Chapter 84 Ugly Duckling's Comeback, Squeezing Out the School Beauty, and Becoming Couples with
Chapter 84 Ugly Duckling's Comeback, Squeezing Out the School Beauty, and Becoming Couples with
Just as the two were at an impasse, a voice suddenly came: "Class monitor, the class teacher wants to see you."
Ye Xingchen turned his head upon hearing the sound and looked in the direction of his homeroom teacher, who was smiling and waving at him.
"Wanwan, stay here obediently, okay? Don't go anywhere, and wait for me to come back!" Ye Xingchen turned around and looked at Mu Wanwan with deep affection, instructing her.
Mu Wanwan held his hand tightly and refused to let go, while gently shaking her head. Her eyes were filled with reluctance and unwillingness, as if Ye Xingchen would disappear as soon as she let go.
Seeing her like this, Ye Xingchen couldn't help but feel a surge of tenderness. He reached out his other hand and gently stroked Mu Wanwan's soft hair, softly comforting her, "It's okay, I'll just be right back, very soon, really only for a little while. If you feel bored, you can play on your phone for a while to pass the time."
Despite her reluctance, Mu Wanwan finally released her hand slowly and nodded obediently like a well-behaved child.
Ye Xingchen then turned and left, quickly walking towards the homeroom teacher.
After he left, Mu Wanwan quietly adjusted her posture, trying to minimize her presence.
She sat slightly turned to the side, her back to the spacious and bustling hall, her face to the cold wall.
It turned out that his homeroom teacher had introduced him to some company executives. Even though he wasn't by Mu Wanwan's side, he was still keeping an eye on her out of the corner of his eye.
The Ye family has been in business for generations, and Ye Xingchen has been exposed to it since childhood, so he has the gene for doing business in his bones. He answered the questions from the person in charge fluently, and everyone was very satisfied with him.
The Ye family was also invited to the banquet, but Ye's father was away on a business trip and his mother was a full-time housewife who didn't like such occasions, so no one from the Ye family attended except for Ye Xingchen.
Ye Xingchen never mentioned his family at school, so neither his teachers nor his classmates knew what his family did.
"Xingchen, as the student representative, you'll be going up on stage to give a speech in a little while!"
The teacher had never mentioned the student representative's speech to him, so it was probably a last-minute decision.
"Teacher, can we send someone else?" He looked at the teacher with a worried expression, his eyes filled with pleading and unease.
The teacher shook her head firmly, her tone leaving no room for doubt: "No, the school leaders specifically requested that you go, so you can't refuse again. This is a rare opportunity for you to make a name for yourself."
Hearing this, although he was extremely unwilling, he couldn't refuse his teacher, so he had no choice but to nod in agreement.
As he slowly raised his head, preparing to turn his gaze back to where Mu Wanwan was sitting, he suddenly froze—Mu Wanwan, who was supposed to be sitting there, had vanished without a trace!
"Teacher, I'm sorry, please arrange for someone else. My person... is missing!"
He shouted at the teacher in a panic, his voice trembling slightly with nervousness.
The teacher stood there blankly, completely bewildered, not understanding what he meant. After a long while, she stammered, "Wh...what do you mean by 'lost'? Who is lost?"
Faced with the teacher's questioning, he didn't have time to explain further. He simply said, "Mu Wanwan is missing!" and then turned and left like a gust of wind.
Arriving at the spot where Mu Wanwan had been sitting, he found her phone still lying quietly on the sofa, and the drink next to her was only partially drunk, with some liquid remaining at the bottom. Had she just gone to the restroom? He paced anxiously around, praying that she would appear soon.
For some reason, his heart was pounding faster and faster, as if it were about to leap out of his throat. An ominous premonition welled up inside him, making him increasingly uneasy and fearful. Time passed second by second, each second feeling like an eternity to him.
He carefully reached out and gently picked up Mu Wanwan's phone from the table, then quickly and naturally slipped it into the pocket of his well-tailored suit.
Immediately afterwards, he politely asked a busy waiter for directions to the restroom, and then walked briskly in that direction.
Reaching the bathroom door, he stopped, calmed his rapid breathing, and then raised his voice, filled with anxiety and concern, to call out loudly into the closed door, "Wanwan, are you in there?"
However, he was met with only an unsettling silence, as if the entire space had been swallowed up by the sudden quiet.
His heart clenched instantly, and a fine layer of sweat involuntarily appeared on his forehead.
After a brief hesitation, just as he was about to reach out and push open the door to find out what was going on, a cleaning lady pushing a cleaning cart happened to pass by.
At that moment, he felt as if he had grasped a lifeline, and his eyes revealed a glimmer of hope and urgency. He quickly asked, "Auntie, could you please go in and call out to Mu Wanwan for me? Tell her that Ye Xingchen has something urgent to discuss with her."
Seeing this, the kind-hearted woman nodded without hesitation, indicating her willingness to help. She quickly parked the cleaning cart and went into the restroom.
Time passed second by second, and every second felt incredibly long to him waiting outside the door.
Finally, about two minutes later, the cleaning lady came out of the house in a hurry.
Before he could even ask what was going on, the auntie spoke up first: "Young man, I've checked every single cubicle carefully, and there's no one in there!"
These words struck him like a thunderbolt, leaving him completely stunned.
In an instant, countless bad thoughts flooded his mind, but he quickly forced himself to calm down.
Suddenly, a name popped into his mind—Lin Jingya.
He couldn't help but wonder to himself, could this matter be related to her?
Without thinking twice, he quickly thanked the cleaning lady: "Thank you, Auntie!"
After saying that, he hurriedly turned and left, preparing to look for more clues about Mu Wanwan's whereabouts.
He was frantic, running around frantically in search of Lin Jingya.
Large beads of sweat rolled down his face, but he didn't bother to wipe them away.
Finally, when he saw Lin Jingya sitting leisurely in the seat where Mu Wanwan had been sitting, elegantly taking a sip of red wine, Ye Xingchen felt an ominous premonition—Mu Wanwan's sudden departure must be inextricably linked to this woman in front of him.
"Lin Jingya! Where did Mu Wanwan go?" Ye Xingchen's eyes widened in anger, his voice trembling slightly with rage.
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