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Su Ming was also extremely surprised. In his impression, Tang Yan had never been late. As long as it was before the class bell rang, he would always be in the classroom.

"Quiet, everyone. Stop talking and wait patiently."

Minke stood up and said to everyone.

The noisy classroom immediately fell silent, and everyone patiently waited.

Soon, ten minutes passed, but Tang Yan still had not appeared. Minke also began to feel restless, so he stood up, took out his phone, and walked out of the classroom.

Seeing Minke go outside to make a call, everyone could not help whispering among themselves.

Su Ming rested his chin on one hand, lightly tapping the desk with his fingers as he thought. A faintly ominous premonition suddenly rose in his mind.

Several minutes later, Minke walked in and said to everyone,

"I called Teacher Tang. He isn't feeling well and has taken the day off. Everyone, study on your own!"

Those words were like a stone thrown into a pond, stirring up ripples as everyone spoke in astonishment.

"No way. He's actually making us study on our own?"

"What happened to Teacher Tang? Is he just abandoning us?"

"Could it be that the teacher was traumatized yesterday and broke down?"

Su Ming was also helpless. Whatever he worried about seemed to happen. With only a few days left until the City Exam, Teacher Tang had actually told them to study on their own. Things really were going wrong one after another!

"Everyone, quiet down. Stop talking and study properly."

Minke shouted again, somewhat irritated.

The class fell silent once more. Everyone sighed and lowered their heads to begin studying on their own.

--

Inside the reception room of Villa No. 17, Tianlan, Upper City.

Su Yuan nervously entertained an elderly man with a head of white hair, wrinkled skin covered in dark spots, a stern expression, and a black suit.

"Mr. Jiang Yu, please sit. I'll pour you some water. I never expected you to come this time."

"Mm."

Jiang Yu calmly sat down on the comfortable sofa.

"Um, may I ask what my father thinks about this matter...?"

With slightly trembling hands, Su Yuan passed Jiang Yu a cup filled with warm water. At that moment, his heart was in his throat.

Mr. Jiang Yu was an extremely important figure to their family. Not only was he a top-tier information expert, he had also once been Su Yuan's teacher.

Unfortunately, Su Yuan had not only been a poor student—he had now forgotten everything.

But none of that was the point. The important thing was that the family had sent him here, which meant the old man took this matter very seriously. Su Yuan was extremely worried about his father's attitude.

This alone showed how much Su Yuan feared his own father.

At that moment, Zhao Ning, standing beside Su Yuan, lightly stepped on his foot and glared at him in exasperation, telling him not to be so cowardly.

Unfortunately, Su Yuan was like a frightened deer at that moment. He could not control himself at all and stared imploringly at Jiang Yu.

"Thank you. Regarding the matter of Young Master Su Ming being humiliated, losing hope, and hanging himself, the old master already knows everything. He was extremely furious! No matter what, Su Ming is also his grandson. He won't tolerate others bullying him like that. Therefore, he specifically sent me here to investigate this matter. Once everything is clear, he will intervene from above."

Jiang Yu accepted the cup and replied steadily.

"Then he didn't say anything about me, did he?"

Su Yuan asked uneasily.

"No."

Jiang Yu replied with a smile.

"That's wonderful."

Su Yuan happily let out a slight sigh of relief.

Seeing Su Yuan like this, Zhao Ning felt utterly helpless. They had moved out for so long, yet he was still so afraid of the old master.

In fact, Zhao Ning also felt that Su Yuan was hopelessly inept.

When she had married into the Su family, everyone in her family had thought they could curry favor with the Su family. What her parents' family had not expected was that Su Yuan was not only useless, but also extremely timid and deathly afraid of the old master. In the end, they had even been driven out.

He had been completely unable to provide her family with any connections or assistance. Because of that, her family did not welcome Zhao Ning either, and every time she went back, they mocked her in all sorts of sarcastic ways.

However, Zhao Ning was fairly open-minded about it. Su Yuan was indeed a little foolish, but he treated her and their son very well.

Just then, Chen Hui led in a middle-aged man wearing gray work clothes and a safety helmet, his hair somewhat disheveled.

"Boss, something happened at the garbage dump."

The middle-aged man hurriedly reported to Su Yuan when he saw him.

Su Yuan turned to glance at the man who had entered and asked impatiently,

"Hu Jia, what happened that you had to come here right now? Can't you see I'm entertaining an honored guest?"

"Two people have gone missing at the garbage dump. We can't find them anywhere."

Hu Jia hurriedly reported.

"If they're missing, can't you go look for them yourselves? Why are you telling me? Do you expect me to go help you search? Stop bothering me. I have important matters here."

Su Yuan impatiently dismissed Hu Jia. His most important task today was discussing with Jiang Yu how to avenge his son. Everything else could wait.

"Yes, yes, yes."

Seeing Su Yuan lose his temper, Hu Jia immediately left in a panic.

After Hu Jia left, Su Yuan said to Jiang Yu,

"Mr. Jiang Yu, when do you plan to begin your investigation? I can take you to the school."

"No need. I'll investigate this matter myself."

Jiang Yu replied with a smile.

"Huh? If you aren't going to the school, how will you get into its internal network to investigate?"

Su Yuan asked with a puzzled expression.

"Young Master Su Yuan, if the school had truly wanted to identify the culprit, it would not have been difficult. But nothing came of it, which explains everything. An overt investigation would certainly provoke a backlash from the local powers and alert the enemy. Therefore, I'll secretly infiltrate the academy's internal network and investigate from the shadows. You can leave it to me without worry."

Jiang Yu sighed inwardly. So many years had passed, yet his student's mind was still as slow as ever.

"Thank you. Then I'll leave it to you."

Zhao Ning quickly expressed her thanks.

"Not at all. It's what I should do."

Jiang Yu replied calmly.

--

At dusk, the ringing of bells echoed throughout Mient Campus.

Inside the classroom, Minke stood up and said to the many students,

"Self-study is over. You can all go home. Also, I'm planning to visit Teacher Tang's home to check on him. Does anyone want to come with me?"

"I've been studying on my own all day. I'm practically exhausted. I'm not going."

"I have plans tonight, so I can't go."

One student after another spoke awkwardly.

"Class monitor, I'll go with you."

Su Ming stood up and said to Minke. Although he felt that visiting would be troublesome, Tang Yan had treated him quite well no matter what.

Whether for personal feelings or simple reason, he had to make the trip. More importantly, he had to get Teacher Tang to pull himself together quickly. Otherwise, what would they do about the upcoming City Exam?

When Minke saw that Su Ming was willing to go with him, he was just about to ask him to leave together when an extremely grating, mocking voice suddenly rang out.

"You're going to comfort the teacher? You turned nothing into something. Last night, you comforted Teacher Tang until he broke down."