Even if Qin Xueru was foolish, she had not completely lost her basic ability to judge right from wrong. When she had suffered, not one of these so-called good sisters and friends had stepped forward to help her. Only Yang Chen, with whom she had merely nodded acquaintanceship, had chosen to help her.
How could she possibly cut ties with Yang Chen? She hurried after him and said, "Junior Brother Yang Chen, I'll go with you!"
"Qin Xueru, think this through. If you leave with that brat surnamed Yang, then you're cutting ties with us!" Lin Shuang and the other female disciples said viciously.
"Qin Xueru, think carefully."
Without even turning her head, Qin Xueru grabbed Yang Chen and left.
Watching Qin Xueru leave, Lin Shuang and the other female disciples gnashed their teeth and snorted. "Good riddance. At least she won't have even the slightest connection with us anymore!"
"I just hope Young Master Cheng won't hold it against us!"
As Yang Chen was led away by Qin Xueru, he could not help saying, "Miss Qin, you didn't need to cut ties with them specifically because of me!"
"Even if I hadn't cut ties with them, Junior Brother Yang Chen, do you think there would still be any friendship left between us?" Qin Xueru lightly bit her pearly teeth. "I truly never expected that after knowing them for so long, I would only see their true faces today!"
"..."
Yang Chen felt somewhat sorry for Qin Xueru. Being betrayed by one's own friends like this, no one would likely be happy about it. He hoped Qin Xueru could let it go, because such friends were not worth cherishing.
He asked curiously, "By the way, what exactly is going on between you and that Young Master Cheng?"
At this,