And this person was the subject of rumors about her back then.
Xiao Jing's cold gaze swept over Zheng Ming.
Zheng Ming felt a sharp edge on his back and was completely uneasy.
"Um, I, I didn't mean to bring it up, it's just that you didn't remember me, so, so..."
Xiao Jing ignored him and asked him directly, "Which of you women has a broken arm?"
After being given a cool glance by Xiao Jing, Zheng Ming stammered for a moment: "Liu, Liu Qing."
"It's her."
Xiao Jing raised an eyebrow meaningfully: "She's a high school student, and the other day she was so arrogant, saying she'd teach me a lesson in the college entrance exam. How about it? Her exam results today must have been exceptional, right?"
"You, you're really bringing up the very thing I don't want to talk about..." Zheng Ming smiled wryly, "You know perfectly well that she broke her arm and couldn't take the afternoon's exam."
"Whose fault is that?" Xiao Jing said coolly, "Knowing that there was another exam in the afternoon, she still insisted on running to a dangerous place. If she didn't fall, who would?"
“Cheng Jing, let’s keep things separate.” Zheng Ming said somewhat disapprovingly, “Liu Qing may have a sharp tongue, but this concerns a person’s future. Nobody wants something like this to happen. You should stop making sarcastic remarks.”
Does nobody want that?
Xiao Jing suddenly remembered what Cheng Lin had said.
[Today is the preliminary exam, everyone is studying hard, what's she doing going to the movie theater? And walking up the slope? It just snowed a couple of days ago, the slope is all icy, and it hasn't thawed yet. Even a child knows that you can slip and fall on an icy slope like that, how could an adult taking the college entrance exam not know that?]
Xiao Jing didn't hesitate to assume the worst about Liu Qing.
As Cheng Lin said, it was a slope covered in ice, and even a child knows that stepping on it would inevitably lead to a fall. So, as an adult, wouldn't Liu Qing have realized the risk of falling on that slope?
What's more, she had to take an exam that afternoon that would almost determine the fate of her life.
A wise person does not stand under a dangerous wall.
Would a normal person do something dangerous during the most important moment of their life?
Won't.
Normal people are cautious and on high alert.
Just like her classmates.
Today, more than fifty students from No. 1 Middle School came to the city to take the exam. Almost all of these students were traveling in groups.
In the morning, we took the bus to the city together, got off the bus together, and entered the examination room together.
After finishing the Chinese exam at noon, the group gathered outside the exam hall and went to a nearby primary school for lunch and rest.
In the afternoon, everyone went into the examination room to take the exam.
Even now, after everyone has finished their exams, they still gather together outside the exam hall and rarely, if ever, leave the group to do anything on their own.
Why?
Because there are many people, it's safer to help each other in case of an accident.
In short, for safety's sake, Xiaojing would never go up that slope covered in ice.
Judging from her own experience, she didn't think any normal test taker would go up that slope at this time.
So why did Liu Qing take the initiative to go up? The reason is worth pondering.
Xiao Jing gave Zheng Ming a meaningful look: "How could you not know she didn't want to? That slope is all ice, who in their right mind would go up there?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Today's exam is so important! It's an opportunity we've waited ten years for. Who would want something to go wrong at a time like this?"
Zheng Ming looked at Xiao Jing, puzzled. A half-smile flicked across his face from her eyes, and he suddenly realized what she meant: "What do you mean? Surely she didn't fall on purpose?"
Xiao Jing shrugged: "Who knows?"
As they were talking, Zheng Ming suddenly waved behind her: "Hey, Liu Qing, you're here."
He walked towards Liu Qing, saying jokingly as he went, "Liu Qing, isn't it hilarious? Cheng Jing actually thinks you deliberately hurt your arm."
Liu Qing's face was pale and her expression was listless, a stark contrast to the arrogant demeanor she had previously displayed.
"Really? Then maybe we had some conflicts before, and she misunderstood me." She forced a smile and said bitterly, "On purpose? After suffering so much, even missing the exam, what was I after?"
Although she appeared weak, her words implied that she hadn't done it and that Xiao Jing was slandering her.
Zheng Ming: "I told you, you definitely didn't do it on purpose. This is an opportunity we've waited ten years for. If we miss it this year, who knows if there will be another one next year? You're really unlucky to have encountered something like this. It's such a pity."
Liu Qing's face visibly paled even more.
"Yes, yes, that's really bad luck."
Zheng Ming then turned to Xiao Jing and said, "Cheng Jing, look at Liu Qing, she's so pitiful. Can you do me a favor and talk to your classmate to help her get on the bus?"
Xiao Jing shook her head: "I'm sorry, I can't make that decision."
"Don't be so quick to refuse," Zheng Ming said. "I didn't ask you to make the decision. Just ask your classmate for help, since we're all from the same village. It doesn't need to be a big seat, just a place where she can stand."
Xiao Jing shook her head again: "Sorry, I can't help."
"you……"
"Forget it," Liu Qing said, pulling him back. "Let's think of another way."
"How can we let it go? The educated youth from Xiaocheng Village and the villagers of Xiaocheng Village are a large collective. It was just a matter of exchanging a few words with her classmate. Why won't you help her? How did she become so cold-blooded?"
Zheng Ming was reluctantly dragged away by Liu Qing.
From afar, Xiaojing heard him say, "I remember she wasn't like this before. Back then, she always had a smile on her face, and I even ate the steamed noodles she brought me..."
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