Chapter 288: Chi Qingya, Are These Really the Good Friends You Chose?

“Speak up. If you don’t, you’ll end up like her!”

Chi Qingyao kicked the still-dazed Caixiangxiang, her oil-stained sneakers grinding a shoe print on her clothes.

“Next time, it won’t be as easy as just hitting a wall.”

She turned to look at her stunned sister, her voice suddenly softening:

“Chi Qingya, I’ve told you long ago that simple tolerance is useless.”

“In the end, the only person you’ll harm is yourself.”

“Do you see now?”

“Take a good look at these friends of yours—how similar they are to you when you were being bullied.”

“If you don’t let them experience what it feels like to be bullied, they will never realize their own mistakes.”

“Fighting violence with violence—though cultured people like you don’t like it—I think it’s the most convenient and effective method.”

As Chi Qingyao spoke, she pinched Wei Yanxi’s chin, forcing her to meet her eyes.

“Spill it. How many meals did you deceive my sister into treating you to?”

Wei Yanxi glanced at Caixiangxiang, who was lying motionless on the ground.

She instinctively swallowed, her whole body enveloped in fear.

If she spoke now, she might avoid ending up like Caixiangxiang.

Even if she didn’t speak, Chen Tangguan, already trembling with fear, would.

If Chen Tangguan were in her position, she would definitely speak up too.

“A lot… a lot, a whole lot.”

Wei Yanxi said with a trembling voice, her tone filled with fear.

She couldn’t remember how many times Chi Qingya had treated them to meals.

Besides, who would remember something like that?

Wouldn’t it be enough to just remember when you yourself treated others?

Anyway, just keep track of your own affairs.

And it wasn’t just her who thought of Chi Qingya only when she wanted to eat at expensive places; Chen Tangguan and Caixiangxiang also thought of Chi Qingya when they wanted to eat, and then invited her to join.

It wasn’t her fault alone. If you asked Chen Tangguan and Caixiangxiang, they definitely wouldn’t remember either.

“Looks like you city people are nothing special after all?”

“Chi Qingya, are these the good friends you’ve made?”

Chi Qingyao’s gaze turned to Chi Qingya, who was trembling in the corner behind her, as if she were a tightly stretched string.

Such a small scene already made her sister nervous beyond measure. Chi Qingyao sighed.

She didn’t intend to change Chi Qingya.

Just like when Chi Qingya had helped her hide the fact from their parents when they wanted a refund for minors, claiming it was her own game account.

Everyone has their own choices.

“Yao Yao.”

“If you, Chi Qingya, are trying to beg for mercy for them, I don’t mind giving you a few slaps too.”

Chi Qingya didn’t finish her sentence. She knew that if her younger sister said that, she would definitely follow through.

She didn’t want to have a conflict with her sister.

Besides…

Now her sister was standing up for her.

In the past, when she was bullied, she too wished for someone to save her. But no one ever cared about her.

In the end, the one who discovered she was being bullied and saved her was Chi Qingyao.

Even though Chi Qingyao was still very thin and weak back then.

She watched Chi Qingyao stand in front of her, then looked at Chen Tangguan and Wei Yanxi, who were crouching on the ground with their bodies curled up, feeling a bit dazed.

In the past, when she was bullied, she also crouched in a corner like that. Now that the roles were reversed, it gave her a strange feeling.

Chi Qingya wanted to look away, wanted to close her eyes, but she dared not turn her head.

She was afraid that once she turned away, Chi Qingyao would be bullied.

Chi Qingyao was her sister; she couldn’t let her sister be bullied in front of her.

Even though her sister was currently the one on top.

“Chi Qingya, do you see this?”

“I told you long ago: if you don’t want to be bullied, just become the person who does the bullying.”

“Only then can you choose whether or not to bully others.”

“Only when you hold the initiative in your hands can you control your own fate.”

Chi Qingyao glanced at the two people crouching on the ground.

“Chi Qingya, give me your phone.”

Chi Qingyao said. After hesitating for a moment, Chi Qingya still handed her phone to her sister.

She knew what her sister was going to do. All the previous bills were clearly recorded on the phone. Which meal she treated could be seen at a glance.

Chi Qingyao lowered her head and carefully examined each bill.

Meanwhile, Caixiangxiang, who had been thrown into the corner, had also regained her senses.

Her gaze turned to the curled-up Wei Yanxi and Chen Tangguan.

She felt extremely unbalanced in her heart.

Why was she always the one who got hurt every time? She was also the one who got beaten every time.

Why?

Why was she always the one who had bad luck?

But she dared not make any rash moves now.

Undoubtedly, Chi Qingyao was now looking at her phone; this was when she was most off guard, and also the best opportunity for them to counterattack.

But Caixiangxiang didn’t dare to be the one to stick her neck out.

She was afraid that if she made a move, Chi Qingyao would take it out on her again.

So she chose to wait for an opportunity on the sidelines, and let her two good sisters go first.

Caixiangxiang looked at Wei Yanxi and Chen Tangguan, hoping they would understand her meaning.

But both of them were crouched on the ground, holding their heads and trembling.

She silently lamented Chi Qingyao’s viciousness.

By inflicting different injuries on the three of them, she had divided them.

The method could be described as extremely despicable.

Originally united by a common enemy, they were now fragmented into individuals.

Caixiangxiang knew that only by sacrificing herself could she win this battle.

So she stood up directly. As she passed Wei Yanxi and Chen Tangguan, she gave a soft cough.

Her sound immediately caught the two girls’ attention. They exchanged glances, both showing hesitation in their eyes.

“Sis, how did your expenses suddenly get so big?”

“I remember when you were at home, you were quite thrifty.”

“And recently you bought so much beer. Are you crazy?”

Chi Qingyao’s words left Chi Qingya with no way to refute.

But her gaze had already noticed Caixiangxiang, who was standing up and lunging toward her sister.

“Yao Yao.”

Before her words even died down, Chi Qingyao kicked Caixiangxiang again, sending her flying into the wall.

Then her gaze shifted from the phone to Wei Yanxi and Chen Tangguan, who were itching to move.

“Chi Qingya, let me tell you one more thing. If someone wants to cause you trouble, you must target the first person who lays a hand on you and hit her hard.”

“Only then will none of them dare to make a move on you again.”