Chapter 16 Qiqi is Not That Kind of Person
"Don't talk nonsense." Hu Jiaojiao suddenly became agitated, her small face instantly flushed red, "You don't understand Qiqi at all. After her family went bankrupt, she has been struggling. And I'm sure, she did it all for the Gu Family's winery. Do you think any girl would willingly become a prostitute?"
With a sudden emptiness in her palm, Hu Jiaojiao's hand that had been holding hers was withdrawn.
Even though Hu Jiaojiao's palm was scorchingly hot, Gu Qili only felt a chill from her fingertips to the bottom of her heart. Hu Jiaojiao's voice by her ear was unbearably irritating. Having known her for seventeen years, now, she seemed strange and distant to her.
"You admit it yourself that she went on to sell herself. No matter the reason, selling is selling, no different from those street prostitutes. Only, prostitutes don't choose their clients, whereas she picks only high-society individuals. At most, she's just a high-class prostitute."
"No... it's not like what you all say." Hu Jiaojiao cried out again, frantically clutching her own clothes, "Qiqi is not that kind of person."
"Forget it, what kind of person I am has nothing to do with you all. Your parents paid for you to study, not to act like gossiping busybodies here," Gu Qili said coldly as she glanced at them, moved her butt to one side, and once again created more distance from Hu Jiaojiao, "If you're not eating, just get lost."
Hu Jiaojiao panicked and immediately defended herself, "Qiqi, I really didn't mean that. They're twisting my words on purpose."
Just as Hu Jiaojiao tried to come closer, Gu Qili smacked her little notebook to the side, creating a breeze that sharply hit Hu Jiaojiao's face.
Her voice was neither loud nor soft, but strong enough that the three of them could hear it clearly without making outsiders catch any hint of the joke. Her expression was extraordinarily stern, even somewhat frightening, at least enough to silence Hu Jiaojiao immediately.
"I want to eat now, don't spoil my appetite."
"I'm talking to you, didn't you hear?" Mickey, who had been holding back for a long time sitting across them, finally couldn't bear it anymore. She had kept quiet because she was unsure about Gu Qili's attitude towards Hu Jiaojiao. They had grown up together since kindergarten, played together since childhood, and although they were not in the same department in college, they often interacted. She feared her harsh words might hurt Hu Jiaojiao, and Gu Qili would have to take the trouble to appease her.