Can a Naive Man Be a Heartthrob in a Bizarre World? Chapter 19.1

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Chapter 19 Part 1

Luo Shizhen didn’t get to see the two greet each other.

Chu Xiao looked at Xiao Shan with cold eyes. “You recognized him as Big Brother?”

Xiao Shan’s gaze fell on the arms where Luo Shizhen and Chu Xiao were closely touching.

“You and he are friends?”

Even as dull as Luo Shizhen was, he sensed the atmosphere was wrong.

He looked blankly at Chu Xiao, then at Xiao Shan, feeling a bit at a loss.

This familiar scene made him hallucinate the scene when Zhang Chuan and Chu Xiao met in the past.

“Did… did I say something wrong?”

Qin Yinian popped out from somewhere and pulled him away.

“You’re not wrong. It’s their relationship that’s bad.”

With one hand pulling Luo Shizhen, he skillfully opened the other hand, and flames neutralized the flying golden arrows and ice spikes.

“Let go!”

“Let go of him!”

The two who were at daggers drawn just a moment ago now unanimously directed their anger at Qin Yinian, who had pulled Luo Shizhen away.

Luo Shizhen hadn’t figured out the situation yet when Qin Yinian gently pushed him aside, then inexplicably started fighting with Xiao Shan and Chu Xiao.

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Wait.

Why did they suddenly start fighting?

“What are you doing? Stop fighting.”

At first, he was a bit dazed. But realizing all three were fighting for real—Chu Xiao even had burns on his face, and Xiao Shan had cuts on his arm—Luo Shizhen got anxious.

He quickly lowered his head, picked up a brick from the flower bed, and wanted to go up to mediate.

Luo Shizhen had just taken a few steps with the brick when he suddenly felt something wrong in the air.

In the next instant, his eyes widened in surprise to find that the scene of the three fighting ahead—which was originally too fast to see clearly, leaving only afterimages—had slowed down.

Fire, ice, metal—the three elements also slowly decelerated, stuck in mid-air.

It only stuck for about three seconds. The three entangled people seemed to be hit by some force and flew out rapidly in three different directions.

As they flew out, time returned to its original speed, and the three fell heavily to the ground.

“Time Sequencer?”

Lu Qiujin, who was watching the show, turned around and looked at the three people walking over.

Two of them were strangers, both wearing combat uniforms. One of them should be the Time Sequencer who just used the time deceleration ability.

Chen He’an walked at the front. “I take my eyes off you for a moment and you start fighting again. If this goes on, the Principal really is going to jump off the building.”

“Chu Xiao!!”

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Luo Shizhen didn’t notice anyone coming at all. He quickly dropped the brick and ran over to help Chu Xiao up.

“Are you okay?”

Chu Xiao seemed to stand up with some difficulty. His expression was still cold, but feeling Luo Shizhen carefully touching the edge of his wound, the chill on his body dissipated by half.

“I’m fine.”

He spoke gently to Luo Shizhen, but his eyes looked provocatively toward Xiao Shan in the other direction.

Xiao Shan’s face was livid. “Luo Shizhen!”

“Eh!”

Hearing Big Brother summon him, and seeing Chu Xiao could stand steadily, Luo Shizhen quickly let go of the hand supporting him and ran over eagerly.

Chu Xiao, whose hand was released, let his eyes turn cold again.

Luo Shizhen ran to his Big Brother and looked uncomfortably at the long wound on Xiao Shan’s arm.

“Big Brother, let me bandage it for you?”

Xiao Shan didn’t take this small injury seriously at all, only asking coldly, “Why did you help him?”

Luo Shizhen answered confusedly, “Chu Xiao has been in poor health since childhood, and his leg was injured a while ago. Of course I have to support him.”

Xiao Shan gritted his teeth. “I’m asking why you didn’t support me!”

Luo Shizhen answered honestly, “Big Brother, you are so strong and robust. You definitely wouldn’t have any issues, and you don’t need me to support you, right?”

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“Look, you stood up by yourself. Chu Xiao needed me to support him to stand.”

Xiao Shan: …

Bullshit!

As fellow Elemental Users, doesn’t he know Chu Xiao’s physical condition?

Being knocked away at this distance, for an Elemental User, it’s impossible to have even a bit of damage.

Qin Yinian, who was still on the ground, reached out. “Can anyone care about me? I really need to be helped up!”

“Stone! Luo Shizhen! We are old classmates, help me out!”

Luo Shizhen really believed it, said “Oh,” ran over, and helped Qin Yinian up too.

Xiao Shan originally reached out to stop him, but Luo Shizhen ran quite fast, and he actually missed.

Xiao Shan: “…”

At least now I know why Chu Xiao didn’t stop Luo Shizhen from coming to me.

Luo Shizhen still remembered what Chu Xiao told him. After helping Qin Yinian up, he quickly let go, afraid Qin Yinian would lose control and burn him with fire.

Qin Yinian, Chu Xiao, Xiao Shan. The three stood in a triangle.

Everyone’s eyes fell on Luo Shizhen, wanting to know who he would choose to go to now.

As a result, Luo Shizhen went straight for Chen He’an.

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“Teacher! Which way is the infirmary?”

Chu Xiao and Big Brother were both injured. Oh right, and Qin Yinian. All three were injured and needed to go to the infirmary to be bandaged properly.

Chen He’an rubbed his head. “Don’t worry. Awakeners heal quickly. Small injuries like this will heal naturally in a moment.”

Luo Shizhen seemed to remember Teacher Chen saying this before. He looked worriedly at his two friends, and upon finding that the wounds on their faces were indeed healing at a rapid speed, he felt relieved.

Keeping Luo Shizhen by his side, Chen He’an looked at the three troublesome Elemental User students.

“The school has set a new rule. From now on, fighting is only allowed in the training grounds. Fighting anywhere else results in confinement.”

Chu Xiao and Xiao Shan didn’t speak. Only Qin Yinian leaned in sloppily.

“Not really necessary, right? Not letting Awakeners fight, what’s the fun in that?”

But before he could get close, he sensed something, frowned sharply, took a big step back, and looked at the two people behind Chen He’an with wary and repulsed eyes.

Chen He’an wasn’t surprised by his reaction. Awakeners were extremely keen. Meeting high-level strange Awakeners, Qin Yinian’s body instinctively creating a safe distance was very normal.

Not just Qin Yinian. When seeing the faces of the people behind Chen He’an clearly, all the Awakener students present, except Luo Shizhen, tensed their bodies, showing a defensive state.

Chen He’an pretended not to see, stepped aside, and introduced:

“These two are new teachers at the school, specially responsible for your combat training. They are both high-level Awakeners. From now on, you cheeky monkeys wanting to fight will have someone to handle you.”

“Let me introduce them.”

“Sui An. Awakened Ability: Sequence 01—Controller.”

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“Lin Qi. Awakened Ability: Sequence 05—Time Sequencer.”

Luo Shizhen hadn’t memorized the sequences yet and only looked at the two new teachers with curiosity.

Lin Qi was expressionless.

Sui An noticed his gaze, turned slightly, and smiled at him.

Luo Shizhen seemed to receive a signal and immediately flashed a bright, big smile back at the new teacher.

Sui An raised an eyebrow, his smile widening a few degrees.

Chen He’an pulled Luo Shizhen back and said calmly:

“Oh right, everyone should know, right? Teacher Sui An also holds a position as Inspector. Teacher Lin Qi is Teacher Sui An’s adjutant. But since this is a school after all, everyone should just address them as Teacher Sui and Teacher Lin.”

Lin Qi was a stern-looking handsome man, his combat uniform tidy and meticulous, eyes sharp, expression showing almost no emotional fluctuation.

Sui An was the complete opposite. He wasn’t serious at all, exuding laziness and casualty. Hearing Chen He’an introduce him, he even waved to the students.

Chen He’an smiled. “Come, everyone applaud to welcome the new teachers.”

—Clap clap clap!

Only Luo Shizhen clapped enthusiastically in the whole venue.

Sui An laughed, not minding the lack of reaction from other students. He spoke unhurriedly with a smile:

“Everyone, please take care of me in the future. Alright, go back to the classroom. We’ll have my first class in the school in a bit.”

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Luo Shizhen didn’t know why everyone didn’t clap and looked at Chen He’an somewhat helplessly.

Chen He’an patted his shoulder. “Well done. Go to the classroom.”

Luo Shizhen looked hesitantly at his two friends. “But Chu Xiao and Big Brother…”

Chen He’an glanced at the other two students, his eyes smiling.

“Ignore them. They used to fight often. With teachers watching, they won’t fight into any trouble.”

“So that’s how it is.”

Luo Shizhen suddenly realized. It seemed true; Chu Xiao said Awakeners were dangerous, and Xiao Shan always said to train well to avoid being beaten.

It seemed Awakeners really liked fighting.

Chen He’an thought for a moment and said, “I’ll send you a list of Awakener sequence rankings. Take a look. Tomorrow when we meet, Teacher will quiz you.”

Luo Shizhen instantly stopped thinking about Chu Xiao and Xiao Shan, switching immediately to the obedient student mode, standing even straighter.

“Okay Teacher! I will memorize it well!”

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