Chapter 18: Lost On The Road Of Life

Could people quickly change their bad habits after being informed of the point deductions?

In Ying Ye Zhenshi's opinion, the probability of this happening was very small.

In addition, if there were some people who were misbehaving, it was even more unlikely for the behaving few not to be influenced and start messing around again.

"I have to think of a way to get out…"

Otherwise, he would feel quite uncomfortable being bound to these individuals in his class.

Ying Ye Zhenshi finally returned to the Class D classroom.

And in there were, rather unexpectedly, still people who had not yet left.

Those who hadn't left yet looked at him, very surprised.

This was the individual who had disappeared all afternoon.

The teacher hadn't called him out on it in the class, but naturally, they found out since his desk was empty.

The students in class D messed around by not focusing in class or sleeping in class, but no one had the balls to skip class on the first day of formal education at ANHS.

It made the students remaining in class D give him a look as if to say- "You are so brave".

And Kushida-san just so happened to be one of the students left in the class.

"Ying Ye-san, where did you go this afternoon? You haven't been to class all afternoon, and as classmates of yours, we were very worried about you. Is there something wrong?"

With a concerned expression on her face, Kikyo Kushida approached Ying Ye Zhenshi.

She had thought that this man would never show up today, but he suddenly appeared.

"Nothing happened. I just got lost on the road of life, and then found myself in the wrong class."

Ying Ye Zhenshi explained with a serious tone.

"Huh? Wrong class?"

His waffling about getting lost on the road of life was directly ignored by Kushida Kikyo.

"To be specific, I went to a few wrong classes."

Ying Ye Zhenshi spoke.

He didn't mention anything about his time at the other classes since there was no need.

"That is too..."

Kushida Kikyo didn't even know how to react to what he said.

"Since that happened, would you like me to accompany you around the school from now on?"

She changed what she was going to say and extended an invitation to guide him around.

As for her invitation, Ying Ye Zhenshi directly refused, not wanting to be a burden on her.

"No, I've already taken note of the route, and I won't remember the way wrong tomorrow. I'm sorry to have troubled you, Hanada-san. I'll be going now."

With his habitual use of the wrong name, he attempted to run away before she could respond.

"My name isn't Hanada. I'm Kushida Kikyo, and someone from the student council came to see you today. What happened?"

Kushida Kikyo mentioned something else that got him listening though.

As for being referred to by the incorrect name, she was already used to it, and she didn't believe he couldn't remember her name after that many corrections.

'This Ying Ye Zhenshi… If he isn't pulling this stunt to attract me, then he's the type of guy who likes men. Dead pervert! Brainless pervert!'

"Student Council?"

Ying Ye Zhenshi looked at his phone all of a sudden.

Because he had gone to spy on the other classes, it was muted.

There were indeed calls and text messages on it.

It mentioned something about the second years' apology.

It wasn't because he was an absentee from class and that he was being punished by the student council.

Just as he thought, even if he skipped classes openly, his class's points would be deducted, but no one would care about him playing truant.

He sent a message back to the student councillor who texted him and made an appointment to meet up tomorrow.

He would accept the face-to-face apology from the second-year senpai.

After solving the issue at hand, he looked at Kushida Kikyo who was still standing in front of him.

"Well then, thank you, Kushida-san. I've already sorted out the matter."

Ying Ye Zhenshi pretended not to notice her curious gaze as she tried to push him into telling her what had happened.

Without looking back, he took his things and decided to run away.

The person who cooks the rice cooks the soul of the meal. [T/N: Idiom that probably means something along the lines of, if he begins to answer one question/curiosity of hers, it'll be a downward spiral of answering her curiosities.]

He went to eat, leaving the girl behind.

Kushida Kikyo stood there, watching his retreating form with a resentful expression on her face, and stomped her feet angrily.

If she had a death note, she would have wanted to add one more person to her notebook.

In the canteen, while he was eating…

Ying Ye Zhenshi happened to meet his classmate Yosuke Hirata, who was the one with an astronomical communication ability.

The guy had obviously come here specifically to look for him.

Appearing while Ying Ye Zhenshi was eating was a tip-off.

"Ying Ye-san, is there anything going on that kept you from attending class all afternoon? If you need help with anything, you can find me."

For the withdrawn and introverted students, Hirata paid close attention to them and displayed a soft and sunny smile while interacting with them.

It felt like the female version of Kushida Kikyo had appeared before Ying Ye Zhenshi.

"Oh, I just got lost on the road of life and went to the wrong class."

His answer was the same as before.

When Ying Ye Zhenshi looked at Hirata, he neither felt humiliated nor angry by the ambiguous answer at all.

"If you need any help, you must come find me. You are welcome in the class. I don't want to be nosy, so I won't ask too much. I just want to be a sincere friend. If a friend of mine needs help, I will be happy to help."

Hirata-san spoke in an easy-going tone.

After talking for a while, he proposed to exchange contact information.

After getting Ying Ye Zhenshi's contact information, he chose to leave without disturbing the eating student any further.

He was a very moderate and careful individual.

Seeing that there was a new contact saved on his mobile phone, Ying Ye Zhenshi didn't ponder over it much.

And then he left after having finished his meal.

[T/N: Daily reminder that nice guys always finish last.]

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