Luo Mengmeng also looked over and then saw the other person frantically searching through the desk, her eyes red with urgency, tears swirling in her eyes, "I couldn’t have remembered wrong, I clearly remember taking off my bracelet and putting it in the desk hole, then I went to the restroom. I was planning to wear it again when I came back, but then it was gone..."
While sobbing, she looked up pitifully at her classmates, "Did really no one see anything?"
Everyone still shook their heads.
"Belle, are you sure you lost your bracelet inside the desk?"
"Now, there are two possibilities, first, a student from another class entered our classroom and took your bracelet. The second possibility is that someone in our class has sticky fingers!" the homeroom teacher said solemnly as she slapped the podium.
Then, she continued, "Did anyone see a student from another class come to our class during the break?"
Everyone answered in unison.
Seeing that everyone said this, the homeroom teacher nodded slowly, "If no one from another class came to our class, then we can rule out the first possibility. Now, only the second possibility remains!"
"The thief is someone from our class!"
The thought of having someone dishonest in her class made the homeroom teacher push her glasses up on the bridge of her nose and scrutinize each person’s face with a piercing gaze before speaking again, "If you stole it, I hope you will stand up now, admit your mistake, return the item, and apologize to Belle. I might consider making a big deal into a small one, and forgive you this time, otherwise, don’t blame me for taking you to the academic affairs office!"
Her words rang out forcefully, making everyone’s heart skip even without the use of a loudspeaker.
Everyone hurriedly looked at each other, but still, no one confessed.
"Still not confessing?" the homeroom teacher, having spoken to this extent but still seeing no confession, finally ran out of patience.
"Since that is the case, I will personally search each and every one of you!"
"Come on, put your bags on the desk!"
"I’m telling you, if I find it in your possession, you are done for!"
The homeroom teacher walked down from the podium with a fierce momentum, searching through the students’ backpacks, desk holes, pencil boxes, and school uniform pockets, and any other possible hiding spots.
She was searching like she was dealing with criminals.
"Absolutely ridiculous..." Tong Mo rolled her eyes immediately, pulling Mengmeng to complain, "I think she probably lost the bracelet herself because she’s too silly. Why did the teacher automatically assume it was stolen by us?"
"The innocent know no fear."
As Luo Mengmeng spoke, she felt her eyelids twitching uncontrollably, as if something bad was about to happen.
She couldn’t help but press her eyelids to stop them from twitching.
At that moment, the homeroom teacher also reached her place, looking at Luo Mengmeng expressionlessly and extending her hand, "Where is your backpack?"
"Here." Luo Mengmeng quickly took it out from the desk and handed it to her.
After receiving it, the homeroom teacher unzipped the backpack and poured everything out like pouring beans from a bamboo tube.
Mengmeng’s backpack was almost entirely filled with snacks, and soon, Oishi shrimp snacks, potato chips, and Coca-Cola dominated the entire table top.
Everyone watched in astonishment.
Gu Zhihan also broke out in a sweat.
The homeroom teacher was speechless, "Are you here to eat, or are you here to study?"