half thorns, half joy

The incident of "Normal University female students selling 0 prostitution at takeout" was widely circulated inside and outside the school, and even made the news on the local TV station.

When such a thing happened, the phone calls of the relevant school officials were almost ringing off the hook. Many media magazines even stood guard at the gate of the Normal University, interviewing the students who came in and out with sharp words, which brought quite a negative impact on the school.

Under such tremendous pressure, the school gate finally made a decision to expel Liu Meng and Zhang Qing from their studies. If the circumstances are not serious, they will be punished with a major demerit.

Liu Meng is a single-parent family. Her father passed away in a car accident while drinking too much alcohol, and her mother was also an unscrupulous woman. When she was called by the school to expel Liu Meng, she even drunkenly teased the principal, which made the principal extremely angry. Embarrassed, he was furious after hanging up the phone.

In contrast, Zhang Qing's family is different.

Zhang Qing, as a student who was admitted to a university from a young age, is the proud talker of the whole family.When Zhang Qing received the admission notice, the family also invited neighbors and teachers, and held a teacher appreciation banquet.

Now that something like this happened, when the principal called, Zhang Qing's father received the call and fainted from anger on the spot.Zhang Qing's mother pleaded bitterly, begging the principal to give Zhang Qing another chance.

But there are opportunities that only happen once.

Tang Xuan learned about these details later.On the afternoon of the second day after Zhang Qing's incident happened, she secretly went to Xingda Plaza, and peeked for a long time not far from Qian Susu's store.

The cosmetics store of the internationally renowned brand has not been affected in the slightest, and it still stands noble and glamorous among all the cosmetic brands, which is daunting.

Tang Xuan stayed at the spot until night, but she didn't see Qian Susu. When the counter lady changed shift, after the girl she met before left, Tang Xuan looked around and walked forward.

"Miss, what do you need?" The counter lady warmly greeted everyone with a stern look on her face.

Tang Xuan smiled and asked casually, "I'm here to buy some lipstick. Where's Sister Susu? Has she already left work?"

"Sister Susu?" The counter lady looked blank, "What Miss Susu?"

"It's your store manager." Tang Xuan showed a puzzled and puzzled expression, "Your store manager Qian Susu, don't you know?"

The lady at the counter looked a little confused, "Miss, did you make a mistake, our store manager is named Bai."

Tang Xuan was stunned, and it took her a while to realize, "It might be a replacement, you should be the newcomer."

"Well, I just joined the job this morning." The counter lady didn't want to waste time with Tang Xuan, she spread her palms towards the lipstick on the shelf, "What color do you want?"

"...Let's lighten it up a bit." Seeing that the woman didn't know anything, Tang Xuan stopped her mouth in time and didn't ask any further questions.

Another day later, Zhang Qing was released from the police station.Three days of detention left her with a haggard face and disheveled hair, making her look out of place with the neatly dressed students around her.

On the road, everyone who recognized Zhang Qing pointed at Zhang Qing, and some even cursed loudly.

Turning a deaf ear to all these scolding Zhang Qing, she went back to the dormitory and sat on the bed alone for a long time under the cold eyes and ignorance of her roommates in the same dormitory.

She knew about being expelled from the school at the police station. In the phone call from the police to inform her parents in front of her, she heard her parents crying bitterly.

I have cried and regretted it, but I will never go back.

"Zhang Qing, pack your things quickly when you come back. The head teacher told you to move your things away before checking the dormitory tomorrow."

Zhang Qing sat blankly without saying a word.

Seeing that Zhang Qing was out of her mind, the girl who brought the message didn't look like she wanted to reply at all, so she muttered a few words before leaving.

"Zhang Qing, this is the 500 yuan I lent you earlier, I'll return it to you." Another girl came in, threw five red banknotes on Zhang Qing's bed, and walked away fearing they would avoid them.

Zhang Qing still sat blankly, without saying a word or responding.

She sat alone for a long time, until the students had gone to evening classes and the people in the same dormitory had left. Then she stood up slowly, walked to the desk, and dug out the quilt from the high pile of cosmetics. Buried in a photo frame.

The photo in the photo frame was taken when Zhang Qing graduated from high school and got the notice.

In the photo, she had an innocent smile, and her blue short-sleeved shirt was washed white, but it still couldn't hide the bright sunshine in her eyes full of longing and yearning for the future.

Zhang Qing's fingers caressed the girl's face in the photo, and the indifference on the face disintegrated little by little, turning into remorse and despair.

"I'm sorry..." After a long time, she said to the photo.

That night, the whole city was extremely hot. While complaining about the lack of air-conditioning in the classroom, the students were idly playing with their mobile phones to pass the time.

Zhang Qing walked out of the dormitory, did not take the elevator, and climbed up the stairs one after another to the top floor. Facing the wind on the top floor, she stood on the top floor until the students had evening classes, and then jumped down.

"Ah—" A scream pierced the sky, breaking the tranquility of the night.

"What did you say?" Tang Xuan pulled off the towel to wipe her hair, and looked at her roommate incredulously, "What did you just say?"

The roommate handed the phone to Tang Xuan with a serious expression, "Zhang Qing committed suicide by jumping off the building, and all the photos are leaked."

Tang Xuan took the phone and saw the photos on the screen clearly, her legs went limp and she fell to the ground.

"Tang Xuan!" The roommate quickly got off the bed and helped Tang Xuan up, "Are you okay, I was shocked when I saw the news just now, it's too scary."

"I...I'm fine." The blood on Tang Xuan's face faded completely, and her hand holding the phone kept shaking.

How...how could he die like this...

Tang Xuan felt cold all over, and even her teeth were chattering.Zhang Qing did make mistakes, but the mistakes are not fatal. Even if she is expelled from school, she can still be a new person in the future. Why is it so hard to think about it.

Even if the people who sat at the same table and had dinner not long ago were taking advantage of each other, Tang Xuan still couldn't accept the sudden departure in this way.

In particular, Zhang Qing's death might have been caused by her.

Then, wouldn't she indirectly become a murderer?
"Tang Xuan? Tang Xuan!"

"Ah?" Tang Xuan regained her senses and looked up at her roommate.

The roommate's face was full of concern and worry, "Tang Xuan, why are you crying..."

Tang Xuan touched her face and burst into tears.She sniffed and tried her best to smile, "It's okay, I'm okay..."

"No, you don't look like a normal person. What's the matter? I'm really scared when you're like this."

Tang Xuan lowered her head and pressed her lips together tightly, "I'm really fine."

"But……"

At this moment, Huang Tingting entered the dormitory with her bag on her back. Seeing Tang Xuan's complexion, she immediately walked over, "Xuanxuan, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

The roommate explained with a bitter face, "No, just now I told her that Zhang Qing jumped off the building, and I showed her the photo, she might have been frightened."

Huang Tingting exclaimed, "What? Zhang Qing jumped off the building!"

"Yeah, just jumped. The police and ambulance came, but it didn't help. The person was dead."

Huang Tingting was shocked for a few seconds, and then sighed, "You don't know, a relative of Xuanxuan also died by jumping off a building, maybe... Seeing the same thing happen, it made her think of something bad."

The roommate never knew about Tang Xuan's past, and immediately understood why Tang Xuan reacted so strongly, and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry Tang Xuan, I didn't know... If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have shown it to you."

"I don't blame you, I'm really fine." Tang Xuan knew that this was not the reason why she lost her composure just now, but she couldn't tell the real reason.

Huang Tingting knew Tang Xuan quite well. Seeing Tang Xuan's uneasy expression, she tried to say, "Xuanxuan, let me help you lie down on the bed for a while."

Tang Xuan nodded weakly, "...OK."

Being helped to lie on the bed, Huang Tingting was still worried, so she poured Tang Xuan another cup of hot water and coaxed Tang Xuan to drink a few sips.

Tang Xuan gradually calmed down and stabilized her mood.

However, she still couldn't accept the fact that Zhang Qing died just like that.As soon as she closed her eyes, she could even imagine the scene of Zhang Qing jumping off the building.

After all, it is a human life.