"I'm talking nonsense?" Bai Wei's face darkened completely. She grabbed Wang Xiaoya's chin and forced her to look into her eyes. "I'm asking you, is that chocolate of dubious origin? Is it something you've never seen in supply and marketing cooperatives in China?"
Wang Xiaoya's eyes flickered.
Indeed, the packaging was exquisite, covered with foreign letters that I couldn't understand, and you could tell it was top-quality as soon as you tasted it.
"Why did Instructor Zhang and the others arrest you? It wasn't because you stole snacks!" Bai Wei's voice was like a devil's whisper, full of seduction. "It's because they suspect that those things were given to them by enemy agents!"
The word "enemy agent" exploded in Wang Xiaoya's mind like a thunderclap.
Her face instantly lost all color.
"No...impossible! Don't talk nonsense! I'm not an enemy agent! Neither is Sister Su An! You're slandering us!" she screamed.
"Whether she is or not, it's not up to you or me to decide. It's up to the organization!" Bai Wei emphasized. "Now, the organization is suspicious! Because of you, because you ate that piece of chocolate of unknown origin, Su An has been listed as a prime suspect! Do you understand?"
Wang Xiaoya's mind went blank, with only the words "suspect" buzzing in her head.
"Why do you think Su An was called away?" Bai Wei's lips curled into a cruel smile. "It was a diversionary tactic! The organization deliberately called her away to investigate her! You idiot!"
This logic sounds so absurd.
However, in Wang Xiaoya's mind, which was already occupied by fear and chaos, a terrifying and self-consistent closed loop was formed.
Su Anjie is now under suspicion.
Because of me.
Because I ate the chocolate she gave me.
"No...no..." Wang Xiaoya shook her head weakly, tears blurring her vision.
"How long are you going to keep deceiving yourself?" Bai Wei released her hand, took a step back, and looked down at her as if she were a pitiful ant.
"Wang Xiaoya, I'm asking you again, did you really not leave the dormitory that night?"
"I didn't! I really didn't!"
“But I saw it.” Bai Wei’s tone was calm and certain. “I saw someone who looked a lot like you climb out of the back window of your dormitory. Guess, will the organization believe me, an innocent person who offered the clues, or you, who stole food of unknown origin and then denied it to the death?”
Wang Xiaoya was completely desperate.
Yes, Bai Wei is a "witness".
The chocolate stain on the corner of her mouth is "physical evidence".
And she herself has already "confessed".
With witnesses and physical evidence present, she had no way to defend herself.
She finally understood that from the moment Bai Wei "identified" her in front of Instructor Zhang, she had already fallen into a carefully designed trap.
"Why...why did you do this to me...why did you do this...targeting me..." Wang Xiaoya's voice was filled with confusion and pain.
"Targeting you?" Bai Wei seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world. "How could I target you? I'm helping you..."
Bai Wei slowly squatted down, looking directly at Wang Xiaoya, who was slumped on the ground.
For the first time, a hint of pity appeared in her eyes.
“Little girl, actually, I came here today to show you the right path.”
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