Rebirth of a Portable Space: Transforming My Hometown

Chapter 52 Jin Tingting's Secret Exposed

Liu Meili kept smiling as she helped Yufei prepare clothes for the next few days, gesturing to this one and that one, discussing which one looked better and would be more suitable.

Watching her mother enthusiastically preparing her change of clothes, Yufei quietly chatted with the teachers in the space.

"Jin Tingting must be furious today! She did so much, but you still snatched her spot to go to the provincial capital."

Xia Chan felt a surge of exhilaration as she spoke.

"Hmm! Sigh~ But because of Jin Tingting, I really feel a bit sorry for Teacher Zhou and those classmates who have put in so much time."

Yufei wasn't very happy after getting a spot to go to the provincial capital.

"That's something Jin Tingting should feel guilty about. After you perform well in the provincial capital, maybe even bigger TV stations will invite you to perform. I'll choreograph a group dance for you then, and you can invite your friends to join. That way, you won't have any regrets," Peony comforted Yufei nonchalantly.

Yufei found Aunt Peony's words to have some merit. She was confident in her dancing, and she thought that if she casually mentioned to the director later that the group dance version of the choreography would be even better...

Whether she can leave an impression on the director depends on her performance in the provincial capital. If her dance satisfies the director...

Maybe one day at a New Year's Eve party or some other gala, they'll think of her.

She'll have Teacher Zhou guide her and her friends in performing the group dance of "Rainbow Skirt" together, which will be a way of making it up to them.

But she doesn't want to let the person who hurt her get away with it! Jin Tingting doesn't think she's done with just taking away the spot she cares about most, does she?!

That wasn't enough. Thinking about it, Yufei suggested to Liu Meili that they go for a walk, since there was nothing else she could do to help her anyway.

After getting Liu Meili's permission, he went out; otherwise, someone outside would be worried.

Yufei stepped out of the room, and as soon as she left, Granny Chun and the others began to monitor the surroundings.

"Will she really come?" Yufei was actually skeptical about it.

"Don't worry, since she hurt you the first time for the lead dancer position, she's not afraid to hurt you a second time. Most people would come to you with that kind of mentality."

Peony had witnessed far too much scheming and backstabbing in the brothels back then; such methods were actually the most foolish.

Sure enough, when Yufei walked through the corridor and arrived at the stairwell on the third floor, Jin Tingting appeared. She must have been squatting in the house next door, which was further inside Yufei's house.

So when Yufei walked towards the stairwell, she shouldn't have been able to see Jin Tingting at all, unless she was cheating like she is now.

When Jin Tingting and Yufei were almost at the bottom of the building, Jin Tingting was already not far behind her, her face showing a fierce expression, ready to push her down like last time.

But this time things didn't go as she wished. Yufei suddenly turned around and grabbed Jin Tingting's hand, which was trying to push her away.

Yufei said knowingly, "Sister Tingting, it was you who pushed me!"

"What did you say? I don't quite understand. I'm walking right behind you, why are you grabbing my hand?" Jin Tingting pretended to be confused when she saw Yufei grab her hand.

"It's just the two of us here, what are you pretending for? When you took my lead dance, I already guessed that you pushed me. The force was so obvious, how could I not notice?"

Yufei got straight to the point, then seemed to remember something and chuckled.

"Heh? What's the use of all your efforts? If you're incompetent, you're incompetent. See? I've got that spot you've been so desperately trying to get." He finished speaking and raised an eyebrow at Jin Tingting provocatively.

"You!" Just as Yufei had planned, Jin Tingting, still a child and inexperienced in the ways of the world, was enraged by Yufei's earlier provocation. As if determined to get her revenge, she first looked around to make sure that there was no one else around besides her and Yufei before arrogantly saying...

"I was the one who pushed her, so what? Go ahead and tell everyone, who's going to believe me? Who would believe that a delicate girl like me would do something like this?"

When Yufei heard Jin Tingting say this, she felt that Jin Tingting had some psychological problems.

Jin Tingting continued

"Even if I openly push you down now, I can pretend I'm home. Who will suspect me? My mom will vouch for me! So... go to hell!"

After saying that, Jin Tingting looked extremely arrogant and suddenly pushed Yufei.

"Stop!" A group of people ran out from the nearby storeroom.

This was exactly Mudan's plan: to use Yufei to steal what Jin Tingting cared about most, thus breaking down Jin Tingting's psychological defenses, and then today, through her father, to invite Principal Xu, the judges, and some teachers to the general store to admire Yufei's dazzling dress.

Then, by provoking Jin Tingting with what she had just said, she was forced to confess all of her crimes.

As expected, Jin Tingting is still young and is carrying out Mudan's plan step by step.

Of course, Yufei wasn't pushed off by Jin Tingting in the end. Fueled by the spatial energy, she possessed astonishing strength, and when she was ready, it was quite difficult for Jin Tingting to push her.

"Jin Tingting! I can't believe it really is you! What I saw last time wasn't a lie after all." Xu Jun looked at Jin Tingting with disappointment. He had been trying to hypnotize himself for the past few days.

He kept telling himself that Tingting wasn't that kind of person, but actually, when Jin Tingting asked him if he had personally witnessed her pushing Yufei...

He was actually lying; he saw it! But he kept hypnotizing himself into believing it was false, and even when Jin Tingting asked him, he was somewhat convinced of his own suggestion.

But after Jin Tingting, whom he considered his own sister, did such a thing again today, Xu Junyi finally woke up. He could no longer deceive himself, and he decided to testify before the inspector and tell him the truth he knew.

Jin Tingting was taken away by the inspector, and Xu Junyi, as the first witness, went with them.

"I'm sorry!" Xu Jun repeatedly apologized to Yufei on the way. He felt that if it weren't for his cover-up, Yufei wouldn't have suffered like this a second time. Luckily, she wasn't hurt.

Whether Yufei heard or didn't hear Xu Junyi's apology, she silently followed the inspector to the inspector's office and gave a statement.

The matter ended with Yufei getting justice for herself.

The next day, Yufei and her father went to the provincial capital. Her mother wanted to go, but the headmaster of the village wouldn't approve her leave. ⊙﹏⊙

Because Yufei went to the provincial capital, she missed the Inspectorate's punishment of Jin Tingting. However, Yufei later heard about it from Lin Tiantian and the others.

Jin Tingting made a self-criticism to the entire school. Because of the serious nature of her incident, she received a demerit in her record and was sent to a juvenile detention center for three months of education.

Jin Tingting's father looked much older that day. He had visited many people and connections, but nothing came of it.

Yufei didn't know much about what happened after that. She heard from her father that in the end, Jin Tingting's father was transferred to the township to become a school principal.

Although they appeared to have the same professional title, they were actually exiled. Jin Tingting's mother and Jin Tingting, who had just been released from juvenile detention, went there together, but that's another story.