Chapter 535: I’ve Given You the Opportunity, Can You Seize It? (3)

At that moment, Wang Chunhua was so overjoyed that she would have gladly endured what Cao Yuqing had just done to her.

"You were out so late, we got worried and came looking for you."

"You... you guys are the best!"

Wang Chunhua had managed to hold back her tears when Cao Yuqing was bullying her, but now, after hearing Qi Yunzhi’s words, she was so moved she cried.

"Hey, don’t cry! We can’t let them look down on us."

Qi Yunzhi said, comforting Wang Chunhua. She had always been the blunt, carefree type, and she wasn’t very good at consoling people.

"Okay, I’ll stop crying."

Wang Chunhua wiped away her tears. ’Qi Yunzhi is right,’ she thought. ’I can’t cry. I can’t embarrass them.’

Cao Yuqing’s expression changed the moment she saw Shen Nian. When she then saw Chu Lingxiu standing beside Shen Nian, her face grew even darker.

She had only dared to treat Wang Chunhua this way because she figured Chu Lingxiu, who had just arrived in Room 304 today, couldn’t possibly have gotten to know them that quickly. There was no way she would stand up for Wang Chunhua.

In fact, she thought that after spending some time in Room 304, Chu Lingxiu might even grow to despise the other residents, just as she did.

But she had never imagined that Shen Nian and the others would find her so quickly, or that Chu Lingxiu would be so obviously siding with them.

Cao Yuqing didn’t say a word, but Shen Nian had no intention of letting the matter drop. In her previous life, she had heard countless stories of school bullying. She never expected it to be so rampant in this era.

’This has to be handled properly today,’ she thought. ’Otherwise, if these people bully Wang Chunhua again when we’re not around, then our coming here will have been pointless!’

"Cao Yuqing, bullying a classmate on the very first day of school. I’d like to see if the school administration is going to handle this or not!"

"You..."

Cao Yuqing hadn’t expected Shen Nian to bring up the school administration the moment she spoke. She had done this sort of thing before, but the people she bullied were always afraid of retaliation and never dared to report it. She never imagined Shen Nian would be so different right from the start.

Of course, Shen Nian knew that many people in this situation chose to suffer in silence, worried they would be bullied even more viciously. However, she knew better than anyone that simply enduring it wouldn’t earn sympathy from people like this; it would only feed their arrogance.

That was why, from the very beginning, Shen Nian had no intention of giving in. And it wasn’t just about her; she also had to take this chance to teach Wang Chunhua that she must never give in if she faced a situation like this again!

"And you all," she said, turning to the others. "Ganging up on a classmate like this. How impressive!"

When they heard Shen Nian calling out Cao Yuqing, the girls with her just exchanged glances, a little bewildered. They didn’t expect Shen Nian to immediately turn on them. Instantly, the color drained from their faces.

"We... we didn’t do anything! Cao Yuqing was the one who called us over. She’s the one who said all those things, not us. We didn’t say a thing."

It was every man for himself when disaster struck. And even though this wasn’t a true disaster, none of them had any intention of taking the fall with Cao Yuqing. They were all incredibly relieved that they hadn’t actually done anything yet; otherwise, disassociating themselves now wouldn’t be nearly so easy.

"You... you people..."

Cao Yuqing watched as the girls beside her betrayed her without a second thought, pushing all the responsibility onto her shoulders. She was so furious her face twisted in anger.