Part 3
That night, Ying Liu was taken to Eternal Day overnight for examination, confirming almost zero risk of falling.
That night, the three people in the confinement room beat each other up again.
That night, Luo Shizhen had a dreamless sleep.
In the morning, he woke up full of energy.
“Good morning!”
Luo Shizhen greeted Lu Qiujin, who had woken up even earlier than him and just come out of the bathroom.
Lu Qiujin paused, and amidst Luo Shizhen’s brilliant smile, he smiled too. It was still the standard perfect smile, but it felt a bit happier.
“Good morning.”
Luo Shizhen began to diligently tidy his bed, wash up, get dressed, and recite the knowledge points learned from Lu Qiujin last night during the intervals.
Lu Qiujin was also flipping through books. He hadn’t cared much about this theoretical knowledge before, but now he felt the need to study it more diligently.
Seeing Lu Qiujin studying early in the morning, Luo Shizhen immediately felt a sense of crisis.
Lu Qiujin’s grades were much better than his, yet he was still working so hard. He had to work even harder!
Cheering himself on, Luo Shizhen was even more serious in class today, his face almost written with “I love studying.”
His positive attitude won the favor of Teacher Liu of the cultural class. After class, he even gave Luo Shizhen extra tutoring alone.
After tutoring Luo Shizhen for half an hour, he gave him a big handful of candy.
“This candy is very sweet. When you get tired from studying, suck on one to replenish sugar and have more energy to study.”
Luo Shizhen thanked the teacher with delight.
He respected teachers greatly, and their praise was a supreme honor to him.
Besides, he liked eating. As long as it was tasty, he loved it.
Seeing the child so happy, Teacher Liu felt comfortable too.
He had tried distributing candy to students before, but those little brats acted high and mighty, disliking candy for being childish.
A bunch of eighteen or nineteen-year-old youngsters, inherently at a childish age—what’s wrong with eating candy?
He ruffled Luo Shizhen’s head.
Having seen Chen Heyan do this last time, Teacher Liu had wanted to ruffle it for a long time.
Sure enough, it felt great.
He smiled and said, “Alright, go play. While you should study hard, you must balance work and rest. Remember to rest if you’re tired.”
“I know. Thank you, Teacher Liu.”
Luo Shizhen agreed earnestly and happily left the teacher’s office with a pocketful of candy.
Back at his seat, just as he was about to bury his head in study again, a thick notebook was gently pushed over.
Luo Shizhen was puzzled at first, then surprised to see it was Ying He.
“Is this the notebook you kept before?”
Ying He nodded. “Yes. Take this one to read first. There is another one; I’ll give it to you when you finish this one.”
Luo Shizhen was incredibly grateful. “Thank you. I will definitely keep it safe and won’t dirty it.”
“What is given to you is yours; you don’t need to return it. If there’s anything you don’t understand, just ask me online.”
Luo Shizhen was confused. “Online?”
They are sitting so close; wouldn’t it be better to just ask directly?
“Yes. I’m leaving. Eternal Day recalled not only Ying Liu but also me.”
Luo Shizhen suddenly understood. “You are going to be a Guardian too.”
He was envious. “That’s so good.”
Ying He couldn’t see any reluctance in his expression, but this was expected.
The time he spent with Luo Shizhen was too short.
The black-haired boy smiled. His smile, like his emotions, was very shallow and stable.
“I haven’t thanked you yet. Ying Liu’s falling has stopped. He said it was thanks to you.”
“Me?”
Luo Shizhen was confused. “I didn’t do anything.”
“You praised the color of his wings. Maybe because of that, he stopped falling.”
Ying He didn’t mention that last night Ying Liu had bombarded him with messages, repeating over and over: “He said my feather color is dazzling,” “He said I’m like the sun,” “He said I’m amazing,” “I like him,” “I like him so much.”
Having written notes all night and seeing these messages early in the morning, for Ying He to still smile now meant his emotional stability was truly genuine.
“After class later, can you go to the rooftop with me?”
He extended an invitation. “I heard from Ying Liu that you envy him being able to fly. Shall I take you for a flight?”
Luo Shizhen was indeed delightfully surprised. “Can I? Won’t it be too much trouble? Also, I’m very sturdy; can you carry me?”
“Don’t worry.”
Ying He smiled and extended his hand to him. “Whatever else, I am an Awakener. Carrying a person is still very easy.”
If Ying Liu wanted to fly with Luo Shizhen, he would have hesitated, mainly because Ying Liu looked a bit unreliable.
But Ying He had a scholarly temperament that made Luo Shizhen trust him involuntarily.
He agreed happily:
“Okay!!”
After class, Luo Shizhen followed Ying He to the rooftop.
Ying He spread his wings. The huge wings were several meters long, with pure white feathers exuding a holy aura.
Ying He smiled and extended both hands to Luo Shizhen. “Let’s go.”
The feeling of going up into the sky was great.
Luo Shizhen hugged Ying He tightly, cheering with surprise and joy as Ying He deliberately swooped down and soared up again and again.
The teachers watched intently. With such a big commotion, they naturally knew.
Standing by the window, Teacher Liu was worried. “Isn’t this dangerous? What if Ying He loses his grip and Shizhen falls?”
Chen Heyan laughed. “Look carefully below.”
Teacher Liu looked closely and realized that a large net woven from a Manipulator’s spiritual power had appeared below the school without anyone noticing.
Dense and covering everywhere.
Even if an accident really happened and Luo Shizhen fell, he would be gently caught by this large net.
Teacher Liu felt relieved. “This was Teacher Sui’s doing, right?”
He sighed. “I thought Teacher Sui was a cold-hearted person before. I didn’t expect him to be quite patient with students.”
Sui An, who was mentioned, was also looking at the sky above the school.
Lin Qi felt that Ying He was truly one to amaze the world with a single feat.
“Is this the first Angel to fly with someone? Look how happy Shizhen is. Tsk, why don’t I have wings? If I had wings, I’d take him for aerial rides every day.”
Sui An laughed. “Children love to play. It’s normal. Let them play.”
Lu Qiujin was walking back from the teacher’s office with a pile of study materials.
Everything was going smoothly, except bonding somehow turned into a quiz show.
But that didn’t matter. He could clearly feel that for every question he answered, Luo Shizhen’s favorability toward him increased by a point.
I’ll finish reading these materials today and copy some others tomorrow.
After all, Luo Shizhen would ask him questions at night.
To be purified, he naturally had to cater to his preferences.
The confinement time for those three was almost up. Once they came out, the time alone in the dorm would be gone.
Fortunately, he realized now that Luo Shizhen was attracted to people who studied well.
It was just studying. Lu Qiujin was confident he could keep Luo Shizhen’s gaze firmly on himself.
Walking in the corridor while marking key points on the study materials with a pen, Lu Qiujin suddenly felt something sweep past in front of him.
Probably some student fighting and throwing shot puts as weapons again.
He looked up impatiently, only to see Luo Shizhen being held by Ying He, flying in the sky.
Lu Qiujin: “…”
Seeing him, Luo Shizhen waved excitedly to greet him.
“Lu Qiujin!! Look at me! Ying He is flying with me!”
“It’s so fun!!”
Lu Qiujin, who could not fly: “…”
—Snap.
The pen in his hand broke.
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