Called in (5)

Once they left, it was only Bing Lan and Hua Rong who were remaining in the room.

By all rights, Hua Rong should have shown Lin Fan off since that was her duty, but she abandoned that duty to stay in the room.

So it was clear that there was something that was on her mind.

Bing Lan didn't say anything when everyone else was here, but once they were alone, she asked, "Is something wrong?"

Though she asked this, Hua Rong still hesitated to speak.

After a short silence, she took a deep breath and said, "Why did you protect him? There's no reason to give someone like him special treatment."

Bing Lan's expression didn't change at all when she heard this, she didn't even bat an eyelash in the face of this question.

Seeing this, Hua Rong couldn't help asking, "Are you…"

She didn't finish her sentence, but the tone of her voice was more than enough to fill in the gaps.