A stunning beauty arrived on the island; she invented everything from childcare to babysitting.

"What are you doing? Don't touch our things."

The speaker was a military wife from Anning's program. Looking in the direction she was, we saw...

No wonder they said they couldn't see Tang Qiuqiao; it turns out she went to the area where they had been resting.

Two military wives were pulling at each other when a brand-new handmade knife slipped out of a cloth bag and fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Tang Qiuqiao forcefully pushed aside the military wife opposite her, and picked up the handmade knife as if she had found a treasure: "Look! I found the murder weapon! This knife must be the one that tore our clothes!"

The director's gaze followed, his expression terrifyingly grim.

You have to understand, this is the New Year's Day cultural performance, and almost all the high-ranking military officers are in the audience. Absolutely no mistakes can be made.

And it also involves Commander Li's niece... This matter is unlikely to be so easy.

"Director, look at our clothes, how are we supposed to go on stage?" Qiao Shanshan's voice rang out at the right moment, sobbing. "Why don't you let the next show take our place?"

Tang Qiuqiao also rushed up to the director with a craft knife, pointing at the tear on her costume with the knife: "Director, look, our clothes must have been cut by this knife, you have to stand up for us!"

At this moment, the attention of everyone preparing the show backstage was drawn to this side.

Some people say that interpersonal relationships in the military are simple and there aren't many complicated things.

In reality, wherever there are people, there is a world of its own, and there are all sorts of dramatic things happening, but they are rarely brought to the forefront.

The director was in a bind and didn't know how to solve the problem.

Seeing that Tang Qiuqiao had wronged them, Zhao Xuemei stepped forward and scolded, "Don't you dare make baseless accusations! Everyone knows we've had a conflict. Would I be so stupid as to slash your clothes at a time like this and not even take the evidence with me? If I were the one who did it, I would have carried that knife with me and let's see who dares to search me!"

The onlookers nodded in agreement with her words: "Indeed, women are generally not searched. If it were me, I would either keep it on my person or just throw it somewhere backstage. Even if it's discovered, who can prove it's mine?"

Tang Qiuqiao argued illogically: "Who knows what you're thinking? Maybe you've forgotten? I've found all the evidence, and you're still trying to argue."

Onlookers commented, "That's not impossible. People might be nervous about doing something wrong and forget about it for a moment."

An Ning remarked quietly from the side, "You seem to know where the evidence is better than us suspects. Everyone else is still clueless about what's going on, but you went straight to the things we brought and even pinpointed this one with the knife in it from a bunch of bags."

The onlookers nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes! So many bags! She found them so accurately!"

Tang Qiuqiao was about to burst into a tirade. Whose side were these people on? Why did they keep changing their minds, sometimes thinking this person was right and sometimes thinking that person was right?

She retorted, "I was just lucky. I found it on the first try. Who told you not to hide it properly?"

Zhao Xuemei wasn't about to let her get away with it: "You said it yourself, this thing needs to be hidden well. If we really made it, would we let you find out so easily?"

Tang Qiuqiao was speechless and started to act unreasonably.

"You're just jealous that our show is more profound than yours; you can't stand seeing others do well!"

Everyone had originally wanted to argue with her, but after hearing what she said, they all just laughed it off.

This has already deviated from logic and started to turn black into white, so what else is there to say?

"Ah, right, right, we just can't stand that your programs are more profound than ours, or that your programs are too highbrow and inaccessible."

Tang Qiuqiao had some schooling, but her grades weren't particularly good.

She always felt that this person was insulting her, but she had no proof.

Because that's truly what she thought.

Their programs were elegant and refined, while Zhao Xuemei and her group's programs were vulgar and lowbrow.

What can a bunch of uneducated soldiers know?

All they know is how to laugh and joke; they have no substance whatsoever.

Those nearby who understood the meaning behind the military wife's words were already secretly laughing.

Everyone was present during yesterday's rehearsal, and the difference in the audience's reactions after the two programs finished rehearsing was enormous.

The applause for the former was thunderous and lasted for a long time.

The latter was sparse and perfunctory.

Anyone can tell which show is good and which is bad.

As more and more people gathered, the director finally spoke up: "Alright, we will investigate this matter."

He then looked at the group of people beside him and said, "Your program is right after 'The Heroines of the Yang Family.' Would it be okay to move your program up?"

"No problem, director! We're all ready."

The young men and women answered with smiles, completely unconcerned about the matter.

After confirming that the performers on this program were all in order, the director had someone inform the host, and then the focus returned to An Ning and Tang Qiuqiao.

"The performance costumes were maliciously damaged. Although it's a small matter, the potential harm it poses is extremely serious. If someone can damage a costume for such a trivial matter today, they might attack someone else tomorrow. Until the situation is clarified, I hope you will not leave, okay?"

“Of course,” Zhao Xuemei replied.

They didn't do this in the first place, so they had the right to stay.

She then changed the subject: "However, we have two requests."

When the director heard them agree, he initially thought things would be easier to handle, but after hearing Zhao Xuemei's words, his heart sank again.

It's not one requirement, it's two.

"any request?"

"First, find out the truth as soon as possible and clear our name."

"It's natural."

The director breathed a sigh of relief; at least it wasn't a difficult request.

"The fact that this happened here, with so many people around, means there's a high chance it was seen. Even if no one saw it, we can still investigate by finding out where the utility knife came from."

“My second request,” Zhao Xuemei held up a second finger, glancing sideways at Tang Qiuqiao, “is not the first time some people have spread rumors. If someone actually believes them, it will have a huge impact on us. If it's found that we didn't do it, I want her to apologize to us in front of everyone and admit her mistake. It can't be that spreading rumors is easy while debunking them is exhausting. If the people who spread rumors go unpunished, I'll be here anytime next time!”

This time, the director didn't agree immediately. Instead, he looked at Tang Qiuqiao and said in a suggestive tone, "I think their request is reasonable. If they didn't do it, your confident tone earlier would definitely have influenced them. What do you think, comrade?"

Tang Qiuqiao: ...

What does she think?

She didn't think it was very good!

This is not in line with their plan!

The evidence clearly fell out of their bag, so why do we still need to investigate?