coobybook Chapter 164 You're Very Poisonous
Chapter 164 You're Very Poisonous
Ting Nan, biting into a fragrant fried dumpling, glanced at Tao Hua. Yes, this timid girl outside of school was named 'Tao Hua'. "You're not as tough as the rumors say, are you?"
"Cough cough cough, do you still hold a grudge against me for stopping you that time and brandishing a knife? Hey, I just stopped you because Rou Rou listened to me, I didn't mean to do anything to you, that knife wasn't even sharpened yet," Tao Hua hurriedly explained.
Ting Nan looked Tao Hua up and down and asked, "Why are you different inside and outside of school?"
"I... I... Rou Rou always says that she feels especially safe with me, that I'm super powerful. I'm also a huge Bruce Lee fan, 'I hit, I hit, ah, hit!'" Tao Hua gestured, then said dejectedly, "But at home, I'm just a delicate girl who's always being protected. My parents, grandfather, and two older brothers have always been watching me since I was little. They wouldn't let me touch this or do that, and they wouldn't let me go out alone. Actually, it's only because I was almost kidnapped when I was little that they were scared. I'm the only girl in five generations of my family, so they were very worried. That day, I was thinking of being independent, so I avoided my dad who was picking me up and took a car to my aunt's house for the first time. Who knew I'd be so unlucky?"
"Tao Hua, how old are you this year?"
"I'm sixteen, so I started school relatively late."
"Tch, still so naive at sixteen, easily fooled by a few words. You're lucky you're in our school, where everyone is focused on studying. We don't bother with your interference, afraid of wasting time. Otherwise, do you really think you're Iron Man? You'd probably be slapped against the wall by now."
"Hey, Song Tingnan, that's really rude of you! There are several of us together!"
Ting Nan scoffed, "How many people? Who attacked me that day? Tang Rourou? Wei Xiaowan? Besides you, who else stepped in? They all backed down? Stupid fools, being used as pawns and still smug about it."
"I...I..." Tao Hua stammered for a long time, unable to say anything coherent. Recalling that day, and usually, "Hua Hua, don't be impulsive, Hua Hua, look at you, always so impulsive, you've scared your classmates, Hua Hua, you misunderstood me, Hua Hua...", was she really being played like a fool?
Seeing that Tingnan had already walked far away, she shook her head and chased after her. "Tingnan, I thought you would become friends with Wan'er? She spoke up for you back then, and you two walked together afterwards."
"I don't think you're that stupid. I'd rather have none than bad friends!"
"Ah, isn't Wan'er doing just fine?"
"What's so good about it? A fence-sitter? She only said those things because she knew Teacher Jiang was my godmother. Did she say anything to anyone she stood up for you before?"
"Uh... I don't think so..."
"But she's much smarter than you, she knows how to please both sides. It's a pity she ran into me. At such a young age, she's so cunning. I wouldn't be friends with her, I'd be afraid of being sold out!"
"Um, Tingnan, can I be your friend?"
Song Tingnan glanced at her sideways and said, "You should clear your head before you speak. If you don't have the ability, then shut up."
"Oh, I see. Tingnan, how do you know so much at such a young age?"
"I'll study! I respect my elders in the family; they are wise and I won't let them down!"
"Really? Isn't that what they want to control us?"
"Why are they controlling us? Why don't they control others? As the saying goes, no one knows a son better than his father. Your family doesn't trust you because you really are. Look at what you've done; you're blind to the truth."
"Tingnan, you...you have such a sharp tongue. Saying that will make me sad and upset."
"Oh, what does that have to do with me? You're not my child, why should I feel sorry for you? I'm not Tang Rourou, why should I coax you into being my henchman?"
Tao Hua ran away angrily, shouting, "Song Tingnan, I'm not talking to you anymore, hmph!"
"Hahaha, Song Tingnan, you have a sharp tongue and a sharp eye!" A male voice came from the side. Tingnan looked over—it was Zhong Shengli!
"Yeah, you just found out?" Ting Nan said crisply and strode forward.