Zhen Hu had no idea what had happened in the office.

All he knew was that he and Mona waited at the school gate until it was almost dark before watching the two of them walk out of the school, looking somewhat dejected and with a hint of anger on their faces.

"How did things go?" Zhen Hu strode forward and approached Julian and the others, asking with concern.

"I wasn't expelled."

Lu Xiaoyao said this with a forced smile.

Julian remained silent, observing Lu Xiaoyao's emotions until she uttered those words. He then reached out and pulled Lu Xiaoyao close, forcing a smile as he said, "Alright, you've finally come home on vacation, don't let those upsetting things affect your mood!"

When two people are happy together, they can get rid of negative emotions together.

As they spoke, they called to Zhen Hu and Mona to walk back together.

Along the way, Mona and Lu Xiaoyao gradually fell half a step behind the adults. Mona cautiously asked, "Daisy, are you really alright?"

"It's alright, I wasn't expelled, but I did get a demerit."

Lu Xiaoyao's tone wasn't particularly sad. She had already vented all her anger at school, and Julian's encouragement earlier made her feel that this was no big deal.

The main reason is that it's just a game.

If this happened in real life, Lu Xiaoyao would definitely explode with anger, given her temper.

For now, it's enough to stay at school and investigate the bug's whereabouts while staying close to the BOSS.

Lu Xiaoyao turned her head and glanced at Mona again, but Mona misunderstood her.

Are you upset that I didn't act as a witness for you?

"ha?"

"You're not angry that I didn't tell anyone you were called away?" Mona said in a very soft voice, glancing repeatedly at Zhen Hu walking ahead with Julian out of the corner of her eye, as if afraid of being overheard.

"Oh... I'd forgotten about this if you hadn't mentioned it!" To Mona's surprise, Lu Xiaoyao waved her hand dismissively and said, "Don't even think about testifying. Those people are just determined to protect Qi and that bastard Danny. Even if you testify, they might criticize you for lying. Forget it, don't get involved."

Mona never expected Lu Xiaoyao to say that.

There was no trace of her previous behavior.

"Don't you care at all? You've been wrongly accused..."

Mona seemed to have thought of something, but as she watched Lu Xiaoyao's face change from gloomy and drizzly to sunny after leaving the school, it was as if she wasn't the one who had just been unlucky.

"I do care, but... a gentleman takes revenge even after ten years. They're blind and brainless now, but they'll be the same in the future. I'll quietly work hard to wipe them out then!"

As Lu Xiaoyao was thinking, her previously sour face suddenly broke into a smile.

Then, that bright smile instantly transformed into a rather lewd chuckle, leaving the person opposite speechless, wanting to say something but holding back, and even wanting to curse. (www.cascoo.net)

"Shouldn't you be filled with grief and indignation? Shouldn't you be saddened and resentful of the injustice of fate and the unfairness of the world?"

"Ah, yes, I do, but it's so hard to live with constant grief and resentment. I don't want to be like this all the time."

Lu Xiaoyao's nonchalant, lazy attitude almost choked Mona to death.

"Oh, that's all in the past. I've kept all those grudges in a little notebook. Let's go, let's go back for dinner!"

Lu Xiaoyao, unusually bold, took the initiative to approach the BOSS, hooked her arm around his, and completely ignored his incomprehension look. Then she rushed to the two fathers and asked them to treat them to small cakes.

They said the hot dog they ate this afternoon was too salty.

...

"I was surprised that Lu Xiaoyao didn't get the same result as the two female students I dealt with before."

After Yuan Fang and Bai Xiao left, Mingmei and Mu Chen headed towards the law enforcement officers. On the way, Mingmei explained the outcome of the matter through Lu Xiaoyao's perspective.

"So, Lu Xiaoyao is special to the BOSS. She won't be expelled from school."

Mu Chen also began to analyze the matter, and Mingmei listened attentively, becoming somewhat worried about what would happen to Lu Xiaoyao later.

"So, in your opinion, Mona wants to create a new 'leading lady'? Watching someone else fall into ruin step by step... is that what you mean?"

Mingmei's original guess was that Mona might see Lu Xiaoyao as a kind of reference, such as a projection of a part of herself.

Mingmei had already suspected that Mona might have an Oedipus complex based on some of the strange things Mona did to Zhen Hu. But when she thought about the fact that the relationship between Mona and Zhen Hu was just that of stepfather and stepdaughter, Mingmei didn't dare to think about any further terrifying possibilities.

"Hmm...and I think this might not be the first time they've done this."

Mu Chen told Ming Mei about what he had seen at the milk delivery company during the day.

“I looked through the registration information of the families who subscribed to milk at the milk delivery company, and I saw Mona’s family’s milk delivery record.”

"Hmm? Is there a problem?"

"Their address was changed a year ago. It was a different address before, but for the past year or so, this is their address."

"They moved!"

Mingmei suddenly remembered that Lu Xiaoyao recalled that her character setting said that Mona and she grew up together, were neighbors and classmates!

"What about Lu Xiaoyao? Do we have any information about her family?"

Seeing Mingmei's expression, Mu Chen knew that Mingmei had discovered the key point, so he nodded and told Mingmei that Lu Xiaoyao's family address had always been here.

"Not only that..." Mu Chen then told Mingmei about another matter.

"Bai Xiao and Yuan Fang's original residence and address... were right across from Mona's house."

"Huh?!" Mingmei's eyes widened. "Bai Xiao and the others kept it from us from the beginning?"

"Not necessarily." Mu Chen shook his head, looked at Mingmei, and said, "Perhaps, they're like Lu Xiaoyao and the others..."

"Um?"

"My memories have been altered by the BOSS, and I don't remember anything."

"How could this be?" Mingmei couldn't understand why. She just kept thinking about the information she had previously gathered about Bai Xiao and Yuan Fang. When she had almost worn out that information, Mingmei said uncertainly, "Is it... related to their dead daughter?"

"Maybe." Mu Chen sighed. He had spent a long time researching these materials during the day, and he hadn't had time to look into the matter of Bai Xiao's character's daughter yet.

Upon hearing that they were going to investigate the past events at Chengdong Middle School, Mingmei perked up.

"Leave this to me, Hao Le. I'll go ask around." Mingmei still remembered that convenience store uncle. Mingmei's idea was to take advantage of every opportunity to get something for free!

However, before they start fleecing this person, Mingmei and her team plan to fleece the law enforcement officers first.