"She really did faint?"
Guo Tianya clicked her tongue and immediately kicked Su Qiaoqiao without hesitation: "Comrade thief! You think pretending to faint will work?"
But Su Qiaoqiao really fainted. She had never experienced such a humiliation in her life, and she fainted from anger.
Jiang Aiguo waved his hand and said, "Have someone keep an eye on this bundle, and the other one on the ground too! Keep an eye on them both! Don't let her have a chance to switch them!"
Sun Shengtian hurriedly slipped over, ready to make a move.
"etc!"
Wang Chuntao stopped her, "Even if she's a thief, she's still a girl! Don't touch a girl's things!"
"Yes! Let's get started!"
Guo Tianya licked her lips as she spoke, "Su Qiaoqiao said she had money in her bag. Let's check to see if she actually has any and see if she's lying."
"Yes, yes, she might have other things to cause trouble in her bag! Quick, check it out!"
Sun Shengtian stood to the side, his hands itching to grab them.
"Alright!" Jiang Aiguo nodded and pointed to Guo Tianya and Ai Shengnan: "You two, start searching through this bundle!"
He then pointed at Shulan and said, "Shu, you come here. You and Sister Chuntao, turn over the other one!"
The group sprang into action and quickly divided up the tasks.
Zhong Misu stood there blankly, muttering, "Last night, when I was packing my luggage, none of these things were in there... This... this paper... if I remember correctly, she used it to wrap medicine! Why did she take it out? What was she trying to do? What exactly happened? Ah... why can't I remember anything!"
The onlookers whispered among themselves as they watched the four girls rummage through Su Qiaoqiao's two bundles.
Nobody thought anything was wrong.
Instead, everyone was curious about what good things such a pampered young lady might have in her bag.
Sure enough, Su Qiaoqiao from Haicheng had quite a few good things in her bag—girls' underwear, her novel and unique hair accessories, her newly made cover-up, and even her diary were all taken out.
Zhong Misu stared blankly at everyone.
This seemed like an unconscious revelry; once labeled a thief, Su Qiaoqiao lost everything.
The men present were especially excited, their eyes glued to every item in her bundle, afraid of missing a single detail they might remember later.
Sun Shengtian even started swallowing his saliva frantically.
This holiday today was totally worth it!
After searching both bundles, not a single penny was found.
However, at the bottom of the other bundle, a large amount of yellow paper was also found.
The crowd erupted in uproar once again.
Just then, acting captain Ding Liming finally arrived late.
Before they even arrived, the cursing began: "You bunch of troublemakers from the city, can't you ever have a moment's peace? Don't you know the harvest season starts tomorrow? Instead of conserving your energy today, what the hell are you all causing trouble for?"
As he entered the room, his eyes widened at the sight of the yellow papers in the two large bundles on the ground.
He felt like he was being electrocuted, and his hands started shaking: "What the hell... what the hell is this?!"
Wang Chuntao replied, "What we see... looks like those yellow papers used for feudal superstition!"
Ding Liming glanced at her sideways: "Of course I know this is yellow paper! I'm asking—who the hell is this?!"
All eyes turned to Su Qiaoqiao, who had fainted on the ground.
Ding Liming muttered to himself in disbelief, "Possessed?!"
Jiang Aiguo stepped forward: "Second Captain Ding, it's like this—this Comrade Su Qiaoqiao is one of the four new educated youths who have arrived. As soon as she arrived, she broke the lock on Su Ruyi's room and then moved her luggage inside."
"What?! Bandits have come down from the mountain?!" Ding Liming's eyes widened. "Then she... was knocked unconscious by Su Ruyi?!"
Su Ruyi hurriedly said, "Captain, I didn't hit her!"
Hearing the pleasant and agreeable address of "Brigade Leader," and looking at the pretty girl in front of him, Ding Liming's expression softened: "Su Zhiqing, don't worry, the brigade will stand up for you!"
Su Ruyi nodded and said, "She not only broke my lock without permission, but also stole 187.53 yuan from my zither drawer. We just found it on her, and everyone can witness it!"
Ding Liming looked at everyone in disbelief.
Everyone immediately chimed in with their own opinions:
"That's right! We saw it with our own eyes!"
"There was also a note written to her by Su Zhiqing's brother hidden in the money!"
"Caught red-handed!"
"Put this thief back!"
"We don't want her!"
...
"Wait!" Ding Liming pointed to the yellow paper on the ground, silencing the crowd. "We'll talk about the thief later. What... what's with all this yellow paper?!"
The group looked at each other, bewildered: "We don't know either!"
Wang Chuntao replied, "This Su Qiaoqiao is stubborn. She said she didn't steal any money and that her family is rich. But when we opened her bags and searched, there wasn't a single penny in either of them!"
Ding Liming waved his hand impatiently: "I'm asking about this yellow paper! What did she do with this yellow paper?!"
"No, not at all!" Jiang Aiguo thought for a moment, "She probably didn't even have time to do anything before someone discovered her stealing the money!"
Ding Liming frowned, stepped forward, and nudged Su Qiaoqiao with his foot.
Su Qiaoqiao kept her eyes tightly closed and remained motionless.
Ding Liming squatted down: "Go, get me a bowl of cold water!"
Sun Shengtian quickly brought over his foot bath basin, which was about half full of murky water.
Zhong Misu snapped out of her daze and hurriedly threw down the yellow paper in her hand, rushing forward: "No!"
But it was too late; Sun Shengtian had already splashed half a basin of foot-washing water onto Su Qiaoqiao's face.
Su Qiaoqiao still hadn't woken up.
"Alright!" Ding Liming looked around, then pointed to Wang Chuntao and the seemingly stronger Guo Tianya, "You two, take this thief to the village clinic first! Keep a close eye on her! Wait until she wakes up..."
"Don't bother my master! He has trouble walking!" Su Ruyi interrupted him, stepped forward, and held a golden needle in her hand.
She pushed through the crowd and deftly inserted the golden needle into Su Qiaoqiao's philtrum, turning it three times.
Su Qiaoqiao woke up instantly, but her eyes were still rolled back slightly, and she wandered around for a while before returning to her original position.
Upon recognizing Su Ruyi, he immediately shoved her away, saying, "Stay away from me!"
"How ungrateful you are!"
Shulan whispered, "Su Zhiqing just saved your life with an acupuncture needle!"
Zhong Misu stared blankly at the golden needle in Su Ruyi's hand.
She... knows medicine?
She actually... knows medicine?
And, judging from his appearance... he seems quite skilled at it?
Zhong Misu quickly averted her gaze from Su Ruyi's face, and looked up at the sky with a desolate expression—this "test" was far too difficult!
He wasn't sure if he could pass this test and maintain his original feelings for Su Qiaoqiao.
Good heavens, isn't it Su Qiaoqiao who's going through this tribulation, it's him?
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