Chapter 1385: The Blackened Good Girl (20)

 Friends outside school?

Mother Tang and Father Tang weren't fools. They immediately understood that Wu Lingling had been hanging around with hoodlums.

Originally, they had already decided not to let Tang Guo concern herself with Wu Lingling anymore.

Now, hearing that she was associating with delinquents, cold sweat broke out on both their backs.

Were those hoodlums decent people? What if, because of Wu Lingling, their daughter got dragged into something?

“Xiaoguo, from now on, stay away from Wu Lingling.” Father Tang spoke with unusual seriousness. “We can't control her, but you must remember that those delinquents are no good. Most of them are bad influences. Don't follow her example.”

“Don't worry, Mom and Dad. The driver picks me up and drops me off every day. How could I possibly follow Lingling's example? Besides, she's still young. Maybe she'll understand things when she's older.”

Understand?

They were doubtful. How many junior high school girls had fallen in with hoodlums, stopped studying, dropped out, and even ended up pregnant?

The couple silently congratulated themselves for arranging a driver for Tang Guo because they had worried about her safety.

But what they didn't know was that even with a driver, if someone truly wanted to target Tang Guo, there were ways.

Especially those crafty hoodlums with some tricks up their sleeves. A little scheme was enough to cause the driver trouble and keep him from picking Tang Guo up on a certain day.

“In any case, Xiaoguo, you're not allowed to have any dealings with Lingling anymore, understand?” Mother Tang's tone softened slightly. “We'll try to spend more time with you from now on.”

After seeing what had become of Lingling, they realized just how obedient their daughter really was.

If she ever turned out like Wu Lingling, they wouldn't even know where to cry.

“Okay, I'll listen to you, Mom and Dad.”

That was exactly the result Tang Guo wanted.

She had cut off Mother Tang's desire to continue helping and ensured she would never again pay Wu Lingling's tuition.

More importantly, she had gotten the two of them to take the initiative and forbid her from interfering in Wu Lingling's affairs.

Back then, the original host had only given Wu Lingling money because of her parents' instructions. Otherwise, she would never have bothered. After all, it amounted to tens of thousands of yuan.

Without the couple's request, who would hand over such a large sum for no reason?

“Well then, Xiaoguo, go get some sleep.”

Tang Guo obediently went off, while the two clearly still had matters to discuss.

With her goal achieved, she went to sleep in an excellent mood.

Time flew by, and at last the day arrived when Tang Guo would receive Wu Lingling's plea for help.

After school that afternoon, she finished her homework before preparing to head home.

By then, there were hardly any people left on campus.

As she passed by the lake, she deliberately dropped her phone on the path and continued walking ahead as though nothing had happened.

She couldn't very well hang up on Wu Lingling's call. If she intentionally rejected it and something happened afterward, the blame would definitely be placed on her.

So dropping the phone was the perfect solution.

Who could predict that it would coincidentally fall out?

If someone picked it up at school, that would only prove it had nothing to do with her. Wu Lingling would simply have bad luck.

But after taking only a couple of steps, she heard a voice behind her, as refreshing as a spring breeze.

“Classmate, you dropped your phone.”

Tang Guo: “…”

System: Hahahahahahaha! Who is this? Why is he sabotaging Host's plans?

A trace of frustration flashed across Tang Guo's face, but she turned around and put on a pure smile. Standing before her was a bright, sunny-looking boy.

“Classmate, is this your phone?”

Meeting the gentle eyes of the young man, Tang Guo denied it. “No.”

“Classmate, I just saw it fall out of your pocket. You can check if you want.”

The boy spoke with utmost seriousness, his expression plainly saying, I really saw it happen, causing the system to laugh itself crazy.