"My age does not require your say so. Your teacher asked you to lead the way, so lead the way," Mu Anxiao deliberately adopted an aged tone.
The boy gave an embarrassed smile and agreed, "Okay." He turned and led the way.
Mu Anxiao followed him.
In a blink of an eye, Mu Anxiao followed the boy into the teacher's office. Hearing the sound, the man slowly raised his face to look at Mu Anxiao. He was stunned for a moment and asked, "Are you Yan Ruoruo's aunt?"
"Yes," Mu Anxiao nodded.
The boy stood by the wall, continuing his punishment.
The man glanced at the boy, stood up, and asked, "Aren't you around her age?"
"We are not the same age. Yan Ruoruo called me saying she wasn't feeling well, so she asked me to pick her up. You asked to see me, so I came. Please tell me what you need to say, I'm listening," Mu Anxiao said faintly.
The man did not expect the parents of Yan Ruoruo, who was usually arrogant and disrespectful to teachers, to be so easy to talk to. Looking at her, he said, "It's like this, she's always skipping classes and leaving without requesting leave. He picked up the attendance sheet from the desk and handed it to Mu Anxiao, "It's all recorded here, please take a look."
Mu Anxiao glanced at the man, took the attendance sheet, looked at the large cross next to Yan Ruoruo's name, and asked, "What does this mean?"
"You don't know what this means?" the man asked, surprised.
The boy looked at Mu Anxiao's profile and thought: As expected of Yan Ruoruo's aunt, she's even better at playing dumb than Yan Ruoruo. I'm truly impressed today.
Mu Anxiao stared at the large red cross and said, "I don't."
Seeing that Mu Anxiao's face did not look like she was faking it, the man explained patiently, "This means she was absent. The number of red crosses indicates how many classes she missed. To put it bluntly, her problem is quite serious. Look, should we think of a solution?"
"Please call her here."
"Huh?" The man was startled and gave an embarrassed smile. "No, we usually don't call the student, we call the parents. This isn't necessary."
"Is that so? Then I'll tell you the truth," Mu Anxiao said, glancing at the boy. "I'm here to take her to the hospital. I'm not too familiar with her usual situation. I've taken time off today to come. What you're telling me, I can't understand. If it's possible, I hope you can find her, so I, as her aunt, can discipline her in front of you, right?"
"Discipline," the man repeated, and smiled. "We don't advocate hitting children."
"I am her aunt, so I naturally have this right. However, her parents have never beaten her. If I were to beat her badly, please speak up for me then." Mu Anxiao deliberately exaggerated her words.
Upon hearing Mu Anxiao's words, the man's expression changed. "Alright then, you can take her away. I'll write you a leave slip."
"You don't need to discipline her anymore?" Mu Anxiao feigned reluctance.
The man gave a dry laugh. "No need. I'll talk to her mother another day. However, I hope you can give me her mother's phone number."
"You are her teacher, don't you have it?" Mu Anxiao asked.
"To be frank, her parents' phone numbers have been unreachable."
"I think you should go and ask her yourself," Mu Anxiao suggested.
"Why?"
"Because it's her business. In other words, since her parents' phones are unreachable, I think you should talk to her. Because she is the person involved, you can save her," Mu Anxiao said in one breath.
The man thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "I will consider your suggestion."
"Then I'll wait at the back door."
"Aren't you going to find her at the classroom door?"
"No." Mu Anxiao shook her head and turned to leave.
The man watched Mu Anxiao's retreating back and muttered, "I didn't expect Yan Ruoruo's aunt to be so capable."
"Teacher," the boy said, pursing his lips. "Since you're not contacting Yan Ruoruo's parents anymore, will you consider letting me off too?"
"Your situations are different," the man said, sitting down and quickly writing a leave slip. "Come here."
The boy pouted and walked to the man's desk, asking, "What do you want now?"
"Take this to Yan Ruoruo."
"I won't go," the boy refused.
"Go," the man said sternly.
The boy was startled, took half a step back, and said, "Teacher, you're biased. Just because her aunt said a few words, you won't contact Yan Ruoruo's parents anymore. Look at her attendance sheet, she's skipped more classes than me."
"Who says I'm not contacting her parents?" the man suddenly said.
"Don't think I didn't hear you. You said her aunt is capable, which means you won't contact her parents, right?" The boy confronted the man.
"I only mentioned her aunt, not her. Besides, it's useless to tell Yan Ruoruo's simple-minded aunt about her situation. Stop talking nonsense and deliver this. After that, I'll continue waiting for your parents to come." The man handed the leave slip to the boy.
The boy took the leave slip and said again, "You don't even look for her parents, but you still look for her. It's biased."
"If you say one more word, I'll expose your fighting too," the man said, pointing at the boy's face.
"Don't," the boy quickly waved his hands.
"Go," the man said coldly.
The boy gave a dry smile, turned, and ran away.
At this moment, Mu Anxiao walked out of the school's back door. At the same time, Zhang Yan appeared in front of Mu Anxiao. "Are we done?"
"Mm," Mu Anxiao nodded, frowning slightly. "Were you invisible?"
"What else? You want an old man like me to follow you?" Zhang Yan said helplessly.
"I can manage on my own. You don't have to do this for me," Mu Anxiao said faintly.
"Your current magic power is so weak, and you'll be dealing with evil spirits soon. Naturally, I have to help you," Zhang Yan said calmly.
"Um, will Yan Ruoruo see you?" Mu Anxiao asked with some concern.
"Don't worry, she can't see me. She can only see evil spirits," Zhang Yan said, glancing at the passersby who were looking at Mu Anxiao strangely. He whispered, "You'd better not talk to me. People are looking at you."
"What does that have to do with me?" Mu Anxiao said without looking at the passersby.
"Fine, you have a thick skin," Zhang Yan said helplessly.
Mu Anxiao fell silent.
The boy arrived at the classroom door, peered in at Yan Ruoruo sitting in the back row, and called out, "Yan Ruoruo, pack your things and come here."
Upon hearing this, Yan Ruoruo quickly took out her phone from her desk, stood up, and said to Feng Feng, "Don't collect my homework tomorrow." Then, she ran past the desks to the boy at the door. "Give it to me."
"You actually knew," the boy said and handed the leave slip to Yan Ruoruo.
Feng Feng looked up at Yan Ruoruo standing at the door, narrowed his eyes, and then lowered his head to continue solving problems.