Chapter 114 Catch
  the Thief That night, Fang Qing, as usual, put the paintings in the activity room to dry, then locked the door and left. Shortly after she left, the lights in the corridor turned off one by one, and then a sound of footsteps was heard. A figure moved quickly in the dark corridor, and with the click of the door lock, the figure quickly entered the activity room.

  The man carefully checked each drawing board with a flashlight until he saw a blue painting by the window. His breathing quickened. The flashlight shone on the lower right corner of the drawing paper. He was obviously relieved when he saw the word "lime", then he bit the flashlight and prepared to roll up the painting.

  "Snap!" The lights in the room suddenly lit up, and the man was startled and stood still. The hand reaching for the scroll also stopped in mid-air, and he mechanically turned his head to look at the location of the door switch.

  "Hey, Wang Yao, what a coincidence to meet you so late at night!" Wang Nan, Zhang Jiaqi and the others stood at the doorway, their arms folded as they stared at Wang Yao in the middle of the room, their face now furrowed in panic as if they were watching a play.

  Fang Qing had never expected that the person who repeatedly stole paintings would be Wang Yao, the most honest girl in the class? But why would she do this? He had never had any unpleasantness with her, and they usually got along very well. It didn't make sense at all.

  "Wang Yao, what are you doing here?"

  Wang Yao looked at the expressions of Fang Qing and the others, her mind blank. She felt as if she was under a spell. She just watched the three people slowly approach, not knowing how to react. "I... I..."

  What should she say? These people were not fools. How could they not see that she came here for the painting? But if she told them, how would they deal with her? Would they tell the instructor? Would she be punished? Would Li Heng from her cousin's class always look down on her?

  Just as Wang Yao was trembling with fear, Fang Qing approached. As Fang Qing approached, Wang Yao stepped back, finally knocking over an easel and collapsing to the ground.

  "Oh no, it's over," Fang Qing sighed, slapping his forehead as he looked at Zhang Han's fallen easel. "This is going to be a big problem."

  ...

  Sitting on a small stool, after being taught the correct outlook on life, worldview, and values by Wang Nan and Fang Qing, Wang Yao finally succumbed to the mental torture and honestly told the whole story.

  Wang Nan gritted her teeth in anger, "What has our Fang Qing done to you? Why do you have to target her like this?"

  Wang Yao glanced at Fang Qing, "I don't know about that. Anyway, Li Yufang said that anything about you must be told to her, and then she will cause trouble for you and make... make you uncomfortable, and she will be happy."

  Fang Qing looked up at the sky speechlessly, "So, you took my painting last time and asked someone to take my painting to the competition, right?"

  Wang Yao shook her head quickly, "I was only responsible for stealing the painting. I don't know anything else, but... she doesn't look like she has any interest in your painting..."

  After asking almost everything they could, Fang Qing and the other two began to worry about what to do with Wang Yao next. Seeing the three of them staring at her, Wang Yao suddenly panicked. Were these three people going to kill her to silence her?

  "I... I've told you everything I should say. I haven't done anything against the law. Can you please let me go..."

  Wang Nan sat down next to Wang Yao carelessly, put his arm around her shoulders, and smiled like a bandit. "Oh, what are you talking about? How could we do that kind of thing? But I'm a little curious. What kind of handle do you have in that Li Yufang's hand that allows her to order you around like that?"

  Wang Yao bit her lip and said nothing. No matter how Wang Nan asked, she refused to say anything. Finally, seeing that she was about to cry, Fang Qing pulled them apart and handed her another painting. "Since you don't want to say, then we won't ask. Take this painting and give it to her. As for what happened tonight, you should know..." "I don't know what to do."

  Wang Yao hadn't expected to get the painting back. She looked at Fang Qing in disbelief. "Why did you give it to me? Did you poison it?"

  Zhang Jiaqi scoffed. "Do you think we're the same as you? If I don't give you the painting, how are you going to explain it to her? Just consider it a favor. Why don't you take it?"

  Wang Yao took the painting uncertainly and slowly left the room under the gaze of the three. As she closed the door, Wang Yao suddenly remembered something and turned to Fang Qing. "By the way, I saw Li Yufang calling Li Xin "cousin" again. I've heard gossip about you and Li Xin. This information might be useful to you." With that, she quickly ran away with the painting.

  Silence returned to the activity room. Fang Qing quietly reflected on Wang Yao's words, and it took a while for her to understand. Li Yufang and Li Xin were cousins, and she had a grudge against Li Xin, so Li Yufang had been targeting her, repeatedly causing trouble. Oh, I never expected this! So that's what was going on!

  Fang Qing stood up and paced around the room, wondering how to deal with the two sisters. Thinking of Wang Yao who had just left, an idea suddenly came to his mind.

  A few days later, Wang Yao suddenly found Li Yufang and

  said, "I, I have a major discovery. That...that person seems to have gone to a hotel outside the school today." Li Yufang was a little impatient at first, but she immediately perked up when she heard the news. "Hotel? What would a girl do in a hotel?"

  Wang Yao rubbed the corner of her clothes, a little afraid to look up. "I heard that there is...an event tonight."

  Li Yufang rolled her eyes. "Are all the girls in their dormitory going?"

  Wang Yao shook her head. "Those girls have other things to do tonight, so they probably won't go. Maybe...she and the president..."

  Wang Yao didn't finish her words, but Li Yufang understood. She smiled with disdain, her eyes full of

  contempt. "Hmph! Bitch, you can't help it. You knew they would have such a day! Okay, I get it, you can go back!" Wang Yao stood still, thinking about what Wang Nan had taught her before, and hesitating whether to say it. But her attitude made Li Yufang look like she had something to say, "Do you have something else to say? If so, hurry up and say it, I have to go out soon. Tsk, can you be quick? Don't be so blunt all day long. With you like this, no wonder Li Heng doesn't like you and is with someone else..."

  Wang Yao, who was originally hesitant, clenched her fists when she heard this.

  Normally, Li Yufang would always use the person she liked as a condition to get her to do this and that. She had done so many things for her like a slave, but she always looked down on her. She even kept delaying the promise to introduce her to Li Heng. Wang Yao knew that she might just be using her, but she always held on to a glimmer of hope. What if she really helped her one day?

  But she only found out today that Li Heng had already been with someone else. Wouldn't all her previous efforts have become a joke? Thinking of this, Wang Yao finally hardened her heart.

  "I have an idea that will make her never be able to hold her head up again."

  (End of this chapter)