Even if Li Yaqing was ignorant to the point of being unable to learn, she could recognize this symbol because, in a sense, the symbol represented the governnt.
"You are..." she finally realized the seriousness of the matter and began to speak sowhat hesitantly.
"Who I am is not important, but next, I hope to see the sincerity of your apology."
Erald Sparrow took back the notebook, staring into Li Yaqing's eyes, "I could pretend I didn't see you guys today, but I could also pass so information to the police through the Abnormal Strategy Bureau's channels. You wouldn't want a visit from the Youth Guidance tomorrow, would you?"
Li Yaqing covered her face, nodding blankly.
"Then apologize to her properly."
Leaving those words behind, Erald Sparrow turned and walked away without looking back.
By the ti Li Yaqing returned with a sowhat swollen face and gradually regained her ability to think amidst the other girls' expressions of concern, as she looked at the delinquent girls still complaining, she lowered her eyes and said softly,
"Stop talking, let's apologize."
By this point, no matter how much they tried to argue, it was already aningless.
After everything had settled, outside the arcade, next to the claw machines, at the spot where the two parties first t, several delinquent girls bashfully hung their heads.
"Sorry."
"We're really sorry!"
"Sorry..."
The apologies from the delinquent girls echoed one after another.
Although their faces still held traces of reluctance, with no choice and under the pressure of their leader's demand, they eventually cald down.
And the last to apologize was Li Yaqing herself.
"I'm sorry, Xia Liang."
Her apology may have been influenced by Erald Sparrow's pressure, but it also contained sincerity, "I, in the end, betrayed my promise."
"I said I would beco your friend, but I let my jealousy get the better of and chose to hurt you, to tarnish you. I know that for whatever reason, this is not right."
"Perhaps from the beginning, I shouldn't have struck up a conversation with you. I wanted to be the savior, but in the end, I beca the person who hurt you the most."
"I'm really very sorry."
After saying this, she turned her head to look at Erald Sparrow, seeing only an expressionless face looking back at her, showing no signs of affirmation. She could only lower her head again:
"I'll find a way to pay back the money I borrowed from you. If you hold a grudge against , it's okay to curse . If needed, well... then hit . Anyway, let it out however you want, I was wrong!"
"So, even though it might sound disgusting to say this, and I have no right to say it, still, I wish you the best, and hope you find what you're looking for!"
"Little Senior, did you say sothing to them?" When she heard Li Yaqing's words, Xia Liang turned her head, looking at Erald Sparrow with so confusion.
Erald Sparrow shook her head expressionlessly, "Nothing at all."
"Then I guess I don't have anything to say either."
After a mont's thought, Xia Liang tapped her foot lightly, "Since it's over, let's go."
"You don't want revenge?" asked Erald Sparrow.
"Revenge? There was never such a thing."
Indifferently, Xia Liang said, "Anyway, from the mont I deleted their numbers from my phone's contacts, they've just been strangers to ."
She looked at Li Yaqing and smiled faintly, "So you don't have to apologize to . Who you are and what you think are your own business, and I don't care one bit."
Having said that, she gently tugged at Erald Sparrow's sleeve and turned to leave.
Erald Sparrow, understanding Xia Liang's intentions, didn't say anything more, just picked up the other basket of Ga Coins she was holding, placing the unused Ga Coins in front of Li Yaqing.
"This is..." Li Yaqing looked down at it, sowhat puzzled.
"An encouragent and a reward."
"Huh?"
"The contents of the apology were barely passable; at least you could clearly articulate where you were wrong. So, these Ga Coins are a reward for holding back from cheating in the end."
Pushing the basket forward, Erald Sparrow withdrew her hand, placing one hand on her hip as she surveyed the other, "At that mont, you were about to intervene and hinder , but you didn't follow through, right?"
Her words halted Li Yaqing.
"Is that kind of thing even worth rewarding?"
After a mont, she laughed at herself, "You... You really set the bar low for , don't you?"
"So, this is a reward for competing honorably and facing failure. Take it," said Erald Sparrow earnestly. "If it's possible, no matter how you spent your life before, I hope you rember the choice you made this ti and rember the courage to face failure."
"You may have done many wrong things and missed many opportunities, but many things are not too late to start now."
"You're all still children, with a long life ahead and countless chances to 'restart the ga.' Rember this courage; it might beco the starting point of your new life."
"If I see you again, I hope to et a girl who has turned over a new leaf, not a delinquent girl who is still willfully indulging in vice. Otherwise, I might have to ddle a bit more in your affairs."
With that, she also turned and followed Xia Liang into the crowd.
Li Yaqing stood still, holding a basket of Ga Coins, looking dazedly in the direction where the two had disappeared.
Not until the figures of Erald Sparrow and Xia Liang were lost in the crowd did she slowly sit down on the ground, looking at the basket in her hands with a complex expression.
"Is it really not too late to tell these things now?"
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