I was transported by the 100-ton Wang Chuangfei and became a plasma spark spirit?

"So it's Ms. Kato, it's a pleasure to meet you." Hayasaka Ai nodded slightly, her smile growing even brighter. "Lord Seiyo is so fortunate to have such a kind neighbor as you."

She emphasized the word "neighbor" in her words with a subtle tone, as if she were stamping this identity with an official seal of certification.

Kato Megumi seemed oblivious to the implication, merely blinking her eyes as her gaze shifted between Hayasaka Ai and Li Qingyang before finally settling on Li Qingyang with a pure expression of curiosity.

"Hey, Li-kun," she asked softly, "Hayasaka-san keeps calling you 'Lord Seiyo,' are you actually some important person hiding your identity? Like, a young master from some great family or something?"

Young master of a large family?

No, actually I'm an innocent orthopedic surgeon who was kidnapped from another world by a little ghost girl, and I'm currently in a supernatural state of being both an Ultraman gigolo and an Ultraman savior...

This fact obviously cannot be spoken aloud.

Li Qingyang's mind raced, but his face remained calm: "I'm not some young master from a big family, you're overthinking it."

He glanced at the smiling Hayasaka Ai across from him, cleared his throat, and said, "It's just that my elders and the Hayasaka family elders have some history, you could say they're old friends. I've run into some trouble here, I've lost all my documents and stuff. So her elders asked her to come all the way from Tokyo to help me with this."

"As for how she addresses me..." Li Qingyang pointed to the brown paper bag on the low table, his tone carrying just the right amount of helplessness, "It's just that she's used to using rather exaggerated honorifics. She's told me a few times but she can't change it. Don't worry about it."

This explanation is logically clear and well-founded. It not only explains why Hayasaka Ai is so respectful (as a junior from a family with a long-standing friendship), but also glosses over the issue of her social status, making it a perfect explanation.

After hearing this, the slight confusion on Kato Megumi's face vanished.

A look of realization dawned in those clear eyes, as if there was no doubt whatsoever.

She nodded slightly, her gaze falling on the conspicuous brown paper bag on the low table in the living room.

"Has the document issue been resolved?"

"Yes, thanks to her, it was resolved perfectly."

Li Qingyang patted the paper bag, a relaxed smile appearing on his face.

Upon hearing this, Kato Megumi's face lit up with genuine joy, and she then asked, "Then... will Li-kun come to Soubu High School with me?"

"..."

The smile on Li Qingyang's face froze.

The air in the living room seemed to freeze for a moment.

The television had already been paused, and the image was frozen on a close-up of the female lead's sorrowful face in the Japanese drama, creating a strange echo with the expression on the black-haired boy's face at this moment.

It’s over.

I've completely forgotten about it.

Previously, due to the lack of identification, the enrollment process had to be put on hold.

Now that the issue of identity has been resolved, the topic of schooling has naturally come back to the forefront.

The problem is, he never even considered going to high school!

Saving the world, self-torture training, exploring the evolution of light... which of these is more important than sitting in a classroom and going back to high school?

Moreover, the idea of ​​a soul nearing thirty years old going to study in the first year of high school with a group of fifteen- or sixteen-year-olds is itself a horror story no less terrifying than a monster invasion.

"About that..."

Aba aba~ Wai bi wai bi~ Wai bi ba bo~

The black-haired boy scratched his head, his brain working at an unprecedented speed, trying to come up with a plausible excuse in the shortest amount of time.

However, the next moment, a slender, fair hand was gracefully raised, like a top student answering a question from the teacher in class.

"Please rest assured regarding this matter, Ms. Kato."

Hayasaka Ai's gentle and steady voice, like heavenly music, rescued him from the abyss of embarrassment.

The blonde girl maintained her impeccable posture, a sweet and confident smile on her face, her sea-blue eyes looking directly at Kato Megumi beside her.

Ah! I have Admiral Hayasaka, we can get past this hurdle!

Compared to the rigid, almost-30-year-old inner self, Hayasaka Ai, this young woman, clearly thinks much faster. In the original work, she even serves as Kaguya's strategist, offering her plenty of advice. Presumably, she will definitely be able to help her escape her current predicament—

"Lord Qingyang had actually completed his high school education domestic long ago."

Li Qingyang: "?"

"And he was admitted to a top university with outstanding, even record-breaking, grades, and completed all his university credits ahead of schedule."

Li Qingyang: "???"

"Actually, before coming to the Second River Medical Center in Japan, he had already served as the chief physician in the private hospital run by his elders, thanks to his outstanding talent."

Li Qingyang: "??????"

The air was deathly still.

Only Hayasaka Ai's small mouth, opening and closing, was passionately and endlessly constructing a radiant and dazzling perfect persona for her idol.

The sincerity and pride on her face made it seem as if she were speaking not a lie, but some undeniable universal truth!

Because her Zoffy-sama is just that strong!

"The main purpose of this trip to Japan is to conduct a long-term, international, top-level academic exchange, and also to take a vacation and experience the pace of life and customs of different countries."

After the blonde girl finished speaking, she smiled slightly at the bewildered Kato Megumi and gave a perfect concluding speech.

The entire explanation flowed smoothly and flawlessly, its absurdity even exceeding the limits of Li Qingyang's own imagination.

He was completely stunned, speechless.

Chief Physician?

The position of director requires years of seniority to be filled!

Are there any private hospitals run by elders?

This is some kind of setting from a domineering CEO novel from the last century!

Isn't your imagination a little too advanced, you little maid?!

Li Qingyang was dumbfounded, feeling his吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or critical comments) spirit burning fiercely, but looking at Hayasaka Ai's bright eyes that seemed to say "Praise me, praise me," he couldn't utter a single word of his吐槽.

He silently turned his head and looked at Kato Megumi with an almost desperate gaze, already prepared to meet her questioning stare.

However, the bob-haired girl's reaction once again exceeded his expectations.

Kato Megumi blinked her clear eyes, a look of sudden realization crossing her face. She nodded earnestly, then sighed softly with a hint of admiration, "So that's how it is! So, Si Guoyi is actually a chief physician at the hospital. No wonder Li-kun's bone-setting skills are so good..."

“…” Li Qingyang twitched the corner of his mouth.

Oh no, I can't tell the difference.

It's impossible to tell the difference.

It was impossible to tell whether she genuinely believed this absurd nonsense or was pretending, playing along while knowingly keeping quiet...

Yes, it should be the latter.

Hayasaka Ai's act might be okay for fooling a certain blonde loser.

Trying to make a fool of Megumi as Eriri is a bit presumptuous...

"Hmm...it's alright, just so-so, not that amazing...more important than that, time is precious, let's focus on learning!"

Li Qingyang decisively chose to change the subject, his gaze falling on the math textbook spread out on the low table, and he pointed to the pages filled with complex functions and formulas.

"Studying is more important! Come on, let's see if there are any questions you don't understand?"

This topic shift was so abrupt it was almost painful... but what can you expect when a saint is so kind-hearted?

“Oh, oh, one, Ni, stay, wing, '氵II, dove, yew, already.’” The bob-haired girl seemed to have been successfully led astray. She blinked, followed Li Qingyang’s finger, and then stretched out her own fair and slender index finger, gently touching the lower right corner of the textbook.

"Actually, it's the most challenging problem in this quadratic function problem..."

"I tried drawing the auxiliary lines in this area in several ways, but none of them felt quite right, and I couldn't calculate the correct answer."

Li Qingyang leaned over to take a look.

The dense array of known conditions and complex function graphs instantly filled his field of vision.

To be honest, for someone who is almost thirty years old and has long since forgotten all of this high school knowledge, this thing is indeed quite difficult, comparable to a small battle.

But he is no longer an ordinary person.

Through repeated enhancements by light, his brain's computational and logical thinking abilities have far surpassed those of ordinary people.

He only frowned and pondered for a moment before retrieving and refining the problems he had returned to his teacher. Countless solutions flashed through his mind, collided, and were filtered out.

Soon, an optimal path was clearly outlined.

"Oh, I see..."

Li Qingyang suddenly realized what was going on, picked up the pencil on the table, and quickly started drawing on the draft paper.

"Look, draw an auxiliary line perpendicular to the X-axis from vertex A, then connect point C to the intersection point D of the parabola's axis of symmetry... In this way, we can use the properties of similar triangles to find the length of this unknown line segment..."

As he explained clearly and methodically, the pencil left smooth lines and rigorous formulas on the clean white draft paper.

The previously tense and eerie atmosphere vanished instantly under the sacred light of academia.

The only sounds in the living room were the boy's clear and steady voice explaining, and the reassuring scratching of a pencil across paper.

Kato Megumi's head also moved closer, a strand of hair with a faint shampoo scent almost brushing against his cheek.

She listened intently, her clear black and white eyes fixed on the deduction process on the draft paper, nodding occasionally and asking one or two key questions now and then.

The two quickly entered into a focused academic discussion mode, their heads close together, so close that they could feel each other's breath and body temperature.

This harmonious and intimate scene, however, seemed particularly jarring to the blonde girl on the other side.

Hayasaka Ai sat upright, her face still bearing an impeccable sweet smile, but a small flame of jealousy quietly ignited in her sea-blue eyes.

Looking at Li Qingyang's focused profile as he patiently explained, and then at Kato Megumi's obedient appearance as she listened attentively and nodded in agreement from time to time, she felt for the first time in her life like an out-of-place outsider.

I'm so annoyed.

So annoying...

I'm so angry! I'm so angry! I'm so angry!

I was here first—oh, I think I came later...

Well... in short, it's awful!

This seemingly harmless neighbor girl actually used the perfectly legitimate reason of studying to openly and legitimately capture all of Lord Qingyang's attention right in front of her!

Hayasaka Ai pouted slightly, picked up her glass with a hint of displeasure, and silently took a big gulp of iced tea, trying to extinguish her irritation with the cold liquid.

She hates!

I hate myself for being so busy delivering my idol's identity file today that I didn't even bother to bring a middle school math workbook from Kaguya-sama's study!

Otherwise, the one who would be able to sit head to head with Lord Qingyang right now, discussing academic problems in close proximity, would be Hayasaka Ai!

"...So that's how it is! I understand now!"

A dozen minutes later, with a soft exclamation of sudden realization from Kato Megumi, this final and most challenging problem was finally solved.

"Thank you, Mr. Li, I understand completely now."

The bob-haired girl smiled contentedly. She carefully copied the correct solution steps into her textbook, then closed the book and hugged it to her chest.

"Well... it's getting late, Mr. Li, I won't bother you any longer."

She stood up and gave a slight bow to Li Qingyang and Hayasaka Ai, displaying impeccable manners.

"I'm going back now."

"Okay, get some rest."

Li Qingyang also got up and escorted her to the entrance.

Outside the door, the night was deep, and the corridor lights were soft.

Kato Megumi turned around, holding her textbook, and waved to him with a comforting smile on her face.

Goodnight, Mr. Li.

"Good night."

Li Qingyang smiled and waved, watching her light figure walk down the stairs and disappear around the corner.

Click.

He closed the door, shutting out the light and sound from the corridor.