Ch 56: People’s memories get worse as they age.

“I reported to Director Pa that Wu La La might have contracted the Dark Blood Curse. Head Nurse Da Tiantian has been checking on her repeatedly these past two days and confirmed it.”

Currently, the symptoms of the Dark Blood Curse haven’t manifested. After a night’s rest, Wu La La seems lively and bouncing around.

But the consequences of the Dark Blood Curse weigh on everyone’s minds; everyone knows this is only a temporary facade.

As expected, Head Nurse Da Tiantian let the cat out of the bag, and Naiya was very angry after finding out.

This was entirely within his expectations, and he didn’t take Naiya’s anger to heart.

“I searched the library for information all night, but I couldn’t find a cure for the Dark Blood Curse.”

No cure could be found besides exchanging blood with a close relative.

“Don’t be under so much pressure,” Jian Ni, after calming down, became positive and optimistic again, “Wu La La is so cute, she’ll be fine!”

He put his arm around Mi Ya Xing, as if a solution already existed for all the difficulties before them.

“Yeah, she’ll be fine.”

Mi Ya Xing’s biggest worry now is not Wu La La.

However, it’s pointless to tell Jian Ni about this.

For most students, this class went smoothly.

Except for Jian Ni and Lanbao.

No one ever imagined that the beautiful and gentle Teacher Victoria would suffer from Explosive Personality Outburst Syndrome. Every time she sneezes, her personality changes, and the other personality is incredibly violent.

They didn’t even touch the potion-making materials for two seconds during the whole class; all the time was spent watching Teacher Victoria unilaterally beat up Jian Ni and Lanbao.

In the end, the kind-hearted Xia Guanglei made Victoria sneeze again, saving Jian Ni and Lanbao’s lives.

Rui Bu Si sympathized greatly: “Those two definitely clash with the Potionology class.”

That’s great; not only did they skip class, but they also saved themselves from doing homework.

She looked at Mi Ya Xing, who had been absent-minded since the beginning of class and was still standing there long after it ended: “Aren’t you going to the library to look for information?”

“No.”

He knew very well that he wouldn’t find anything in the library.

Last night, he was still somewhat unwilling to accept that he had seen through the Dark Clan’s scheme but was still powerless.

“Rui Bu Si.”

“Hmm?”

“Want some coffee?”

“No.”

Ya Ya said that drink is terribly bitter and hard to drink.

“I’ll treat you.”

“If you put it that way, I feel embarrassed to refuse.”

It’s rare for someone to offer to treat, even if it’s hard to drink, it’s worth a try.

“Why were you so sure Jian Ni would come out yesterday?”

“Why are you suddenly asking this?”

Of course, it’s because it was Victoria’s arrangement.

When Lanbao hadn’t yet become a Ten Star, their brief encounter at the infirmary door, after that, she always felt that there was deep meaning behind everything this teacher did.

It turns out there was deep meaning indeed.

But she couldn’t say that:

“Because he’s a good friend. Since I’m his good friend and can’t do anything else, of course I choose to believe in him.”

Mi Ya Xing hummed in response, his gaze empty as he looked at the coffee in his hand, his thoughts wandering off again.

Unexpectedly receiving a drink she had never had before, Rui Bu Si was in a good mood. She waved her hand in front of Mi Ya Xing’s eyes:

“What would you have done if Jian Ni hadn’t been able to get out?”

“Um…” His mind stalled for a moment. After coming to his senses, it took him a while to realize what she had asked, “First, I’d go to Teacher Victoria for help, if that doesn’t work, I’d go to the Magic Prophecy Book.”

“You’re thinking of breaking the school rules, huh?”

The school rules clearly state that students are not allowed to use the Magic Prophecy Book without permission.

“Jian Ni was trapped in the Backlash Mirror because of me. No matter what, I’ll find a way to save him.”

Special circumstances call for special measures; Director Pa wouldn’t make him leave school.

That’s true, Rui Bu Si thought, he entered Meng Academy at a young age, and he knows so many forbidden places, so he must have secretly broken school rules countless times.

“I think what you said makes sense.”

Huh? What makes sense?

She hadn’t drunk canned beverages before, and she was figuring out how to open it when she looked up and saw Mi Ya Xing, whose energy had largely recovered.

“Thank you!”

He let out a sigh of relief, as if he had figured something out. His footsteps were light as he left: “Don’t hesitate to come to me for help with homework next time.”

“Thank you… for what?”

The departed person could not hear her question, and Rui Bu Si had another puzzling matter.

Mysteriously, boys’ moods are really hard to understand.

Forget it.

“Maybe kids this age are all like this.”

She opened her coffee and took a sip.

The taste is strange.

She took another sip.

It’s actually pretty good.

Another…

“Student Rui Bu Si, what a coincidence, I just got back to Meng Academy and ran into you.”

A familiar voice, a familiar person, a well-behaved and sensible student, polite as ever: “Hello, teachers.”

Qian Jin, and the stern-faced Old Man beside him.

After the hair incident, Rui Bu Si finds it hard to stop her eyes from drifting towards the wig the Old Man is still wearing.

This is too abrupt.

So she could only look at Qian Jin.

But even though she felt awkward, Qian Jin didn’t.

“Oh, Student Rui Bu Si…”

Rui Bu Si is very familiar with this expression.

Almost as soon as Qian Jin opened his mouth, she knew what he was going to say.

Qian Jin seems to never tire of bringing up the Old Man’s hair.

Not only when he runs into her, but almost everyone. As long as he feels the other person doesn’t know, no matter what the topic of conversation is, it will inevitably involve the Old Man’s hair.

Suddenly remembering another small incident after the Backlash Mirror incident, her tone was cautious, yet she tried to sound curious: “Teacher Qian Jin, do you still remember how it was lost?”

The conversation between the two was rambling, but Rui Bu Si believed that all three of them would understand.

Working part-time can’t be all goofing off; two hundred years ago, the first thing she did after getting out of the Backlash Mirror was to send Yin Sen a message, telling Yin Sen to take advantage of the fact that the Five Stars weren’t yet assembled and launch an attack.

Of course, the specific reason for her proactive approach is: if she doesn’t let Yin Sen do this, she has to do it herself.

The reason for choosing Yin Sen is very simple—at that time, only Yin Sen would work hard and actively for the Great Emperor’s attention.

Therefore, while the teachers and students of Meng Academy were still recovering, the Dark Clan seized the opportunity to launch an attack.

After a relatively short period of time, Yin Sen began to struggle to withstand the Quark Clan’s counterattack. Seeing that Qian Jin’s magic was about to burn her clothes, Yin Sen unceremoniously pulled her, the undercover agent, over to use her as a shield.

Yes, the reason she remembers this little incident so clearly is because Yin Sen used her as a human shield without saying a word.

Even when losing, he was still so happy. It’s reasonable to suspect that Yin Sen has wanted to do this for a long time.

Qian Jin, in order not to harm her, abruptly diverted his magic.

Yin Sen escaped successfully, she was fine, the students present were fine, the only one affected was some poor fellow’s hair.

Afterward, at the infirmary, the unlucky one was laughed at a lot.

But it seems that less than a week later, all his hair grew back.

Grew… back?

It grew back, but it wasn’t necessarily by growing.

“How did it get lost?” Qian Jin frowned.

Why is this little classmate talking so nonsensically?

Ah, he understood:

“You mean my old friend’s hair, right? Oh, his is a case of…”

His words came to an abrupt halt.

He touched his bald head, his face devoid of smiles, very serious:

“Old people tend to have poor memory. Look at me, wasn’t I about to go find Director Pa to discuss the meeting? Why am I suddenly chatting here? Really…”