Chapter 138 - The Female Supporting Character of the Spiritual Spring Space

Chapter 138: Chapter 133: The Female Supporting Character of the Spiritual Spring Space"Did you really break it?" Ye Qiu had not yet spoken when Liu Qingqing already started shouting loudly, unbelievably staring at the fragments in Lian Lan’s hands.

"I... I didn’t mean to." Lian Lan took a step back, frightened by Liu Qingqing’s shouting, looking as if she was the one being wronged.

Ye Qiu’s expression turned ugly, she took the fragments and pursed her lips, giving Lian Lan a deep look: "You promised to bring it back intact, I lent it to you because I trusted you."

"It wasn’t me, I didn’t break it." Lian Lan’s voice carried a crying tone, drawing the attention of the neighboring dormitory, causing Cao Lu to slam the door shut with a bang.

"You repeatedly assured me that the Jade Pendant would be safe before I lent it to you, it’s my grandfather’s heirloom." Although she knew that the broken jade pendant was a fake replica made by someone, thinking about her past life, Ye Qiu was not willing to let her off easily.

"Lanlan, this indeed was your fault." Cao Lu usually was a studious little girl who liked fooling around with Liu Qingqing, but her expression was very serious at the moment.

"I already said it was not intentional, why do you all have to blame me?" Lian Lan yelled at them, feeling inside that she might be doomed to take on debts, while also feeling that they did not treat her as a friend; isn’t it just a Jade Pendant? Wasn’t it also broken in the past life?

Ye Qiu and the others looked displeased. Liu Qingqing and Cao Lu viewed her with unfamiliar eyes. It was she who insisted on borrowing it, and even knowing how important the jade pendant was to Ye Qiu, she still wanted to borrow it. But returning a shattered pendant instead of the intact one, where did she get the confidence to yell at them?

"What did the film crew say? When do they plan to compensate?" Liu Qingqing adopted a purely business-like attitude.

"The crew..." Lian Lan faltered, her gaze flickering. She never took the jade pendant to the crew set after all, so what could the crew say?

Seeing the questioning looks from the three, Lian Lan slowly bowed her head: "It was chaotic at the time, no one admitted to breaking it."

"So you’re saying they don’t plan to compensate?" Liu Qingqing scoffed sarcastically, "Might as well call the police then."

"No." Lian Lan shouted in a panic, "Don’t call the police, it’s useless, there were so many people then, and there was no surveillance at the scene."

"This jade pendant is worth at least one hundred thousand, sufficient to file a criminal case. According to our country’s law, sentencing is at least three years. And you’re telling me calling the police is useless?" Liu Qingqing retorted, about to take out her phone to call the police.

"Qingqing, Ye Zi, I beg you, don’t call the police." Lian Lan quickly snatched the phone, pleading as she looked at them.

"Give me one reason." Ye Qiu looked at her expressionlessly, her eyes cold as if to pierce through the skin and into the marrow.

"I’m just a newcomer, the crew doesn’t even know I took such an expensive jade pendant to boost my performance. If you report this, I’m truly finished, the film isn’t even done yet, what am I supposed to do?" Lian Lan pleaded verbally, but internally she resented Ye Qiu for not treating her as a friend.

"Then why should I be the unlucky one?" Ye Qiu questioned.

Lian Lan clenched her fists, her face pale: "I’ll compensate you."

"At least one hundred thousand." Liu Qingqing chimed in timely.

"No problem, but I don’t have that much money on me right now; can I owe it?" Lian Lan felt humiliated by saying this; even in her past life when she was so pathetic, she had never incurred debts. To think that in this rebirth, she would be pressed for debts by so-called friends! Oh, talking about good friends, how ironic!

"Here’s a promissory note, sign it."

"Aren’t we good friends, why do you need a promissory note?"

"Lian Lan, you also said the day before yesterday that you would return my Jade Pendant intact, what happened?"

After hearing this, Lian Lan’s face looked even worse. Isn’t this an outright display of distrust in her character? She took a deep breath; it was just a promissory note, nothing significant. As long as this film is successfully released, she wouldn’t worry about money. At the very least, with this promissory note, she could see the true colors of the three people in the dorm.

Oh, she originally thought she could help them out when she became famous, but thinking about it now, she was really too kind!

"Bang!" After signing, Lian Lan slammed the door with a "bang" and walked out, wearing an expression of proud loneliness as if Ye Qiu and the other two had wronged her.

"Tsk... What an attitude." Liu Qingqing sneered disdainfully, thinking she’s all that after acting in a small web drama, as if it’s everyone else’s fault, just like they owe her money.

"Lanlan, she..." Cao Lu hesitated to speak and finally did so with a hint of disappointment, "She wasn’t like this before."

"People change."

"I just feel it’s a pity. We were good friends initially."

Time flies, and before long, it’s the end of the term.

"There’s only one week left until the exams, and Lian Lan still hasn’t come back?" Cao Lu asked while looking at the empty desk and bed.

"Don’t look at me, I haven’t been in contact with her at all now." Liu Qingqing buried her head in her books, not wanting to get involved.

"I’ll still send her a message." Cao Lu couldn’t bear it.

"Don’t talk too much, she won’t appreciate it anyway." Liu Qingqing advised her.

Throughout the semester, Lian Lan had only attended classes seriously at the beginning of the term, and then intermittently took leaves, claiming she switched to two different production teams. Although the academic advisor approved the leave, there was a condition—she must not fail the final exams, which Cao Lu felt was doubtful for Lian Lan.

"Do you guys have plans for the summer break?" Liu Qingqing turned back to ask the two.

"I’m going to visit my grandma."

"And Ye Zi?"

"Going home."

"Aren’t you thinking of going anywhere?"

"If you want to go somewhere, you can come to my place. It’s a small tourist town, not hot even in the height of summer, and the scenery is quite nice." Ye Qiu invited her, "After Lu Lu goes back to her hometown, she can also come over. I’ll ask my mom to reserve two rooms for you."

"Hey, that’s a great idea!" Liu Qingqing’s eyes lit up, "I’ve been worrying about where to go. Plus, I’ve been wanting to meet our legendary little brother for a long time."

Ye Qiu gave her a sidelong glance, his tone filled with regret: "Is it too late for me to regret now?"

"Too late now, just wait for our little brother to receive you!" Liu Qingqing chuckled proudly.

"Then after I visit my grandparents, I’ll go too. Qingqing, let’s coordinate the time then." Cao Lu got excited listening to the plan.

"You won’t regret it. I’ll cook for you guys myself."

"Then we’re in for a treat. The food from you, a foodie, definitely won’t be bad."

The three of them laughed heartily, quickly forgetting about Lian Lan’s matter. The former ’Four Beauties Dormitory’, had now become ’Three Beauties’. Since Lian Lan drifted apart from them, the remaining three became even closer.