Free Web NovelChapter 41: Chapter 41: In That Instant, She Understood
"Shen Nian, you hit me again!"
This wasn’t the first time Shen Nian had slapped her, and that realization only made Qin Xueling even more furious.
"I did hit you. So what!"
"You..."
"Qin Xueling, I warned you. Stay out of my sight and stop provoking me! But you insisted on coming right at me. Who else was I supposed to hit? Did you think spreading rumors about me at school would make me too ashamed to show my face? Too ashamed to go to university? Did you think you could steal my report card, pass my scores off as your own, and go to university in my place?"
After Shen Nian said all this, the expressions of the few people present changed.
After hearing Shen Nian, Shen Xiangnan and Lu Xinyue exchanged a glance, their eyes flaring with anger at Qin Xueling.
They never knew Qin Xueling harbored such intentions. She was truly despicable, truly wicked!
No, they couldn’t let Qin Xueling get away with it. They had to call the police and let everyone see for themselves what a malicious heart she had!
As for Qin Xueling, even her voice began to tremble.
"You... how could you possibly know all this!"
’How could Shen Nian possibly know what I was planning to do? How could she know!’
’This is just too weird. The Shen Nian of today... she’s just uncanny!’
"How would I know? Qin Xueling, if you want to keep something a secret, you shouldn’t have done it in the first place. You did the deed, so why can’t anyone else know about it?"
"No, you’re not Shen Nian! You’re not her! You’re a demon, a demon!"
Qin Xueling stared at Shen Nian, shaking her head violently. Shen Nian’s sudden change had already cast a heavy shadow in her heart, but her behavior now completely shattered Qin Xueling’s defenses.
Shen Nian watched Qin Xueling, her own expression unchanging at the other girl’s words. Instead, she just smiled and leaned in closer to her.
"That’s right. I am a demon. A demon who has come for revenge against a heartless monster like you!"
All the hatred she held for Qin Xueling from two lifetimes was poured into that single sentence.
Upon hearing Shen Nian’s words, Qin Xueling shrieked in terror.
"AHH! Get away from me! Get away from me!"
In her frenzied state, however, Qin Xueling failed to notice that a crowd was gradually gathering around them.
"Hey, what’s going on here? Isn’t that Shen Nian? Are you back to hang out with Xuexlian?"
"Oh my, looks like the two sisters are having a spat. Why do they look so upset?"
"Tch. Good sisters? I heard they had a falling out a long time ago!"
"Huh? A falling out? What happened? Weren’t they always such good friends?"
"The way I hear it, Qin Xueling never had good intentions from the start. She was always bullying and using Shen Nian! When Shen Nian found out, of course she didn’t want to be friends with her anymore!"
Qin Xueling froze when she heard the voices from the crowd. She never expected them to be saying things like this.
"No, you’re lying! You’re all talking nonsense!"
’How could she let this happen? How could she let the good image she’d spent so many years carefully building be destroyed just like that!’
"How can you people just slander me like this? How could you!"
"Who’s slandering you? Everything I said is the truth! Can you deny that you’ve been leeching off Shen Nian all these years? Can you deny that you used her? Can you deny that you went around ruining her reputation? Can you?"
"I... I haven’t! I never did any of that!"
Qin Xueling was backed into a corner by the barrage of questions. With the crowd of onlookers growing larger and their gazes filling with doubt, fear began to swell in her heart.
Even her own denials sounded weak and powerless.
Shen Nian watched this sudden turn of events, frowning slightly as she looked at the person who had appeared out of nowhere to interrogate Qin Xueling—a person she didn’t recognize at all.
However, when Shen Nian turned her head, she saw Lu Xinyue, who had returned to her side at some point, winking at her.
In that instant, Shen Nian understood everything.
