Chi Qingya had been standing in front of Su Li for quite a while.
Yet Su Li kept flipping through the book in her hands, as if she hadn’t noticed anything at all.
Chi Qingya cleared her throat a few times, trying to get Su Li’s attention.
“Ahem. Ahem.”
Still, Su Li didn’t look up. Chi Qingya’s brow twitched in irritation.
Without holding back, she slapped her hand on the desk beside Su Li, finally drawing her gaze.
“Su Li, are you regretting it now?”
Su Li looked at her with the same calm, indifferent expression she always wore— no trace of emotion, as if she were staring at a stranger.
They had lived together for so long, yet in this moment, Su Li’s gaze made Chi Qingya feel like they were complete strangers.
Chi Qingya hated that feeling.
“Don’t think I don’t know… that fifty thousand you got— it’s dirty money, isn’t it?”
She stared at Su Li, arms crossed at her waist, waiting eagerly to see a crack in her composure.
Her voice wasn’t loud, but not quiet either.
The classroom was still fairly empty, but her words still drew quite a few glances.
And once she felt the attention of others, Chi Qingya seemed to grow even more confident, like she had been validated.
Yes, Chi Qingya was absolutely convinced that Su Li’s fifty thousand yuan was ill-gotten.
There was no way Su Li could’ve earned it through legitimate means. She didn’t have that kind of ability.
We’re talking about fifty thousand yuan— not five thousand, not five hundred.
Even a fresh graduate might only make fifty thousand a year, and plenty of students didn’t even earn that much.
So how could Su Li suddenly get her hands on that kind of money in such a short time? The only explanation was that it wasn’t clean.
The thing Su Li was best at had always been taking care of her— cleaning up the trash, cooking, tidying the place.
So why did she suddenly have fifty thousand?
Even though Su Li clearly carried herself differently now, Chi Qingya still believed it was just a case of a poor person suddenly coming into money.
The more she thought about it, the more convinced she became that the money had come too fast and too strangely.
So… it had to be from nude loans.
A college student like Su Li— no background, no money— couldn’t even qualify for normal loans.
Her body was the only asset she could rely on.
Many people who can’t make money and have an uncontrollable urge to spend end up taking nude loans.
Compared to working hard, just stripping off your clothes and getting paid sounded way too easy.
“Su Li, nude loans are seriously dangerous. One wrong step, and you’ll fall straight into the abyss.”
“Are you sure you’ll only borrow once? What happens next time you need money—are you going to do it again?”
“And can you even pay it back? What if the interest keeps piling up? Those debt collectors can be terrifying.”
“I don’t want to see you keep going down this path.”
When someone’s wallet is empty, their loan apps start filling up.
Maybe the legit apps wouldn’t lend to Su Li, but those predatory ones that want to bleed her dry wouldn’t care if she could repay or not.
Chi Qingya lectured Su Li with a tone of earnest righteousness, as if giving her a heartfelt intervention.
“If you’re willing… to admit you were wrong, I can give you a chance and return the money to you.”
She softened her voice.
Though truth be told… she had already spent over twenty thousand of it.
She probably couldn’t just hand Su Li the full fifty thousand.
It’s not that she didn’t have the money— she just didn’t want to give it back.
That would mean she was paying 25K out of her own pocket.
Besides, Su Li was the one in the wrong.
She should be the one bearing the consequences.
The fact that Chi Qingya was even willing to return part of it was already generous.
She was doing it for Su Li’s own good— to teach her a lesson.
Otherwise, if Su Li didn’t suffer even a little, how could she ever realize her mistake?
Chi Qingya paused for a moment, then continued:
“If you apologize to me, I can give you twenty-five thousand. The remaining twenty-five— you’ll have to figure out a way to earn it and pay it back as soon as possible. Don’t keep going down this wrong path, or you’ll end up destroyed by debt!”
As she spoke, Chi Qingya kept a close eye on Su Li’s expression— yet she couldn’t detect any reaction at all.
It was hard to tell if Su Li had even heard a word of what she said.
“Su Li, I’m doing this for your own good. Don’t be so ungrateful.”
Only then did Su Li slowly lift her head.
She looked at the flustered Chi Qingya and asked calmly, “Is this your way of trying to get my attention?”
Her tone was steady, her face filled with genuine puzzlement.
As Chi Qingya kept talking, her voice gradually grew louder, drawing more and more people’s attention.
Su Li didn’t care about the staring or the whispering around her— she just wanted to get back to her book.
Someone buzzing endlessly in her ear wasn’t exactly a big deal, but it was starting to get in the way of her concentration.
Hearing Su Li’s question, Chi Qingya felt her body temperature rising.
Her face turned crimson, and even her breathing became uneven.
She could feel the eyes of others on her.
Even if she couldn’t hear exactly what they were saying, the weight of those gazes made her deeply uncomfortable— like she was a clown performing center stage.
She had been doing this for Su Li’s sake, yet Su Li repaid her kindness with cold indifference.
Chi Qingya had already gone ninety-nine steps toward her, even offering a way out.
All Su Li had to do was take one step back— but instead, she left her hanging.
That thought filled Chi Qingya with a wave of grievance.
Her nose stung, and her eyes began to redden.
Su Li, that ungrateful wretch.
She deserved to be unable to repay the nude loan, deserved to have her nude photos spread all over the streets, to become a laughingstock to everyone.
“Don’t think I don’t know where you went after you left the house yesterday,” Chi Qingya spat. “Did you rest at someone else’s place? Did you sell your body for one night of shelter like in those TV shows?”
“If you keep going like this, you’re only going to fall deeper and deeper down the wrong path.”
“There aren’t many people in this world like me— kind enough to offer you help without wanting something in return. Other people won’t give you a place to stay for free. They just want to use your body.”
“Are they going to help you pay off your debt? Of course not.”
“Su Li, haven’t you realized it yet? The most valuable thing you have… is your body. And when they’ve had their fun with it— then what?”
“I know you like me. You’re doing all this to prove yourself to me.”
“But I don’t need that. I don’t need your money, and I don’t need you to hurt yourself to prove anything.”
“These material things don’t matter to me. Even if I don’t like you, I still want you to live well— to be happy.”
“Forget it. You’re just an ungrateful wretch. No matter what I say, you’ll think I’m trying to hurt you. I won’t bother with you anymore!”
Chi Qingya looked at Su Li, her tone full of hurt, as if she were the one who’d been wronged.
With that, she turned around and went back to her seat.
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