Hearing the female teacher mention herself, Teacher Hiratsuka sat up with difficulty, slowly opened her eyes, and looked up. At this time, Li Nian had already walked in front of her.

The two looked at each other. Hiratsuka-sensei didn't recognize who this person was and tilted his head in confusion.

"who are you?"

"Hello, Mr. Hiratsuka, I'm Li Nian."

"…Who do you say you are?"

"Li Nian."

"..."

"The one that had the accident."

"...!"

Like everyone who knows what his previous life looked like, after seeing the transformed Li Nian, Mr. Hiratsuka widened his eyes in disbelief.

Li Nian smiled.

"See, I told you you'd be surprised."

"No...you...are you really Li Nian?"

"Replacement guaranteed."

Shizuka Hiratsuka stared at Li Nian in disbelief. After looking carefully at his face, she discovered that there was indeed some resemblance between his eyebrows and eyes.

"But how did you become like this..."

The change was so huge that he almost became a completely different person. It was still hard for her to believe it.

"actually……"

Li Nian used the same excuse he had told An Yi in the past, attributing everything to the influence of spiritual disasters. As expected, Mr. Hiratsuka, like An Yi, knew very little about spiritual disasters, and was easily convinced by Li Nian's words and was fooled.

After listening to this, she looked up and down at the tall and strong boy in front of her.

Li Nian stood naturally, his spine as straight as a javelin, his slightly sharp eyes looked straight at her, there was no longer any trace of fear in his eyes, he was frank and calm.

Li Nian said that his body was changed because of a spiritual disaster, but now looking at it, Hiratsuka Shizuka can see that not only the appearance, but also the inner spirit of this student has become completely different from the past.

It must be because of that accident - Hiratsuka Shizuka thought.

Losing one's parents is such a grief that even she, as an adult, has never experienced it. Even if she imagines it, she will feel extremely scared. And the one who has to bear all this is just a sixteen-year-old boy. What's more, he is the only son in a family of three. The death of his parents is tantamount to the complete collapse of the pillar of the family. It is difficult for outsiders to imagine what a huge change the environment around him has undergone.

That was an incident that would have crushed anyone. Mr. Hiratsuka was worried that with Li Nian's personality, she might collapse or even go to extremes, which was why he was so eager to get in touch with Li Nian.

But surprisingly, he was not knocked down. Instead, he seemed to be cheered up and stood up...

Thinking of this, and looking at Li Nian standing in front of him, who seemed to be much stronger, Mr. Hiratsuka couldn't help but feel many emotions in his heart.

"It must be painful to go through something like this, but you managed to get through it, right? Thank you for your hard work."

As he spoke, Mr. Hiratsuka stood up, leaned forward, and couldn't help but reach out to touch Li Nian's head.

Feeling the soft touch on the top of his head, listening to the gentle words in his ears, and looking into those soft eyes, Li Nian suddenly felt like somewhere in his heart was hit hard, and his nose felt sore.

Even though he understood that Mr. Hiratsuka's words were directed to the seemingly changed "Li Nian", he was still deeply moved by the genuine affection contained in the words.

Yes, he managed to get here by force.

He died, lost everything in the past, and was reborn in another world. The world around him changed, and people and things were no longer the same. In fact, Li Nian was also at a loss, but just forced himself to face it. But no one knew how much heavy pressure he had accumulated unknowingly in the past few days.

Teacher Shizuka Hiratsuka's unintentional words hit his sore spot, and the pressure almost exploded in one breath.

Li Nian quickly closed her eyes.

A cold wind blew in his heart, sweeping away the complicated emotions that he shouldn't have.

When he opened his eyes again, Li Nian's gaze had become as calm as the surface of a lake. He gently pushed away Mr. Hiratsuka's hand and said lightly.

"You're worrying too much."

Mr. Hiratsuka was stunned, sensed a hint of rejection, and smiled bitterly.

"In terms of not being able to openly accept other people's kindness, it's the same as before."

"…I came here this time to discuss something with you, Mr. Hiratsuka. I hope you can help me. Is that okay?" Li Nian went straight to the point.

"Go ahead." Mr. Hiratsuka sat back on the sofa: "As long as I can, I will definitely help you."

She pulled out a pack of cigarettes from the pocket of her white coat, shook out a cigarette and put it in her mouth.

"It's not a difficult matter. It's just that I experienced a spiritual disaster, including the loss of my parents. I hope you can keep it a secret."

Li Nian told Mr. Hiratsuka the purpose of his visit. He didn't want this matter to become known to everyone and cause him to receive strange looks.

Hiratsuka-sensei nodded without hesitation.

"Students' family situations are private, and I wasn't going to tell them. Now that you've said that, I'll keep my mouth shut. Don't worry. But if that's the case, how are you going to explain your physical changes to your classmates?"

“I don’t think I need to explain anything to anyone.”

Chapter 25 A New Beginning

"I don't have anything else to say, so I won't bother you, Mr. Hiratsuka."

Since Mr. Hiratsuka had firmly promised not to say anything nonsense, Li Nian felt relieved. Without having anything else to say, he said goodbye.

Hiratsuka-sensei looked up at the clock on the wall.

"It's time now. Wait, I'll go with you."

Li Nian was slightly stunned, but he had no reason to refuse, so he had no other reaction except nodding.

He and Mr. Hiratsuka left the office and walked down the corridor, one behind the other.

There was still some distance to the classroom when Teacher Hiratsuka glanced at the boy following behind her. It was obvious that she had something else to say, but when she thought that the spiritual disaster was probably like a scar in the boy's heart, she became hesitant and seemed to be hesitant to talk about this topic. In the end, she suddenly asked about something else.

"Was Chihiro awake when you came over?"

Li Nian took a second to understand who the name referred to, and then he barely thought it was Chihiro Chihiro, the supervising teacher of Sakurasou. He shook his head and said, "You mean Teacher Chihiro? I don't know. I came out very early, and the whole Sakurasou was still asleep at that time."

"Really? That guy drank more than Xiaochun and I last night. I don't know if he can come to work on time today... By the way, speaking of Sakurasou, are you used to living there?"

"It's OK. Compared with the price, the environment is much better than I expected. I am quite satisfied.

"I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about those indigenous people. They really give you a headache, don't they?"

"Those people... just like what you said, teacher, I already know that they are not bad people, although each of them seems to have a strong personality."

Mr. Hiratsuka seemed still unsure and spoke tentatively.

"If you feel like you can't stay here, you can always go back to the student dormitory. This is your right."

"Not really. Anyway, no one will affect my daily routine... I just need to be on guard against someone."

As Li Nian said this, he suddenly understood why Mr. Hiratsuka asked this. Indeed, if he did not take precautions, his fate would be the same as Kanda who lay like a dead dog in front of the game console this morning. That would be unbearable.

"Someone..."

Apparently guessing who someone was referring to, Mr. Hiratsuka gave a wry smile.

"Anyway, just make sure you're satisfied...ah, here we are."

As they were talking, they had already arrived at the door of Li Nian's class - Group F, Grade 2.

The seats in the classroom have been neatly arranged, and most of the students have already taken their seats. They are gathered in small groups of three or four to chat, and it is quite noisy. However, the noise suddenly drops with the entry of Mr. Hiratsuka, and many eyes are focused on him.

Immediately, students came in groups of three or four to greet her.

"Good morning, Mr. Hiratsuka!"

"You're here really early today, but it's not time yet, right?"

"Yeah, yeah, some people haven't arrived yet."

Mr. Hiratsuka smiled and said, "It's not time yet, so don't worry about me. I haven't seen you all summer, so I came here early to check on you."

After she said this, she walked to the podium, pulled out a stool and sat down, but turned her head to look at Li Nian who was standing outside the door, somewhat hesitantly.

Seeing this, the students felt relieved, and the conversation in the classroom began to pick up again.

At this moment, Li Nian took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and slowly walked into the classroom.

The noisy sound suddenly died down again, and even became silent in an instant. Just as Li Nian imagined, the students all looked at the tall and straight boy who suddenly walked in at the door, but almost no one recognized who he was. Everyone's reaction was as if they saw a stranger breaking into the classroom.

Li Nian saw that there seemed to be no changes in the seats for the second semester, so she walked calmly to her seat under everyone's gaze, which caused the commotion again.

"Who is this? Is there such a person in our class?"

"Did you take the wrong class? Didn't you notice it?"

"Is it a transfer student? But Hiratsuka-sensei..."

There were some whispers surrounding Li Nian.

Mr. Hiratsuka, who was sitting on the podium, said nothing. He followed Li Nian's back with his eyes and sighed quietly in his heart.

Just like Li Nian said, he chose not to explain to anyone because he felt no one would need his explanation.

Even though everything around him had changed dramatically, the fact that he was almost alone had not changed much for the time being.

If he decides to change, he'll have to start building his relationships all over again.

While being stared at by this class, Li Nian was also looking at these people out of the corner of his eye, with mixed feelings.

It wasn't that no one recognized him. For example, An Yi, who was sitting in the corner over there, immediately smiled brightly and waved at him vigorously when she saw him.

He also noticed that Yuigahama and Hikigaya were looking at him in shock. They probably didn't expect that the boy he met this morning would appear here.

But compared to individual people, Li Nian at this moment was more interested in seeing these young faces gathered in front of him. He felt a surge of emotion in his heart, as if he had entered another strange world.

Li Nian suppressed his restless mood and sat down in the seat in the inner corner of the classroom where he remembered his predecessor was.

"He sat down!"

"Whose seat is that?"

"It seems to be the guy from the mainland sitting there? His name is Li...what's that?"

Li Nian listened to these words and thought to herself that the presence of her previous self was really weak, which made her current self too conspicuous. It might be a bit difficult to blend in naturally again...

Suddenly, a soft and confused voice spoke to him.

"Um... classmate, did you make a mistake? This is Li Nian's seat..."

Li Nian looked to the left following the voice and saw a pretty girl with a bob haircut looking at him with confusion on her face. She was his deskmate who had never spoken to him before.

He immediately decided to improve his relationship with his deskmate first, so he coughed lightly, smiled, and thought quickly. He barely managed to find the girl's name from his memory and greeted her naturally.

"Good morning, Sato-san."

"…Are you greeting me?"

Was it because she hadn't recognized Li Nian yet? The girl looked even more confused.

"I am Li Nian, just like what you saw, Sato. I had some changes in my mood during the summer vacation. I didn't greet you properly before. Let's get to know each other again now. Please give me your guidance in the future."

"...You suddenly said this, aren't there too many things to complain about? I don't even know where to start complaining? Oh~ I will first believe that you are classmate Li Nian, but even if you just said that you want to greet her properly, first of all, didn't you get the name of the person who sat next to you for almost a year and a half wrong?"

Li Nian was very confused. Was the name wrong? In her memory it was Sato... right?

"Is there something wrong with the way I call you, Satou-kun?"

"…I'm sorry, I suddenly don't want to talk to you anymore."

Sato turned his head back as if he was tired, which made Li Nian confused. He didn't expect that there would be a problem even when he said hello. He didn't understand how his words just now had offended the other party.

Li Nian looked at the back of Sato's head left for her, and felt that it would be difficult to talk to her again, so she gave up temporarily and instead wanted to go and say hello to classmate Gogeng on the right.

The other party was also staring at him blankly, and their eyes met for a moment...

Li Nian was caught off guard, and for the time being, he raised his hand stiffly and shouted "Yo."

This classmate Wu Geng frowned, snorted rudely, turned his head away abruptly, and made it clear that he didn't want to talk to him, which made Li Nian a little embarrassed.

Ah... By the way, this is also one of the lonely ones in the class. I have never seen her treat anyone with a good face...

Wow, this is a bad start.

Chapter 26 The Embryo of Human Relationships

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