"No, I have to go find Little Ya. That silly girl must be up to something foolish."
"Damn it, I should have realized this morning and kept her with me in time."
Zhang Xiaoshan silently blamed himself, closed the door, and hurried toward the village entrance.
"Little Shan, come to my house for dinner."
Zhang Xiaoshan was walking briskly.
He met Ge Xiue head-on along the village road.
"Sister Xiue, am I coming to your house for dinner? Is Liu Qinghong not at home?"
Upon hearing this, Ge Xiue immediately spoke angrily.
"You terrible boy, what kind of talk is that? Aren’t you ruining your sister Xiue’s reputation?"
"Don’t worry, he did come home, but I didn’t let him into my bed. He slept in the small house and left yesterday."
Zhang Xiaoshan nodded.
He had a very strong premonition that, most likely, Little Ya’s unusual mood had a lot to do with Liu Qinghong.
"Forget it, I still have some things to take care of. I won’t eat; you go ahead."
"Are you upset with me for letting Liu Qinghong come home?"
Ge Xiue looked somewhat wronged.
Zhang Xiaoshan shook his head with a stern face.
"Sister Xiue, that’s not what I meant, and I’m not mad at you; there are other matters, Li Ya might be in trouble."
"What, Li Ya is in trouble? What happened?"
Ge Xiue was startled.
"I’m not sure, but her mood was very off today. I need to find her. Let’s talk after I’m done."
As he spoke, Zhang Xiaoshan briskly walked away.
He arrived at the riverside.
Wang Goudan was sound asleep next to the ferry in a shack.
Zhang Xiaoshan harshly kicked Wang Goudan, flipping him off the hammock.
"Ouch, who the hell? I’ll curse your granddad!"
Wang Goudan, grimacing in pain, started getting up while squinting and cursing continuously.
When he saw that it was Zhang Xiaoshan.
His angry expression significantly softened.
"Hehehe, it’s Little Shan. What’s up, you need to cross the river? I’ll go start the boat for you."
Wang Goudan’s face was ingratiating. Now that Zhang Xiaoshan was a big financial figure in their village, Wang Goudan had received many favors from him and would nearly worship him like an ancestor. There was no way he’d dare to offend Zhang Xiaoshan.
Zhang Xiaoshan didn’t bother with pleasantries and directly asked.
"Have you seen Li Ya?"
Wang Goudan said with a puzzled expression.
"I saw her, yeah, about two hours ago. I ferried her across the river?"
Zhang Xiaoshan estimated the time, that was just after he had met with her, and Li Ya had directly left the village
"Did she really come back to say goodbye to me?"
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Zhang Xiaoshan was frantic with worry.
"Besides Little Ya, did you see anyone else?"
"Who was with Little Ya on her walk?"
Zhang Xiaoshan clutched Wang Goudan’s collar in excitement, his fierce gaze frightening Wang Goudan into trembling continuously. He spoke with a face full of panic.
"I, I saw Li Ya get to the shore, there was a taxi waiting for her on the opposite side. I saw someone in the passenger seat, it seemed, it seemed like it was Accountant Ge’s man, Liu, Liu Qinghong..."
"You mean to say that Li Ya was picked up by Liu Qinghong?"
"I, I can’t be sure, it was quite far, I only caught a glimpse and I’m not certain."
Zhang Xiaoshan let go of Wang Goudan.
"Quick, start the boat now, I need to cross the river. It will be too late otherwise."
Although Wang Goudan didn’t know exactly what had happened, seeing Zhang Xiaoshan in such a fearsome mood, he dared not delay any further and hurriedly started the boat, ferrying Zhang Xiaoshan across the river.
Zhang Xiaoshan drove the Range Rover frantically and soon arrived at County First Middle School.
The security guards had just seen Zhang Xiaoshan handling Chu Xing a few days before and even Baldy Liu had to act very respectful towards Zhang Xiaoshan, so they dared not stop him.
Zhang Xiaoshan was originally a student at County First Middle School.
He confidently arrived at Li Ya’s classroom.
Before Zhang Xiaoshan could find a teacher, someone called out his name.
Sun Youyou’s mother, Zhang Xiaoshan’s mentor Zhou Huifen, walked out of the office.
Seeing Zhang Xiaoshan, Zhou Huifen was very surprised.
"Little Shan, I haven’t seen you for several days. Uncle Sun was just saying that he wanted to invite you over for dinner at our place. What a coincidence, why don’t you come over this afternoon?"
Zhou Huifen looked at Zhang Xiaoshan as if looking at her future son-in-law, the more she looked, the more she liked him.
Zhang Xiaoshan spoke anxiously.
"Teacher Zhou, some other time, I have something to take care of today. Do you know a senior in Class 1 named Li Ya?"
"I teach their math class, do you know Li Ya?"
"Yeah, we are from the same village, there’s some urgent business at her home, I’ve come to find her."
"Then wait a moment, I’ll ask their class teacher for you."
"Teacher Qi, please come here."
Zhou Huifen called into the office.
Soon, a middle-aged woman in her forties came out.
"This is Zhang Xiaoshan, my proud student. He is here to find Li Ya from Class 1, he needs a leave of absence, could you grant it?"
Teacher Qi had also been a student of Zhou Huifen and respected her greatly.
"If Teacher Zhou has spoken, of course, I’ll grant it. But, but early this morning, someone from your village already came to obtain a leave for Li Ya, saying that Li Ya’s mother had an issue and she has already left, huh?"
"Someone from our village already came to obtain a leave for Li Ya. Who was it?"
Zhang Xiaoshan’s emotions were very agitated.
His speaking tone was almost a shout.
Teacher Qi was taken aback, somewhat astonished she said.
"It was a teacher, I checked his work ID, otherwise I wouldn’t dare let Li Ya go with him. His name was Liu, Liu what was it again, why can’t I remember?"
Zhang Xiaoshan helped her recall.
"Right, right, right."
Teacher Qi immediately said excitedly.
"Yes, that’s the name, Liu Qinghong. I met him at an educational system gathering last year, that’s why I dared to let Li Ya go with him. What, is there some kind of problem?"
"Little Shan, is this Liu Qinghong problematic? Is Li Ya in danger?"
Zhou Huifen also asked somewhat nervously.