novelhk Chapter 45 Lan Yu Qian Cong
Chapter 45 Lan Yu Qian Cong
"Hey, why didn't you go get the equipment with Xiao?" Shichen walked up to Lan Yuqiancong and asked softly.
The two of them were the only ones left on the entire playground.
"Teacher Shi." Lan Yuqian nodded slightly, but did not reply.
"Can you tell me your name?"
"My name is Aiba Asagi."
"Hello, Lan Yu... Is something on your mind?"
"Why do you ask that?" Aiba Asagi finally looked at the time properly.
"Hmm... how should I put it, I saw sadness in your eyes."
"Really?" Asagi Lanyu paused for a moment, then looked away.
"Did I hit the nail on the head?"
"..." Asagi Aiba did not respond, but it was clear that she had tacitly agreed.
Even without the mission's reminder, Shi Chen knew why she was acting so withdrawn at this moment.
Her mother passed away around this time.
He doesn't have any healing abilities or magic, but he does have fragments of divine power. Since he was able to save Nishiki Chizuka, he can definitely save Aiba Asagi's mother as well.
Asagi Aiba is very strong; she can get through this on her own. But if possible, he wants her family to remain happy.
It wasn't for the mission, but simply because she was a good girl. Of course, the main reason was that she was very cute, and Shichen used to like her a lot too.
But Shi Chen didn't believe he could gain her trust so quickly; he needed to get to know her and become friends first.
"Can you tell me why?" Shichen continued to ask.
"...What does the teacher want to do?" Asagi turned her head and looked at him warily.
"Don't misunderstand, I just wanted to show some concern for my students as a teacher," Shi Chen quickly explained, waving his hand.
"Teacher, I'm not stupid." Asagi looked at him calmly. "We've only just met, haven't we? And you're a PE teacher, why would you care about me for no reason?"
"...That seems to make some sense."
"Is the teacher trying to get to know my dad through me?"
Asagi Aiba's father is a councilor on Itogami Island, a position of considerable importance, and many people want to curry favor with him.
"No, I have absolutely no interest in your father," Shi Chen denied directly.
"Yeah?"
"Don't disbelieve me, you should know Nangong Nayue, right? She's my sister. Do you think I need to know your father?"
"What? Nangong Nayue is the teacher's older sister?" Ai Yu Qiancong exclaimed in surprise.
"Yes, she's the one who introduced me to this teaching position," Shi Chen confessed truthfully.
This information is readily available; there's no need to hide it.
"If what the teacher said is true, then there's really no need for him to know my father through me." Lan Yuqian frowned as she stared at Shi Chen, still somewhat skeptical.
However, given Shichen's unique temperament and extraordinary appearance, the credibility of the story is still quite high.
"Trust me, you can easily find all of this information."
"Yes, I'll look into it." Lan Yuqian nodded.
"Now can you tell me about your situation? My sister is Nangong Nayue; maybe I can help you solve your problem?"
Shichen felt ashamed for using Nangong Nayue to gain Lan Yu Qiancong's trust, but he had no choice. He couldn't find any other reason, and he wasn't sure when Lan Yu Qiancong's mother would have an accident.
Time is a bit tight.
"Why is the teacher so enthusiastic?" Asagi asked, puzzled. "Normally, a teacher wouldn't be so inquisitive about a student they've just met, right? Besides, this isn't even your job."
"Hmm... just consider me a good person."
"You really don't have any ulterior motives towards me?"
"What could I possibly want from you?" Shi Chen laughed, bluntly stating, "You little brat, you have neither a good figure nor good looks."
"...You're saying I'm not good-looking?" Asagi Aoba retorted.
"Isn't that right? No matter how cute you are, it's useless if you have a cold face."
"...Teacher, you're not a lolicon, are you?" Lan Yuqiancong frowned, her beautiful brows furrowing as she took two steps away from Shichen.
"..." Shi Chen's lips twitched. Are you serious about taking those two steps back?
"How is that possible!"
"I'm a little skeptical, otherwise I really can't understand why the teacher would be willing to help me."
"...Can't you just think of me as a good teacher?"
"I can't imagine, such a teacher doesn't exist." Asagi Aoi shook her head.
"...How can someone so young be so materialistic?" Shi Chen looked at her helplessly.
"Okay, okay, I'm a lolicon. I think you're so cute that I couldn't help but want to help you, alright?"
"..."
Aiba Asagi suddenly fell silent, staring at him intently without blinking.
"...Say something!" The sudden silence made Shi Chen feel inexplicably ashamed.
"The teacher is really a strange person." Lan Yuqian smiled slightly, pursing her lips.
"Now you don't believe I'm a lolicon anymore?"
"No lolicon would admit to being a lolicon," Aiba Asagi replied with a smile.
"Can you tell me about it now?"
Would anyone who isn't a lolicon admit to being a lolicon?
Shichen felt that he could now approach lolis by admitting that he was a lolicon.
They definitely won't believe it.
"Alright, I'll just assume the teacher is a good person." Asagi approached Tokimitsu again.
"Let's sit over there and talk."
"it is good."
Shi Chen led Lan Yuqiancong to a bench by the playground and sat down.
The two were quite a distance apart, and Shi Chen gazed into the distance, not in a hurry to urge her.
Lan Yuqian sat upright, silent for a long while, before finally speaking: "Teacher, it seems my mother is dying."
Are you sick?
"Yes, the hospital can't cure it..." Lan Yu Qiancong lowered her head, her voice trembling with tears.
"I see." Shi Chen looked at her, feeling pity in his heart, and couldn't help but reach out and pat her head.
"Thanks for your hard work."
"Waaah..." Asagi Aiba burst into tears.
She had been enduring this, feeling desperate, afraid, and powerless. The pain in her heart was finally expressed, and that sorrow was finally released.
"Cry, it'll make you feel better," Shi Chen said gently, rubbing her head.
At this moment, words of comfort are unnecessary; simply being there for her, as someone she can confide in, is the best thing you can do.
At such a young age, barely old enough to understand, she has to endure this kind of pain and be forced to mature. This is not something a girl should go through.
He let her speak, or perhaps because she genuinely needed someone to listen, and he just happened to press her for an answer.
A little girl's psychological defenses are limited.
Lan Yuqian didn't cry for long, only a dozen seconds. She was already numb from crying, but this time she had finally spoken out and someone was listening.
"I'm sorry to have made you laugh, teacher." Lan Yuqiancong turned her back to Shichen and wiped away her tears in embarrassment.
Shi Chen withdrew his hand and shook his head: "How could that be? Rather, I admire you."
"Admire me?" Lan Yuqian turned her head, looking at him with a puzzled expression, her eyes red.
"You must have been enduring this for a long time, right?" Shichen asked softly.
"..." At this sentence, Aiba Asagi almost couldn't help but cry again.
My mother's emaciated appearance is etched in my mind. She endured it all alone every day, surrounded by people her own age, with no one to confide in. She truly endured it for a long time.
"Don't worry, I can save your mother." Shi Chen reached out and patted her head again.
"Is what the teacher said true?" Asagi looked at him in disbelief.
"Yes, trust me," Shi Chen said with a smile.
"Can I really trust my teacher?"
"I know it's hard to convince you before we've actually done it, but wouldn't you like to try another possibility?"
"I want to try!" Asagi Aiba replied earnestly.
"Yes, I can go and rescue your mother anytime. It's up to you to decide, or you can ask your father first."
"I see."
"Trust me, I won't let you down," Shi Chen said, rubbing her head to comfort her.
"Teacher, why are you helping me?" Lan Yuqian asked earnestly, pushing his hand away.
"Didn't I tell you? I'm a lolicon." Shi Chen took his hand off her head and gently brushed her nose.
"You're so cute, I don't want to see you sad and upset every day. Being happy is what you should be like at your age."
"Teacher..." Asagi stared blankly at Shichen and slowly said, "I suddenly feel that being a lolicon isn't so bad."
"You actually believed that...?"
"Isn't Teacher Nangong's older sister? Maybe you have some kind of sister complex." Lan Yu Qiancong joked.
"..."