Chapter 36

On Monday, when the bell rang, Lin Yan walked into the classroom on time.

There was an unremovable worry between his brows. He looked as if he had aged several years and looked tired all of a sudden.

The students' attention was not on the teacher, but on the few classmates who were absent from the class.

The seats of Jiao Kaifeng, Zhang Min and Ni Yangzhou were all empty.

"The monitor didn't come today?"

The two boys at the front table were whispering to each other, with laughter in between.

"You're not going on a date with Brother Jiao, are you?"

"The school bully didn't come either, two guys are fighting for one girl~"

"report!"

He Xing raised his hand high and pointed at the two people at the front table.

"Teacher, they were whispering to each other and even copied each other's homework this morning!"

"Cao..." The two people at the front table stopped talking, lowered their heads nervously, and cursed in their hearts.

Lin Yan was not far away and also heard a little bit. She frowned and asked the two men to go out and stand as punishment.

"The flu is prevalent recently, especially with the heavy rain on Saturday and the cooler weather, students should remember to add or remove clothes in time and try not to take sick leave."

Lin Yan's voice was serious and formal, and with just a few words she suppressed the students' endless speculations.

The classroom quieted down and the students started the new week as usual.

Pan Dongxue's eye circles were swollen like peaches. She kept her head down, holding a pen in her hand, taking notes numbly.

He Xing's face was also swollen. She cried too much and drank water all the time, so she was swollen.

The two girls leaned against each other, pretending to be calm and natural as they continued the class.

At the end of the class, Lin Yan asked the two girls to go to the office.

Pan Dongxue stood up as she was told and subconsciously glanced at the table behind her.

The man's desk was empty, without any trace left behind.

The girl's eyes fell on Meng Ting again.

Meng Ting stood up straight, holding a black pen and still doing questions. His face was cold, his features were still beautiful and delicate, his black eyes were drooping, the corners of his mouth were straight, and there was no emotion, as if the only thing in his eyes was the paper in front of him.

Pan Dongxue turned around and walked out of the classroom holding hands with He Xing.

"No one wants to see something like this happen."

Lin Yan sat in her office seat and spoke to the two sad girls.

"It's not your fault, it just happened by chance."

Pan Dongxue choked up and tears fell from her eyes in big drops.

"No! Teacher! I asked him to come out to help. It's my fault!"

He Xing grabbed his companion's hand and said, "I called out too, you're not the only one."

Lin Yan didn't say anything, but raised her hands and hugged the two girls into her arms, saying:

"Don't add to your psychological burden. The police said it was an accident and it has nothing to do with you two."

Pan Dongxue couldn't stop sobbing. She leaned on her teacher's shoulder, her eyes wet with tears.

"You have done your best and have done nothing wrong. Even the teacher cannot guarantee that you two will do as well as you two. Next time something like this happens, tell your parents and teachers in time and let the adults make the decision for you."

Lin Yan wiped the tears of the two girls and asked them to rest in the office for a while. She also wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with paper.

"If he were still here, he definitely wouldn't want to see you two blaming yourselves like this."

Lin Yan was silent for a few seconds, thinking of the big boy who showed a row of neat teeth when he smiled.

The girls were kept by Lin Yan to calm down and leave the office on their own.

Some students also need psychological counseling.

Before I reached the classroom door to call for help, Li Yuan came out.

"Teacher." Li Yuan took the initiative to greet.

Lin Yan nodded and was about to call the person aside to talk, when the boy with small eyes took the initiative to say seriously:

"Teacher, I need a few days off. Jiao Kaifeng and...

There are still places where I can be of use to Ni Yangzhou, and I want to go and help."

Lin Yan frowned again, paused for a moment, and asked, "Do your parents know?"

"I know. I'll ask my dad to call you later."

Lin Yan nodded and said helplessly: "Go ahead, come back when you're done."

Li Yuan nodded, turned around and left in silence.

Now all that's left is...

Lin Yan walked to the back door of Class 5's classroom and looked at the boy leaning against the window, writing with his head down. He was calm and composed, not affected by the outside world, as if it was just an ordinary Monday.

Even if he no longer has a deskmate.

Only Meng Ting was left.

Lin Yan's brows were furrowed into knots, and her nasolabial lines became deeper. After hesitating for a while, she still called out the name.

"Meng Ting."

"come here."

The tall boy put down his pen and walked out of the classroom.

Lin Yan looked at the surrounding places, walked forward, and finally brought the boys to the edge of the playground.

"Meng Ting..."

The teacher who had worked in the front line of teaching for many years was a little speechless. She was not very clear about Ni Yangzhou's importance to Meng Ting, so she just said tentatively:

"In previous physical education classes, I always saw you standing alone by the side."

The boy didn't say anything. His eyes were blank as he stared at the basketball hoop in the distance.

Lin Yan whispered, "Student Ni...an accident like this is something none of us want to see..."

Meng Ting turned his head back and looked at the teacher with a slightly dim look in his eyes.

"It wasn't an accident."

"what?"

Lin Yan didn't hear it clearly, and then suddenly reacted.

"The police have determined that it was robbery resulting in death..."

Meng Ting seemed to not want to hear the last word and interrupted the other person again.

"It wasn't an accident."

Lin Yan didn't know the whole story, she only learned fragments at the police station. At this moment, she was choked speechless by the boy's determination.

"Nothing, teacher. I'm going back now."

The boy bowed and turned back to the classroom.

The figure walked away gradually in the empty playground.

Lin Yan sighed and returned to the office alone.

In the morning, other teachers were preparing lessons and the girls went back to the classroom on their own. Only Lin Yan was sitting alone in her office seat, supporting her forehead with both hands to cover her face.

Lin Yan opened the drawer and stared at a piece of thin paper inside for a long time.

It was a "Star of Progress" certificate that had not been issued.

In the upper left corner of the certificate are three words she wrote herself with a brush.

——Ni Yangzhou.

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Meng Ting returned home. The orange cat at the door was still lying on the tree trunk, staring at the boy's figure, walking through the gate, into the yard, unlocking the door, entering the cross room, and closing the door.

The wild cat licked its paws and continued to close its eyes and take a nap.

Meng Ting first went to the east room to see Kou Yilian, and lit a stick of incense on the small incense burner in front of the bed. He returned to his room after the sandalwood scent filled the room.

After closing the door, the boy took out a thin, folded piece of yellow paper from his pocket.

He placed it on the table and unfolded the folded part, revealing it to be the little yellow paper man that he had used to find people.

The difference is that the villain has not opened his eyes.

Meng Ting bit her fingertip and dropped the jade pendant on her chest. The little man on the table seemed to sense something and slowly climbed up.

The boy raised his eyes and asked the little man:

"How's it going, Yangzhou? Are you used to it?"

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