Chapter 5 An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth (23)

  "What a big tone you have as a student!" The instructor sneered: "You say we should go with you to find some witness, we'll go, at least you should give us a rough idea."

  Tang Sugar thought for a moment, pouting her mouth: "Yesterday at noon when I was staying by the East Lake, I met a kind-hearted cleaning aunt who thought I had something on my mind and kept sweeping the floor while guarding me from a distance."

  The director of studies and Teacher Qin exchanged a glance, with a hint of unease flashing across the director's eyes.

  "Oh, this witness sounds quite reliable. If the situation is indeed true, then this video is someone framing you on purpose!" The director's expression finally eased up from being cold and indifferent just a moment before.

  Tang Tang also felt a sense of relief.

  "She asked out of curiosity: 'Does the director know where this video came from?'"

  The director of studies was slightly stunned, and his speech was not as smooth as before. "Hmm, I saw a U disk on the table as soon as I entered the office this morning. When I inserted it into the computer, it showed the video you just saw." As he spoke, the director's tone became faster, as if he was eager to finish speaking.

  Tang sugar lowered his head as if he was thinking about something.

  The head teacher looked at Tang Sugar and Qin Teacher: "I'll go to the restroom first, then set off immediately."

  The empty teaching office was left with only Qin teacher and Tang sugar master, both of whom were silent.

  Tang Sugar is naturally quiet and taciturn, while Qin teacher has a lot on his mind. Moreover, he wrongly accused Tang Sugar yesterday, so he can't show his face now, that's why he doesn't speak up.

  After a few minutes, the Dean of Teaching returned. However, Teacher Qin suddenly said: "I have class in the morning, I won't go, let the master take this child."

  Having said that, he left.

  Tang Sugar looked at her departing back and felt strange. Why didn't she say anything earlier or later, but only said she wasn't going when it was time to depart?

  The director of the teaching department drove with Tang Sugar to the East Lake Management Office and went straight to the person in charge. After explaining the purpose, the person in charge was very generous and immediately called all the cleaning workers who were on duty yesterday afternoon to his office.

  Tang sugar immediately recognized the kind-hearted aunt, excitedly ran over, intimately held the rough hand of the aunt, and joyfully said: "Aunt! Do you still remember me?"

  When Auntie first saw her, her expression immediately became tense, as if Sugar was very scary.

  Her eyes were also dodging, but she couldn't help but steal a glance at Tang Sugar. The two people's lines of sight inadvertently met. Auntie's eyes seemed to be scorched by Tang Sugar's gaze and quickly shifted away.

  She forcibly pulled her hand out of Tiantian's chubby little hands. She turned her face to the side, not even looking at Tiantian: "No, I don't know you, girl, you must have mistaken me for someone else."

  Tang sugar carefully looked at her again, filled with question marks in his heart, and said affirmatively: "No, I didn't mistake you, you are the kind-hearted aunt from yesterday. You don't remember? At Tingtao Pavilion, you even advised me to come here. Please, please turn your face around and take a look at me, maybe you'll remember!"

  Tang Sugar thought Auntie was old and forgetful, so she reminded her.

  The aunt seemed very uneasy, her hands and feet moving unnaturally, still turning her face to one side, never daring to look at Tang Sugar, as if eager to get rid of him, said hastily: "Girl, you really got the wrong person!"

  As she spoke, she also pushed Tangtang, who was blocking her way, with considerable force. Tangtang stumbled and fell to the ground, looking at the aunt in disbelief, feeling inexplicably puzzled - how could this aunt change so much overnight?

  The aunt looked at Táng Táng, who was being pulled up from the ground after falling, and her eyes flashed with heartache and regret. However, she deliberately hardened her heart to pretend not to see him and walked straight out the door.

  "Niu Saozi, things are not clear yet, don't rush off!" The person in charge of the Donghu Management Office called out from behind.

  The woman known as Niu Shuizi stopped and whispered to the person in charge with her back turned: "I don't know what nonsense this kid is talking about, I really don't know her!"

  The atmosphere was a bit awkward, and the director of education had been doing ideological work for a long time after all. He handled this kind of situation with ease, hastily standing up to mediate: "If you don't know each other, then that's it, Master Niu, you can go now."

  The old aunt lifted her foot and was about to walk out, the person in charge called out in confusion from behind: "That's not right, I remember arranging for you to sweep the area of Listening to Waves Pavilion yesterday. How did this little girl know you appeared at Listening to Waves Pavilion if she didn't see you there?"

  The old aunt was forced to stop again, but she didn't make a sound.

  "Oh dear! I remembered, Auntie Niu, you told me yesterday when you were leaving work that you met a girl wearing the same school uniform as your son at Taotang Building. She was sitting by Donghu Lake looking upset because she didn't do well on her exams. You even sighed and said how tough it is for kids these days. Have you forgotten?" a cleaning auntie recalled.

  Tang Sugar's heart moved, and Auntie's sentence "You should be a student at Donghu Middle School, my son is also studying there!" was still fresh in her memory. She seemed to think of something, and couldn't help but raise her head to carefully examine the cow-named aunt, the more she looked, the more she felt like someone else...

  The cow big aunt took more than half a day to slowly, stiffly turn around, looking very hesitant, her whole face pale and white, forcing herself to say to the big aunt who had just spoken: "Don't talk nonsense, I didn't tell you these things yesterday."

  That aunt looked at her as if she didn't know her, with surprised eyes wide open: "Hey! You clearly told me yesterday, now you're not acknowledging it!"

  "Niu Saozi, weren't you supposed to be sweeping the floor at Lutai Pavilion yesterday? That's considered absenteeism and will result in a deduction of this month's bonus and today's wages."

  As soon as she heard that money would be deducted, Niu Dajie's lips trembled violently with grief, her expression more heart-wrenching than tears. Her eyes, which had experienced the hardships of life, were filled with pleading and a desire for forgiveness, staring straight at the person in charge.

  Tang Sugar saw her unspoken thoughts, and her heart suddenly softened. She took a deep breath, turned her face to the instructor, who was frowning, seemingly troubled by something. Suddenly, their eyes met, and he looked uncomfortable for a moment, gazing at her with a hint of surprise.

  Tang Sugar's eyes were firm, with a heroic expression: "Director, I lied. I didn't see this aunt at all yesterday!"

  After finishing speaking, she turned around and faced the helpless aunt, bowing deeply: "Sorry, Auntie, it's my fault!"

  Auntie Niu was clearly startled, and she took a step back in confusion. When she heard Tang Su's words clearly, her eyes, which had seemed old and worn out, suddenly became misty. She looked at Tang Su with gratitude, but didn't say anything, and quickly turned around to leave.

  Tang sugar looked at her hastily leaving back, always feeling that she was wiping away tears while walking!