Shen Ruyi made the female educated youths shake out their clothes, including her own, but they did not find the missing underwear belonging to Jiang Manyue, Ning Peipei, and Sun Tiantian.

"Then let's search among the male educated youth."

Shen Ruyi was afraid that the three female educated youths who had lost their underwear would be embarrassed and reluctant to make a big deal out of it, so she said, "If we don't find the thief this time, I'm afraid this kind of thing will happen again in the future. We can't just stop washing our underwear because of this."

Lin Shanshan said, "Sister Ruyi, there's still one female educated youth in our compound that we haven't investigated yet."

Shen Ruyi didn't believe Luo Jingyan would do such a thing, because she knew that Luo Jingyan was not short of money.

But it's probably inappropriate that she searched for other people's information but not Luo Jingyan's.

So they all went to find Luo Jingyan.

Luo Jingyan showed them her clothes, and there was no underwear among the three people.

Luo Jingyan immediately thought of Fang Zhiyuan. Who else could it be but that pervert?

She went with the other female educated youth to find the male educated youth.

When the male educated youth heard the news that the female educated youth's underwear had gone missing, some were too embarrassed to speak, while others appeared normal on the surface but had a jumble of thoughts in their minds.

Shen Ruyi said to the male educated youth, "I don't know if you'd be willing to let us check your suitcases. Of course, we won't do it ourselves; let Tong, the educated youth, handle it."

The male educated youth dared not say no to the investigation; if they refused, it would be tantamount to admitting that they were the thief.

After the female educated youths left, they all voluntarily opened their suitcases, took out their money, coupons, and other valuables, and let Tong Jianxin check them. At the same time, Tong Jianxin also opened his suitcase and let the other male educated youths check it.

The inspection revealed that the male educated youth's clothing was all normal, but there were no female educated youth's underwear.

Tong Jianxin told Shen Ruyi the results, and Shen Ruyi was puzzled: "Could it have been done by outsiders?"

Now the female educated youth were even more frightened. Compared to the educated male educated youth in the settlement, the uncultured and uncivilized rough men in the village seemed more terrifying and sleazy to them.

Jiang Manyue said, "Sister Ruyi, what should we do now? There are so many people in the village, how are we supposed to find them? We can't possibly search every house one by one, and besides, even if we wanted to search, they wouldn't let us."

“It’s very likely a local scoundrel,” Ning Peipei said.

Sun Tiantian said, "But we have no evidence. Lai Zi will definitely not let us search his house. If the whole village knows that we have lost our underwear, how can we face people in public?"

Shen Ruyi thought for a moment, then asked Jiang Manyue and Ning Peipei:

"What do you mean? If you don't want to pursue this further, then let's just leave it at that."

Jiang Manyue agreed, and Ning Peipei dared not pursue the matter any further.

Shen Ruyi said, "Although we'll let it go this time, we must keep a close eye on our clothes in the future. We might have a chance to catch that thief."

So she told the other female educated youth about her plan.

In the evening, Lai Zi from the village walked to a pile of corn stalks, pulled out a few pieces of women's clothing, stuffed them into his clothes one by one, and went home with a wicked grin.

When Fang Zhiyuan arrived, he saw that the pile of corn stalks had been disturbed. He quickly dug it open, but there was nothing inside.

Damn it, which bastard stole the things he risked his life to steal?

He grew tired of Du Yinan and wanted to find someone else, but the other female educated youths were not as easy to please as Du Yinan, so he could only steal their clothes.

He had originally wanted to enjoy touching the clothes, but they were stolen. Helpless, he could only return to the educated youth settlement in a huff. As he walked, he pondered other solutions.

At night, Luo Jingyan went into the space to sleep, but Black Tiger, due to its natural habits, couldn't sleep most nights and would run out of the space to wander around.

It actually saw a figure crouching under the window of Luo Jingyan's house, carefully doing something.

Black Tiger knew he was up to no good, so it jumped onto his back and scratched his neck hard with its claws.

Fang Zhiyuan winced in pain, turned around, and reached out to slap Black Tiger. Black Tiger cleverly jumped in front of him, bit him in the crotch, and jumped aside. Fang Zhiyuan couldn't bear the pain any longer, got up, and went back to the boys' dormitory.

Black Tiger returned to its space and saw that Luo Jingyan was still sleeping soundly. It didn't tell Luo Jingyan about this for the time being, but nestled next to her and closed its eyes.

When Luo Jingyan woke up in the morning, Hei Hu told her what had happened the night before.

Luo Jingyan went outside and found that a blue brick under the window had been pried open. It turned out that Fang Zhiyuan wanted to spy on her in this way.

Her house, like the dormitory of the educated youth settlement, was an adobe house. In order to make the house more sturdy, bricks were usually used to build the part from the foundation to the ground.

At this time, the reinforcement materials used for building houses in rural areas are generally yellow mud mixed with wheat husks and straw. After being exposed to wind and sun for a long time, the yellow mud will gradually become loose, and the bricks can be easily pried open.

Luo Jingyan touched the loose brick with her hand and pulled it out of the wall without much force.

Then, the bricks were put back.

She specifically went to check the section of the girls' dormitory wall with the blue bricks and found the same thing; one brick was loose and could be easily pulled out.

It seems highly likely that the thief who stole the underwear was also Fang Zhiyuan.

Fang Zhiyuan was bitten by a cat yesterday, and the pain kept him awake all night. As a result, when everyone else was up in the morning, he was still lying in bed, feeling extremely sleepy.

Luo Jingyan called Shen Ruyi out and asked her to look at the loose blue brick on the wall.

With a gentle pull, Shen Ruyi also removed the brick. Thinking of the thief who stole her underwear, she couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine.

It's obvious that someone deliberately spied on them. So, were they actually seen by the other party, and for how long?

Girls care most about their privacy. She and her boyfriend usually don't even dare to hold hands, but a man behind her back saw her naked. For a moment, she just wanted to die.

But she was mostly angry.

"Jingyan, the thief who stole underwear last time wasn't caught, we absolutely can't let him get away this time."

Luo Jingyan knew that the person was Fang Zhiyuan, but she had no evidence and could not say it.

Black Tiger's secret must not be known to anyone else.

"Sister Ruyi, the person who can secretly spy on the educated youth settlement late at night without being discovered is very likely one of our educated youth settlement members."

Shen Ruyi subconsciously said, "Could it be Fang Zhiyuan?" He was a notorious womanizer in the educated youth settlement.

"Sister Ruyi, I have a way to catch him."

The two of them discussed it and then implemented the plan.

That night, Fang Zhiyuan couldn't resist his lustful desires. After seeing the female educated youth once, the alluring scene kept appearing in his mind. He couldn't fall asleep without looking at it before going to bed.