Just as he spotted Jiang Xiaomi, Chen Nan thought she was going to freak out again, but to his surprise, she actually had news about Gongsun Yudie!
"I need to step out for a moment."
After telling Su Qingqing, Chen Nan glanced over at Huo Xinya and then stood up to walk out.
In the classroom, both Su Qingqing and Huo Xinya frowned with displeasure, a strong sense of jealousy brewing in their hearts. They were both thinking the same question: Who is this woman with the surname Gongsun that Jiang Xiaomi mentioned? Why does Chen Nan want to find her?
The two beauties’ feelings of jealousy were something Chen Nan would never understand. Right after he left the classroom, he hurriedly asked, "Where is she?"
"Jianghong Hotel, room 609."
This time Jiang Xiaomi didn’t make things difficult and promptly gave him the information.
Chen Nan patted Jiang Xiaomi on the shoulder and quickly headed down from the teaching building.
Seeing that Chen Nan had actually run off, skipping class, both Su Qingqing and Huo Xinya frowned and almost simultaneously shouted in unison, "Chen Nan (you idiot), where are you going?"
Unfortunately, by this moment, Chen Nan had already reached the stairwell, completely out of earshot of their voices.
Taking ten or more steps at a time, Chen Nan was essentially jumping down the stairs, and in a matter of seconds, he rushed from the fourth floor to the ground floor.
If it weren’t for the crowded school with many watchful eyes, which could provoke unwanted news, Chen Nan would have directly used Qinggong to jump down from the fourth floor; but considering it would be too shocking for the public, he chose to take the stairs.
Once reaching the ground floor, he just happened to run into Lan Yuqin entering the teaching building.
Seeing that Chen Nan was skipping class again, Lan Yuqin stretched out her arms to block the entrance of the teaching building, glaring at him as she said, "It’s class time; you should be in class, so where are you trying to go now?"
"I have an emergency and must go out."
"Then you should have asked for leave, not run off!" Lan Yuqin looked displeased.
Seeing her standing with her arms spread out, her chest like a range of towering mountains, was quite a sight to behold. However, Chen Nan had no time to admire the view and hurriedly said, "So can I ask for leave now? Let me through quickly."
Lan Yuqin glared at him fiercely and said, "Come with me to the office to explain the reason for your leave and then write a leave request."
Chen Nan nearly felt like crying; he was in a rush for time!
It had not been easy to find Gongsun Yudie’s whereabouts. What if he was late and that woman changed her location again?
"Teacher, considering our relationship, why be so serious? Please let me through. I will be grateful to you for life."
Lan Yuqin rolled her eyes at him, "Cut the chatter; this is a matter of principle."
"Principle my ass, goodbye!"
As Chen Nan spoke, he ducked under her arm, attempting to slip by, but Lan Yuqin was quick and grabbed hold of his clothes, "You little rascal, still trying to run? Come back to class with me!"
Chen Nan struggled fiercely a few times, but Lan Yuqin had a tight grip, and he simply couldn’t break free unless he tore his clothes.
Left with no choice, Chen Nan turned back, his voice filled with frustration, "My dear Teacher Lan, please let me go!"
"Dear my foot, come to the office and we’ll talk!"
Lan Yuqin snorted coldly and reached for his clothes, intending to drag him upstairs, but Chen Nan stood there, refusing to budge as if an immobilization spell had been cast on him, impervious even to thunder.
With a sigh, Chen Nan said apologetically, "Teacher, I must do something very excessive to you. Please don’t blame me, I am compelled by circumstances and it’s only to get away."
Lan Yuqin was taken aback. What did this little bastard mean?
However, in the moment she was stunned, Chen Nan suddenly reached out and grabbed her chest violently, causing Lan Yuqin to scream. She instantly released Chen Nan’s clothing, and he seized the opportunity to dash away, apologizing as he fled, "Teacher, I really didn’t mean it, please forgive me!"
Watching Chen Nan’s retreating back, Lan Yuqin remained in a daze for a long while.
After a good while, she rubbed her chest and muttered, "Ouch, that bastard pinched so hard!" Then, glaring in the direction Chen Nan had run off to, she gritted her teeth and said, "Chen Nan, you beast, I’m not done with you!"
Stomping her foot angrily, Lan Yuqin stormed upstairs.
Meanwhile, Chen Nan, this shameless and despicable animal, had already charged outside the school.
He opened his mobile phone’s navigation, located the Jianghong Hotel, and immediately employed his qinggong to dash there at high speed.
In just five minutes, Chen Nan arrived at Jianghong Hotel, rushed upstairs, and quickly found room 609.
"Knock, knock, knock..."
Chen Nan knocked on the door.
No response came from inside.
Frowning, Chen Nan knocked a few more times, but still, there was no reaction. Finally, irritated, he gave the door a forceful kick. Instantly, with a loud "bang," the door shattered from the impact, splinters flying everywhere as he strode into the room.
But upon entering the room, Chen Nan was taken aback.
The room did not contain Gongsun Yudie, but was instead a complete mess, in utter disarray with signs of a fierce struggle and a pool of fresh blood on the floor, clearly only recently spilled from someone’s body.
Chen Nan touched the blood with his hand and sniffed it at his nose, detecting the scent of Gongsun Yudie.
"Could this foul woman have been killed?" he muttered to himself. His gaze swept the room, and he noticed a hole the size of a basket in the stainless steel window guard outside, appearing torn open by sheer inner strength.
"This woman must have been injured and fled through here," he concluded.
After a short contemplation, Chen Nan rushed to the window and leaped through the gaping hole.
This was the sixth floor, and although Chen Nan was skilled in qinggong, he wasn’t confident he could safely jump down from this height, so upon leaping out, he executed the Slaughter God Seven Steps to move sideways several meters through the air. His body brushed against the wall as he descended, landing on an air conditioning unit on the fourth floor before jumping down to the ground.
When spectators saw someone jump down from the building and emerge unscathed, they were instantly astonished, staring dumbfounded at Chen Nan as if he were some sort of monster.
Ignoring their unusual stares, Chen Nan took a deep breath and caught a whiff of a faint blood scent, likely left by Gongsun Yudie. He followed the scent and hastened his pursuit.
As he continued to chase, the bloody scent in the air grew stronger. After covering two or three miles, Chen Nan arrived at the banks of a deserted river.
There, on the sandy riverbank, stood Gongsun Yudie, her steps unsteady, blood at the corners of her mouth, desperately fighting a man in white. Clearly, she had sustained serious injuries.
Chen Nan shouted coldly and charged onto the riverbank.