Chapter 10: Traveling through time as a kidnapped girl and killing everyone (Ten, Wu Xiaomei Extra 1)
After school, I saw my classmates drinking milk tea and squeezed the dollar in my pocket.
Finally I made up my mind and bought a cup to try.
Many people have been drinking this kind of pearl milk tea recently. I also know that my family’s financial situation is not good and I shouldn’t spend money indiscriminately.
But every time I see them slurping with straws, I always feel a lot of desire in my heart.
Let me drink it just this once, and I won’t waste my mother’s money anymore. I know how hard it is for my mother to earn money.
Finally, I arrived at the door of the owner of the shop at the school gate.
In a voice so soft as to bite a mosquito, he said, "Boss, I want a cup of strawberry milk tea."
"Classmate, what flavor do you want?"
The lady boss was preparing milk tea for other students and didn't hear me ask what flavor I wanted. She just smiled at me kindly.
“This kind!”
I mustered up the courage to say this, and pointed to the strawberry-colored sample next to me.
Soon the proprietress made me a cup of strawberry milk tea and handed it to me.
"Madam, this is one dollar!"
I handed the money to the boss lady, but she didn't take it because she was busy making milk tea for another classmate.
I stood there for a long time holding the milk tea, but she didn't take it away.
"Madam, I put the money on the table."
Thinking that I had to hurry home to do my homework and cook, I said something to the boss's wife.
I put the money on the table next to the milk tea and gave it to her, then prepared to ride my bike home.
"Thief, you thief took my milk tea and didn't pay for it."
I was about to get on my bike when I heard a roar from behind.
Before I could react to what was happening, someone grabbed my arm.
The other people around were looking at me in surprise, as if they also thought I was a thief.
"I didn't. I paid for it. It's on the table."
After hearing what the boss lady said, I hurried to explain, although I tried to speak louder.
But the surrounding environment was too noisy, and it seemed that the boss lady still couldn't hear clearly.
"Madam, we also saw Xiaomei give the money. She just put it on the table."
Fortunately, two female classmates in the class spoke up in time and testified for me.
"You two must be in cahoots with her. I didn't receive any money from her just now."
The proprietress gritted her teeth and pointed at the two female classmates who testified for me.
"No, we don't."
The two female students lowered their heads in grievance. They were clearly just telling the truth.
"I really did, and I had a dollar with a number written on it in pencil.
I wrote an arithmetic formula. Look for it and you will find the numbers I wrote on it."
When I heard that my classmate was wrongly accused, I quickly explained loudly, speaking at the top of my voice.
It’s all because I’m too self-deprecating and introverted. I don’t like to talk in a crowd and always keep my head down.
Even if you speak at the loudest at a critical moment, I'm afraid people won't be able to hear you clearly.
At that moment, I just felt my face getting hot and I couldn't help but lower my head again like before.
But I was obviously not a thief, and I really didn't refuse to pay, so I raised my head stubbornly.
The proprietress grabbed my wrist tightly and dragged me to where she kept the money.
“Find the one dollar you gave me, or I’ll post your information on the door of my store.
Let all your classmates in the school know that you are a thief.
You are still young and don't learn your lesson. If you dare to steal milk tea this time, you will dare to steal other things next time."
The lady boss kept yelling at me in my ear, and her nails were pinching me so hard that I was bleeding.
At this moment, I understand that only by finding that dollar can I prove my innocence.
But strangely enough, I searched through all the cash in the boss lady's drawer, but couldn't find the one with the formula written on it.
"Boss lady, I really did give it to you. Do you have any other place to put the money?"
I looked at the proprietress in panic.
If I can't find it today, I'm afraid I will really become a thief in everyone's eyes, and no one will want to be friends with me in the future.
"Don't quibble, I only have one place to keep my money.
You thief, I will post your information here today so that everyone will know what you have done."
After the scary proprietress finished speaking, she grabbed my schoolbag and wrote down my class information and name.
I don't understand why the proprietress, who was so kind and gentle before, suddenly became so scary. She looked like she wanted to eat me.
"No, I'm not a thief. I really am not."
Seeing that the boss lady had picked up a pen and was writing something, I went forward to grab it, but she pushed me to the ground.
The two female classmates who had testified for me just now helped me up. They were also watching this with fear.
The proprietress actually posted something like a notice at the door of her store.
I wanted to go up and tear it off, but I was no match for her strength. In the end, my classmates all advised me to go home first.
When I got home, my mother was out setting up a stall and had not come back yet.
I sat on the stool alone and cried for a long time before I went to do my homework.
After the meal was ready, my mother didn't come back, so I had to eat alone and go to bed.
I plan to report this to the teacher tomorrow, otherwise the whole class will think I am really a thief.
"Xiaomei, did you cry last night? Why are your eyes so swollen?"
Early the next morning, when my mother was preparing ingredients and clothes for the stall, she noticed something was wrong with my eyes.
"Mom, I'm fine."
I shook my head gently.
I originally wanted to tell my mother, but seeing how busy and tired she was, I didn’t want to bother her with these things.
I should just go to school and report it to the teacher today.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I arrived at the classroom door, the head teacher asked everyone to stop morning reading and asked me to stand next to the podium.
"Wu Xiaomei, you're really capable! Yesterday after school, you actually stole the milk tea from the owner of the milk tea shop.
Now stand here next to the podium and give your word to the class.
You will never be a thief again and never steal other people’s things.”
The head teacher looked at me seriously, and his voice was much harsher than when he scolded those disobedient children in the past.
"Teacher Gou, I didn't steal anything, I didn't..."
After hearing what the teacher said, I couldn't help but shed tears and explained to her with grievance.
"You're a thief and you don't dare admit it. I didn't call your parents because I took into consideration that you grew up in a single-parent family.
I called your mother to the school, but I’m afraid she won’t be able to set up the stall today, and your living expenses will become a problem.
I was thinking of you out of kindness, but you don't appreciate it."
As Teacher Gou spoke, she rushed from the podium to the door. I instinctively shrank back, but she still slapped me.
At that moment, I saw stars and my head was dizzy.
"I'm hitting you for your own good. Now stand next to the podium and do your morning reading."
Teacher Gou didn't allow me to speak anymore and pulled me to the side of the podium.
"Teacher, actually Wu Xiaomei already gave the money yesterday afternoon. We all saw it."
One of the two female classmates who testified for me yesterday timidly raised her hand and stood up.
"You two, come out here, I have something to tell you.
Class monitor, take the lead in reading."
After the head teacher finished speaking in a stern voice, he took the two female students out.
Under everyone's scrutiny, I took out the textbook from my bag with a burning face and read aloud with everyone.
Not long after, the two female classmates came in, but neither of them looked at me again.
It was not until class time that I was allowed to return to my seat and attend class.
However, when I was in Teacher Gou's class, she still called me to stand at the door as punishment.
When the head teacher passed by, he asked Teacher Gou what had happened.
I thought that once the head teacher came over, I could go back to my seat.
I was overthinking it all. The head teacher even asked Teacher Gou to discipline me.
But I really am not a thief, but no one is willing to believe me.
Even when I pulled the two female classmates who had testified for me before and asked them to speak for me, they refused.
All my classmates wanted to stay away from me, and no one wanted to be friends with me anymore.
They even discussed privately that if they continued to stay with a thief like me, sooner or later he would steal from them.
That’s not the case, it’s obviously not the case, but no one wants to listen to my explanation.
My classmates and teachers treated me like this for two days in a row. I didn’t know how to explain it, and I didn’t dare tell my mother.
It wasn't until I was isolated by my classmates again during the physical education class in the afternoon that I thought of committing suicide to prove my innocence.
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