Chapter 215 Who stole it?
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The moon and stars are sparse.
Ye Jiao was busy all day long before arriving at the educated youth site. Many people had caught a cold in the past two days, and she was so busy running around that she wished she had three heads and six arms.
She lay down on the bed and habitually felt under the straw mat. The watch her master gave her was too precious. She was reluctant to wear it and was afraid of getting it dirty or damaged, so she only took it out to touch and look at it after a busy day.
Unexpectedly——
Empty? Where's her handkerchief?
Ye Jiao jumped off the bed in fright, opened the door and saw nothing!
She thought it had fallen somewhere, so she almost lifted up the entire straw mat to check thoroughly, but still couldn't find it. She searched everywhere near the bed, but still couldn't find it!
Huang Yan saw her anxious and frantic appearance as soon as she entered the room. "What are you looking for?"
"The things I put under the bed are gone! I wrapped them in a handkerchief. The money, cloth coupons and the watch my master gave me were all in it! They're gone!" Ye Jiao was almost crying, and even her voice was trembling with tears.
"Huh? Did you look under the bed? How could it be gone? Don't worry, it might have fallen somewhere."
Huang Yan also helped to look for it. She had seen the thing that Ye Jiao mentioned. After all, they had known each other for so many years and slept in the same bed every night, so it was hard for her not to know.
The two searched the entire house but couldn't find it. Ye Jiao was completely devastated and couldn't stop crying. "Why did it disappear... Did someone steal it?"
Huang Yan breathed in exhaustion. "There are quite a lot of educated youth returning to the city these days. If something gets stolen, it'll be hard to find out who stole it!"
"That thief is really cunning! She chose a day like this to steal things! I wonder if she has stolen other people's things... I'll go check mine!"
After the two realized that the things were most likely stolen by someone who broke into the house, they began to check if anything else was missing. Huang Yan had almost packed her luggage, but unlike Ye Jiao, she kept all the valuables such as money on herself.
After checking, Huang Yan found nothing missing. She sat down next to Ye Jiao and asked, "Who on earth would be so bold as to steal something? Aren't they afraid of being caught by the commune? And at this critical moment, if they were caught, they would probably be trapped in the countryside for the rest of their lives, unable to return to the city!"
Ye Jiao didn't care about money. What she treasured most was not only the watch given by her master, but also... a button.
When she first went to the countryside, there was a heavy snow during the Chinese New Year. She wanted to send a letter home. Usually, there would be someone in the village commune who would help them send letters.
That night, it was snowing heavily. She slipped and fell, tumbling down the village road into the pond.
Although the snow was heavy, there was only a thin layer of ice on the surface of the pond. Ye Jiao couldn't swim and had no way to save herself.
It was getting dark and she couldn't see anything. The flashlight fell into the water. She struggled desperately and shouted for help. The icy water penetrated her body and her hands and feet were numb from the cold.
Just when she thought she might really die, she vaguely heard someone jumping into the pond. Not long after, Ye Jiao touched an arm. She grabbed onto it tightly as if it were a life-saving straw.
Unfortunately, she was so cold that she lost consciousness and fainted soon after.
When she woke up again, she was lying on a bed in the clinic.
Liu Xi was on duty at the health center at that time. She asked who saved her. Liu Xi said that Jiang Huaichuan sent her there. He also comforted her and said that the letter she lost had also been sent out.
Ye Jiao was holding a button in her hand. It was a style she had seen before. She had pulled it off the man's sleeve at that time.
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