Bai Jiaojiao could tell that Huang Shifeng was trying to exonerate Chen Meizhen, and her face immediately turned cold.
"You're right, I will definitely find out the truth about this."
"How would you like to investigate?" Bai Jiaojiao asked.
"Well... how about this, I'll have someone contact the class monitor first, and you can all stay here and clear things up properly."
“Teacher, if talking would be effective, we wouldn’t have come here.”
Bai Jiaojiao said.
“That’s not what I meant. We have to investigate step by step.” Huang Shifeng was known for his good temper. He calmed everyone down and said, “How about this, you call Chen Meizhen over first.”
"Teacher, the money was lost at night, and the class monitor wasn't in class last night, so it's pointless to ask her to come over."
"So, Bai Jiaojiao, what you mean is...?"
Bai Jiaojiao said, "Teacher, you can just go and catch the thief."
Huang Shifeng also found it troublesome, as calling Chen Meizhen would take too much time, so he said, "Well then, what you said makes sense. If this matter has nothing to do with the class monitor, there's no need to have her come."
Xu Yue agreed, "Yes, teacher. Let's go to the dormitory now. If the money is lost, there will definitely be traces; it can't just disappear into thin air."
What she was really saying was that someone else was stealing the money, but she also left half a sentence unsaid: Chen Meizhen might be crying wolf.
However, after thinking about it for a while, Xu Yue felt that it was impossible. Although she disliked Chen Meizhen, to be honest, given Chen Meizhen's family background, where couldn't she get ten yuan from, or even steal class fees?
Huang Shifeng also understood Xu Yue's meaning. There were six girls in their class, and it was obvious who they suspected, besides the three in front of them and the class monitor.
However, as a homeroom teacher, he couldn't be biased towards the one-sided accounts of these three individuals.
"Then take me to see your dorm."
Huang Shifeng is a male teacher who never goes to the girls' dormitory. He was a little reserved and waited at the door of the girls' dormitory in his class.
Xu Yue went in first and said to Zhang Mai and Hu Xiao, who were in the dormitory, "You two pack your things. I told Teacher Huang about the money that was stolen yesterday. He's at the door right now."
"You really went to tell the teacher? Didn't Chen Meizhen say she covered it herself?" Zhang Mai asked.
"You make it sound so easy! This concerns her character. How can Shu Manling face the world if we don't investigate this thoroughly? Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and pack your things so Teacher Huang can come in!" Xu Yue said discontentedly.
Zhang Mai pouted and sat up in bed.
After Huang Shifeng came in, he asked, "Which bed is the squad leader in? When did you discover that the money was missing?"
Zhang Mai answered first: "Teacher, this morning the class monitor wanted to come back to get the class funds for the vice class monitor, but found that the money was missing."
“Shu Manling and I ate out during the day yesterday, and we stayed together after we got back in the evening. How could she possibly steal money!”
"You two have a good relationship, so your testimony doesn't count."
"Zhang Mai, it's just that we didn't give you the food we brought from Bai Jiaojiao's house, why are you being so aggressive!"
Xu Yue and Zhang Mai started arguing in front of Huang Shifeng. Huang Shifeng raised his hand and said, "Alright, alright, you're all adults, stop arguing. Zhang Mai, didn't you already go through Shu Manling's things? Since you have no evidence, don't make things up. You should trust your classmate."
"Teacher, she must have hidden it very well. Her family situation is terrible; she even borrows money to pay the class fees. Ten yuan is a lot of money for her!"
"Even if I'm poor and starve to death, I will never steal!" Shu Manling's eyes were red with anger.
Zhang Mai looked away, as if he didn't want to talk to her.
"Teacher, I think everything should be fair. We all live in the dormitory, so we're all under the same suspicion. We can't treat people differently just because they have better or worse conditions. Since Shu Manling's things have already been searched, shouldn't everyone else's things be searched too?"
"Why is she going through my things?" Zhang Mai grabbed Hu Xiao. "Say something! Why is she going through my things?!"
"When you were going through Shu Manling's things, didn't you ever think about what gave you the right?!"
Xu Yue retorted.
Shu Manling recalled how all her luggage had been turned out and laid out in front of everyone, and the embarrassment of being caught in a bind reached its peak at that moment. Just thinking about it now makes her blush.
“If you’re not willing, we’ll go through the proper procedures and have the police search your property. We certainly don’t have the right to touch your personal belongings, but you’re willing to cooperate with the police investigation, right?”
Ten yuan isn't a lot, but it's not a little either, but it's class funds, so it's a different matter.
"Hey, there's no need to call the police. We should try to handle it ourselves!" Huang Shifeng still didn't want things to escalate, otherwise he wouldn't be able to report to his superiors.
"Fine, let's flip it over. We've done nothing wrong! Right, Hu Xiao?" Zhang Mai didn't want to make things difficult for Huang Shifeng and leave a bad impression on the teacher, so she sat down on the stool.
"Yes, investigate. We're not afraid of your investigation!"
Hu Xiao also sat down next to Zhang Mai.
Although Huang Shifeng felt it was somewhat inappropriate, he thought it would be best if the girls could keep the matter in their dorm room rather than go to the police station: "I don't want to look at your female classmates' personal belongings. How about this, I'll go out for half an hour first, and you can search the dorm room carefully to see if any money is missing."
It was ten yuan, full of small bills and some denominations of a few cents. There was quite a stack of them, so it wasn't easy to hide. If it were in the dormitory, you could definitely find it.
"Teacher, don't leave yet, go through mine first," Bai Jiaojiao suddenly said.
"Turning yours?"
Shen Heng couldn't wait to tell the whole world that Bai Jiaojiao was his wife, so Huang Shifeng also knew that Bai Jiaojiao didn't usually live in the dormitory.
"Teacher, I don't have any personal belongings here, so it's fine for you to leave them."
Bai Jiaojiao only had one set of bedding and emergency toiletries in her dormitory.
"If you haven't gone back to the dormitory, then you're not a suspect, and the teacher believes you."
These students are young and new to the area, so how could Huang Shifeng not know how much it costs to buy a house outside?
Bai Jiaojiao has moved out, and with nothing better to do, she sneaks into the dormitory to steal ten yuan.
Bai Jiaojiao did not respond to Huang Shifeng's words, but instead started to turn over her bed.
Huang Shifeng didn't leave either. Although he didn't know Bai Jiaojiao's intentions, he watched with bated breath.
The moment the blanket was lifted, the bills pressed inside flew up with the movement, scattering scattered across the bed. Needless to say, it was the class fund.
"How...how did this get here?" Huang Shifeng looked at the money on the bed in surprise, then at Bai Jiaojiao.
Surrender?
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