If life deceives you, do not be sad, do not be anxious.
On melancholy days, you must remain calm.
Believe it, there are even bigger pitfalls waiting ahead—this is just the beginning!
……
Wu Xiaomi’s life was a mess.
Ever since Bai Xiaozhi brought her here this morning, she had realized that her intelligence was completely insufficient for dealing with “emotional problems” and “life problems.”
Xiaozhi’s meaning was obvious— she’d heard those careless words that night, so she wanted her to bravely face her true self.
Sigh, what a kind child.
But Wu Xiaomi didn’t want to face it.
Avoidance may be shameful, but it works.
She was already prepared to avoid it for a lifetime.
But she just happened to run into the warm-hearted Bai Xiaozhi, who was forcing her to face reality…
……
“The competition between different Yuling Academies is fierce. Xilin City Academy, because of its remote location and Mirror Night’s mischief every year, always worries about student recruitment, so the numbers are small and it’s relatively quiet.” Bai Xiaozhi didn’t know if Wu Xiaomi was listening, but she explained anyway.
—I know, I know, isn’t there always something like the Academy Competition every year, where students fight desperately to decide the academy rankings? Aren’t all Magic Academies like this?
“It’s a pity that this year’s academy competition ended before our arrival. Otherwise, it would have been a good opportunity to rack up some bonus points.” Bai Xiaozhi sounded a bit regretful about this.
Alright, so… one less chance to show off?
“Even though the competition is over, it’s still everywhere. Whether internally or externally.”
While Bai Xiaozhi was explaining, the students of the same grade around them all lowered their heads and greeted her respectfully.
“Chief Highness.” “Greetings, Chief Highness.”
Chief… Highness?
And Highness?
Were they talking about Bai Xiaozhi?
Shocking.
“Mm, because when I first arrived, I wasn’t very popular, so I had no choice but to grab a foul-mouthed idiot and give him a beating. Who knew he was the Battle Technique Chief of our year… So, I became the Chief.”
Her tone was casual, but her words were terrifying.
“After the final campaign at the Manggu Mountains ended, there’s half a month’s rest this time. Rather than doing nothing in the White Space, I thought I’d bring you here to learn something.”
Hmm…
Whatever, she didn’t object anyway.
“Besides, there’s a Professor here who’s pretty good.”
That Professor had a wealth of life experience and might be able to help Wu Xiaomi untie her emotional knots.
This was also the main reason Bai Xiaozhi brought Wu Xiaomi to the academy.
“Xiaozhi, you’re back.”
A woman wearing glasses and a mask, cloaked in a hooded cape, walked toward them.
Wu Xiaomi: “……”
Can I go back now?
What does it mean to say “enemies always cross paths”?
The world is so big, so why is it that no matter where I go, I keep running into this scum?
“Let me introduce—” Bai Xiaozhi still didn’t know that Wu Xiaomi had already met this Professor once, and that it had ended terribly.
Wu Xiaomi stared at Ah Fu with a blank expression.
Ah Fu’s phantom limb throbbed in pain, her eyelashes trembling.
“This is a visiting Professor at Xilin City Academy, Professor Ah Fu. She’s a Sequence of Spells Professor, and also serves as the academy’s Psychological Counselor.”
Psychological counseling? Her?
She probably uses her position as a Psychological Counselor to hypnotize female students and do filthy things.
Wu Xiaomi had already experienced this woman’s character.
“This new student, hel-lo—” Ah Fu, half-smiling, stretched out her hand to Wu Xiaomi.
Wu Xiaomi didn’t take it.
She simply spat out one cold word:
“Dirty.”
Ah Fu didn’t push her luck, awkwardly withdrawing her hand with a smile: “It seems we have some misunderstandings.”
No, there are no misunderstandings.
If I’d never met you, I might have thought White Wolf’s words were just one-sided and not fully reliable.
But you’ve already proved yourself with your actions.
Thank you for the proof—so that before I fell into the pit of love, I could pull back at the edge of the cliff.
“You two have met?”
“Mm.” A soft nasal sound.
But she’d rather they hadn’t.
“I’ll be off, there’s a new Professor starting today, I have to go meet her.”
“Alright.”
Ah Fu left, but as she walked away, she kept turning back, sneaking glances at Wu Xiaomi’s back.
Not until Wu Xiaomi was out of her sight did she finally stop.
……
Speaking of which, Ah Fu walked all the way to the Professor’s office.
“So, you’re the new substitute Professor?”
Ah Fu looked at the woman before her.
The woman covered half her face with a parasol, making her seem all the more mysterious and beautiful, like a pipa player hiding her face.
“Mm.”
With elegant fingers, the woman hooked her light shawl up over her shoulder, concealing the alluring Blood Mark on her back.
Outside the classroom, vines rustled restlessly.
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