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  That was bad. It was always Xingxing who went to visit Zhai Xin, and the location of their dates was always PLA National Defense University. If it had been their own school, it would have been much easier for her to find someone to prove the relationship between the two.

  Zhai Yi sneered. “Who said that a man and woman walking together must be dating?”

  “A man and woman being together alone is highly suspicious. Don’t tell me that you’re such a genius but you don’t even know that? Or do you really think that there can be a truly platonic relationship between a man and woman to the extent that they want to spend time together alone but are still not in a romantic relationship? If they were not dating, why would Xingxing cook so much soup for Zhai Xin? She really fed an ingrate with all that soup!”

  That girl was once again provoked by Zhai Yi’s shameless words. He was a gifted student in PLA National Defense University, and she had even heard that he was a top student! But how could his words be so shameless?

  Heaven would be too unfair if Zhai Yi and Zhai Xin were really able to escape this time! Now, she was not doing it for her classmate, but for justice. If she could not bring Zhai Yi and Zhai Xin down and prove that Zhai Xin had indeed been dating Zhou Xing, she would write her name in reverse!

  Zhai Yi could feel that the students from both schools, including those who had overheard their conversation, had turned their gazes toward him. Now that he had set up the scene perfectly, Zhai Yi brought up the main topic. “So in your opinion, is there only love and friendship when a man and woman are together?”

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  “If it’s neither love nor friendship, do you really think it could be kinship?” The girl laughed angrily at Zhai Yi’s words. He was getting increasingly ridiculous. No one would even believe that it was purely friendship between this pair of man and woman. To simply escalate this friendship to kinship? Was he kidding? Did they simply skip the step of love?

  “Why would it not be kinship?” Zhou Xing was indeed quite bothersome, even more so than his elder aunt that year. Thankfully, this pair of mother and daughter was not the sharpest tool in the shed. Even if they really fell in a trap set up by this mother-and-daughter pair, it would not be difficult to find a way out. Besides, he and Zhai Xin had no other talent, but they did have excellent physical fitness. Even a two or three-meter pit was just a small matter to him and Zhai Xin, let alone this small pit.

  “.……” The girl was almost rendered speechless. “Can you get any more shameless with your words?” Why not kinship? The question should be why kinship instead! Were all top scholars in the capital idiots who lacked even the most basic common sense? He was not only trying to find extraordinarily unconventional ways to solve his problems, but he was also using a one-in-a-million phenomenon as an explanation and excuse!

  Stupid!

  So stupid that he could not be helped!

  There was no way he was really a top scholar in the capital! It must have been the Zhai family who bought this title for him!

  Zhai Yi’s expression was cold. “I don’t have the habit of beating women, but that does not mean that you can be reckless, unreasonable, and spout nonsense just because you’re a woman.” The sight of Zhou Xing shivering while crying only made Zhai Yi become even colder.

  Everyone thought that Zhou Xing was sobbing because she was feeling heartbroken, and they all rallied around Zhou Xing to comfort her, expressing their support for her. Even in front of their teachers and professors, they would stand on Zhou Xing’s side and seek justice for her.

  Only Zhai Yi knew that Zhou Xing was sobbing not out of sadness but because she knew just what Zhai Yi was going to say.

  Just as Zhai Yi had expected, Zhou Xing was not heartbroken but extremely frightened, and she began trembling in fear. “Let’s not talk about this anymore. Thank you all for your concern. I’m…… I’m just too upset. I-I want to head back.” Today was not a good time. They had been making a fuss for such a long while, but Zhai Xin had still not appeared. She had cried for a long while and her eyes were now swollen, but she had still been unable to win Zhai Xin over and soften his resolve so that he would change his mind and return to her side.

  Zhai Yi was indeed much colder than Zhai Xin.

  She had better save those tears for when Zhai Xin appeared. If they kept this up, Zhai Yi might just expose the truth. Then, she would really have no way of saving this relationship.

  “Don’t worry, Xingxing. I don’t believe that we won’t be able to find something to say with so many people here!” Zhou Xing’s previously god-like teammates were bound to commit mistakes as though they were fools just because Zhou Xing had hidden the truth from them. Now that this moralist friend of hers refused to let her leave, Zhou Xing’s face drained of all color. That was because she knew that this righteous girl was going to do her a disservice from this moment on.

  “That’s right. You can’t just accuse someone like that in broad daylight.” Zhai Yi got even bolder and more confident than that moralist girl. “Zhou Xing’s mother is Qiao Zijin. Qiao Nan is Zhai Xin’s and my mother. Ding Jiayi is Zhai Xin’s, Zhou Xing’s, and my grandmother. Our mother and Zhou Xing’s mother share the same mother: Ding Jiayi. So what’s wrong with cousins walking together and Zhai Xin being concerned about whether his cousin would be able to adapt to this new and unfamiliar school and environment? Zhou Xing was just repaying Zhai Xin’s good intentions by cooking some soup for her cousins. Is that wrong?”

  “.……”

  “.……”

  Zhai Yi’s words were like a bolt out of the blue that made everyone fall into a trance for a long while. Their gazes darted foolishly between Zhou Xing and Zhai Yi. Those who had criticized Zhai Xin earlier felt especially cheated. It was as though they had been punched in the face.

  They studied at PLA National Defense University, and they had always been the best in the past. If they wanted to continue with this as their future paths, a sense of righteousness would undoubtedly necessary. But this false sense of righteousness without finding out the truth of the matter was detested. If their instructor found out about today’s incident, they would surely be punished with a hundred rounds around the track.

  Thankfully, they had only been bystanders and had not said a single word. If anyone had really spoken up for Zhou Xing to scold Zhai Xin, he would really have to escape to his room and cover his face with a blanket without coming out for a few days now. It would be too embarrassing!

  It was not just the boys from PLA National Defense University. Even the moralist girl who had been fighting for Zhou Xing from the very beginning was in a trance for a long while. Finally, the girl asked uneasily, “Do you mean that Xingxing’s mom shares the same mom as your mom?”

  With the three moms all in the picture, she had gotten confused about the relationship between Zhou Xing and Zhai Xin. She had even bitten down on her own tongue so painfully that she teared up.

  “Otherwise?” Zhai Yi retorted coldly. “Our grandmother may live in Ping Cheng and is far away, so we might not be able to call her over to prove it. But our grandfather in right here in the capital.”