The next day, Tuesday.

A ray of morning sunlight shone into the guest bedroom.

Lu Xing woke up from the soft, comfortable mattress and glanced at little Lu Xing.

This was the bad thing about being young.

It’s easy to get fired up.

Lu Xing got dressed, packed his things, and left the villa.

Sitting on the bus to school, Lu Xing ate a six-yuan hand-pulled pancake and couldn’t help but laugh.

“Ah, this is the bad thing about this line of work. The disparity is too great.”

One second he was lying on a mattress worth 188,000 yuan, and the next he was squeezing onto a bus to eat breakfast.

Many people in this line of work always think, just wait until I’ve earned enough.

Once I’ve earned enough, I’ll definitely quit!

But that feeling of spending money like water, of drunken gold and debauchery, is like an addiction, not easy to quit.

“But thankfully, I can wear a ten-thousand-yuan T-shirt, and I can also wear a nine-yuan-and-ninety-cent T-shirt.”

Lu Xing’s desire for material things was extremely low. The sole purpose of making money was for his grandpa’s medical bills and that orphanage.

Now that both matters were about to be resolved, of course, he could wash his hands of it all smoothly.

In June, everything will restart!

“Damn it!”

After looking forward to the future, Lu Xing suddenly had a feeling.

“Why does this feel like I’m raising a flag?” 

…

When he arrived at school, Lu Xing rushed to the classroom.

As soon as he entered the door.

He suddenly sensed that something was wrong!

There was a feeling of a storm brewing.

First, Demon Lord Li was sitting at the podium with a grave expression. Secondly, all the students in the class were present.

Even Xia Yeshuang, that elusive art student, was there!

When Lu Xing reached the door, everyone’s gaze shot towards him.

If it were an i-person, their voice would be trembling and their legs would be weak. Unfortunately, Lu Xing had long since been trained. He asked calmly. 

(TL: “i-person” refers to an introvert in the MBTI personality test.)

“I’m not late, am I?”

Demon Lord Li glanced at Lu Xing. “Hurry up and come in. I have something to say.”

Seeing Lu Xing seated, Demon Lord Li cleared her throat and said.

“This morning, classmate Hu Zhongzhong told me that the three thousand yuan in cash he had in his schoolbag yesterday has vanished!”

Whoa.

The whole classroom erupted in clamor. Li Dachun poked Lu Xing’s arm and reminded him.

“Xing-xing, there’s a thief in the school recently. You have to keep your money safe.”

Lu Xing nodded.

“It’s fine. I encountered this kind of situation in middle school too.”

Huh?

Li Dachun asked curiously, “What happened then?”

Lu Xing recalled for a moment and said innocently.

“There was a thief in the class, so the teacher asked everyone to register how much money they had lost.”

“I didn’t lose any money, because I didn’t have any money at all!”

Li Dachun got anxious.

“Then if you didn’t lose any money, would they not believe you?!”

Lu Xing smiled.

“So I still wrote on the registration form that I had lost fifty yuan.”

Li Dachun: ???

Lu Xing continued.

“Later, after the thief was caught, the school required him to return the money according to the registration form.”

Lu Xing happily received fifty yuan.

He still remembers the look the thief gave him, his eyes filled with one sentence—

[I’ve wronged everyone, but I sure as hell haven’t wronged you!]

Li Dachun silently gave him a thumbs-up.

“Awesome!”

As expected.

As expected of you!

The strong never complain about the environment!

…

On the podium, Demon Lord Li was still reiterating the seriousness of the matter.

Below the podium, Lu Xing and Li Dachun were hiding their faces with textbooks, secretly whispering.

Demon Lord Li looked at the victim, Hu Zhongzhong. “How do you think this matter should be resolved?”

Hu Zhongzhong pondered for a moment and said:

“My money was lost between noon and evening yesterday. So I want to ask all the students in the class if they can talk about where they went yesterday and if anyone can prove it?”

Hiss…

Demon Lord Li stroked her chin, thinking with some doubt, what about the more withdrawn students?

Seeing that Demon Lord Li was a bit hesitant, Hu Zhongzhong immediately repeated the script Wang Anxiang had given him.

“Teacher, I absolutely will not allow this kind of money-stealing behavior in our class. I originally wanted to tell my dad, but then I thought, if we can find the person without making a big fuss, that would be a good thing too.”

Demon Lord Li’s brow instantly furrowed.

This Hu Zhongzhong’s father was from the Public Security Bureau. If he came, this matter would be difficult to handle…

“Alright, everyone, don’t be nervous. Just talk about what you did yesterday.”

Demon Lord Li agreed. A flash of pleasant surprise appeared in Hu Zhongzhong’s eyes.

Good, good, good!

What Wang Anxiang said really works!

Hu Zhongzhong asked the students one by one, and basically, everyone could give an account.

As he asked, Hu Zhongzhong’s back no longer ached and his legs no longer hurt. He suddenly felt a sense of power, and his face was glowing.

Li Dachun cursed under his breath.

“Idiot.”

Lu Xing looked at Hu Zhongzhong with the eyes one would use to look at a retard and nodded in agreement.

“Treating every student as a thief and questioning them, isn’t this just asking for revenge later? Who gave him this stupid idea?”

A long-lasting, gentle pleasure versus a one-second explosive pleasure. The choice is easy, right?

The latter can lead to stomach problems. (TL: A veiled insult implying that short-term gratification can lead to long-term negative consequences.)

Hu Zhongzhong didn’t ask in great detail, so the process went quickly at the beginning.

But when it came to Lu Xing, he suddenly stopped and showed a kind smile.

“Classmate Lu, what did you do yesterday at noon?”

An alarm bell instantly went off in Lu Xing’s mind.

This is bad. He’s coming for me!

In a classroom, the treatment of a thief and a suspected thief is basically the same. 

Lu Xing suddenly understood what Hu Zhongzhong was trying to do.

So boring.

Kids really have a strong desire for revenge.

“At noon, I went out of school to the ‘Kate Second-hand Luxury’ store. After school, I went straight home. I didn’t attend evening self-study.”

Hu Zhongzhong only knew that Lu Xing had gone out at noon, but he hadn’t expected him to go to a second-hand luxury store?

He said with a passive-aggressive tone.

“Classmate Lu is quite rich, huh? You can even go window-shopping at a second-hand luxury store.”

With this sentence, the way the people in the class looked at Lu Xing changed.

Especially Demon Lord Li.

She was the homeroom teacher, so she knew about Lu Xing’s status as an orphan.

So…

Where did an orphan get the money to go to a second-hand luxury store?

Li Dachun was furious and said loudly.

“It’s none of your business where he goes! I saw Xing-xing go out with my own eyes, okay?!”

Hu Zhongzhong pushed him down.

“You’re his deskmate. Your words are not credible. Besides, did you go with him? I don’t think so, right?”

Li Dachun gritted his teeth.

Lu Xing had anticipated this situation.

If he had made up a fake place, he would definitely be exposed.

Everyone’s gaze was focused on Lu Xing. Lu Xing was not flustered at all and said calmly.

“I went to the second-hand luxury store to see the world. Classmate Hu is more amazing than me. The son of a policeman casually leaves three thousand yuan lying around. Tsk, I also want my son to live this kind of life.”

Hiss—

Such, such strong attack power!

Hu Zhongzhong was startled and stammered, “You, you, you, what nonsense are you talking!”

Even if he was a fool, he knew this was a sensitive topic, so he quickly moved past it.

Hu Zhongzhong quickly thought of the next question. A witness… yes, a witness.

Ask him for a witness!

A loner like Lu Xing, where would he get a witness?

A bumpkin like him definitely can’t afford things from a second-hand luxury store, so if he doesn’t have a receipt, who can prove he went?

A round of reasoning as fierce as a tiger, and Hu Zhongzhong was instantly confident.

“Who went with you? Do you have a witness?”

Lu Xing was silent.

The next second.

“Me.”

“Me.”

Two voices echoed in the classroom at the same time.

Lu Xing lowered his head and curled his lips.

The cat is in the bag.

Time to clock out!

…

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