Chapter 562: Chapter 562: Secretly Instigating

Song Yufang wore a forlorn expression. "So what if I’m not okay with it? They’re rich and powerful. How could we possibly fight them? You saw what happened to my family last year. To this day, my brother and sister-in-law still think I’m a spendthrift, and my parents are afraid to give me much money."

Song Yufang’s words made Zhao Xiaohui even more indignant. "Rich people are just so disgusting! They already have so much money, yet they won’t even leave us ordinary people alone. Yu Fang, I feel so bad for you. It’s so unfair."

"Sigh..." Song Yufang let out a long, soft sigh. "What else can we do? We just have to suck it up."

"Why should we have to suck it up?" Zhao Xiaohui felt a surge of hostility rise in her chest and said angrily, "I can’t accept this. You might be willing to take it lying down, but I’m not! I’m definitely going to teach Su Qing a lesson."

Hearing this, Song Yufang seemed extremely surprised. She quickly got up, closed the door, and bolted it. Only then did she return and say to Zhao Xiaohui in a low voice, "Xiao Hui, don’t be like this. We can’t win against her. If we try, we’ll be the only ones who get hurt. Please, don’t be rash."

"Yu Fang, you’re just too timid. That bitch has scared you witless." Zhao Xiaohui pursed her lips. "Don’t worry, I know my limits. I won’t let myself get hurt. Just pretend you don’t know anything about this."

"But..." Song Yufang still looked like she wanted to persuade her otherwise.

"Yu Fang, you don’t have to try and talk me out of it," Zhao Xiaohui said quickly. "I know what I’m doing. You have a soft personality and you’re willing to just take the abuse. I get it, you’re just too kind. But I can’t. I can’t just let this go."

As she spoke, Zhao Xiaohui slapped the bed in frustration. She stared out the window, listening to the sounds of laughter coming from the courtyard, her expression one of seething anger.

Out of Zhao Xiaohui’s sight, Song Yufang couldn’t help but curl the corners of her lips into a smirk. ’How could I possibly be okay with it? Last year, my family paid out a huge sum of money, and you wouldn’t believe the names my brother and sister-in-law called me. Not only that, but even my parents started to resent me for it. My old, comfortable life is gone forever. I’m not just blamed by my family; I don’t have a good reputation at school either. If I weren’t counting on my diploma from Beijing University, I wouldn’t even want to be a student here anymore.’

’And the ones who started it all were Su Qing and Li Huan.’

’No, to be more precise, it was Su Qing.’

The person Song Yufang hated most was Su Qing. She had always felt that if Su Qing hadn’t produced that Scar removal powder, her family wouldn’t have had to pay so much money. ’I mean, the powder was already in her possession,’ she fumed internally. ’If she were giving it to her own cousin, would she still have charged money?’

’To put it bluntly, she just wanted to extort money from my family.’

’And in the end, the one who suffered the most was me, Song Yufang!’

Song Yufang dreamed of getting revenge on Su Qing.

’But Su Qing’s methods last year had truly frightened her. Just looking at what happened to Xu Xianhui made me shudder. In any case, I don’t dare to get involved personally. After all, Xu Xianhui instigated others to help her and still ended up in a bad state.’

’But thankfully, the world isn’t short on idiots.’

’Zhao Xiaohui is a ready-made fool. Not only does she sympathize with me, but she’s also willing to help me confront Su Qing.’

’Over the past six months or so, all I had to do was occasionally drill into Zhao Xiaohui’s head how wronged I was, and that was enough to make her despise Su Qing.’

’As for Zhao Xiaohui’s crush on Xie Lei, that was also something I secretly encouraged. I noticed last year that ever since the autumn trip, Xie Lei and the other male students had been getting closer and closer to Su Qing. My original plan was to push Zhao Xiaohui into liking Xie Lei, hoping it would eventually cause some conflict with Su Qing’s group, and then I could slowly plot my next move.’

’In short, Zhao Xiaohui is just a pawn in my hands. All I have to do is act weak in front of her.’

Coming to Qiyun Village this time was also at Song Yufang’s instigation. She just hadn’t expected the results to be so good. On the very first day, Zhao Xiaohui was already furious with Su Qing and wanted to deal with her.

’If Zhao Xiaohui is going to deal with Su Qing, there’s no way I’ll get involved. On the contrary, I’ll even "persuade" her against it. And just as I expected, my "persuasion" only made Zhao Xiaohui even more furious. It seems certain now that she’ll make trouble for Su Qing. In that case, all I have to do is sit back and watch the show.’

Song Yufang was inwardly ecstatic, but on the surface, she continued to advise, "Xiao Hui, don’t be rash. Su Qing is really not a pushover. Have you forgotten what happened to our classmate Xu Xianhui last year? It’s not worth risking our futures over this."

"Yu Fang, you’re just too soft-hearted. That’s why people like Su Qing can walk all over you," Zhao Xiaohui said. "Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing. In any case, if I don’t let this anger out, I’ll probably die from it. Just pretend you don’t know anything. I’m not going to tell you what I’m planning to do anyway. This has nothing to do with you. It’s just a personal grudge between me and Su Qing. Hmph, she humiliated me, and there’s no way I’m just going to swallow that."

The more Zhao Xiaohui spoke, the more furious she became, her face twisting in anger.

Song Yufang lowered her gaze slightly. "Xiao Hui, you’re my good friend. You’re my only friend. I really hope I can talk you out of this. Su Qing is not a good person. She’s actually quite ruthless. Just think about what I went through last year. I..."

As Song Yufang spoke, tears started to fall.

Zhao Xiaohui quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe away Song Yufang’s tears. "Okay, okay, I’ll stop talking. Just pretend I didn’t say anything today, all right?"

"Then..." Song Yufang grabbed Zhao Xiaohui’s hand and said, "Xiao Hui, please don’t be reckless."

"Mm, don’t worry. I won’t be reckless. I definitely won’t be reckless," Zhao Xiaohui said quickly.

Seeing this, Song Yufang broke into a smile. "Then let’s go outside. Everyone has probably gone to the courtyard by now."

"Hmph, I’m not going." At the mention of this, Zhao Xiaohui’s anger flared up again. "It’s not like I’m desperate for a bite to eat. Yu Fang, you go to the courtyard. I’m not going, anyway. I brought my own food. I’ll just make do with that tonight."

After speaking, Zhao Xiaohui gritted her teeth and added, "If the class president dares to make me chip in for tonight’s meal, I will absolutely refuse."

"Then I’ll stay with you." Although Song Yufang was craving the grilled fish, she said, in order to maintain her "steadfast" friendship with Zhao Xiaohui, "I won’t go to the courtyard either."

"Yu Fang, you’re just too soft-hearted. It’s fine, I’m okay being in the room by myself." Sure enough, Zhao Xiaohui looked touched.

Song Yufang smiled and said, "It’s just some food. How could that ever compare to our friendship?"

"Yu Fang, I’m so lucky to be your friend."

"Me too."

Meanwhile, in the inn’s courtyard, a bonfire was already blazing. Qi Dazhu had provided them with plenty of firewood and had even helped them put together a wooden rack for grilling fish.

The sun had set behind the mountains. The brightly burning bonfire reflected on the joyful faces of the young men and women, and the entire courtyard was bustling with excitement.

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