"Does she know about you...?" Fang Qiao hesitated, unable to finish her sentence.
Xiao Jing said calmly, "She knows. Although I didn't publicize it at school, I didn't deliberately hide it either. People who want to know will always find out."
Another thing is that last year, on the opening day of Formula One, there was a grand opening with singers and actors invited to perform. She saw several classmates in the audience, including Xie Wei.
They had exchanged greetings at the time, so Xie Wei couldn't possibly be unaware of her relationship with the store.
Even so, Xie Wei still copied her clothes and opened a shop next door to them.
Although Xiaojing didn't want to think too badly of people, she wouldn't be so naive as to believe that this was just a coincidence.
Seeing Xiao Jing lower her eyes, Fang Qiao thought she was sad, so she reached out and patted her shoulder, comforting her, "There are all kinds of people in this world. She plagiarized you because she is incompetent and immoral. Don't take it to heart."
"Sister-in-law, I didn't take it to heart, I just can't understand it." Xiao Jing's tone was somewhat confused and puzzled: "Xie Wei is very famous at school. Her father is an official in the Education Bureau, her mother is a propaganda officer in the No. 2 State-owned Cotton Mill, and she is a college student herself. She comes from a good family and has a bright future. Why would she do something as self-destructive as plagiarism at this critical juncture?"
"The teachers and students at the school hate people who plagiarize the most. If people find out that she did something like this, her reputation will be ruined. I really can't understand it, I just can't understand it."
Fang Qiao laughed: "That's right, you can't understand it. How could someone who relies on their own efforts understand the mentality of someone who takes crooked paths?"
“That’s true.” Xiao Jing felt that Fang Qiao had said a lot.
She had never taken any crooked paths, so she naturally couldn't understand why some people would choose to take the wrong path instead of the right one.
Xiao Jing had originally planned to greet Xie Wei and give her a scare, but now she had no intention of doing so.
My sister-in-law is right. Xie Wei's store has only been open for a week and this has already happened. It won't last long.
However, Xiao Jing had no intention of letting her off the hook.
Xie Wei has already gone too far in bullying her; if she doesn't react at all, she'll seem too weak.
A few days later, school started and Xiao Jing returned to school. She found Shen Ailan in the next dormitory and asked her bluntly, "Shen, I heard you say before that you and Xie Wei from the next class were elementary school classmates?"
Shen Ailan nodded: "Yes, we were classmates for two years in elementary school. Later, her father was promoted, so she transferred to a primary school affiliated with the government."
"Chen, what do you think of Xie Wei as a person?"
"It's not bad. We're all classmates, and we get along quite well," Shen Ailan replied in a standard, unremarkable manner.
Xiao Jing was not fooled by her.
Shen Ailan and Xie Wei were very close, often eating and shopping together. However, she knew that Shen Ailan actually disliked Xie Wei and had even spoken ill of Xie Wei in the dormitory.
The reason lies with Xie Wei's boyfriend.
Xie Wei's boyfriend is Luo Xi, the son of the director of the No. 2 State-owned Cotton Mill.
Luo Xi is Shen Ailan's neighbor. The two went to the same school from elementary school to junior high and high school. Shen Ailan and Luo Xi were childhood sweethearts and she has always liked him. However, she never expected that Xie Wei would suddenly appear and steal her love away.
“Chen, do you know that my family and I opened a clothing store on Paifang Street?”
Shen Ailan nodded: "Yes, I know."
She went to join the fun on the opening day of Formula One, with Xie Wei, Luo Xi, and several other friends. She also ran into Cheng Jing, but after returning home, she privately told her close friends that she envied Cheng Jing for becoming a boss at such a young age, and then forgot about it a few days later after encountering other exciting things.
I don't know why Cheng Jing suddenly brought this up again today.
"Did you know that Xie Wei also opened a clothing store next to our shop?"
Shen Ailan was startled: "When did this happen?"
“It’s been a week.” Xiao Jing said, then quietly looked into Shen Ailan’s eyes.
Shen Ailan was somewhat flustered: "I...I don't know, she didn't tell me anything."
In order to see Luo Xi more often, she went to visit Xie Wei every few days during the winter vacation, but she didn't reveal a word about Xie Wei opening a clothing store.
Xie Wei...did she figure something out?
Otherwise, why would she secretly open a clothing store without telling her?
If she says anything inappropriate to Rossi, will Rossi never talk to her again?
Shen Ailan was clearly agitated.
Xiao Jing could vaguely guess what it was.
It was all for Luo Xi.
It was common knowledge that Shen Ailan liked Luo Xi, and everyone knew why she became friends with Xie Wei.
Xie Wei probably knew this very well. As for why Xie Wei would still be friends with Shen Ailan even though she knew she liked her boyfriend, her motivation remains unknown.
Xiao Jing lowered her eyes and said sadly, "To be honest, I suspect that the clothes sold in Xie Wei's shop are plagiarized from my designs, so... I wanted to ask if there's any misunderstanding. But I'm not familiar with her, and since you're friends with her, I came to ask you first."
Shen Ailan's eyes flickered, then she suddenly covered her mouth in feigned surprise, her expression becoming deliberate: "Oh my god, how could this happen! We, we're all classmates, how could she plagiarize a classmate's design..."
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Xiao Jing and Shen Ailan each had their own agendas, but their relationship quickly grew closer.
Shen Ailan would come to chat with her from time to time, and the two would occasionally go to the cafeteria together for meals.
A few days later, Shen Ailan suddenly came to her crying.
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