Yin Shaojie's gaze turned severe. "What did you say? She didn't go back to class?! Where did she go?"
No wonder he had felt so uneasy. His sense of foreboding had been accurate!
But where could the girl have gone?
He couldn't help but recall her crying face as she ran out, and he became even more frustrated.
Wu Hao's face soured as he answered, "I'm also not sure about this…"
Internally, he was puzzled. What was this girl's relationship with Young Master Jie that made him care about her so much?
Yin Shaojie stood up, his face black. "Let's go! Even if we turn the school inside out, we must find her!" he exclaimed.
Wu Hao's forehead was wet with sweat. Had this girl offended Young Master Jie? This was the first time that he had seen Young Master Jie's temper flare up so badly, and he looked furious.
The classmates who were watching had the same question and wondered what had happened. They also wondered who Young Master Jie was trying to look for. However, no one dared to ask about it or even make a sound, for Young Master Jie currently emanated a deathly, unapproachable aura. Who would dare to offend him right now?
It was only after Young Master Jie left the class that everyone looked at each other and began discussing the matter in low voices.
"Did you see that?" Young Master Jie's face was so dark! I don't think I've ever seen him so angry. Do you think the person he's looking for did something to rouse his ire?
"Looks like it!"
"She's dead meat! When Young Master Jie's angry, he's terrifying."
"I know, right…"
Everyone shuddered with fear as this was mentioned.
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The reason Wu Hao could become Young Master Jie's assistant was not only through his bootlicking skills but also his efficiency at handling matters. He made his way to the security post swiftly and learned that no student had left school midway today.
In conclusion, could Mu Xiaoxiao still be in school?
Hearing this piece of new, Yin Shaojie's expression lifted a little, and he allowed Wu Hao to give orders to search the entire school just like he had said. They must find Mu Xiaoxiao no matter what!
Even though the campus at Shangde was enormous, with Yin Shaojie's influence, it was not difficult to find someone, and it could be said to be a piece of cake.
However, what had never crossed his mind was that the end result was that no one could locate Mu Xiaoxiao?
"Why can't she be found?" He glared at Wu Hao in anger.
Wu Hao's forehead dripped with sweat incessantly, but he did not dare to wipe it off. Timidly, he said, "We've searched all the possible places, in all corners. We even searched the teacher's office and the student hostels, but… we just can't find her. Maybe she's no longer in school?"
Yin Shaojie laughed icily and said, "No longer in school? Does she have wings to fly out of school then?"
The security guards had already affirmed that Mu Xiaoxiao had not been seen leaving school. If she wasn't in school, where else could she have gone?
"This… Young Master Jie, I don't know about that either. Oh! Maybe she left school by another route? Maybe she went a way where the security guards could not have discovered her or a way that doesn't involve the main entrance so that they could not have seen her?
Thinking quickly on his feet, Wu Hao spoke the ideas that came into his head.
Yin Shaojie narrowed his eyes. "She's new to Shangde. How could she possibly have known how to get out of the school by other means?"
Even though he said that, it was possibly the only solution that could satisfy the problem.
If not, how could Mu Xiaoxiao have disappeared without a trace?
Yin Shaojie was a non-believer in ghosts, so he didn't feel that anything supernatural had happened.
However, Mu Xiaoxiao's mysterious disappearance did make him anxious. He was worried that she would do something silly or get into an accident in her unhappy state.
D*mmit!
He couldn't help but berate himself internally. He should have run after her from the beginning! Why had he frozen for those few seconds?
It was because she had cried suddenly, which had dumbfounded him a little. If not, he would not have made such a simple mistake.
Wu Hao could be considered the know-it-all of Shangde. He knew a thing or two about the school, and he swiftly compiled a list of spots in the school where one could leave unnoticed if they had not gone out from the main entrance.
"Oh, and Young Master Jie, doesn't the school have surveillance cameras? There may be a lead from searching their surveillance feeds."
Yin Shaojie had forgotten about this from his moment of panic. He nodded and said, "Do that then! Go comb through the feeds now."
Feeling trapped, Wu Hao looked at him. "But… only the Principal has the right to look at the surveillance feeds."
Thus, he had no way to check the feeds. This needed Young Master Jie's personal intervention.
"Right," Yin Shaojie said calmly before walking in the direction of the Principal's office.
Wu Hao rushed after him.
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In the Principal's office.
The chair behind the office table was occupied by Yin Shaojie. The Principal was standing beside him and could only smile helplessly. Respectfully, he told Yin Shaojie, "Young Master Jie, this is the school's surveillance system, and it has 300 surveillance points in total. Please feel free to look through any of them."
300? There are so many of them? Yin Shaojie's brows furrowed.
Wu Hao knew what he was thinking at once when he said that expression. He stepped forward and offered, "Young Master Jie, should I look through them instead?"
Surprisingly, Yin Shaojie rejected him. "No, I'll do this myself!"
Wu Hao was a little dumbfounded, but he did not dare to say anything. He stepped back and waited for further instructions.
Yin Shaojie's beautiful fingers pounded on the keyboard deftly. This was supposed to be his first time interacting with this system, yet he seemed very familiar with it without asking the Principal to guide him, and he navigated it by himself proficiently.
Wu Hao was stupified at this display. Even though he was only familiar with using computers to play games, he could tell from Young Master Jie's actions that he knew his way around the computer like the back of his hand.
He had been Young Master Jie's follower for a long time, but he had not known that Young Master Jie had such a great skill.
Yin Shaojie soon picked out the few locations that Wu Hao had mentioned and fast-forwarded six of the feeds simultaneously.
He looked as if he could see everything in a glance, staring at the feeds without blinking.
Behind him, Wu Hao's eyes were blurry from observing. Only ten minutes had passed before his eyes felt extremely astringent, dry, and uncomfortable.
However, Yin Shaojie looked unaffected at all and even increased the playback speed.
Another ten minutes passed.
Wu Hao felt that his head was beginning to swell, and that his discomfort would be unbearable soon. However, he didn't dare to laze off and continued to stare at the feeds.
Suddenly, Yin Shaojie snapped and said, "Found it!"
Wu Hao jumped in fright, and his senses were roused. He quickly shifted his gaze over.
Yin Shaojie maximized the feed that he had found. They could clearly see that Mu Xiaoxiao was led into the physical education equipment room by a guy.
When Wu Hao saw who the guy was, he was inevitably astonished and cried out in surprise, "Lu Yichen? Why is it him?"
Yin Shaojie had also seen that it was Lu Yichen. Instantly, his expression turned cold.
"Pow!" A fist landed on the table loudly.