Chi Mengqiu had heard about what happened to Chen Jiayi's family early on and felt that the Chen family was quite unlucky to have encountered such a thing.

She sighed as she ate, "Jiayi, it's just bad luck that this happened to your family. In general, it has nothing to do with your family, so there's no need to worry too much."

Chen Jiayi looked bewildered. "What's wrong?"

Chi Mengqiu looked at Chen Jiayi in surprise, not expecting Chen Jiayi to ask what was wrong.

"Don't you know?"

Chen Jiayi shook her head. At that moment, Shen Jialiang came over after getting his food.

Chen Jiayi wasn't feeling well today, so Shen Jialiang went to get her some food.

Chi Mengqiu felt a little intimidated when she saw Shen Jialiang, after all, Shen Jialiang was a professor, while she was still a student.

Chi Mengqiu couldn't help but wonder if Chen Jiayi felt pressured being with Shen Jialiang.

But now was clearly not the time to ask that question. Seeing Shen Jialiang approaching, Chi Mengqiu blinked.

"Professor Shen."

Shen Jialiang nodded politely, knowing that Chi Mengqiu was Chen Jiayi's roommate.

Chi Mengqiu watched as Shen Jialiang naturally handed the rice plate to Chen Jiayi, and thoughtfully opened the box containing chopsticks and spoons, took out the tools inside, wiped them, and then handed them to Chen Jiayi.

Chen Jiayi naturally accepted it, then looked at Chi Mengqiu with a puzzled expression.

"Xiao Qiu, has something happened to my family? What happened?"

"Professor Shen doesn't know either?"

Shen Jialiang was busy conducting experiments in the lab yesterday and today and had no idea what was happening outside.

Shen Jialiang replied calmly, "I don't know."

Chi Mengqiu was speechless. She hadn't expected that two people who were involved in the incident wouldn't know what had happened.

She immediately told them what had happened to the Chen family. Chi Mengqiu knew all the details because when she called home that day, her family casually told her to keep an eye on Chen Jiayi.

Both Chen Jiayi and Chi Mengqiu's families had business dealings. Since the Lin family fell from power, the Chi family had taken over the business in the area that belonged to the Lin family.

The Chi family naturally took over all of the Lin family's partners, including the Chen family.

"This morning, one of our employees saw someone... committing murder in the residential compound where your Chen family is responsible for the work while he was working at height."

Chen Jiayi exclaimed, "What?"

She frowned and glanced at Shen Jialiang.

Shen Jialiang frowned slightly, looking at Chi Mengqiu with some doubt.

Seeing the two people staring at her with blank expressions, Chi Mengqiu couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

"Actually, it's nothing, since it has nothing to do with your Chen family."

"But the person who died was a big shot in politics! It is said that he had a conflict with his wife at home, and in a fit of anger, he stabbed her to death with a knife. It just so happened that the workers working at height saw it."

"Then the murderer got scared, and the staff member exposed the incident, which led to a fight with the person working at height. During the argument, an accident occurred, and the staff member fell and died."

This is an utter disaster for the Chen family. Not only will they have to pay hefty compensation to their employees, but their stock will also be affected, and property prices in the neighborhood will drop.

Chen Jiayi never expected that such a thing would happen in her family, and that her parents hadn't even told her.

The school has phone booths where you can make calls, and the school leaders also have landline phones.

If Chen Jiayi hadn't come out to eat and overheard it, she probably wouldn't have known what happened.

Chen Jiayi frowned. "I want to go back."

Chen Jiayi needs to ask her teacher for leave before going home; she hasn't eaten yet.

"Jiajia, finish your food, and I'll go with you later."

Chen Jiayi was unaware of the current situation at home and was somewhat worried about her parents.

What kind of appetite does she have? I'm thinking of just asking for leave.

Shen Jialiang pulled Chen Jiayi to sit down again.

"No matter what, let's eat something first. We can't waste the food we bought. You can eat something first and then ask for leave. There's no rush."

Chen Jiayi felt everyone's attention on them, and she felt a little annoyed. She pursed her lips and sat down to continue eating.

Eating in the cafeteria is convenient, but with so many people, you can sometimes encounter things that make you uncomfortable.

Chen Jiayi ate a few bites to get by, and then gave the rest of the food to Shen Jialiang.

Shen Jialiang ate very quickly, but he didn't look flustered at all.

Instead, it has an elegant feel that makes people want to eat.

Normally, Chen Jiayi would eat a little more, but now she has no appetite at all.

Shen Jialiang finished eating quickly, got up and took the plate to put it away.

Chi Mengqiu stared in disbelief at Shen Jialiang's departing figure.

She glanced down at the food on her plate and then sighed.

"Why do men eat like this? My brother is the same way. I've only just started eating when he's already finished. Then he says, 'I'll eat slowly,' and goes out for a smoke."

Chi Mengqiu was speechless.

Chen Jiayi smiled, but wasn't in the mood to respond to Chi Mengqiu.

"Xiao Qiu, I need to go home first. I'll talk to you another day. Thank you for telling me all this today. When I come back, I'll bring you some delicious food."

Chi Mengqiu exclaimed, "What kind of relationship do we have? Why do you care about these things? Go on."

"Okay, sure."

Chen Jiayi and Shen Jialiang walked together toward Chen Jiayi's office.

On the way, he encountered two students who had questions for Shen Jialiang.

Shen Jialiang originally wanted to refuse, but Chen Jiayi made him answer, saying she would ask for leave herself.

Chen Jiayi glanced at the two students, who seemed to be in the same grade as her.

"It's just taking a leave of absence, it's nothing."

Shen Jialiang originally wanted to go with Chen Jiayi, but when the two classmates heard Chen Jiayi say that, they immediately said so.

"Professor Shen, we'll finish this discussion soon."

Shen Jialiang glanced at Chen Jiayi, then nodded to the students.

"Okay, then go by yourself. I'll take you home in a bit."

Chen Jiayi hummed twice and quickly left.

Chen Jiayi's current teacher is a female teacher who knows what happened in Chen Jiayi's family. She looked Chen Jiayi up and down with her eyes.

Chen Jiayi felt uncomfortable with the teacher's gaze, so she immediately spoke up.

"Teacher, is there something wrong with how you see me?"

The female teacher smiled and said, "It's nothing."

However, Chen Jiayi could clearly see the disdain and a hint of contempt in the other person's eyes.

Chen Jiayi saw that the other party had written the words "not approved" on the leave application.

She looked at the female teacher in surprise, "Teacher, I don't have any classes this afternoon, can't I ask for leave to go out?"

The female teacher smiled and said, "The school rules have changed recently. If you need to ask for leave, you have to call your parents first."

Chen Jiayi spent most of her time in the lab and didn't know whether what her teacher said was true or false, but she didn't think much of it.