So What If the Beautiful Campus Belle Loves Money? (7)

Sitting in the front row, Su Qingqing clearly heard Shi Zheng say, "At the very least, he'd have to be on Hua Jinchen's level." She also heard Hua Jinchen's friends jeering outside the window.

An indescribable wave of distaste and contempt welled up in her heart.

Was Shi Zheng worthy?

A person whose reputation was already in tatters had the gall to name Hua Jinchen as her target?

Although Su Qingqing disliked Hua Jinchen's conduct, she had to admit that, given the Hua Family's standing, someone of Shi Zheng's background and reputation probably wasn't even qualified to approach him.

What was the point of saying that, other than inviting more ridicule and contempt?

She really had a thick face.

Su Qingqing couldn't let this farce continue.

It was practically a stain on the school's environment, and it made her feel as though she were sitting on pins and needles.

Just as Shi Zheng finished speaking, Su Qingqing took a deep breath and put down her pen.

She rose from her seat. "We're all classmates. If there's a misunderstanding, we can talk it through in private. Doing this in the classroom... doesn't reflect well on us."

Then she turned to Shi Zheng. "Shi Zheng, this classmate might have been a little direct in the way he confessed, but I don't think he meant any harm. It's better for classmates to value harmony."

Her words seemed to smooth things over, but they actually implied that Shi Zheng had overreacted.

After that speech, the scene that had been thick with the smell of gunpowder seemed to have become a harmless little disagreement between classmates.

And Su Qingqing was the good Samaritan who had stepped forward to uphold fairness and turn weapons of war into gifts of peace.

She had eased the boy's embarrassment while subtly putting pressure on Shi Zheng.

If Shi Zheng pursued the matter any further, she would instead seem petty.

Hua Jinchen was just thinking it was about time for the show to end when the sharp-eyed Zhao Yong beside him suddenly seemed to remember something. He leaned close to Hua Jinchen's ear, excited in the way of someone who enjoyed watching a commotion and wanted it to grow.

"Hey, Young Master Hua, look at the girl who stood up... Doesn't she look a little familiar? I think she's that clumsy waitress from last night."

Hearing that, Hua Jinchen shifted his gaze from Shi Zheng to Su Qingqing's face.

He said, "I don't remember her."

Su Qingqing's gaze seemed to sweep casually over Hua Jinchen and his companions.

Clearly, she had also sensed Hua Jinchen watching her.

Thinking that her actions might have left a good impression on him, she felt a little strange for some reason.

Su Qingqing straightened her back instinctively. "As for dragging Hua Jinchen into a joke... I think that was even more unnecessary."

"Shi Zheng, that was wrong of you."

Shi Zheng sat in her seat and quietly watched Su Qingqing finish her performance.

She took in every word and every expression.

The female lead really was clever, and she knew how to make use of her "good student" persona.

Her speech had not only dispelled the awkwardness with ease but also subtly established her as tolerant and magnanimous. At the same time, she had stepped on Shi Zheng without leaving a trace, implying that she was making a mountain out of a molehill.

More importantly, she had cleverly drawn a line between Shi Zheng and Hua Jinchen, mocking Shi Zheng's wishful thinking.

Shi Zheng lowered her eyes, concealing the cold glint that flashed through them.

Just when everyone thought Shi Zheng would give in to this invisible pressure and tacitly let the matter drop—

"Su Qingqing, you've said so much... May I ask what this has to do with you?"

The moment she said it, the classroom fell so quiet that a pin could be heard dropping.

Everyone was stunned, including Su Qingqing herself.

A tiny crack appeared in the composed expression on her face.

Shi Zheng said, "In what capacity, and from what position, are you butting into the matter between this male classmate and me and making decisions for us?"

She gave Su Qingqing no chance to speak. "You said it was inappropriate for me to joke about Young Master Hua..."

"Then may I ask, can you speak for Young Master Hua? Do you know whether he thinks it's appropriate? Or can you already make decisions for Young Master Hua, which is why you can stand here and draw conclusions with such certainty?"

Not a trace of the mockery in Shi Zheng's eyes was concealed.

The rapid succession of rhetorical questions was swift and sharp.

Su Qingqing had never expected Shi Zheng to retort so directly and mercilessly.

In her past experience, when she stepped forward and said such things, even if the other person disagreed inwardly, they would usually take the offered way out on the surface, or at least remain silent.

Someone like Shi Zheng, who not only refused to appreciate the gesture but turned around and questioned her so sharply, was simply unheard of!

But after leaving Su Qingqing speechless, Shi Zheng did not stop there.

Shi Zheng asked him, "What do you think, Young Master Hua? Do you think Su Qingqing can speak for you?"