Chapter 82 - 81: The Results Are Out

Xiao Qimo held his phone, closed the security door, and walked straight to the balcony.

The night sky was dotted with stars, and through his dark and icy eyes behind the gold-rimmed glasses, a hint of confusion and complexity that didn’t belong to his style shown.

“Have you checked the surveillance?”

“Boss Huang’s place is just a small hotel; there are too many blind spots in the surveillance. As for how it was thrown at the police station’s doorstep, the roadside cameras only reveal that it was a licensed vehicle, but all other information is untraceable.”

Ye Jinwen paused before speaking hesitantly, “This style of operation, it looks a bit like…”

Before he could finish, Xiao Qimo interrupted him, “Since the suspect has been found, there’s no need for us to intervene. Let’s stop here.”

He appeared to be quite indifferent, but Ye Jinwen was somewhat discontented.

“Qimo, our lead has been stolen! This case was entrusted to us first, and just when we were about to clear things up, in the end… Ugh!” Ye Jinwen clenched his fists on the other end, “If I find this person, I will definitely fight with him for three hundred rounds!”

After speaking, he felt strange himself; their actions had always been very secretive, and they were already moving quickly, yet someone else had beaten them to the punch.

Where exactly did the problem lie?

Xiao Qimo didn’t say anything, his expression growing even more complex.

However, what he was pondering over wasn’t the jewelry case, but how to imbue “flowing water with intention,” wasn’t it?

——

Lu Mian had spent a solid weekend at home, and her previously sore and heavy body had mostly recovered, with her complexion looking much better.

Today was the day the monthly exam results were distributed.

After arriving in the classroom, everyone’s mood wasn’t very high, some comparing answers, others estimating their scores, gathering in groups, sighing and lamenting.

The first monthly exam for the new first-year high school students indeed had some impact on their future.

As soon as Lu Mian swung her school bag and stepped into the classroom, Fat Hao and Shouhao stopped talking and approached her.

“Mian, how much did you estimate for this exam?”

Lu Mian put down her school bag, hooked a stool with the tip of her shoe, and sat down nonchalantly.

“Should be enough,” she said.

“Enough… what do you mean by that?”

“Oh,” Lu Mian smiled slyly, “nothing much.”

——

In the office.

Ding Cai printed out the score report, and when a teacher walked in, he frantically covered it up, like the guiltiest person trying to hide his silver.

A few teachers smiled silently.

Ding Cai sighed, holding the score report and rushed to the head teacher’s office.

The homeroom teachers were meeting, and the topic was this month’s exam.

Each homeroom teacher held their class’s score report as if attending a grand execution scene.

The grade director, Qiang Hua, paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, his footsteps restless—especially when he passed by Ding Cai, his mood exploded even more.

“Some classes really surprised me this time. They took the first, second, and third places… only,” Qiang Hua sneered coldly, “they are at the bottom!”

“This is my first time seeing such a situation where not a single one of the entire grade’s top fifty was from our class, but we managed to get a grand slam with the bottom three. Mr. Ding, can you explain why?”

Ding Cai was a young teacher, having only started teaching not long ago, and took on Class 25 because no other teacher wanted it.

He suspected their class would perform poorly, but he didn’t expect it to be this bad.

Especially Lu Mian’s score, which made him want to cry.

“Director, they are new students and not yet accustomed to high school. After this monthly exam, I will definitely have the students reflect more!”

The other teachers with classes at the bottom of the rankings wiped sweat from their brows in relief. The teachers of the top-ranked classes were naturally complacent and proud.

“You go back and manage your own class properly!” Qiang Hua sighed with frustration, as the discussion about the monthly exam concluded, he then turned the topic to the physics competition.

“I heard that the preliminary results of the physics competition are out?”