Zhao Dezhong clapped his hands, looked at the materials and things he had sorted out with satisfaction, turned around and ordered, "Okay, go back, just hand it in tomorrow."
Several students nodded and packed up to leave.
Zhao Hong, who was standing by, hesitated for a long time before finally speaking out, "Brother, why don't you take a break and let me sweep the floor?"
Zhao Dezhong glanced at her, put the briefcase in his hand into the cabinet and locked it, and said with some disdain, "Go back early after you finish sweeping, don't stay here."
Zhao Hong watched him lock the door but was powerless to stop him.
The old man was in a good mood because he had gotten the things himself. He came out humming a song, and when he reached the door, he bumped into the returning student.
"Professor, I just remembered something is wrong. The report you brought back from Xiaoqi is wrong. It's not the one we brought back this time."
Zhao Dezhong was stunned. "What? Did you take the wrong one?"
Ling Xiao is such a careless guy!
"Yes, that's wrong, so we still have to wait for Xiaoqi to come tomorrow." The student was helpless.
The old man sighed, "Okay, forget it, go back and rest..."
He couldn't do anything if the matter was not done...
After walking a few steps, the old man turned back and shouted into the house, "Zhao Hong, hurry up, I'm going to lock the door."
"Coming, coming, right away." Zhao Hong's voice in the room was a little flustered, and when she came out, a look of guilt flashed across her face.
Zhao Dezhong didn't doubt it. He glanced at her and turned around. "Don't come over next time at night. You're always so slow."
Zhao Hong lowered her head and followed quickly, not daring to speak.
The next day.
When Meng Qidi woke up, Ling Xiao was gone and the breakfast she had bought was placed on the table.
After breakfast, she almost ran to school with the report. There was no other way because she had to submit it for review in the morning.
"Finally you're here. I've been waiting for you." Zhao Dezhong was waiting at the school gate. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Xiaoqi arrived early.
Meng Qidi glanced at his hand and asked, "Where's the thing?"
The old man slapped his forehead and said in annoyance, "Forget about it. I was just waiting for you."
"Then let's go in quickly." Meng Qidi was a little helpless. She looked at her watch. Fortunately, it was still early.
The teacher and the student hurried back to the courtyard. The old man opened the door and explained, "Xiao Qi, it's not my fault that this thing didn't work out. Ling Xiao is just careless. I asked him where the thing was and he said it was on the table. It's not that I didn't look. You see, we were in a hurry and didn't have time to look."
Meng Qidi...
You are already speechless about this, what can I say?
Zhao Dezhong walked in with a proud look on his face and said everything he wanted to say, leaving the girl speechless. He was so smart that he managed to save a little dignity.
The teacher and student looked at the cupboard, the door was half open, and there was nothing inside...
The teacher and the student looked at each other. Zhao Dezhong looked strange. "It was stolen?"
Meng Qidi's eyebrows jumped, and she patted the old man's younger generation gently, "You don't have to blame yourself. This is not a case of good intentions leading to bad consequences. Look, the thief stole the wrong report."
The old man rolled his eyes at her and said, "I know who stole it. Zhao Hong was the last one to leave last night. There was no one else left except her."
Yes, when she came out last night, she seemed a little abnormal, so he locked the door when she came out. He couldn't suspect anyone else except her.
Meng Qidi narrowed her eyes, "So, why did she take our report? We have attracted a Zhongshan wolf..."
The old man rolled up his sleeves with anger on his face, "No, I'm going to beat her to death. She eats my food and lives my house, but she's still betraying me!"
"No hurry." Meng Qidi held down the grumpy old man, "Don't we have a backup? First sort out the previous backup and send it over for review with the report in my hand. As for the wrong one, we will make the best of it."
"What do you mean?"
"They must have been watching us for a long time. Aren't you curious about what they want to do?"
"What can he do? He is just stealing our achievements. What a shameless thief." The old man looked dissatisfied.
"Then we'll just wait. If they send it for trial, we'll be able to catch them red-handed."
"What if they don't send it?"
"Then there's no point in keeping it. That report is just a casual observation diary of peppers and cabbages that I wrote. It has nothing to do with the previous data. They may not be able to make it work even if they want to..."
"Since you already have the clue in your mind, why are you still hesitating? Send it for trial right away." The old man yelled angrily.
Meng Qidi twitched the corner of her mouth and hurried to get the spare one. There was nothing she could do because he was the teacher and he had the final say.
Zhao Hong was nervous at home all day. No one came to see her, so she breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the two thousand yuan in her hand. Her face was full of joy. She could earn four thousand yuan just by stealing such a few things. It was really a big profit.
He opened the door and looked around. Seeing no one was paying attention, he put the money in his pocket and slipped out...
After the items were sent for review, Zhao Dezhong couldn't sit still and ran back, but he didn't see Zhao Hong at all. It was Xiao Qi who asked him to buy some meat outside. He saw Zhao Hong arguing with someone in an alley.
He paused and approached suspiciously.
When I got closer, I realized it was Zhao Hong who was pushed out...
"What did you say?"
"Your foster mother is gambling! No, I have to lock the house tightly, otherwise she will sell it one day."
"She's rich?"
Meng Qidi didn't even look up from the time she was chopping vegetables. She was not surprised that Zhao Hong gambled. She probably had lost all the money Meng Yuzhen had given her long ago...
"She must have lost everything. I guess she gave the stuff away last night."
Otherwise, no matter how you earn the money, it will only be useful if you give things away in exchange for money.
However, they can now lock on to the target more easily. If they pay attention to the people who come into contact with Zhao Hong, they can find the person.
The old man felt more and more uncomfortable. "No, I'm still worried that our house will be sold one day. I'll ask her to move out when I get back."
After lunch, the old man went back in a hurry. Meng Qidi cleaned up the table and went out.
She went directly to the manor in the suburbs. Third Master Qiu was reading in the study. Yi Bo was very happy to see Xiao Qi coming over. "Xiao Qi, Third Master is reading. I'll go call him."
"No, I can come to you."
Meng Qidi called him.
Yi Bo smiled and said, "Xiao Qi, what do you need?"
"I want to ask you a few things. What was my mother's relationship with her family like back then?"
"Madam?" Yi Bo sighed. "How should I put it? It's not necessarily true that they have a good relationship. Back then, Mr. Meng loved his little daughter very much and even doted on her two brothers. But after she married into the Qiu family, we found that the family had almost no contact with Madam..."
"Then...will my mother go back to her parents' home? Or will she really cut off all ties?"
"No, Madam would go back to burn incense every time there was a festival, but every time she came back, her eyes were red, as if she was just passing by. No matter how much the Third Master consoled her, it was useless."
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