How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 72 - Setting a Trap_1
72: Chapter 72: Setting a Trap_1
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Li Qiao and Qin Jin parted ways and headed to the dormitory.
As soon as she entered, Zhao Li said, “Li Qiao, Li Jinhua told me that your exam admission ticket was stolen and you carved a seal out of a radish.
Is that true or false?”
Li Qiao’s eyes narrowed slightly, like a shrewd fox.
She had figured it out early in the morning, the news spread by Li Jinhua, let it ferment and be discussed.
Whoever asked about her exam admission ticket first was the culprit.
Because those who didn’t take it wouldn’t believe that her exam admission ticket could be stolen.
So, was it Zhao Li?
She scrutinized and said, “It was stolen, and I got a replacement from the teacher.
The seal carving was just me boasting.”
“A replacement?
The seal is from the county, how did the teacher have time to issue you a new one?”
Li Qiao replied nonchalantly, “How do you know the seal is from the county?”
She had the exam admission ticket in hand for two weeks but never noticed where the seal was from.
She only took a close look at it on Saturday, yet Zhao Li, who wasn’t taking the exam, knew about it.
Her expression puzzled, she pressed on, “Have you seen my exam admission ticket?”
Zhao Li’s eyes flickered, “I…
I heard about it.”
“Heard from whom?” Li Qiao continued to ask.
Li Jinhua said, “I definitely didn’t tell her.”
Hu Xiufang bluntly said, “Zhao Li, did you take Li Qiao’s exam admission ticket?” She was already suspicious after the previous conversation, and now with Li Qiao’s arrival and Zhao Li’s inquiries, she felt sure it was Zhao Li.
Zhao Li angrily said, “You suspect me?
I was just concerned about Li Qiao’s exams.”
“When have you ever shown concern before?”
“I…” Zhao Li was at a loss for words.
Li Qiao offered a sardonic smile, “Hu Xiufang was just joking, look how nervous you’ve gotten.
The incident is in the past and I don’t intend to pursue it.
The seal was indeed not a replacement because there was no time to go to the city, so I had to forge one with a radish.
You all need to keep the secret of my privately carved seal, okay?”
As she spoke, Li Qiao took out her forged exam admission ticket and casually placed it on the table.
Everyone came over to look.
Li Jinhua clamored for Hu Xiufang to take out her own ticket for comparison.
Unable to resist the urging, Hu Xiufang produced hers.
“They’re the same.
This is a fake?”
“Eh, the paper is different.”
“Li Qiao, you really know how to carve seals?
You’re too amazing.”
Li Qiao smiled faintly, “What’s so amazing about this?
I know plenty of other things.”
Li Jinhua was shocked, she could do other things too?
Was Li Qiao now a sorceress?
After being amazed for a while, everyone dispersed.
Li Qiao returned to class with her books in her arms.
Hu Xiufang followed her out as well.
The others left one after another.
Zhao Li waited until the dorm was empty before reaching out to touch the exam admission ticket on the table.
If Li Qiao’s forging of the seal became a big deal, she might get expelled, right?
After all, that item was state property; forging it was illegal.
She found the admission ticket she had hidden and compared it.
On the surface, it looked exactly the same.
But fake is fake!
She was about to report it.
But when she turned around, she froze.
“You, you guys…”
Li Qiao, Hu Xiufang, and Li Jinhua were standing at the door, blocking her way.
Li Qiao stepped across the threshold directly.
The exam admission ticket she had casually placed on the table was gone.
Zhao Li was the last to leave.
If it wasn’t her who took it, who would take the exam admission ticket in front of everyone else?
Zhao Li thought of running away.
Li Qiao’s eyes and hands moved quickly as she grabbed Zhao Li’s hair and yanked her backward.
Kicking the door shut, she swiftly slid the bolt into place and, turning around, delivered two slaps across Zhao Li’s face.
Zhao Li was stunned for two seconds before lunging at her with a howl.
“I’ll fight you!
And I’ll tell the teacher about you privately making seals, with solid evidence!
You’ll get expelled when that comes out; don’t think the teacher will cover for you just because you have good grades.
You have a character issue, and the school won’t tolerate you.
A loser’s wife, and still messing around with other men.
Do you know what our class’s guys say about you behind your back?
They call you a flirtatious slut, saying you’ve been with Loser Qin’s brother, a worn-out shoe, a rotten shoe….”
Li Qiao quickly pressed Zhao Li down and searched her pockets, pulling out two examination admission tickets.
Caught red-handed!
She felt like her lungs were about to explode with rage.
“Today I’ll teach you how to speak like a human being!”
She restrained Zhao Li and swung her arms left and right.
“Still swearing at people?
Still want to swear?”
“Help, help me.
Li Qiao is beating me up….”
Li Qiao conveniently took a towel hanging from the bed to gag Zhao Li, then slapped her two more times.
The dorms now are not like those decades later, with large windows and a bright environment.
Here, the only light in the dormroom comes from the door and a small square vent at the top of the back wall.
The room is dark and damp.
Now that the door is shut and the surroundings are dim, with the faint light, Li Qiao can see that Zhao Li’s face has turned red.
This won’t do.
If Zhao Li reports this, she will be in trouble.
She flips Zhao Li over and uses a clothes rack to hit her buttocks; that way, even if they bruise purple, she wouldn’t strip down to show others, right?
Zhao Li is in excruciating pain.
That wench looks skinny, but how does she have so much strength?
No matter how much she struggles, she can’t escape.
Li Qiao stopped only when she had vented her anger and saw Zhao Li with tears streaming down her face.
But Zhao Li, unyielding, charged at her again.
Li Qiao executed a skilled high kick that sent Zhao Li tumbling to the floor.
She then stepped forward and grabbed Zhao Li by the neck, ripping off two buttons and said fiercely, “I warn you, stay away from me.
And don’t even mention fighting me—if Liu Lanlan joined in, I wouldn’t be afraid of her either!”
She couldn’t beat a strong man, but she should be able to handle two women.
Hu Xiufang and Li Jinhua were locked outside; the latter, having not seen the door open for a long time, knocked on it and shouted, “Big sis, what are you doing?
Don’t be rash.”
Her loud voice attracted the attention of passing students.
Hu Xiufang frowned and said, “Li Jinhua, do you want everyone to come here to make fun of Li Qiao by shouting so loudly?
I didn’t want to say this, but the thing about your sister making seals privately wasn’t known until you started spreading it.
Now the whole class knows.
If it reaches the teacher’s ears, won’t she be in trouble?”
She really didn’t understand Li Jinhua.
Even if they didn’t have the same mother, they had the same father, right?
Why was she always causing trouble for her sister?
If she had a sister who was outstanding in academics, she would be overjoyed.
On the surface, Li Jinhua wanted to salvage her image in front of her classmates.
Hearing this, she immediately shut up and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, “I am also worried about big sis.”
Hu Xiufang curled her lip, doubting whether it was concern or malice.
Li Jinhua pressed her ear against the door to hear the commotion inside; there were muffled noises and the sound of slaps.
Was it Zhao Li getting hit?
After a while, the door finally opened.
Zhao Li’s hair was a bit disheveled, and two buttons from her jacket were missing.
Her cheeks were bright red, and her eyes burned with anger as she threw down a harsh word at Li Qiao, “Wait for me when you go home on Saturday!” She ran off, clutching her books, as if fearing that one second’s delay would result in being dragged back and kicked a couple more times.
When Hu Xiufang walked into the room, she saw Li Qiao sitting on the bed, sewing with a needle.
She asked inquisitively, “Did you two have a fight in here?
Did the clothes get torn?”
Li Qiao: “Yeah.”
Hu Xiufang still couldn’t believe it: “You’re so gentle, but you fought?”
Li Qiao: “Even a rabbit will bite when cornered.”
Li Qiao finished mending the clothes, but they still looked ugly.
She wanted to embroider a flower to cover it up, but she didn’t have the skill.
She might as well make do and wear it as is!
