"Guarding is not a bargaining chip!" Ye Liqing sat in the reception room of the school hospital. She came to find Xiao Lin, but a woman told her he wasn't in. A pair of wrinkled large eyes were rudely sizing her up. She didn't mind this kind of courtesy; she was used to being scrutinized, whether by men or women. After a while, it wouldn't bother her anymore.
Li Jingyi sat next to Ye Liqing, wanting to speak several times but held back each time. Xiao Lin had taken leave early and didn't say when he'd return, but usually, he wouldn't come back under such circumstances.
She was struggling with whether to tell this woman the truth, but in reality, she was reluctant because the other woman was too arrogant—not verbally, but her whole demeanor gave that impression.
"Don't you have work to do?" Ye Liqing sipped the poor-quality tea, asking the woman who had been waiting by her side.
