Suddenly, a voice interrupted Fang Li’s steps. He seemed to recognize the voice’s owner but frowned slightly before regaining his composure and turning to look behind him.
There, in the direction of the school gate, a tall man was walking slowly toward Fang Li. The man had a tall and thin physique, long hair, a high nose bridge, and was dressed in a high-end suit with an expensive tie, resembling a nobleman. His outward appearance seemed to be around twenty years old, not much older than the students at Butei High. However, this man, who was only a few years older than the students, was a teacher.
Fang Li smiled slightly and responded indifferently, “Good morning, Sayonaki Sensei.”
Beside Fang Li, Shirayuki bowed slightly to greet the Teacher.
“Oh, so Hotogi-San is here too.” Sayonaki greeted Shirayuki and then turned his attention to Fang Li, displaying a polite smile. He said, “Fang Li-San and Hotogi-San seem to have a good relationship, just like last semester. It’s truly enviable.”
“Is… that so?” Shirayuki’s face blushed slightly, and she stammered, “I… we have a good relationship?”
“Well, we are friends, after all,” Fang Li chuckled, “Isn’t it normal to be like this?”
“You’re right,” Sayonaki nodded, maintaining his amiable expression.
However, in the next moment, the look on Sayonaki’s face changed, and he spoke with a tone that seemed like a gentle admonishment, “But, Hotogi-San is the Student Council President of Butei High, and her behavior is impeccable. To be a friend worthy of Hotogi-San, Fang Li-San needs to work harder. You shouldn’t just rely on your popularity with girls.”
Though said without malice, these words sounded ear-piercing to the listener.
Fang Li squinted slightly, and the look in his eyes became more obvious. Sayonaki was a young prodigy who had graduated from a foreign university and returned to Japan, teaching Ambulance which is a branch of Medica at Butei High.
In a nutshell, he was like a character straight out of an idol drama – the epitome of perfection. Coupled with his reputation for being polite and courteous to everyone, he had many female admirers, turning him into a rare “famous idol” among Butei High’s students, with a group of love-struck fools always surrounding him.
So, except for those who were envious, jealous, or hated Sayonaki’s popularity, there should be no one who truly hated him at Butei High.
But Fang Li was an exception.
It wasn’t that Fang Li was looking for trouble.
For some reason, although Sayonaki had always been polite and had an exceptionally good temperament towards others, he had subtly picked on Fang Li whenever they interacted. It was as if he was trying to find fault with him.
Just like now.
Fang Li couldn’t figure out when he had offended this Ambulance teacher.
He had even asked his friends in the Commission Inquesta to investigate Sayonaki’s background but found no connection between them. However, for some unknown reason, this highly acclaimed Teacher was giving a hard time to a student.
There had to be a reason for this behavior.
Due to this, Fang Li had been observing Sayonaki, refraining from taking any action until he discovered why this popular Teacher seemed to harbor a grudge against him.
Therefore, Fang Li only replied half-heartedly, “Thank you for your reminder, Teacher. I’ll work hard.”
“That puts my mind at ease,” Sayonaki showed his impeccable smile again and then said, “Well then, I’ll take my leave. See you in class later. Goodbye.”
After Sayonaki had walked past Fang Li, gradually distancing himself, Fang Li fell into contemplation.
“Li-kun,” Shirayuki asked with a somewhat worried tone, “Are you okay?”
As Fang Li’s closest friend in this world, Shirayuki naturally knew about the situation between Fang Li and Sayonaki.
“Sayonaki-Sensei is usually very tolerant of other students,” Shirayuki said in a low voice, “Why is he so harsh on you, Li-kun?”
“I won’t know unless I ask him,” Fang Li sighed. “Maybe I offended him somewhere without realizing it.”
“How could that be?” Shirayuki shook her head and said, “Li-kun is a gentle person. He wouldn’t offend others without reason.”
“Gentle?” Fang Li chuckled wryly. “If you openly say that in the Assault Department, it will definitely draw a lot of opposition.”
After all, Fang Li had often defeated his sparring partners in combat training classes in the Assault Department.
Shirayuki persisted, “Nevertheless, Li-kun can never be wrong.”
Such words were hardly what a fair and just Student Council President would say.
But sometimes, the usually gentle and kind Yamato Nadeshiko, Shirayuki, would say things like that, showing her obvious favoritism towards Fang Li.
Having such a cute and beautiful girl openly favor him was something that made any guy happy. Fang Li didn’t dwell on it further and glanced in the direction Sayonaki had left before following Shirayuki to the gym to attend the opening ceremony.
…
Although Butei High’s opening ceremony was a bit boring, fortunately, it didn’t last long.
After Shirayuki, as the Student Council President, delivered her speech, followed by the Headmaster’s address, the opening ceremony came to an end.
The class assignments for the general subjects were also completed.
Unfortunately, Fang Li and Shirayuki were not in the same class.
So, after parting ways midway, Fang Li and Shirayuki went to their respective classes.
Last year, Fang Li was in Class 1-A.
Perhaps, having some affinity with the letter “A,” this year, he was placed in Class A again, but now it was the 2nd Year, Class A.
After finding his classroom, Fang Li pushed open the door and walked in.
As the opening ceremony had just ended, there weren’t many students in the classroom yet. They were gathered in small groups, chatting and waiting for the class meeting to begin.
Fang Li looked around the classroom and raised an eyebrow.
At the same time, Tohyama Kinji, who locked eyes with Fang Li, rolled his eyes and weakly said, “You’re in the same class again?”
Fang Li couldn’t help but smile wryly when he heard this.
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