled."
"Gao Jie, please explain clearly to me, are you calling me a slut?"
"Whoever speaks louder is the one who gets it?" Gao Jie ruffled her hair, a hint of mockery in her eyes. "Some people pretend to be pure and innocent, but they're actually rotten inside. Wang Lan, you know what it means to be corrupted by the company of good people, right?"
Wang Lan's retreat seemed like a betrayal to Ye Ziqiu. She stared at Wang Lan intently and shouted, "I'm not wrong. I'm not involved with any random guy at all. Wang Lan, don't you know what kind of person I am?"
"This..." Wang Lan hesitated. Ye Ziqiu was with her day and night, and she knew that Ye Ziqiu was not looking for anyone to date, but...
"Oh, you're such good sisters after all. What are you hiding from her?" Gao Jie sneered, "You're a deadbeat who doesn't pay back his debts. You have corrupt personal ethics. Do you have any other advantages besides being able to read?"
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