100,000/Hour Professional Stand-in Chapter 82.3: Give Me Money Instead (3)

“Ah.” An amused gleam flickered across Ji Fanyin’s eyes. “Answer my question first. Are you asking this question in your capacity as Ji Fanyin’s friend?”

“We aren’t friends.” Cheng Lin snorted. She stubbed her cigarette forcefully against the ashtray located at the top of the rubbish can. “I absolutely despise her and her weak personality. She’s always letting others trample all over her and exploit her. She deserves everything that happened to her!”

Li Mingyue let out a soft sigh, but she didn’t stop Cheng Lin’s angry outburst.

“… That’s why I know that you aren’t the Ji Fanyin I knew. She would have never been able to handle the situation the way you did.” Cheng Lin pressed the cigarette butt even harder against the rubbish can, refusing to look at Ji Fanyin. “If she had even half of your temper, she would have never been bullied by me or Ji Xinxin!”

“But I am Ji Fanyin too,” replied Ji Fanyin.

Li Mingyue widened her eyes whereas Cheng Lin froze in astonishment.

“… Split personality?” mumbled Li Mingyue.

“No, we just happen to share the same name.” Ji Fanyin stepped forward and threw away the cigarette that Cheng Lin had cruelly tortured throughout the conversation. “You’re the first one to have noticed the switch… Ah, I mean the second one.”

Ji Xinxin could be counted too.

The designated smoking area plunged into silence.

It was a long time later that Cheng Lin finally broke the silence with a weak murmur, “What about her?”

Ji Fanyin hesitated for two seconds before replying, “She’s not around anymore.”

The moment Cheng Lin heard the answer, she covered her face as though she had already anticipated the answer. After several seconds of stifling silence, a sob escaped through her hands.

Ji Fanyin stared at Cheng Lin.

Having looked through ‘Ji Fanyin’s’ memories, she knew that Cheng Lin had been a domineering person from a young age. The Cheng Family believed that girls needed to have a strong character so as to not be taken advantage of by others.

That was why Cheng Lin couldn’t stand the sight of ‘Ji Fanyin’s’ w

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