Chapter 96

The trade fair had not yet ended, but Qiu Cuiping had already boarded the green train back to City D with great excitement.

Because the matter was not 100% confirmed, Qiu Cuiping only told a few colleagues a general idea. However, when they heard it, they started complaining, as if they had already determined that Qiu Cuiping was enrolled in university under someone else's name, and urged her to get a certificate as soon as possible.

After returning to City D, Qiu Cuiping first went to the factory to get a letter of introduction, then took the letter to the county street to get a household registration certificate. She then took a leave of absence and went back to the commune where she had been sent to work as an educated youth in the countryside. She asked the team leader to issue her a certificate as an educated youth in Maihe Commune and stamped it with the team's official seal.

The captain had seen how Qiu Cuiping nearly lost her life because of failing the college entrance examination, and he felt sorry for the girl. Now, when he heard her say that she suspected something was wrong, although he found it unbelievable, he still helped her.

"If you were really replaced by someone else to go to college, you should at least understand what happened."

Qiu Cuiping thanked the captain, holding her certificate tightly in her hand, and said firmly, "I will definitely find out."

In three days, Qiu Cuiping went to several places to get certificates and retrieve files. She was going to take tomorrow's train to H City. By then, Jian Lu and the others should have already arrived in H City.

Before leaving, Qiu Cuiping called home and spent a few cents at the post office to call the duty room of the home appliance factory in City A.

Qiu's father is a second-level worker in the home appliance factory in City A, and he supports the whole family with his salary. Qiu's mother works as a handyman in the canteen of the home appliance factory, which is a temporary job and her salary is very low.

At that time, Qiu Cuiping was faced with going to the countryside as an educated youth. A girl in her teens had to work in the countryside. Her relatives and neighbors advised Qiu's mother to give the job to her daughter so that she would not have to go to the countryside.

But Qiu's mother did not agree. She directly said that she had to think about her son who would be old enough to go to the countryside in a year and a half, and she would give her job to her younger son at that time. Then she turned to Qiu Cuiping and said that she would try her best to bring her back to the city in the future.

No one in the family had any objections. Qiu Cuiping also had the spirit of sacrifice as the eldest sister at that time, so she packed up her things and went to the countryside.

This time, I was away for more than ten years.

When she first left, Qiu Cuiping thought she would be able to return home soon, maybe two or three years, or at most three to five years. Who knew that when she wanted to return to the city, her family said there was no way, and that educated youth returning to the city must be accepted by a work unit in the city, otherwise they could not return. However, there were many people and few jobs in the city, and even Qiu's father's home appliance factory was not hiring, not even temporary workers.

Qiu Cuiping's brother's wedding still requires money, so Qiu's father told Qiu Cuiping on the phone to receive re-education as a poor and middle peasant in the countryside, and to think of a way to return to the city later.

After hearing such words so many times, Qiu Cuiping went from being full of expectations to gradually becoming numb. It seemed that it was useless to rely on her family to find a solution, and she could only rely on herself.

In the second half of 1978, the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination spread throughout the country in an instant. The educated youth were undoubtedly the most excited group of people, and they all dreamed of getting into university and returning to the city.

However, Qiu Cuiping's dream was shattered, but now, it seems that there is still hope for the shattered dream to be put together.

"Hello." After waiting, Qiu's father's voice came through the telephone line and reached Qiu Cuiping's ears.

"Dad, it's me."

"Ah? Cuiping?" Qiu's father was very surprised that his daughter called him at this time. "Why are you spending money to make a phone call? Making a phone call is expensive."

Qiu Cuiping is about to go to H University to find out the truth. Now she just wants to hear the voices of her relatives and seek a little psychological comfort. "Dad, I have something to tell you. I should have passed the college entrance examination..."

"Cui Ping, don't think about it anymore. It's been so long, just let it go. Just work hard at the fan factory."

"No, Dad, I really passed the exam, but someone impersonated me and used my identity to go to college."

"Oh, Cuiping, are you confused because of a fever? What are you talking about? Someone else is using your identity to go to college. If you are not feeling well, take a rest and go to the clinic to get some medicine."

"dad..."

"Okay, I have to go to work and I'm busy. That's all."

Qiu Cuiping listened to the cold beeping tone in the receiver, with her eyelids drooped and remained silent.

Deep down in her heart, she seemed to have foreseen such an ending. She did not feel as sad as expected. She boarded the green train with the most precious document that could prove her identity. No matter what, she had to get things clear.

Sitting in a hard window seat on the noisy and busy train, Qiu Cuiping held her military bag tightly, fearing that something might go wrong. When she slept at night, she placed the bag directly under her buttocks so that she could wake herself up immediately if anything unusual happened.

——

While Qiu Cuiping was busy getting certificates, Jian Lu and Cai Xiujuan were still in City Z dealing with the trade fair. Jian Lu calculated that it would take at least a week for Qiu Cuiping to go back to City D to work and then take the train to City H, so she decided to take care of the trade fair first.

Two days later, Jian Lu and Sam's company signed a pearl sales order worth $200,000. The contract terms were complicated, and Jian Lu read them carefully one by one. When she had any questions, she asked directly. She signed her name and stamped the seal only after confirming that there were no problems.

"It's been a pleasure working with you, Mr. Sam."

"It's a pleasure to work with you, Ms. Jian Lu, Ms. Cai Xiujuan."

Cai Xiujuan watched the contract being finalized, and she felt relieved. "Let's hurry back and get ready!"

"No rush. Let's wait and see if the hospital store representative wants to place an order that day." Jian Lu thought that since she was already here and there was still plenty of time, she might as well look for another opportunity and get to know more talented people of this era.

After all, those who can come to participate in the trade fair now are all people with outstanding abilities. Perhaps in the near future, many of them will quit their iron rice bowl jobs in state-owned factories, go into business, and become the first and second generation of reform and opening up.

As Jian Lu expected, they really received the order one day later. Although the order was not as large as the one from Jinbu Pearl Farm, at least they got a share of the pie and ordered their pearls to be supplied exclusively to South China.

Cai Xiujuan and Jian Lu had been so busy over the past few days that their feet were almost smoking. They negotiated contracts and confirmed order details, and confirmed various requirements with the customers one by one. They also got to know the workers of the largest steel rolling mill in H City and had a very pleasant conversation with them.

"It's not easy, but I'm finally done." Cai Xiujuan was delighted when she saw the two orders. This way, there are two more channels for pearl sales in the market. As long as the relationship can be maintained, it will only grow bigger in the future.

"Yeah, it's really not easy. I'll go call our team leader Cheng." Jian Lu remembered to tell Cheng Zheng about Qiu Cuiping's situation after finishing her work. This man didn't even know that he had seen the real Qiu Cuiping.

At the front desk of the guesthouse, Jian Lu called the military communications room. This time she was lucky because Cheng Zheng happened to be in the office, and she arrived at the communications room in a short while.

"Hey, Lulu." Cheng Zheng hadn't heard his wife's voice for a long time. It had been nearly half a month. "Are you done with your work? Are you coming back?"

Jian Lu: “…”

"We're done with the trade show."

"That's good." Cheng Zheng asked, "What day and time will the train be back?"

Jian Lu could understand his anxious mood, but she had to disappoint him this time, "Brother Cheng, I have other things to do that will delay me for a few days. I have to go back to school."

"What's wrong? Aren't you all on holiday? Is there anything else?"

"I met the real Qiu Cuiping!" Jian Lu was anxious to tell him, but the phone was expensive. When she was talking for a while, the female comrade at the front desk looked at her several times, thinking that she was taking up the phone for too long. "Anyway, I made an appointment with her to meet at H University in four days, and then I will go back to school to find out the situation."

Cheng Zheng didn't expect Jian Lu to have met Qiu Cuiping in person. He also heard the news but before he could say anything, "Okay, then you go first. By the way, I asked someone to find out about Qiu Cuiping, who was an educated youth in Songyuan County. It was said that she had gone to the county education bureau to make trouble and was scolded away by a director. That person was Qiu Yanling's uncle."

When Jian Lu heard about this, she put all the clues together and said, "Yes, the real Qiu Cuiping also told me about this. It must be an impersonation."

Cheng Zheng knew that his wife took this matter very seriously, and was indignant about this behavior of impersonating someone else's college qualifications and stealing someone else's life.

"Then be careful when you go there. Try to understand the situation first and see what your school's attitude is." Cheng Zheng searched his mind for his future work arrangements and wondered if he could take a leave to go there. However, everything was still uncertain, so he didn't say anything for the time being. He just repeatedly reminded them to be careful.

"Don't worry, we will see to it." The most urgent task is to get a definite answer first.

After hanging up the phone, Jian Lu paid the 1.1 yuan phone bill to the front desk of the guesthouse and smiled sweetly, "Sorry, comrade, I was on the phone for a long time just now."

The female lesbian at the front desk was originally complaining about Jian Lu occupying the phone for several minutes, but seeing her smile, beautiful features, and politeness, she had nothing to say and just said generously, "It's nothing. You have a good relationship with your man, so it's normal for you to talk more."

That afternoon, Jian Lu and Cai Xiujuan boarded the green train to H City with the two contracts.

"Sister Xiujuan, are you really going with me?" Cai Xiujuan was originally anxious to return to the venue, but when she heard that Jian Lu was going to check on Qiu Cuiping's college entrance examination results, she thought about going over to help.

"Yes, there is strength in numbers. Let's go together."

"Okay." Jian Lu and Cai Xiujuan sat in hard seats and finally arrived in H City after two days of hard work.

Jian Lu and Cai Xiujuan got off the train and met up with Qiu Cuiping who had arrived at H City Railway Station this morning.

"Have you brought all your things?" Jian Lu saw Qiu Cuiping appear again, and she was quite different.

When they first met a few days ago, she always felt that this man had a sense of peace that came from having experienced a lot. In other words, he seemed to have seen through everything, was not overly excited, and was indifferent to everything.

But just a few days later, Qiu Cuiping seemed to come back to life, with light in her eyes.

"I have it, take a look!" Qiu Cuiping opened the military bag she was holding tightly and handed various certificates to Jian Lu.

Jian Lu checked them one by one and became more convinced. "Let's go find our class teacher."

When Jian Lu was in City Z, she contacted her class teacher in advance. The class teacher, Li Biyun, was a motherly teacher who always had a smile on her face and treated her students as her own children.

As a student, Jian Lu definitely couldn't find a teacher to check the situation during the summer vacation.

Li Biyun's home is in the family building of H University. H University provides single dormitories for single teachers. People like Li Biyun are allocated a two-bedroom house. The house is not big, only about 30 to 40 square meters, and it is very compact.

"Teacher Li!" Jian Lu led Qiu Cuiping and Cai Xiujuan into the house. Li Biyun was a friendly and upright person, and had a good relationship with the students. Students like Jian Lu, who had excellent grades and a cheerful and lively personality, were especially favored by the teacher.

"Lulu is here? Come in quickly." Li Biyun was waiting at home today. It was summer vacation and the teacher was free. Her husband went to the neighbor's house and her child went out to the Children's Palace to study.

Of the three people who entered the room, she only knew Jian Lu, and the other two were strangers. Thinking of Jian Lu's quick mention of impersonation, Li Biyu began to look at the other two.

"Teacher Li, this is my friend Cai Xiujuan." Jian Lu introduced her, "And this one is Qiu Cuiping whom I mentioned to you."

When she heard this name, Li Biyun was still in a daze. There was a student named Qiu Cuiping in her class, but Jian Lu said that person might be a fake Qiu Cuiping. What was going on?

"Hello, Teacher Li." Cai Xiujuan has always respected teachers, and she was extremely respectful when she met a university teacher for the first time.

"Hello, Teacher Li..." When Qiu Cuiping saw Jian Lu's homeroom teacher, who might also be her own homeroom teacher, she instantly felt her throat tighten.

Just now, Jian Lu led them from the side gate of the school straight to the family building. It was her first time stepping into a university campus, but she did not feel it was real because she mostly saw teachers and their families along the way. But when she saw the teacher who might be her homeroom teacher, her eyes were sore and she could only blink quickly a few times to calm herself down.

"Sit down now and tell me what's going on."

Jian Lu explained the whole story to Teacher Li, and asked Qiu Cuiping to show Teacher Li her files and certificates.

After hearing such an incredible story, Li Biyun felt dizzy. How could there be such a bizarre thing in the world? However, when she saw the evidence provided by Qiu Cuiping, she became hesitant again.

When new students register, the teachers in the admissions office are responsible for checking their information. After all students register, they will give their information to their class teachers. Li Biyun has seen the file of Qiu Cuiping in her class, and she is exactly the same as Qiu Cuiping whom she met for the first time today. The same file, the same life trajectory, the same name, but a different face.

"This..." Li Biyun had lived for more than 50 years and had never heard of such a thing, let alone seen it with her own eyes. "This is really too strange."

"Teacher Li." Qiu Cuiping now just wants to know whether she was admitted to H University that year, and whether the Qiu Cuiping admitted to H University in 1978 is herself. "I have always wanted to go to university, firstly because I want to go back to the city, and secondly because I love learning and want to study hard in university. I didn't receive the admission letter from H University that year, and now I look at it again, but it seems suspicious. I really want to know the truth now. If you don't believe it, you can call us. The commune and the street office can all find out that I am Qiu Cuiping."

"Okay, good kid, don't get excited, take your time, let's sort it out." Li Biyun was also somewhat moved by Qiu Cuiping's choked words, and the things in front of her also made her a little confused. "Looking at these now, I am also confused, but this matter can be big or small, and I have never heard of it. I can only go to the teacher in the admissions office to find out the situation."

Zhou Yong, the employee in charge of college admissions for the Class of 1977, was an administrative staff member of the school office. He also lived in the family building, right next to Li Biyun's, so it was easy to find.

But Zhou Yong felt troubled when he heard that he had to go to the school archives to check files. "Teacher Li, it's summer vacation now. Why do we have to go to the school archives?"

Li Biyun didn't directly mention the ridiculous thing about going to college under someone else's name. She just said that her class's information needed to be sorted out and asked him for help. "Teacher Zhou, please help me. I need it urgently."

Zhou Yong had no choice but to give face to the experienced Li Biyun and take her to the archive room with the key.

"Here, this is the file of Qiu Cuiping from your class of 1977."

Li Biyun flipped through the file and took a look at it, then took the one that Qiu Cuiping brought and compared it carefully. It turned out that all the information was the same, but the handwriting was different.

"Teacher Zhou, do you still remember the process for the Class of 1977 to register?"

Zhou Yong didn't know why people were asking about the spring of 1978 in 1979, so he answered casually, "It's just the same old three things: the admission letter, personal files, and proof of relocation."

"Tell me, is it possible that someone came here using someone else's identity?"

Zhou Yong seemed to have heard a big joke, "Teacher Li, are you kidding me? How could this be possible?"

Li Biyun handed over two files in her hand. "Take a look. This is the file brought by Qiu Cuiping who came to report from the 77th grade. This is the file brought by another Qiu Cuiping today. They are two completely different people, but the files are exactly the same."

Zhou Yong was confused. "Teacher Li, what do you mean by another Qiu Cuiping? Are there two Qiu Cuipings in your class?"

Jian Lu spoke up at the right time and explained to him, "Teacher Zhou, the current situation is like this. This comrade is called Qiu Cuiping. Her information is exactly the same as Qiu Cuiping who was admitted to H University after the college entrance examination in 1977. However, she did not receive an admission notice that year and thought she failed. At the same time, another person claiming to be Qiu Cuiping used her information to report to H University and studied in college for a year and a half."

"What?" Zhou Yong yelled in shock, "Impossible, how could this be possible?"

"Teacher Zhou, please take a look at the two files. Also, this is the letter of introduction that Qiu Cuiping brought to prove her identity. You can also call City D to ask."

Qiu Cuiping's heart was tormented. She felt upset when she saw Teacher Zhou didn't believe it. But when she saw him widen his eyes when he found the same information in the two files, she gradually felt relieved.

"This...this is too..." Zhou Yong was at a loss for words, his mind went blank.

Li Biyun understood his feelings. "Teacher Zhou, I am also surprised about this matter, but looking at these data does make people suspicious. Whether it is true or false, let's verify it and see if it can solve the doubts."

Qiu Cuiping stood up again, her eyes red as she swore, "I can guarantee with my life that I am Qiu Cuiping, and this file is mine!"

After confirming that her file was at H University, Qiu Cuiping finally realized that she had not failed the entrance exam! She was admitted to H University!

Zhou Yong felt a little uncomfortable seeing the girl getting so emotional. Although he still felt that such a thing was impossible, he couldn't resist Teacher Li's persuasion and found the phone number of the Education Bureau of Songyuan County, City D, and prepared to call.

"Teacher Zhou, the director of the Songyuan County Education Bureau seems to be Qiu Cuiping's uncle."

Zhou Yong understood Jian Lu's hint and called to say he was looking for the deputy director of the Education Bureau. After some pleasantries, he asked about the file of a person named Qiu Cuiping.

Although time has passed, the deputy director still remembers it clearly, because something was unusual at the time. "The file was lost? Does that mean that your director re-opened Qiu Cuiping's file on his own? Oh, you also think it's a bit strange that your director took the initiative to help a general youth to re-open a file? OK, I see. Thank you, Deputy Director Liu."

Things are becoming more and more suspicious. Zhou Yong originally thought that a phone call would be enough to convince the other people that there was nothing so mysterious going on. But now he finds out that the file brought by "Qiu Cuiping" who came to H University to report was actually supplemented later. Is it such a coincidence?

Without anyone else's persuasion, Zhou Yong also became curious. What exactly happened? If they really went to college under someone else's name, how did they do it?

Who should be responsible for this matter? Schools? Educators? Police?

"Well, I'll report this to the school and see how to investigate and handle it." No one had ever encountered something like this, so they had to think of a solution.

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Inside the machinery factory in H City, Qiu's family.

Qiu Cuiping came back from H University on summer vacation and stayed at home every day. She felt bored. For some reasons, her family would not let her go out casually, and she was not allowed to talk much to others.

"Lingling, why don't you read a book for a while." Mother Qiu felt distressed when she saw her daughter's irritable look. It was so miserable to have such a girl confined at home.

"Mom, I don't want to read! I'm too bored."

Qiu Cuiping said impatiently, "It's tiring enough to go to school every day."

"You kid!" Father Qiu couldn't stand seeing his daughter behave like this. "Is it easy for you to go to college? Ah? You don't cherish this great opportunity at all. Isn't it a waste of everyone's efforts for you?"

"I used to think that going to college was so much fun, but who knew it would be like this? If I had known, I would not have gone and let that Qiu Cuiping go instead!"

"You keep yelling!" Father Qiu was furious as he looked at this disappointing daughter. "You are so grown up but you are still acting like a child. I used a lot of connections to help you with that matter. You still don't study hard. I wonder how many people out there want to go to school but can't? All right, I hate looking at you, especially you who talk so much. Don't tell anyone anything. Pack up your things and go to your grandmother's house tomorrow. There are not many people in the countryside. You should stay until school starts."

"I won't go! The countryside is so dirty, I won't go! Dad, do you know how hard my life is? My name is not Qiu Cuiping, but now I can only be called this name. I am obviously Qiu Yanling, but I have to hide from my former self. I dream about being discovered at night, and I can't sleep well. Summer vacation is finally here, and you still want to kick me out?"

'Qiu Cuiping', whose real name is Qiu Yanling, was extremely unwilling. She felt that she had a hard time at school or at home. It was really miserable.

Father Qiu refused to say anything and made up his mind, "You have to go even if you don't want to! You have to go!"

Qiu Yanling failed to resist and was driven away to her grandmother's house after staying at home for five days. Her grandmother's house was in the nearby countryside and it took several hours to get there by donkey cart, which Qiu Yanling always resented.

Carrying her luggage and walking on the way home, Qiu Yanling suddenly met her father's co-worker.

"Yanling, where are you going?" The coworker remembered that he had rarely seen this girl in the past two years, and had not heard that she had gotten married. He didn't know why she no longer lived at home.

"Uncle Yang, I...I'm going to my grandma's house."

Qiu Yanling was worried that if she said too much she would make mistakes, so she said a few perfunctory words and left quickly.

However, after walking out of the machinery factory, she did not go to her grandmother's house, but went to the post office to call someone, and then went to the train station to buy a ticket to H City.

A day and a half later, Qiu Yanling met her target Qin Zhiwu at the train station.

"Zhiwu!"

Qin Zhiwu is a native of H City. He was puzzled when he received a call and learned that his partner was going back to school for the summer vacation.

"Why don't you stay at home during your summer vacation? Why don't you come to school?"

"I feel so miserable at home that I don't want to stay there. My dad wants me to go to the countryside to accompany my grandmother."

"What country are you going to..." Qin Zhiwu could only accompany his partner back to school, "You're the only one in your dormitory, aren't you afraid to live alone?"

"Don't be afraid! What's there to be afraid of?"

After a long journey, Qiu Yanling just wanted to put her luggage back in the dormitory and go out for a good meal with her partner.

Qin Zhiwu couldn't go up to the girls' dormitory, so he waited downstairs, "Come down quickly."

"knew."

Qiu Yanling would rather live alone in the dormitory than go to the countryside to feed mosquitoes. Thinking of this, she walked to the door of her dormitory, but found that it was half open.

Qiu Yanling was shocked and her first reaction was "is there a thief?"

Unable to suppress her curiosity, Qiu Yanling chose the latter option between turning around and asking someone to take a look herself. She tiptoed slowly and approached, and through the half-open door she saw several women inside.

The alarm was lifted, and she didn't feel relieved until she saw Jian Lu's appearance clearly.

He pushed the door open with a thud and walked in. "Jian Lu, why are you here? You scared me."

Jian Lu is currently bringing Qiu Cuiping and Cai Xiujuan to the dormitory to have a look. It will take more than a day or two to find out the truth, but she can bring the real Qiu Cuiping to experience the atmosphere of H University.

Qiu Cuiping almost couldn't hold back her tears as soon as she entered the dormitory, because these things originally belonged to her.

Who would have thought that not long after the three of them came in, someone else would come.

"Why are you looking at me?" Qiu Yanling asked impatiently. Seeing two strangers next to Jian Lu, she asked unhappily, "Why did you bring people back?"

Jian Lu stared at Qiu Yanling for a moment, thinking about the current difficulties in the investigation. The key is that the laws and regulations in this era are not so sound. Who will help to investigate the truth?

Unexpectedly, Qiu Yanling came to me on her own initiative.

"Cui Ping, why are you here?" Jian Lu squeezed the real Qiu Cui Ping's hand, signaling her to calm down. She looked at Qiu Yan Ling and said, "This is my friend. We are just here to get something and will leave soon."

"Okay. I'm leaving now after I put my stuff down."

"Hey, Cuiping, you're back just in time. The head teacher wants to see you for something."

"You want to talk to me about something? What is it?"

"I don't know the details. I asked her for information about the school and she mentioned it. It seemed like it was something good. She also said it was a pity that you were not in school."

"Really?"

"You'd better go check it out now. It may be related to the aerobics competition next semester."

"Okay, I'll go right away!" Qiu Yanling has been at H University for such a long time, but she is interested in this matter. She wondered in her heart, could it be that the head teacher wants to choose her to lead the dance?

"Okay, we're going there too, let's go together."

Qiu Cuiping looked at the woman who pretended to be herself, and when she heard her being called Cuiping, she laughed and agreed. Her whole body trembled uncontrollably, but she could only endure it now.

Qiu Yanling told Qin Zhiwu about the visit from her class teacher. Just as she was about to say that she would go out for dinner later, Qin Zhiwu refused.

"I just happen to have something to do at home. In that case, you go find the teacher first. I'll leave first."

Before leaving, he looked at Jian Lu again.

Jian Lu took Qiu Yanling and Qiu Cuiping to an empty classroom, asked Cai Xiujuan to go to the home of the previous class teacher to call for help, and then she walked in and closed the door.

"Where is Teacher Li?" Qiu Yanling felt something was wrong.

"I'll be here in a minute. Please sit down for a while."

The three of them sat in a row, and Jian Lu started the conversation first, "Cui Ping, this is my friend, her last name is also Qiu."

"Oh, what's her name?"

The real Qiu Cuiping looked at the strange woman opposite her and spoke word by word, "My name is Qiu Cuiping."

“What?!” Qiu Yanling stood up and her face turned pale in an instant. She actually met someone named Qiu Cuiping?

She bit her lips so hard that they almost turned blue. Her breathing became rapid and she couldn't calm down for a long time.

Seeing her reaction, Jian Lu just smiled and said, "Isn't it a coincidence? You two really have a connection. Both of you are called Qiu Cuiping."

"Yes...Yes." Qiu Yanling didn't want to stay any longer and turned to leave. "Well, I have something else to do. I'll leave first."

"Hey, Cuiping." Jian Lu stopped her, "I haven't finished yet. There's something even more coincidental. My friend Qiu Cuiping is also from City A and was also an educated youth in Songyuan County, City D. Don't you think it's too coincidental? She's exactly like you."

Qiu Yanling was confused for a moment, and looked at Jian Lu with a sullen face, "You...what did you say?"

The real Qiu Cuiping stood up and looked at the fake one pretending to be her. She was very emotional. "Comrade Jian Lu was right. This is my life experience. My name is Qiu Cuiping. Not only that, I took the college entrance examination in 1977, and my first choice was H University."

"Ah!" Qiu Yanling screamed loudly, patting her chest hard, her face horrified. "Don't say it! Don't say it! I...I am Qiu Cuiping, I was the one who got into the university! It's me!"

In the past year and a half, she has been hypnotizing herself to remember this incident and not let anyone know.

"Are you Qiu Cuiping?" The real Qiu Cuiping stood up and walked towards her. She stood in front of Qiu Yanling and stared at this person fiercely, asking sharply, "Do you know which street Qiu Cuiping lives on in City A? Do you know when Qiu Cuiping went to the countryside? Do you know what time Qiu Cuiping finished her farm work and what time she got up to read in the countryside? Do you know all this?"

"Stop talking! Get out of here!" Qiu Yanling's heart seemed to be pierced by something. She felt chest tightness and shortness of breath. She had never imagined such a scene, and had never thought that Qiu Cuiping would stand in front of her and question her.

"You don't know! You know nothing! You stole my admission letter, stole my files, and used my name to study at H University." The real Qiu Cuiping's eyes were red, but her voice was clear, and she spoke every word loudly. "I want to ask you, why? Why do you want to hurt me? We don't know each other, and we have no grudges against each other! Why..."

"I didn't! I am Qiu Cuiping!" Qiu Cuiling knew that she couldn't admit it, even if she was beaten to death, "I'm leaving, I'm leaving."

Qiu Cuiping hurried away, but stopped reflexively after hearing a shout.

"Qiu Yanling!"

Jian Lu saw that the man stopped when he heard Qiu Yanling's name, which confirmed her guess, "You, Qiu Yanling, have been exposed for impersonating Qiu Cuiping, and the school knows about it."

"What did you say?" Qiu Yanling couldn't believe her ears. How could it be possible? How did they know? "Impossible!"

"How else would I know about this? How did the real Qiu Cuiping come here? She helped you make the fake file. After your uncle in the Education Bureau was investigated, he confessed everything and said that you asked him to forge the file. The police were originally going to arrest you, but they didn't expect you to come here."

Qiu Yanling screamed, clenched her fists and waved them in the air, "How is this possible? It's impossible! Jian Lu, you lied to me!"

Qiu Cuiping replied, "Qiu Yanling, if you hadn't been exposed for pretending to be me to go to college, why would I be here? I just went to the dormitory to prepare to move in next semester, and you have been expelled from the school."

"Impossible!!!" Qiu Yanling rushed over excitedly, grabbed Qiu Cuiping's collar and started tearing it. "I have been Qiu Cuiping for so long, it's not easy for me. Do you know that I am afraid of being discovered even in my dreams... What right do you have to take it away? I should be studying here. After graduation, I will be a college student and can be assigned a job. How can I leave?"

Seeing her emotional state, Jian Lu took the opportunity to ask, "Qiu Yanling, what are you still thinking about going to college? You forged files, stole someone else's admission letter, and used someone else's identity. You will go to jail."

"Why am I in jail?" Qiu Yanling's attention was diverted. She was no longer bothered by the university, but worried about herself. "It has nothing to do with me. I didn't do anything! My dad found the person, my uncle made the file for me, and... my mom went to the post office to find a relative to get the admission letter. I didn't do anything. I won't go to jail!"

There was a loud bang.

The classroom door was pushed open from the outside. Li Biyun, Zhou Yong and Cai Xiujuan who were standing at the door had obviously been listening for a while.

Zhou Yong pointed at the audacious student and said, "You actually used someone else's identity to go to college?!"

Li Biyun had misjudged this student. She originally thought that something had happened to Qiu Cuiping, which was why she had been performing poorly since entering the school. She had shown concern for her many times, but she had no idea that this was the truth.

"Qiu Cui... No, I should call you Qiu Yanling, you are really going too far!" Li Biyun glared at her students for the first time, and turned to the real Qiu Cuiping and said, "Student Qiu Cuiping, don't worry, we will truthfully oppose to the school leaders, and the school will definitely deal with this matter seriously."

Qiu Cuiping's mood took a long time to calm down. She had not cried since she found out that she might have been impersonated. But at this moment, she could no longer hold back her tears. She rolled down like pearls from a broken string. She could not say a word and only nodded in response.