In the following days, Jin Chao seemed very busy. Jiang Mu never saw him come back. Jin Qiang had to go to work during the day, so Jiang Mu had to be alone with Zhao Meijuan and her daughter most of the time, which made her feel awkward.

    Fortunately, she started school a few days after she came to Tonggang. However, one day on the way home from school, she seemed to see a man driving a black Ford on the bus who looked very much like Jin Chao. Jiang Mu thought she might have seen it wrong, after all, Jin Chao drove a white Volkswagen last time.

    As a patient with micro-social phobia, Jiang Mu was not very adaptable when she first came to Class 6 of the third grade of the affiliated high school, so she didn't talk much with her classmates. She has been alone for a week since the start of school. In addition, she doesn't like to laugh much, which gives people a feeling of coldness and loneliness.

    The girls here are either fierce or outgoing. Not only are they loud, but most of them are also big-boned. Take her deskmate Yan Xiaoyi as an example. She is not a little bird at all. When she sat next to Jiang Mu on the first day, her desk was shaken. The picture of the two sitting together has a sense of Xiaohong and Dabai.

    Perhaps it was the sharp contrast that made her already thin frame stand out even more vividly. Within three days, many people noticed this girl with delicate features and cold white skin, especially since she was a repeater who transferred to another school, which made many people very curious about her.

    The most curious one among them was probably Pan Kai, who was across the corridor. Since the first day Jiang Mu came to the class, this young man stared at her as if she was a fairy from heaven. He stared at her during class and after class. He almost wrote the word "happy" on his forehead.

    Jiang Mu had also been courted in a roundabout way in her previous school, but he had never met such a blatant boy. He would deliberately walk around her when she went to the toilet after class. Despite this, the male classmates still made jokes about her. Within a week, some people even started calling her Mrs. Pan behind her back.

    During the break that day, Yan Xiaoyi said to her, "Pan Shuai is a rich second-generation. His family owns a factory that makes auto parts."

    Jiang Mu turned around and asked, "Do you think he would agree if I asked him to give me the factory?"

    Yan Xiaoyi smiled innocently, "You think too much."

    "Then what does his family's factory have to do with me?"

    "..."

    As he was talking, the monitor who seemed to be epileptic and paralyzed came over. This monitor of their class six had a round appearance and his name was Huang He, but for some reason everyone called him Changjiang. He said to Jiang Mu, "Lao Ma is looking for you."

    Jiang Mu ran to the office, and Lao Ma told her that the school would hold a Chinese studies performance before National Day. The senior students might not necessarily participate, but when the city leaders came, it would be best to wear school uniforms.

    Considering that Jiang Mu was a repeater, it would be too soon to buy another set of uniforms in a year, so he asked her to borrow one from her classmates and tell him if she couldn't borrow it. Jiang Mu nodded.

    After the evening self-study, Jiang Mu packed up her things and just left the class. There were a few people in the corridor looking downstairs and whispering.

    "Is he Lao Ma's friend? Lao Ma just went downstairs, and the guy opposite gave Lao Ma a cigarette, and the two chatted for a while."

    Someone from Class 5 interrupted, "He's not a friend. Teacher Ma just came up and mentioned that he was his former favorite disciple. Could he be the senior he mentioned in class? Why don't you invite him up to sit down? I haven't even seen him in person."

    "You act as if I've seen him in person."

    Jiang Mu casually glanced downstairs and saw a lot of people standing opposite the school. They didn't look like high school students, so she didn't care and walked downstairs with her bag.

    The station was still some distance from the school gate. After leaving the school gate, she was about to walk towards the station. She glanced at the opposite side of the school. There were two cars parked there, one of which was a familiar black Ford. She focused her eyes again and looked at the people standing in front of the Ford. Her sight fell on the man leaning against the hood. The corner of his black shirt was casually tucked into his jeans. His long legs leaning against the car were particularly eye-catching. However, the man was wearing a pure black baseball cap, with his head down and a cigarette in his mouth. The baseball cap almost blocked his entire face.

    While Jiang Mu stopped to look at him, the man seemed to sense something and suddenly raised his eyes. His eyes met Jiang Mu's. It turned out to be Jin Chao, who had not seen him for a week.

    He obviously saw Jiang Mu as well, and slowly took the cigarette in his mouth into his hand. His expression was not clear under the shadow of the hat brim.

    Jiang Mu was just about to walk towards him when someone patted her shoulder. Then a figure walked in front of her, blocking her view. Jiang Mu looked up and saw that it was Pan Kai. She asked, "Is there anything you can do for me?"

    Pan Kai smiled with a big white teeth showing, and said a little embarrassedly, "Are you taking bus 8 back? Let's go together?"

    Jiang Mu took a step forward and said, "It's not on my way."

    She looked across the street again. Jin Chao's eyes had not moved at all. Although he was talking to the person next to him, his eyes were still fixed on Jiang Mu.

    Seeing Jiang Mu was about to leave, Pan Kai hurriedly stopped her again: "It's on the way, I'll take bus No. 8 too, do you want to change buses? That's not safe, I'll give you a ride? I'm fine anyway."

    Jiang Mu frowned slightly and looked up at him: "Have you finished the test paper?"

    Pan Kai said: "Speaking of the test paper, I just have a few questions to ask you, let's talk on the way?"

    Jin Chao silently watched Jiang Mu and the boy entangled for a long time, took the last puff of the cigarette and stomped it out.

    Jiang Mu said to Pan Kai: "I have something else, let's talk tomorrow."

    Then she walked straight across the street. In addition to Jin Chao leaning on the hood, the other three people, two of them were standing, and the other was squatting on the curb. Jiang Mu recognized at a glance that the man squatting on the curb was the tall and thin man who went to Jin Chao's house to visit him a while ago.

    This man wore a white national trend T-shirt today, with two big "China" characters on his chest, and a pair of colorful shorts. The stubble made him look even more sloppy.

    A group of people stood at the entrance of the high school, giving off an attitude that they were not to be trifled with. Pan Kai kept shouting at Jiang Mu from behind: "Where are you going? Don't go over there."

    They were originally chatting, but when they saw a fair-looking and well-behaved girl walking towards them, they stopped talking.

    Jiang Mu stopped in front of them, stared at Jin Chao and said: "Are you here to pick me up?"

    Although the school gate was bustling with students coming and going after the evening self-study class, Jiang Mu's words still made the air quiet for a few seconds.

    The two standing people looked at her inexplicably, then turned to look at Jin Chao, and the tall and thin man squatting suddenly laughed.

    Jin Chao glanced at her indifferently, and his dark pupils suddenly glanced behind Jiang Mu. At this time, Jiang Mu felt someone stop beside her and looked at Jin Chao: "Seventh Brother, I'm sorry to make you wait. Aobai talked a lot of nonsense and delayed for half an hour."

    Jin Chao lowered his eyes and fiddled with the lighter in his hand. The thin and tall man raised his chin and scolded: "Boy, change your words. He is no longer the seventh brother. Call him Brother Youjiu."

    The man nodded quickly and said, "Sorry, Brother Youjiu."

    Jin Chao asked, "Did you bring the things?"

    The man patted the backpack in his hand and said, "I brought them. They are all inside."

    Jiang Mu then turned his eyes and saw that the man standing next to him had earrings and was not wearing the school uniform of the Affiliated High School. However, from his words, he could tell that he was also a student of the Affiliated High School. Judging from the situation, Jin Chao and the others were obviously coming for this man. No wonder her words just now made everyone silent.

    Jiang Mu awkwardly pulled her schoolbag and said, "I'm leaving first." Then she turned her head and turned around.

    Jin Chao raised his eyes again, moving his gaze from Jiang Mu to Pan Kai standing across the street. Pan Kai was still standing there, looking over here from time to time. Jin Chao's eyes briefly met his for a second, and then he said to Jiang Mu's back, "Hey."

    Jiang Mu stopped walking and turned around when she heard the voice. Jin Chao slowly straightened up and glanced at her, "I'll take you home."

    After that, he turned around and said to the men, "I'll leave it to you. I'll come over later." Then he patted the boy from the Affiliated High School and looked at Jiang Mu.

    Jiang Mu didn't move and still stood there. Jin Chao adjusted the brim of his hat and his eyes twitched slightly: "Why are you standing there? Do you want me to treat you?"

    Jiang Mu was no longer polite to him. She walked back a few steps, opened the passenger door, and fastened her seat belt properly under the gaze of a group of men. Jin Chao gave a few more instructions outside the car, and the men got into the car behind one after another. Before leaving, the tall and thin man went around to the passenger seat and deliberately flicked the window. Jiang Mu sideways glanced at him, he smiled roguely and left.

    On the other side, Jin Chao opened the driver's seat and got in the car. As soon as he got in the car, he threw his black cap to the back and rubbed his short hair. Jiang Mu asked, "Do you still need to wear a hat at night?"

    Jin Chao started the car, turned the steering wheel and drove out: "Otherwise it will be troublesome."

    "What kind of trouble?"

    "Too many people and too many mouths."

    Jiang Mu thought that this was also Jin Chao's alma mater. He probably didn't want others to recognize him, so he couldn't help asking, "So you were a popular person in school?"

    The faint light of the street lamp shone into the car. Jin Chao's mouth corners tilted slightly: "I'm not a positive character, don't say you know me in school."

    Jiang Mu nodded obediently: "I won't cause trouble for myself."

    Jin Chao raised his eyebrows slightly, and the two stopped talking. He drove the car very fast, as if he was rushing to reincarnate. Although Jiang Mu had seen his speed, she was still nervous.

    Maybe it was because the car was too fast, her brain was also working fast. What did the high school student bring to them just now? A group of people came for a bag of things, so cautious?

    Thinking of Jin Chao's desperate act, Jiang Mu's mind was free. Could it be a bag of drugs or a bag of stuff? Jin Chao said he was making money outside. Seeing that the people around him were so careless, could it be dirty money?

    Jiang Mu's heart began to beat wildly. It usually took more than half an hour to go home by bus, but Jin Chao drove the car to the gate of the old community in ten minutes. However, this time he did not drive in. He stopped the car and looked at Jiang Mu and said to her, "We're here."

    Jiang Mu looked at the car again and asked, "I remember you didn't drive this car last time."

    Jin Chao rolled down the window and said "hmm". Jiang Mu did not get out of the car. She asked again, "Why do you often drive different cars?"

    Jin Chao just perfunctorily replied, "For work."

    Jiang Mu's body tensed up even more. What kind of work requires driving different cars? Is it because he is afraid of being targeted and needs to keep changing transportation?

    She then asked, "What did the boy give you just now?"

    As expected, as soon as this question was thrown out, Jin Chao suddenly turned his head and raised his eyelids slightly, staring at her with a cold expression. Although Jin Chao's eyes were very penetrating, Jiang Mu did not dodge. She tried to find a flaw in his eyes, but there was none. Jin Chao just stared at her silently for a few seconds, and suddenly said, "Why don't you buy a book of 100,000 Whys with so many questions?"

    She really had a lot of questions, such as how could he change the bus every few days? Where did the money come from? Was the person he saw on the bus last time him? Where were they going to take the boy later?

    But it seemed that this was not a good time to chat, because Jin Chao seemed to have to rush back, so after he said this, he glanced out the window on the other side, tapping his fingers on the window, as if he was in a hurry, but he did not urge her to leave.

    Jiang Mu was very tactful. She unbuckled her seat belt and prepared to get out of the car, but she heard someone next to her suddenly ask, "Who is that person?"

    "Which person?"

    "The square-faced guy who has been standing across the street waiting for you."

    Jiang Mu was stunned for more than ten seconds before she remembered that he was talking about Pan Kai. She replied, "Classmate."

    Jin Chao retracted his gaze and turned to look at her. In the narrow space, his dark and powerful eyes seemed to have temperature, making Jiang Mu feel that the temperature in the car had risen by several degrees and became a little stuffy.

    Jin Chao looked at her evasive eyes and unnatural look, and didn't ask anything else. He just said, "Be careful."

    Then he unlocked the car door. Jiang Mu just got out of the car, and suddenly remembered something, turned around and bent down: "Do you still have your original school uniform jacket?"

    Jin Chao put one hand on the steering wheel and said lightly, "I don't know."

    Then he asked again, "What for?"

    Jiang Mu said, "Teacher Ma asked me to borrow it, saying there is an event."

    Jin Chao nodded, although Jiang Mu didn't know what his nod meant?

    Jiang Mu took a step back, Jin Chao closed the car window, and the Ford engine roared and accelerated and disappeared at the end of the street.

    At night, when Jiang Mu thought of the scene at the school gate, she felt embarrassed all over. She even asked Jin Chao if he was here to pick her up? Obviously, Jin Chao took her face into consideration and did not deny it on the spot. He even took the time to send her back, which made her roll on the bed in embarrassment.

    She didn't want to recall this incident at first, but when she arrived at school the next morning, Pan Kai surrounded her and asked, "How do you know the director?"

    Jiang Mu was confused: "Director? Director of which institute?"

    "The toilet!"

    "..."

    Jiang Mu stared at Pan Kai for five seconds, and suddenly remembered that Jin Chao called him a square-faced man yesterday. If it weren't for this name, Jiang Mu really wouldn't have noticed that Pan Kai's face looked like it was printed out of a mold, it was too square. She smiled inexplicably, walked around him and returned to her seat. This smile stunned Pan Kai, and he turned around and grabbed Yan Xiaoyi who had just returned from the toilet: "Jiang Jiang smiled at me, will she have a good impression of me?"

    "I saw her smile at the statue of Aristotle in the notebook this morning, so she should have a good impression of Aristotle."

    "..." There was no way to talk that day.

    Pan Kai turned around and walked into the classroom and took a seat in the empty seat in front of Jiang Mu. He explained to Jiang Mu that the director he was talking about was originally named Zhang Fan, and he was from Class 1 of Grade 3. None of their classmates were planning to go to college, and they just spent their days idling around. The reason they called him director was because they always liked to do bad things in the toilet. Every time they sealed the toilet on the third floor and hid inside to smoke, other people had to go around to the toilet on the second floor. Over time, the toilet on the third floor became a gathering place for bad boys, and the director of this toilet was Zhang Fan.

    Pan Kai was still nagging, telling Jiang Mu to stay away from Zhang Fan, saying that he was not a good person at all. However, Jiang Mu's mind flashed back to how Zhang Fan was respectful to Jin Chao last night.

    She suddenly looked up and stared at Pan Kai, which made Pan Kai's heart tremble. He asked weakly: "What's wrong with you? Are you possessed by a ghost?"

    Jiang Mu asked directly: "Which class did you say the director is from?"

    "Class one."

    As soon as the voice fell, Jiang Mu threw down her pen and walked towards class one. Pan Kai hurriedly followed her and advised: "You are not going to go to him again, are you? Oh, hey, I told you not to associate with him. He is just a social person. Do you know what a social person means? Jiang Mu, Jiang Jiang..."

    Pan Kai shouted all the way, attracting many people's sidelong glances. Jiang Mu felt like a huge fly was buzzing in her ear. She turned her head and threw two words to him: "Shut up."

    Pan Kai responded crisply: "Okay."

    Then the two came to at the door of Class 1, Jiang Mu winked at Pan Kai: "You go."

    Pan Kai knew quite a few people in Class 1, so he called a man and asked, "Where is the director?"

    The man stared at the girl behind Pan Kai curiously and replied, "he didn't come today. It seems he took a leave."

    Then he asked, "Who is that girl?"

    Pan Kai lowered his voice and whispered in the man's ear, "Your future sister-in-law."

    The two joked for a few words, and when they turned around, there was no one behind them. Jiang Mu had already left. Pan Kai quickly greeted the man and chased after her.

    Seeing him catch up, Jiang Mu tilted her head and asked, "Have you heard of the seventh day after death?"

    "Yes, it's the night when the soul returns. On the seventh day after my grandfather's death, the whole family kept vigil. My dad and his friends played mahjong, and I was playing games in my grandfather's old room. At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, I kept hearing someone calling "Xiao Kai, Xiao Kai", which caused me to lose several lives. I got angry and opened the curtains, and then I saw my grandfather's shadow on the window glass. Shit, my grandfather's house is on the third floor, and there's a shadow floating outside the window..."

    Seeing Jiang Mu walking faster and faster, he said anxiously, "Hey, wait for me, I'm not bragging, it's true, don't disbelieve it."

    When Jiang Mu was about to reach the classroom door, he suddenly stopped and told him, "The seventh day after death I'm talking about is a person."

    Pan Kai was stunned, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "Then this person is pretty weird!"