The bodyguard's heart tightened again.

Miss, are you still not giving up?

After regaining her senses, Shen Bingyan realized that she had taken out her phone, as if she wanted to call someone.

Who should I call?

Shen Bingyan thought that her action must have been subconscious, after all, she had made so many preparations for Zhou Yi.

This was also the first time he had tasted defeat with Zhou Yi.

She left so quietly, she must have felt a little resentful.

But what's the use of being unwilling...?

Shen Bingyan pursed her lips tightly, silently thinking about many things.

In the end, she resolutely deleted Zhou Yi's phone number.

A gentle breeze carried in sounds from outside; a singer was singing, "Perhaps leaving is the only way to get closer to you..."

Shen Bingyan smiled faintly, which, in the eyes of the bodyguards, was as dazzling as the sun shining on an iceberg.

How can you get close again once you've left?

It's a truly contradictory word.

With that thought in mind, Shen Bingyan asked her bodyguard to close the window, thus blocking out the outside noise.

The bodyguard's phone suddenly rang. He glanced at the name on the screen and handed the phone to Shen Bingyan.

"Miss, it's a call from the restaurant."

Shen Bingyan held the phone to her ear and asked about some of the issues she had pointed out that day. The manager immediately replied that they had been improved.

After asking around, the restaurant manager handled the situation very quickly.

Shen Bingyan nodded in satisfaction and was about to hang up when she paused and asked again, "Did you deliver the message I asked you to Zhou Yi? And what happened after that...?"

Shen Bingyan shut her mouth in time, a complex emotion showing on her face.

Forget it, why bother asking again?

She could easily imagine that Zhou Yi would rush to rescue Su Qingjiao as soon as he learned that she had been kidnapped.

Perhaps, the two are currently deeply in love.

"Never mind, it's nothing." Shen Bingyan hung up the phone, closed her eyes, and sat on the sofa, trying to stop herself from thinking about anything.

But that lingering feeling of resentment remained in my heart.

The next day.

Many people arrived at school early in the morning, but everyone had some dark circles under their eyes, some were walking with a limp, and some even had their faces swollen.

It's clear that although their family brought money to ransom them yesterday, they will inevitably be beaten and scolded after returning home.

"Ouch—it hurts! It hurts! It hurts!"

"Ouch, my knee."

A painful scream suddenly rang out in the classroom. The other students who had been beaten couldn't help but chuckle when they heard the scream.

There were others who suffered even worse defeats than them.

Tsk tsk, he must have been kneeling all night, right?

"Damn it, she's really gotten me into trouble! Miss Su should have arrived by now, why isn't she here yet?"

"She must have skipped out on the bill yesterday and is too embarrassed to come today! Doesn't she brag about how awesome and rich she is? Why would she disappear like this? Don't worry, there are so many of us here, she can't get away."

"My mom has given me orders: if I don't get the money back today, she'll skin me alive during the holiday!"

Everyone had been beaten, so they sat obediently in their chairs, not daring to move around. Naturally, their conversations were much louder than usual.

When Zhou Yi entered the school, all the students in the class stared at him.

When she saw that Zhou Yi still hadn't come to school with Su Qingjiao today, a look of disappointment flashed in her eyes, and at the same time, she felt uneasy. Could it be that Su Qingjiao had really run away?

Xu Ping's eyes lit up, and he stood up to greet Zhou Yi: "Come on, come on! My family was so excited when I brought your packed things back yesterday. Thanks a lot, brother!"

Zhou Yi took in the expressions of all the students in the class, calmly returned to his seat, and said to Xu Ping, "You're welcome."

The classmate sitting next to the two of them was so angry that his mouth twisted in disbelief when he heard Xu Ping's words.

Why did the two poorest students in the class get out faster than them? And they even took food and other things with them! A whole 30,000 yuan was just swiped!

He couldn't help but snort through his nose: "How can some people be so rich, paying tens of thousands of yuan without batting an eye?"

"If you didn't know better... you'd think that someone and Su Qingjiao had switched identities!"

"I understand. Perhaps Su Qingjiao already gave you the card. She had to leave the restaurant, so she asked you to pay the bill, but you kept it for yourself."

The more they talked about it, the more likely it seemed. Otherwise, how could Zhou Yi possibly come up with so much money?

Moreover, Zhou Yi is the son of Su Qingjiao's nanny. It's reasonable for Su Qingjiao to give him the card and let him pay the bill privately, right?

"Are you out of your mind? After everything that's happened, can't you see that Su Qingjiao is a fake?" Zhou Yi raised the book in his hand and threw it directly at his classmate's face.

The classmate cried out in pain, but before he could retort, he was already yelling back.

Xu Ping stepped forward first, his face ashen, and shouted angrily, "You're talking nonsense! Do you have any evidence to prove that it's Su Qingjiao's card?"

"Why can't Zhou Yi come up with tens of thousands of yuan? Is it because we're poor?"

"The police need evidence to arrest someone. You're just making things up. How can I assume you're discriminating against students from ordinary families? Besides, this isn't the first time Su Qingjiao has done this! Last time she couldn't even afford 10,000 yuan to buy a sports car, could she?"

“If you dare to falsely accuse Zhou Yi again, come with me to see the counselor and we’ll get to the bottom of this.”

Xu Ping rarely spoke harshly in class. Whether the class was lively or arguing, he remained focused on his studies in his seat.

Seeing that the honest Xu Ping was so eloquent today, as if he really wanted to drag him in front of the counselor to talk, the student who had just made up a rumor had an embarrassed expression on his face.

He covered his head and said, "No, no, I didn't say anything."

He quickly sat down, afraid that Xu Ping would not let it go.

Zhou Yi looked at Xu Ping's calm and composed counterattack with slight surprise, and Su Qingjiao's face involuntarily came to mind.

Su Qingjiao always attacks others with the excuse that "I'm poor but I'm right," which easily evokes sympathy for the weak.

Xu Ping, however, displayed a frank and resolute spirit. "Why do you think I'm wrong just because I don't have money? If you're going to report me, then provide evidence."

In response, Zhou Yi gained a different understanding of Xu Ping.

Xu Ping's forceful defense of himself meant that, with Su Qingjiao missing several days of school, the surrounding classmates dared not mock her or question Zhou Yi about why Su Qingjiao hadn't come to school yet.

Hao Min, who knew the truth, could no longer bear it.

She didn't reply to the messages she sent to Su Qingjiao, and she didn't answer her phone calls either.

She was afraid that Su Qingjiao had already guessed her feelings for Zhou Yi, and that her not replying was because she had deliberately blocked her.

He was also worried that Su Qingjiao's long absence from school meant Zhou Yi was planning to transfer her to a school abroad.

Hao Min finally managed to stop Zhou Yi, who was about to leave the classroom, when there were fewer people in the classroom, and asked, "Zhou Yi, I haven't seen Jiao Jiao for several days. I'm a little worried about her."

"You should know where she is, right?"