Imperial College Kindergarten

Chapter 31 Missing
At the end of the day's class, Liu Xueting stretched. Mo Wuyou rushed to the teaching assistant's seat, put his index finger in his mouth and pulled it down, rolling his eyes in front of Liu Xueting: "A little bit~"

"What are you doing?" Liu Xueting raised his face, not quite understanding the current thinking of children.

Mo Wuyou turned his head, snorted, pulled Zhang Wenxiu up and left.

Liu Xueting: "..."

"Assistant Liu, goodbye." Xie Yu saluted and said goodbye.

Liu Xueting returned the greeting: "Let's go slowly, thank you, assistant teacher."

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of his wallet and other items that seemed to have been left on the table by Xie Yu, and he couldn't help but remind him: "Assistant Professor Xie, did you forget to take your things?"

"The cleaning lady will clean it up later." Xie Yu nodded slightly and his tone became cold.

Liu Xueting's mouth twisted into an awkward smile.

After dinner, when Liu Xueting was about to return to his dormitory, he found a crowd of people gathered in front of the dormitory area.

Curious, she stepped forward and found that the person surrounded by people turned out to be Chen Muchi.

Good guy!Why is he here?

"Hey, Assistant Liu, you don't know yet, right?" Wang Yao appeared out of nowhere and patted Liu Xueding on the shoulder.

Liu Xueting pointed at Chen Mu and asked, "Assistant Wang, what happened?"

"I heard that the fourth lady Mouton from Zhongyong's residence was missing, so Capt. Chen came to our place to investigate the situation." Wang Yao's mysterious tone made Liu Xueting freeze in place!

We just saw him this morning, so why are we missing?

"But, didn't she still come in the morning..."

"Yes!" Wang Yao shook her head and sighed, "But she didn't ask for leave for the afternoon class. When the people from the Imperial College went to Zhongyong's Mansion to confirm, they found that she hadn't returned either. Zhongyong's Mansion sent people to look for her everywhere without making any announcement. Who knows? But they only found Miss Mu Si’s personal maid, and she’s already dead!”

"I have no choice but to report the crime!"

Liu Xueting's mind went blank at the moment. Her breathing was stagnant, and her heartbeat in her chest accelerated, making her have to cover her chest. It couldn't be such a coincidence!

I just saw Mouton's portrait at the Protector's Palace last night, and it disappeared today?

Is there any connection between the two?
"I also ask all teaching assistants, if anyone has seen Miss Musi today or seen where she is going, please tell Chen."

"I saw her going to Golden Sun class this morning!"

"Yes, yes, I saw it too!"

"Hey, didn't I hear that the new assistant teacher Liu is from the Golden Sun class?"

Everyone immediately turned their attention to Liu Xueting. Wang Yao poked Liu Xueting, and then she realized: "Huh? Oh!"

Chen Muchi smiled slightly: "Assistant Liu, we meet again."

Liu Xueting's eyes twitched. Who wants to meet people from the yamen often?
"I just arrived at class this morning and I did see a girl. She was wearing a pink dress. She had two pear dimples at the corners of her mouth when she smiled. She invited Assistant Professor Xie Yu to have lunch at Yunke Lai Restaurant, but Assistant Professor Xie refused. Later, I found out that it was Miss Mouton."

"Assistant Liu is sure that Assistant Xie has clearly rejected Miss Mouton?" Chen Muchi stared directly at Liu Xueting, making sure not to miss all the changes in her expression.

"Yes." Liu Xueting nodded.Chen Muchi asked about others again. After asking everyone who had been in contact with Mouton, he was about to leave, but saw Liu Xueting still there.

Faced with the curious looks of others, Liu Xueting had no choice but to make an excuse: "Chen Captou, I want to ask about the follow-up to the real and fake daughter."

When everyone heard this, although they were curious, but after all it was someone else's private matter, they left one after another.

Chen Muchi considered his words and then said: "Assistant Liu, I was planning to take the time to ask you to explain. Wang Cuicui, Wang Lei and others are all involved in the ancient country, so it is not convenient to make it public. During the subsequent interrogation, it was determined that what Wang Cuicui said was true. .Your life experience is indeed..."

Speaking of this, Chen Muchi paused. He heard that the Li family had never looked for her, so they probably didn't want to recognize her.

"As for the 3 taels of education fee, the Imperial College has paid it back first. You no longer owe anything to the Zhenbei Hou Mansion. This is a document proving that, please keep it." Chen Mushi took out a document from his arms and said to be honest. He had a lot of documents in his hand, most of which were debts and repayments, but this was the first time he saw the title "education fee."

Liu Xueting took the document and thanked him softly: "Thank you very much, Mr. Chen and Mr. Chen."

Chen Mushi waved his hand and asked out of curiosity: "To be honest, we didn't do anything. But that storyteller from Qingfeng Teahouse, why do you think it's such a coincidence that it's so close to the truth?"

"If Mr. Chen has something to say, you might as well say it directly." Liu Xueting met Chen Mu's probing gaze without any intention of dodging. Anyway, she was not afraid. The worst he could do was to drag the Imperial Master out for a walk.

To be honest, she has never met the Imperial Master after coming here for so long. She has not forgotten that the contract with the Imperial Academy was finalized by the Imperial Master.

Chen Mushi looked Liu Xueting up and down, then walked around in a circle, but still couldn't tell the difference between her and ordinary people.

Thinking of the Imperial Master's instructions conveyed by his uncle when he came here, what does it mean to go to Liu Xueting without any clues about the case?

Chen Mushi frowned. The life of the missing person was at stake. His expression was slightly cold: "I still have to investigate the case. I'll say goodbye."

Liu Xueting looked thoughtfully at his hurried away figure, but she didn't miss Chen Mushi's flash of contempt just now.

What does he look down on her for?
But it was the Qingfeng Teahouse he mentioned... Liu Xueting was thinking as he walked, how to provide clues about the Duke Protector's Mansion to the Yamen?

But she has no substantial evidence, so she just relies on a portrait of Mouton?

The question then arises, how can she explain that the portrait is what she saw?
correct!Other portraits!
Liu Xueding immediately turned around and chased Chen Mushi.

"Chen Captou! Wait a minute!"

Chen Mushi vaguely heard someone calling him, so he stopped and saw that it was Liu Xueting. He was already anxious and angry about the case, and he couldn't control his tone at this moment: "What's the matter?"

"Before!" Liu Xueting gasped uncomfortably as he hurried over, "Has a girl disappeared without any reason before?"

Chen Muchi shook his head decisively, concluding that Liu Xueting was looking for trouble, and turned around to leave.

"Then did any girl die inexplicably?"

Chen Muchi grabbed Liu Xueting's arm and looked directly at Liu Xueting with a stern look: "Who are you?"

"Don't worry about me yet, just tell me if you have it?" Seeing Chen Mu's eyes darkened, Liu Xueting swallowed his saliva, "Yes...right?"

Chen Mushi lowered his eyes, a dark light flashing through his eyes.There had been several "accidental" deaths before. For some reason, all the evidence pointed to accidents, but he just had an inexplicable intuition that it was not an accident. He insisted on not closing the case. Even his uncle could hardly withstand the pressure!

Now, another young girl disappeared inexplicably. He suddenly thought of the previous accidents. His thoughts changed in just an instant. He grabbed Liu Xueting's arm and did not allow her to break free: "Follow me!"

(End of this chapter)