The group of people quickly tidied up and then left the alley.
The next morning, Zhang Bineng sat in the classroom as usual, glancing at the empty seat beside him. That was Tie Yun's spot. She hadn't come to class today, and he felt uneasy, wondering what had happened. Had Tie Yun been taken away to the police station too?
At that moment, the homeroom teacher tapped the desk, and everyone looked up at him. The teacher pointed at Zhang Bineng and said, "You move to the back of the class and pay more attention to classroom discipline from now on."
Zhang Bineng murmured an acknowledgement and moved his desk to the back of the room. A sense of foreboding suddenly struck him.
He had completely lost any thoughts about Tie Yun. Just as he settled into his new seat, the loudspeaker on the wall started to emit sound, the school principal's aged voice coming out of it.
