The class monitor brought out all of Tang Zhixuan's textbooks. He shook them one by one, but didn't find any pen. Then, he opened his pen case and checked it. He didn't find any, so he bent over and looked in the drawer.
In a gap in the drawer, there was a pen. The class monitor's eyes lit up as he reached out and pulled it out, then quickly walked to Chen Bing's side.
When Tang Zhixuan saw the pen, his face instantly turned pale as if he had been struck in the head. He stood there stiffly.
When Shuyu saw that the class monitor handed the pen to Chen Bing, she subconsciously looked at Tang Zhixuan.
Chen Bing took the pen and walked to the entrance of the classroom. She raised the pen and asked Gu Jiajia, "Jiajia, is it this one?"
When Gu Jiajia saw the pen, she felt as if she had seen her long-lost brother. She was shocked and overjoyed. "Yes!"
Chen Bing swept everyone with her sharp gaze and solemnly said, "Everyone, come back to the classroom!"
The students let out a sigh of relief when they saw that Gu Jiajia's pen had been retrieved. Gu Jiajia's pen had disappeared. As a classmate, they would always be listed as a suspect.
Now that the pen was found, they no longer had to bear the responsibility of being the suspect. They all quickly returned to the classroom and waited for their homeroom teacher to announce the thieves.
Tang Huai pulled her tablemate's hand and walked into the classroom. The moment before she entered, she glanced at Tang Zhixuan and saw that his face was as white as snow. An unnoticeable smile flashed across her eyes.
After everyone had returned, Tang Zhixuan was still standing there. Shuyu called out to him, "Zhixuan, let's go back to the classroom." Only then did he walk back to the classroom like a zombie.
His mind was not clear. How could this be?
He put it in the innermost corner so that Tang Huai wouldn't discover the pen too soon.
He thought that the class monitor had found Gu Jiajia's pen from Tang Huai's drawer, but why did Gu Jiajia's pen end up in his drawer?
Everyone knew what was going on when they saw his expression and the beads of sweat on his forehead.
Moreover, Chen Bing's sharp gaze never left him until he returned to his seat. Chen Bing then looked at him and asked, "Tang Zhixuan, can you explain it to everyone?"
As soon as Chen Bing finished speaking, the classroom went into an uproar. The students looked at Tang Zhixuan one by one. It turned out that he had stolen the pen.
Gu Jiajia suddenly turned around and stared at him with eyes full of hatred.
Tang Zhixuan was so anxious that cold sweat broke out on his forehead. His face was even paler as he anxiously explained to Chen Bing, "Teacher … none of my business, It's not me..."
No matter how naughty Tang Zhixuan was, he was still a thirteen year old child. When he thought of being remembered, the principal would criticize him in front of the entire school and even tell his parents that he was in a hurry to cry.
Chen Bing sternly shouted and slapped the table, causing a cloud of chalk dust to rise up. "Jin Hua found Gu Jiajia's pen in your drawer, do you think this has nothing anything to do with you? Do you take me for a fool? When he found your seat, you started to get nervous, and you still dare to say that it's none of your business? "
Chen Bing was a serious and sensitive person. When Tang Zhixuan rushed to the window and nervously looked at Jin Hua, not only did Shuyu see him, she saw him as well.
He looks guilty like being a thief, just like Tang Zhixuan had just done.
"That's not it..." Tang Zhixuan really wanted to explain. He was nervous because Jin Hua couldn't find a pen in Tang Huai's drawer. It wasn't because he saw Jin Hua search his drawer. But he didn't know how to explain it. Did he have to say that he took the pen and wanted to frame Tang Huai, but he didn't know how the pen got into his drawer?
If that was the case, he would have to bear the burden of the crime of framing. This reputation was even worse than stealing pens.
How would all the students and teachers view him, if he were to steal the pens himself, and even blame others?
"I gave you a chance just now to hand over the pen and admit your mistakes. You didn't. I'll tell the headmaster later. Tell your parents to ask them to come to school on Monday. " Chen Bing wasn't the kind of person to not follow through, as she always kept to her word.
"Teacher... It really wasn't me who stole it... "I was wronged, framed..." Tang Zhixuan no longer had the image of a boy. He cried like a little girl.
"Then tell me, who framed you?" Chen Bing gave Tang Zhixuan a chance to explain his innocence.
Tang Zhixuan's gaze turned cold. He suddenly pointed at Tang Huai and said, "It's her! "Tang Huai!"
Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air when they heard this, and their gazes all looked towards Tang Huai.
Upon hearing this, Tang Huai looked like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. She looked at Chen Bing in panic and bewilderment before looking at Tang Zhixuan.
When she looked at Chen Bing and Tang Zhixuan, she didn't forget to sweep her gaze over her classmates. Her panicked and dazed expression was shown to everyon.
"Teacher, I didn't …" Tang Huai looks so wronged and was so anxious that her eyes turned red all of a sudden.
Chen Bing glanced at her, then looked sternly at Tang Zhixuan, "What evidence does Tang Huai have against you?"
"I …" Tang Zhixuan choked back the words that had just left his mouth. He couldn't say it out loud. If he did, his crime would be even greater than stealing pens.
He looked at Chen Bing, crying, "Teacher, I really didn't steal the pen!"
"Teacher." At this moment, the class monitor stood up with a sense of justice.
Chen Bing looked at him, "Speak."
"Last night, when I came back to turn off the light and lock the door, I saw Tang Zhixuan was the last to leave the classroom. When I came in, I saw him rushing out of the classroom in a fluster. I thought he was in a hurry to go back to his room and take a shower. " The monitor said righteously.
He could not bear to see Tang Zhixuan act like this. He had clearly stolen a pen, yet he even wrongly accused other students of framing him.
He already had human evidence and physical evidence, but he still had...
What was there to explain?
"I was..." Tang Zhixuan almost said the truth again. He was still able to maintain a trace of rationality at this time, which was quite admirable.
"What is it?" Chen Bing seemed to no longer have the patience to listen to Tang Zhixuan's explanation, as her expression grew increasingly grim.
"I'm really in a hurry to go back and take a bath."
"Ridiculous!" Chen Bing finally lost her temper and didn't give Tang Zhixuan another chance to explain. She slammed her hands on the table and angrily said, "Next Monday, ask your parents to come see me!"
After she finished speaking, she turned around and walked down the podium in a flurry. Just as she walked down the podium, she suddenly thought of something, and returned to the podium, taking a deep breath, she looked around at her classmates, and after calming her emotions, she said: "Every year at this time in An County's No. 1 Middle School, a welcoming party and composition competition will be held. The Headmaster has already given the notice that all the teachers and students can participate in the performance, and if any of you are interested, you can compile a short story, dance, and you can even sing. Any program selected after rehearsal will be rewarded.
There will be three rankings for each year, the first prize will be five yuan and three workbooks, the second prize will be three yuan and three workbooks, the third prize will be one yuan and three workbooks, and the winner will be standing on stage at the welcoming party and reciting the winner's work to all the students. The announcement will be posted today or tomorrow, and everyone will be able to watch it on the bulletin board. "
Chen Bing suddenly smiled amiably, "I hope that the whole class will participate."