As soon as Lu Yao came out of the classroom door, he saw the class teacher Yang Linchi standing not far away and waving to him.

"Lu Yao, come to my office. I have something to tell you!" Yang Linchi shouted.

Although the two were not close to each other, Lu Yao could still see that Yang Linchi's facial expression was not good. Lu Yao thought that there must be something wrong.

Lu Yao didn’t dare to delay and trotted up.

"Close the door!" As soon as Lu Yao entered the office, he heard Yang Linchi said, "Lu Yao, Lin Jiayi has become your desk mate for almost two years now. Right?"

"Well, ever since she transferred from somewhere else in the second semester of the first year of high school, we have been sitting at the same table. It's been a year and nine months now. What's the matter, Mr. Yang? Is Lin Jiayi sick?" Seeing that Yang Linchi didn't answer his question but talked about him being the desk mate with Lin Jiayi, Lu Yao immediately remembered the gossip boy's words before the exam.

"Well, yesterday afternoon, Lin Jiayi's father called and said that Lin Jiayi was sick, and the illness was a bit serious." Yang Linchi said after taking a look at Lu Yao.

"What can I do for you, Mr. Yang?" Lu Yao asked.

In fact, Lu Yao knew that although Lin Jiayi's illness should have been brought forward by the teachers, now Yang Linchi had called himself to the office. Obviously, there were some things that Mr. Yang would arrange for him to do.

"Yesterday, after school, Director Li and I went to her house. But unfortunately, we were not able to see her family or Lin Jiayi herself." Yang Linchi also made no secret and said directly, "The headmaster came to me this morning and asked me to arrange for someone from our class to visit Lin Jiayi, so I would like you and Han Dong to go to Lin Jiayi's house to have a look to see if there is anything we can help."

"OK, I see. I'll find Han Dong now, and then we'll go right away." Lu Yao no longer asked about reasons, nodded, and agreed.

"Here are a few hundred yuan. When you and Han Dong go, do some shopping and go in the name of class condolences." Yang Linchi said and took out a few hundred yuan in his pocket and handed it to Lu Yao.

Lu Yao did not decline the money. He put the money in the pocket of the school uniform and said, "Mr. Yang, then I will go now!"

"Sure!"

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...

"Lu Yao, Lin Jiayi was fine yesterday. Why is she ill today?" After leaving the school gate, Han Dong asked questioningly.

"I don't know. I heard the news only a few minutes earlier than you!" Lu Yao replied.

"You sit at the same table with her, but you still didn't see any clue. Right?"

"Well... Oh, I didn't see a clue." Lu Yao said, "You know, Lin Jiayi is a famous Ice Queen. Although we are desk mates, we don't have too much contact!"

"Yo, our Great Avatar Lu also knows the word Ice Queen! I thought all you cared about was study!" Han Dong joked after listening to Lu Yao's words.

"Scr*w you!" Lu Yao said with a smile.

With doubts in their hearts, the two men walked in the direction of Lin Jiayi's house according to the address given by Yang Linchi, carrying consolation items such as fruit and milk they bought near the school.

Half an hour later, the two came to a villa.

Lu Yao took a look at the environment around the community and found that there were only a few villas in the whole community. Except for the safe pathway, only the place where they were standing now had a gate.

There was no sign indicating the name of the community on the gate, but there were two guards on each side standing there motionless. Unlike an ordinary residential area, in which the guards were only equipped with some simple protective equipment such as electric batons, Lu Yao found that the guards on the sides of the gate were all holding guns in their arms. And their guns were obviously loaded.

"Gosh, this is like a military restricted zone. How could Lin Jiayi's family be in a place like this? We can't be going the wrong way, right?"

Han Dong also noticed this and said in surprise.

"There should be no mistake with the address. Let's go and ask!" Although Lu Yao was also surprised, he calmly pulled Han Dong's arm and said.

Lu Yao and Han Dong walked towards the guard at the door. Before they got to them, one of the guards came and stopped them at the door about ten meters away. "Don't get close here." He said in a serious tone. "If you have nothing to do here, please leave quickly!"

"Hello, we're here to see Lin Jiayi!" Hearing his inquiry, Lu Yao picked up the fruit in his hand, showed it to him, and then replied.

"Do you have an appointment? If not, call her and ask her to come out and take you in. This is a place for leaders to rest, and idle people are not allowed to go in or out casually!" The guard said.

"Sir, we are all students. We don't have a cell phone, and we don't have the phone number of Lin Jiayi. We can't reach out to her. Would you please send a message to Lin Jiayi? Can you say that her classmates Lu Yao and Han Dong have been entrusted by the class teacher to come to visit her?" Lu Yao said politely.

"Wait a moment!"

The guard checked the two men's age and the school uniform of the No. 1 High School in Shuangta City, but he did not embarrass them. He said a few words into the headset and then stood there watching every move of them.

Although they looked like students, the guard did not dare to pay less attention. Who could guarantee that the bad guys would not pretend to be students?

Lu Yao and Han Dong also cooperated with the requirements of the guard. They stood there with fruit and milk and quietly waited.

About ten minutes later, a middle-aged woman who looked like a maid in an apron came over to talk to the guards and said to them, "Are you Lu Yao and Han Dong?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"Yes, ma'am."

The two replied in unison.

"Master has told me to let you come in with me!" After saying this, the maid took the two of them to the villa.

Lin Jiayi's family's villa was located in the center of the community, and other villas were like guardians who guarded it well.

When the three people came to the door of the villa, the maid told them to wait for a moment, then opened the door, and walked in.

While standing at the door and waiting for a while, Lu Yao also looked around.

With the romantic and solemn temperament, the round-arched windows and cornerstone masonry, as well as high hallways and gates were all elegant and magnificent. The garden was full of all kinds of flowers and plants, some of which Lu Yao knew, but some he had not even seen in books.

The flowers and plants gave off fragrance under the shine of the sun, and the fragrance could be smelled near the whole villa.

After a while, the maid opened the door, handed them a pair of hand-made fiber slippers, and then led them into the door towards the living room.

The whole hall was not as magnificent as Lu Yao had imagined. There was no expensive furniture or luxurious decorations, but there were only some flowers and plants similar to those in the garden as decorations. In short, this gave people the impression that the hall was a little incompatible with this grand villa.

But even so, it still made Lu Yao feel very cordial and warm.

The four middle-aged men were sitting on the sofa in the living room and talking over tea. No one noticed their arrival.

"Mr. Lin, Jiayi's classmates are here!" The maid said to a middle-aged man who was back on to Lu Yao.

"I see, Aunt Qiu. You can go and deal with your matters now!" The middle-aged man replied.

It turned out that the maid's name was Aunt Qiu, and Lu Yao hurriedly said to Aunt Qiu, "Thank you, Aunt Qiu!"

"You're welcome!" Aunt Qiu politely nodded to Lu Yao, turned, and walked towards the kitchen. She obviously went to mind her own business.

After Aunt Qiu left, the middle-aged man, known as Mr. Lin, who should be Lin Jiayi's father, said a few words to the other three. The three men politely greeted each other and got up to leave.

It was not until then that Lu Yao saw the face of Mr. Lin.

Mr. Lin was about 1.75 meters tall. He wore a white shirt and light gray suit trousers with a light blue tie with a small plaid. His facial features were exquisite. He had a pair of eyes that were neither big nor small and a slightly bulging nose. Perhaps because of his social status or work, his skin looked very fair and clear.

If he hadn't been called Mr. Lin by Aunt Qiu before, it would have been hard for Lu Yao to imagine that such a person was Lin Jiayi's father. Because he looked like he was in his early thirties.

However, Lu Yao always felt that he should have seen this man somewhere, but he just couldn't remember it at this moment!

"You two are Jiayi's classmates, right?" Mr. Lin walked slowly towards the two and asked gloomily.

"Hello, Uncle Lin. We heard that Lin Jiayi was ill, so we were entrusted by the class teacher to visit." Lu Yao did not lose his manners even if Mr. Lin's face was not good-looking. He smiled and said, "My name is Lu Yao, and his name is Han Dong. We are both classmates of Lin Jiayi!"

"You are Lu Yao?" Mr. Lin paused slightly after hearing Lu Yao's name, but people of his age could quickly adjust their status, and he then said, "I've heard Director General Chu of the Education Bureau talked about you. This time, you are the blockbuster in the placement exam in the high school seniors in Xinlu Province!"

"My performance was just a little better than before, but Lin Jiayi is the real master-hand. It's not just ordinary people who can score more than seven hundred points in the exam." Lu Yao said with a smile.

"It's just a little better than before, isn't it? I've heard some bad news!" Mr. Lin continued to say with a serious face.

"But the school still recognized my grades!" Lu Yao was still very polite.

Seeing that Lu Yao behaved very naturally, Mr. Lin became more curious about him. Lu Yao was young, but his way of speaking and behaving was completely different from that of people of this age.

Although he had just been transferred to the post of secretary of the municipal Party committee of Shuangta City, he had been in officialdom for more than twenty years. He had met many kinds of people, and he had also seen many talented teenagers like Lu Yao who had become famous overnight. But no one could still act very educated when he was deliberately unreasonable.

"My name is Lin Yuandao. I'm Lin Jiayi's father. Thank you for coming to visit Jiayi. Please have a seat!" Lin Yuandao also smiled at this time and politely greeted the two.

"Lin Yuandao?" After listening to his introduction, Lu Yao suddenly remembered that this was the name of the new secretary of the municipal Party committee of Shuangta City. Although Lu Yao had always been calm, he was not surprised even if Mr. Lin purposely made a bit of difficulties for him. However, when Lu Yao heard his name, he still showed a little surprise.

"Yes! It's me!" Lin Yuandao said with a smile.