The restroom.
As Qiao Ci was about to open the stall door, she found herself being held back from the outside.
Then she heard a pampered voice say, "Qiao Ci, I advise you to proactively request a seat change!"
"Who are you?" Qiao Ci asked, feigning ignorance knowing it was Qiao Sisi outside.
"Who I am is not important. What's important is that you should be sensible and say on your own that you want to sit separately from Qi Che... No, you can say you don't want to. Say Qi Che is too handsome and it affects you, and request to be moved elsewhere! Otherwise, you're not getting out of here!" Qiao Sisi, perhaps doing this for the first time, even stammered as she spoke.
This incident did not happen in the original plot because Qi Che had an accident the day before and was hospitalized for over a month before being discharged.
At that time, facing a no longer perfect Qi Che, Qiao Sisi no longer regarded him as her male god.
Instead, she began vying for her parents' affection with the original owner, the true daughter, and also had on-again, off-again relationships with Nangong Ming, who should have been the original owner's fiancé.
Qiao Ci forcefully pushed open the stall door, knocking down the two girls blocking it.
Yu Xiaoxiao and Wang Lina, not expecting Qiao Ci to resist, got angry and went to slap her. Qiao Ci kicked them, sending them tumbling to the ground again.
Qiao Sisi looked at Qiao Ci in surprise. How could she be so strong?
Had she eaten a magic pill?
After helping her friends up, Qiao Sisi, with a hint of fear in her eyes, still straightened her back. "There are three of us, and only you. Think carefully!"
Facing this level of combat power, Qiao Ci was somewhat unenthusiastic. After washing her hands, she prepared to leave.
Seeing her about to leave, Qiao Sisi was almost furious.
"Did you even hear what I said?" Qiao Sisi had never been so utterly ignored in her life. Even Qi Che at least gave her a glance.
She even pushed her friends. Qiao Sisi's anger surged, "I told you to change your—seat—do you hear me?"
"I won't change." Qiao Ci looked at her strangely. "Don't you have a fiancé, yet you're still interested in Qi Che? Eating from your bowl while looking at a pot?"
"I, I don't! I just like Qi Che. As for Nangong Ming, we're just in a business marriage. I don't like him at all." Qiao Sisi eyed Qiao Ci suspiciously. "How do you know these things? Did you investigate me?"
"I'm not changing seats." Qiao Ci saw that time was almost up and prepared to leave.
Not understanding what Qiao Ci meant, Qiao Sisi couldn't let her go and signaled to her friends.
Yu Xiaoxiao immediately picked up a water pipe and was about to spray Qiao Ci.
Here it comes.
Qiao Ci snatched the water pipe back and sprayed it towards the three of them, who immediately yelped.
Then, Qiao Ci grabbed the hair of the three girls, like lifting chicks, and dragged them into the stalls, one by one. With a little trick, she made it so they couldn't open the doors.
"As you wished."
Afterward, she washed her hands and returned with a nonchalant air.
"Why are you back so late?" Qi Che asked with concern, noticing her slightly disheveled clothes.
"I was bullied. A few girls wanted to lock me in the restroom," Qiao Ci whispered with a smile.
Bullying someone and still being so happy?
Wasn't she the one who bullied others?
Thinking Qiao Ci was joking, Qi Che pursed his lips and ignored her.
At noon, Qiao Sisi and the other two returned in a sorry state.
It was summer, and their clothes were half-dry, wrinkled, and looked quite comical.
"Qiao Ci, how dare you lock the three of us in the restroom and spray me with water! Qiao Ci, you're finished! I'll let everyone know your evil deeds!"
Qiao Ci listened patiently, then shrugged. "I don't know what you're talking about."
Seeing everyone pointing at her, Qiao Sisi fiercely threatened, "Qiao Ci, don't get smug. I will definitely let everyone know what you did to us!"
Estimating her current image wasn't good, Qiao Sisi glanced at Qi Che and slunk away.
Qi Che looked at Qiao Ci and remembered her saying she was bullied. Could it be Qiao Sisi and those two girls?
It seemed those three were the ones who suffered.
"Was it you who did that to them?" Qi Che asked out of concern.
Qiao Ci nodded. "Yes. Didn't I tell you this morning? Do you have amnesia?"
"Aren't you afraid they'll complain?" Qi Che asked with some worry, knowing that the leader of the girls came from a rather wealthy family.
"A clear conscience fears no slander." Qiao Ci smiled. If Qiao Sisi had informed Qiao Dad and Qiao Mom earlier, she could also have been recognized by the Qiao family earlier.
Her original body's brother was there, and she would have to go back to cultivate their relationship.
Qi Che wanted to say more but seemed to think he had spoken too much, so he held back his words, only reminding her, "If you have any problems, you can tell me. I can give you some advice."
"Okay, thank you." Qiao Ci's tone was cheerful; the young man's words clearly pleased her.
In the afternoon, the homeroom teacher indeed came and said sternly to Qiao Ci, "Come with me."
Qi Che said to Qiao Ci, "Be careful what you say. I'll wait for you outside."
Qiao Ci gave a reassuring gesture and left.
When Qiao Dad and Qiao Mom saw Qiao Ci enter, their expressions were somewhat strange, as Qiao Ci bore a striking resemblance to Qiao Dad's late mother.
Upon seeing Qiao Ci, both of them felt an inexplicable connection. For a moment, they forgot they were there to scold her and couldn't help but ask her age.
Seeing that her birthday was the same as their daughter's, and even their birthplaces were the same hospital, they already sensed something.
One had no resemblance to the couple and had single eyelids, while the other looked exactly like their deceased mother…
Without hesitation, they pulled Qiao Ci to the hospital for a paternity test and also tested Qiao Sisi.
When they saw the results of the tests, Qiao Dad, Qiao Mom, and Qiao Sisi were all stunned.
Qiao Ci was their biological daughter, and Qiao Sisi had no blood relation to them.
Qiao Dad and Qiao Mom became somewhat hesitant facing Qiao Ci, unsure how to speak to her.
Qiao Sisi looked at the test results in her hand, unable to accept it for a moment, and ran out crying.
Qiao Dad and Qiao Mom looked at each other, appearing somewhat lost, not knowing what to do next.
"How have you been recently?" Qiao Mom asked, holding Qiao Ci's hand.
"Not good." Qiao Ci briefly recounted the original owner's situation at the Qiao family's home. "I was always hungry and cold, and getting beaten was common."
You have to speak out when you're wronged. If you don't say it, how will they know you've been wronged?
When Qiao Mom heard this, she felt immense heartache. This was her biological daughter.