Chapter 237: The People Who Were Bribed (Part 1)

Liu Ruoxin never expected that the auntie, with whom she had a ‘close relationship’ throughout middle school, would say the wrong thing at such a crucial moment.

What is this all about?

It was clearly Zhao Qingfeng, that loyal dog, who bought steamed buns for me, Liu Ruoxin!

I don’t eat the bun skins, and I always gave them to him.

He often bought me some thick sausages too, surely the uncle nearby could testify!

“Auntie, you must be mistaken, right?”

Liu Ruoxin complained with a smile, “It was him who bought me steamed buns. When have I ever bought them for him?”

The auntie shook her head, “No mistake, it was you who bought them for him. I remember you even said that he didn’t like the bun skins, and you ended up eating them. At that time, we even said, ‘What a lucky young man,’ and I’m only forty-six, not old enough to be senile.”

With that statement, Liu Ruoxin was even more bewildered.

Shen Lingyao’s heart, however, slightly eased, and she turned her head to look doubtfully at Liu Ruoxin.

Liu Ruoxin gently shook her head, “Let’s go, she must have remembered wrong, definitely!”

Without even eating the buns, she pulled Shen Lingyao downstairs.

Shen Lingyao originally didn’t want to go to the medical office, but now, her heart suddenly felt a bit more alive.

Whether the cafeteria auntie remembered wrongly or not.

Since Liu Ruoxin wanted to prove it, then let’s make everything clear.

Soon, they arrived at the medical office.

Pushing the door open, they were greeted by the smell of disinfectant.

“I just love this smell, it gives me a sense of security.”

Liu Ruoxin visited the medical office frequently during her three years of middle school, often due to colds.

“…”

Shen Lingyao said nothing, just sat quietly on the side, listening to Liu Ruoxin chat with Teacher Zhang.

“Ah, the little sickly girl has come again?”

Is it a coincidence that all the Zhangs love to joke?

Liu Ruoxin also laughed along, “Teacher Zhang, I’m about to go to university, I came back to see you. You’ve taken care of me throughout middle school, I’m really grateful.”

Teacher Zhang nodded, “Indeed, without my care, your illness wouldn’t have improved so quickly. Sit wherever you like. I need to check the expiry dates of the medicines soon, so I can’t accompany you.”

Seeing Teacher Zhang about to leave, Liu Ruoxin quickly stopped her, “Ah, Teacher Zhang, it wasn’t just you who took care of me, but also Zhao Qingfeng! Every time I got an injection, he accompanied me here. Don’t you remember that time, he pretended to be sick just to get glucose with me, saw me crying, and then rolled on the floor to make me laugh? He really is a big fool!”

The description was vivid.

Shen Lingyao’s heart continued to bleed.

Liu Ruoxin talked as if it were a casual chat, believing it would surely evoke Teacher Zhang’s memories.

Sure enough.

Teacher Zhang frowned and stopped, “I remember Zhao Qingfeng, that handsome boy, though a bit dark, but his eyes were particularly deep. Isn’t that boy the provincial top scorer now? I always said he had potential, and I was right!”

Is this the answer Liu Ruoxin wanted?

Praising him for what, who doesn’t know he’s capable!

“Then do you remember him getting glucose for me and then rolling on the floor to make me laugh? At that time, I took off my shoes, and he even tried to bite my toes!”

Liu Ruoxin’s words were not false; the young and naive Zhao Qingfeng indeed was a loyal dog once.

But, but, but.

Teacher Zhang wiped her slightly dark eye sockets, yawned, recalling the experience at Vice Principal Li’s house the previous night, and considering Zhao Qingfeng’s relationship with the deputy mayor’s son, Gao Zhanpeng, she ultimately spoke a very real lie.

“Got it wrong?”

Teacher Zhang looked puzzled, “Xinxin, wasn’t it you who accompanied him for saline, and even bought him his favorite steamed buns from the cafeteria? I remember at that time, to make him laugh, you even abandoned your school beauty status to make funny faces! Is my memory wrong, or is yours? You’ve confused me!”

With that.

Liu Ruoxin immediately froze on the spot.

If the cafeteria auntie’s memory could be questioned, how should Teacher Zhang’s words be explained now?

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