After that, no matter what Xu Jinhua's mother said, they ignored her and directly turned around and walked out of the office.
"Although I don't want to think of people as that bad, I still want to ask one more question. Did Xu Jinhua really not give you even the slightest hint?"
When they reached the school gate, Wei Ziqi suddenly turned around and asked Lin Chengzhi.
Lin Chengzhi thought Wei Ziqi was overthinking and denied it with a smile. "How could that be? When we first met, I thought she looked so pitiful that I took the initiative to talk to her. She was crying so..."
Lin Chengzhi suddenly stopped halfway through his words. His smile gradually faded as he suddenly remembered that from the very beginning of their acquaintance, Xu Jinhua had cried prettily without any damage to her image. In the days of getting along later, she would blush occasionally and unconsciously make some physical contact from time to time.
Were these done deliberately or just coincidences?
"Forget it. Whether she did it on purpose or not, she just wanted to get rid of the current unfair fate. It's not wrong for people to strive for themselves. I'll just take it as doing a good deed every day. At least I've saved a young girl, right? Now I don't have to worry about my parents finding out. It's time for me to go home. Miaomiao, go back and tell Uncle Si that I won't go to your place today."
After saying that, Lin Chengzhi turned around and left the school gate, walking leisurely in the direction of his home. His back seemed a bit lonely.
Where Miaomiao and the others couldn't see, Lin Chengzhi, whose eyes were already red, quietly wiped away a tear. Although he wasn't very worldly-wise, he wasn't a fool. For some things, as the person involved, he couldn't feel them at that time. But once someone pointed them out, everything would become clear.
He had been used.
Lin Chengzhi knew it very well. And when he was being used, he did have a bit of a crush on this senior. Young and inexperienced, his first love had such a beginning and end. It was inevitably a bit sad.
"Little teacher, what's wrong with Third Brother? Is he really okay? I always feel that Third Brother seems very sad." Miaomiao grabbed Wei Ziqi's hand and asked with some concern, looking at Lin Chengzhi's back.
"Maybe he was deceived and is feeling bad." Wei Ziqi smiled helplessly. He had never met Miaomiao's eldest and second brothers, and he didn't know how the Lin family's children were raised. If they were all so kind, they would inevitably get hurt in the future.
"Was he deceived by that sister?" Miaomiao asked after thinking carefully.
"How do you know?" Wei Ziqi was a bit surprised. He didn't expect that Miaomiao, with her dull little head, could see such a mystery.
"I'm not sure, but since we entered the door, that sister has been crying all the time. The way she looked at Third Brother was very much like the way Cheng Ruan looked at me when I saved her when I was a child. It was a bit... helpless, as if she was expecting something. But no matter how I listened, it seemed to be all about the sister's family affairs. However, that sister never seemed to think about solving them by herself. She always looked at Third Brother with that kind of look, as if she was just waiting for Third Brother to solve them."
Miaomiao fumbled for words for a long time and expressed her thoughts.
Wei Ziqi looked at Miaomiao and was momentarily speechless. He almost forgot that although Miaomiao was a bit dull and had a rather novel way of thinking, she was very sensitive to people's emotions.
"Probably so." Wei Ziqi didn't like to speak ill of others behind their backs, and he didn't want Miaomiao to experience the complexity of human nature, so he gave an ambiguous answer.
"Is that sister a bad person?"
Miaomiao rubbed her little hands. She really couldn't figure this out.
"What do you think?" Wei Ziqi wanted to let Miaomiao think independently and asked in return.
"I don't know. It's wrong for the sister to deceive Third Brother, but it seems that the sister really encountered very difficult things, and she seemed unable to solve them by herself. Daddy said that the greater one's ability, the greater one's responsibility. Protecting the weak is what the strong should do. In the sister's world, maybe Third Brother is the strong one, so the sister wanted to ask Third Brother for help. It's right for Third Brother to help the sister, but the sister deceived Third Brother and made him so sad. It seems wrong again. So I don't know whether the sister is good or bad."
In Miaomiao's world, all things seemed to be either black or white. When she encountered something a bit gray, she couldn't tell clearly.
Wei Ziqi chuckled and stroked Miaomiao's head, gently caressing her soft hair. "That sister was desperate, so she deceived others. Because she didn't know whether your brother was good or bad, she could only use her own methods to induce your brother to help her. But all these were out of helplessness. Maybe after missing this opportunity, she would have no future. However, you're right. Deceiving people is ultimately wrong. So whether she is a good person or a bad person, I can't make a hasty judgment. It depends on your own judgment. In your heart, if she is a good person, then she is a good person. If she is a bad person, then she is a bad person. You don't need to ask others' opinions."
"Okay, I see." Miaomiao thought carefully and suddenly understood.
This was similar to the truth her father had told her when she was a child. She couldn't be liked by everyone. Maybe in the eyes of those who didn't like her, she was also a bad person. But she knew clearly in her heart that she was a good person!
"Okay, let's go back quickly. You've finished your homework so early today. Go back and I'll help you make up for your pinyin and English. After so long, why can't you still tell the difference between the two?"
Wei Ziqi pulled Miaomiao and turned to walk towards the private car parked by the road.
Hearing the English and pinyin that gave her the biggest headache, Miaomiao let out a wail. She would rather be punished by her master to stand in the horse stance for three hours than learn English for ten more minutes!
This was too painful. It was really too painful!
"Master Wei, Miss. I don't know why, but the car suddenly broke down just now. It can't be started now. I've already called someone to tow it away, so we still have to wait a while. Another car will be driven over."
When Miaomiao and the others walked to the car, the driver explained helplessly and embarrassedly.
"It doesn't matter. We can walk back!" Miaomiao's eyes lit up. If they walked back slowly, they could spend a lot of time. Then after getting home, she could have two minutes less of make-up lessons and two minutes less of learning English and pinyin. Wouldn't that be wonderful!
"But the boss said not to let you run around." The driver was a bit embarrassed.
Wei Ziqi saw through Miaomiao's little trick at a glance and just found it a bit funny.
"It's okay, Uncle Driver. I'll walk with Miaomiao. It's not too far from here to Miaomiao's home. It only takes ten or twenty minutes to walk. The roads are all wide. There won't be any accidents."
It was a sunny and beautiful day today. Wei Ziqi was happy to let Miaomiao off the hook and said a few words for her.
"Okay then. Master Wei and Miss, you must be careful on the way."
"Okay, we know."