62, stolen class fee
At noon, Zheng Yuting returned to the classroom and studied questions as usual to prepare for the upcoming monthly exam.
"Monitor, after the monthly exam, the class teacher said that he wants to organize a mountain climbing activity. How much budget is needed?"
As a sports committee member, Wang Bin is very concerned about things other than studying.
"The class fee should be enough. Let's discuss it during the class meeting and see what we want to eat for the picnic. Then there are the issues of drinking water and round-trip fare."
Zheng Yuting thought for a while, turned over the desk, and took out the innermost square box.
The mass coming from the palm of her hand was very light. Zheng Yuting frowned slightly, her heartbeat quickened, and she couldn't help but feel a little scared.
After opening the box, there was nothing inside.
Zheng Yuting was stunned for a while, as if she had been struck by lightning, and her body was a little unsteady.
She quickly took out the various review materials and test papers on the table one by one.
She didn't miss any gaps in the book.
There was no trace of it in the desk. Zheng Yuting felt uneasy and flipped through her schoolbag, looking inside and out, but it was still missing.
Finally, she went to rummage through the cardboard box under the desk. Although she knew that the class fee had disappeared and that the worst had happened, she still rummaged through it with a glimmer of unrealistic hope.
No, I searched everywhere and couldn't find it.
There are more and more people in the class, and Zheng Yuting is still sorting out the information on her own.
Usually if there is a test paper hidden, you can't find it even if you search the desk.
But as long as you stop looking for it, the test paper will appear again by itself.
Zheng Yuting had not thought about this ridiculous possibility. She hoped that the class fee was just a joke on her and she hid.
But she couldn't control her hands from searching.
Five thousand two hundred yuan is not a small amount of money.
The money is missing. How will she explain it to her classmates? How will she explain it to her class teacher? What will other people think of her?
What would mom and dad say?
The discussion in the class became more and more intense, and everyone's eyes were focused on her, causing thorns to pierce her back.
"Monitor, what's wrong?"
Tan Min came over and asked softly.
"The class fee is gone. I remember I put it in this box."
"Think carefully, did you put it in the wrong place?"
Tan Min knelt down and helped her search together.
"No, I didn't put it in the wrong place!"
Zheng Yuting's voice was filled with tears. She searched for it for a long time without any clue, and finally slumped down on the chair, her eyes filled with soreness.
"What should I do? Tell the class teacher? The class teacher has gone to observe other schools in other places these days."
When Tan Min saw this, he couldn't help but become worried.
At this moment, Su Songyi returned to the classroom after finishing her work in the cafeteria. Seeing Zheng Yuting's eyes red, she walked over curiously and asked softly: "Monitor, what's wrong?"
"Song Yi, the class fee is missing."
Tan Min looked solemn and authentic.
"I see."
Su Songyi thought for a while, nodded slightly, walked up to the podium, and said very seriously: "Those of you who have received class fees, be more conscious. Return them as soon as possible. More than five thousand yuan is not a small amount."
"Contact me privately, and I can still keep it a secret, be open to you, and pretend it didn't happen."
"But if you refuse to admit it and are found out, you can only hand it over to the police."
"At this time, what you are facing is the punishment of dropping out of school, and you will not even have the opportunity to take the college entrance examination."
"I would like to emphasize again that if the amount of theft is more than 500 to 2,000 yuan, it is the crime of theft and it is a criminal case. Do you understand?"
Su Songyi's voice was very soft, not harsh at all, but no one in the classroom made a sound at this moment. It remained surprisingly quiet. Only Zheng Yuting's low sobs could be heard.
"Okay, it's okay. We will definitely get the money back. It's not your fault. Don't blame yourself."
As Tan Min spoke, he patted her back gently to soothe her emotions.
"Who took the class fee? Damn it. I also have a hundred yuan in the class fee. This is such a shame, M!"
Wang Bo cursed and looked unhappy, thinking that his class fee had been stolen and he would have to pay class fee again.
An idea flashed in Zuo Jianhua's mind, and he suddenly thought of a possibility, and quietly glanced at Liu Xuan.
Liu Xuan was sleeping on the table at this time, and there was no movement.
"Liu Xuan? Liu Xuan?"
Zuo Jianhua pushed his arm, but Liu Xuan had no reaction and seemed to be sleeping deeply.
Zuo Jianhua looked at it thoughtfully. He couldn't wake up someone who was pretending to sleep.
"Wang Bin, Li Kexin, you guys come with me to the office and check the surveillance."
Su Songyi said softly. At this time, his eyes were still gentle and pure, with no expression on his face, just like a clean white paper.
"OK!"
Li Kexin did not hesitate, put down what she was doing and stood up immediately. When Wang Bin saw that Li Kexin had gone, he was naturally willing to follow.
"I am coming too!"
Zheng Yuting wiped her tears and stood up.
The four of them came to Wenhua's office together, opened their laptops, and began to investigate the surveillance over the past two days.
"Monitor, when will the class fees be collected?"
"Yesterday morning, after I collected them all, I put them on the desk untouched."
Zheng Yuting thought about it carefully and made sure that the money had not been touched again.
"In this case, the only time the crime was committed was yesterday's lunch break, after school in the evening, and this morning, and it was when there was no one in the class."
"There are people in the class during recess, so no one should dare to steal anything."
"The person who steals money is either the first one to come, or the last one to leave. Check the video playback at these three time points."
Su Songyi said calmly, with a vague guess in his mind.
"We also need to check the time for recess and morning exercises. Those who leave the classroom last are also suspected."
Zheng Yuting said calmly.
"Well, that's right."
Su Songyi nodded slightly and stared at the screen carefully.
Li Kexin called up the monitoring at these points in time to investigate carefully.
During morning exercises, a girl had her period and lay down on the table to rest without moving the whole time.
"It shouldn't be her."
Wang Bin shook his head and the video surveillance continued.
Looking at the entire video, we can see that someone did steal something, but at most they just stole snacks from classmates, nothing more.
The biggest suspect was a girl who passed by Zheng Yuting's desk, but she just picked up the mirror on Zheng Yuting's desk, looked at it, straightened her hair, and then put it back in its original position without turning over the desk.
"There is no surveillance."
Wang Bin scratched his head.
"Let's see what happens between classes."
Zheng Yuting said calmly, looking at the monitoring during class, she sat in her seat most of the time without moving.
Despite this, she still stared at the video without blinking, not wanting to let go of a single frame.
As time passed by, Wang Bin and Li Kexin's patience was exhausted and they returned to the classroom.
Zheng Yuting was still sitting in front of the computer carefully reviewing the results, while Su Songyi stayed with her quietly here.
"It's not in the surveillance."
Zheng Yuting held her face in her hands and rubbed her hair dejectedly.
"That should have happened after school yesterday. After school, the power was cut off and the monitoring was turned off."
Chapter completed!