You're my wife, don't doubt it!

--split line--

The next day during lunch break, Teacher Yao finally opened the door to the security monitoring room for Xiao Yao.

"The security guards have gone to lunch," Teacher Yao glanced at her watch. "Time is limited; it would be best to get here before they return—"

"How do you use this?" Xiao Yao reached out and took the mechanical mouse.

“I know, I know,” Little Bear snatched the mouse from Xiao Yao and plopped down in the chair. “Time period, what time does PE class start again? And then until the physical exam, it’s about a two-hour interval, right?”

"Look carefully. If you're going to do it, you need to find something," Teacher Yao instructed.

"Two hours is enough, but at four times the speed, we can finish watching it in half an hour," Little Bear said confidently. "The two of us can watch it together."

“I’ll keep watch for you,” Teacher Yao said.

Half an hour later.

"How was it?" Little Bear rubbed his sore eyes. "Were there any people who weren't from your class coming in or out of the classroom?"

"Shouldn't...?"

“That means there’s a mole,” Little Bear analyzed. “The last group of people to leave the classroom and the first group to return are the most suspicious.”

“Write down these people’s names and interrogate them one by one,” Xiao Yao said.

"Let's ask your teacher if he agrees first." Little Bear shrugged.

"It's difficult to estimate..."

"No, wait! Here, around 64 minutes... 37 seconds, rewind..." Little Bear excitedly operated the controls: "Yes, right here, can you see it?"

"What did you see?" Xiao Yao asked, puzzled.

"Look at it again, look carefully!"

"It looked like something flashed by, very quickly?"

"How do I set this software to play frame by frame...? Oh, here it is." The little bear dragged the progress bar.

"No wonder you're the computer class representative for your class," Xiao Yao exclaimed sincerely.

"Start playing at 34 seconds, 24 frames per second, watch carefully."

Both of them held their breath.

"Coming!" Little Bear shouted, pressing the space bar heavily.

"What is this...?" After seeing the image on the screen, Xiao Yao's blood froze.

The little bear's face was also ashen, and the image was zoomed in.

A person's profile was reflected in the crash mirror at the corner of the corridor.

His Mediterranean hairstyle, protruding belly, medium build, and his habitual gestures... all looked very familiar.

"No, this..." the little bear said in a trembling voice, then moved forward a few frames, then backward a few frames.

You can clearly see the figure that looks exactly like Teacher Yao walk past the mirror...

Perhaps due to the camera angle, the person was not captured on camera.

"Mirror, why is it a mirror again? Could it be..." Xiao Yao touched his chin and muttered to himself.

"That's not right," Little Bear lowered his voice and glanced outside the door, "Didn't Old Yao say that he was the one running around taking care of things during the physical exam?"

"The building isn't far from here, so it's not surprising he came up here. Maybe he forgot. Otherwise, why would he have us review the security footage?"

"Forgot? He came up here, which at least provides evidence of the people coming and going over a period of time, but he chose not to mention it at all. Forgetting doesn't make sense. In my opinion, he tampered with the surveillance footage to let us see it, but unfortunately, he overlooked something and didn't fix the mirror."

"Based on this blurry shadow, it might not even be Teacher Yao," Xiao Yao said softly.

"Who else could it be but him? It can't be a twin brother, can it? He was present at the scene of the crime and lied to us afterwards. That's what you call a prime suspect."

"Are you planning to interrogate the teacher?"

"How could that be? We absolutely can't let him know about our discovery now. You'd better keep your mouth shut. Now we have the right direction for our investigation; we're no longer searching for a needle in a haystack. Let me think about the next step..."

"It's almost time, are you two done?" Just then, Teacher Yao pushed the door open and came in: "Did you find anything?"

Chapter 30 Search

That evening, both Xiao Yao and Teacher Yao were somewhat uneasy.

Since Qian Shui wasn't home, Teacher Yao personally cooked a bowl of rice for Xiao Yao.

Without a doubt, Teacher Yao was the best teacher Xiao Yao had ever encountered in his short 15 years of life, without exception.

Xiao Yao simply couldn't associate Teacher Yao with words like "pervert" or "criminal."

But as the saying goes, if you have Buddha in your heart, you will see Buddha everywhere. Now, a seed called "demon" has been planted in Xiao Yao's heart and has begun to take root and sprout uncontrollably.

"What are you daydreaming about?" Teacher Yao said, "Hurry up and eat, let's be efficient today."

"Oh, okay." Xiao Yao took two more bites as a token gesture, but it still tasted bland, so he put it down.

The phone rang. Teacher Yao glanced at the number and went to the kitchen to answer it.

They even made a point of closing the glass door.

Xiao Yao subconsciously pricked up his ears, trying to catch a few words.

"Don't worry too much...the school...Qi...48...parents...will do their best..."

Xiao Yao tried to piece together the information from the few words he heard.

Qi, you mean... Zhou Qi? She hasn't been to work for two days now?

"Xiao Yao," suddenly, Teacher Yao reached out and opened the glass door, her ear still pressed against the phone, "Could you check the trunk of my motorcycle for me and see if my staff log is in there?"

"Oh..." Xiao Yao took the key somewhat blankly.

"My mom's here. Do you want to come home early today?" He received a text message from Shen Jie's number as he was going down the stairs.

"Shen Jie's mother is here, what does that mean?" After a moment's thought, Xiao Yao understood the reasons—it must have been Shen Tianyun who sent the message using Shen Jie's phone.

At this moment, Xiao Yao really wanted to see Shen Jie and have a good talk with her.

"I'm still at my teacher's house. Tell your mom to wait a bit. I'll try to be back as soon as possible," Xiao Yao replied.

He searched for a long time in the carport downstairs before finally finding Teacher Yao's car, and it took him a while to finally open the plastic trunk with his old, broken key.

"Where is the faculty log?" Xiao Yao muttered to himself as he rummaged through the contents of the trunk.

what is this?

Xiao Yao held a slatted box of pills in his hand, with four small blue pills inside the plastic seal.

What is sildenafil...? I feel like I've heard that name somewhere before.

Forget it, I don't want to.

Xiao Yao put the pills back in the trunk and searched for a long time, but still couldn't find the faculty log. He had no choice but to go back and tell the teacher that he didn't have it.

"Hello? Shen Jie? Why didn't you tell me you were coming?" Xiao Yao called Shen Jie as he went upstairs.

"I didn't come here to see you, why would I talk to you?" Shen Jie said cheerfully.

"I'm at my teacher's house. Wait for me a bit, I'll try to come back as soon as possible," Xiao Yao said. "By the way, Shen Jie, do you know a drug called sildenafil?"

"Sildenafil?...Are you out of your mind?" Shen Jie snapped and hung up the phone.

"You're the one who's crazy!" Xiao Yao retorted to the air.

Xiao Yao was eager to go home, and since he couldn't find the teachers' log, Teacher Yao was also a bit distracted. So he finished his homework for the day and went home.

"Shen Jie came looking for you today. I told her you weren't home, so she waited for you in your room." Grandma was still sitting on a small stool downstairs, fanning herself with a palm-leaf fan.

"I know," Xiao Yao said, and started to walk inside.

"Are you two dating?" Grandma asked happily.

"Not yet," Xiao Yao thought for a moment, "Not yet."

"Don't worry, she's already gone."

"They're gone?" Xiao Yao was greatly disappointed.

Shen Tianyun was eating snacks in her room, her words slightly slurred: "You're back."

"Why did she leave?" Xiao Yao asked abruptly.

"So what if she leaves? Can I stop her?" Shen Tianyun said dismissively. "Want some pork jerky? My mom brought me a lot of snacks—they taste like they did 30 years ago!"

Xiao Yao reached out and tore off a large piece of pork jerky from Shen Tianyun's hand, then put it in his mouth.

"By the way, my mom said you flirted with her on the phone. What did you say?"

"I didn't flirt with her at all! I just casually asked her about some medicine, something like... I forgot." Xiao Yao said irritably, "Besides, is there any flirting between husband and wife?"

“Dad, you have to understand this,” Shen Tianyun said seriously, “She’s not your wife—not yet. You have to take things one step at a time.”

"not me……"

"Oh, right, she also brought you some clothes," Shen Tianyun said, as if she had just remembered something. "She told you to try them on to see if they fit, and that you should wear them when you go to see her classmate this weekend."