"Lies don't need a draft; they just come out of nowhere." Jiang Wanqing scoffed indifferently, looking at Molly: "Do you believe that?"
She clutched the letter tightly in her hand. She didn't know Jiang Wanqing; she had only heard about her from snippets of conversation. But she knew Yuan Zhong; he was definitely not a good person!
Gritting her teeth, Molly stared intently at Yuan Zhong: "There's no question of believing or not believing; we'll find out by checking."
"Hmph, how are you going to investigate? This woman fooled you with just a few words. She might have already destroyed the evidence."
He was still being stubborn, but Molly wasn't buying it and spoke with conviction.
"I'm talking about checking on you! The letters my family sends me have special markings; I can find out by just looking in your room."
"What right do you have... hey!"
Molly didn't wait for him to finish speaking before rushing into his room, even though he knew perfectly well that he hadn't destroyed the letters so that they could later be used as weapons to threaten her...
Everyone brought only simple things, and there were no letters in sight. Molly cleverly focused her attention on the combination lock box that Yuan Zhong had always treasured.
“Open it!” she said, pointing to the box.
“There’s nothing you want in this box, and I won’t open it for you. It contains my privacy, and you don’t have that right.”
He protected the box, and Molly couldn't do anything about it. After thinking for a moment, she went out and got a wood-chopping axe, which she then raised at him.
"What...what are you going to do? Killing someone is illegal."
"Breaking the law? I can't even get any news from home, and it seems like I'll never be able to go back. Do you think I'm afraid of breaking the law?"
"you……"
Yuan Zhong was terrified by her; this crazy woman!
Jiang Wanqing watched coldly from the side. This kind of bully who picks on the weak and fears the strong should be taught a lesson.
Seeing that his hand loosened and his eyes kept flashing nervously, as if he was really afraid that Molly would chop him at any moment, Jiang Wanqing seized the opportunity and snatched the briefcase.
"There are only two possibilities for why they don't dare show it to others: either there's something shameful inside, or..."
The two women pressed closer and closer, forcing Yuan Zhong, a grown man, to the point where his lips and tongue trembled.
"You...you can look if you can open it, but I'm not going to open it for you!"
He had a "what's the use" attitude, betting that Jiang Wanqing definitely couldn't open it because they didn't know the password. If they used an axe to break it open, he would sue them for damaging private property!
A simple combination lock box was no challenge for Jiang Wanqing, not to mention that she had lived with him for so many years in her previous life and knew which numbers he liked to use.
She opened the briefcase in no time, without any damage. Yuan Zhong rushed over to grab it, his temper flaring.
Jiang Wanqing casually tipped the box over, and its contents tumbled out with a clatter: watches, books, dictionaries...
They simply couldn't find the letter they were looking for.
Yuan Zhong was surprised for a few seconds, then quickly went over to tidy up, even pretending to shake the book.
"Comrade Molly, don't believe everything you hear. I've already said I didn't do it. Some people are just crying wolf. Now that you've searched, you should give up!"
Molly looked at Jiang Wanqing, a slight wavering in her eyes. Could it be...?
The next second, Jiang Wanqing pushed Yuan Zhong aside, took a pair of scissors from the side, and without saying a word cut open the barely visible compartment in the combination lock box.
More than a dozen opened letters fell out, and Yuan Zhong quickly picked them up and protected them.
"Jiang Wanqing, you've gone mad!"
She snorted, picked up one of the letters, and quickly handed it to Molly.
"Take a look."
Fortunately, this combination lock box was similar to Cheng Ran's, so she knew there was a hidden compartment inside, and Yuan Zhong's dream of getting away with it was completely extinguished.
Molly opened the envelope and, sure enough, it was a letter from her home. The letter said that something had been sent, such as clothes and candy... but she hadn't received a single thing!
The truth was right before her eyes, and Molly looked at Yuan Zhong as if she wanted to kill him.
"I...I can explain. I was afraid that reading the letter would make you even more homesick, which would be bad for your current work and health, so I..."
"Son of a bitch!"
Molly slapped him hard, and a red mark quickly appeared on his face. He staggered a couple of steps from the blow.
"Listen to me... Ah!"
He tried to argue, but Jiang Wanqing couldn't stand it and kicked him.
"With such conclusive evidence, what else is there to say? Let me help you recall: you gave the clothes that Comrade Molly's family sent to Jiang Xiu, and as for the food..."
"He shared the food with the other educated youth, hoping that eating it would change my opinion of him. It's utterly ridiculous!"
Molly's mind was perfectly clear. She used to wonder how Yuan Zhong could give Jiang Xiu fashionable clothes and treat everyone to candy and cookies when he clearly didn't have much money and rarely went to the city. He was such a stingy person, and it turned out he had taken all her things!
"What do you plan to do?"
"I will make him pay the most terrible price!" She gave Yuan Zhong a fierce look, took back her letter, and turned to Jiang Wanqing, saying, "I have something to say to you."
Jiang Wanqing also wanted to take this opportunity to get closer to Molly, since it's always good to have more friends.
The two left the educated youth's residence and walked along a less crowded path for a while. Molly suddenly stopped and thanked her.
"If you hadn't told me today, I almost would have been fooled by that bastard. But I'm curious, didn't you used to like him a lot? Why recently..."
“I was blind before and didn’t see his rotten nature. Now I see it clearly. I don’t want others to be deceived by him. There’s another reason: I want to be your friend.”
"Want to be my friend?"
Molly was taken aback. Even the other educated youth who had gone to the countryside with her avoided her like the plague. Now that Jiang Wanqing had Cheng Ran's backing, why would she want to be friends with her?
"That's right, my motives might not be entirely pure, but I'm sincere."
"Oh? What do you want from me? Right now, I'm in dire straits, unable to help you fight your cousin, unable to interfere in your family affairs, and unable to give you any material rewards. I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you."
"It's alright, people will see in a few years. Molly, don't give up hope of returning to the city."
Jiang Wanqing patted her shoulder. Strangely enough, even though Molly didn't believe anyone, these words inexplicably gave her a glimmer of hope.
"Okay, congratulations on getting rid of that two-faced bastard. You don't need to worry too much about your stupid cousin; her hard days are yet to come."
"I know."
"That's good." Molly tiptoed slightly, still a little sullen from her parents' neglect, and her social skills were still a bit off. "See you next time?"
"Okay, see you next time."
Jiang Wanqing smiled at her, and the two waved goodbye to each other.
Two weeks later, devastating news arrived: Cheng Ran had been injured during the mission...
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