Before graduation, when settling the class fees.
I stared at the message “Class fee balance: 368.6” in the class group and fell into deep thought.
Since the beginning of freshman year, we have paid 500 yuan in class fees every year, and we also bought our own textbooks.
How could there be only this much left?
The class monitor then sent a message: “We won’t embezzle the class fees. Every expense is recorded.”
Before long, he withdrew this message.
Everyone in the group was clamoring to see the expense list.
At this time, my roommate, who is also the study committee member, panicked.
1
I was about to lie down for a short nap.
A message from the class group popped up on my phone: “Class fee balance: 368.6.”
I immediately lost all my sleepiness and jumped up from the bed.
I seriously looked at the four numbers and a small dot on the screen and fell into thought.
We started paying class fees since freshman year, for four years, 500 yuan per person, and there are 50 students in the class.
Even the textbooks for normal classes were bought by ourselves. Now how could there be only more than 300 yuan left?
Immediately afterwards, some classmates in the group raised doubts and asked if the class monitor had miscalculated.
The class monitor sent another message: “We won’t embezzle the class fees. Every expense is recorded.”
Some quick – handed classmates immediately @ the class monitor and asked about the expenses.
One minute later, the screen showed that the class monitor, Zhang Zitao, withdrew a message.
I thought that the class monitor had indeed miscalculated the class fees and heaved a sigh of relief.
Thinking that there would be a “huge sum of money” coming into my account, I had already started thinking about how to spend it.
At this time, I took a closer look and found that the message the class monitor withdrew was the second one.
That is, the class fees of our 50 people for four years were left with only 368.6.
The group exploded completely.
2
Wang Di, who has the title of “chatterbox” in the class, was the first to @ the class monitor.
“Monitor, how did you calculate 368.6? Did you put the decimal point in the wrong place?
“Don’t be naughty, monitor. Everyone is waiting to get rich by getting the refund of class fees!”
Some other classmates spoke up:
“Even if the decimal point is wrong, it shouldn’t be only this amount, right?”
Immediately afterwards, Wang Di took the lead in asking to see the ledger recording the class fee expenses.
When the class fees were collected for the first time in freshman year, the counselor vowed:
“The use of class fees should be open and transparent.”
It was completely handed over to us students to use.
She didn’t take over the whole process and asked us classmates to keep it well.
In order to figure out the expenses clearly, the counselor specifically asked the class monitor to apply for a bank card.
To store the class fees specially.
First, there are records to check, second, it is safer, and third, the accounts can be checked quickly at any time.
So Wang Di’s request to view the bill is not excessive at all.
It can be said to be reasonable.
I also sent a “want to see the bill +1”.
The class monitor quickly sent a message: “The bill is still being sorted out. Please wait a moment.”
Didn’t he say that the accounts could be checked at any time before?
Moreover, he had already figured out that there were more than 300 yuan left in the class fees, which obviously meant he had calculated it once.
At this time, I found that my roommate, Chen Jiangjiang, the study committee member, had a frown on her face.
I patted her on the shoulder and said:
“Jiangjiang, our class fees won’t be only 300. Don’t be nervous. Your boyfriend must have miscalculated. Just tell the classmates later.”
She hesitated for a moment and smiled, “Yes.”
But I saw that the uneasiness in her eyes became even stronger.
As a result, I waited for an hour, but the class monitor still didn’t send out the detailed expense list of the class fees.
I sent a message in the group:
“Monitor, have you listed the detailed list of class fees?”
As a result, the next second, I was muted for an hour.
After seeing the mute message, the study committee member came to me and explained for her boyfriend:
“The class monitor has a lot of things to take care of. Don’t urge him so tightly. It will affect his service to the classmates.”
I couldn’t help but secretly applaud her double – standard behavior in my heart for two seconds.
Before, Chen Jiangjiang and the class monitor Zhang Zitao had a quarrel.
She called him in the dormitory at 2 am for a full three – hour phone call.
The dormitory was in chaos.
As her roommate, I could only keep comforting and persuading her.
The next day, after they made up, the class monitor even blamed the reason for the quarrel on me.
And before, when handing in the group assignment.
There was less than an hour left until the latest submission time specified by the teacher.
Our dormitory was short of only her part of the content that she was responsible for.
I urged her to finish writing quickly.
As a result, she gave me a head – on scolding:
“I’m the study committee member and have a good relationship with the teacher. It’s okay to hand it in later.”
The rest of us could only calmly watch her put on a delicate makeup for an hour in front of the dressing table.
Then witness her going out beautifully to date the class monitor.
As expected, our group assignment was not submitted on time.
The group score was zero.
And Chen Jiangjiang, taking advantage of her position as the study committee member, secretly added 10 points to her usual score.
Finally, she got an excellent grade in that course.
Although the three of us didn’t have the group score, we didn’t fail the course either.
Considering that we were roommates, we didn’t pursue the matter anymore.
And now, I just asked a question in the group.
And I was accused of “hindering the busy class monitor from serving the classmates.”
What a big hat.
3
Three hours later, the class monitor sent several pictures in the group.
The total expenses of these four years were recorded in crooked handwriting on them.
The group became active again immediately:
“I said it. It must be a miscalculation. How could the class monitor embezzle our class fees?”
“Exactly. We each paid 2000 yuan, and the class fees of 100,000 yuan in four years couldn’t be only 300 left.”
However, next, Wang Di intercepted the balance at the end of the bill sent by the class monitor: “Remaining: 386.6.”
So after all the calculations, the class fees still didn’t add up to a single cent more?
The study committee member, who is the class monitor’s girlfriend, quickly set the group to be muted.
She sent a long string of words:
“Every expense of the class fees is recorded. We won’t take the classmates’ money. Everyone can privately message me to see the detailed expense list.”
Me:?
So the few pictures just sent in the group are still a “rough bill”?
These two lovebirds are really particular about sending out the expense list of the class fees.
The boy sent a scribbled handwritten account, and the girl hid the detailed bill by herself.
In case they break up, will it take several times to transfer the materials?
I sent a message to the study committee member: “Can you send me a copy of the detailed expense list?”
She put her arm around me with a smile and said:
“Sure, I’ll send it to you right away. The early bird catches the worm. Our dormitory sees all the news first.”
Huh?
After a moment of silence, I saw a new message in the group.
Chen Jiangjiang sent the detailed bill to the small dormitory group of the four of us.
This “detailed” expense list not only didn’t explain the “rough” expense list sent by the class monitor clearly, but also had many inexplicable items.
Even Jiang Qi, her roommate who was usually close to her, couldn’t help exclaiming when she saw it.
“What? The props for the art performance actually cost 20,000 yuan? Were those props made of gold?”
“Wow, why is this exam fee calculated for 50 people? I didn’t sign up for the exam at that time.”
Chen Jiangjiang’s face changed instantly, and she forced a smile and explained:
“These expenses also include the counselor’s travel expenses and water expenses. For the sake of convenience, I calculated them together.”
I was even more shocked.
Does the counselor have to take some exam? Use our class fees to reimburse her?
Calculate them together for the sake of convenience?
Can the expenses be calculated like this?
Under the strong demand of many classmates in the group to see the detailed expense list.
I forwarded the detailed expense list to the group.
Chen Jiangjiang looked at me dissatisfied and said:
“Why did you send it to the group?”
I replied: “They all want to see it. You and the class monitor are busy. I’ll send it to the group to reduce your workload.”
Since the beginning of freshman year, Chen Jiangjiang has always wanted to “bribe” us with some small favors.
Either she told us the exam time in advance, or she secretly notified others of the competition news later.
With such operations, she successfully eliminated half of her competitors.
Perhaps, this title of “study committee member” is the best disguise and tool for her to make profits.
Three minutes later, Wang Di sent another message.
4
“The cost of the Putonghua test is 100 yuan, and here, 100 multiplied by 50, why is it calculated for 50 people?
“Didn’t we pay this fee separately?”
As soon as Wang Di said this, some classmates sent out the previous payment transfer records.
The group was flooded with various payment records.
“Exactly. We all transferred the money to the life committee member separately. Why is it deducted again for each person in the class fees?”
The class monitor quickly tried to smooth things over:
“Too much time has passed. There may be recording errors. Anyway, there must be this expense, but the item was recorded wrong.”
Rows of question marks immediately appeared in the group.
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I sent a message:
“Was this amount over – calculated?”
Zhang Zitao quickly withdrew my message.
So fast that I almost doubted whether I had sent it just now.
The class monitor quickly made up several fabricated payment items.
Everyone is on the verge of graduation and is extremely busy.
Only when it comes to the refund of class fees do everyone appear in the group.
For the vast majority of people, getting back the remaining class fees is simply getting a huge sum of money!
Wang Di then sent a detailed calculation video of his own.
He said:
“Here, an expense of 5000 yuan and a technical fee of 1212 yuan are obviously problematic.”
Someone questioned: “So, where did the missing money go?”
The discussion about the class fees in the group became louder and louder.
There were more than 999 messages in just a dozen minutes.
The class monitor sent a message:
“Student Wang Di, please privately message me.”
5
Subsequently, the group gradually quieted down.
After I came back from lunch, Chen Jiangjiang was still writing furiously.
When I got closer, I saw that she was calculating the class fees by hand.
Didn’t she say she had calculated it?
Why is she scribbling here again?
I also saw this astonishing scene – she quietly deleted 1212.
Then added 602 to the sports meeting supply materials.
And added 610 to the art performance column.
I was stunned by her operation.
She’s really a master at reconciling accounts!
When she saw me coming, she smiled and explained:
“There were indeed some small problems before. Now it’s calculated correctly. The bill is right, and the expenses can be accounted for.”
I replied: “As long as you calculate it correctly. Everyone only looks at the final correct version.”
I opened the group chat. Strangely, Wang Di, who was originally known as a “chatterbox” in the group, no longer spoke.
The group also returned to its usual quiet and deserted state.
When I was out, I met Wang Di.
I called out to him and asked: “Why is the chatterbox suddenly so quiet?”
He smiled awkwardly and said in a low voice:
“Graduation is coming soon. There are a lot of things to do. I’m too busy to check the group messages.”
Is that really the case?
I walked with him all the way to the cafeteria and sat down in the corner.
I quietly asked: “Did the class monitor threaten you?
“If so, just nod.”
The next second, Wang Di shook his head like a rattle.
Then he nodded heavily twice.
He wasn’t convenient to say the specific reason, and I didn’t ask further.
This is really the usual style of this couple.
Before, in their big innovation competition, they were found by the classmates in the class to have plagiarized the award.
That year, they gave the lowest score to that classmate’s group in the final assessment.
As a result, that classmate had to retake the course.
If you can’t solve the problem, solve the person who raises the problem.
Before leaving, Wang Di said with some hesitation:
“Ye Jia, don’t pursue this matter anymore. Graduation is almost here. He’s the class monitor, and the study committee member is his girlfriend. Just let it go.”
I nodded and waved goodbye to him.
When I opened the mobile phone software, I suddenly found a familiar – looking picture.
The screenshot of our class monitor’s class fee bill was actually posted on the Internet.
The blogger posted a post asking netizens for help:
“This is our class fee expense list. Everyone, help me see if there are any problems?”
There were already hundreds of comments in the comment area.
Netizens also thought the bill was problematic.
The remaining class fees were falsely reported. Everyone guessed that the remaining fees must be more than 386.6.
When I returned to the dormitory, I found that the post had been deleted for violating the regulations.
I couldn’t help sighing that the class monitor was really fast.
Behind me, Chen Jiangjiang was typing so fast that it seemed to be smoking.
I asked:
“Jiangjiang, who are you chatting with?”
She turned around and said to me: “Chatting with my mom about some graduation things.”
But the avatar in her chat box was clearly Zhang Zitao, the class monitor.
I sent a screenshot of the original post again.
As a result, within five minutes, the class monitor privately messaged me to go downstairs to have a “talk” with him.
I saw the furious class monitor downstairs of the dormitory building.
“Ye Jia, how could you post the class’s files on the Internet?
“Delete it quickly. If you have any problems, just tell me.”
I opened the software and played that netizen’s voice comment:
“Why is the catering fee 6000 yuan? Five people, going to a noodle shop for a meal can cost six…”
Before it was finished playing, the class monitor snatched my phone and clicked wildly on my screen.
He was very strong, and I almost fell down.
I rubbed my bruised arm, and he took the opportunity to step back a few steps to keep a distance from me.
After deleting the post, he reluctantly returned the phone to me.
His eyes were gloomy, and he said in a low voice:
“You’d better not meddle in other people’s business. You don’t want to not get your graduation certificate in June, do you?”
6
A wise man doesn’t fight when the odds are against him.
I took the phone and said goodbye.
He didn’t know that everything he had just done was clearly captured by the surveillance.
After returning to the dormitory, seeing my dejected look, the study committee member quickly handed me a cup of milk tea and fawned on me:
“Jiajia, my boyfriend has a stinky temper, but he definitely has no ill intentions. Just ignore him.”
Everyone was busy preparing for graduation, and the discussion about the refund of class fees in the group became less and less.
Even the chat topic changed. Someone took the lead in congratulating the class monitor and the study committee member on going through four years of college time.
Praising them as the enviable campus couple.
Speaking of the love story of the class monitor and the study committee member, it has to start from the distant freshman year.
At that time, Chen Jiangjiang attracted a lot of attention among the freshmen with her delicate makeup.
Zhang Zitao, the class monitor, was arranged to hand in a document with Chen Jiangjiang.
One was the class monitor, and the other was the study committee member.
After they handed in the materials several times together, they became closer.
On a sunny afternoon.
Chen Jiangjiang returned to the dormitory with an inexplicable shyness on her face.
She excitedly told us that they were together.
Since then, our dormitory has become the hardest – hit area for her to pour out her dissatisfaction.
This is not the most fatal.
That year, in a thought – cultivation class, the teacher asked the class monitor to take attendance.
The classmates all said that the class monitor was missing.
The teacher had no choice but to let the study committee member continue to take attendance.
The classmates laughed even louder.
They told the teacher that the study committee member was also absent today.
Just as the teacher was feeling confused, a student shouted, “The monitor is having hot pot with the study committee member, his girlfriend.” The teacher nodded and then decided to take the roll call personally. This teacher was extremely strict and was well-known as a “course-failure demon.” Just as we were sighing that the monitor and the study committee member were likely to fail this course, a miracle happened. Their usual scores were all full marks, and their overall grades were astonishingly excellent. The mystery behind this was indescribable.
After they started dating, Chen Jiangjiang changed her former cute and girl-next-door look and began to follow the trendy girl style. She had big-brand bags, limited-edition lipsticks, and collector’s edition perfumes. Where could the missing class fees have been spent? Now that I think about it, those things that didn’t match her financial means must have something to do with the missing class fees.
7
A few days later, the counselor sent a message in the group: “You can handle the class fees by yourselves. Those who want a refund can ask the monitor for it.”
I sent a message: “Teacher, can you send a bank statement of the class – fee bank card?”
Many people in the group replied that they wanted to see it. The counselor replied: “Then monitor, you send it.”
The monitor suddenly privately messaged me, warning me to think about what he had said to me before. After all, the last person he threatened had already dared not speak up. I had endured them for four years, and now they couldn’t even figure out the class fees, or rather, they didn’t want to. This time, I wouldn’t tolerate it. What was wrong with safeguarding the class fees I had paid?
Under the pressure of the counselor, the monitor reluctantly sent part of the bank statement in the group. It clearly showed the payment time of each large – amount order. Some careful students noticed that the time of each large – amount expense matched the appearance time of the new luxury items around the study committee member. The class group started to discuss:
“Is the 4820 – yuan expense on May 20th the price of this bag? [Picture of the bag]”
“So, does the 3700 – yuan link refer to the pair of sports shoes the monitor wears most often?”
Everyone was shocked to find that the monitor had actually treated this class – fee card as a private – consumption bank card! Everyone instantly understood where the missing class fees had gone.
“Monitor, say something!”
“You’ve been our monitor for four years. Explain it, and everyone is still willing to believe you!”
Seeing that everyone was questioning, the counselor asked him to explain clearly to the classmates. The monitor didn’t respond to the counselor’s message quickly. At this time, in the dormitory, Chen Jiangjiang’s face turned pale, and she quickly stuffed her bags into the innermost part of the cabinet. Obviously, what the classmates said was true. She nervously explained to me:
“Don’t think too much. I bought these bags myself. It has nothing to do with the monitor.”
I nodded seriously.
“Oh.”
I didn’t ask anything, but she seemed to have said everything. The discussion in the group became more and more intense. Chen Jiangjiang sent a message in the group:
“We will list the use of each expense. If there is a miscalculation, we will refund the actual remaining class fees to everyone.”
I was somewhat looking forward to seeing what new items these two lovers would come up with.
8
Unexpectedly, two days later, Chen Jiangjiang was not only not flustered but also calmly swiped short – videos. And there were two bottles of perfume in my locker that didn’t belong to me. When I was stunned, Chen Jiangjiang filled in the class’s online document: “Ye Jia’s perfume fee for the art performance: 250.”
While I was still confused, I saw several sets of performance costumes on my roommate’s desk. They were the clothes Chen Jiangjiang had worn at last year’s sports festival. When all three of us roommates were in the dormitory, Chen Jiangjiang closed the door and windows and whispered to us:
“There are some discrepancies in the expense list. We’re all roommates, so help me out. Share these things among you. These things are for you.”
My other roommate and I looked at each other in dismay. We didn’t get to enjoy the benefits, but now that things had come to light, we were supposed to “share” the responsibility? Was she trying to drag the three of us into this?
“Jiangjiang, this isn’t right, is it? We haven’t used these things, and it’s no use for you to give them to us now,” Jiang Qi said hesitantly.
Chen Jiangjiang stuffed the things into Jiang Qi’s arms:
“It’s okay. Help me out. If there’s anything else you like, just take it from me.”
After some hesitation, the other roommates chose to follow her “arrangement.” When Chen Jiangjiang was about to assign a 2000 – yuan class – fee expense to me, I waved my hand and refused:
“Don’t involve me. I don’t know anything about this.”
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, she pointed at me angrily and shouted:
“We’ve been roommates for four years. How many benefits have you gotten? Now that there’s a small problem, how can you not help? How can you be so selfish? You don’t want to have an unpleasant situation before graduation, do you?”
I was shocked by her words. Did she think that by putting those fabricated expenses on me and the other two roommates, the other classmates would believe it? Could she get away with the “missing class fees” like this? In her words, I seemed to be a heartless person who “forgot kindness.” It was simply ridiculous.
I slapped the table hard and said in a voice loud enough for everyone present to hear:
“What benefits have I gotten? Being woken up by your phone calls in the middle of the night? Or you asking me to bring you breakfast, and then changing your mind after I bought it, so I ended up with two breakfasts? Or you not doing the group assignment, and I got the only zero in four years?”
After I exposed her hypocritical mask, Chen Jiangjiang was so angry that her cheeks turned red. I didn’t say a single word to Chen Jiangjiang anymore.
On the way out of the school, I saw the monitor. Driven by curiosity, I glanced in his direction and discovered something extraordinary. The girl he was holding hands with, smiling happily, was not the study committee member, Chen Jiangjiang! The “model couple” praised by the whole class had fallen apart.
9
The next day, the results of the innovation competition were announced as scheduled. Zhang Zitao’s group got a top – ten ranking. On the day of receiving the award, he actually came to receive the award holding the hand of another girl. And at this time, I hadn’t heard any news of their breakup.
Chen Jiangjiang quickly learned that the monitor was going in and out with another girl. The two started arguing again, often having phone – call fights in the middle of the night. My sleep quality dropped to below the normal level. Thinking that I would be leaving in a few days, I didn’t try to stop them.
As a result, Chen Jiangjiang dragged me up from the chair and angrily questioned me:
“Are you guilty? Are you deliberately waiting to see me make a fool of myself? Is it because of the account – sharing thing that you’re holding a grudge and deliberately introduced another girl to him?”
I really was minding my own business, but trouble came to me. People with no light in their eyes see everything as gloomy. I pushed her away and adjusted my collar, saying:
“Chen Jiangjiang, wake up. Your little affairs with the monitor have nothing to do with me! If you have the energy to question me, you might as well ask Zhang Zitao directly!”
Chen Jiangjiang gave me a strange smile and stopped talking.
When I opened the class – fee usage detailed form in the group files again, I was shocked. Taking advantage of my previous illness, Chen Jiangjiang assigned a 2000 – yuan “classmate’s friendly visit to the sick” class – fee expense item to me. At that time, Chen Jiangjiang came to visit me in the hospital. I was so touched that I even bought her milk tea. But she came empty – handed. How could there be a 2000 – yuan expense for visiting the sick? She really dared to write! Instantly, she shifted the conflict to me.
The focus of the other classmates in the group immediately shifted to this “friendly” expense:
“Ye Jia, how could you use class fees for such an expensive illness?”
“I thought you were so righteous before. Turns out you’re no better.”
“These expenses should be yours, right? Why use everyone’s money?”
I immediately sent the audio of the “sharing” of accounts in the dormitory in the group.
“We’re all roommates. When there’s a difficulty, what’s wrong with asking you to share? Don’t you have any responsibility? If these expenses are recorded in your name, others surely won’t say anything. Anyway, no matter how you check, the class fees won’t increase…”
…
“This is the voice of our study committee member! I won’t mistake it!”
“Wow, she really dared to send this!”
“Amazing! She really dared to falsify the accounts! We must figure out the class fees clearly!”
The study committee member bombarded me, telling me not to slander her. I was almost shocked by her acting skills again. How could she believe her own act?
I immediately invited the owner of the small store that wholesales daily necessities to join the class group. He sent several payment screenshots of successful daily – item transactions in the group. The amounts and details were clearly written on them. He said:
“Dear classmates, recently a student said my store is a rip – off. I want to clarify that the goods in our store are sold at market prices, clearly marked. These are the order records of your class’s previous purchases in the store. All are at normal prices. We don’t overcharge you.”
The pictures showed a small – sized trash can, quantity 5, printing paper 500 sheets * 10, total price 100… The total payment for these items was 2000 yuan. The payment – success time was exactly the same as the “classmate’s visit” expense assigned to me!
Everyone found that the prices of these daily – use items reported in the group before were actually five times the real prices!
“A hollow plastic trash can for 25 yuan?”
“Come on, monitor, how dare you…”
The monitor quickly replied:
“Everyone, wait a moment. I’m verifying this expense.”
Wang Di directly replied:
“What are you waiting for, monitor? The evidence is right in front of us. Do you think Ye Jia bribed the small – store owner at the school gate to slander you? Or are these screenshots of the store owner forged? If they are forged, I’ll help you call the police!”
The classmates who loved to watch the excitement started a chain – reply of “help you call the police +1” in the group. Those who had accused me in the group all shut up. The people who originally believed that the monitor wouldn’t miscalculate the class fees also stopped speaking.
Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, the counselor ordered the monitor to report the truth. She promised that in three days, the classmates would receive their share of the class fees. After such a commotion, everyone finally learned the truth about the “missing class fees.”
“Wow, the monitor is actually such a person!”
“Could this have something to do with the study committee member too?”
“That’s our class fees! How dare he?”
But at this time, Wang Di sent me a private message:
“Be careful when you go out. The monitor doesn’t seem right.”
After receiving the message, I was extra careful. After all, Wang Di had been threatened once. The next day, news came that the monitor and Chen Jiangjiang were breaking up. They couldn’t figure out the accounts when they were together. Now that they were breaking up, the matter of account – settlement became even more difficult. The counselor urged them to calculate the class – fee expense items clearly. I think the counselor originally planned to turn a blind eye. But now, they had to give an explanation.
A classmate sent me a message asking: “Is it really worth it for just a little class fee?”
I casually sent an emoji to fob him off. Was it worth chasing after the class fees that I paid out and became someone else’s love-fund? Of course it was.
10
When I was out, an electric bike blocked my way. It was the monitor, Zhang Zitao, whom I hadn’t seen for a long time.
“Good morning, monitor. Have you calculated the class fees? When can we get the refund? I’m broke recently and waiting to get rich.”
After hearing my words, his eyes were full of impatience:
“You’d better stop meddling in other people’s business.”
“Then goodbye, monitor.”
Just as I turned around, Chen Jiangjiang came striding towards me with wide – open eyes. She pointed at me excitedly and started cursing:
“Did you do it on purpose? Deliberately stir up trouble between us and make us break up?”
I was confused when a car sped by, passing right next to me. Zhang Zitao then pulled Chen Jiangjiang into his arms and looked at her affectionately:
“Jiangjiang, I have nothing to do with that person. She’s just a member of the competition group. Don’t blame your roommate either.”
At this moment, I realized the meaning of the saying that green – tea behavior is not limited by gender.
Chen Jiangjiang hesitated for a few seconds, then hugged the monitor tightly, and the two made up.
Early the next morning, the counselor sent the original four – year bank statement to the class group. Everyone spontaneously organized to check the bill. From the first page to the three – hundredth page, we found that the actual amount used for class expenses was only 30,000 yuan at most! That is to say, the monitor and the study committee member had embezzled a full 70,000 yuan of class fees! Everyone was shocked, and the study committee member was extremely panicked. She blocked me at the school gate. At this time, Zhang Zitao quietly approached me with a stick. Instead of getting angry, I greeted him with a smile:
“Is there something, monitor?”
Just as his stick was about to swing down, the counselor’s voice came from behind:
“Zhang Zitao, what are you doing with that stick? What if you hurt a classmate?”
He smiled and dropped the stick, explaining that he was just joking with me. The two of them walked away hand in hand. The monitor sent a message in the group: “We will solve the problem.”
Seeing this, I couldn’t say I wasn’t worried. Although I wasn’t the problem, I was the one who raised it.
11
When I went back to the dormitory to pack my things, the documents in my wallet had been moved. There was a strange smell on the screen of my phone placed on the table… After I lay down on the bed and pulled the curtain, I heard Chen Jiangjiang’s voice:
“Let’s take a loan with her information. Then we can make up for the 70,000 yuan. Anyway, I know her lock – screen password and have her information and number. As long as the face – recognition is passed, the money will be released immediately.”
She probably thought I wasn’t in the dormitory. I didn’t dare to make a sound. In the afternoon, after I climbed down from the bed, Chen Jiangjiang, who had been arrogant a few days ago, greeted me affectionately. I was so scared that I broke out in a cold sweat. Because on the computer screen behind her, there was a message from the monitor: “When doing face – recognition, find a way to make her blink.”
They actually planned to apply for a loan with my information! I took the opportunity to suggest going out for dinner together. When they relaxed, I kicked Chen Jiangjiang, and the phone in her hand, which was ready for face – recognition, fell steadily to the ground. Chen Jiangjiang immediately let out a shrill scream.
“What are you doing! This phone is expensive. Can you afford to pay for it?”
If they could use class fees and not spend their own money, of course they would choose the expensive ones. At this time, the counselor came out from the side and picked up the phone on the ground. Wang Di and Jiang Qi also came out from behind the counselor. Wang Di took a picture of the face – recognition screen on Chen Jiangjiang’s phone with my name on it.
The monitor, who had always been gentle, changed his image and rushed forward to grab Wang Di’s phone. The counselor was frightened and quickly protected Wang Di behind her.
“Chen Jiangjiang, when Ye Jia told me that you were going to take a loan with her information, I didn’t believe it. I really didn’t expect that you still haven’t repented. You actually stole her information.”
Chen Jiangjiang pouted and shouted with all her might:
“Counselor, you judge. We’ve served everyone for four years, handed in so many materials, and helped them a lot. What’s wrong with spending a little class fee? If it weren’t for her nagging, no one would have chased after the class fees! She should make up for the money!”
Wang Di and Jiang Qi looked at each other, their faces full of shock. The counselor returned the phone to Chen Jiangjiang and discussed a solution with me. I said: “You apologize to me, delete my information, and make up for the class fees spent for personal reasons and return them to everyone. Then I won’t pursue the matter of you stealing my information for a loan and threatening me before.”
Chen Jiangjiang stared at me viciously, with no sign of regret in her eyes. I continued:
“If you don’t agree to this plan, then the counselor and I will have to call the police. The embezzlement of class fees and the theft of my identity information for a loan will be counted together!”
The two of them stood there, not saying a word. The counselor said:
“Ye Jia, since they don’t agree, you can call the police.”
I quickly clicked the confirm – call button, and the number 110 appeared on the screen. When Zhang Zitao saw this, he reached out to grab my phone again. I took a step back, and the counselor blocked him in front of me. The counselor then asked me to hang up the alarm call first. She was still soft – hearted. She looked at Zhang Zitao and patiently persuaded:
“Zhang Zita ot, Chen Jiangjiang, the teacher will give you one more chance. Everyone makes mistakes. As long as you admit your mistakes, apologize to her, and find a proper way to make up for the class fees, we won’t pursue this anymore, and we won’t call the police.”
Seeing that they didn’t respond, the counselor gently comforted:
“Chen Jiangjiang, if you have a criminal record, it will really have a bad impact on you in the future. You’re young, and it’s normal for a couple to spend money in a relationship. If you used the money wrongly, just return it. Don’t make mistakes again.”
I added:
“If the police come, you’ll have to make up more than just these 70,000 yuan.”
Chen Jiangjiang suddenly burst into tears, knelt down in my direction, and grabbed my trouser leg, pleading:
“Jiajia, I’m sorry… Don’t call the police, okay… I was wrong, I’ll make up for it… It was Zhang Zitao who suggested it. I didn’t want to at first…”
She held my trouser leg tightly and rubbed her head against my shoes desperately. It took me a lot of effort to pull it out. She cried for a long time, and her whole eye sockets were red and swollen. I knew she didn’t really realize her mistake but was just scared by the huge compensation and the possibility of having a criminal record.
Finally, the monitor’s elderly parents made up for the missing part of the class fees. Zhang Zitao’s parents kowtowed and apologized to our counselor. The counselor was so scared that she didn’t know what to do and quickly helped them up.
“Teacher, we only have this one son. He’s really a scoundrel…”
“Dear classmate, we’re really sorry. He surely didn’t do it on purpose…”
After his parents left the office, the counselor was still in a state of shock. The other teachers in the office, not knowing the whole story, thought the counselor was bullying the student’s parents and almost called the police. After learning the truth, they were filled with sighs.
The counselor then calculated the class fees clearly and refunded them to every student in the class. With 70,000 yuan of class fees, everyone received a large sum of money back!
Those who had previously accused me of meddling in other people’s business, after happily receiving the transfer, all gave me a thumbs – up.
“Ye Jia, I’m sorry. The previous message surely wasn’t sent by me. “
“Getting back our own class fees is perfectly justifiable!”
12
At the graduation ceremony, I didn’t see Chen Jiangjiang’s figure. Instead, I saw the monitor holding the hand of another girl and walking into the venue together. At this time, Chen Jiangjiang suddenly appeared from nowhere. Seeing Zhang Zitao with a new girlfriend, she rushed forward and grabbed the girl’s neck. She changed her usual appearance and started cursing:
“You’re destroying other people’s relationship! How can you be so shameless?”
The girl wasn’t to be outdone and snorted:
“I’m in a normal relationship with him. Who are you?”
Chen Jiangjiang’s eyes narrowed slightly, and her face turned red with anger. Both of them were furious and then started fighting.
The monitor, Zhang Zitao, impatiently pried open Chen Jiangjiang’s hand and shielded his new girlfriend behind him:
“Enough! If you hit again, I won’t be polite!”
Chen Jiangjiang stomped her feet in anger, and her voice trembled:
“Scumbag! Scumbag!”
His new girlfriend looked at Zhang Zitao in a delicate and pitiful way. She was really endearing, and I even felt like rushing forward to protect her.
Zhang Zitao and his new girlfriend walked away hand in hand in full view of everyone. Chen Jiangjiang suddenly knelt down on the ground, tears streaming down her face.
“Zhang Zitao! You bastard! I’ll make you regret it!”
She didn’t understand why, after four years, a person could change so suddenly. She didn’t understand where she had gone wrong. But I understood. There was no such thing as a sudden change. Everything had its signs.
They had quarreled many times in these four years. At first, I tried to reconcile them. Later, I painstakingly persuaded her, analyzed the pros and cons for her, and also reminded her that Zhang Zitao was not the “peerless warm – hearted guy” she described. As a result, in her eyes, I and the other roommates were still the culprits of the disharmony in our relationship.
In this relationship, the other three of us in the dormitory were the biggest victims. Almost everyone in the class was on the verge of being fooled in their relationship. A relationship that consumes others’ emotions can’t last long. Moreover, class fees are not the private slush – fund of the class committee.
On the day of getting the diploma, I drew a relatively satisfactory end to my college life. And when the former monitor came to get his diploma sneakily, he found that he still had a subject whose grade was not passing. The reason for this failing grade was astonishing. The study committee member, to get revenge on Zhang Zitao, secretly deducted the usual score she had added to him before. Now Zhang Zitao didn’t have the qualification to receive the graduation certificate.
I could only take back the two pieces of paper and hand them back to the counselor, sighing. I said to him: “Work hard for the make – up exam. You don’t want to still not get the graduation certificate in a few months, do you?”
Zhang Zitao gritted his teeth, muttering Chen Jiangjiang’s name.
13
Later, Chen Jiangjiang was reported by the monitor for tampering with the usual scores. Her grade in one subject was marked as failing again. What was worse, she couldn’t pass this subject, and there was no make – up exam opportunity, so she couldn’t graduate. Everyone couldn’t believe that they would end up like this after falling out.
Chen Jiangjiang had to start working to pay off the debt. People came and went on the campus path. Chen Jiangjiang was squatting on the ground, looking disheveled and silent. No one could recognize that she was once the arrogant study committee member.
It was said that Chen Jiangjiang naively believed in the high – paying part – time jobs advertised online again. Eager to pay off her debt, she was cheated out of a large sum of money. In the end, she failed to hold onto either her studies or her love.
Zhang Zitao broke up with his new girlfriend not long after. On the day I left school, I saw a person with disheveled hair on the rooftop pushing another person off…
– The End –
