"Teacher Xu, did something happen on your end?" Ye Ziyu's voice came through the receiver again, pulling Xu Yan's drifting thoughts back.
"Someone just rushed past me," Xu Yan replied, still feeling a chill at the thought. What if a student had been standing in her spot? Their small bodies wouldn't have had time to dodge.
Ye Ziyu savored the sound from earlier and asked tentatively, "Was it a woman?"
"Yes," Xu Yan confirmed.
Ye Ziyu's suspicion resurfaced.
Was it her?
She had been missing for a long time. Had she reappeared for revenge, or for the two people in prison?
"Miss, we've arrived!" The driver's voice broke Ye Ziyu's train of thought. She handed back her phone and paid double the fare.
After greeting the security guard in the gatehouse, Ye Ziyu successfully entered the school.
This was her third time entering the school, and she was already familiar with the direction to the children's teaching building.
Ye Ziyu's greatest worry was that the other party would harm her children out of hatred for her. She would rather the person in the shadows use all their underhanded tactics against her than let her children suffer even the slightest harm.
Entering the teaching building, Ye Ziyu arrived at the entrance of the children's classroom.
Xu Yan had called the children out in advance, and the three little ones were surrounding Xu Yan, excitedly sharing their curiosities.
"Teacher Xu," Ye Ziyu called out.
The three figures in the distance turned around almost simultaneously.
"Mommy!"
The children swarmed towards Ye Ziyu.
The children in the adjacent classrooms were still studying, and the commotion in the corridor attracted the attention of the children by the window.
Considering that it might disturb others, Xu Yan spoke and led them away from the teaching building.
On the way to the teacher's office, the children walked ahead, with Ye Ziyu and Xu Yan following behind.
"Qianqian's mother, did you rush to the school because you made a new discovery?" Xu Yan asked.
Was guessing over the phone considered a new discovery?
Ye Ziyu replied, "No, I thought about it and decided to pick the children up. They won't be coming to school for the time being."
When the children were not by her side, her heart felt like it was constantly burdened by a heavy stone, filled with unease.
"I see." Xu Yan didn't know what to say in response, as harm had occurred to the children at school. Any parent would choose to pick up their children.
However, Ye Ziyu was not an ordinary parent. If she were to become disillusioned with the school, would she still send her children to school?
Xu Yan looked at Ye Ziyu, wanting to say something but hesitating.
"Mommy, look, that's the life teacher from last time!" Xiao Ran shouted, pointing across the flower bed.
Ye Ziyu not only heard it, but Jiang Feifei on the other side also heard it. She looked up and happened to meet Ye Ziyu's gaze.
"Jiang Feifei?" Ye Ziyu murmured, "It really is her!"
Leaving the children with Xu Yan, Ye Ziyu hurried across the flower bed.
Jiang Feifei naturally did not wait for her, and the two played a game of cat and mouse in the vast school.
Unfortunately, Ye Ziyu could not catch up with Jiang Feifei, as Jiang Feifei had already memorized the school's layout after lurking there for several days.
Although she didn't catch the person, she obtained the video surveillance. Ye Ziyu left the school with the children and the surveillance footage.
When Di Mingjue arrived at the hospital, he learned that Ye Ziyu had gone to the school. The two missed each other.
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Ye Residence.
After settling the children, Ye Ziyu sat in her room with her laptop. She looked at the blurry but familiar figure in the video and couldn't help but smile.
How did she know she was in Sijiu City, and how did she find out the school where the children were? Since Jiang Feifei had such clear information, she must have been lurking by her side for a long time.