Just as Ye Linchen was about to turn and leave, he noticed an unexpected person standing by the window.

The man was tall and slender, wearing a black leather jacket, and had his head down, seemingly lost in thought.

Isn't this Shen Yanlin, who hasn't shown up all morning?

"Shen Yanlin?" Ye Linchen was slightly surprised. "What are you doing here?"

Shen Yanlin looked up when he heard the voice, saw it was Ye Linchen, and smiled at her.

"I'm here to pick up my report card. My dad told me to mail it to him. What are you doing here?"

"Teacher Ma wanted to talk to me, but where is she...?"

Ye Linchen had just said one sentence when suddenly the office door slammed shut with a "bang".

Ye Linchen glanced at Shen Yanlin, then hurried to the door, grasped the doorknob, and tried to open it.

The door remained completely still.

"It's locked." Shen Yanlin walked over and casually pulled on the door. "Looks like we're trapped."

Ye Linchen quickly recalled Meng Zihan's image and understood something.

She didn't say anything, but just pulled the doorknob again as if to confirm.

Another series of hurried footsteps came from outside the door, followed by Feng Linlin and Lin Xiaojuan's voices: "Xiao Chen! Are you in there?"

"Yes," Ye Linchen raised his voice, "the door is locked."

"It's a padlock!" Lin Xiaojuan said anxiously, "I can't pull it! It must have been Meng Zihan who did it; I just saw her run down the corridor."

"The key is definitely with her," Ye Linchen said to Feng Linlin. "Linlin, you two go find the homeroom teacher."

"Okay, you wait!" Feng Linlin replied, her footsteps quickly fading into the distance.

As the footsteps faded away, Ye Linchen turned to look at Shen Yanlin, pondering Meng Zihan's intentions.

"What do you think Meng Zihan is trying to do?" she asked.