The woman with short hair was anxious, because this box of instant noodles was something her family had saved with great difficulty, and it was their life-saving food at the critical moment.

If I just become someone else's family in this confused way, the short-haired woman couldn't help but shed tears when she thought of this.

"Don't cry yet," Ruan Feng comforted the woman, "Don't worry, we are still investigating."

The curly-haired woman was immediately unhappy when she heard Ruan Feng's words.

"Leader, you still want to investigate? How? Aren't the facts very clear? This box of instant noodles belongs to me. It's my family's stuff."

"That's right, that's right," the curly-haired woman's family also began to clamor.

"This box of instant noodles belongs to my family, it should be given to us."

The curly-haired woman said this and tried to take the box of instant noodles away.

"No!" Seeing this, the woman with short hair immediately took action and the two sides began to snatch.

"My family!"

"It's not yours, it's mine! Let me go!"

"Robbery! Robbery!"

The curly-haired woman immediately started yelling.

"Leaders, are you still going to do anything about it? She stole my instant noodles, can't you see?"

"Okay! Stop arguing!"

Ruan Feng walked between the two parties, took the instant noodles away, and then looked at both parties with a serious expression.

"We haven't investigated it yet, so I'll keep the instant noodles for now."

The curly-haired woman curled her lips and said, "When will you return the instant noodles to us?" At this point, the woman looked at Ruan Feng with some distrust.

"You won't take away my instant noodles, will you?"

Ruan Feng was annoyed when he heard this, "Don't worry, it won't happen."

Other states may have experienced famine and the victims may not have enough to eat, but at least in Tangzhou, there is enough food for the time being.

The curly-haired woman pressed on, "So when will you be able to find out?"

"Now!" Xia Meng suddenly spoke, attracting the attention of both parties.

The curly-haired woman immediately cast a distrustful look at Xia Meng, "Now?"

"Haha... the leader can also brag?"

Xia Meng ignored the woman and picked up the instant noodle box, pointing at the tape at the seal.

"Look carefully, this tape is new and was put on later."

The curly-haired woman was puzzled. "Boss, what do you mean by this? Don't give me riddles. I don't understand."

The woman with short hair also looked at Xia Meng.

Xia Mengdao,

"Logically, since the instant noodles are labeled as 48 bags, there shouldn't be any mistakes."

Everyone was silent, staring at Xia Meng, waiting for what Xia Meng would say next.

Xia Meng continued,

"It's not uncommon for a pack of instant noodles to be missing, but it's rare."

"Look carefully, there is a defect in the seal..."

Xia Meng showed the instant noodle box to both parties.

After both parties looked at it, they nodded. There was indeed a defect at the seal of the carton, as if a part of the skin was taken away after the tape was torn off.

Xia Meng explained, "This should be the part of the carton surface that someone tore off the tape."

Everyone nodded in approval.

The woman with short hair wanted to say something several times but stopped herself and did not dare to interrupt Xia Meng.

Xia Meng then continued, "But if you look closely, the new tape does not have that part of the damaged surface. This shows that the tape is new. After the original tape was torn off, someone took a bag of instant noodles from the box and then sealed the carton with new tape again."

After hearing this, everyone seemed to be thinking about it, and then nodded, indicating that what Xia Meng said made sense.

"So what?" The curly-haired woman sneered, "This is my instant noodles. My child was naughty and took a bag from it. He was afraid that I would find out, so he used new tape to stick it together. Isn't this normal?"

"Of course it's not normal," Xia Meng looked at the curly-haired woman, and then at the woman with short hair.

"You put this new tape together, didn't you?"

"Yes!" The short-haired woman nodded and explained immediately, "I put the new tape on because I found that the original tape was a bit worn out and not sticking firmly. I was afraid that the box would be damaged, so I tore off the original tape and put it on again."

Xia Meng immediately asked, "You feel that the old glue is damaged and no longer sticky because there is a damaged carton surface on it. If you stick it again, it will definitely not be as strong as before, right?"

The short-haired woman nodded immediately, "Yes!" At this point, the short-haired woman said with some self-blame,

"If I had opened it and counted it, I would have found that the instant noodle box had been opened, a bag was taken out and then glued back on."

"What do you mean by glue?" the curly-haired woman immediately shouted unconvinced.

"This box of instant noodles is obviously mine, so if there is any glue, it should be done by my family."

Xia Meng was not annoyed, but looked at the curly-haired woman, "Do you have any tape at home?"

The curly-haired woman began to avoid Xia Meng's eyes, not daring to look her in the eye, but she said with a stiff upper lip.

"Yes! Of course!"

"It's just..." At this point, the curly-haired woman probably felt that she didn't have the confidence to say this, so she raised her voice even higher, hoping that her words would be more convincing.

“It’s just that the tape ran out after it was used up on the box.”

Xia Meng raised the corner of her mouth, then looked at the woman with short hair.

"Where's your tape?"

The woman with short hair immediately turned around to look for it. Her family also helped her to look for it. Then they found a thick tape in a bag and handed it to Xia Meng.

The tape was transparent and there was no writing on it, so Xia Meng held it in her hand and looked at it for a while.

The curly-haired woman saw this and immediately shouted,

"So what if they have tape at home? That doesn't mean that this box of instant noodles belongs to them. Who doesn't have tape at home?"

The curly-haired woman's family also jumped out and asked Xia Meng and Ruan Feng to return the instant noodles to them, as this box of instant noodles belonged to them.

Xia Meng observed for a moment, then looked at the curly-haired woman.

"You're right. It's not uncommon to have tape. Many people have it at home."

The curly-haired woman subconsciously showed a look of relief and satisfaction when she heard this.

"Since you said so, please return this box of instant noodles to my house."

"Don't worry," Xia Meng said, "Everyone has tape, but..."

Xia Meng looked at the nervous woman with short hair, "But the gap in her tape matches the gap on the instant noodle box, which is unusual."

Xia Meng picked up the tape and tore off a piece of it, then put it together with the tape on the carton, and the gap just matched...

When everyone saw this, they nodded and looked at the curly-haired woman with a hint of contempt.

"What does this mean?" The curly-haired woman began to panic and started to argue.

"This... this doesn't mean anything. This box of instant noodles belongs to me. Please return the instant noodles to us."

This time, before Xia Meng could speak, the people watching around couldn't help but say,

"Oh, you are such a shameless woman."

"Yeah! The gap in your tape just matches the gap in other people's tape. How is that possible? Are you kidding me?"

"How shameless!"

Facing the accusations from everyone, the curly-haired woman's face turned pale and blue, and finally she glared at everyone with a gloomy face and said,

"What does this have to do with you?"

"What does this have to do with you? This is my family's business, what is it of your business?"

"Get out! Get out of here!"

Faced with the curly-haired woman's shouting, everyone curled their lips, and some even spat at her before leaving.

At this time, her husband and children all hid away, leaving the woman alone to face everyone's contemptuous gazes and humiliate herself.

Ruan Feng returned the instant noodles to the woman with short hair.

The woman with short hair holding the instant noodles seemed to be holding the hope of her family, and she kept thanking Ruan Feng and Xia Meng.

"Leaders, thank you! Thank you!"

Ruan Feng patted the woman's shoulder and said, "It's okay. Everyone is short of food now. You must keep an eye on the food in the future."

The woman with short hair kept nodding to show that she understood.

After comforting the woman with short hair, Ruan Feng looked at the woman with curly hair.

The curly-haired woman seemed afraid to look them in the eye. When she saw Ruan Feng and Xia Meng looking at her, she immediately turned her head away and pretended not to see them.

Ruan Feng said,

"Your child stole someone else's instant noodles, don't you need to compensate?"

The curly-haired woman pulled up the child beside her in a bad mood and pushed the child to Ruan Feng.

"She was the one who cheated on me. You can look for her. I don't know."

The child was frightened and burst into tears immediately.

Ruan Feng ignored the child and looked at the curly-haired woman.

"It's the children who steal the food, but it's you, an adult, who wants to snatch a whole box of instant noodles! And your husband!"

"You adults are the most despicable. Children are young and don't know good and evil. Don't you know either?"

"Don't you know whether the things are yours or not?"

Facing Ruan Feng's scolding, the curly-haired woman lowered her head and said nothing, but from her expression, it was clear that she was not convinced.

Xia Meng said, "This is clearly a scam. Even though what you are defrauding is just a box of instant noodles, it is still a scam. So..."

"I'm calling the police now and letting them deal with you."

When Xia Meng said to call the police, the curly-haired woman panicked and looked at Xia Meng pleadingly.

"Leader, leader, don't call the police! Don't call the police!"

"Leader, I have no choice but to do this!"

The curly-haired woman started to cry as she spoke.

"Leader, life is hard now. God doesn't want us to live. My family used to live well, but a big earthquake destroyed everything."

"We lost our jobs, and without jobs we have no wages, and without wages we can't buy food. We are really... afraid of starving!"

"Leader, please forgive us this time because we are so pitiful."

"Leader, we have no choice but to do this!"

Faced with the woman's pleading, Xia Meng glanced at Ruan Feng, then left first.

In less than half an hour, the police arrived and arrested the curly-haired woman.

Of course, the punishment will not be severe, just a few days in prison.

But this matter must be punished so that everyone can see it and deter the villains!

Otherwise, order will soon be disrupted.

After Xia Meng left here, she went somewhere else to check the situation.

"Doctor? Is there a doctor? Woo woo..."

A woman rushed out of a tent holding a boy about three years old, shouting for a doctor, her face covered with tears.

Xia Meng hurried over and asked, "What's wrong?" Xia Meng's eyes fell on the child in the woman's arms.

"Is there something wrong with the child?"

The woman nodded continuously. "My baby has a high fever that won't go away. What should I do? I don't have any medicine."

Xia Meng immediately said, "It's cold outside, take the child back to the tent first, I'll go find you some antipyretic medicine."

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