"This is just too incredible!" Tang Tang looked at Zuo Mu.
"Don't be too panicked. The potion on the note indicates that the person framing us has more on his mind than just scaring the kids." Zuo Mu analyzed calmly.
True.
Teacher Wang also agreed.
"Keep in touch with the monitoring room. Teacher, let's see if we can break through anything."
Teacher Wang nodded. As the matter concerned the safety of the orphans, she took out her old phone.
In an era when smart phones were the norm, it was quite unusual for a not-too-old teacher to use such a phone, so Zuo Mu took a few glances. Teacher Wang was too busy looking for the phone number to notice.
Tang Tang was clearly flustered. The kid was really cute. He had played games with them the day before, was very talkative, and had a good personality. When she saw the note in his bag, her first thought was that it could not have been the work of anyone in the orphanage, because everyone liked him very much.
Teacher Wang was busy contacting the monitoring room, so Zuo Mu felt Tang Tang's unease, and grabbed her hand to show her that she did not need to be nervous.
Tang Tang did not care about the intimacy. She felt like she had found a backbone.
Zuo Mu would definitely be able to.
"Hello. Is that Lao Li?" Teacher Wang had already connected the call, and she explained her intentions directly. "I need to trouble you with something. Can you check the surveillance yesterday morning to see if there were any outsiders coming in?"
After waiting for a while, Teacher Wang's voice suddenly became louder. "What?"
Tang Tang's heart skipped a beat. A bad premonition came over her.
Teacher Wang hung up the phone with an ashen face, and said to them with some frustration. "Lao Li just checked, but he does not know what happened. The footage from yesterday was deleted."
Zuo Mu and Tang Tang looked at each other, and saw the worry and anger in each other's eyes.
The worry was for the safety of the kids, while the anger was at whoever was targeting these kids who had already had difficult lives.
"What should we do?" Teacher Wang hung up the phone, and realized the severity of the situation. Her expression was much more panicked.
Zuo Mu analyzed carefully. "Don't worry too much. After all, this is just the beginning. We do not know who the person is or what his intentions are. However, the only thing we know now is that he did not put the strange note in the kid's bag out of kindness."
Zuo Mu recalled the note and the numbers, and felt like there was some information that flashed across his mind, but he did not manage to catch it, so he was a little impatient.
"Yes, this is our advantage. If we cannot catch the person, we can at least strengthen our defenses. Hao Hao should not go out alone for the next few days. He should do everything with the others." Tang Tang analyzed as well.
Hao Hao was the kid with the mysterious note in his bag.
He had just turned six this year, but in the orphanage, he was already considered an average-aged kid. He was generous, kind, and helpful, and was very popular in the orphanage.
Why would anyone target such a kid for a prank?
Teacher Wang was pale. As the person in charge, she would be unable to take responsibility if anything happened.
At that moment, there was a loud ruckus from outside, as if something had happened.
At this critical moment, the three people in the office were on their guard. They rushed out to see what had happened.
The noise came from the classroom in front.
It seemed that the kids had basically finished their extracurricular activities, and were now in class.
When Tang Tang, Zuo Mu, and Teacher Wang rushed to the classroom, they were stunned by the chaos in the classroom.
There was no order or rules. The classroom was like a wet market.
The teacher did not know where she was, while most of the students were huddled together, chattering about something.
Teacher Wang was very unhappy that the kids were playing around during class. She forgot about Hao Hao's matter, and rapped on the table to scold them. "Quiet, kids. Everyone be quiet."
At that moment, everyone's gazes were on her.
In the middle of the circle surrounded by the kids, a person slowly stood up.
It was the temporary teacher Teacher Wang had entrusted the class to. Her surname was Zhao. She was of average looks, and had mediocre talents. The principal had reluctantly hired her because they were short on teachers.
Teacher Zhao stood up. Her tied-up hair was a little messy, and she looked a little disheveled. She explained seriously. "Teacher Wang, come and take a look." She was still holding something in her hand.
Zuo Mu was the first to see that the paper in the teacher's hand was exactly the same as the one in Teacher Wang's office. His godly intuition told him that the matter was getting more and more complicated.
Teacher Wang also had a bad premonition. She walked over to take a look, and her face was even paler. Her body could not help but sway, and she took a few steps back, then asked Tang Tang and the others to take a look.
Tang Tang and Zuo Mu had been waiting at the side. When they saw Teacher Wang's signal, they more or less guessed it, but when they saw the large "4" marked with a marker on the note, Tang Tang could not help but suck in a breath of cold air.
Zuo Mu managed to control himself, but it was obvious that the matter was not easy to handle.
"Where did you see this?" Teacher Wang was so scared that her lips were a little pale, but in order to not burden the kids, she had to suppress her fear, and ask in detail.
Zuo Mu was a little impressed with her.
Before Teacher Zhao could open her mouth, the chubby kid beside her said. "I know, big brother. Everyone came back for class today, but when we opened our bags, a few classmates saw these words."
"Are you sure?" Zuo Mu asked.
Teacher Zhao nodded in time. "That's right. We came back from playing outside, and it was time for class. Because they have few things, they keep them in their bags. At least three kids saw this note in their bags."
Three...
Adding Hao Hao, it was four.
Looking at the number on the note, it was also a four. This made Tang Tang unable to stop thinking.
Zuo Mu had also noticed this detail, and he gave Tang Tang a look.