When Ji Ling saw Miao Man asking this, she just smiled and shook her head and said no.

Miao Man nodded absentmindedly, as if she had more questions to ask.

The class has already started, so I'll stop here.

After lunch, Ji Ling returned to the dormitory. She didn't see Jiang Zheng. Miao Man sent a lot of messages saying that Jiang Zheng was sick and had asked for leave.

He raised his chin slightly to look at Gao Jing, who was lying on the bed with her back to him.

Except for sleeping, she is rarely seen lying down. She is mostly reading.

Tang Meng whispered, "Her face is still swollen."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Jing, who was lying down, suddenly sat up and looked straight at them.

The three of them were startled, especially Tang Meng, whose guilty face turned pale. She was very curious, but she did not have the courage of Miao Man. When she was scared, she instinctively grabbed the corner of Ji Ling's clothes tightly.

Ji Ling met Gao Jing's gaze calmly, without the slightest sense of guilt.

"Ji Ling, you didn't spend your holiday with your mother-in-law, right?" Gao Jing asked and lowered her eyes.

"No, I went back to my hometown." Ji Ling asked, "What's the matter?"

"But when you were on holiday you said you were staying in the capital with your mother-in-law. Was it because your mother-in-law's family looked down on you?"

Gao Jing's voice was very soft, but the people in the dormitory could still hear the doubt in her words.

Putting it this way, it seemed as if Ji Ling was trying to save face by saying she was staying in the capital, but actually she went back to the county.

Ji Ling was stunned for a moment and felt that she should have understood correctly.

She also suddenly understood why Miao Man felt restrained in getting along with her mother-in-law in the morning. It seemed that she heard something again.

And Miao Man's reaction also confirmed that Ji Ling didn't think much about it. "Gao Jing, what do you mean by that? Ji Ling married in the capital. Is it necessary for her to lie to us for the sake of face?"

"But she did lie." Gao Jing looked up, her honest face full of innocence.

"What do you mean by lying? If the plan changes, do they have to come back and explain it to you?" Miao Man said.

Tang Miao also stood up, "Why are you like this? I was the one who said yours just now, Ji Ling didn't say anything, you are unhappy and come to me, it has nothing to do with Ji Ling."

Gao Jing said aggrievedly, "I was just talking about this matter, I didn't say anything about Ji Ling. I didn't know you were talking about me behind my back. In fact, I know you all look down on me because I come from the countryside and I can't say things that make people dislike me, so when you talk about me behind my back, I never complained. It's my own fault."

"What do you mean by that? What did we say about you behind your back?" Miao Man sneered, "Don't pretend you're innocent. You usually keep silent, but then you turn around and try to get close to Jiang Zheng. You pretend to be honest while trying to curry favor with others. You're both a hypocrite and a hypocrite. What are you pretending for?"

Gao Jing's face was pale, her lips were trembling slightly, and tears as big as beans were dripping down. She looked so pitiful, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

Li Jia couldn't bear it, "Miao Man, forget it."

"You're talking about me. Didn't you also take advantage of Ji Ling?" Gao Jing bit her lip and retorted.

"Yes, I did take advantage of Ji Ling, and the whole school laughed at me for overestimating my own capabilities. It was Ji Ling who didn't bother with me and went to my house to find me, which gave me the courage to face my mistakes and move on. I am grateful to Ji Ling for helping me grow, and I am also grateful for her generosity and for accepting someone like me as her friend." Miao Man put her hands on her waist, "I dare to do and take responsibility for what I did. What about you? Ji Ling gave you soap, right? To take care of your self-esteem, Ji Ling distributed soap to everyone in the dormitory. Don't you know how much a piece of soap costs? Does her brother need to go far to find someone to report it? Anyone with a conscience will understand."

"She insisted on giving it to me, and I don't need her to consider my feelings." Gao Jing refuted, and then looked at Ji Ling again, "Ji Ling, I'm not targeting you. I will give you the money for the soap. My family is poor, but I have never taken advantage of others since I was a child. Because my family is poor, I avoid these things even more, for fear that people will say I am so petty."

From beginning to end, Ji Ling had never spoken a word. Now that Gao Jing was pointing her finger at her again and Miao Man had already stood up, she couldn't just stand there weakly and let others protect her.

"Gao Jing, I didn't stay here. On the day of the holiday, my mother-in-law sent a car to my hometown to do some business, and asked them to take me back. We left in a hurry. Of course, I don't need to explain this to you, but you said I lied. No matter what, what I said and what I did did not match up. That's my fault." Ji Ling's tone was calm and without prejudice. She commented on the situation in a clear and orderly manner, "You suddenly got angry with me. I think it's because you think we are laughing at you behind your back. We don't know what happened to you during the holiday, and we can't understand your feelings. It was wrong for us to discuss you behind your back. I apologize to you."

"But you also have to apologize to me for saying that my in-laws look down on me. My mother-in-law loves me very much. To be more precise, from my grandparents to my brother-in-law, they all hold me in high esteem. I don't mind what you say about me, but you are smearing their reputation by saying what you say about them."

"Why should I apologize to her?" Miao Man got angry.

Ji Ling did not stop because of Miao Man's interruption, "But as Miao Man said, I said, whether I do it or not is my business, and I shouldn't have to explain to you whether I lied or not. We are just classmates. We are close to each other and live in the same dormitory, but we don't have much contact on a daily basis."

"As for the soap, if this touches your bottom line, I'll take the money if you give me it. I don't want to cause psychological burden to others."

After hearing this, the anger on Miao Man's face subsided.

I thought it was awesome.

Why should they give in to Gao Jing? It’s not their fault that she’s pitiful.

Gao Jing didn't respond, but rushed out crying, covering her face.

Tang Meng shrugged, "Just cry if you don't make any sense."

"Okay, today's incident was indeed caused by us. Don't talk about her behind her back in the future. She is indeed very sensitive."

Li Jia didn't understand, "They both come from a small place, but Ji Ling doesn't have such low self-esteem like her, right?"

"I think she is jealous of Ji Ling marrying into the capital." Tang Meng looked angry.

Ji Ling smiled, "Let's stop here for today."

They were four against one, which was really bullying.

This incident caused another storm in the dormitory after school in the afternoon. It was Jiang Zheng who stood up for Gao Jing. She returned to school sick. As soon as Ji Ling and the other three entered the dormitory, they saw Jiang Zheng sitting beside the bed.

She rushed towards Ji Ling and said arrogantly, "Ji Ling, come out for a moment."

(End of this chapter)