It was only after a whole two hours of checking by the security officers and then Teacher Cherry clarifying the matter and lengthy persuasion that everything was actually alright that she, 007 and Tian Mo Xing could have the room to themselves again. After everyone else had left, they started thinking about the outcome of the hangman game that has been successfully completed.
Looking at the printed screenshot, the three of them wondered what could be behind such clue words which appeared pretty general in a sense. 007 thought they could be somewhat related to principles of attitude and behaviour which people should foremost adhere to. Then, in the midst of the process of figuring an explanation, Teacher Cherry sounded she has struck the target, "I remember!!"
Both 007 and Tian Mo Xing instantly looked up at her simultaneously, "What's that?"
Teacher Cherry displayed a smile of victory and walked up to them, "Luckily, luckily...if I had not been talking to father earlier on, I wouldn't have recalled about those crazy history books of this school..."
"History books?" the two wondered and wanted Miss Cherry to quickly reveal the details.
Teacher Cherry set down the paper on the table and beamed, "Honesty and Compassion - these are merely two of the items from a lengthy list making up the code of conduct for all members of Sheng Ying, compiled by the Honourable Sir Remus Chiang, also the respected founder of Sheng Ying, which...can be found in... the very first volume of the series 'Glory in History - A Decade of Promising Sheng Ying'."
007 and Tian Mo Xing was kind of amazed by Miss Cherry's memory power this time - befitting the title of the Acting Principal.
Miss Cherry clasped her hands together and finally felt herself deserving to relish a priceless moment of self-pride, her eyes turning a bit dreamy, "Oh,...that phone call I made was indeed fortunate, now I realised the use of it...Though, dad truly has some skills in nagging me..."
Tian Mo Xing added, "Miss Cherry, dad is merely worried about you...being a principal is not that easy." Then, turning to him, she praised, "Amazing 007, who would have thought that 'Compassion' is made out of the first letters of every word in the second hint - 'Can Ordeal Mind People? Always Seek Some Interest Over Negligence', haha!"
007 smiled and began to go deeper, "Code of Conduct for all members of Sheng Ying, honesty..."
"007, what has it to possibly do with us or Yuan Lan Ying?" Tian Mo Xing urged.
Teacher Cherry sighed and went back to her usual mood, "You're right, Tian Mo Xing, being a principal is totally not easy...especially when people nearly everywhere are being sceptical about your family background...oopps, sorry, Tian Mo Xing! Did I say anything you're not suppose to hear? Sorry, I can be really too much at times!!"
Tian Mo Xing only shook her head and smiled, "Don't worry, Sis..."
"Oh," Teacher Cherry was more than glad to hear her sister addressing her this way.
After taking in Teacher Cherry's words, 007 hypothesised, "Perhaps, we have already done away with the first one - Honesty. The main purpose after going through all the games played on us by Lu Ke Ying, Principal Tao and Teacher Angel has successfully accomplished this quality, by coming to terms with and disclosing their true relationship with Tian Mo Xing and Lu Ke Ying, who is also, the brother of both of you and Teacher Cherry."
Tian Mo Xing and Teacher Cherry could not agree less on what 007 just said and nodded in response.
"Then, how about 'Compassion'?" Tian Mo Xing asked eagerly.
"This could be what we're attempting to uncover right now," he offered after giving some thought.
"Who would have thought that my dad's doings could result in such incomprehensible mystery...My...And all those board of hard-hearted directors, wonder how am I going to face each one of them," Teacher Cherry moaned, then suddenly gasped aloud.
"What's wrong, Miss Cherry?" Tian Mo Xing was also startled by her.
Teacher Cherry hurriedly grabbed her bag, "Good thing dad mentioned to me about 'meetings'. I have a feeling that I forgot something..."
007 sat up, "Miss Cherry, do you know that 747 has helped fixed your deadline reminder's software?"
She only turned to him blankly, "Really?? Oh no, I haven't checked yet, why not you guys come with me? I'm afraid I'll get stuck again and just have to make sure everything's working right..."
She then raced out of the room, with 007 and Tian Mo Xing trailing quickly behind.
Once they have reached the principal's office, everyone gathered around the computer and opened up the reminder program.
Teacher Cherry could breathed with relief after all the running upon checking that the next monthly meeting with the board of directors was to be held the next day. 007 and Tian Mo Xing could also relax a bit.
Before the two of them were about to leave, Teacher Cherry's secretary entered and has on a look of surprise. "Miss Cherry, how come you are still here?"
"What's wrong?" Teacher Cherry shrugged at such question.
The secretary only continued, "As far as I know, a pre-poned meeting was to start in less than 30 minutes." She took a brief glance at her watch.
"What?!" the three exclaimed in unison.
"Yup," the secretary nodded.
"Sandy," Teacher Cherry cried out of confusion. "My record says the meeting is scheduled for tomorrow, why are you saying it's today? Did you make any mistake?"
"Ah yes," she tried to correct. "That was the old one, the directors have called few days ago saying that they have changed to today for added convenience."
"Goodness," Teacher Cherry became frustrated. "Why didn't you let me know?"
"I have already sent you an email..."
"Email?! An important thing like that and you can only say you 'sent' and email? Then, how come you're especially calling my cellphone for the also another important matter of the attendance record. Just why are you emailing me when you should try a more sensible means of getting in touch with me and calling to tell me when I can easily see these pile of papers resting on my table!!"
The secretary sighed hard, "I just thought that you would have seen the sheet of big notice put up by the wall behind my cubicle whenver you're on your way in here."
Teacher Cherry retorted with more anger, "Didn't you say it's 'behind' your cubicle, and aren't you always seated in front of it?? Just how can my eyes see in that case? I haven't even reprimanded you for the duplicate copies of attendance sheet with different names on them!"
"Miss Cherry, it's really a tough job for me and I have to work very hard to get each sheet of them from every class teacher. Those somewhat duplicate copies were obtained straight from Miss Y..."
Miss Cherry cut her back from finishing as her gaze abruptly rested on the wall clock before them, "I don't care and I don't understand why do you have to argue with me all the time, Sandy! Just how am I going to get to the meeting venue when the time is already....."
"You only have 27 minutes left, Miss Cherry, you better hurry," Tian Mo Xing reminded urgently.
"Huh?" Miss Cherry almost could not believe it and got a little dizzy.
"Yes, Miss Cherry, you better set off now so as to avoid the rush hour traffic as much as possible," 007 also persuaded.
"Oh well," there was no other choice left but for her to go against the clock this time. She took her bag and stormed out of the room, giving Sandy an overly-furious look in the process before leaving the doorway.