Rebirth to Save Myself

After hearing Lin Mohan's words, the homeroom teacher turned to look at Zhou Huimin and Zhang Xiurong. Zhang Xiurong could only bite the bullet and say, "Yeah, why are you looking at us without saying anything?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Li realized that these two women were planning to abandon him! What a load of rubbish! He had previously said that all he had to do was put the money in Su Xia's bag and be done with it. He was supposed to just be an observer, but now he was suddenly dragged into this mess and being blamed by these two women. Lin Li was furious.

Seeing that Zhang Xiurong and Zhou Huimin had both failed, Yu Qing planned to take over, but Su Xia saw this and directly said to the homeroom teacher, "Teacher, since Lin Li also returned to the classroom, I shouldn't be the only one searching his bag. To be fair, Lin Mohan and I are both willing to search. I wonder if Lin Li is willing?"

"He probably wouldn't dare," Lin Mohan added, further fueling Lin Li's anger.

"What wouldn't I dare to do!" Lin Li retorted directly to Lin Mohan.

"Then all three of you should search their backpacks," the homeroom teacher said directly, stopping Yu Qing and the others from speaking.

Things have gradually deviated from their expectations, and Su Xia, who clearly did not want her bag searched, has suddenly agreed but wants to involve Lin Li. Yu Qing sensed something was wrong, but there was nothing she could do to stop it.

Since everyone was gathered around Su Xia's seat, Su Xia was the first to take out her bag and search all the books inside. Then she shook each book one by one, but no coins came out.

"Impossible, I clearly..." Lin Li exclaimed in surprise upon seeing this.

"What do you mean by 'clearly'?" the homeroom teacher asked.

"No." Lin Li quickly shut up. Yu Qing was really disappointed in him, letting him down at this crucial moment.

Lin Mohan then searched his bag thoroughly but found no money. Next, it was Lin Li's turn. Lin Li was now regretting agreeing to be searched, especially after seeing that Su Xia's bag contained no money he had put there. But now he had no choice; Su Xia and Lin Mohan had both searched, and if he refused, it would be blatantly suspicious.

Everyone looked at Lin Li, who could only steel himself and go to his seat to pick up his backpack. As soon as he unzipped it, he saw the money inside and was shocked. He tried to hide it, but Lin Mohan grabbed the backpack and dumped it all out. Several pink banknotes fell to the floor, and Lin Li's legs went weak, causing him to slump into his chair.

"What's going on, Lin Li?" The homeroom teacher's expression darkened when he saw the banknotes, and he questioned her sternly.

Zhang Xiurong, Zhou Huimin, and Yu Qing were stunned when they saw the banknotes. This clearly couldn't be explained away with pocket money. How could their parents give them such a large sum of money at their age? What went wrong? Why was the money that should have been in Su Xia's bag in Lin Li's bag?

At that moment, the Chinese teacher and Zhang Yao appeared at the door. They were still unaware of what had happened in the classroom. Zhang Yao glanced around the classroom and, seeing Yu Qing, asked, "Yu Qing, the amount of money you gave me is wrong."

Yu Qing turned around when she heard the voice and saw Zhang Yao, the Chinese language representative from the next class. She was completely confused by what Zhang Yao was saying.

Seeing Yu Qing's confused expression, Zhang Yao patiently explained, "Didn't you give me money to give to the Chinese teacher? But the Chinese teacher checked the number of students and found that the money for your class is incorrect."

The Chinese teacher also spoke up after Zhang Yao, saying, "Didn't I tell you to collect all the money before handing it to me? Why did you hand in 500 yuan when you were short? How are we going to order textbooks later?"

After listening to Zhang Yao and the Chinese teacher, the homeroom teacher roughly understood what had happened. Then, looking at Yu Qing, she asked her seriously, "Did you ask Zhang Yao to pay the money for you?"

Yu Qing now understood that the trap they had set for Su Xia had been foiled. Although she didn't know why Zhang Yao had gotten involved, the homeroom teacher's words were giving her a chance to shift the blame. If she didn't seize the opportunity, she would be finished. So she said, "I did ask Zhang Yao to pay the money, but I don't know if there's any money missing."

After receiving Yu Qing's answer, the homeroom teacher turned to Lin Li and asked, "Where did the five hundred yuan in your bag come from?"

“It wasn’t me, teacher. It wasn’t me, it was them, Zhou Huimin, Zhang Xiurong, and Yu Qing. They asked me to do it. They wanted to frame Su Xia and told me to put money in Su Xia’s bag. I don’t know why the money in Su Xia’s bag ended up in mine, but I just followed their instructions, teacher.” Lin Li’s words stunned everyone, especially Zhou Huimin and the other two, whose faces turned pale instantly.

"You're talking nonsense! What evidence do you have to prove that we instructed you to do this? You stole money yourself and now you want to drag us down with you? What grudge do we have against each other?" Zhang Xiurong directly cursed Lin Li, knowing that she needed to distance herself from the situation as soon as possible.

"I'm lying! When you came to me, you told me all I had to do was put the money in Su Xia's bag. You said the three of you could handle Su Xia without me even having to do anything. What, now that things have been exposed, you want me to take the blame? Dream on!" Lin Li felt that he was already guilty of stealing money anyway, but Zhou Huimin and the others weren't going to get away with it!

"Then why is the money in your bag instead of Su Xia's?" Yu Qing asked Lin Li, then added, "You stole the money and then made up a bunch of excuses to shirk responsibility. It's really despicable."

"I'm so angry! I wanted to ask you the same thing. You three girls are so hostile towards Su Xia, and you orchestrated this whole thing. You were trying to drive her to her death. What was your reason?" Lin Li calmed down and continued.

"Why, Vivian Chow? Why did you all join forces to frame Su Xia? Don't you know how serious the crime of stealing money is?" Chen Yuan was also furious after listening to Lin Li's confrontation with the three of them. She couldn't understand why they would harm Su Xia for no reason.

When Vivian Chow heard that Chen Yuan was still siding with Su Xia and questioning her, and that Chen Yuan had read the love letter she had written to Chen Wenwei, she became even more furious and glared at Chen Yuan without saying a word.

"What a huge accusation! If I hadn't asked Su Xia math questions today, she would have been wrongly accused by you all!" Lin Mohan also shouted loudly, feeling wronged for Su Xia.

The homeroom teacher's face was now extremely dark. From their words, it was clear that this was all a scheme orchestrated by Zhou Huimin and her associates to frame Su Xia. However, their plan backfired, and now they were shifting blame onto each other, admitting they had been used as pawns and had almost misunderstood Su Xia.

"Call all your parents to the school. Zhou Huimin, Zhang Xiurong, Yu Qing, and Lin Li, go home right now and call your parents."