He stared intently at Lu Zhengting across from him, and seriously suspected that Lu Zhengting had come to Lin Qingyan on purpose to show off his heroism, because the captain was helping Lu Zhengting and deliberately said it was his achievement.
He turned to look at Lin Qingyan, only to see that Lin Qingyan was staring at Lu Zhengting.
See? Lu Zhengting's scheme worked; he's caught Lin Qingyan's attention.
Then look at that bastard Lu Zhengting, he's all smiles now, and his gaze is fixed on Lin Qingyan.
Damn it, you scoundrel!
Lu Zhengting looked at Lin Qingyan and said, "Actually, the reason I became suspicious of this educated youth Song is thanks to someone else, Comrade Lin Qingyan. That day, she asked me to go with her to the fields to watch others demand money from Song. The day after those two families demanded money from Song, the educated youth settlement was robbed. Think about it, isn't that too much of a coincidence? So, I have to thank Comrade Lin Qingyan for helping me discover this."
Everyone turned their attention back to Lin Qingyan. Although Lin Qingyan's actions were unintentional, she ultimately provided a lot of help in solving the case.
Lin Qingyan herself didn't expect that her trip with Lu Zhengting yesterday to eat melons would have such a big effect.
To everyone's surprise, Lu Zhengting attributed the credit for finding the money to her.
She was just a bystander, and she was already satisfied with getting some juicy gossip; she didn't need anyone's thanks.
She said to Lu Zhengting, "The fact that this case was solved is mainly due to your hard work."
The captain said, "Now that the money has been recovered, we need to check the amount first, and then try our best to return the amount you lost."
He did suspect that some people might lie or cover up the truth, but he already had a plan. At worst, he would let the educated youth sort it out themselves, which would save him trouble.
Wang Qiang and Chen Lu checked the amount together and found that the money was 100 yuan less than the total amount reported by the educated youth.
In other words, if the educated youth did not lie or overreport, then Er Laizi spent the hundred yuan. Of course, there is a third possibility: that the money was not taken by Er Laizi, but was lost somewhere else.
Finally, Wang Qiang and Chen Lu discussed with the brigade leader and decided that the missing 100 yuan would be split equally among the educated youth. Since ten educated youth had lost money, on average, each person would receive 10 yuan less, and the rest would be distributed to them normally.
But the matter of the educated youth distributing money had nothing to do with Lin Qingyan. The educated youth who went to collect their money quickly formed a circle, making a ruckus. Lin Qingyan and Lin Zhiheng stood far away, which kept things quiet.
Lu Zhengting walked over and chatted with Lin Qingyan: "Comrade Lin, thanks to you for watching the excitement in the field yesterday, otherwise we wouldn't have made this discovery today."
Lin Qingyan smiled and said, "I didn't expect that just watching the fun would actually help everyone find their lost money."
"This is the first time I've seen such a spectacle. Now that I think about it, sometimes observing seemingly insignificant things can lead to unexpected discoveries."
"That's right, so Comrade Lu, you should go to crowded places more often in the future."
"Hahaha, I'll try my best."
Seeing them chatting and laughing, Gu Mingzhou strode over.
He first looked at Lu Zhengting and said to him, "Comrade Lu, you've done a great job this time. You helped the educated youth recover their money, and they all have to thank you. However, these two Comrades Lin are an exception; they didn't lose any money."
It means that it's not Lin Qingyan's place to thank you, no matter who it is.
Lu Zhengting said calmly, "I don't need any thanks. It was just a small favor, and it didn't take much effort on my part."
Gu Mingzhou didn't want Lu Zhengting and Lin Qingyan to have a chance to talk, so he said, "Comrade Lu, I have a few questions I'd like to ask you. I wonder if we could talk privately?"
How could Lu Zhengting not understand Gu Mingzhou's little scheme?
This guy thought he was a fraudster trying to harm Lin Qingyan.
"Comrade Gu, I am not very knowledgeable and am just a rough fellow. I'm afraid I can't help you with your problem. You should talk to someone else."
"No one else can help, only you can."
"Then let me tell you clearly, even if I could help, I wouldn't."
"Why?"
“I just don’t want to help.” Lu Zhengting raised an eyebrow at him. “Am I not allowed to help even if I don’t want to? I have no obligation to share your burdens. So, Comrade Gu, I don’t want to talk to you right now. Please leave.”
"Retreat, step back."
Gu Mingzhou gritted his teeth in anger; this Lu Zhengting was driving him crazy.
Lu Zhengting ignored Gu Mingzhou and started talking to Lin Qingyan.
"Comrade Lin, I'm going back to my unit the day after tomorrow. I guess we won't see each other again for several months."
"Really? You're going back so soon."
"Well, it's only a seven-day holiday, time to go."
Lin Qingyan gave a soft "oh," and then suddenly remembered the rabbit, so she asked Lu Zhengting to go and see it.
"Comrade Lu, by the time you come again, it should have grown quite large."
Looking at the rabbit, Lu Zhengting suddenly asked, "Is it male or female?"
"Huh?" Lin Qingyan was taken aback for a moment, then picked up the rabbit to examine it. "It's a female."
"Should we get it a male, so they can be a pair and have babies?"
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