30. Cheer Up

Yimo saw this and asked a few more students.

Anyone who knew Xia Yuxi had much the same attitude as the girl from before. They weren't willing to talk.

One girl, who seemed a bit more outgoing, even tried to talk him out of it. "Hey, why are you asking about her?"

"I don't know what your intentions are, but you don't seem like a bad person. I'd stay away from Xia Yuxi if I were you!"

"Getting involved with her can only end badly!"

The girl was clearly being kind, so Yimo couldn't bring himself to defend Xia Yuxi.

Because he didn't know anything!

Though he didn't know the exact reason, Yimo did find out which middle school Xia Yuxi had attended.

The problem that had turned Xia Yuxi into the way she was now had clearly begun in middle school.

Why had she been expelled?

By the time Yimo took a taxi to the middle school Xia Yuxi had attended, it was already afternoon, and the students were in class.

It was September. Xia Yuxi was the same age as Ji Ran, but a year behind her, so under normal circumstances, she should just have started her second year of high school.

Xia Yuxi's expulsion had happened at least a year and a half ago. There was no way the current middle school students would know anything about it.

In other words, the best option was to ask a staff member.

Yimo figured it would be difficult to ask a teacher. The gatekeeper at the school entrance, a man in his fifties with dark skin, seemed more approachable, so Yimo went over to strike up a conversation.

Yimo: "Hello, sir. Could I ask you something?"

Gatekeeper: "Oh? Sure."

"By the way, you look pretty young. It's not a