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"With the teacher here, there's no way you're going to treat us."

"Besides, I'm your teacher, and you're my student. It's only right that I help you. If you keep doing this, I won't be happy!"

Seeing Li Mu's unquestionable expression, Weng Meixiang's eyes reddened slightly, and she turned her head away, a crystal tear sliding down her cheek.

This was the best teacher she had ever met.

Chapter 226 Investigation

Ge Li's home is not far from the town. According to Weng Meixiang, Ge Li's father died in an accident while working in another city when she was three years old. Later, her mother ran away with someone else, and she lived with her grandparents since she was a child.

But her grandparents were old and very poor, and could barely afford to send her to school.

The two walked quickly; Li Mu's visit to Ge Li's house was not without purpose.

Judging from Ge Li's hiding at home and her reluctance to go to school, it was clear that Huang Mao Yue Jun had his eye on her. Weng Meixiang was also being watched at the same time.

Unlike her, Weng Meixiang didn't hide at home; instead, she stayed at school and dared not go out.

In the drama, Yue Jun only managed to catch Weng Meixiang today and took her to the county town, allowing Ge Li, who was hiding at home, to escape temporarily. After Weng Meixiang's incident, Ge Li ultimately did not escape.

After being... she became pregnant and eventually gave birth to a boy.

If this child hadn't been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at the age of one and needed a bone marrow transplant, and if Ge Li hadn't been a perfect match for the child's bone marrow...

She was silenced long ago.

Unfortunately, although she survived, to prevent her from speaking out of turn, Ge Li was sent directly to a mental hospital, where she remained for nine years until Jiang Yang paid with his life to bring justice and the truth.

A promising life, most of his youth, wasted.

Li Mu strongly suspected that Huang Mao had come with a mission, otherwise, given his status, he wouldn't normally be able to drive a car.

Since Weng Meixiang wasn't arrested, in order to give an explanation, they might target another person, Ge Li.

Li Mu guessed correctly. Before he even reached the entrance of Ge Li's alley, he saw the black sedan parked there in the distance.

Then Li Mu saw the blond-haired man dragging a girl over, cursing and swearing. It was clearly Ge Li. Her face was full of panic and fear, and her body was even trembling slightly.

How many young girls this age wouldn't be afraid of Yue Jun, a notorious thug, and how many would have the courage to resist?

Li Mu spotted Huang Mao, who had obviously spotted him too. Huang Mao had just been beaten up and was still in pain on his body and face. He was startled by Li Mu's appearance.

Seeing that there was still some distance between them, he pulled Ge Li towards the car. Ge Li saw his teacher, Mr. Hou, and her classmate, Weng Meixiang.

Summoning courage from who knows where, he started scuffing and pulling at the blond-haired guy.

Huang Mao realized it would take some effort to get the person into the car, and Li Mu had already run over from a distance, so he knew it was too late.

Fearing being caught and beaten, he let go of Ge Li, quickly jumped into the car, and drove away in the blink of an eye.

We can't catch up with him now, and there's no point in catching Huang Mao; he's just a small fry.

Weng Meixiang ran over and hugged Ge Li, who was trembling all over, and comforted her, "Ge Li, are you alright? Don't worry, with Teacher Hou here, we're not afraid of Huang Mao."

"You didn't know just now, but Huang Mao was beaten to the ground and begged for mercy by Teacher Hou. He's afraid of Teacher Hou now."

As if Weng Meixiang had given Ge Li courage, she finally calmed down, hugged Weng Meixiang and cried for a while before looking up and saying, "Teacher Hou... thank you."

"Otherwise today..." she said, a hint of fear showing on her face, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

Li Mu sighed softly and instructed, "If you encounter something like this in the future, tell your teacher. Your teacher will stand up for you. Don't keep it to yourself or be embarrassed, so you won't be bullied."

Ge Li wiped away her tears, her eyes red, and nodded vigorously: "Teacher Hou, I understand."

Li Mu said, "Aren't your grandparents home? You're all alone at home."

Ge Li nodded: "They went to my aunt's house and will stay for two days before coming back. I'll be home alone."

Li Mu asked, "Aren't you afraid to live alone?"

Ge Li nodded, her eyes filled with fear: "I'm scared!"

Li Mu said, "Why don't you pack your things and go back to school tonight? Staying with Weng Meixiang will be a good opportunity for you to look after each other."

“My dorm is quite close to yours, so if you need anything, just call out and I’ll hear you.”

Without hesitation, Ge Li immediately agreed, turned around and went back to pack her things, including her textbooks, backpack, change of clothes and bedding.

……

Li Mu led the two women back to the school, took them to their dormitory, and carefully checked the doors and windows for them.

Although it was the weekend, there were still some students living on campus, so Huang Mao didn't dare to come directly to the school dormitory to recruit people.

Back at his lodgings, looking at the simple single dormitory, Li Mu sighed softly. In this day and age, many places are truly poor!

There wasn't even a television in the house; besides light bulbs, the only electrical appliance was a radio that could play cassette tapes.

This is only provided because students need to practice their listening skills.

Hou Guiping comes from a rural area and is very poor.

These days, pagers are outdated, and mobile phones are all the rage.

However, this obviously had nothing to do with Hou Guiping. He didn't even own a pager, and the only thing he had with electricity was a cheap electronic watch that cost a dozen yuan.

He checked his wallet and found he only had a little over five hundred yuan, which would be his living expenses for the next month or two.

Oh! It’s not easy!

After reading for a while, seeing that it was getting late, Li Mu took a stroll around the campus before going back to rest.

The next morning, Li Mu got up early to start his run, and Weng Meixiang and Ge Li also got up early to run with him.

After exercising for a while, Weng Meixiang and Ge Li, being physically weak, couldn't run anymore. Li Mu told them to go back to their morning reading sessions, and he exercised for a little longer before slowly strolling towards the town.

After having breakfast, we took a short stroll around the town and brought back two more breakfasts.

Weng Meixiang and Ge Li were doing their morning reading in the dormitory when Li Mu handed them breakfast.

"You two don't go out and wander around today. I have something to do and I'm going out for a bit. Here's breakfast. Eat first, and then you can read later."

The two nodded vigorously: "Thank you, Teacher Hou, we'll remember."

After saying goodbye to the two, Li Mu left the school, took a minibus in the town, and headed to Pingkang County.

His target this time was the Lijing Hotel. On the surface, it was a hotel, but it was actually a secret, a money pit for the Kahn Group to cultivate relationships, and those female students were brought here as well.

After leaving the bus station, Li Mu randomly picked up a pedicab and strolled around the Lijing Hotel before heading to a nearby old commercial street.

His research over the years has been extensive, including some knowledge of makeup and disguise. While not exceptionally advanced, it's sufficient for this era. He strolled through the commercial street, observing wigs, low-end cosmetics, and the clothing of young people on the street…

With a wig, makeup, and a change of clothes, he instantly transformed into a punk with a "kill-matt" style, completely different from his former self.

Even if an acquaintance is standing right in front of you, you wouldn't recognize them.

After checking everything and finding nothing amiss, I took a taxi directly to the Lijing Hotel.

As the first listed company in the city, Kahn Group was a VIP in the county during an era when economic development was paramount. It was practically untouchable in Pingkang County, and few dared to provoke it.

No one dared to mess with this place before, and they believed no one would now, confident that they could handle everything with the connections they had made.

They weren't very vigilant, so it's unreliable to say that their defenses were particularly strict.

Li Mu wandered around and casually chatted with a few waitresses, silently extracting a lot of information about the hotel.

It was only 2000, and surveillance was just being rolled out on a small scale in China; most places didn't have it at all.

Hotels like the Lijing Hotel are notorious for their illicit activities and attract too many sensitive individuals, so people are hesitant to install cameras there for fear of harming themselves and others.

I wandered around a couple of times, and the elevator area was quite heavily guarded, with dedicated elevator staff.

On the other hand, there weren't many people using the stairs.

Taking advantage of the moment when no one was paying attention, Li Mu slipped into the stairwell.

……

Chapter 227 Harvest

Half an hour later, Li Mu quietly slipped into the largest and most luxurious office in the entire hotel.

This floor is quite quiet, and there aren't many people around.

Wearing shoe covers and gloves, I cautiously entered and thoroughly searched the large office, but found nothing of value and no evidence of any crime.

It makes sense, considering how easily he managed to sneak in; how could he possibly have displayed anything of value or evidence?

Since that's the case, Li Mu glanced around the office, which covered more than 100 square meters inside and out. Having finally managed to sneak up here, how could he leave empty-handed?

He began searching the office safe, which is usually found in places like this, though often cleverly concealed. With careful attention to detail, it's relatively easy to find.

Five minutes later, Li Mu fumbled around for a moment, then gently pushed open a shelf inside a bookcase, revealing a medium-sized safe.

The safe was mounted entirely on the wall, solid and heavy, belonging to a world-class brand. Without expert knowledge and special tools, it would be unlikely to be opened.

If it were someone else, even if they found it, they would only be able to look on helplessly. Unless they used a metal cutter or other tools to pry it open, but not only is that extremely difficult, it would also be very noisy.

Leaving aside how to get these machines in, making even a slight commotion would attract people in.

But for Li Mu, opening it was actually quite simple; he had the system space.

Li Mu had tested the characteristics of the system space; anything that could be touched by hand and could fit in the space could be stored inside.