"you!"
Feeling humiliated by Fang Qiao's insults, Zheng Ming retorted angrily, "Fang Qiao, how can you speak so vulgarly now!"
Wu Guifu then said righteously, "Fang Qiao, you've gone too far! We were just trying to mediate, how did that offend you? Even if you're in a bad mood, you shouldn't just curse at people like that! What did we do to you that you're taking your anger out on us?"
Fang Qiao sneered: "I'm calling you two inhuman bastards! Two grown men, gossiping about others behind their backs, talking like country bumpkins. And you dare call me vulgar? You're really something. You call yourselves intellectuals? You've wasted all your education!"
Zheng Ming felt a little guilty. "We didn't spread any rumors. It was all Lin Youcai who said it. We were just relaying it..."
“Everyone has a sense of curiosity. Lin Youcai insisted on telling us, and we couldn’t just shut our ears.” Wu Guifu subconsciously shifted the blame to Lin Youcai as he defended himself.
Lin Youcai was dumbfounded: "You, you're all talking nonsense! You clearly saw Xiaojing talking to me and kept asking me questions, that's why I let it slip!"
“We didn’t force you to say it. We were just asking out of curiosity. Who knew that before we could even say two words, you would start babbling on and on like beans spilling from a bamboo tube, and you had a whole bunch of stuff to say!” Zheng Ming quickly shifted the blame to Lin Youcai: “You were the one who wanted to say it, so you can’t blame us.”
"Exactly, exactly. You yourself complained that Xiaojing wasn't a virgin, and when you came back, your brows were furrowed so tightly they looked like they could trap a fly. It's obvious something's up, and you just want us to ask you! Isn't what you want us to ask exactly what you want?"
Zheng Ming and Wu Guifu betrayed Lin Youcai completely with just a few words.
The men's fragile friendship crumbled at this moment.
Lin Youcai initially felt guilty, which was evident when Fang Qiao came to settle accounts with him and he instinctively tried to hide.
However, after being betrayed by Zheng Ming and Wu Guifu, Lin Youcai felt wronged on his own behalf.
He readily admitted, "Yes, I did tell people about Xiaojing, but so what? Don't I feel wronged? I started dating her with marriage in mind, but who knew she had already lost her virginity! She's not a virgin anymore, isn't it normal that I don't want to marry her? What did I do wrong?"
"Yes, marriage is a matter of personal choice. You can't accept her past, and you don't want to marry her, which is certainly not wrong, but!"
Fang Qiao emphasized: "Did Xiaojing honestly tell you the reason? She did, right? She said she was hurt, that everything wasn't consensual, that she was a victim. If you can't accept that, can't you just break up amicably? Why can't you keep quiet? Why did you tell others that it was her own indecent private life? Have you thought about the harm that these words will cause her? What if she tries to kill herself again? Have you considered that?"
"You didn't!"
"She could have kept this a secret; there are plenty of ways to hide it if she really wanted to. But she trusted you, and she felt that as your partner, you had the right to know. She was very honest with you, only hoping to be treated well. And what did you do? You not only didn't treat her well, but you also betrayed her sincerity!"
"Lin Youcai, you call yourself a man?"
Fang Qiao's words were sharp and incisive. Lin Youcai opened his mouth, but could not refute them. In the end, he lowered his head in shame.
The educated youth community was quiet. Others were also reflecting on whether they should have followed the crowd and spread rumors. If they had actually caused someone's death because of this, it would have been a terrible sin.
Just then, a very faint voice suddenly came from the back of the crowd.
The content is sarcastic and extremely harsh.
If Fang Qiao hadn't cultivated immortality and gained exceptional hearing and sight, he probably would have missed it.
"Flies don't land on eggs without cracks. Just because she says it wasn't voluntary doesn't mean it wasn't voluntary. Who would believe that? It takes two to tango. If she had no problems at all, why would people harm her instead of others?"
Fang Qiao looked in the direction of the sound and saw an old acquaintance.
Liu Qing noticed Fang Qiao looking at her and pursed her lips awkwardly: "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Fang Qiao didn't say anything, but walked straight up to her and slapped her hard across the face with lightning speed, catching everyone off guard.
With a 'snap'.
Fang Qiao was extremely strong. Liu Qing was knocked to the side, and several red and swollen finger marks instantly appeared on her face.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you hitting me for no reason? Are you crazy?!"
"How could you be perfectly fine? If you were completely healthy, why would I only hit you and not someone else?" Fang Qiao said expressionlessly.
Liu Qing felt that these words sounded familiar.
The next second, she suddenly realized what was happening, and her face turned deathly pale.
This...isn't that what she just said? She...she actually heard it?
"Why aren't you saying anything?" Fang Qiao sneered. "Liu Qing, didn't you say it takes two to tango? How was my demonstration? Did it make a sound?"
Being dragged out and publicly humiliated by Fang Qiao, Liu Qing felt so ashamed and indignant that she wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Fang Qiao didn't let her off the hook. She wouldn't give up until she got an answer, and asked again, "Tell me, did my slap make a loud noise?"
Liu Qing loves to say sarcastic things behind people's backs, but she hasn't developed the corresponding mental fortitude and thick skin.
So whether it was Fang Qiao's repeated questioning or the strange looks from the other educated youth, Liu Qing felt extremely tormented.
She stood there awkwardly, and soon the tension in her heart snapped. She burst into tears, covered her face, and ran away.
Fang Qiao had no remorse for bullying anyone.
In her opinion, Liu Qing was just looking for trouble. Fang Qiao might usually ignore her, but in this kind of situation, her sarcastic remarks were simply asking for a beating. Fang Qiao would be doing a disservice to the stage she had set up today if she didn't give her a good beating!
This can be seen as making an example of someone, so that if anyone gossips about Xiaojing again, they'll think twice before getting beaten up!
This battle ended with the gossips ceasing their attacks, and Fang Qiao emerged victorious.
But Fang Qiao knew in her heart that rumors could not be stopped. This was only a temporary calm; people love gossip, and in a couple of days, the idle chatter would come back with a vengeance.
On the way back, Fang Qiao felt heavy-hearted.
As Fang Qiao passed by the brigade headquarters, she turned her head and unexpectedly met a pair of resentful eyes.
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