I was reborn after my cousin stole my life.

Chapter 64: Caught Red-Handed

"The next program, submitted by the Family Committee, is 'Ode to Coral,' sung by Yuan Xiu."

Li Shan excitedly called out to Jiang Zhou, who was standing next to him, "Your wife is out! Look!"

Jiang Zhou was nudged several times with his elbow, his arm aching from the impact. "Shut up!"

Yuan Xiu has already appeared on the stage.

Li Shan: "Tsk, Xiao Yuan looks quite good in his military uniform!"

Jiang Zhou rolled his eyes at him, and if he had anything in his hand, he would definitely stuff it into his mouth!

Instructor Liu, being perceptive, shushed Li Shan.

He gestured towards the stage with his lips and winked at Li Shan, reminding him not to disturb Xiao Jiang while he listened to his wife sing.

Li Shan reached out and slapped his mouth.

I told you not to talk too much.

……

Backstage.

After Yuan Xiu went on stage, Yuan Juan quietly slipped out from a corner. She went to the area behind the stage where the equipment was set up, and when no one was looking, she squatted down and quietly reached her hand, which was holding scissors, towards the wires connected to the microphone on the stage.

"What are you doing!"

The sudden shout made Yuan Juan fall to the ground with a thud. She instinctively retorted, "I didn't do anything! I didn't do anything!"

Wang Ting grabbed her hand, "You're trying to cause trouble!"

Yuan Juan: "I didn't!"

"I saw you with my own eyes trying to cut the wire with scissors, and you still dare to lie!" Wang Ting snatched the scissors from her hand. "These are the scissors belonging to our troupe's makeup artist! You stole our troupe's scissors! You're not only a vandal, you're a thief!"

The staff from the performing arts troupe's equipment team quickly checked the wiring. Seeing that the microphone on stage was working properly, they breathed a huge sigh of relief. One of them pointed at Yuan Juan's nose and yelled, "Are you crazy?! Do you even know how much this microphone costs?!"

There were still people backstage waiting for the next performance. No one had noticed Yuan Juan before, but when they heard Wang Ting's voice, they all looked over and gave Yuan Juan disdainful looks.

Why did she cut the microphone cable?

"What else could they be doing? Trying to sabotage the performance and make the singer unable to continue singing!"

"Isn't this vandalism? Is she stupid? If she didn't want the people on stage to sing, she could have just unplugged the cable."

"I guess they don't understand..."

Wang Ting, hands on her hips, said, "We have both witnesses and physical evidence. This kind of bad element should be handed over to the inspection team! Let them interrogate her thoroughly and see if she's a spy sent by the other side to cause sabotage!"

Yuan Juan's legs went weak. "No, I... I just thought the threads were a bit messy and I wanted to help tidy them up."

Equipment crew member: "Can you even tidy up?! Didn't you see the sign on the wall? 'Please do not touch anything!'"

Someone has already gone to call Wu Yufen.

When Wu Yufen was called over from the front and learned what had happened, she looked at Yuan Juan as if she were a fool.

"..."

At this moment, Yuan Xiu's performance had reached its final stage. She was unaware of what was happening backstage, only noticing that Jiang Zhou was looking at her with unusual seriousness from below the stage.

When she finished singing the last line, the music stopped, and enthusiastic applause erupted from the audience.

Political Commissar Wang clapped his hands and turned to Jiang Zhou, saying, "Little Yuan sang quite well! I was worried she might be nervous, but the typhoon was surprisingly stable!"

Other leaders: "Is that Xiao Jiang's partner singing on stage?"

"That's right, it's Xiao Jiang's lover, isn't she great?"

"That's great. She's very beautiful and talented. Xiao Jiang is lucky."

"Not only that, but she's also a great cook; everyone who's tried her food has said it's bad."

"Really? Then Xiao Jiang has really struck gold..."

Jiang Zhou straightened his shoulders.

……

Yuan Xiu only learned about the foolish thing Yuan Juan had done when she returned backstage.

Without saying a word, she walked up to Yuan Juan and slapped her hard across the face!

This slap was loud and clear, and it was more powerful than any of the slaps Yuan Xiu had ever given before.

Yuan Juan covered her face, standing there in a daze.

"Yuan Juan, you're both stupid and wicked! If you have a problem, come at me! Why do you have to sabotage such an important holiday! Everyone here has been preparing diligently for this New Year's Day performance for so long, and you, because of your personal grudges, want to ruin everyone's efforts! If you really succeed, what will the audience think of the backstage staff? What will the leaders think? You've already harmed me, but you want to harm so many others! I'd be doing all of us a disservice if I didn't slap you today!"

After she finished speaking, she turned around and bowed to everyone, saying, "I'm so sorry, I almost caused trouble for everyone because of my personal grudge with her."

Wang Ting grabbed Yuan Xiu and said, "What does this have to do with you? It's clearly because she's too mean!"

"That's right, she wants to hurt you, but it's not your fault."

Yuan Xiu held Wang Ting's hand, "If you hadn't been so vigilant, something really bad would have happened today."

Wang Ting patted her chest. "I've always been a very vigilant person. My boss even said I'm suited for investigative work."

"I think so too..."

Soon after, President Gu and the leaders of the performing arts troupe arrived. The program was originally the responsibility of the performing arts troupe, and she almost damaged the property of the performing arts troupe. The performing arts troupe will definitely ask the parents' committee for an explanation.

Yuan Juan was taken away.

She didn't appear again until the end of the show.

Yuan Xiu went up on stage with everyone to take a group photo.

The military dependents who rushed to the front to watch the show after it ended were puzzled, wondering, "Where did Yuan Juan go?"

Yuan Xiu: "They've been taken away."

"What? Why were you taken away?"

"She caused trouble backstage and stole the makeup artist's scissors to try and cut the microphone cord."

Military dependents: "..."

They looked at each other in bewilderment.

After the photos were taken, Yuan Xiu came down from the stage, where Jiang Zhou was already waiting.

He was carrying Yuan Xiu's lunchbox in one hand and the cotton coat that Yuan Xiu had just taken off backstage in the other.

"Has something happened?"

Yuan Xiu put on her clothes, nodded, and told him about Yuan Juan's failed attempt to cut the power line.

"...I really didn't expect that she would do something so stupid to embarrass me on stage."

Yuan Xiu now strongly suspects that she may have overestimated Yuan Juan's intelligence.

It seems she's holding a grudge against her for the embarrassment she caused backstage today, which is why she's so eager to make her look foolish on stage.

Jiang Zhou frowned. "It's not surprising that she made a foolish move."

Yuan Xiu asked him, "What will be the reaction from above after she did something like this?"

"Since it was an attempted crime, they'll probably issue a public reprimand and maybe even be fined."

Yuan Juan nodded.

Jiang Zhou added, "You should be careful around her in the future. She's not very bright; who knows when she might get sick?"

Yuan Xiu smiled and said, "I know. By the way, we had dumplings for lunch today. I must say, the dumplings in the cafeteria are really delicious. They're huge and have plenty of filling. I still have more than twenty left. Let's have these dumplings for dinner tonight. I'll also make a sour and spicy soup and some corn pancakes."

"it is good."

Upon hearing the words "sour and spicy," Jiang Zhou's mouth began to water profusely.