TSMVHATRM Chapter 85

Time Space: the Male Villain Has the Ability To Read Minds Chapter 85: Catching A Thief

Gu Rong was much calmer. He squeezed Pei Tiantian’s small, fleshy hand in a soothing gesture and took her back to the classroom. He then took out a notebook and wrote, “I already know who the thief is.”

“Who? How do you know?” Pei Tiantian’s grape-shaped eyes widened.

Wasn’t the villain always with her? How did he know?

Gu Rong lowered his eyes.

He already had a guess in his heart.

There used to be two twin brothers sitting at the table in front of him, Lei Qian and Lei Kun.

They often stole other people’s rice bowls, and Gu Rong had seen them several times.

Gu Rong had a good memory. He clearly remembered the general features of the enamel bowls that Lei Qian and Lei Kun had placed on the table.

And the marks left on the handles of the two enamel bowls that had just been left on the stove were clearly identical to those of the twin brothers’ enamel bowls.

“The two people who stole our food are called Lei Qian and Lei Kun. They should be in Class 1, Grade 3 now,”

Gu Rong wrote.

Pei Tiantian looked at the words. “Brother Gu Rong, do you know those two? Could they be your former classmates?”

Gu Rong nodded.

Pei Tiantian understood, and she dragged Gu Rong along with her to angrily settle the score with the two.

Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time outside the third-grade class, no twins appeared.

However, Gu Rong’s former classmates recognized him, their expressions somewhat complicated.

They had all assumed Gu Rong would never return after dropping out, but he had not only returned but even skipped to fifth grade.

Pei Tiantian asked several classmates where Lei Kun and Lei Qian were.

They all said they didn’t know.

It was almost time for class in the afternoon when Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong finally tracked down the twins.

Lei Qian and Lei Kun had found a place to eat outside. Fearing that Gu Rong, who had stolen their food, might find them, they decided to sneak back in during class.

Unexpectedly, upon returning, they ran into Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong.

They both started to run.

Gu Rong scurried forward, ripped the canvas bag from Lei Gan, and threw it to the ground.

The enamel cups inside all tumbled out with a clanging sound.

Lei Gan and Lei Kun’s faces paled instantly.

“How come Lei Gan and his brother have four enamel cups?”

“No wonder Gu Rong suddenly found us here. Did he steal them?”

Pei Tiantian picked up her and Gu Rong’s enamel cups and opened them. Sure enough, they were empty, completely devoured.

She confronted Lei Gan and Lei Kun, “Why are enamel cups with our names engraved on them in your bags? Are you the two who stole our food?”

“We didn’t steal it. We found it,”

Lei Kun said, stiffening his neck, his eyes flickering with guilt.

Lei Gan, quick-witted, chimed in, “That’s right. Your food was stolen, and the cup was thrown on the roadside. We kindly found it and were about to return it to you, but you’re accusing us of it!”

What a blaming-on-the-back-up move.

Pei Tiantian’s mouth twitched.

She didn’t expect that these two brothers would be so shameless after being caught red-handed.

A hint of sarcasm flashed in Gu Rong’s eyes. He also expected that these two people would deny it.

At this time, Hu Weiguo, the head teacher of Class 1, Grade 3, also came and asked in confusion: “What are you doing?”

Pei Tiantian immediately took two enamel cups and complained: “The two of them stole the food from me and brother Gu Rong, and they still refuse to admit it.”

“We didn’t, we just picked up their enamel cups, and we didn’t steal their food.” Lei Kun spoke quickly.

Hu Weiguo’s gaze lingered on the enamel cup in Pei Tiantian’s hand, its name engraved on it.

He then turned to glance at the Lei brothers, both of whom seemed a little guilty, unable to meet his gaze.

A thought struck Hu Weiguo, and he spoke: “Lei Qian and Lei Kun, you still don’t admit your mistakes? The teacher saw you eating out of these very two enamel cups at noon today.”

Lei Qian and Lei Kun were immediately shocked, their faces changing.

They hadn’t expected Hu Weiguo to witness it.

Like two defeated roosters, the two men languidly admitted to the theft, saying they had taken Gu Rong and Pei Tiantian’s food because they wanted to eat better.

Hu Weiguo’s face darkened for a moment.

In truth, he hadn’t even seen the enamel cups Lei Qian and Lei Kun had used to eat.

He had simply tricked them, and he hadn’t expected it to be revealed.

Hu Weiguo immediately made Lei Qian and Lei Kun apologize to Gu Rong and Pei Tiantian, then harshly reprimanded them for their behavior in front of the entire third-grade class.

The classmates looked at Lei Qian and Lei Kun with disdain.

Lei Qian and Lei Kun sat in the classroom with dejected expressions, not daring to look up the entire day.

Pei Tiantian was relatively satisfied with the outcome.

However, it also made her realize that bringing rice to school to steam was inconvenient.

If something like this happened again, it would be difficult to find the thief.

So, after school that afternoon, Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong went to Xie Jiagui’s restaurant.

Xie Jiagui’s restaurant was only two blocks away from the elementary school, very close.

Pei Tiantian and Xie Jiagui agreed to have lunch there every day.

Zhou Wanhong and Xie Jiagui learned that Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong’s food had been stolen on their first day, and they felt sorry for the two brats. Xie Jiagui went to the pot on the back kitchen stove and took a large, braised chicken drumstick for each of them to nibble on.

Pei Tiantian grabbed the drumstick with her small, fleshy hands and devoured it.

The braised chicken thighs were soft but not tough, the meat fresh and tender, and the juices gushed out with every bite.

Pei Tiantian ate with such delight that her two short legs kept shaking.

After finishing, her face was covered in the brine, resembling a little cat.

Zhou Wanhong took a clean handkerchief and wiped her face and hands clean.

Xie Jiagui looked at Pei Tiantian with a smile.

He had heard Zhou Wanhong say that Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong were already in school, skipping a grade and entering the fifth grade.

He was shocked at first, but he soon understood.

Tiantian’s intelligence wasn’t surprising; after all, what five-year-old could possibly heal someone’s illness?

Pei Tiantian even discussed with Xie Jiagui about giving him fifty yuan a month for food.

Xie Jiagui shook his head and refused.

He felt that Gu Rong and Pei Tiantian were just two children, and they couldn’t eat much.

Seeing that Xie Jiagui refused them to pay, Pei Tiantian gave up.

At this moment, a man in his thirties came into the restaurant and Xie Jiagui hurried over to greet him, writing down his order with a pen and paper.

The man spoke a few words, and his accent didn’t sound like someone from here.

Pei Tiantian couldn’t help but look at him a few more time