Chapter 286: What Kind of Terrible Teammate Is This?

Chi Qingya didn’t want her younger sister to get hurt, nor did she want her sister to see her in such an embarrassing state.

But when she saw her sister’s gaze, she still couldn’t bring herself to say it.

Last time…

The last time she had eaten with them was at home.

She had even treated them.

And because of that, she had specially hired an Auntie Cleaner, only to get mocked by the cleaner.

“Last time… last time I treated too.”

Chi Qingya’s voice was very soft, but it was especially clear in the quiet private room.

“Qingya, have you forgotten?”

Caixiangxiang found it hard to believe. She hadn’t expected Chi Qingya to not understand what she meant.

“Caicai, last time we went out to eat, we didn’t invite Qingya.”

Caixiangxiang was stunned for a moment, then shot a glare at Wei Yanxi.

Did she think she didn’t know that? Did she need Wei Yanxi to remind her?

What a terrible teammate. Was now the time to split their group?

“You forgot the time before that. I treated last time.”

“Enough. You never really saw me as a friend, did you?”

Chi Qingya’s voice trembled as she spoke. She clenched her fists tightly, finally saying the words she didn’t want to say.

She had always considered Caixiangxiang and the others her friends.

She treasured this friendship with them immensely.

She had even tried her best to maintain this relationship.

But making friends was a two-way street; it wasn’t enough for just one person to have that intention.

She worked hard to keep the relationship alive, but Caixiangxiang and the other two didn’t care, and she couldn’t force it.

How could Chi Qingya not know that the three of them only remembered her when it was time to pay?

She also knew she had a bit more money than the others.

But couldn’t there be just one time? Just one time when she didn’t have to pay? There wasn’t.

Chi Qingya knew she was ultimately not from the same dorm as Caixiangxiang and the others.

The three of them ate together every day, slept together, and their bond was already unshakeable— there was no way for her to fit in.

But she still fooled herself into hoping they saw her as a friend, even though it was just an unrealistic fantasy.

“Didn’t you say you treated? Then show me the payment record for that treat.”

“Unless you got guilty consciences and deleted the records because you can’t show them?”

Chi Qingyao’s gaze swept over the three of them, her tone aggressive.

Caixiangxiang felt inexplicably annoyed.

She didn’t understand why some country bumpkin from a village even knew about payment records.

When they had eaten before, there was no such thing as treating.

They all went to cheap stores and split the bill AA.

For pricier places, Chi Qingya was there, so all they had to do was call her.

And in the end, Chi Qingya was always the one to pay.

“It’s been so long. Who remembers when it was?”

“Oh? So you don’t eat with my sister that often either?”

Chi Qingyao caught the loophole in their words, her tone cold.

“Yao…”

Chi Qingya saw her younger sister and Caixiangxiang and the others on the verge of a fight.

She wanted to say something, but in the end, she couldn’t get the words out.

They stuck in her throat. She just looked around the room.

Even if she smashed a few plates, it wouldn’t cost too much to pay for.

She had looked it up online earlier. If her sister really did start a fight with them, she would just smash plates over their heads.

‘With that in mind,’ Chi Qingya thought, swallowing nervously.

She had always been timid her whole life. But for her sister, she was willing to be brave once.

At least as the elder sister, she couldn’t let her sister get hurt.

“What are you standing around for? Didn’t you say you treated my sister to a meal before? How come you can’t find the payment record now?”

Chi Qingyao said, looking at the three of them who were bowing their heads and fiddling with their phones.

“What’s your rush? We treated your sister to a meal, not you. I think you’re overstepping. Your sister’s life is for her to live herself. Can you control her life forever?”

Caixiangxiang laughed. Even if the three of them didn’t pay here, she believed Chi Qingya’s sister wouldn’t dare do anything to them.

After all, this place had many eyes and ears, and she was a girl in a strange place…

Slap!

Caixiangxiang’s confident face suddenly met a slap, turning bright red.

“What does it have to do with you whether I can control my sister’s life forever? At least I can control you right now.”

Chi Qingyao said, her gaze shifting to the stunned Wei Yanxi and Chen Tangguan beside Caixiangxiang.

“I almost forgot about you two.”

“Two accomplices, leeches.”

Slap! Slap!

The crisp sound echoed throughout the private room, especially clear.

Chi Qingya stared blankly at the scene before her, unable to believe it.

She didn’t understand. It seemed like everything wasn’t developing the way she had imagined.

She thought her sister would get into a fight with them, but for some reason, none of them fought back.

Feeling the burning pain on their cheeks, Wei Yanxi and Chen Tangguan were stunned, unable to believe it.

They had been hit? They stared in shock at Chi Qingyao in front of them.

They didn’t understand why someone could be so vulgar. Shouldn’t they have a fair and just argument?

Besides, it was just a little bit of money. Why did it have to come to blows? And why did she hit them too when she could have just hit Caixiangxiang?

“Shameless bitches, always bullying my sister. What’s the matter? Do you look down on us village folk? But I, an uneducated villager, still dare to hit you. So what? Want to call the police? Go ahead. If you call the police, you’d better hope they lock me up for good, because if I get out, I won’t let you off. And you can let the police see what people who try to skip the bill look like.”

Smack! Smack! Smack!

Crisp sounds rang out as Chi Qingyao slapped each of the three on the face, one after another. Fair and square, no more, no less.

“You knew this place was expensive, yet you still came to cheat my sister. Have you no shame? Eating for free every day, are you? Think you’re so noble just because you’re city folk?”

Caixiangxiang’s head spun from the slaps.

Chi Qingya’s sister looked so thin, but her slaps were surprisingly strong.

She wanted to say something, but as soon as she opened her mouth, another slap came.

Almost biting her tongue, she swallowed the words she was about to say.

How embarrassing would it be to get slapped while speaking and bite her tongue?

Caixiangxiang felt like dying. But then she felt a little relieved.

At least Chi Qingya’s sister wasn’t slapping only her.

Her good sisters Wei Yanxi and Chen Tangguan were getting slapped too.