Part 2
Sirens are good at water, so naturally, he couldn’t drown anymore.
Rong Nian was also unlucky. He was too young, knew nothing, didn’t know where he was, and didn’t know to go ashore for help.
In this state, he spent half a year alone in the sea.
During this half-year, Rong Nian lived like a real Siren, eating fish when hungry, sleeping in shipwrecks when tired, and constantly guarding against attacks from predators in the sea.
Then came capture by a foreign fishing boat, first sold to a circus, then resold to a curious goods merchant, and then sold by the merchant to a wealthy person in that country.
It wasn’t until Rong Nian was fourteen and auctioned again that a Xia Country businessman present happened to know some inside information about Awakeners. Seeing Rong Nian’s Xia Country appearance, he bought him back and contacted the Awakener Center.
At that time, Rong Nian had lived as a wild beast for eleven years, more than three times the time he had lived as a human.
Luo Shizhen: “Was he raised like a fish?”
“Yes. Although Rong Nian has been back in the country for three years and looks similar to a normal person on the outside, deep down, he still feels he is a wild beast and not of the same species as us.”
Chen He’an’s voice was gentle. “But the teachers know that he is actually constantly trying to restrain his Siren nature; otherwise, he wouldn’t be just First-Order now. Rong Nian has been suppressing himself.”
“Shizhen, you are the first friend Rong Nian has made at school. He likes you very much.”
Luo Shizhen was flattered. “Does he really like me? Does he consider me a friend?”
Because Rong Nian hadn’t said he wanted to be friends with him, he had always understood it as them just being roommates.
Chen He’an: “If he is willing to get close to you, he likes you. When have you seen him get close to other classmates?”
Luo Shizhen thought about it. It seemed true. Even with Xiao Shan and Lu Qiujin in the same dorm, Rong Nian stayed far away and barely spoke.
“Seems so.”
Luo Shizhen was a little happy. So, I made a new friend again?
Then as a friend, he felt he could consider doing something to make his friend happy.
“I’ll raise Rong Nian!”
After careful consideration, Luo Shizhen made this serious decision:
“He can eat by himself and has a salary. He is easier to raise than a puppy. Even if something happens to me and I can’t raise him anymore, he can take care of himself.”
Luo Shizhen hadn’t raised fish, but Zhang Chuan’s mother did. Zhang Chuan told him that raising fish required cleaning the fish tank almost every day, which was troublesome.
But with his strength, what was cleaning a fish tank?!
Luo Shizhen patted his chest and said loyally:
“If Rong Nian feels he is a fish, I can raise him as a fish. I can clean the fish tank every day!”
Chen He’an simply couldn’t imagine how excitedly crazy Rong Nian would go if he heard this sentence.
He quickly stopped him. “Shizhen, Teacher telling you this isn’t to let you go along with everything Rong Nian says. It’s just to say that in the future, if you have time, you can talk to him and chat. That is enough.”
“No need to do other things. Even if Rong Nian wants to, you shouldn’t agree.”
Luo Shizhen didn’t quite understand. “What other things?”
Chen He’an: “Cough, for example, he just said he wanted to sleep with you. In situations like this, you have to refuse.”
Although Rong Nian didn’t seem to have that kind of idea about Luo Shizhen and was likely purely attracted by the lack of dark emotions on Luo Shizhen.
But Chen He’an felt… it was hard to say.
Luo Shizhen nodded. “Don’t worry, Teacher. I was going to refuse anyway. He is too cold. My cold hasn’t healed yet. If I sleep with Rong Nian, it will definitely get worse.”
Chen He’an opened his mouth, wanting to say that wasn’t the reason.
But seeing Luo Shizhen’s dark, shining eyes looking at him with utter clarity, he silently swallowed the rest of his words.
“Cough, where are Xiao Shan and Chu Xiao? And Qin Yinian, didn’t you guys walk together?”
Chen He’an looked at those empty seats, a bad feeling rising in his heart.
He had guessed earlier that these people weren’t here. If they were, they would have interrupted Rong Nian’s nonsense long ago.
Sure enough, Luo Shizhen said cheerfully:
“Big Brother and Chu Xiao said they wanted to go out and chat. Qin Yinian said he wanted to watch them chat. The three of them went out together and will be back in a while.”
Chen He’an: “…”
Everyone knew that these Elemental Users in their school couldn’t stand the sight of each other.
And what he saw just now was them at daggers drawn, wishing they could stab each other to death.
Chat?
Going for a fight, right?!
Luo Shizhen was still happy and didn’t have any negative emotions about his friends “going out to play privately” without calling him.
“Qin Yinian told me before that Chu Xiao and Big Brother didn’t get along, but after a fight, maybe ‘no discord, no concord.’ Maybe in the future, the two of them can become friends too.”
Chen He’an: …No discord, no concord? More like fought once and want to fight again, right?
He looked down at his watch. Sure enough, the teacher stationed at the training ground had sent a message saying Chu Xiao and Xiao Shan were battling.
Just after reading it, a new message popped up:
[What happened? The two of them look like they want to beat each other to death. Although they were harsh in sparring before, they were never this harsh.]
[Oh my! Qin Yinian jumped in too. Now it’s a three-person brawl.]
[Strictly speaking, Xiao Shan and Chu Xiao are beating each other to death, and Qin Yinian hits everyone. Oh my, oh my! He successfully angered both of them. Now the two of them are focusing fire on Qin Yinian.]
Chen He’an: “…”
Sigh, Awakener Teacher is truly a profession that shortens one’s life.
He sighed deeply and glanced at Luo Shizhen, who was still immersed in “My two friends are chatting privately, they must be cultivating feelings.”
Chen He’an replied to his colleague:
[Tell them to stop fighting. Class is starting.]
[Also, watch fewer Korean dramas.]
After a while, Luo Shizhen surprisingly saw his friends return injured.
Chu Xiao’s face was covered in injuries, Xiao Shan’s arm was broken, and there was blood at the corner of Qin Yinian’s mouth.
“What happened? Did you get beaten up? Who beat you?!”
Luo Shizhen was angry. He furiously pulled out the grenade, wanting to seek justice for his friends:
“Where are the people who beat you?!”
Maybe he was too angry; he was so angry he felt hungry.
The three who had beaten each other fell silent.
After all, Chu Xiao grew up with Luo Shizhen and had more experience in comforting him:
“We got carried away chatting and went to the training ground to spar for a while.”
Luo Shizhen: “Huh?”
He accepted this reason, but looking at their injuries, Luo Shizhen wasn’t so sure.
“Does sparring have to be this ruthless? Big Brother, your arm is about to break off. Chu Xiao, you are about to be disfigured. Qin Yinian, do… do you need to go to the infirmary?”
One sentence successfully made Chu Xiao and Xiao Shan’s faces look even worse.
Chu Xiao kept his head turned while speaking, only letting his uninjured half-face face Luo Shizhen, trying to hide the ugly burnt half.
Xiao Shan’s arm was broken, so he couldn’t put his arm around Luo Shizhen’s shoulder like before.
It could be said that when they attacked each other, they hit where it hurt most.
The only one still smiling was Qin Yinian. He wiped the corner of his mouth:
“It’s fine. We are Awakeners. This little injury is no big deal. It will heal in a few days; no need for medicine.”
After Qin Yinian finished speaking, he realized he spoke too soon.
Luo Shizhen was looking at Chu Xiao and Big Brother with worry.
He touched Chu Xiao’s face carefully with heartache, then looked uncomfortably at Big Brother’s arm:
“Better apply some medicine. This arm needs to be set too.”
Xiao Shan didn’t care. “A small injury. I can set it myself.”
Luo Shizhen worried, “Can you set it yourself? Isn’t it inconvenient?”
Just as Xiao Shan wanted to say what’s inconvenient, and set it with a click…
He watched helplessly as Chu Xiao—who once fought an Anomaly, had a piece of flesh sliced off exposing the bone, and didn’t cry out in pain—suddenly hissed, frowning slightly.
“It hurts.”
T/n: I’m loving this novel so far! Yay! Enjoy reading!
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