Chapter 814: The Young Man Is Quite Sincere!

Xing Zhijun had his subordinate bring over a white Santana sedan.

Afterward, he drove the car, carrying Tang Ye toward Gaoying Town in Zhangping County.

"I have already looked into it.

The little girl mentioned by Reporter Meng and Han Jing has a father named Zhang Gang.

Zhang Gang died last year due to a mining accident.

His family situation is very unique.

He has a wife suffering from mental illness, an eldest daughter who is fourteen and attends junior high school in Gaoying Town;

two sons, one eight and one ten, who attend the village primary school;

and another three-year-old young daughter.

His wife is usually mentally unstable, and the youngest girl is looked after with the help of her grandparents."

A look of gravity immediately appeared in Tang Ye's eyes; he could roughly understand why Meng Haibo would jump in without hesitation despite knowing it was a trap.

This family is truly in dire straits.

"Let's go see Zhang Gang's eldest daughter first."

"Mm, alright."

Approaching noon, Xing Zhijun and Tang Ye arrived at the Gaoying Town Junior High School.

Xing Zhijun walked to the security booth, handed the security guard a cigarette, and struck up a conversation: "Brother, I am a parent of a student in your school. I want to go in and see my child; could you please do me a favor?"

The security guard was about forty years old; he did not take the cigarette and looked at Xing Zhijun vigilantly, "Don't try that with me. You're trying to get into the campus to sell stationery, right?"

Xing Zhijun was stunned for a moment and was just about to start explaining.

Tang Ye stepped forward and smiled to smooth things over: "Brother, you really have sharp eyes! To tell you the truth, we aren't here to sell stationery, but to discuss cooperation on teaching aids. As long as this works out, there will definitely be a commission for you."

The security guard's eyes rolled around.

He revealed an expression that said, "I knew it."

"Finally willing to tell the truth! I can take you in to find Director Guo. He is the leader in charge of teaching at our school. As long as he nods, you will definitely get what you want."

Tang Ye smiled and replied: "Thank you for pointing the way, brother."

The security guard waved his hand at Tang Ye, his tone softening: "I think you young man are quite sincere, unlike some people who aren't honest at all when they speak."

Upon hearing this, Xing Zhijun was so angry he laughed, muttering to himself: You dog, your eyes really grew for nothing; you can't even tell the difference between truth and lies!

However, he had to admire Tang Ye's adaptability and flexibility.

Afterward, Tang Ye and Xing Zhijun followed behind the security guard and arrived at the door of Director Guo's office.

The office door was tightly shut.

The security guard took out his mobile phone and made a call to Director Guo.

"Old Zhang, what is it?"

"Director Guo, there are two people in the teaching aid business who want to talk to you about something."

"Teaching aids? These people really know how to pick their timing. The semester isn't even over yet, and they're already starting to talk about orders for next semester.

Alright, I'm out eating right now. Tell them to wait in my office for half an hour; I'll come over once I'm done eating."

"Alright! Take your time eating, no need to rush."

After hanging up on Director Guo, the security guard said to Tang Ye and his companion with a helpless expression: "You two really came at a bad time. It's just lunch hour now, and Director Guo has gone out to eat."

Tang Ye tapped his forehead and said with feigned regret: "Oh my, we actually calculated the time to come here. We were originally planning to discuss the cooperation with Director Guo while eating. What a pity. How about this, we'll treat you to a meal?"

The security guard was clearly somewhat tempted, but he still shook his head: "No, I still have to work; I can't leave."

Tang Ye smiled and suggested again: "Then let's do it tonight! After you get off work, we'll have a meal together."

The security guard usually came into contact with many people, but most would not take him seriously.

Now that Tang Ye was giving him so much face, he was naturally very happy inside.

However, he still waved his hand and said: "No need for a meal. I still have to keep an eye on the entrance, afraid something might happen. If you don't mind, why don't you go to the security room and wait a while?"

Tang Ye asked with a smile: "By the way, brother, where is the restroom? We want to go use the restroom first."

The security guard pointed toward the southwest: "Over there!"

Tang Ye quickly thanked him: "Alright, thank you, brother. We'll come find you after we're done."

After speaking, Tang Ye and Xing Zhijun walked toward the direction of the restroom.

Worried about the entrance, the security guard also turned and returned to the security room.

Seeing the security guard walk away, Tang Ye stopped and whispered to Xing Zhijun: "Let's go find Zhang Gang's daughter now."

Seeing Tang Ye fool the security guard completely, Xing Zhijun couldn't help but sigh: "County Magistrate Tang, I'll have to be more careful when dealing with you in the future. Otherwise, if I get sold off one day, I might even end up helping count the money!"

Tang Ye laughed and explained: "I had no other choice. If we had said directly that we wanted to enter the campus to find someone, we might have alerted the enemy and ruined things instead."

Xing Zhijun nodded slightly, agreeing: "You are the one who considers things thoroughly. Let's go to the classroom and take a look now."

The two then arrived at the teaching building and successfully found the classroom for Class 4, Grade 7.

Tang Ye walked to the classroom door and asked a student: "Classmate, may I ask if Zhang Qian from your class is here?"

That student shook his head and replied: "She hasn't come over yet; she should still be in the cafeteria."

"In the cafeteria?" Tang Ye was somewhat surprised and asked further, "It's almost time for the lunch break; hasn't she eaten lunch yet?"

At this moment, another child nearby whispered: "It's not that she hasn't eaten; it's that she waits until we've all finished eating, and then she eats the leftovers."

As soon as the words fell, several mischievous children burst into laughter.

"She just likes eating leftovers; she doesn't even mind that they're dirty!"

"She really is a weirdo!"

"Her mother has a mental illness; she inherited the mental illness!"

"What are you looking for her for? Someone came to look for her yesterday too, and they scared her until she cried."

Tang Ye and Xing Zhijun exchanged a glance, both seeing a trace of alertness in each other's eyes.

Tang Ye steadied himself and said gently to the children, "It's alright, we aren't bad people, we just came to see her. You all go ahead and get ready for your nap, we'll just go to the cafeteria to find her."

"I know where she is, I'll take you there!" At this moment, a young boy stepped forward and volunteered.

"That would be a great trouble to you," Tang Ye thanked him with a smile.

Afterward, the young boy led Tang Ye and Xing Zhijun to the school cafeteria.

At this time, most of the students in the cafeteria had already left, with only a cafeteria auntie cleaning up.

The young boy walked up and asked, "Auntie, where is Zhang Qian from our class? Was she still here just a moment ago?"

The cafeteria auntie stopped what she was doing, sighed, and said, "She already left just now. Sigh, this child, she ate someone else's leftovers again; it's truly heartbreaking to see."

"Okay, thank you." The young boy turned around, gave Tang Ye a wink, and said mysteriously, "Actually, I know Zhang Qian's secret. Follow me, I'll take you to find her!"