How could the old woman have misunderstood her like that?!
The short-haired girl found it unbelievable.
"I mean Leilei's changed. She's acting really strange!"
"She's become..."
"Not normal."
The short-haired girl lowered her voice.
The short-haired girl's words sounded harsh to the old woman.
Her expression darkened.
"What do you mean, not normal?"
"Don't make things up."
"Leilei's perfectly fine!"
"No!"
The short-haired girl was flustered and at a loss, growing anxious.
Yet deep down, she felt a helplessness that she had expected.
She'd known for a long time how Leilei's family would react if she told them this...
That was why she'd hesitated for so long.
She wasn't particularly clever, nor was she good at handling this sort of thing.
Just thinking about speaking ill of Leilei to her family made her panic.
She'd nearly backed out many times.
But...
In the end, she couldn't let go of Leilei.
She...
Wanted to help Leilei.
She'd already done all she could.
She'd said so much to Leilei.
They'd even nearly had their first real argument.
Leilei wouldn't listen to her anymore.
And none of it had helped solve the problem.
At first, in the heat of the moment, she'd thought that if Leilei wouldn't talk to her, then she wouldn't talk to Leilei either.
Besides...
She'd tried.
She'd done her best.
Things hadn't worked out...
It wasn't her fault.
And besides...
She'd worked so hard...
The other person hadn't appreciated it at all.
Instead, she'd even blamed her.
What was the point?
There were plenty of reasons to let it go...
But only one reason to keep trying.
Leilei was her friend.
She didn't want to see anything happen to Leilei.
So in the end, she'd come to the residential complex where Leilei rented an