When we reached the ground floor, Gao Xiao casually handed me the milk tea. She had picked it up from my favorite place, so I didn't think much of it. Just as I was about to take a sip, Gao Xiao suddenly called out to me, "Wait! It looks like your milk tea seal is leaking a bit."
I stopped to check, and sure enough, I found some milk tea leaking from the seal. However, it was hard to notice unless you looked closely. Gao Xiao frowned, "This shop is really irresponsible, isn't it? They sent it out without sealing it properly. Are they trying to make us buy a second one?"
Her words made me feel uneasy as well. But when I examined it more closely, I discovered a tiny pinhole in the seal. I pressed on the bottle's opening with my finger, and liquid indeed oozed out. Gao Xiao noticed it too.
Her expression turned serious. "Could it be that the vendor did this on purpose? Or is the seal quality just poor?" A sense of foreboding crept into my mind. For some reason, I suddenly thought of Liu Ke. In my past life, she had poisoned me out of jealousy. Although she hadn't done anything to me yet in this life, one should always be cautious.
I handed the milk tea to Gao Xiao. "Can you take this back to the dorm for me? I need to stop by the security office."
Gao Xiao looked puzzled. "What do you need to go to the security office for?"
I didn't want to reveal too much; I just smiled and said, "I'll be back soon."
At the security office, after explaining my situation, the guard helped me pull up the surveillance footage. Sure enough, we saw that shortly after the delivery person dropped off the order, someone took it away and then returned it. However, they were wrapped up so tightly that the camera couldn't capture their face.
But that figure was unmistakably Liu Ke. Remembering what she had done to me in both lives left no room for hesitation; I reported her to the police, provided them with the surveillance video, and accused her of spreading rumors about me online.
When the police arrived and inspected the takeout, they indeed found traces of rat poison in it.
Through surveillance and the comparison of my shopping orders, the police confirmed evidence that Liu Ke had purchased rat poison. After investigation, it was verified that Liu Ke indeed bought the poison, which was sufficient to cause death. Additionally, technical means identified that the IP address of the account that spread rumors on the forum belonged to her mobile phone.
In front of the police, Liu Ke remained unrepentant, arguing that she bought the rat poison to deal with a rodent problem and had never touched my takeout. Moreover, she turned the tables, claiming that her roommates had ostracized her, leading her to consider desperate measures. However, the facts were clear, and she could not justify her actions.
Ultimately, Liu Ke was sentenced to eight years in prison. During the trial, she stood in the defendant's seat, shouting that she was wronged. She even pointed at us and yelled, "It's all your fault! You pushed me to this point!" Yet in the courtroom, only her own echo responded.
In the end, she was taken away. From my seat in the gallery, I saw Liu Ke's parents. They were dressed very simply, while Liu Ke's younger brother wore designer clothes. When Liu Ke was led away, her mother fainted in court. Her father wore an expression of disappointment and frustration: "We supported your education not for you to take this path! You were doing better than many kids in the village; why couldn't you be satisfied?"
In that moment, I suddenly understood why Liu Ke was so envious of me. It turned out that during her upbringing, she had been exposed to a distorted mindset. In a family that favored sons over daughters, she never received equal love from her parents. She believed other girls should be just like her. Therefore, when she encountered people who were more accomplished or living better lives than hers, her jealousy would only grow.
This was not a character trait that developed overnight. After Liu Ke went to prison, our lives returned to a state of calm.
The three of us became more harmonious. After graduation, we successfully interviewed with the company.
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