Chapter 173 Captured

It wasn't a big deal to begin with, but the teacher said, "Your previous assignments are all in the school office. I'm going to go get the key now."

Every year, the school receives many people from various organizations to study, and there are also students from vocational high school classes who come to attend classes at night.

With the Lunar New Year approaching, there are no students attending classes at the school anymore.

The homework that Song Lubai and her classmates usually handed in was piled up in a small office, and it was all useless assignments.

The teacher walked around inside and said, "These assignments are useless now. They'll be distributed in a while, and everyone can take them home and burn them."

Song Lubai rummaged through a pile of homework and found the assignments that belonged to their class.

There weren't any confidential documents in there. The teacher said, "Then find them yourself here. After you're done, just lock the door for me."

Song Lubai responded.

Although the handwriting on that piece of paper was fairly neat, it was still clear that the person who wrote it wasn't very skilled.

After going through the homework notes of more than eighty students, Song Lubai couldn't find the person who wrote the notes after the first round.

She guessed that the person writing the words was on guard.

Song Lubai unfolded the paper and carefully examined the handwriting on it, scrutinizing each character thoroughly. She then discovered something useful.

The character "方" in "方法" and "分" in "分场" only need to make a slight turn in the horizontal stroke at the bottom. This person made a subtle turn, and the character "分" looks like "分" at first glance, but it is somewhat similar to "乃".

If you weren't someone who was used to writing like that, you wouldn't write every horizontal stroke with a hook like that.

The sun was setting, and the midday sunlight was long gone.

After searching and comparing for several hours, Song Lubai finally identified the person who wrote the letter based on that particular characteristic.

She took out all of that person's assignments and put the rest back in their place.

After locking the door, and realizing it was already lunchtime, she jogged back to the supply and marketing department.

When we arrived at the cafeteria, everyone was almost finished eating.

There was only a little bit of food left in the big bowl.

She ate a simple meal, and when she returned to her dorm, she circled many words on her homework with a pen.

The girls in the dorm had no idea what she had been doing that afternoon, so they gathered around her and asked her what she was doing.

Song Lubai closed the door and whispered what had happened.

After finishing her story, before anyone could condemn the man, Song Lubai continued, "I'll arrange to meet her behind the dormitory building in a bit. You all wait for me to come down and then quietly hide around the corner. If she confesses, you will all be my witnesses."

Everyone nodded, then asked, "What are you going to do with her?"

Song Lubai does not possess the virtuous quality of repaying evil with kindness.

She said, "Section Chief Lu said that if I find out who it is, and report it to the Discipline Inspection Department before the list is published, that person will be dealt with."

She will not show mercy to those who ruin her future.

Lin Dahai is her stepfather. Because of her mother and two younger brothers, she can't do anything to him, but she will definitely not let others off the hook.

Several girls felt that the man was dishonest, resorting to underhanded tactics behind people's backs, and they didn't know what he was after.

What would she get out of sending you to the sixth division?

"I heard that she and Fu Qiang went to the personnel department together. They wanted to be assigned to the same place, no matter where. They really don't have any conflict with you, so why would they do this behind your back?"

"Jealousy, I guess."

"When I was a kid, I got first place in the class. My deskmate took my test paper and started looking for mistakes. She actually found some, and the teacher deducted another point from my score. Then I wasn't first anymore. Some people are like that. They can't stand seeing others do well. They don't get any benefit from doing that kind of thing, but they just can't stand seeing you do better than them."

After chatting for a while, it finally got completely dark. Song Lubai told the others to keep their noise low, then took her flashlight and homework and went out.

She went to the dormitory two doors down and heard voices inside. Song Lubai pushed open the door and said, "Miao Yanzi, come out for a moment, I have something to ask you."

Miao Yanzi's heart skipped a beat when she saw her expression.

But then she remembered that she had deliberately changed the handwriting on the letter she wrote, so there should be no mistake, and the panic in her heart disappeared.

"What's up?"

Song Lubai said, "Come out and come down with me."

Miao Yanzi sensed something was wrong, so she sat on the bed without moving.

Song Lubai asked coldly, "You want me to say it in your dorm?"

Miao Yanzi's expression changed. Seeing the probing looks from her roommates, she could only get up and follow Song Lubai downstairs.

The girls who had been watching the hallway waited a while after the two went downstairs before coming down together.

Once they reached the building, Song Lubai turned on her flashlight and handed the circled homework to Miao Yanzi. "Section Chief Lu called me over today and asked if I was going to the Sixth Branch Farm for my boyfriend. This note wasn't written by me. I checked our previous homework books and confirmed that it was you who wrote it."

When someone pointed it out to her face, Miao Yanzi's face flushed.

Feeling guilty, afraid, hesitant, wavering between admitting and denying.

In the end, she decided not to admit it: "It wasn't me. What note? I don't know anything about it. Don't accuse me of something wrong."

Song Lubai sneered, "You can deny it."

She shook the homework in her hand. "I went to the school and checked everyone's homework. Your writing of characters like '方' and '放' is very distinctive. I'll send all your homework to everyone so they can compare and see if it's your handwriting. Do you think you can change your handwriting and people won't recognize it? I can find it, and so can others."

Miao Yanzi's face turned pale and then red.

She remained silent, so Song Lubai continued, "You won't admit it, huh? Well then, let everyone see for themselves, let everyone get to know you in a new light."

She turned to leave, and Miao Yanzi panicked.

She blamed Lu Xingye for being a busybody.

The letter already said it was too embarrassing to say it in person, so how could you call someone over to ask?

If he hadn't caused trouble, Song Lubai would definitely have been assigned to the sixth division.

She and Fu Qiang went to Section Chief Lu to ask if they could be assigned to the same place, and he readily agreed. Why is he making such a fuss?

Miao Yanzi grabbed Song Lubai's arm, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."

Song Lubai was amused by her.

What do you mean by "not intentional"? This is clearly a deliberate attempt to ruin her future. You think you can erase her sinister intentions with just one sentence like "not intentional"?

Song Lubai: "You admit you wrote it? What's the reason?"

Miao Yanzi found it difficult to speak.

She just couldn't stand Song Lubai's tendency to always be at the center of the group and get along with everyone.

She lowered her head and said, "Someone saw you having dinner with Wei Yang from the 25th Company at a restaurant before, and I also heard that he came to give you something before. I... I felt that I was also helping you..."

Hearing this, she herself felt guilty and breathless, and couldn't continue speaking.

Song Lubai: "You mean I should thank you?"