Su Yang's eyes reddened, "Leling, it's not like that, I've always treated you as my best friend..."
"Friend?" Qiao Leling let out a scornful laugh, her mixture of laughs and sobs appeared somewhat deranged, "Don't insult the word 'friend'!"
Su Yang looked sincere, her tone filled with intense guilt and apology, "I know that deceiving you was wrong, I've thought about confessing to you countless times, but I was too scared, afraid that you couldn't bear it, and afraid of losing you as a friend."
"So I should thank you for considering my feelings, thank you for deceiving me?"
"Leling, that's not what I mean, I just don't want you to be hurt..."
"Enough!" Qiao Leling interrupted Su Yang, "Stop finding those high-sounding excuses for your deception, it just makes me feel even more disgusted."
Disgusted?
The word stabbed into Su Yang's heart like a knife, her pupils sharply contracted, and tears slid down from the corners of her eyes.
