Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 50: The Thief Cries "Catch the Thief

Chapter 50: Chapter 50: The Thief Cries "Catch the Thief

Because it was just a trip home for lunch at noon, most of the students, like Zhen Yu, left their backpacks in the classroom.

The bell rang for the last class, and the students on the playground began to walk out towards the school gate in groups of threes and twos.

Zhen Yu, as usual, was waiting for her brother at Fangshan, with Fu Yu accompanying her not too far away.

Since a set square could temporarily substitute a ruler, Zhen Yu decided to wait until the weekend to go to Four Merchants Store to replace the lost stationery.

She had already made up her mind to get back the two pens she lent out that afternoon and to mark them with her other stationery that evening.

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Unexpectedly, upon entering the classroom, all the seated students looked at her with strange eyes.

Although Zhen Yu did not understand, she still calmly walked toward her own seat.

On the other hand, Fu Yu, who followed behind her, became irritated by the stares and scratched his head while walking, shouting annoyedly, "What are you looking at? Haven’t you seen one before?"

Wu Qiong was the first to speak up, and she tauntingly said aloud, "Well, if it isn’t a sight for sore eyes~ First time seeing what a thief looks like! Even stealing a pen! Too poor to afford school, are we?"

"Who the hell are you talking about?" Fu Yu became furious, and he moved to charge towards Wu Qiong.

Zhen Yu quickly turned around and grabbed him, shaking her head sternly at him and spat out four words, "Go back and sit down!"

Fu Yu, filled with indignant anger, roared, "Zhen Yu!"

Zhen Yu silently stared at him, not letting go.

Fu Yu’s chest heaved several times before he finally shook off Zhen Yu’s hand and stomped to his seat to sit down.

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As soon as he sat down, Wu Qiong, who had previously shrunk in her seat pretending to be a quail, immediately turned into a peacock.

"What now? Playing hero to save the beauty? Thieving and still trying to justify it? I’ve never seen someone so shameless! Stealing from your own classmates!"

"Enough! Cut it out," Qian Duoduo pulled Wu Qiong’s school uniform sleeve, trying to calm her.

"She steals and we’re not supposed to talk about it? Classmates, should we tolerate this behavior? Won’t she steal from us next time?"

After sitting down at her own seat, Zhen Yu glanced at her opened backpack and asked loudly and calmly, "Who lost a pen?"

Everyone quieted down, all eyes turning to this corner.

A voice rose beside her, "Mine! The pen I bought new before school started is gone! I found it in your pencil case!"

Zhen Yu turned to look at Mou Jingjing and said, "You borrowed an automatic pencil and a ball pen from me and have not returned them to date. Right?"

"I... I forgot to bring those two pens! I only brought my pen!" Pausing for a moment, Mou Jingjing continued, "When I came back from the lunch break, my pen was gone, but it was found in your pencil case!"

Zhen Yu first uttered a light "Oh," then said, "Give me back the pens you borrowed!"

"We are talking about my missing pen now!" Mou Jingjing’s gaze flickered as she emphasized loudly.

Zhen Yu stared at her coldly, her tone carrying a chill, "We’ll talk about the pen later. Shouldn’t borrowed things be returned?"

"The pen she lost is important! How much do your two old pens even cost?" Wu Qiong’s voice chimed in timely.

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Zhen Yu stood up and slapped the desk lightly but firmly, "Then let’s talk about the pen!"

She looked down at Mou Jingjing from her higher position, her voice not loud but clear enough for everyone in the quiet classroom to hear.

"First! Since school started, you have never used the pen you mentioned, but you’ve been constantly using my two old pens. Right?"

"Right!" Mou Jingjing stiffly nodded and then immediately explained, "But that’s because the previous classes didn’t require using a fountain pen! I haven’t felt like using my new pen!"

Zhen Yu also nodded, "Second! Before physical education class, I had organized my backpack, but now it’s been tampered with, did you do it?"

"It was me!" Mou Jingjing stated confidently, "I lost something! You sit closest to me, so of course, I had to check your backpack!"

"What about the pen in my pencil case?"

"My stuff was, of course, retrieved by me!"

"When was the last time you saw your pen?"

"It was, it was during the break of the third period, and you hadn’t left yet~"

"During the third period break, when I was leaving with Liu Ting, you were still at your seat packing your bag."

"..." Mou Jingjing was momentarily speechless, then she said, "I, I saw it right after class ended, but then Teacher Cao was talking about something! His interruption distracted me, and I didn’t notice if it was still there when I packed my bag!"

"So what you’re saying is that your pen went missing during the time from when the third period just ended to when I left the classroom for the playground, right?"

"Exactly!"

"I have a question!"

"This time span was less than ten minutes, and you were always sitting at your seat. How could I have stolen your pen right under your nose?"

"..." Mou Jingjing was dumbfounded; she couldn’t answer.

"Are you blind? Or do I know magic? Do I look like a master thief from the movies?"

As soon as Zhen Yu’s words fell, "Pfft~," Fu Yu was the first to burst out laughing.

"..."

"Haha~"

The expressions of the classmates in the classroom changed, some speechless, some laughing, as they looked at Zhen Yu.

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Mou Jingjing sensed this shift and unreasonably retorted, "How would I know how you stole it! Maybe it was when I wasn’t paying attention! Anyway, my pen was found in your bag!"

Her words made the expressions of the classmates visibly waver, uncertain about whom to believe.

Wu Qiong took the opportunity to add, "Exactly! There’s physical evidence! How you managed to steal it is something only you would know!"

Zhen Yu smiled and said, "Mou Jingjing, you mentioned that you never wanted to use your pen, so did you fill it with ink?"

Mou Jingjing replied in a flash, "Yes!"

"What color?"

"Black!"

Zhen Yu sneered inwardly, thinking that the medical mask must have also been stolen by Mou Jingjing.

She bent over and pulled out a bottle of black ink from the desk hole, raised it, and signaled for the classmates to look, "Is it this type?"

Mou Jingjing said irritably, "Duh! Isn’t black ink all the same!"

"Whether it’s a dumb question or not, you’ll know once you take out your pen."

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Zhen Yu extended her hand in front of her, her voice as cold as ice, "Give the pen back to me!"

"What give back! That’s mine!" Mou Jingjing exclaimed, covering her pencil case with both hands and glaring fiercely.

Zhen Yu said no more, her right hand reaching for Mou Jingjing’s old pencil case on the table, as Mou Jingjing quickly leaned over the table.

But Zhen Yu reacted swiftly, grabbing Mou Jingjing’s ponytail and yanking it hard backward.

"Ah!"

"Zhen Yu, how could you physically attack someone?" Wu Qiong immediately spoke up in support.

Zhen Yu snatched Mou Jingjing’s pencil case with her left hand and immediately let go of Mou Jingjing’s hair with her right, feeling a momentary sense of disgust from the stickiness on her hand.

Thinking to herself, how long has this person not washed their hair? I need to wash my hands as soon as possible!

"Class representative! Come here please!"

Hearing the summons, Qiao Xian immediately stood up from his seat and came over to Zhen Yu’s side.

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