Rebirth: My Mother is a Virgin Mary

When I was "confessing" my part-time job to Ms. Lin, I mentioned that I might not get a scholarship this semester. Indeed, I might not get a scholarship because of Xia Rui.

In my previous life, with my sophomore grades and the average scores I got from participating in many activities that year, I was well-known in front of the counselor and should have won the scholarship. However, when the scholarship selection process was underway, the department's Academic Affairs Office received a letter of complaint accusing me of cheating in the final exam.

Adhering to the concept of "it is better to kill someone innocent than to let him go", the Academic Affairs Office revoked my scholarship qualification, saying that if it was confirmed that there was no cheating after investigation, it could be restored.

By the time I was cleared of all charges after investigation, the scholarship selection had already ended. The teacher at the Academic Affairs Office firmly believed in the "victim-blaming theory". When I wanted to get my scholarship back, he "educated" me: Why don't others report you? You must have done this. I have offended many people. A college student can't even handle this kind of interpersonal relationship! This scholarship is useless to you!

I just endured it at that time...

It's really pathetic...

I hated the teacher who targeted me, and I hated the person who reported me even more. But I knew with my toes that the Academic Affairs Office would not tell me the information of the reporter.

This matter was like a thorn in my heart. I was very disappointed with the way the department handled it. I only made sure not to fail in the exams in my junior year and did not ask for a ranking. I also did not apply for a scholarship in my senior year.

I sighed, thinking how stupid I was. I didn't want what was mine and didn't fight for it... Now, I want to take back everything that belongs to me!

In my previous life, it was not until after graduation that I learned the whole story from other students in the scholarship and loan department.

I was already working at that time. One day, I met a classmate from college. We were not in the same major, but we were from the same hometown and had a good relationship.

After the chance encounter, we had dinner together. During the conversation, she said that she admired my tolerance and that I could live in peace with those who betrayed and framed me in the same dormitory.

I didn't understand what was going on. My classmates looked at me in bewilderment and said, "Oh my God, you don't know this, do you?"

From her story, I learned that the person who reported me was Xia Rui. Xia Rui first stole my application form. My fellow student was from the scholarship and loan department. When they reviewed and rechecked, they found that my application was not there. After confirming with me that I had submitted it, they could not use the application form from last year. Xia Rui found that this move did not work and wrote a letter of complaint again. My fellow student saw her walk into the Academic Affairs Office, put something in, and come out again. At that time, she did not know what Xia Rui was doing. She did not react until she received the notice.

"I told the counselor directly at the time, and she said she would tell you. Didn't she tell you? It was because I knew that Xia Rui reported you, and then I remembered that your application form was lost, so I asked a familiar teacher to check the surveillance and found out that she stole it... I told the counselor all this, didn't she tell you? How could this be! This is too unfair to you!"

"Oh my god... you only found out after you graduated. If I had known this earlier, I would have told you directly!"

I still remember the regretful look on my classmate’s face. But it’s not her fault. She was simple-minded, and the scholarship and loan department was the busiest. It was rare for her to notice these things. Besides, she thought that as long as she told the counselor, everything would be fine…

There are so many people involved in this incident.

Xia Rui appears to be docile and well-behaved, but in fact he is full of bad intentions.

There was a period of time when money was often lost in the dormitory. Everyone had lost something, and it was often hundreds or even hundreds of dollars in cash. At that time, we thought it was an outsider who came in, and we reported it to the dormitory manager. But apart from the dormitory manager's advice to "lock the door", the matter was never resolved.

One day, Xia Rui and I went out together, and she generously offered to treat me to a meal. At that time, I was wondering why she, who was always stingy with others, was so generous this time? When it was time to pay the bill, I recognized the red Mao Zedong note she took out. It was the money I earned from working part-time in the cafeteria. There was a unique mark made by the boss on the lower left corner. At that time, I understood why she wanted to treat me to a meal, and what it meant to "be prepared for a thief in your own home." It was just that she was careless, she didn't expect me to recognize the note...

This happened in the first semester of my senior year in my previous life. It had been a long time since the reporting incident, and I had never doubted Xia Rui before.

That is when I started to have a grudge against Xia Rui...

The dormitory had two bunk beds, two upper beds and a desk underneath. I lived in the lower bunk, and classmates who came to visit often sat on my bed, but I didn't mind. One day, Xia Rui did it for a long time next to my bed. I came back from doing laundry and saw that her movements were a little sneaky. I was unhappy and thought she wanted to take something from my bed. After she left, I turned over the bed, but nothing was missing. However, I felt something hard in the pillow. It was four needles, the kind of thick needles that can sew quilt covers.

That was the first time I got angry in the dormitory. I exposed her hypocrisy in front of everyone in the dormitory, and everyone knew how the money was lost. I didn't say it before because I still had fantasies about her. I thought she was just short of money temporarily and that she would change. I didn't expect that she would hide a needle in my pillow.

After that, Xia Rui moved out and never came back before graduation, and we lost contact after graduation.

I lay on my bed and stared at Shu Yu's bed board. Xia Rui's bed was right next to hers, diagonally above me.

According to the timeline of my previous life, Xia Rui would steal my application form at the beginning of this school year and then write a letter of denunciation. The incidents of stealing money and putting a needle in my pillow would only happen during my senior year.

Is stealing money really something that only happens in the senior year? I picked up my phone and sent Shu Yu a message: Have you ever left two hundred yuan under your pillow before?

Shu Yu quickly replied: "Yes, it was at the end of last semester. I remember that day I put two hundred yuan under my pillow, but it disappeared two days later. I thought it fell under the bed, so I took out both of our shoes and searched everywhere but couldn't find it. In the end, I could only consider it as my own money... What happened? Why are you asking about this all of a sudden?"

I have some impression of this incident.

Me: It’s nothing. I just have a guess about your lost money. I’ll tell you once I’ve confirmed it.

I’m afraid the other four people would never imagine that there is a thief in their dormitory?

I still have to live here for two more years. If someone has to leave so that I can have a peaceful dormitory life, it can only be Xia Rui...

She is not poor, is she? At least that’s how she usually appears. She only buys famous brands of skincare products, buys expensive fruits, and receives endless express deliveries every day…

Is she stealing money because she really needs it or is it a habit? Considering her behavior of reporting me and hiding needles in her pillow, I think she has mental problems...

What a big hidden danger...

I want to kick her out now...

Thinking back, I was really stupid in my previous life. I didn't have any guard against Xia Rui at all. I thought that he was just an innocent college student and couldn't have any bad intentions.

I have no intention to harm anyone, but I must be on guard against others.

I have suffered so much, but I am still willing to trust others. Isn't this a saintly thing? Looking back now, sometimes I really think I deserved it.