No matter how we handle it now, whether it's dividing up dormitories or classrooms, it's not something that can be solved overnight.
"Principal, someone is stealing." After hearing what the principal said, everyone stopped arguing and realized that they had been arguing because of the theft.
"Why don't you call the police? I didn't steal your money. Every penny and every ticket I used was my own."
The woman who had been crying wiped her eyes, her bloodshot eyes filled with hatred as she looked at people.
"Oh, it's no big deal, not worth reporting to the police. Just take the money and return it."
Before the person who was complaining about being robbed could speak, a woman standing next to her started saying nice things.
"The woman who was speaking was the educated youth in our dormitory who had a child. Her name was Sun Fenglian. She was the only one who knew how to play the good guy."
Cheng Qing watched the farce unfold but didn't get involved; she just felt annoyed.
Suti watched the man's eyes dart around, then lost interest and didn't want to watch anymore. She was about to persuade them to leave.
"I didn't steal your money, why should I pay it back? You're making it sound like you're playing the good guy, but aren't you just trying to get me to admit to the crime?"
“I didn’t do it, why should I admit it? You ask me where I got the money and tickets, well I’ll tell you, they were left to me by my parents.”
"I not only have money, but I have more money than I can spend." The man said, pulling out a wad of cash and bills from his pocket, which amounted to at least a hundred.
The people standing there were dumbfounded. The person who lost the money had only lost twenty yuan and some receipts.
That was a small, scattered stack of money that she had painstakingly saved up, unlike her large, unified bills.
"If you ask me where I got so much money, or why I was recommended to come here, then I'll tell you, it was earned with my parents' lives."
"My father was a proud soldier, and my mother was a doctor. They sacrificed their lives to save people when the dam collapsed two years ago."
"They saved more than a hundred people, but they couldn't save themselves, and in the end, they couldn't even find their bodies."
"My grandmother couldn't bear the shock and hanged herself at my parents' funeral, taking my only brother with her with her."
“I was supposed to die, but I was saved in the end, and I just lay in the hospital all alone for a year.”
“I have nothing left. All the organization can give me is this cold money and tickets, and one thank-you letter after another.”
“They told me to live, to live for my parents. I won’t die, because if I die, no one will remember my parents anymore.”
“I was young and in poor health, so they arranged for me to attend the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University first, and then they would arrange for me to work after I graduated.”
"I am meant to live a bright and glorious life. I am not afraid of other people's opinions, so why are you treating me like this?"
"They slandered me as a thief, threw water on my bed, and said I looked like a refugee. If you lay in the hospital for a year, show me how strong you are!"
“The dress I’m wearing was made by my mother herself. It’s not torn, and that’s no reason for you to laugh at me.”
"I only ordered a meat dish once, because the cafeteria rarely makes soup, and my stomach can handle it. Is that the excuse you're using to frame me?"
Every word the man spoke was incredibly clear, and Suti, who was about to leave, stopped.
She stopped talking when she started recounting the disaster relief efforts of the past two years; she felt incredibly distressed.
She tried her best, but not to mention what's far away, the sorrow and hardship are right in front of her now, and what she did was far from enough.
The scene fell completely silent, and even the person who called her a thief seemed at a loss.
"I...I don't know, it's just that...everything is too coincidental." The man stammered.
She wanted to say that she was usually not a good fit in the dormitory, her clothes were tattered, and she never saw anyone eating anything good.
She didn't like to talk, and she was incredibly thin. Plus, there was someone constantly talking badly about her. It's no wonder she was suspicious.
“It’s all because Sun Fenglian said she saw you acting suspiciously in the dormitory and that you were the last one to leave that I became suspicious of you. I shouldn’t have said those things, and I apologize to you.”
That person was also very straightforward; she really didn't expect things to turn out this way.
“What does this have to do with me? I didn’t do anything.” The woman named Sun Fenglian was stunned for a moment, then quickly retorted.
"It was you. You're the one who always loves to gossip in the dorm. You're the one who said you saw Liu Shiying being the last to leave."
"You're the one who called her poor and unhygienic, saying she looks like she has dirty hands and feet. Last time I even saw your child spill water on someone else's blanket after knocking over a cup."
“You clearly saw it but pretended not to. I know I was wrong back then too. I really couldn’t stand Liu Shiying, so I just pretended I didn’t know anything.”
“I was wrong; I shouldn’t have mentioned a hero’s descendant, but you should apologize to him.” The man suddenly became assertive.
They might feel embarrassed to be alone, so they want to bring someone along.
"Alright, you're coming to my office with me." The principal, watching from the side, also felt uneasy; he had remembered what that person had said earlier.
When she first came to their school, she was brought there in a military vehicle. Now he finally understands what happened.
Several people were taken away by the principal, and the remaining people in Cheng Qing's dormitory looked terrified.
“Su Ti, I didn’t expect that Liu Shiying was… I’ve never given her a kind look before.”
Cheng Qing felt terrible. She hadn't said anything unpleasant; she had simply ignored those people.
The main problem is that her dormitory is smoky and noisy all the time, plus there's a child there.
Sun Fenglian would often say, "You're all adults, don't argue with children."
It's no wonder she couldn't have a good attitude in the dorm; she and Liu Shiying had barely exchanged a few words.
"Let's go back first." Su Ti felt even more uneasy. She could tell that Liu Shiying was on the verge of a breakdown.
She didn't know how the principal would deal with the person, but Liu Shiying should be fine, and the thief would definitely be caught.
"Cheng Qing, go back to the dorm and check on that girl, what's her name again? I think they stole the money."
Suti wasn't one to meddle in other people's business; she just wanted Cheng Qing to be careful so she wouldn't be framed later.
That Sun guy doesn't look like a good person at all. Cheng Qing said she was an educated youth who managed to escape and even had a child with her.
Why is she so skeptical? We don't even know what happened in between; it's always good to be cautious.
"Huh?" Cheng Qing perked up when she heard Su Ti say that. She thought about it to herself and seemed to understand something.
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