Chapter 279: Waiting for the Wind, We Run Together ②
Ye Haifei did not come to class. Without seeing Ye Haifei, everyone in Class 10 felt as if a breath was stuck in their chests, especially the classmates who were close to Nie Qiu, particularly Li Kai, Peng Yu Yang, and Zhang Haiyang.
So when he received a message from a friend on Moments, Li Kai didn’t care that it was class time. He stood up and walked out.
The Chemistry Teacher, who was in the middle of teaching, was stunned. To be honest, the atmosphere in Class 10 this semester had been too good, so good that he thought he was teaching a fast-paced class. He hadn’t encountered someone leaving the classroom during class time without a word, but that was a long time ago for Class 10, so long ago that he had forgotten this was Class 10.
“Li Kai, where are you going?!” The Chemistry Teacher snapped back to reality, threw the Senior High School Entrance Examination strategy review workbook in his hand onto the lectern, and shouted.
“Teacher, I have something to attend to, I’m asking for leave.” Li Kai turned his head, took a deep breath, trying to calm himself. A fire was hidden in his eyes as he looked at Peng Yu Yang, “You asked me to bring you along, let’s go together!” With that, he turned and left.
As soon as Li Kai said this, Peng Yu Yang knew what was going on. He immediately stood up from his seat and quickly followed Li Kai, “Teacher, we have something to attend to, we’re asking for leave!”
Zhang Haiyang was surprised. When did Li Kai and Peng Yu Yang become so close? However, the only person who could make Li Kai and Peng Yu Yang become friends was Nie Qiu! He thought for a moment and saw Luo Xu stand up, take leave from the teacher who looked angry and bewildered, and chase after them.
Ma Xin and Wang Chao Lei naturally had no objections. Before Zhang Haiyang could react, Ma Xin and Wang Chao Lei had already stood up and quickly followed Luo Xu.
Zhang Haiyang naturally felt that if his brothers were all taking action, there was no reason for him to stay behind. He stood up without speaking to the teacher and chased after them.
So many classmates left the class at once, and the Chemistry Teacher was so angry he was fuming. The classmates in the class looked at each other. Were they running out now… was something wrong with Nie Qiu?
Huang Yan thought the same. She couldn’t help but lower her head, take out her mobile phone from her desk, and start sending a message to Zhang Haiyang.
Sitting in the taxi, Zhang Haiyang glanced at his pants pocket, not looking at the message.
Luo Xu glanced over, “Turn off your mobile phone!”
Zhang Haiyang nodded, reached into his purse, took out his mobile phone, pressed the power button on the side, and watched the screen go dark.
There weren’t many people in the underground bar during the day. People sat in small groups in areas with sofas. A boy with yellow hair at the bar counter saw Li Kai and the others arrive and smiled as he walked towards them.
“You’re here?” The boy with yellow hair took out a pack of cigarettes from his purse, lit one, and said, “I saw your message on Moments the day before yesterday, saying you saw that person calling you over. That’ll be a thousand yuan, right?”
“Where is he?” Li Kai asked with a grim expression.
The boy with yellow hair pointed to a corner and smiled, extending his hand.
Li Kai ignored him and walked straight towards the corner. Peng Yu Yang, Zhang Haiyang, Ma Xin, and Wang Chao Lei followed him, gritting their teeth. Just as the boy with yellow hair was about to get angry, Luo Xu took out his wallet from his purse, took out all the money inside, stuffed it into the boy with yellow hair’s hand, and said, “Scram!”
The boy with yellow hair looked at the bills in his hand, which far exceeded a thousand yuan. He spat, turned around, and ran.
Ye Haifei had been confined at home by his elder sister for four days, told to wait for his Mom to come back and take him abroad. For these four days, he had been in a daze, not knowing what to do. He really wanted to ask about his elder sister Nie Qiu, but he could never bring himself to say it.
The brother-in-law who brought him his meals in the morning forgot to lock the door. After his brother-in-law left, he opened the door and left home. He didn’t want to stay at home; he wanted to know what happened to Nie Qiu. He didn’t dare to go to the hospital to ask himself, so he came to the bar to find his friends.
His friend had gone to inquire for him, and he was sitting in the bar, drinking. It was said that alcohol had a numbing effect on the nerves, but… why was he still sober after drinking so much? Clearly knowing… he still didn’t know what had happened to her.
