Li Jianwen had disappeared, and the news had spread throughout Minghai Academy.

The reason for Li Jianwen's disappearance was revealed by a new principal who had arrived at Minghai Academy. He mentioned it during a meeting with some school leaders around eight in the morning. As for where Li Jianwen had gone, even the new principal had no idea!

The new principal was named Yao Zhengming. Just like his name suggested, he seemed intent on proving something—that he was a stronger principal than Li Jianwen. Therefore, the first act of his tenure targeted all the delinquents of the school. Many students who fought due to unresolved grievances that morning were severely punished by Yao Zhengming.

If Li Jianwen's disappearance and Yao Zhengming's arrival were considered explosive news, then around ten-thirty, a message akin to a nuclear bomb shocked everyone at Minghai Academy!

Li Jianwen and his family were all murdered at home last night. This clearly explained the mystery of Li Jianwen's disappearance. However, this also meant that a major murder case had occurred at Minghai Academy. Of course, the police would not be foolish enough to investigate at Minghai Academy. What kind of place was Minghai Academy? It was the premier private school in Minghai City, not a place just anyone could investigate.

As the last morning class ended, students from each class rushed outside, and Ling Shuya, Zhou Yuyan, and Lan Lan also left the campus.

"It seems like our school isn't safe anymore. Just yesterday, there was an intruder on campus, and today, the principal's family got wiped out. What in the world is going on?" Lan Lan seemed quite distressed.

"How so? Were you related to Li Jianwen and his family?" Zhou Yuyan asked nonchalantly.

"No, I was not!" replied Lan Lan.

"Then that's settled. Right now, we should be wondering why Ye Xiao wants us to go to Sister Su's house. Could it be that Sister Su returned home after leaving during the first class? And that Ye Xiao has been with Sister Su at her place all morning?" Zhou Yuyan analyzed.

Hearing Zhou Yuyan's words, both Ling Shuya and Lan Lan showed interest.

Lan Lan chuckled, "I know, Sister Su must be preparing to cook us a delicious meal, but..."

"Spit it out!" Ling Shuya looked at Lan Lan.

"I mean, even if she's cooking, it shouldn't take all morning," Lan Lan said.

"Let's go see Sister Qiuyu first!" Zhou Yuyan suggested.

They all nodded and then headed to where Shen Qiuyu was in Class Seven. Ever since Ye Xiao had shown a little power in Class Seven last time, no one dared to trouble Shen Qiuyu anymore. Although they didn't know Shen Qiuyu's true abilities, they knew who Ye Xiao was—nobody dared to mess with Ye Xiao's cousin!

When Ling Shuya, Zhou Yuyan, and Lan Lan reached the entrance of Class Seven, they saw Shen Qiuyu coming out. She also saw them and immediately walked over.

"Qiuyu, let's go catch a cheater!" Zhou Yuyan blurted out as she approached Shen Qiuyu.

Shen Qiuyu was utterly bewildered by Zhou Yuyan's words, clearly unsure what she meant. She also quickly looked around, relieved that Zhou Yuyan's voice hadn't been loud enough for others to hear.

"Yuyan, could you be any more straightforward?" Ling Shuya looked helplessly at Zhou Yuyan, who sometimes spoke without thinking and disregarded the situation.

Hearing Ye Xiao's words, Zhou Yuyan immediately said to Ling Shuya and Lan Lan, "Didn't you two say the same thing just now? Why are you blaming me now!"

Shen Qiuyu, seeing Ling Shuya and Lan Lan looking a bit embarrassed, smiled and asked, "What exactly happened?"

"Ye Xiao texted me that he's going to Sister Su's house!" Ling Shuya explained.

"Oh, that. He texted me too. It's probably not what you think," Shen Qiuyu said, smiling.

Ling Shuya smiled slightly and glanced at Zhou Yuyan, "We'll find out when we get there."

"That's true!"

The four beauties walked thoughtfully towards the staircase and soon left the academic building.

However, just as they were leaving the academic building, they saw someone hurrying past them. Ling Shuya, paying close attention, immediately called out to the figure, "Die Ying!"

The person was indeed Lin Die Ying. Hearing her name, Lin Die Ying instinctively stopped, turned around, and said, "Shuya, Yuyan!"

Ling Shuya asked, "What's the hurry? Where are you going?"

Lin Die Ying replied, "It's urgent. I can't talk much now. I have to go!"

Seeing Lin Die Ying rushing towards the school gate without much conversation, Ling Shuya and the others were puzzled. They didn't dislike Lin Die Ying, but her hurried manner made them suspicious.

"Shuya, didn't you say Lin Die Ying's mother just had brain surgery recently? Seeing her so anxious, could it be her mother..." Zhou Yuyan speculated, looking at Ling Shuya.

Ling Shuya, hearing Zhou Yuyan's words, also became suspicious, "I should call her to ask. If there really is a problem, I should let Ye Xiao know."

Zhou Yuyan asked, "Ye Xiao and Lin Die Ying are related?"

"Related? It's hard to say, but if Ye Xiao knows that something's wrong with Lin Die Ying's family, he will definitely help," Ling Shuya said with certainty.

"Ye Xiao, this guy, what can he actually do besides womanizing?" Lan Lan said, clearly displeased!

Hearing Lan Lan's words, whether it was Ling Shuya, Zhou Yuyan, or Shen Qiuyu, they all smiled bitterly. If you wanted to be friends with Ye Xiao, then you just had to endure his flirtatious nature!

However, strangely enough, Ye Xiao just possessed that kind of charm that certain women couldn't ignore. Oh, wait, I mean shamelessness!

Ling Shuya quickly found Lin Die Ying's phone number in her contacts and hastily called her!

Lin Die Ying answered the phone quite swiftly!

"Shuya, what's up?" Lin Die Ying sounded a bit puzzled upon receiving Ling Shuya's call.

Ling Shuya asked, "Die Ying, what on earth is going on? Why do you sound so urgent?"

Upon hearing Ling Shuya's question, Lin Die Ying immediately responded, "Really, it's nothing. If there was something, I would definitely tell you!"

"Really nothing?" Ling Shuya still had her doubts.

Lin Die Ying chuckled and said, "Really, it's nothing!"

Since Lin Die Ying reassured her nothing was wrong again, Ling Shuya naturally had nothing else to say and hung up the phone.

"Is everything okay?" Zhou Yuyan asked.

Ling Shuya replied, "She said it's fine, but I have my doubts. I could see from her expression that there's definitely something, she just doesn't want to say it!"

"If she doesn't want to talk about it, let it be. Have you forgotten that we still have a big thing to do?" Zhou Yuyan winked at Ling Shuya.

Ling Shuya instantly caught the hint!

Seeing Zhou Yuyan making faces and winking at Ling Shuya, Shen Qiuyu knew they were planning to catch someone in the act.

Although Shen Qiuyu wasn't much older than Zhou Yuyan and Ling Shuya, her more extensive experience made her seem more mature than the other two!

At that moment, at Su Yun's place!

The kitchen was currently using the exhaust fan to vent out the fumes, where a slim young man, wrapped in a once-clean but now greasy apron, was busy.

Ye Xiao removed the lid from the pot, which contained a pot of meat soup enriched with some thousand-year-old ginseng from Su Yun's place, which was indeed very nourishing, so he didn't dare to use too much and just added a bit of the thousand-year-old ginseng before covering the pot again!

But Ye Xiao was busy with more than just that. In another instance, he swiftly added some seasoning to the frying pan, and the spatula swiftly moved back and forth so quickly it was a blur, releasing bursts of delicious aromas that even made Ye Xiao's mouth water. However, he swallowed it back as he thought it better to enjoy the feast when all dishes were served!

Just then, the door was knocked on!

Ye Xiao immediately turned off the stove and rushed to open the door, then he swiftly returned to the kitchen!

The door opened, but no one was outside; Ling Shuya, Zhou Yuyan, Shen Qiuyu, and Lan Lan opened the door only to hear the bustling sounds of cooking in the kitchen, but no one came out!

"Lan Lan, you guessed right, it really is Sister Su cooking!" Ling Shuya laughed and called out, "Sister Su, need any help?"

But right after Ling Shuya spoke, someone came out of the kitchen, and it was not Su Yun but Ye Xiao!

Ye Xiao, an apron tied around his chest, had patches of grease on his face. Ling Shuya and the others were all very surprised and looked at him incredulously!

"Are you helping Sister Su?" Ling Shuya exclaimed in surprise.

Hearing Ling Shuya's words, Ye Xiao immediately felt it was an expression of distrust in his cooking skills and proudly declared, "Sister Su is sleeping in the room, don't disturb her, today I'm the head chef!"

After Ye Xiao's words, Ling Shuya, Zhou Yuyan, Shen Qiuyu, and Lan Lan all looked at each other, then they all had a certain look on their faces.

"Ye Xiao, what you're doing isn't right!" Lan Lan seriously told him.

Ye Xiao, hearing Lan Lan's words, grimaced and said, "What now? Is there something wrong with cooking for you? Oh, by the way, there are washed apples on the coffee table!"

"No good deed goes unpunished!" Ling Shuya frowned.

Zhou Yuyan then quickly added, "It's either treachery or thievery!"

At that moment, even Shen Qiuyu looked at Ye Xiao, coughed lightly, and said, "Ye Xiao, after all, Sister Su... well, she's your mentor!"

Seeing their expressions and hearing their words, Ye Xiao was really puzzled. However, just then, he thought of something—the meat soup should be ready. So, he hurriedly went back into the kitchen!

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