Realizing that it wasn't productive to continue my current modus operandi, I eased off the stalking and left Yi Tai and Ji Yan to their own devices. As long as Ji Yan did not attack any other innocent student, I had no reason to monitor them closely. Often I gave into the temptation to remind Teresa Taylor or Teacher Einsberg about the terrible truth regarding the couple, but Yi Tai turned out to be right. I was often dismissed by the authorities, who would take the word of those two over mine. In the end, I was an outsider, and nobody would side with an outsider over their own students.
I was on my own.
Fortunately, as I said, there were no other fatalities or serious injuries that occurred over the next week or so. But there was a near miss that caused some concern a few days later when I visited the library.
