Chapter 162: You Will Be Very Disappointed (2)

Was it an attempt to ingratiate oneself?
Everyone in the school knew that Yu Fan was pursuing her. It would be completely normal for someone to hand her over to Yu Fan while she was unconscious, just to curry favor with him.
Yet, she was completely unharmed. Compared to actually being dragged away by those three men, she had nothing to feel disappointed about, even if the person who rescued her had indeed handed her over to Yu Fan purely to please him.
One could only feel disappointed when the person in question was someone one cared about.
And the only person she cared about was...
Was it him?
If it were him, she truly would be terribly disappointed.
"Xiao Xi, you're finally back. Why are you so late?"
Her grandmother, who had been anxiously waiting up for her, came out the moment she heard a car outside. Seeing that she was safe and sound, she finally set her mind at ease.
After waking up, Qiao Xi had called her grandmother to let her know she was safe and told her to go to sleep first. She hadn't expected her grandmother to worry and wait for her return anyway.
"A classmate had a birthday, so we stayed out a bit late playing."
"The person who answered your phone when I called was a man. He said you were fine, but I couldn't stop worrying. Now that I see you're okay, I can rest easy. It's chilly outside, hurry inside."
"En." Qiao Xi walked inside with her grandmother and said, "It's very late, Grandma, go to sleep."
"Alright." Her grandmother had always gone to bed early and was indeed very sleepy by this hour. "Get to sleep early too."
"I'll take a shower and go right to bed," Qiao Xi said.
Once inside her room, she grabbed her pajamas and headed straight to the bathroom to shower.
As she dried her hair coming out of the bathroom, her mind replayed the events of tonight.
Nothing about it felt like a coincidence, and losing consciousness so inexplicably...
If all of this was connected to Xu Jia'er...
She would not just let this go.
She didn't go looking for trouble, but that didn't mean she would pretend nothing happened when someone bullied her right to her face!
It was a new week. The moment Qiao Xi stepped into the classroom, she was grabbed by Gu Panxi.
"Qiao Xi, how are you holding up?"
"What's wrong?"
"You're still asking! Before leaving the night before yesterday, didn't Yin Yin tell you to text her when you got home? You never did, and when we called you afterward, you didn't answer either. You have no idea, I worried the entire night! Fortunately, you sent a message the next day saying you were fine, so we finally relaxed. What on earth happened to you that day?"
"I wasn't feeling well that day, so I fell right asleep as soon as I got home and didn't hear the phone ringing." Qiao Xi didn't want to bring up that night's events, so she made up an excuse.
"Yin Yin and I guessed as much. As long as you're okay." Gu Panxi only asked out of concern before immediately drifting into idle chatter. "You know what? Niansheng came after you left, and even mentioned that the vice president had come too. The moment Jia'er heard that, she hurriedly chased after him and didn't come back either. The vice president never showed up, and Yin Yin kept insisting Niansheng was lying to her. Later, Niansheng called the vice president, and Yin Yin only believed it when she heard his voice. But the strange thing is, even though the vice president came, he never appeared. Maybe Jia'er really managed to find him..."
Gu Panxi kept talking, but Qiao Xi stopped taking in anything she said afterward.
Initially, she had only given that night's events a passing thought, never imagining it could be such a coincidence. But listening to Panxi's words, it proved that Ou Ya had indeed gone there that day, and furthermore, he never made it to Yin Yin's house afterward...
Was that really the case?
When Yu Fan said that night that if she knew who it was, she would be very disappointed—was it because of this?
Gu Panxi talked for a long time, but seeing Qiao Xi completely unresponsive, she asked, "Qiao Xi, what's wrong with you?"
"Nothing, class is about to start," Qiao Xi replied, returning to her seat to sit down properly.
Gu Panxi felt Qiao Xi was acting a bit strange, but couldn't quite put her finger on what was off. Deciding not to dwell on it, she went back to her own seat.