But He Xiaohong didn't dare to tell Fang Tongtong the truth. Every time, she would take pictures of other people's report cards to deceive Fang Tongtong. It wasn't until the college entrance examination that she realized she couldn't keep up the lie anymore. She then focused on studying hard for a month and barely managed to get into her current junior college.
Before the college entrance examination, He Xiaohong boasted to Fang Tongtong that she was 120% confident that she could get into a normal university. In fact, if she had told Fang Tongtong the truth, Fang Tongtong would not have looked down on junior colleges. It was He Xiaohong herself who looked down on them.
He Xiaohong borrowed the admission notice of a classmate who was admitted to Hangzhou Normal University, photoshopped the name, took a picture and sent it to Fang Tongtong. Fang Tongtong trusted her completely and never thought that the once simple girl had become a person who satisfied lies and loved vanity. She never doubted He Xiaohong's words.
Arriving in the more bustling city of Hangzhou, He Xiaohong's eyes became even more blurred, and her vanity naturally swelled even more, to the point that she was ashamed to mention her hometown.
Then she came up with a good excuse, saying that her parents were doing business outside and rarely lived in their hometown. In order to match the persona she created, He Xiaohong racked her brains to swindle money. Eight hundred yuan a month was definitely not enough to cover the expenses of a businessman's child, so she set her sights on Fang Tongtong.
"You...you've really disappointed your teacher!"
Teacher Mao kept shaking his head. He Xiaohong's grades were quite good, and she was smart. As long as she studied hard, even if she only got a junior college degree, her future would not be bad. But this child's intelligence was not used for the right thing. Sigh!
"Sister Tongtong... I was wrong... Please give me another chance... Please!"
He Xiaohong knew in her heart that saying more would be of no use, so she might as well play the victim to soften Fang Tongtong's heart. She thought Fang Tongtong was an easy-to-fool naive girl, after all, Fang Tongtong was indeed very easy to fool a few years ago.
"You must be punished for your mistakes. Don't shed your cheap tears in front of me."
Fang Tongtong looked at her with disgust, showing no mercy.
He Xiaohong continued to cry and make a scene, promising to change in the future. Her noise was so annoying that Teacher Mao and the Dean of Students pleaded on her behalf, hoping that Fang Tongtong would not make a big fuss and give He Xiaohong another chance to repent and start anew.
"Then I'll give the two teachers face and give her another chance."
Fang Tongtong relented, looked sternly at He Xiaohong, and said, "If she still refuses to repent, then don't blame me for being impolite!"
Teacher Mao and the Dean of Students were delighted and kept thanking her. They even winked at He Xiaohong, hoping she would seize the opportunity.
He Xiaohong was uneasy, unsure of what Fang Tongtong would do, but she was also somewhat smug, thinking that Fang Tongtong had softened her heart again, just as she had guessed, and that she would definitely be fine this time.
Fang Tongtong saw through her thoughts, sneered inwardly, and asked sharply, "I'm asking you, how much money have you spent on the family in total?"
He Xiaohong hesitated. How should she answer?
She just said she bought computers and cell phones for her younger siblings; she can't go back on her word, can she?
Fang Tongtong hadn't been to her house for many years and didn't know the village's phone number, so she definitely didn't know the actual situation at home. She just needed to get through this hurdle first.
With that thought, He Xiaohong felt relieved. She pretended to think for a moment and said, "To be specific, it just came out, probably around forty or fifty thousand."
"Are you sure that's all?"
Fang Tongtong's eyes showed even more disappointment. He Xiaohong's heart skipped a beat, and a strong sense of unease welled up inside her, but she still held onto a sliver of hope.
"Yes."
He Xiaohong stubbornly refused to change her story, beads of sweat forming on her forehead.
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