C18 A Friend Card

Expelled?

Because he humiliated her?

Qiao Yifan cast an inquiring gaze at Guo Yun, who was standing beside him, and she nodded affirmatively.

She did not feel carefree at all. On the contrary, she felt guilty. Such a tyrannical and willful way of doing things, she could not help but think of Xi Men Cheng with her toes.

When she had been bullied by Suze, Sid had looked down on her.

— How could a good-for-nothing like you be bullied?

The corners of his eyes were filled with ridicule, as if it was all her fault that she was bullied. This kind of crime was originally unreasonable.

However, when Xi Cheng held her face to see if she was hurt, he was filled with resentment for her concern.

When she left, Sid asked her, What qualifications do you have?

Now she could not understand why Sid would protect her if she was not qualified to be a wife, and why he would help her.

This was the only explanation she could come up with for the fact that the fermentation of events might affect Morimoto's reputation.

She looked at the open door of the studio. The students who were painting inside all cast their eyes on her.

They wanted to say something, but they held back. They were ready to move or avert their eyes.

Qiao Yifan felt a little awkward under their gazes. Guo Yun hurriedly scurried in. It wasn't like everyone was concerned about her, so they didn't follow her.

"Um, Qiao Yifan." Someone finally said something, and she said, "I just heard the rumors a few days ago and misunderstood you. I'm sorry."

As a classmate who was almost a stranger to Qiao Yifeng, her misunderstanding and explanation had no meaning to Qiao Yifeng.

However, out of politeness, Joe could only reply: "It doesn't matter."

He raised his head and looked into her eyes. The desire to curry favor flowed out of his eyes.

Seeing that someone had beaten the vanguard, there were even people who came up to Qiao Yifan and warmly welcomed him.

"Qiao Qiao, I am sorry to have misunderstood you."

This was what Qiao Qiao used to address her as a close friend of hers. She didn't even know her name, so why did she call her name?

"Oh, nothing." Joe responded with a poetical nonchalance.

"They are jealous of you. Qiao Qiao must have relied on her talent to attract Boss Xi."

If it had not been for the fact that they now wanted to follow the path of Joe's poetry into Morimoto or something else, this phrase would certainly have been misinterpreted as implying her.

It was Hilde, whom they had talked about a few days ago, who had climbed on top of Qiao Shi's face, who now had a complete change of tone.

Qiao Yifan struggled to make the muscles on the corner of his mouth curve as he dryly laughed: "Heh heh."

There were also some who were impatient, and now they were indicating their destination.

"Does fellow student Qiao Yifan know about this year's interview question that is being accepted by Ben Sen this year?"

Some of them were more cautious and cast their almost murderous gaze at the person who spoke, blaming her for being too impatient, but also cautiously looking at Qiao Yifeng with anticipation.

"I'm sorry, I don't know." Joe replied with a poem.

They obviously didn't believe him and were still blaming Qiao Yifan for being stingy in his words.

Joe could only explain a few more lines with his poem: "I've been busy recently with graduation design and I've been living in school for a long time. "Not home."

The lie had almost convinced her herself, but she would probably not be able to go home, even if she missed it every day.

Sitting in front of the drawing board, Qiao Yifeng was unable to immerse himself in drawing. Everyone's gaze was constantly on her.

"Yunyun, why don't I go first?" Qiao Yifan discussed it with Guo Yun.

Guo Yun also saw the danger that Qiao Yifan was in and looked at her sympathetically. "Why don't you move into the bedroom to draw? I don't think He Xuan's beauty is here either."

Looking at the heavy easel, Qiao Yifan rejected the idea and said, "I won't be painting today. Anyway, I'm a bit faster than you. I'll be a bit lazy today and go out to relax."

Qiao Shi then stuck out her tongue. Her appearance was quite mischievous and she looked completely different from her gloomy look from a few days ago. Now, she looked a lot more lively.

Seeing her expression, Guo Yun felt a little relieved.

When Qiao Yifeng left the studio, he bumped into Bi Yuntian. His footsteps were so hurried that he didn't even see the oncoming Qiao Yifeng. He was a head taller than her and almost knocked Qiao Yifeng over.

Then Beeson grabbed her arm. "So you're here?"

"Are you looking for me?" Joe was surprised.

His tone clearly indicated that he had been looking for Qiao Yifeng, but Bi Chen seemed to have just realized what he had said and frowned.

In the next moment, his expression became sorrowful. "I have something to ask you."

"Huh?" Qiao Yifeng recalled the news that had spread throughout the entire school and rubbed his nose embarrassedly. Although she had implicitly taken Bi Sen as a friend, Bi Chen had personally admitted that he wanted to pursue Qiao Yifeng.

"I never knew you were married." Bi Chen looked a little sad.

Qiao Yifan suddenly felt a little ashamed. Even if he wasn't Qiao Yifeng's suitor, he was still quite sad that his friend didn't know that his friend was married.

"I'm really sorry, but it was better to keep this information a secret."

He let out a long sigh that seemed to have been relieved of. Bi Ran smiled helplessly and asked, "It's Sid's idea, right?"

"More or less." Joe nodded.

"However, I feel that his method of not revealing your identity is extremely bad. Otherwise, you wouldn't have encountered such a situation a few days ago." Bi Xin attributed the experience of the first few days of Joe's poem to Sid.

No, Qiao Yifan couldn't be considered a lady. Sid, who married for the sake of profit, didn't need to announce the marriage. They didn't know when their relationship would end, but they were afraid that all this would be a waste of time and damage Sen Ben's reputation.

Just like now, they no longer needed each other.

The light in Joe's eyes dimmed.

"No, it's my fault."

Bi Chen also noticed the change in Qiao Yifeng's expression. He even regretted saying what he had just said. He wanted to reduce Sid's position in Qiao Yifeng's heart, but … He somehow didn't want to see Qiao Qing Shi's sad appearance.

"Let's go out. It's so annoying listening to gossip in the school."

"Where to?" Qiao Yifan was surprised. "But you don't have a class?"

"No." Bi Chen cracked his lips into a smile, revealing his white, even teeth. It was a clean, clear smile on his face.

"But as for you, would your husband mind mind if I were to invite another lady like that?" Bi Chen was very thorough, but there was a hint of provocation in his words.

She did mind if Sid said she didn't deserve it when other women came in, and Sid didn't deserve it now that she was out with Beeson.

"Teacher Bi Chen is my friend!" Joe answered heartily.

"It's actually a friend card, I'm so sad," Bi Xun said with a mournful face.