Rebirth 08: My Online Love Wife is a Cold and Aloof School Beauty

Chapter 23: Best Friend [Please add to your favorites and read on!]

Su Qianqian stopped and looked up at Song Qingning.

A gentle breeze blew by, causing her white dress to billow and revealing her snow-white ankles, which shimmered in the sunlight.

Song Qingning's expression at this moment was as childish and playful as ever.

But Su Qianqian could see the way her chin was slightly raised and the way her fingers were clenched behind her back.

And the unnatural upward inflection in Song Qingning's voice when she said that.

It was a girl who finally mustered all her courage to confess a secret she had kept for a long time to her best friend.

Su Qianqian smiled softly to herself.

She already knew.

When Su Qianqian first became friends with Song Qingning, she was wary of her.

After all, she has never lacked people who want to get close to her since she was a child, most of them because of her status as the daughter of the Su family.

Song Qingning, however, is different.

This girl, with her fluffy perm and thick black eyeliner, would always come up to her with a big smile, saying she wanted to be her good friend.

At first, Su Qianqian felt it was too abrupt and even deliberately kept her distance, maintaining only superficial politeness.

At that time, Song Qingning was just a stranger who came to Su Qianqian's attention, from another lively world that did not belong to her.

She has never had any friends growing up, has become accustomed to loneliness, and believes that she doesn't need friends at all.

But later, Su Qianqian gradually noticed that this carefree girl genuinely had no ulterior motives when she took the initiative to hang out with her.

But she always seemed to intentionally or unintentionally steer the conversation toward Lin Bei.

"Qianqian, look, Lin Bei is late again today. It's hilarious."

"Lin Bei said he hates green peppers the most. What a picky eater a grown man like him!"

"Lin Bei said he wanted to go to a university in Beijing, which is simply a pipe dream. With his mediocre level, he'd be lucky to even pass the second-tier university entrance exam."

……

Song Qingning always pretended to be nonchalant, but her acting skills were so bad that they couldn't be hidden.

Su Qianqian understood then that Song Qingning had initially approached her mostly because of Lin Bei.

But Lin Bei liked her at the time.

Childhood sweethearts, innocent and carefree, at the age when love is just beginning to blossom, it's not surprising that they would like each other.

Su Qianqian admitted that she felt relieved when she found out about this.

But it also adds a sense of distance.

She couldn't tell whether Song Qingning genuinely wanted to be her friend, or just saw her as a tool to get closer to Lin Bei.

However, this sense of distance was quickly broken down.

One day in the second semester of the second year of high school, some girls in the class talked badly about Su Qianqian behind her back and spread rumors about her.

They said she was just pretending to be aloof and cold, and even that she was being kept by someone.

Su Qianqian was already used to these words, so she pretended not to hear them and ignored them.

But Song Qingning wouldn't have it. She went straight to those girls, beat them up, grabbed them by the hair, and made them apologize to Su Qianqian.

When Su Qianqian saw that Song Qingning's face was covered in blood and her clothes were torn in several places, she felt that even though she was injured, she had to seek justice for herself.

A crack appeared in what had long been frozen in her heart.

Later, Su Qianqian told Song Qingning, "Actually, there's no need to take it to heart. Just ignore it. She's used to it."

But Song Qingning retorted righteously, "How can you spread rumors about girls like that? This could affect someone's entire life!"

She even stood on tiptoe and patted Su Qianqian's head to comfort her: "So Qianqian had such a miserable life before, how pitiful."

"As long as I'm here, I will never let anyone bully you."

After hearing this, Su Qianqian was deeply moved and immediately decided in her heart that she would sincerely be friends with Song Qingning from now on.

Later, some thugs from outside the school tried to cause trouble for Su Qianqian. When Song Qingning found out, she was the first to rush forward and stand in front of her.

That time, Song Qingning was slapped and pushed, hitting her head on the corner of the wall, and her forehead was swollen for half a month.

Su Qianqian asked Song Qingning if it hurt, but she grinned and said, "It's nothing. I've been in much worse situations than this in fights before."

Su Qianqian was very angry at the time; it was the first time she had ever been so angry in her entire life.

For the first time, she used her family's influence to teach those thugs a lesson.

Even though they already knew that Lin Bei had beaten up those thugs, he still sent people to make them disappear.

It was from that time that Su Qianqian gradually dismantled Song Qingning's defenses.

Song Qingning genuinely considered her a friend.

It wasn't because of Lin Bei, nor for any other ulterior motive; it was simply because he liked her as a person.

This is a delinquent girl who draws her eyeliner like a panda, has "Our Promise" as her phone wallpaper in Martian script, and constantly threatens to "tear people apart."

She was the first true friend Su Qianqian had ever made in her life.

She is also the most important person to me besides my husband.

So when Song Qingning finally mustered up the courage to say, "Then I'll be with Lin Bei from now on, don't be angry,"

Su Qianqian only replied with one sentence.

"Of course not." She reached out and gently tucked a stray strand of hair behind Song Qingning's ear. "You're my best friend. Of course I'll be happy for you if you can be with the person you like."

Song Qingning stood there, stunned for a full three seconds.

Then, she suddenly turned around, stopped walking backwards, rushed forward a few steps, leaving Su Qianqian two steps behind.

"Why are you saying such mushy things?" Song Qingning's voice came from the front, carrying a hint of feigned disdain.

But the slight tremor at the end of the note was not cleverly concealed.

Su Qianqian didn't expose her, but silently repeated the sentence she hadn't said aloud in her mind.

"You two, one is the first friend I ever made in my life, and the other is the only light in my darkness."

"Thank you for being in my life."

Song Qingning walked a dozen steps ahead, then realized Su Qianqian hadn't followed, so she turned around and called out:

"Hey, hurry up!"

"The grilled sausages at that stall over there are really delicious, it's my treat!"

"They're here." Su Qianqian snapped out of her thoughts and quickened her pace to catch up.

……

"Hello, I'm here to register for my driver's license test."

Lin Bei walked into a dilapidated stone slab house and asked the man sitting at the table.

The man, with his legs crossed, flicked the ash from his cigarette: "2000 RMB guaranteed, 1600 RMB if not. Honest and fair dealing, no questions asked."

Lin Bei frowned.

2000 yuan?

Isn't this price a bit expensive, considering it's a second-tier city, and this was in 08?

"Boss, I was introduced by a friend. His name is Gao Da."

Upon hearing the name "Gundam," the boss's expression immediately softened considerably.

"So you're Xiao Da's friend, then you can definitely get a discount."

"We're all on the same side. If you give me 1000 yuan as a token, I can guarantee you a smooth process."