Make a Fortune and Become Well-off [90] - Chapter 119
Jiang Ning’s eyes fell on a particular person’s face, and then she smiled at everyone, “I told you, all my magazines are sample issues. To see if they are mine, we can just go out and buy two official issues and compare them. You’ll know immediately. If the person says she bought her book outside, she would never have gotten a sample issue.”
“By the way, sample magazines aren’t available on the market; only insiders have them.”
This wasn’t entirely true, but it was enough to fool these little girls. Besides, she wasn’t lying. But that sample issues would be sent to the author, not insiders.
Also, not all of her magazines were sample issues. The seven or eight she bought at the beginning were full issues.
After Lu Xuehua understood, she knew that Jiang Ning had complete evidence to prove that those magazines were hers. So she rolled up her sleeves and said, “Then what are we waiting for? Let’s go down and find out who it is.”
She had a somewhat fiery personality, and she couldn’t stand others wrongly accusing her, so she still doubted He Xiaofang.
The dormitory head, Wang Xia, also said, “Yes, let’s go and ask. People take others’ books, rent them out, and make money for themselves. It’s too much.”
The other girls were also curious about who had done the immoral thing, and they all wanted to go down and have a look.
Jiang Ning didn’t agree. Instead, she asked the crowd to disperse first, then closed the dormitory door and said to the one in the dormitory, “You’d better stand up on your own or apologize to me in private, that’s fine. Give me my books back, and I will forgive you. Whatever money you made, take it out and treat everyone to a late-night snack.”
No one expected Jiang Ning to choose this approach.
Lu Xuehua, who was a little impatient, disagreed and said, “Stand up and apologize to us.” She added, dissatisfied, “It’s best to inform the whole school; otherwise, others will think I’m a thief.”
When she stared at He Xiaofang, He Xiaofang’s scalp tingled under her gaze, but she still tried her best to stare back. Because she was being suspected, her eyes were full of tears, and she pulled Jiang Ning’s sleeve tightly.
Only the trust and protection of Jiang Ning and Xu Xiuli made her less afraid of being suspected by everyone.
Liu Ping, who originally wanted to confess to Jiang Ning privately after hearing her words, couldn’t stand it anymore when she saw Lu Xuehua saying she wanted to inform the whole school. She lowered her head and raised her hand, “It’s me.”
Lu Xuehua, who was sitting next to her and still holding her arm, looked at Liu Ping as if she’d been stabbed and pushed her away from her.
She never expected that the person who did it would be Liu Ping, who was her best friend.
There were eight people in the 610 dormitory. After Jiang Ning, Xu Xiuli, and He Xiaofang had formed a small group, the dormitory head Wang Xia and the other two, who were relatively gentle, could hang out with anyone. Lu Xuehua’s temperament was completely opposite to her name. She was not quiet at all but a bit tough and impatient. She could chat with any of them, but she couldn’t get along with people who were quiet and gentle like them, so her temperament was different from the others. Liu Ping, who was somewhat similar, naturally got together with her. They usually went to school together and had meals together. Liu Ping was also willing to accommodate her impatience. The two of them slept in bunk beds and naturally had the best relationship.
She had suspected everyone in the dormitory. She even looked at Xu Xiuli twice before finally focusing all her attention on He Xiaofang. But she did not doubt Liu Ping.
As it turned out, the person responsible for everything was Liu Ping, the one who had the best relationship with her. She was disgusted by it. Liu Ping didn’t cry at first, but after being pushed hard by Lu Xuehua, she broke down in tears.
Liu Ping had been sitting on Lu Xuehua’s bed with her. When Lu Xuehua pushed her down, she also fell off the bed. It didn’t hurt at all, but for some reason, being pushed away by Lu Xuehua made her burst into tears.
She immediately got up, crying, “I just read so many magazines. After everyone finished reading them, they just left them there.”
“Those magazines belong to Jiang Ning, not you. You used someone else’s books to make money for yourself. Your little scheme is really selfish,” Lu Xuehua said angrily.Â
Seeing Liu Ping still lying on her bed, she slapped her hard on the thigh and said, “Get off.”
Liu Ping sat up, hugged Lu Xuehua’s arm, and cried, “Don’t be so angry. Jiang Ning said she forgives me.”
She quickly took out all the money she had earned and placed it on Lu Xuehua’s bed.
Lu Xuehua snapped, “Why are you putting the money on my bed?”
Liu Ping hurriedly, though reluctantly, handed the money she earned from renting the magazines to Jiang Ning.
In just two weeks, she had made quite a bit of money, several yuan.
She lowered her head, her face full of embarrassment, tears still on her cheeks. She smiled ingratiatingly at Jiang Ning, then sat back down on Lu Xuehua’s bed, further angering Lu Xuehua, who shouted, “Don’t sit on my bed.”
Liu Ping stood beside Lu Xuehua’s bed with a good temper and pleaded, “I know I was wrong. I shouldn’t have used Jiang Ning’s books to make money. Jiang Ning, I’ll return all the money to you, but please don’t tell the teacher, okay?” She tugged on the sleeve of Lu Xuehua, who was still fuming. “I really know I was wrong.”
Lu Xuehua angrily pulled her sleeve back and turned away to ignore her. Liu Ping, sensing the moment, sat back on Lu Xuehua’s bed to coax her.
Jiang Ning watched the two of them with admiration, realizing that Liu Ping was truly talented. Just by being thick-skinned and quick-witted, placed in the right situation, she could definitely go far. But dealing with such a person, whose mind was so sharp, people must always guard against the possibility that she might betray them for her own gain.
Jiang Ning suddenly remembered that she was no longer part of the system and that Liu Ping was not her subordinate.
After working for so many years, her professional habits had taught her not to escalate conflicts out of resentment but to maintain a fine balance for the sake of stability.
For instance, just now, when so many people gathered around the door of their 610 dormitory and things were about to escalate, Jiang Ning stopped in time after applying just enough pressure on Liu Ping. They had to live in the same dormitory for the next three years. It was unnecessary to push the roommates they had to live with too far.
Yet the mistake was Liu Ping’s in the first place.
Jiang Ning looked at Liu Ping, who was still coaxing Lu Xuehua, and then at the others in the dormitory, and said, “I already mentioned, the money Liu Ping earned from renting the books will be used to treat everyone to supper. Tonight, we’ll all go to the canteen and eat braised pork. My treat.”
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