"You misunderstand the whole situation."
"I was there! How come I misunderstand?!"
"Because I was there too! I was there when Chen Rou Jiao defend you from Senior Zhao!"
His reddish eyes stammered in front of Yu Yao. He had difficulty to breath after what Yu Yao said.
Chen Rou Jiao sobbed behind Yu Yao.
Li Da Zhan pushed Yu Yao away from him. "No. It's not true!" he barked. He took a step back.
"I don't know what's wrong with your memory. It's clearly not the truth of what actually happened that day." Yu Yao said in disappointment.
"I hear myself she uttered those words."
"Yes. She did say that, but to Senior Zhao. Senior Zhao whispered to her, 'a loser like him should not get your attention'."
Yu Yao asked Chen Rou Jiao after Senior Zhao left them. That was how he knew what kind of girl Chen Rou Jiao was. That was the reason he fall in love with her. She was one of a kind.
"She..."
"Stop it already!" Chen Rou Jiao sobbed. She shot a glare to Yu Yao, pleading him to stop talking. "Don't say it anymore." her hoarse voice was accompany with stream of tears on her cheek.
However, Yu Yao was not satisfied until Li Da Zhan knew the truth. Later he ignored her and facing his friend.
"I want to tell you this, because what you have done to Rou Jiao today." Yu Yao finally tone down his voice. His expression also softened as his emotion stable.
Li Da Zhan lifted his gaze.
"Senior Zhao was irritated with how Chen Rou Jiao treated you so he came up with your past to degrading you in front of her. He told her about your parents. Saying someone like you, a loser like you shall not have her attention. That was when Rou Jiao warned him to stop his mischief and leave you alone but he insist to tell more about you."
Li Da Zhan stunned. He question himself about how come he forget about that. How come his memory could be altered until he harm Chen Rou Jiao, the one who always care about him. He turned to look at Chen Rou Jiao who also looked at him, sobbing.
"Because of her action, she received backlash from Chun Hua and Pei Xin. Saying she was too kind for someone she rarely know. How many days they did not talk to each other because of you, but then you turned your back against her. Together with Tang Yi Lian, you accused her for stealing which you know clearly she was innocent."
Everyone at that place whispered with each other. They all looked at Tang Yi Lian and her friends with judging expression. Tang Yi Lian felt uneasy with those stares and quickly left.
Yu Yao voice became hoarse when he spilled everything Chen Rou Jiao had to suffer last year. Although he had no opportunity to comfort her, which he regret so much, but he promised to be there for her in the future.
Chen Rou Jiao wiped her tears. "Don't say it anymore. Stop it please." She weakly begged Yu Yao. She knew, even if Yu Yao told him everything, it will not quickly made his hatred towards her faded right away. Even if it did, the scar in her heart will not heal that instant either.
Li Da Zhan hardly breath in the situation he was in. Yu Yao explanation made him realised how foolish he was. He made a good person like Chen Rou Jiao suffered because of his ego. He made Chen Rou Jiao cried because of him. Therefore he must redeem his mistake by put everything back to it place.
Li Da Zhan stepped forward to get to Chen Rou Jiao, but Yu Yao stopped his attempt.
"What are you trying to do?"
"Let me talk to her."
"There was nothing to talk about." Chen Rou Jiao replied. Li Da Zhan and Yu Yao looked at her.
"No. You need to know, I have nothing to do with this scheme." Li Da Zhan desperately try to explain for himself but Chen Rou Jiao seems not care about it anymore. Her face remain still, expressionless. When she lifted her gaze towards Li Da Zhan, those almond-eyes were soulless. Empty. Just like her feelings right now.
"Let's end it here, okay?" she set her feet and left Li Da Zhan, Yu Yao and the crowd to her dorm. She had many things to do today and did not want to get involve in these society anymore.
"Chen Rou Jiao!" Li Da Zhan wanted to go after her but Yu Yao quickly stop him.
"Give her time, Da Zhan. You cannot force her."
Chen Rou Jiao did not spare a glance to any of them. She just walked away, hold herself before she fall on the street and crying.
***
Chen Rou Jiao storm into her dorm, ignoring the other roommates who were flabbergasted with her sudden action. She threw her clothes into her bag with their hangar, and all the books she bought. Looks like the warden had not packed her things yet, thus she will do it herself.
After putting her laptop and other gadget in her backpack, she left and slammed the door behind her. Pei Xin and Chun Hua can only watched her without get anything to say.
She sat alone at the lounge after Mr. Zhu's driver dropped her off in front of the airport entrance 20 minutes ago. There were not many people in the airport in this time around, and she also have an hour before her flight depart, so she just stared blankly in her place.
Recalled what a day she had. First, she get to know her 'bestfriends' were not the best friend at all. She was a fool to trust them. Then the unfortunate event move to the fact she had to drop her study because of the things she did not do, and then about Li Da Zhan. Then, here she was, sat alone in the isolated place.
She did not know how to describe the situation she was in. She wanted to cry but out of sudden, she burst to laugh. Laughed with tears stream down from her swollen eyes.
"You are a fool, Chen Rou Jiao." she giggled.
Her phone rang in the middle she was laughing but when she looked at the caller ID, her face change. She bit her lips, frowned. She decided to answer the call.
"My daughter! What had happened over there? Your dean called me just now, telling me you leave your college. What had happened?" her father, Chen Zong asked anxiously.
Her lips trembled. Get to hear his voice made Chen Rou Jiao lost her pretended smile and went crying so hard.
"Rou Jiao, are you okay?"
"Dad. Why everyone hate me? Why I have to face all of these?" she cried hard like her dad was stood there, in front of her, not on the phone.
There were no reaction on her dad behalf. Everything went silent.
"Dad? Why?"
After a long while, her father replied. "Come back home. We will wait for you here." he said calmly. When she heard that, she cried even more.