Chapter 25 The Thief is Caught
Chapter 25: The Thief is Caught
The captain narrated the whole incident to the five men. After listening to it, the five men shook their heads. Among them, Mrs. Zhang was extremely quiet, not at all as aggressive as usual.
Huo Linyuan narrowed his eyes and stared at Mrs. Zhang.
This old woman Zhang, who was usually very noisy, aggressive, and overbearing with a loud voice, was like a quail at this moment, making Huo Linyuan suspect that the things lost by the educated youth were stolen by her.
Mrs. Zhang felt a sharp gaze sweeping towards her. She followed the gaze and saw Huo Linyuan's eyes were sharp and gloomy, as if he wanted to see through her...
Mrs. Zhang was startled and lowered her head guiltily.
The captain questioned the five people one by one, and each of them had a passport.
This made the captain feel troubled.
"Captain, I know who the thief is." An Lan stood up calmly.
"Who is it?" Captain 꺶 was a little curious about how this educated youth An knew about it.
"Captain 꺶, this thief is her!" An Lan raised her hand slightly, her slender fingers graceful.
Everyone looked in the direction of An Lan's finger and were shocked to see that it was Mrs. Zhang!
"Mrs. Zhang, it's you. Hurry up and hand over the stolen goods. Don't waste my family's time."
"That's right, Mrs. Zhang, you are so brave. You actually stole something. Aren't you afraid of going to jail?"
"Mrs. Zhang, you are such a disgrace to the village. You actually dared to steal things. There was one less chicken in my house last month. Did you steal it?"
"My family is also short of three eggs. Did you steal them?"
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These four people didn't care whether Mrs. Zhang was a thief or not, they were just angry. They hadn't finished their housework yet, but they were called over by the team leader for a confrontation. They were already angry, and they all had some grudges against Mrs. Zhang. When they heard that Mrs. Zhang was a thief, they felt like they were in trouble and vented all their emotions on Mrs. Zhang.
"Captain, I didn't! This is none of my business. Aren't the doors of the Youth League Institute locked? I don't have the key, so how did I get in?" Mrs. Zhang was a little scared when she saw everyone criticizing her, but she still pretended to be calm and changed the subject.
When everyone heard this, they realized that this made sense. The doors and windows were in good condition, and it was obvious that the thief had opened the door to get in.
"An Lan, don't talk nonsense. It was obviously you who stole it. Only you have the key! Only you can open the door." Li Yanli spoke in a low voice, afraid that others could not hear her. Then she turned to look at Zhang Chunmei: "Is it Zhang Chunmei? You said you gave the key to An Lan this morning."
Seeing An Lan calm and composed, Zhang Chunmei hesitated a little, but she had given her the key, so she had to answer truthfully: "Yes, because An Zhiqing was the one who cooked in the evening, so I gave her the key in advance."
Everyone exclaimed "Wow" and looked at An Zhiqing with a somewhat ambiguous look.
"Isn't this An Zhiqing from Kyoto? Why would he steal something?"
"That's true. Some people steal things but don't care what they steal. Instead, they enjoy the process of stealing. It's thrilling and exciting. What do you call it? Oh, that's right. It's a stealing addiction."
"Stealing addiction? Does that mean you feel uncomfortable if you don't steal something for a day?"
"This An Zhiqing looks clean and innocent, he doesn't look like someone with this kind of problem!"
"You can only know the face but not the heart. The more harmless a person is, the more likely he is to be harmless."
"I didn't expect that this educated youth An is like this. Then it was also true that he went into the woods with Huo Langzai last time..." The person who spoke was a notorious second-rate guy in the village named Er Mazi. He not only had a pointed face, but also had pockmarks all over his face. Just looking at him made people feel sick.
At this moment, he glanced at An Lan with lustful eyes, especially noting that An Lan had a slender waist but a bulging chest, which he estimated that he could not even grasp with his hands.
Thinking of this, his heart warmed up, and his eyes became more wanton.
However, he didn't expect that a tall figure blocked his view. Er Mazi looked up, but met a pair of cold eyes. It was Huo Linyuan!
His eyes were cold, and Er Mazi felt a chill down his spine when he looked at him. Add to that the rumor that Huo Linyuan could kill a wild boar with one punch, and he was even more fearful.
Never dare to look around again!
"Key, are you sure I'm the only one who has it? Doesn't Bai Weiwei have it?" An Lan asked with a smile instead of anger.
"This..." Zhang Chunmei heard An Lan say this and then remembered that Bai Weiwei, as the monitor of the female dormitory, had a spare key, but because they had never used the spare key, they had forgotten it.
When the people at the Youth Institute heard this, they all nodded.
"What nonsense are you talking about? You locked Weiwei up in the cowshed, and you still framed her! An Lan, don't go too far." Li Yanli was a little indignant, feeling that An Lan was just looking for excuses.
"Haha, then I don't know. After all, she is the leader. She can do it for her just by waving her hand."
"What do you mean?" Li Yanli was so angry that she jumped up and down. An Lan's sarcastic look seemed to mean that she helped open the door to steal his things. Was she that stupid?
"Okay, stop arguing, An Zhiqing, tell me why you think Mrs. Zhang is a thief." The captain came out at the right time to interrupt the conversation between the two.
"Look here, there is a footprint. It's in the shape of a water drop and only three inches small. Except for Mrs. Zhang, no one else here has bound feet." An Lan pointed to a mud mark on the quilt and explained in an orderly manner.
Everyone took a look, and it was true!
This footprint is very small, different from ordinary footprints.
The only person with such footprints in the whole village was Mrs. Zhang. It was said that Mrs. Zhang bound her feet because she wanted to marry into a wealthy family as a concubine. However, after the founding of New China, she encountered the impact of Western culture and no one liked foot binding anymore.
On the contrary, no one liked Mrs. Zhang, so she had to marry a farmer in a hurry.
"It's not me, Captain, it's not me! I didn't steal it." Mrs. Zhang was so scared that her face turned pale and sweat broke out on her forehead.
"Whether it was stolen or not, we can tell by comparing them." Chen Cuijuan directly took the quilt and wanted to compare it with Mrs. Zhang's shoes.
When the others saw this, they all went up to hold down Mrs. Zhang.
Mrs. Zhang refused to do it and struggled with a shrill voice: "What are you doing? You bastards can't touch my feet! Only my old man can do that."
Captain 꺶 didn't care about these bad customs and habits. He directly asked Yao Chun to pull out Mrs. Zhang's feet and print them on the quilt.
Sure enough, the footprints were exactly the same.
Mrs. Zhang collapsed on the ground, her eyes dull...
There was only one thought in my mind, it's over!
Upon seeing this, Captain 꺶 did not even bother to interrogate 깊, but directly ordered 그 to search Mrs. Zhang's house.
After a while, a large amount of things were found in Mrs. Zhang's house, which were the things lost by the educated youth.
"Where is my suitcase?" An Lan took a look and didn't find his suitcase, so he turned to Mrs. Zhang and asked.
"I don't know." Mrs. Zhang's eyes flickered and she shook her head.
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