Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared-Chapter 76 - Her Name

76: Chapter 76 Her Name

76 -76 Her Name

The winter break was over, and the campus was once again bustling with activity.

Many of the female students seemed to have transformed, appearing even more beautiful than before.

Most people were unaware that during the winter break, three more students had vanished.

Rumors began to circulate that members of the dance club had been experiencing misfortune, and that the club itself was somewhat jinxed.

Therefore, everyone started steering clear of the dance club.

Fear gripped the club.

Du Jun was under immense pressure because so many of his club members had gone missing.

The club was understaffed, and the sinister rumors were making it difficult for him to recruit new members.

Some people had even started to quit the club.

On the first day of the semester, the dance club’s practice room was devoid of people.

Lin Xi felt lonely while dancing, which was pitiful.

Without a solution, the dance club would cease to exist.

What infuriated Du Jun the most was the audacity of someone who was planning to exploit their vulnerability and establish a street dance club.

They were even openly trying to snatch members from the dance club.

Enraged, Du Jun rushed to the Student Affairs Office, arguing and lodging a strong protest.

Fortunately, the faculty also felt it was too much; they didn’t want two competing dance clubs causing trouble in the school.

Hence, the street dance club was put on hold, and the dance club was granted temporary respite.

The teachers were also perplexed as to why the dance club’s members continued to disappear.

They wondered if perhaps they had performed a cursed dance which had led to these unfortunate events.

With such a speculation, Du Jun couldn’t help but laugh bitterly.

He immediately called everyone together to brainstorm a solution because if things continued like this, the dance club would collapse.

And those vile opportunists would have the chance to establish their street dance club.

Gu Fan proposed a solution: to directly rename the dance club as “Street Dance Club”.

Maybe a name change could change their luck.

Moreover, everyone who had entered the secret room previously should leave the new Street Dance Club.

Left with no choice but to accept this semi-solution, Du Jun agreed.

Consequently, Lin Xi, and two other students reluctantly bid farewell to the dance club.

As the person responsible for the club, Du Jun had to stay.

The next day, with a new face and name, the allegedly ‘brand new’ Street Dance Club began recruiting new members.

Du Jun even spent a lot of money on small gifts.

Unaware of the truth, many new applicants signed up, believing this to be a different club from the previous one.

With the revival of the Street Dance Club, everyone was overjoyed and started to dance.

Lin Xi felt a pang of regret deep inside.

She really wanted to dance, but she knew she could not.

Seeing Lin Xi’s depressed mood, Gu Fan took her out to eat delicious food, seemingly intent on spoiling her.

However, one thing puzzled Lin Xi, so she asked, “You’ve been inviting me out to eat and have fun so much lately.

Where are you getting all this extra money?

You didn’t increase Su’s rent, did you?”

“I wouldn’t dare to increase her rent; she would beat me up!” Gu Fan laughed and shook his head.

Then he told Lin Xi about his part-time job and flaunted his selfless dedication to providing for his beautiful girlfriend.

Knowing that her boyfriend was willing to work hard and spend money for her, Lin Xi was delighted.

Being an intelligent and considerate girl, she knew when to pick up the tab and would occasionally give Gu Fan a small gift on holidays as a reward, letting him know that all his efforts were worthwhile and encouraging him to continue.

Their relationship was very stable and even showed signs of growing stronger.

If nothing abnormal occurred, Gu Fan believed that based on their relationship, they wouldn’t fall into the curse of breaking up after graduation.

Perhaps they might even get married a few years after graduating.

After Lin Xi went to class, Gu Fan, who didn’t have class that afternoon, arrived at the commercial plaza across the school, starting another day of his part-time job.

Since the beginning of the school, business had been booming, and the workload had increased nearly threefold.

Gu Fan busied himself serving customers and surpassed the tasks while maintaining a smile, which earned him recognition.

However, Gu Fan was unaware that his every move was under surveillance.

Sister Leng, although in her office, could switch her computer to view the surveillance footage at any moment.

“Kid, our game has just begun,” Sister Leng said, a smile lurking at the corner of her mouth.

Having established contact with Hai, she knew that Gu Fan hadn’t given the key to Jie, which only left one possibility – Lu Yi.

The map was with Gu Fan, and the key was with Lu Yi.

Now, all Sister Leng had to figure out was how to get the map from Gu Fan and the key from Lu Yi simultaneously.

In Sister Leng’s eyes, getting the map was a sure thing, as Gu Fan carried it with him in his backpack.

And when Gu Fan was working, he would leave his backpack in the restaurant.

Therefore, in Sister Leng’s eyes, there were plenty of opportunities to retrieve the map unless Gu Fan changed his strategy.

“Kid, even if you take the map home and hide it, we can see what you’re doing in your home through our surveillance,” Sister Leng focused primarily on Lu Yi.

Dealing with Lu Yi was a bit of a challenge.

As expected, Lu Yi must have kept the key at home.

Since her parents went to work every day, leaving the house mostly empty.

But even so, it wouldn’t be easy.

She couldn’t just turn everything upside down in Hai’s home or sneak into Gu Fan’s house when he was alone, especially when he was out.

Visiting Lu Yi’s home had to be done at night, so as to decrease the chances of being seen.

However, Lu Yi’s parents often stayed home in the evenings, so there was no chance to make her move.

Sister Leng knew she had only one chance.

A failure would alert Lu Yi and Gu Fan, making it harder to find the key.

Furthermore, it was important that Gu Fan currently carried the map with him and that Sister Leng still had control over it.

She feared that if Gu Fan suddenly changed his strategy and gave the map to someone else for safekeeping, it would become imperative to quickly retrieve the key from Lu Yi.

As for how to do this, a smile played on Sister Leng’s lips after a bit of pondering.

At that moment, there was a knock at the office door.

Sister Leng snapped out of her thoughts, turned off the surveillance feed and said, “Come in.”

Gu Fan walked in with a wide smile and said, “Sister Leng, you called me over to collect my salary.”

“Yes!” Sister Leng responded with a smile, opening a drawer and handing over an envelope to Gu Fan.

As Gu Fan took the envelope, feeling the thickness of the notes inside, his heart jumped with joy.

But as he counted the money, a look of puzzlement crossed his face, “Sister Leng, it seems like there’s an extra two hundred.”

“That’s a reward for your good performance.

Keep up the good work,” Sister Leng responded encouragingly, a smile dancing on her lips.

Gu Fan, delighted, said, “Thank you, Sister Leng.

I’ll definitely not let you down.”

“I believe in you.” While Sister Leng kept her smile, she thought secretly, “I’d hate to see you suddenly resign and escape from my control.

That’s why I paid an extra two hundred from my own pocket.

If you dare disappoint me, I’ll strangle you.”

After a moment, Gu Fan hesitated and asked, “Sister Leng, we’ve known each other for quite some time, but I don’t think I know your first name.”

“Yeah, it’s been so long and you still don’t know my name.

It seems like you don’t regard me as a leader and aren’t serious about this job,” she said, watching Gu Fan’s embarrassed reaction with amusement.

Gu Fan quickly defended himself, “I’m sorry, Sister Leng, I wasn’t being dismissive.

I’ve just been busy with my work and my school assignments.

I still care about this job quite a bit.”

“Okay, I know.

I believe you,” with that, she handed Gu Fan a business card with her name and contact info on it, “This is my card. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

If you have any work-related issues, feel free to call me, or add my chat account.”

“Okay!” Gu Fan looked at the card, which read “Leng Le.”

Suddenly, Leng Le remembered something and uttered, “There are a lot of clients today, and everyone is busy with too many dishes.

Could you help wash some?”

Gu Fan instantly agreed.

At this moment, he was grateful for Leng Le’s recognition.

He had just assured her that he wouldn’t disappoint her, so naturally, he picked up the extra task.

Watching Gu Fan walk off, Leng Le immediately called her subordinates to check Gu Fan’s locker and his bag for the map to ensure everything was still under her control.

Shortly, the response from her subordinate surprised her—no map was found in Gu Fan’s bag, just some school textbooks.

“What has that boy done?” Leng Le immediately ordered a check on the surveillance footage to see if Gu Fan had taken out the map from his bag and hidden it at home.

After around two hours, a report came back.

Gu Fan hadn’t taken anything resembling a map from his bag during this time.

So if the map wasn’t at Gu Fan’s house and it wasn’t in his bag, there was only one other possibility—he had taken it somewhere and hadn’t brought it back.

“What the hell have you done, young man,” Leng Le was slightly irritated.

She had been under the impression that Gu Fan’s every move was under her control and that the map was as good as hers.

She hadn’t expected this young man to cause such a problem.

“If you’re not keeping it at home and not on your person, then where would you put it?” Leng Le started to think.

Gu Fan seemed like a responsible person who liked to handle matters personally, and such people were often careful with valuable belongings.

Therefore, she was sure that Gu Fan wouldn’t entrust the map to anyone else after entrusting the key to someone.

As for where Gu Fan hid the map, Leng Le was not able to guess immediately.

Gu Fan had visited many places during this period, and Leng Le didn’t know all of them.

It was impossible to start a search with such a broad scope.