Chapter 20: Suspicion
As soon as class ended, the students stood up and said hello, Tan Ran left her seat, ran all the way down the aisle, and ran out of the classroom.
The playground was not far away, next door to the canteen, and Tan Ran ran in a hurry.
During the time of one class, Gu Lingling was not around, and she lived like a year.
She arrived early, and the students didn't have time to get off the playground, and now only the students of the zero-breaking class can be seen on the track.
More than a dozen people were still running desperately on the runway, and the instructors were drinking water and chatting in the stands at the other end.
She looked over the sand pit, and it was empty.
She slowed down, confused, and looked around in a panic, looking for Gu Lingling's shadow.
How far can a girl who can't hear and can't speak, with a little boy who is less than six years old, go and where can she go?
She didn't have a clue.
She climbed the stands and walked along the playground. As he was walking, he saw a familiar face, a boy of the same age as Gu Lingling was sitting in the stands resting.
She recognized him as a student in the zero class, and she also had a relationship with Gu Lingling when she left the canteen earlier. In my impression, it seems to be a taciturn boy who follows the student named "Lan Silin".
Tan Ran didn't think much about it, subconsciously nodded at him, said hello, and planned to leave silently. But the boy turned his head, looked at her twice, and suddenly spoke:
"Teacher's Office."
"Huh?"
The boy was silent for a few seconds, then repeated:
"Teacher's Office." After a pause, he added: "Sun Shanli's." ”
Tan Ran was stunned, reacted, "Ah", turned around and ran towards the teaching building, just ran two steps and stopped, and bowed to the boy:
"Thank you."
On the way to the teaching building, Tan Ran slowly came back to her senses, carefully recalling the boy's short and indifferent sentences, and many doubts arose in her heart.
The zero-breaking class always has to be trained on the playground, since Gu Lingling was taken to the playground by Sun Shanli's son, it is not unusual for him to know the whereabouts of the two - strange is strange, how did he know that he was looking for the two of them?
Besides, they have never known each other, at most they have had a one-sided relationship, why should he take the initiative to remind himself?
That kid was a good guy. Tan Ran thought to herself that next time we could meet again, she should ask his name. It's too rude to go too quickly.
Sun Shanli's position is not only a teacher, but also the honorary principal of Kanglong Academy, and the dormitory manager of the girls' dormitory, which can be regarded as the school's second-in-command. Therefore, her office is also independent, one level higher than the other teachers, right next door to the mountain chief's office.
In the past, students were not allowed to go up to the sixth floor.
The teacher's office is on the fifth floor, and there are often teachers walking around on the fifth floor after class.
Tan Ran is also afraid of being beaten. But her mind is now full of Gu Lingling's helpless look when she was pulled away. She was distraught, where could she manage so much, ran straight up to the fifth floor, identified the direction, walked up the stairs to the sixth floor, and saw a female teacher coming out of the office in the distance.
Tan Ran was startled, bowed down, covered herself by the fence, and heard the footsteps of the low-heeled shoes getting closer and closer, and it was clear that she was going downstairs. If you continue to stay at the top of the stairs, you will definitely be discovered.
In desperation, she looked around, her cheeks flushed, gritted her teeth and hunched over and ran into the men's toilet next door.
She leaned against the doorframe, listened carefully to the footsteps getting closer, and finally turned down the stairs and let out a long sigh of relief. At the same time, the toilet cubicle suddenly sounded the sound of flushing.
Tan Ran was so frightened that she suppressed the desire to scream and ran away, rushing to the sixth floor without danger.
The principal's office next door to the "Mountain Chief's Room" was impressively visible, and the door was closed. Tan Ran's heart that had just been put down hung again.
She began to be frightened by her recklessness. If Gu Lingling wasn't inside, if Teacher Sun Shanli was in the office, what should she say?
Without any reason, she broke into Sun Shanli's office without permission, and with her mean nature, I am afraid that the dragon whip will be eaten.
After a battle between heaven and man in his heart, Tan Ran still clenched his fists and slowly walked towards the door of the office.
She was prepared for the worst - even if Sun Shanli saw her trespassing in the office, she could explain that she wanted to take the initiative to ask Ying to be a translator for Gu Lingling so that she could take care of her children.
She knocked on the door a few times and called out "Teacher Sun" in a low voice, but no one answered.
She pursed her lips and knocked hard a few more times—and with a creak, the hidden door opened.
Tan Ran was taken aback.
When I came back to my senses, I found that it was a false alarm.
There was no one in the office at all.
There is no Sun Shanli, there is no little boy, and there is no Gu Lingling.
Tan Ran felt a little lost, and indescribable anxiety followed.
Speaking of which, even if the boy on the playground bumped into Gu Lingling and the little boy leaving, he shouldn't know where the two were going, maybe he said that the two went to the office, it was just a casual guess. But he rushed to the doctor for a while, but it looked funny.
She grabbed the doorknob, intending to close it and turn away. Instead, he caught a glimpse of a piece of scratch paper on his desk.
Only three words were written on the paper.
Gu Lingling.
She recognized it as Gu Lingling's handwriting.
Gu Lingling has been here, and she uses the pen here to write her name on paper.
Tan Ran slowly stretched out her hand and gently rubbed the piece of paper. The paper is pressed with the mouse. The mouse is pulled, and the sleeping computer lights up again.
On the computer screen, it was Gu Lingling's student file.
Tan Ran's mind seemed to be able to imagine that scene - Gu Lingling, who was pulled to the office by the little boy, met Teacher Sun Shanli. She couldn't hear or speak, and she couldn't explain her identity and her name to Teacher Sun Shanli.
So she was asked to write her name on a piece of paper.
As a result, Sun Shanli was able to search up the files about her through the computer.
But why did Sun Shanli do this? Where are Gu Lingling and the three of them now?
Tan Ran didn't know all this.
Subconsciously, she shifted her gaze to the computer screen.
Her lips slowly pursed, and she inhaled softly.
At the bottom of the file, in the remarks column, there are a few words:
Parents are unable to contact the parents if the tuition fees are not paid.
Gu Lingling...... At a very young age, experienced domestic violence ......"
She vaguely remembered what Yu Zhen had said to herself in the safe passage.
An unsettling premonition came to mind.
Slowly, tremblingly, she stretched out her hand, grasped the mouse, and carefully slid the scroll wheel to flip through Gu Lingling's student file.