Chapter 362 - 364: It’s Like Walking in Brocade Clothing at Night Without Returning Home Rich and Honored_1
Li Qiao was leaving, and Song Zhixiu was leaving too. As they left the Su family’s home, he caught up to ask Li Qiao, "What are your plans for the winter break?"
"Study," Li Qiao said.
"There was an article in the newspaper about a student from our school called Li Qiao who was involved in a murder investigation. Was that you?"
Li Qiao candidly admitted, "It was me." It wasn’t a secret anyway.
"So you must be familiar with Ji Dongming. He lives near my house. He said it was because his name appeared alongside yours that led to..." Song Zhixiu told Li Qiao that Ji Dongming was later arrested and then released, advising her to be careful.
Li Qiao was startled and on edge. He had been released so quickly. She brought up the original agreement. "He broke the agreement first. That’s why there was a dispute. If his workplace fired him, that has nothing to do with us."
As a journalist, the most important thing is to have professional ethics.
Ji Dongming lacked morals.
"I see."
Li Qiao said indignantly, "Exactly, not everyone wants to be famous. Everything has two sides. It’s true he brought me some honor, but being surrounded by classmates all the time, being watched by those I know on the street, occasionally receiving inexplicable packages filled with unspeakable words... who do I talk to about that?" From then on, she threw any anonymous packages she received directly into the garbage bin.
"He even brought up my marriage to write about. Does he even think before writing? Did you find that last sentence odd or not? The notion of marriage and childbirth is already deeply rooted in a woman’s consciousness; by using me as an example, doesn’t he realize the trouble he may cause for women of marriageable age who don’t have partners?