Deer in deep forest

Chapter 16 Violating the Bottom Line
In the dining hall of E, there is a delicacy that is enthusiastically sought after by students from all departments, called fish meal.Every morning, people queuing up at midnight extend all the way from the window to the door.

Today is the weekend, Xi Guang did not fall asleep, and woke up early.Thinking that everyone should still be in bed at this time, she should be able to grab a bowl of noodles successfully.

"A Sui, are you going?" Xi Guang asked.

Yu Sui buried his head in the pillow without making a sound.

Xi Guang thought she was very sleepy, "Then you go to sleep, and I will pack a bowl for you when I come back from eating."

The door slammed shut, Yu Sui opened his eyes in a daze, his face was as pale as paper, and he was powerless even to turn over, looked at the time on the wall clock, and fell asleep again drowsily.

Xiguang took a walk from the old apartment to the school cafeteria, looked at the magnificent line in front of the fish meal window, turned around silently, and waited for this round, which would take four to five or 10 minutes.

It was she who underestimated the strong hearts of foodies, how could she slack off because it was the weekend and just slept in?

There are many temporary small stalls on the side of the road outside the cafeteria. Vendors usually choose to come in the morning and evening. Most of them sell dry goods, fruits and snacks, and there are some others.

Xiguang walked all the way and saw a porridge shop with few people. She didn't have to wait in line, so she went up to the proprietress and said, "Auntie, I want two bowls of barley and red bean porridge." He handed over the money in his hand.

The proprietress was giving change to the person in front, so she took Xiguang's money and asked, "Do you want to pack it?"

Xi Guang nodded: "Yes."

The proprietress quickly scooped out the porridge from the big wooden barrel, put it in a small plastic bowl, covered it, put it in a bag, and quickly tied a slipknot.

"Thank you." Xi Guang stretched out his hand to take it.

She didn't leave right away, she looked at the proprietress, and the proprietress looked at her.

"Auntie, you haven't given me change yet."

"You haven't paid yet, have you?"

The two spoke almost simultaneously.

The proprietress exploded when she heard it, "Little girl, you have to rely on your conscience. It's not easy for us small vendors, and you want to renege on the matter of a few dollars?"

Xi Guang's face turned red, "I gave you a [-] card from the very beginning, and you just happened to be collecting money from a classmate in front of you, and you also accepted mine by the way, did you forget?"

"I didn't forget! How could I forget to confiscate your money! I remember clearly, you didn't give me any money!" The proprietress wiped her hand on the floral apron, her voice became louder and louder: "I'm not seventy or eighty anymore, I still have this bit of memory, can I still wrong you?"

Xi Guang clutched the corner of her clothes and had to repeat over and over again, "Auntie, I really gave the money."

The proprietress couldn't listen to what she said, and complained about her hardships: "I work hard every day to earn hard-earned money, support a family, and I am so unlucky to meet someone like you! If every college student is like you, I would I can't live anymore!"

More and more students passed by, looking in this direction one after another.The bosses of the nearby vendors also gathered around, as if they were watching a play, as if they wanted to see how this matter would end, and some persuaded Xiguang: "You pay the money once in front of all of us, it's fine, we all watch, You can't go wrong..."

Judging from this tone, it is obvious that Xi Guang does not believe in it.

Xiguang also thought about hastily, just paying the bill again, but it was as if she silently acquiesced in the crime.His gaze unexpectedly swept across the crowd, Gu Yanshu was there, and beside him was a girl wearing a peaked cap who was holding his arm intimately, it should be Xie Nuo.

At that moment, Xi Guang lowered his head very low, humbled into the dust, wanted to escape, cry, and dig a hole to hide in.

But she gritted her teeth and refused to take a step back. She would rather endure all the probing or accusing or sympathetic or malicious gazes, and just stood there without compromising.

As if in this way, her sporadic self-esteem was preserved in front of that alienated and desolate young man.

There is a large display screen in the cafeteria building, which is used to broadcast news every morning and evening, or some promotional videos of the school.

Someone suddenly pointed at the big screen and shouted, "Look!"

Everyone's eyes were immediately attracted, and they looked up together.The morning news was cut off and replaced with surveillance footage. A girl wearing a white round neck and short sleeves and blue jeans came into everyone's sight. out of money.

The screen freezes at the moment when the proprietress takes the 20 yuan, until 60 seconds later, the screen turns off.

The truth came out.

The lady proprietress of the congee shop turned her face away, pretending to be busy, and didn't say another word.

Xi Guang stared blankly at the big screen that had turned black, feeling a little dazed.She was not in the mood to ask the proprietress to give change any more, and the porridge in her hand was going cold.Looking at the dispersed crowd, Gu Yanshu and Xie Nuo had already walked under the lush camphor tree.

That pair of backs has an indescribable match.

Looking back, Xi Guang found that there was another person he knew, who was standing crookedly by the edge of the flower bed and looking at him, it was Xie Feinian whom he ran into last night.There was a layer of sweat on his smooth forehead, and his chest heaved violently, as if he had just exercised. There was a small piece of yellow paper stuck to the back of his clothes, which was specially used by the staff in the monitoring room to write notices.

Xi Guang understood that he was in a hurry to save him just now, so he rescued himself, ran over, and thanked him very gratefully.

Xie Feinian smiled with bright eyes and bright teeth, without denying it, he just said, "Why didn't you run away when you saw me this time?"

Xiguang smiled embarrassedly.

On the camphor path on the other side, Xie Nuo stepped on the brown and black camphor seeds, and muttered with some complaints: "Yanshu, where did you just go? When I turned my head, you disappeared."

"……To the restroom."

Xie Nuo smiled like a flower: "I thought you were loving someone, and I couldn't bear to watch it."

Gu Yanshu's expression was cold.

Xie Nuo realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, changed the subject, and talked about other things with a smile, "I remember that my second brother came to school today, and I thought I would meet him on the road, maybe I went somewhere to play again. You want to accompany me to the hospital for a reexamination of your arm..."

The implication in her words was obvious, but Gu Yanshu seemed to be absent-minded, didn't understand, and was thinking about other things.

Wen Yuyun leaned on the roof of the cafeteria with a bowl of fish powder, took a leisurely sip of fresh fish soup, took Song Yusheng's handkerchief from his white coat, and wiped his mouth.

The scene that took place downstairs before had a panoramic view.

"The people who just left suddenly from the crowd and ran towards the monitoring room include Yanshu and Xie Feinian. Asheng, guess who it is?"

Song Yusheng smiled: "What's the bet this time?"

"Whoever loses goes to the gate of Ferry No. 7 to sing "Tracker's Love"." Wen Yuyun immediately made a decision, "I'll bet on Xie Feinian."

The eyes of the crooked peach blossoms were so clear, Song Yusheng looked at her indulgently, "Okay, I will hold the tree."

"It's just that the proprietress' business will not be easy in the future. Today, so many students see it, and if they spread it casually, her reputation will be rotten." Wen Yuyun said.

"Of course, it's also possible that she really forgot that she had collected the money. She adjusted the monitor and zoomed in on the screen. She even deliberately fixed the last moment for 1 minute, making it clear that she was embarrassing. Isn't that too much? a little?"

It was because of this domineering and arrogant manner of doing things without leaving any room for others that Wen Yuyun guessed that it was Xie Feinian who did it.

Song Yusheng shook his head.

"There is a theory in political science and mass communication called the 'Spiral of Silence'. Inciting the masses, gaining an advantage in public opinion, suppressing weaker voices, and finally achieving the goal. People sympathize with her and point all the blame at Xi Guang. In fact, she does business for three hours a day and spends the rest of her time playing mahjong in the mahjong parlor, but she is more pitiful than anyone else.”

"Her crime lies in inciting the people around her, making more and more voices support her, putting Xi Guang in the position of a villain, being accused by others, and even explaining it will be considered sophistry."

"Everyone has a bottom line. She happened to violate Yanshu's bottom line."

Therefore, he guessed that Gu Yanshu did it.

(End of this chapter)