If Chi Qingyao had a choice, she would definitely have dinner with the prettier sister.
Not only was it pleasant to look at, it also boosted her appetite while eating.
If it was the leftovers from the sister in the photo, she felt she wouldn’t mind.
Unlike tonight, when she had to eat the leftovers of three people.
When faced with a choice between the two, Chi Qingyao would unhesitatingly pick the pretty sister in the photo.
Hearing Chi Qingyao’s words, Chi Qingya felt a bit disappointed.
It wasn’t that she had never faced choices before.
But every time it came to Su Li versus Caixiangxiang and the others, she chose Caixiangxiang.
In the end, she drifted further and further away from Su Li.
Clearly, Su Li had prepared delicious meals for her, yet because of Caixiangxiang and the others, she let down Su Li’s kindness.
Thinking back now, Chi Qingya felt nothing but deep regret.
“Chi Qingya, what are you standing there dumbfounded for? Get to work already. Do you want to exhaust me to death?”
Chi Qingyao snatched the photo album from her hands, casually wiped it with a paper towel, and tossed it onto the sofa.
“Is that Su Li?”
From Chi Qingya’s “friends” tonight, Chi Qingyao had already learned a few things about Su Li.
Chi Qingya had never made friends, but she had plenty of them.
She naturally understood what was going on.
“Mm.”
Chi Qingya filled a kettle with hot water. After boiling it, she started bagging the trash on the side.
The trash bags at home were almost gone.
Maybe because the trash bags weren’t chosen by Su Li, they weren’t very sturdy.
She had to use two or three bags stacked together every time.
Otherwise, the garbage inside might crush the bottom and leak out.
The trash bags Su Li used to pick were always strong.
One was enough.
She stuffed some garbage into a bag, worried it might leak, so she added a few more layers.
Chi Qingyao, meanwhile, tossed all the garbage bags by the door and even took the trouble to put her own shoes back into the shoe cabinet.
Maybe because Chi Qingya hadn’t gone out recently, the shoe cabinet was relatively clean.
“So the friend you mentioned before, the one you made, was Su Li, right?”
“Later on, you stopped talking about anything related to your friend.”
“I figured you must have fallen out with her.”
“But no matter what happens, you never want to tell me, never want to tell Mom and Dad. We have no idea what’s going on in your head.”
Chi Qingyao looked at Chi Qingya, who was now tidying up the empty wine bottles.
Chi Qingya had no idea how many cases of wine she had drunk.
The boxes filled with bottles were stacked several layers high.
Chi Qingyao looked at it with some disgust.
Back then, she also couldn’t remember what she was busy with.
Maybe she was playing a new game.
So she didn’t talk to Chi Qingya about it.
Perhaps that’s why Chi Qingya ended up being conned out of her money by those bad people.
But in the end, that money all became hers, so it wasn’t a big deal.
“You always have your own way of thinking, believing that Mom, Dad, and I don’t understand you.”
“But if you’re unwilling to communicate with us, how are we supposed to talk to you?”
“I’m really curious. When you were with Su Li, was it the same as when you were with those people tonight?”
Chi Qingyao looked at Chi Qingya with a puzzled expression.
Chi Qingya lowered her head and said nothing.
Su Li had been very good to her. She was the one who didn’t cherish it.
Why didn’t she treasure Su Li, who was kind to her, but instead stayed with Caixiangxiang and the others?
Chi Qingya couldn’t understand.
But the regret she felt now told her what a huge mistake she had made.
Seeing Chi Qingya silent, Chi Qingyao already understood the whole story.
She sighed.
“I don’t even know what to say to you.”
“Anyway, that kind of friendship you read about in books hardly exists in real life, Chi Qingya.”
“Other people aren’t your family. There’s no blood between you. They won’t be unconditionally good to you.”
“Even if they are, either they’re foolish, or you’re foolish.”
“If you have nothing to offer others, who would want to be your friend?”
“Take those people tonight, for example. If they didn’t want you to be their ATM, why would they call you?”
“In their hearts, you’re not even a friend. At the very least, friendship requires reciprocity.”
“But…”
Chi Qingyao’s gaze shifted to Chi Qingya, then to that photo album on the sofa.
“Judging by how you’ve been lately, you’ve probably become pretty rotten yourself.”
“Haven’t you heard the saying: ‘He who touches pitch shall be defiled’? Being able to hang out with those people, I can only imagine how low you’ve sunk.”
“Not everyone has my skills, you know. I can be friends with anyone.”
Chi Qingyao’s mouth rattled on like a machine gun.
She knew Chi Qingya hated hearing this kind of talk.
But that didn’t stop her from continuing.
Sure, Chi Qingya gave her money, but cleaning up all that garbage—
Chi Qingyao felt she needed to vent her feelings.
“Don’t think that just because your little sister here makes friends left and right, I actually consider them friends.”
“Truth is, I’ve never seen them as real friends.”
“They’re just people I keep in touch with for a while.”
“They need the value I provide, and naturally, I need their connections. We all know it.”
Chi Qingyao looked at Chi Qingya, who was silently focused on cleaning up the trash.
A few extra words meant a little less work.
Back home, when she did spring cleaning with Chi Qingya and their parents, she loved to chat with them.
That way, she could secretly slack off.
Only Chi Qingya would be foolishly busy with everything.
In the end, their parents would praise her for being sensible and obedient.
“Chi Qingya, when you were with that Su Li person, were you any different from your little sisters?”
Chi Qingyao’s voice was soft, but Chi Qingya heard every word clearly.
Her movements paused.
Her little sister was right.
She was no different from Caixiangxiang and the others.
She had already rotted through.
Rotted to the core.
It was all her own fault.
Seeing Chi Qingya silent, Chi Qingyao didn’t say anything more.
She just continued cleaning the room.
But she became even more curious about this person named “Su Li.”
Not just because of Su Li’s appearance.
But because of Su Li’s expression.
It was different from anyone she had ever met.
She didn’t believe there was really someone so cold and aloof in this world.
Chi Qingyao always thought that most cold and aloof people were just putting on an act.
If she were truly cold, why would she take a photo with her sister?
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