Chapter 309: Painful Past (16)

The excuse of getting hurt on the stairs couldn't convince Ji Zeqiu, who immediately guessed the truth of the matter.

"Was it that Wu Yanghui saw you when you went to buy the notebook, and then he beat you for some reason?" Ji Zeqiu asked angrily.

Ji Tingyang pursed his lips.

Lanyue's eyes, brimming with tears, slowly widened.

Had her older brother gone hungry for so many days just to buy her a notebook and even got beaten by Wu Yanghui?

Thinking this, tears suddenly welled up in Lanyue's eyes.

She hugged Ji Tingyang and cried nonstop, "Wuwuwu... big brother, I'm sorry, it's all my fault, I don't want the notebook anymore..."

"It's not your fault, I wanted to buy it," Ji Tingyang said softly, stroking her head.

Lanyue shook her head in his embrace, sobbing, "If it wasn't for me, big brother wouldn't have had to go hungry or get hurt, wuwuwu..."

It was all her fault.

She hadn't followed the teacher's words to be a modest child who doesn't covet vanity.