Zijing chatted with the girls for a while. Rosalia chattered about the new things she found in the academy; Lilia occasionally complained about her sister's childishness; Padu mysteriously avoided the girls in the orphanage and picked out the strange "alien gadgets" in her backpack; Xier and Xi ate cake quietly, occasionally exchanging curious and kind glances.

Zijing looked at the group of girls in front of her who had different personalities but were all full of energy, and she was also enjoying this time.

After checking the time, he was about to leave with Xi and Padu, but he felt an extremely subtle gaze with an indescribable "weight" that quietly fell on the back of his neck, like a cold spider silk.

Amethyst put down the teacup calmly, turned her head naturally, and looked towards the cherry blossom trees on the other side of the path.

There, a small figure wearing the uniform of a preparatory student of St. Freya Academy was hiding behind a thick tree trunk, sticking half of his head out to look over here.

She was a girl who looked younger than Bronya and the others, probably only about 11 or 12 years old. Her long, smooth black hair was tied into two loose ponytails, hanging on her shoulders. She had a face as delicate as a porcelain doll, and her skin was almost transparent white. At this moment, her obsidian eyes were fixed on Amethyst without blinking.

Amethyst frowned and looked at him.

"Early summer?"

Following Zijing's line of sight, Xier also spotted the girl, so she called out softly, "You're here too. Don't you want to sleep in the dormitory for a while?"

Hearing Seele's voice, the girl named Chuxia walked over silently, greeted Bronya and other girls in the orphanage, and then turned her attention to Amethyst.

She was looking at Zijing, and Zijing was also looking at her, as if whoever looked away first would lose, their gazes were fixed on each other.

"Little Hatsuha?"

Rosalia looked at Zijing, then at Chuxia, and patted the former on the shoulder, "Hey, come back to your senses. Even if this big brother is very handsome, you shouldn't stare at him for so long. It's very rude."

"Brother Zijing?"

Xi noticed that there was something wrong with Zijing's eyes, so he also turned his curious gaze to Chuxia.

"Sorry, I just find it a little strange that this little girl has black hair... Is she from an oriental country?"

Zijing retracted her gaze and asked the other people in the orphanage the second half of the sentence. Bronya replied, "I don't know. Chuxia was brought back by Cocolia's mother. We didn't ask."

As she spoke, Bronya also cast a questioning look over. However, Chu Xia shook her head, not knowing whether she didn't want to say it or she didn't know where she came from.

After thinking for a moment, Zijing put on a gentle smile and asked casually, "Does Chuxia live in the dormitory area for preparatory students?"

"Well, there's only one person living there."

Chuxia also smiled and tilted her little head to look at Zijing.

"Didn't the college arrange a roommate for you?"

"No, but it doesn't matter. Living alone is also very comfortable. I can adapt to it."

"It's not good to be alone at such a young age. It's best to find a companion."

"Then big brother, can you come and accompany me?"

"Of course, if you don't mind, you can always come and play with me in the future."

"Can it be at night?"

"Okay, but before I go to bed."

"..."

Zijing and Chuxia were chatting when they suddenly realized that the gazes around them were not right. Especially the girls from the orphanage, who were already treating Zijing as a suspicious person.

"Well, we should get going then. See you next time, Mr. Zijing."

Bronya stood up to say goodbye, and her attitude was slightly more defensive than before.

Rosalia and Lilia protected Chuxia on both sides as they left. Even Xier looked at Zijing with a somewhat conflicted and frightened look, but out of politeness, she bowed slightly to Zijing before leaving.

"Amethyst...teacher?"

Padu, who had been fiddling with small objects, was surprised to hear this title and asked, "Brother Li, when did you become a teacher?"

Xi knew that this was Bronya's misunderstanding. Just as she was about to explain, she heard Zijing say, "Oh, I didn't have time to tell you before that I will stay in St. Freya Academy for a while."

"Brother Li, are you serious?"

Padufils' mouth opened into an O shape and she didn't even notice a small part slipping out of her backpack.

Xi also opened her deep blue eyes in surprise: "Brother Zijing... wants to be a teacher?" She imagined Zijing standing on the podium and felt it was a bit novel and a bit... out of place?

Zijing looked at the surprised expressions of the two people at the same time, rubbed Padu's head with some amusement, causing her to scream, and patted Xi's shoulder gently: "What's so strange? It's just a name, and I teach some... um, special courses." He paused, and his eyes vaguely swept in the direction where Chuxia disappeared just now, "Also, I found that some of the 'students' here are indeed worthy of special attention."

Padu frantically picked up the fallen parts while muttering, "Special courses? Let me think... Brother Li, the special courses you can teach must be practical combat, right? But Brother Li, you don't usually use fists and feet... Hiss, could it be... Brother Li, I want to join too!"

Her eyes lit up, thinking of the pseudo-herrs who appeared during the second collapse, whose current power was provided by purple crystals. If she could get a little bit of it, wouldn't she be able to be reborn without any effort?

"I don't know what you're thinking, but let me make it clear that what I teach is theory."

Zijing's words broke Padu's fantasy, and the latter immediately refused to give in.

"Brother Li, we have to become stronger too! We don't have to reach the level of Sister Ai Li and Boss Kevin. As long as you fight with others in the future, I can help a little bit!"

Padufils was like a clingy cat, hanging on Amethyst's arm and shaking it hard.

Zijing felt a little dizzy and could only helplessly say that she would definitely do it next time if there was a chance.

Xi laughed softly a few times, but he keenly caught the deep meaning in Zijing's words before: "Brother Zijing...are you concerned about that little sister named Chuxia?"

"Yeah, I'm a little concerned." Zijing didn't hide it, but didn't say much either. "Okay, let's go. Padu, your baby should be sent to Mebius. Be careful that she gets impatient and comes to invite you in person."

Thinking of Sister Snake's half-smiling eyes and the cold scalpel, Paduo shuddered immediately and quickly put on her backpack: "Yes, yes, yes! I'll go right away! Goodbye Brother Li! Goodbye Sister Xi!" After saying that, she ran away.

Zijing smiled for a moment, then slowly fell into deep thought again.

Early summer... She must have come into contact with "Li", her aura is very weak. It is not ruled out that she has problems.

Change the plan temporarily and see if you can find any clues from her.