Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 207: Strange Tales and Oddities

Chapter 207: Chapter 207: Strange Tales and Oddities

Zhen Yan’s entrance ranking was within the top one hundred of his grade, ranked fourteenth in his class.

According to what he said, he was still able to keep up with the study pace of the class.

After finalizing the labor and materials for the shop’s renovation, Zhen Yu paid half of the money upfront and directly left the supervision to Zhang San and Li Si. They agreed that the work should be completed within a month—by the end of October, she would come back to Qi City to inspect the work, and if there were no issues, she would pay the final amount.

The following days didn’t differ much from previous years; they rolled forward day by day.

Because Zhen Yu was occupied with many matters, the two bundles of firewood she had assigned to the class were collected by the Han Family Brothers on her behalf.

Fu Yu hadn’t found an opportunity to give out his love letter, and he didn’t have the courage to speak up directly, so he continued to shamelessly cling to Zhen Yu.

The school’s Yellow Mud Stove was set up again, and the desks and chairs were once more split into two rows. The temperature outside was dropping day by day, and in the blink of an eye, it was the harsh winter where stoves were heated and lunches were brought again.

By the end of November, a rumor began to circulate amongst the female students at Siying School.

The content of the rumor claimed that some girls saw a shadow passing under the latrine...

Down there was a manure pit... and in the cold northeastern winter, even the feces would freeze solid—definitely, no one would be there to scoop manure! Besides, the school would notify the students in advance to avoid the area whenever someone was scheduled to clean underneath.

Since it wasn’t someone cleaning the manure, what could they be there for?

Quite a few girls firmly stated they saw that the person had short hair...

Others said, "Suddenly making eye contact... it scared me to death!" It was as if... their legs went soft from fear at that moment!

These messages came from who knows which class and which person’s mouth, and it has become impossible to verify.

Some girls vehemently claimed: "...A bone-chilling touch, I jumped up immediately out of fright!"

The female students were panic-stricken and no longer dared to go to the bathroom alone.

When Zhen Yu heard about this from Bai Xue, she immediately recalled a past tragedy.

Back then, various rumors circulated among the female students, which eventually caught the school authorities’ attention!

Just as the school teachers emphasized, "Both boys and girls should not go alone, beware of accidents!", a girl suffered from diarrhea...

Since the girl was not Zhen Yu’s classmate, Zhen Yu knew about the incident through rumors and was not acquainted with the specifics; she only knew that later, the girl took a leave of absence from school.

Even after Zhen Yu had been admitted to High School, she hadn’t heard any news related to that incident.

In fact, Zhen Yu could understand the family’s desire to silence the matter, and in her past life, she was just one of the powerless onlookers, unable to do anything.

This time, she simply couldn’t stand by and let the bad guy go unpunished; it seemed she had to do a good deed! Zhen Yu pondered quietly about what to do.

According to Bai Xue, the rumor had been spreading for more than a week, so the incident from her past life was probably about to happen. Maybe that person was already looking for an opportunity right now.

But! Under normal circumstances, he would be staying at the bottom of the pit, right? Zhen Yu truly couldn’t bring herself to set foot there! Just the thought of it was utterly disgusting to her.

Zhen Yu never considered risking herself to lure the perpetrator out; therefore, she only had one method left—’staking out outside the restroom’!

Zhen Yu couldn’t help but sigh; serving justice wasn’t an easy task! First and foremost, you had to endure the stench and cold...

One day, two days, three days...

Bai Xue couldn’t understand why Zhen Yu kept running to the bathroom between classes, and since Zhen Yu didn’t want to explain too much and Bai Xue refused to leave her alone, Zhen Yu had no choice but to bring Bai Xue along.

During this period, Qian Duoduo and Liu Ting even specifically came to warn Zhen Yu not to use the school toilets if possible and to hold it until they got home.

The girls’ rumors quickly reached the boys’ ears, and upon learning of this, Han Mingyue silently followed Zhen Yu.

Zhen Yu was somewhat helpless; with three people standing at the entrance of the restroom, unless that person was a fool, he wouldn’t dare to make a move!

After being accompanied by the two for an entire afternoon, Zhen Yu was exhausted and could only tell Han Mingyue the truth after finishing her homework that night.

"I was trying to catch a bad guy. You and Bai Xue, don’t follow me tomorrow."

Han Mingyue flatly refused: "No way! Why are you making decisions on your own again!"

"I—" Just as Zhen Yu wanted to argue, Han Mingyue assertively said, "If you have a way to catch him, just tell Teacher Jiang tomorrow!"

Zhen Yu mulled over it silently, and it did seem to make sense... she then conceded with a touch to her nose.

—

The next day, right after morning self-study, Zhen Yu went to find Teacher Jiang and told him all the clues from her past life and her analysis from this life.

"Okay! The teacher understands. I will discuss this matter with the school leaders later and see how to keep an eye on it! We must catch this person!"

"Then I’ll go first, teacher. Please take this seriously! Don’t wait until something happens to regret it, it’ll be too late by then!"

"Definitely! Go on back."

"Goodbye, teacher."

As she left the teacher’s building, Zhen Yu saw Han Mingyue standing outside the door with a light smile, waiting for her.

"How do you feel?"

"Not bad!" Zhen Yu sighed with a smile, "I suddenly realized something."

"It turns out that not everything you want to do requires your direct involvement; achieving the goal is what’s most important."

"The child may be taught!"

"Pfft..."

—

Not long after, the matter was resolved!

The next day, during a large break, the school unusually convened an assembly in the cold winter day, with the principal personally announcing to all teachers and students that the person had been caught.

After the assembly, many girls hugged each other excitedly, jumping and shouting, "Great! We no longer have to live in fear!"

"Indeed! I had several nightmares after going home, dreaming about him...!"

"Come on! You only saw him act inappropriately, not... Right? Is there a need to go to such an extreme?"

"Ha ha... exactly! You’re overthinking it!"

Listening and watching, Zhen Yu suddenly felt a surge of pride and satisfaction.

It turned out that diligently doing something that brought joy to others could also make oneself happy.

This feeling was not bad at all.

—

Although it’s already the end of 1996.

Half a month had passed, and Zhen Yu specially took time to inquire about the follow-up to the incident with Teacher Jiang, who only remarked that they would severely punish the perpetrator.

Although he did not specify the punishment methods, Zhen Yu felt that the school definitely wouldn’t tolerate such incidents happening again, so their intention must be very strong.

Only by taking a harsh stance from the first offense could they set an example!

Unexpectedly to Zhen Yu, one evening Mrs. Zhen came home, forwent cooking dinner, immediately grabbed her hand, and headed straight to the living room to have a heart-to-heart talk.

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