12dz Chapter 16 Campus Unrequited Love (15)
Chapter 16 Campus Unrequited Love (15)
After this conversation, Qiao Jing felt that her heart was much stronger than before. Realizing this, she couldn't wait to find Xia Mingwei and share what had just happened with her.
After listening to Qiao Jing's story, Xia Mingwei gave her a thumbs-up in praise. Then, thinking of Jiang Mengyi and Lin Zeyang, she frowned and said, "I didn't expect that before we even went to find them, they would come and provoke us first. It seems that you are usually too easy to talk to. Now that everyone sees you in this miserable state, they all want to kick you while you're down!"
Upon hearing this, Qiao Jing helplessly shrugged, indicating that she could not refute Xia Mingwei's words.
Xia Mingwei patted Qiao Jing on the shoulder, "Can you help me arrange to meet them?"
Qiao Jing frowned. "Why did you call them out? They probably want me to be cyberbullied! If they want to distance themselves from the 'pretending to be my girlfriend' thing, they'd better stay as far away from me as possible."
Xia Mingwei patted Qiao Jing's shoulder reassuringly before explaining, "I called them out for nothing other than this matter. Even if they don't admit it, it doesn't matter; there are other ways to make them admit it! Besides, I have something else to discuss with them!"
Hearing this, Qiao Jing felt relieved. "It's good that you have a plan in mind! I'll send a message to Jiang Mengyi and ask them to meet up!"
As Xia Mingwei watched Qiao Jing send out the message, she felt a surge of excitement. She knew that this day had finally arrived—the day to confront Lin Zeyang and Jiang Mengyi.
"Do you want to come with me?" Xia Mingwei asked.
"Me?" Qiao Jing pointed to herself, then shook her head. "I'm not going. I'm afraid if I wait there, I won't be able to resist beating up those two."
Hearing these humorous words, Xia Mingwei also showed a genuine smile.
Soon it was time for the meeting that Qiao Jing and the others had agreed upon. Xia Mingwei arrived at the coffee shop and found that the two of them had been waiting for her for quite some time.
Xia Mingwei walked straight over, ignoring their gazes, and sat down directly.
This left them both completely baffled. They exchanged a glance, both seeing the same question in each other's eyes.
Finally, Jiang Mengyi couldn't hold back any longer. "How come it's you? Didn't Jingjing contact us to come out?" As she spoke, she tried to contact Qiao Jing with her phone.
Xia Mingwei reacted quickly, stopping her hand from dialing and saying directly, "Don't ask anymore, I'm the one who wanted her to invite you out!"
As soon as she said that, Jiang Mengyi complained, "Jingjing, really, we should just resolve our issues privately. Why do we have to drag unrelated people into this?"
Xia Mingwei sneered, "Unrelated? In a way, I can't really be considered an unrelated person. If you don't believe me, ask him." After saying this, Xia Mingwei pointed at Lin Zeyang opposite her.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Mengyi was initially puzzled, then turned her head to look at Lin Zeyang's facial expression.
Lin Zeyang didn't speak, but a hint of embarrassment appeared on his face, and this subtle change in expression betrayed him.
Seeing that Xia Mingwei's words were not a lie, Jiang Mengyi became a little angry: "Lin Zeyang, you had better explain to me properly today what exactly is going on?"
Looking at her angry expression, Xia Mingwei understood: It seems that Jiang Mengyi was unaware of the matter of me pretending to be her girlfriend; it was probably Lin Zeyang's idea all along.
Lin Zeyang remained silent. Xia Mingwei decided to cut to the chase: "Since he doesn't want to talk about it, I'll do it myself! A while ago, he came to me saying that you two had a fight and broke up, and he wanted me to 'pretend to be his girlfriend' to win him back. I didn't think it was a good idea, so I refused! But I didn't expect that after I rejected him, he wouldn't give up. He went to the nice girl Qiao Jing, and you know what happened next!"
After speaking, Xia Mingwei slowly took a sip of coffee, observing the reactions of the two people.
Setting down her cup, Xia Mingwei continued to press, "Now that your affair has caused so much trouble and subjected Qiao Jing to so much cyberbullying that she shouldn't have to endure, what are you planning to do now?"
Jiang Mengyi, who was furious when she heard that Lin Zeyang had asked Xia Mingwei to "pretend to be his girlfriend," has now fallen silent. She remained silent for a long time, unable to utter a single word.
"So, you plan to do nothing and just let Qiao Jing bear the stigma of being a 'mistress' and pin this huge burden on her?" Xia Mingwei was suddenly shocked by the shamelessness of the two men and angrily questioned them.
After thinking for what seemed like an eternity, Lin Zeyang finally spoke, "Can we stop dwelling on this? Can't we just let it pass quietly?"
"Of course not. This matter has little impact on you, but it has completely disrupted Qiao Jing's life. She helped you out of kindness, but you pushed all the blame onto her. Have you thought about what she might suffer? I bet you don't care at all because you think she's just an insignificant person! You don't think it's worth it to clear her name and take the blame yourself. So when you saw Qiao Jing being cyberbullied, you chose to remain silent and watch coldly."
After saying that, Xia Mingwei continued, "Lin Zeyang, you are a cold-blooded person to the core. Someone like you is not worthy of my youthful affection!"
After speaking, Xia Mingwei looked at Jiang Mengyi's face and asked with a serious attitude, "So what about you? You're not willing to come out and clarify things for Qiao Jing either?"
Jiang Mengyi was startled by Xia Mingwei's forceful questioning attitude and stammered, "I, I..." She couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.
Looking at Jiang Mengyi, Xia Mingwei seemed to understand everything; it turned out she wasn't willing to come forward and prove anything either. Looking at the two sitting together, the phrase "perfect match" no longer came to Xia Mingwei's mind. She said somewhat sarcastically, "You two, one cold and heartless, the other selfish and hypocritical, are truly a perfect match! I hope your relationship continues to be this good, and that you don't go around ruining other people's lives!"
After saying this, Xia Mingwei stood up, preparing to leave. Suddenly, something occurred to her, and she smiled, adding, "By the way, Qiao Jing and I have been a bit busy these past few days. We've prepared some small gifts for everyone, and we hope you'll like the bigger gift in a few days!"
This inexplicable remark naturally didn't give the two of them much thought. At that moment, they had no idea that they were about to receive punishment for their mistakes.