Pampered by the School Bully-Chapter 217 - 211, Pu Sangzhi cried! (2)

The meal card was lost, for Pu Sangzhi, it was a catastrophe!

For several minutes, Pu Sangzhi couldn’t react.

She stood there, frozen, her face a picture of panic and cluelessness.

Her mind was racing, as she replayed all the places she had been to that day, rummaging in her pockets.

Because she had a cold, she carried two packs of tissues in her pockets, so she kept reaching into her pockets all day long.

It must have been during one of these moments, that she inadvertently took out the meal card...

Pu Sangzhi thought: she had used the meal card to pay for dinner, so it must have been lost recently.

Could it be that she lost it at the cafeteria during dinner?

Right...

After leaving the cafeteria, she accompanied Zhu Dandan to the store because Zhu Dandan said she hadn’t eaten enough.

But she didn’t buy anything at the store, meaning she didn’t use the meal card. So she didn’t know whether the meal card was still in her pocket when they went to the store...

After leaving the store, they immediately returned to the classroom.

After that was now, the second class of evening study.

Pu Sangzhi went over the entire journey in her mind several times, the more she thought about it, the more panicked she became, the more afraid she was.

Because she really couldn’t remember where the card was lost. It could have been dropped on any street or in any corner, or it might have been picked up by someone...

They finished dinner early, around six o’clock.

At that time, there were many students near the cafeteria, so it was very likely that someone picked it up.

If the meal card was picked up by a kind-hearted student, the money inside might still be safe.

But if it was picked up by some greedy student, the more than 400 yuan inside would be...

Pu Sangzhi dared not consider such an outcome.

For her, who was as frugal as life itself, she could not bear the second kind of consequence.

More than 400 yuan, which was not a small sum for any average student.

For Pu Sangzhi, it was a month’s living expenses.

She was very frugal with food and clothing at school, so this money could last a long time.

She really couldn’t afford to lose this money...

"Tsk..."

Pu Sangzhi sighed and, holding her head, slumped down on the desk.

...

During the break of the second class, Pu Sangzhi took advantage of the ten-minute break to run downstairs.

Pu Sangzhi was so scared she couldn’t waste time looking for the meal card on her way and simply ran directly to the card service center on the first floor of the cafeteria to get a new one.

Issuing a new card required a fee of 15 yuan, which Pu Sangzhi paid after gritting her teeth.

Soon, she received the new meal card, but when she looked up the balance, holding onto a glimmer of hope, reality delivered a heavy blow!

Because the 446 yuan in the meal card now amounted to only 0.5 yuan!

When the card service center staff told her the balance, Pu Sangzhi’s face turned pale in an instant.

In the following minutes, her mind felt as if it had been hit by an atomic bomb, completely unable to respond.

Seeing her standing there, dazed and unresponsive for several minutes, the staff member felt a bit sorry for her and tried to ask, "Student, how much was originally in this card?"

At that moment, not only was Pu Sangzhi’s complexion pale, but her palms were also cold, and she quivered, "Over 400... sir, sir, is there any chance of getting it back?"

The staff member furrowed his brow and shook his head, "The chances of getting it back are slim. I can only tell you where these 400 plus yuan were deducted, but who knows whose hands your card is in..."

Pu Sangzhi felt her nose tingle, and a rush of heat surged to her head; she felt so sad, she almost wanted to cry, "Then, where was it deducted?"

The staff member clicked the mouse and checked the card’s expense record, "These 400 plus yuan were swiped twice. The first time was at 6:18, just before evening study, 200 plus yuan were deducted. The second time was during the break of the first class, not long after, another 200 plus yuan were deducted. At that store..."

The staff member pointed to a store outside the cafeteria, "Right, the store has surveillance, you can check it out. However, even if you find out which student used it, there’s no guarantee they’ll return your money."

Pu Sangzhi pursed her lips tightly, her eyes glistening with tear as she nodded.

Quickly, she turned and left, heading to the store to check the surveillance.

No matter what, Pu Sangzhi wanted to know who had spent the money on her meal card and whether there was any slight chance... of getting it back.

Holding onto that last bit of hope, Pu Sangzhi walked into the store.

The snack bar was bustling with many students making purchases, so much so that even the card-swiping had a queue forming.

Pu Sangzhi, fraught with anxiety, could only rush to the front and directly ask the snack bar auntie, "Auntie, could you help me check the surveillance footage? Someone used my meal card, and I want to see who it was..."

But precisely because the snack bar was so busy, the snack bar auntie didn’t even glance at her, simply waving her hand and saying, "I’m too busy now, let’s talk about it later."

Pu Sangzhi was truly in a panic.

She glanced at the queue that had formed a small long line, estimating that there were only a few minutes left before class began, baffled as to why these students weren’t in a hurry to return to class and were still queuing here.

Pu Sangzhi tried asking the snack bar auntie again, "Auntie, can I come after evening self-study to check? I really had a lot of money swiped from my card..."

Hearing this, the snack bar auntie looked up at her, her tone brimming with impatience, "Alright, we’ll talk about it then. It’s useless to check anyway, I’ve hardly seen anyone get their money back. Hey, student, is this pile yours?"

The snack bar auntie merely gave Pu Sangzhi a perfunctory reply before quickly engaging in conversation with other students.

Pu Sangzhi had been completely sidelined.

She walked out of the snack bar dejected, holding her new meal card, each step heavy as she made her way back towards the classroom...

Despite having tried so hard and being so diligent in dealing with this matter.

The situation remained the same.

The meal card was replaced, but the money in it was gone.

Although she could check the surveillance, so what if she did?

The surveillance might not even show who used her card, and even if it did reveal who used it, that person might not necessarily return the money to her.

This 446 yuan... gone, just because of a moment of carelessness.

No, it was more than that.

The replacement of the meal card had cost her another 16 yuan!

It was 446 + 16 = 462!

Just because of today’s momentary lapse in attention, she had lost 462 yuan!

462 yuan... enough for Pu Sangzhi to spend for over a month.

With this thought, Pu Sangzhi’s mood became incredibly somber!

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During the third period of evening self-study, Pu Sangzhi lay with her head down on the desk, facing the wall, motionless, not making a sound.

Yao Meimei, who had finished her homework during the third period, noticed Pu Sangzhi’s unusual state.

She had been wanting to talk to Pu Sangzhi, poking her with a pen and calling her name softly, but none of this elicited any response from Pu Sangzhi.

Unable to bear it any longer, Yao Meimei finally couldn’t resist and raised her head slightly, peeking over to see if Pu Sangzhi had fallen asleep.

It was then that she discovered, to her fright, that Pu Sangzhi was actually lying there, silently shedding tears...

Yao Meimei was so startled that she opened her mouth wide, not daring to make a sound, and quickly sat back down gently in her chair, patting her chest to recover from the scene she had just witnessed.

Shocked, Yao Meimei gently patted Pu Sangzhi’s back, wanting to comfort her, but not knowing how to.

Because Yao Meimei had no idea why Pu Sangzhi was so sad.

Yao Meimei decided to write a note and passed it through several classmates’ hands until it reached Zhu Dandan in the second group of the same row.

Zhu Dandan was also taken aback by Yao Meimei’s note and immediately looked towards Pu Sangzhi.

But Pu Sangzhi’s face was turned towards the wall, showing no discernible emotion.

Thus, everyone endured the third period of evening self-study in agony.

...

After evening self-study ended, Pu Sangzhi, although still not in the best of spirits, seemed emotionally recovered, her face clean as if she had never cried.

She told Zhu Dandan and Wen Miao about the loss of her meal card and how somebody had used it all up.

This made Zhu Dandan and Wen Miao so angry!

The two of them, full of righteousness, accompanied Pu Sangzhi to the snack bar to check the surveillance...

But when the three of them arrived at the snack bar, it was still bustling, a queue having formed once more.

When Pu Sangzhi went up to ask about the surveillance this time, the snack bar auntie still waved her off, saying, "I’m too busy now, talk to me about it later."

Pu Sangzhi had no choice but to step back outside the snack bar with Zhu Dandan and Wen Miao, waiting dryly for the moment the snack bar would get less busy.

Just then, a group of teens exuding a dark aura, with their cool and swaggering stride, also arrived, making noise as they approached...