Chapter 84
At Dou Zhengrong's house, Lin Xiuzhi was still furious about being betrayed by Dou Zhengrong and threatened by the captain. She sat on the edge of the bed and thought bitterly that she would make everyone in this place regret it when she became successful and reached the pinnacle of her life.
Especially Dou Zhengrong and the captain!
She will make them pay for their actions today!
She even maliciously hoped that Meng Yinyin must not be found, because if so, the plot might be able to get back on track without her, and she could also board the sinking ship.
But to her disappointment, Dou Zhengrong and Awu came back not long after and brought back the good news that Meng Yinyin had been found.
When Lin Xiuzhi heard this, a hint of disgust flashed across her eyes.
I didn't expect that God was so blind that he let Meng Yinyin survive.
However, after Lin Xiuzhi muttered a few words in her heart, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, according to the captain's previous attitude, if something really happened to Meng Yinyin, he might have to take the blame and be implicated.
So it's a good thing she didn't die.
Dou Zhengrong and A Wu told Lin Xiuzhi about this purely to see her reaction at the moment. When they noticed that Lin Xiuzhi's first reaction to the news was disappointment, their disgust for Lin Xiuzhi reached its peak.
How vicious a soul must be to show an expression of disappointment or even regret upon hearing that Meng Yinyin returned safely.
Dou Zhengrong didn't want to look at Lin Xiuzhi again, the man who had the face of his wife but had a soul more vicious than that of a traitor!
He took Awu to another room, and the two began to discuss how to start.
But at this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door. Dou Zhengrong and Awu immediately stopped talking and walked out. They saw Meng Yinyin and Yu Xiaoyu hurriedly coming to their door.
"Lin Xiuzhi, give me back my book!"
Book?
What book?
Could it be that Lin Xiuzhi also took someone else's book?
Dou Zhengrong frowned and was about to go in and call Lin Xiuzhi, but Lin Xiuzhi had already come out the moment she heard the noise outside.
She actually didn't want to come out because she did take Meng Yinyin's book and she felt guilty.
But she knew very well that if she didn't come out, she would not be able to escape from such a small house.
So instead of doing this, it would be better to come out and confront Meng Yinyin honestly.
Anyway, she was already unconscious at the time, and there was no one in their yard. If she insisted that she took the book herself, she has to produce some evidence!
Anyway, she will never admit it!
"What are you calling me?"
Lin Xiuzhi walked out with an impatient look on her face.
Meng Yinyin was also in a bad mood. Taking something without asking was considered stealing. Lin Xiuzhi took her book away and now she was still so arrogant. How could there be someone as shameless as her in this world!
"Give my books back! When I was knocked unconscious by Lu Dashan and his gang, the door was open and you went in and took away all the books I had placed in the yard! What you did is no different from a thief!"
When Lin Xiuzhi heard this, she immediately retorted, "Who took your book? Can you please stop talking nonsense here? I don't know what books you have, and I haven't taken any."
Of course she wouldn't admit it.
Meng Yinyin glared at her angrily.
"It was you! Xiaoyu saw you leaving my house with the book in your arms!"
"She's your friend, so of course she's on your side!"
Lin Xiuzhi was not panicked at all, and even felt complacent because she was not seen by anyone except Yu Xiaoyu.
"If you insist on saying that I took your book, then why don't you show me the evidence? I don't believe what Yu Xiaoyu said. God knows what she would say if she stood on your side!"
This person is so shameless!
Meng Yinyin was so angry that she wanted to go up and grab her with her claws.
But she also had to admit that although Lin Xiuzhi was shameless, what she said was not completely unreasonable. Apart from Yu Xiaoyu's words, she really had no other evidence.
Lin Xiuzhi felt so proud when she saw Meng Yinyin and Yu Xiaoyu in such helpless rage.
Even if they knew that they took the book, so what? There is no way to prove it and no evidence!
"Okay, stop being a nuisance here, okay? If you lost your own things, go find them right away. Why do you have to come to someone else's house to cause trouble? It's so annoying!"
Lin Xiuzhi smiled at Meng Yinyin, then turned around and went into the house.
However, at this moment, a childish voice suddenly sounded at the gate of the yard.
"Mom, is this your book? My sister and I found it for you."
It was Dabao's voice.
When everyone heard this, they subconsciously looked back and saw two little kids, Dabao and Erbao, each holding a large stack of books. Due to the weight of the books, they had a hard time holding them, but this did not prevent them from showing expressions of surprise and excitement on their faces.
The two children blinked their big eyes and looked at Lin Xiuzhi, as if asking for compliments.
They helped their mother bring back the books that were left outside. Their mother must be very happy. Once she is happy, she might praise them for being sensible and capable as she did before, and might even hug them.
They can't remember how long it has been since they saw their mother's smiling face and hug.
After all, the two children are still very young, and although they have been disliked by Lin Xiuzhi for a while, they still can't erase their closeness to their mother in their bones.
So they were playing outside just now, and then they accidentally saw Lin Xiuzhi took a bunch of books from somewhere, and carelessly "threw" the books in a bamboo forest where few people usually went.
Although the two children didn't know why their mother went to the bamboo forest, since it was their mother's thing, they naturally would not let it be left outside.
The two children even naively wondered if their mother couldn't carry the books, so she temporarily placed them in the bamboo forest.
If they help her get the book back, wouldn't that be a surprise for her?
At this moment, two children stood in front of Lin Xiuzhi holding books, looking at her eagerly, waiting for her praise.
However, instead of waiting for their mother's smile and praise, they saw their mother's face suddenly darken, and then she couldn't help but raise her voice and scolded: "Who told you two to bring the book back!"
These two idiots!
"Mom, Mom......."
After the two children were yelled at by Lin Xiuzhi, their faces turned pale, and they stepped back unconsciously, looking at her with fear in their eyes.
Upon seeing this, Dou Zhengrong immediately frowned, pulled the two children behind him, and questioned Lin Xiuzhi.
"You're just talking to the child, why do you have to be so fierce?"
"What do you know!"
Lin Xiuzhi clenched her fists in anger.
She had clearly hidden the books well, intending to wait until it was too dark to bring them back, or to find a better place to hide them.
Unexpectedly, her good idea was ruined by these two damn burdens!
They were really sent by God to punish themselves!
Meng Yinyin and Yu Xiaoyu looked at the books in Dabao's hands in amazement and exclaimed, "This is our book!"
"Dabao, where did you find these books?"
Meng Yinyin was quite nice to Dabao and the other two children, so Dabao explained weakly, "Sister Yinyin, we found these books in the bamboo forest..."
"But why do you say this is your mother's book?"
Meng Yinyin pretended to be confused and asked Dabao.
Dabao continued to explain: "Because my sister and I saw mom drop the book in the bamboo forest, so we thought it was her book..."
But looking at it now, I'm not so sure.
Could it be that they were wrong? Otherwise, why would Mom be so angry now?
Dabao lowered his head in disappointment, then looked at Lin Xiuzhi carefully again and asked, "Mom, is this book yours..."
If so, he gave her the book.
If not, he would have given the book to Meng Yinyin.
How should Lin Xiuzhi answer this question?
After all, she had said before that she had never taken Meng Yinyin's book, and had never even seen it.
But now, this brat actually asked her.
If she answered yes, wouldn't that mean she was the one who took Meng Yinyin's book and that she had lied before?
But if she answered no, then wouldn't these books have to return to Meng Yinyin's hands now!
So now it was not right to admit it, nor was it right to deny it. Lin Xiuzhi could only glare at these two children who had ruined her plan.
"Lin Xiuzhi, how about this book? Is it yours?"
Meng Yinyin naturally also saw Lin Xiuzhi's predicament. How angry she was the last second, how happy she was now.
"Hurry up and answer. If you admit that the book is yours, then you have to prove how it is yours."
She was sure that it was impossible for Lin Xiuzhi to read these books carefully in such a short time, so if she dared to shamelessly say that the book was hers, she had to produce some evidence.
Using Lin Xiuzhi's own words just said to shut her up, Meng Yinyin had never experienced anything more satisfying than the moment she was in.
Lin Xiuzhi gritted her teeth and stared at Meng Yinyin, and finally squeezed out two words from between her teeth under the mocking gazes of Meng Yinyin and Yu Xiaoyu.
"no!"
"This book is not mine!"
After weighing the pros and cons, she finally decided to give up the pile of books.
After all, this book is of little use to her. The reason why she wants to get this book is simply to give it to Song Yue or other people who are going to take the college entrance examination in the future.
Then she can sell these books at a high price and make a lot of money.
But in the current situation, it is impossible for her to admit it.
After all, if she admitted it, many things would be exposed, and Meng Yinyin might even sue her for theft. If the case was really reported to the police station, it would be very troublesome.
"Oh, since it's not your book, I'll take it away."
Meng Yinyin smiled and added a few more words.
"By the way, in case you suspect that this book is not mine, I can tell you whose name is written on this book. It is Yu Xiaoyu's name."
Meng Yinyin took a book from Dabao's hand, then opened the title page. Sure enough, she saw Yu Xiaoyu's name on the page, which was enough to prove that these books were theirs.
With the facts before her eyes, what else could Lin Xiuzhi say? In the end, she could only watch Meng Yinyin and Yu Xiaoyu take the books away.
But seeing them leaving with great victory, Lin Xiuzhi still felt unhappy.
With her mind out of control, she suddenly spoke.
"How did you collect all these high school textbooks? Is there any purpose?"
She narrowed her eyes and looked at Meng Yinyin suspiciously, just wanting to know the reason behind Meng Yinyin's behavior.
Meng Yinyin had thought about similar scenarios before, so she had prepared various answers.
However, facing Lin Xiuzhi, she did not say any of the answers she had prepared, but replied with a smile.
"I thought you knew what you were going to do with those books, and I did the same."
What!
Lin Xiuzhi's pupils suddenly shrank and she was extremely frightened.
What does Meng Yinyin mean? Could it be that she is also a time traveler like me?
Otherwise why would she say that and why would she collect so many high school textbooks!
As all the coincidences came together, Lin Xiuzhi immediately believed that Meng Yinyin came from the future just like herself.
She felt inexplicably flustered and did not feel the excitement of her "fellow countryman" at all.
"I'll be leaving now."
After getting the book back and admiring Lin Xiuzhi's changed expression, Meng Yinyin left with satisfaction.
What none of them noticed was that after hearing what Meng Yinyin said, Dou Zhengrong and Awu fell into deep thought.
After Lin Xiuzhi went back to her room in a daze, Ah Wu immediately suggested, "I think we can talk to that educated youth Meng just now. Maybe she knows something."
Dou Zhengrong had the same idea, but Meng Yinyin had just been found and some adjustments might be needed, so the two of them decided to go in the afternoon.
After Meng Yinyin and Yu Xiaoyu returned home, they were both nervous and running around the whole morning and were extremely tired, so they didn't even have lunch and just fell asleep on the bed. It was not until noon that Lu Chen knocked on the door and found no one to open it, so he climbed over the wall and saw that Meng Yinyin's door was closed, and then he guessed that she was probably sleeping.
He didn't know what happened in the morning because the captain and his men had gone to the town's public security bureau and hadn't returned yet.
The rest of the people went home to eat, and there were rarely any other people on the road.
After returning home, he did not stop for a moment and started cutting vegetables and cooking. When he had just finished cooking and was about to call Meng Yinyin, the voice of the captain's wife suddenly came from the door.
"Oh, I just heard that you're back!"
The captain's wife had been keeping an eye on Lu Chen on the captain's behalf, but she happened to be cooking when Lu Chen came back, so she missed him. Fortunately, someone saw Lu Chen coming back and told her immediately, so she hurried over here.
Upon hearing this, Lu Chen could only look at the captain's wife in confusion, wondering if the captain had something to talk to him about.
As a result, when he heard what the captain's wife said, Lu Chen's face suddenly darkened.
How dare Lu Dashan and Jiang Guihua do such a thing!
When the captain's wife saw Lu Chen's expression, she was a little scared, but she also knew that he was only angry with Lu Dashan and his wife, not with her.
She comforted him, "Fortunately, Meng Zhiqing was lucky and had a good life. Nothing happened to her. Lu Dashan and the others have been taken to the Public Security Bureau by your uncle. If you have time, go to the town and talk to the comrades in the Public Security Bureau to testify."
If the person is present, the case will probably be decided more quickly.
Lu Chen's eyes were dark, and he pursed his lips as he nodded.
"Okay, thank you, Auntie. I'll go later."
After bringing the matter to light, the captain's wife left.
At this moment, Lu Chen no longer had the appetite to eat. He turned and looked towards Meng Yinyin's room, his eyes filled with suppressed anger and heartache.
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