For some reason, Zhu Yaya felt that something had been a bit off lately, until one day her desk mate Xu Baoying suddenly blurted out a sentence:
"It seems like that second-year senior, Duan Zong, hasn't come looking for you recently."
Only then did Zhu Yaya realize that Duan Zong hadn't come to pester her for several days.
"Maybe he finally gave up!" Zhu Yaya was very satisfied with his giving up.
These past few days, Yan Heng and Zhu Jianjun both seemed very busy. Every time Yan Heng walked her home, he would leave in a hurry. But no matter how busy he was, he always insisted on walking Zhu Yaya home. Zhu Yaya also vaguely felt that although Yan Heng was still a bit tired, his expression was much more relaxed than before.
The same went for Zhu Jianjun. He had been staying at the police station for several days, so for the past few days, dinner at home had been cooked by Zhao Jing.
Eating the meals Zhao Jing made, Zhu Yaya revealed a strong smile.
With an expectant look on her face, Zhao Jing looked at Zhu Yaya. "Yabao, how is the food Mom made?"
What else could she say?
Zhu Yaya's eyes welled up with tears. "It's so delicious." So delicious that she wanted to throw up!
Zhu Yaya hoped and hoped, and finally hoped for Zhu Jianjun to come home! She was finally free from the torture of Zhao Jing's cooking!
When she finally ate her familiar hot and sour shredded chicken, Zhu Yaya was so moved she almost cried.
Zhu Jianjun was probably exhausted from working; after not seeing him for a few days, he had visibly lost a lot of weight.
He was quite excited today, drank a little wine, and revealed some news at the dinner table, saying that a private club in the East District of the Imperial Capital had been raided, implicating a large number of people.
"Tomorrow, or the day after at the latest, it will be broadcasted on the TV news." Zhu Jianjun held his bowl and chopsticks, smiling foolishly. It was obvious that he was very happy to see this kind of event that was beneficial to society.
Zhu Jianjun didn't lie. Sure enough, the day after he mentioned it, when Zhu Yaya went to the Tiantian Breakfast Shop in the West District to buy breakfast and wait for Xu Chun, she heard several old men chatting about today's morning news. She vaguely heard words like "club," "sealed off," and "drugs."
She freed up one hand, reached back to unzip her backpack, and fumbled inside for a long time before she found her phone. But not long after she took out her phone, Xu Chun arrived at the Tiantian Breakfast Shop to buy breakfast. Murong Beichen was waiting for Xu Chun at the entrance of the shop.
Actually, Zhu Yaya didn't quite understand it. Murong Beichen brought his family's deluxe breakfast for Xu Chun every day, and Xu Chun accepted it. Yet she still came to the Tiantian Breakfast Shop to buy breakfast every day, although the portion was very small.
Seeing that Xu Chun had finished buying breakfast and was about to leave, Zhu Yaya had to put her phone back into her backpack and quietly followed her.
Unsurprisingly, this morning was another day without any tasks triggered.
The class was quite lively today, with many students chattering and gossiping. When they saw Zhu Yaya arrive, they all fell silent and looked at her with sympathetic eyes.
Zhu Yaya: ???
What happened?
Why were they looking at her like that?
As soon as Zhu Yaya took her seat, a few girls in the class walked over hesitantly and surrounded her, their faces filled with sympathy and regret.
Zhu Yaya was completely confused.
She knew these girls; when they bumped into her a few days ago, they had all shown angry and disdainful looks. Why were they acting like this today...
She hugged her backpack tightly and asked cautiously, "Is... is there something wrong?"
These girls looked at each other, then turned to Zhu Yaya and said in unison, "We are sorry, Minister Zhu."
Minister Zhu was the nickname she got after shamelessly boasting that she was the "Minister of Foreign Affairs of Class One, Grade One."
Zhu Yaya was a bit puzzled. "Why are you apologizing to me? Did you do something to me?"
One of the leading girls explained a bit embarrassedly, "Actually, Minister Zhu, we were the ones who took the chocolates you received on Valentine's Day!"
Zhu Yaya suddenly realized. "So it was you guys who rummaged through my desk drawer. Why did you do that? Don't tell me you just wanted to eat the chocolates!"
"Haha, well, we were too naive back then. Um, seeing that you accepted someone else's chocolates but rejected Senior Duan Zong, we felt a bit bad for him and got angry in the heat of the moment. So..."
Zhu Yaya: ...
So they wanted to stand up for Duan Zong!
"Those chocolates were secretly stuffed into my desk by someone else. Actually, I was planning to put all the chocolates I received on the podium at noon when no one was around." Zhu Yaya explained, and then, as if thinking of something, she asked them, "Then what about my handkerchief?"
"What handkerchief?" Those girls frowned in confusion. "We only took the chocolates."
Then where did her handkerchief go? Zhu Yaya muttered in her heart. Anyway, it wasn't anything important. It was just for wiping her mouth after eating snacks.
Hearing that Zhu Yaya had lost something else, those girls looked a bit panicked. "Minister Zhu, did you lose anything else at that time? We can compensate you. Was that handkerchief from a top foreign brand?"
Zhu Yaya: ...
No! It was just an ordinary handkerchief from Pinduoduo, costing two yuan and sixty cents, with free shipping included.
She waved her hand grandly, looking very dashing. "It's fine! It wasn't anything valuable anyway. The matter has already passed. I won't pursue it this time. But if there's a next time, I... I'll... call the police!" She tried hard to come up with a threat.
Hearing Zhu Yaya say this, those girls apologized again and took out small gifts as an apology.
The hypocritical Zhu Yaya faked a smile. "Oh, no need, no need, we are all classmates!" But her hands honestly accepted them.
"By the way, Minister Zhu," just as those girls were about to leave, the leading girl suddenly asked Zhu Yaya, "Have you not watched today's Imperial Capital Morning News and checked the Scott Campus Network Forum yet?"
"Yeah!"
The sympathy on those girls' faces deepened.
The leading girl hesitated to speak, but finally gave in to Zhu Yaya's innocent gaze. "You'd better go take a look!"
After those girls left, Zhu Yaya, brimming with curiosity, took out her phone from her backpack and secretly looked at it under the desk.
The Imperial Capital Morning News indeed had the story Zhu Jianjun mentioned last night. A private club in the East District called Daffodil had been sealed off due to involvement in prostitution, organized crime, and the trafficking of new types of drugs.
Zhu Yaya clicked her tongue, thinking that such a club deserved to be shut down! While anti-narcotics police put their lives on the line to maintain social stability, these people were stepping on their corpses to make a fortune. They totally deserved it!
Wait, Yan Heng's father seemed to be an anti-narcotics police officer.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yaya's heart grew somewhat heavy.
Yan Heng's family ended up like this because of revenge from drug dealers. If it weren't for that, Yan Heng would probably be very happy right now!
