Chapter 3 | Moon

  Gu Xiang and Ning Peng were already quite familiar with each other, and then they had the opportunity to jump rope together. When a few people get together, they start to think about what to say.

  One day, Wang Xinghuo complained to them: "Now I think it's not interesting to go to school. Usually in class is an exam, after class is correcting wrong questions, and I don't even have someone to talk to."

  Since Chai Zi left, he hasn't had a deskmate, and Teacher Jiang didn't reassign anyone.

  This person's sitting style is really who knows, in class it's not daring to be distracted at all, just afraid of missing something during the lesson, and then having to ask around. This one day can make people feel mentally tense.

  Apart from physical education class, Wang Xinghuo felt most relaxed during those twenty minutes of morning exercise.

  "When chatting, he also brought up his complaints about Chai Zi Yu, "Before leaving, didn't even say goodbye, in July I was still playing games with him, at that time nothing was said. Before school started, I wanted to contact him but couldn't get through, only when registering for school did I find out he had transferred and left, this kid is too unrighteous!" He then mentioned Ning Peng, "In August, I asked you about summer homework, you didn't give me a hint either, so that I could prepare myself mentally."

  He complained for a while, and Ning Peng stopped talking.

  The scene was a bit awkward.

  Gu Xiang thought Ning Peng was unhappy, so she gave a sideways glance to Wang Xinghuo while saying: "He must not have known at the time, or maybe he just didn't think to tell you. Did he deliberately deceive you?"

  Wang Xinghuo and Ning Peng's relationship is just ordinary, mainly because he and Chai Ziyu are deskmates, and Chai Ziyu has a very close relationship with Ning Peng. That's why the three of them often hang out together.

  Wang Xinghuo also reacted and realized that he had indeed said too much in front of the girl, Ning Peng must be feeling embarrassed and unhappy.

  He just wanted to laugh it off and get past it, but Ning Peng said: "Actually, I also found out about Old Chiang's situation from Teacher Zhao at the beginning of school."

  One sentence almost dropped everyone's jaw.

  Ning Peng and Chai Zi Yu were classmates who went to the same elementary school, and their families also knew each other. No matter how well Chai Zi Yu did his secret work, it's impossible that he wouldn't give Ning Peng a heads up in advance!

  Gu Xiang said: "The last time I saw him was at the end of July, in the city's book building, he was with his aunt and uncle, we met and chatted for a few sentences, everything seemed normal. Wang Xinghuo also said that they played together in July, which means that if something happened, it must have been in August?"

  Ning Peng shook his head and said: "I went abroad in August to have fun and almost didn't make it back in time for registration."

  Lin Jiahuan asked him: "Then why didn't you call later to ask about it?"

  "He changed his phone number, and when I called the landline at home, his dad said something vague, just that he went to a better junior high school. Let's play together after getting into high school. When I asked him where he was going to study and what his new phone number is, his dad said that his new school doesn't allow students to bring mobile phones and didn't tell me."

  The more people counted, the less correct it was. Chai Zi Yu Ping usually wasn't such an unreliable person.

  Their family's attitude is also very strange, who would refuse to reveal their school and phone number to two families of children who know each other well?

  After a moment of silence, several people exchanged glances, all with some bad premonitions.

  Gu Xiang broke the silence first, saying to Ning Peng: "Why don't you go ask Teacher Jiang? Teacher Jiang knows you two are close, if she knew, she would definitely tell you. No need to specifically ask Fei, as long as you know he's fine, that's enough."

  Of course, Gu Xiang didn't say it out loud when Ning Peng's uncle was also in school, and Teacher Jiang would definitely give him some face.

  Ning Peng nodded thoughtfully and said he would go ask in a while.

  After morning exercise, Gu Xiang accompanied Lin Jiahuan to buy breakfast at a small grocery store.

  Lin Jiahuan thought of what they just said and asked Gu Xiang in a low voice: "There won't be anything, will there? I'm feeling quite uneasy."

  Gu Xiang shook his head and said honestly: "I don't know either, let's see how much Ning Peng can ask out, you go back and ask your uncle too."

  "Well, I'll go ask during lunch today." Lin Jiahuan nodded and said.

  However, Lin Jiahuan's uncle was also useless in the end, because Teacher Jiang really didn't know either.

  Ning Peng went to ask about Zhang Ziyu's situation, and Teacher Jiang said: "You've come at just the right time, I was going to ask you too. The procedures for Zhang Ziyu's transfer were handled too suddenly, I didn't even get to see his face."

  After the start of school, Teacher Jiang was also very busy. However, in between, she managed to call Chai Zi's home twice, but Chai's father responded vaguely both times. Later, with the mid-term exams approaching and papers to grade, Teacher Jiang became even busier and couldn't spare any more time to worry about this matter.

  But when it comes to Chai Zi's transfer, Teacher Jiang was also extremely unwilling. This is the top seed in the grade, no matter where he goes, he can always stand out as a good seedling. He just left without a word, and Teacher Jiang was heartbroken.

  Moreover, their parents didn't inform them of the specific situation, and even the head teacher wasn't present, they directly spoke to the principal.

  Mr. Jiang also didn't know until before school started that Chai Zi Yu's transfer procedures had been completed.

  Ning Peng was also taken aback, who knew that even Jiang Laoshi, their class teacher, didn't know either.

  Mr. Jiang thought for a moment and then asked him how many others knew about this matter.

  Ning Peng then mentioned the names of Gu Xiang and Wang Xinghuo. One was the last person to see Chai Zi Yu during summer vacation, and the other was Chai Zi Yu's deskmate. It was reasonable that they knew about it, but he didn't mention someone like Lin Jiahuan.

  Mr. Jiang was still quite reassured about Gu Xiang, so he reminded Ning Peng to tell Wang Xinghuo after returning that they must not talk about this matter everywhere. He also let them feel at ease and immediately went to find the principal to ask clearly.

  A student just disappeared out of thin air, anyone would be suspicious.

  Mr. Jiang took advantage of having no classes in the morning and went to find the principal to ask about Qī Zǐyǔ's transfer.

  The principal wasn't much better than him, saying that before the person came to handle the transfer procedures, a call had already been made from above, basically meaning to let him go. Moreover, the one handling the procedures didn't seem to be the parent themselves, but rather someone like a secretary or assistant.

  The principal sipped his tea and said to Teacher Jiang with a vivid tone, "The one in black suit and black sunglasses, when he came in I thought the triad had arrived, it was so scary that I almost picked up the phone to call the police."