Regarding the question of whether one thousand lives are enough to beat Honkai Impact 3rd.

That's why the classroom is always so quiet when he comes in. Even someone as lively as Carol would unconsciously lower her tone and volume in front of Su Qing'an.

The boy's fingertips tapped on the wooden tabletop, producing a crisp, clear sound. He casually glanced down at Sato Yuno in the seat in front of him, but his eyes flashed with an indescribable emotion.

Through this period of time, he has come to know that Sato Yuno is the roommate that Fu Hua had told him about before. This inexplicable coincidence always makes people think of the relationship between the two in the original timeline.

Yuno and Hana...

From the perspective of the two being the same age, their original relationship naturally evolved into that of friends and playmates. Although it was difficult to pull them out of their past impressions, it was precisely because of the past that their interactions were more interesting to Su Qing'an.

He placed his lesson plan on the table, looked up and faced the packed classroom, and said:

"Then let's begin the lesson."

Just as Su Qing'an was taking out tools from the locker under the podium, a faint rustling sound coming from a corner caught his attention.

The boy looked in the direction of the sound and saw Carol quietly covering her mouth and... Fu Hua.

The girl's upright posture gradually disappeared, and a pink blush slowly seeped from her delicate face and her blue eyes, along with the blurring of focus, vanished.

Fu Hua silently took the coat from Carol's waist to cover her face under Carol's questioning gaze. Her slender fingers trembled slightly as they dug into the fabric, and she couldn't help but feel a sense of despair.

Master Su! What are you doing here?

This is completely unreasonable! You couldn't even write when you first came to my house, so why are you applying for a teaching job now?

Even if Dad got you an identity document, you still don't have a teacher's certificate. How did you manage that? It's outrageous!

In that case... wouldn't we have a triple taboo relationship?

The siblings on the ID card.

Master and disciple in martial arts.

The teachers and students at the academy.

Something's not right, something's not right, something's not right.

In the brief moment after the system crashed, the girl's rapid thought process plunged her into a state of chaos.

Su Qing'an, standing on the podium, couldn't help but smile as she watched her adorable, self-deceptive act.

Finally, I saw it! Hua's interesting reaction is worth keeping.

48. Carol gradually came to understand everything.

Let's calm down and go find the time machine first.

Waaaaah, let me go back to a month ago!

Under Su Qing'an's piercing gaze, the little girl buried her head completely in the fabric. Carol, noticing Fu Hua's odd behavior, tilted her head closer to the girl's body, then quietly tugged at her sleeve and said:

"Xiao Hua, Xiao Hua, what's wrong with you? It's not like Teacher Su is so beautiful that you're too shy to look at her a second time, is it?"

The little girl's words were barely audible as she uttered them:

"...No, that's not it."

Carol's expression shifted from worry to curiosity, then to a look of understanding. She looked at Fu Hua with gentle eyes and said comfortingly:

"I understand. Even if Xiaohua is old-fashioned, she's still a girl her age."

"And if it's Teacher Su on the other side, it's normal for you to fall in love right away. After all, if it weren't for the school's rules, the teacher's podium would be full of love letters."

The girl lay face down on the table, refusing to lift her head. Her voice, muffled and low, carried a touch of endearing naiveté.

"...Carol is an idiot, but that's not the key reason."

Although she wasn't completely indifferent to it, what made her most ashamed was that she hadn't realized for a whole month that the central figure behind all the gossip was Master Su.

Recalling the countless times they had brushed past each other, even Fu Hua herself belatedly realized how slow-witted she had been.

If Carol hadn't dragged her to Su Qing'an's class today, when would she have found out?

How awful! How awful! How awful!

Su Qing'an is so wicked! She's obviously doing it on purpose. She just wants to see me like this!

Seele must have known all along but deliberately kept quiet.

...It's decided. The condition for forgiving Chef Su this time is to put more green peppers in the little guy's dinner.

Being a picky eater is forbidden for children, all for the sake of their nutritional balance.

Carol couldn't understand what Fu Hua meant by the key element, but her keen intuition told her that her casual remark might actually be true.

This is really bad, Xiaohua. Teacher Su seems like the kind of person who's impossible to deal with.

Moreover, the possibility of a man with this kind of looks not having a romantic partner and being single is extremely small. Even if it were true, it would only prove that he is harder to pursue.

Xiaohua is indeed very pretty and cute, but her personality makes it impossible to expect her to take any action. Carol glanced at the excessively young teacher and sighed.

But she soon realized that this was also a good thing.

Although it seems destined to end without a trace, the standards for first love should be raised a bit, otherwise it's so boring.

Carol, after thinking for a while, encouraged the girl who had her head down:

"Xiao Hua, keep it up!"

"...I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, Carol."

……

……

The boy below the podium barely suppressed the urge to smile. If Hua saw him laughing, she would probably get upset.

As a result, the students who were seated and did not have time to take out their phones to take a picture felt a deep sense of regret.

It's worth mentioning that Sato Yuno, sitting in the first row, calmly put her phone away, giving the impression that she had everything under control.

And at that moment, she thought to herself.

It's decided. I'll use this photo to trade for a meal with Xiaohua sometime in the future.

I made a profit.

……

……

After a long ten minutes, the girl's head, which had been buried in the fabric, gradually lifted because Jianxin could not sense Su Qing'an's straightforward and smiling gaze. Her cute little face was flushed, and her blue eyes widened slightly involuntarily when they met the boy's face, looking somewhat indignant.

But seeing Su Qing'an's focused demeanor during class, her emotions gradually calmed down as his cool, detached tone settled into the room.

She secretly observed the person on the podium, wondering to herself, "Is this how Master Su is when he teaches others?"

It seemed that his tone was completely different from when he taught me the Taixu Sword Qi. Both his gaze and the expression on his face were much gentler than they were now.

Cough cough, that's true.

After all, martial arts like the Taixu Sword Qi are different from general courses like art classes, so it's normal for Master Su's teaching attitude to be different.

The little girl's lips were slightly pursed, yet there was an irresistible upward curve to her lips, which made Carol, who had been watching her closely, reveal a meaningful expression.

While Fu Hua wasn't paying attention, she quietly took out her phone and snapped a picture of her.

Carol glanced at the smiling profile of the girl Ranxia on the screen, then smiled even more brightly before making a victory fist gesture.

Dark history revealed!

Hmph, I'll send it to Yuno later.

This person and Sato Yuno are birds of a feather; they have unknowingly embarked on a path of mutual respect and sympathy because of their shared love of teasing Fu Hua.

Fu Hua seemed to feel that Su Qing'an hadn't deliberately treated her differently, but her mood honestly became cheerful.

Half an hour later, the bell rang as scheduled to signal the end of get out of class.

Su Qingan glanced at the clock on the wall, but instead of calculating when she could leave work as usual.

Unfortunately, Seele couldn't stand the strange looks and the friendly chatter from students after class, so today she chose to stay home and watch TV in seclusion.

Otherwise, she would definitely have found this scene very interesting.

"————!" In the midst of the rustling sounds during the break, the special attention notification sound from the boy's phone instantly silenced the entire room.

All eyes that lit up were focused on Su Qing'an as he took his phone out of his pocket, and the way his eyes softened when he saw the screen made all the students' feelings instantly synchronized.

Teacher Su is acting strangely; she's completely different from usual.

That notification sound and emoticon are definitely suspicious!

So, amidst dozens of complex gazes—a mixture of anticipation, eagerness, shattered dreams, and curiosity—another word entered the boy's eyes.

"————".

Because of the inexplicably deathly silence, the sound of the message reached the students' ears all the more clearly this time.

It's confirmed, not an illusion.

This is the special attention notification sound set in the default settings.

Sitting in the first row, Sato Yuno turned around and glanced at Fu Hua in the back row with a world-weary look. She gradually understood everything and realized the truth.

Carol was constantly reporting her location in the group chat between the three of them, so she knew early on that Fu Hua had come to Su Qing'an's classroom, but this scene was something Sato Yuno had never imagined.

Xiao Hua is surprisingly bold, using such an open and aboveboard flirting method without anyone knowing that the person in question is present.

Is this... romance?

As Sato Yuno thought of this, the scene of Fu Hua going out at night suddenly flashed through her mind. She imagined what would happen next again, and her cheeks suddenly became a little hot.

The girl maintained a calm expression, secretly reaching out to touch her unusually warm face and pursing her lips.

How lecherous...

Ahem, and Teacher Su is acting really strange! Didn't she intend to silence her phone at all during work hours?

Ugh, I'm forced to eat dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).

I, Sato Yuno, am determined to avenge this!

Sato Yuno's gaze was deep and unfathomable. She opened the forum interface on her phone and logged into that mysterious alternate account.

[The mischievous Ms. Su and the vengeful Mr. Fu are now serializing their story in this thread!]