Chapter 122 I really can't fit in~ Just like every time before...

As with every time she traveled through time before, Sang Zhitao found herself in a strange world as soon as she opened her eyes.

only……

She frowned as she looked at the clean white wall in front of her, and subconsciously reached out to touch it, only to find that she had been sleeping with her head on a table and her arm as a pillow.

Sang Zhitao sat up abruptly, and before she could even take in her surroundings, she heard an annoyed voice say, "Mia! Go stand inside!"

Sang Zhitao didn't react for a moment until the girl next to her tugged at her sleeve and winked at her.

She instantly realized what was happening, looked up at the female teacher on the podium who was staring at her with a gloomy expression, pursed her lips, carefully squeezed out from behind her deskmate, and walked to the door.

"Today's lesson is 'Birds in the Great River,' written by Celia..." The sound of reading aloud drifted over, but Sang Zhitao, standing outside the door, felt that something was amiss the more she listened.

“The birds swimming in the river…” she murmured unconsciously, her brows furrowed. “This is indeed the world.”

Sang Zhitao sighed deeply. Sure enough, Team Leader Sheng An had found the pattern.

The book "Inversion and Order" is a short essay of over 100,000 words, and the story is very simple.

Twelve-year-old Mia is a child growing up in the Upside-Down City Orphanage. One day after school, she discovers that her teacher has disappeared, only to find the next day that the teacher is unharmed and continuing to teach them.

When her classmate went missing again, the daring Mia followed the kidnappers, only to find that they had been taken to a mysterious building.

Driven by the desire to rescue her friend, Mia attempts to explore the mysterious building, but encounters Toya, a scientist who has been framed, along the way.

From Toya, we learn that the world is being invaded by a virus, and that she is one of the unaffected by it.

Later, they discovered that the people who developed the virus and the people who kidnapped their teacher and friend were the same group, and even Mia's parents were among them.

In their parents' private laboratory, they found the answer and developed the repair potion.

Finally, with the help of the Crown Princess, they rescued the corrupted people, investigated the villains, and ultimately cleared Toya of the charges. Mia was also adopted by Toya and moved to the capital city.

Sang Zhitao frowned as she looked at the class sign—Class 2, Level 4 of University.

She couldn't help but twitch her eye. When she set it up, the school hierarchy in this world was completely opposite to that on Earth. Elementary school was the highest level of education, while university was the lowest.

Even after seeing the class name, she still couldn't determine the current time, since the original story mainly took place during holidays.

"Come out." The teacher's cold voice rang out from inside.

Sang Zhitao paused for a moment, then reflexively pushed the door open and went in. Seeing the teacher's gloomy expression, she lowered her head slightly and quickly ran back to her seat.

Seeing that she had already sat down, the teacher glanced at her casually before saying to everyone, "The exam starts in seven days, followed by winter break. You can all study on your own."

After watching her finish speaking, Sang Zhitao turned and left without hesitation. She subconsciously glanced out the window, seeing the bright sunshine outside. Thinking about what the teacher had just said about winter break, she couldn't help but sigh, "Summer is winter..."

Her friend Mira tugged at her arm suspiciously: "What's wrong? You're acting strange today?"

Sang Zhitao shook her head, considered for a moment, and then said to Mira, "Don't go through the alleys these next few days, it's very...safe there lately."

Mira nodded: "I understand. It was very dangerous before, that's why we went that way."

Sang Zhitao paused for a moment, silently adjusting to the fact that the other person's words were completely opposite to reality.

"That was the first class, I'm leaving now~" Mira slung her packed backpack over her shoulder and said goodbye to Sang Zhitao.

Sang Zhitao forced a smile and waved her hand until everyone in the classroom left. Then she silently packed her things: "I need to get used to it quickly... otherwise it would be ridiculous if Toya thought I had been corrupted and refused to believe me."

Thinking about it, she took another book out of her bag, planning to read it during her commute. After all, the exam was in a few days, and the original Mia was a top student. It would be troublesome if she got the lowest score.

"Last place is first, and first place is last..." Sang Zhitao silently repeated to herself several times, trying to hypnotize herself.

On her way home, Sang Zhitao subconsciously observed her surroundings.

A pretty girl came out of the store with a drink in her hand, chatting with her companion as she said, "This fruit drink is really delicious!"

“Right? I told you this new drink tastes better.” Her companion smiled happily, holding a cup of the same drink.

Sang Zhitao withdrew her gaze and silently repeated a few words in her mind: "Water is fire, fire is water."

Further on, several older people were walking their cats outside, while several young people carrying dog carriers quickly passed by.

Looking at the cat, which was bigger than a dog on Earth, and then at the small, docile dog beside her, Sang Zhitao couldn't help but take a deep breath, close her eyes, and only opened them after a while, helplessly accepting all the counterintuitive phenomena before her.

Passing by a vegetable shop, Sang Zhitao was somewhat bewildered by the various vegetables with upside-down roots on the stall, the fish in cages next to them, and the birds swimming around in the water tank behind them.

There was also an uncle holding money and haggling with the stall owner. He was also carrying a rooster in his hand, muttering that the rooster didn't lay eggs well and demanding a refund from the shopkeeper.

As I turned into the alleyway in front of my house, a mouse was challenging a dog, while a cat stood by, meowing and laughing.

After entering the house and lying on the bed, Sang Zhitao stared blankly at the ceiling, feeling only a headache.

After a long while, she sighed and sat up, looking around. It was a simple, old two-bedroom apartment with portraits of Mia's parents hanging in the middle of the living room.

According to the original book, although Mia grew up in an orphanage, she left the orphanage at the age of eleven due to some events and moved back to her parents' house. After that, she remained nominally an orphanage resident.

As for the reason, it was not written in the original book, and Sang Zhitao did not have Mia's memories, so we can only put it aside for the time being and not pursue it further.

Opening the refrigerator and looking at the strange ingredients inside, Sang Zhitao felt a bit helpless.

After a long silence, she slammed the door shut, opened her phone to find a food delivery app, but looking at the non-smartphone, she suddenly remembered that when she wrote this book, the concept of smartphones was just emerging, and she had only heard of them but never seen one.

With a helpless sigh, Sang Zhitao rummaged through the refrigerator and found a few vegetarian dishes. She simply stir-fried two plates of vegetables and ate a steamed bun to make do.

As she savored the strange taste of the steamed buns and vegetables, Sang Zhitao felt that her desire to go home had never been so strong as at this moment.

Looking at the textbook in her hand, Sang Zhitao rubbed her temples: "Luckily, there are no foreign language textbooks..."

Her Chinese was better than she had imagined; basically, as long as she paid attention to her wording, there wasn't much else to worry about.

"The founding emperor was an empress, and women were revered in every dynasty... This is the opposite?!" Sang Zhitao looked at the history book, sighed, then flipped through the math book next to her, her face filled with despair. "Completely the opposite!!"

When Sang Zhitao finally emerged from the sea of ​​knowledge, dawn was breaking, and the clock struck 5:30. Sang Zhitao sighed, "Luckily, there's still an hour..."

She was about to lie back down on the bed for a short nap when she suddenly sprang up, her voice filled with despair: "I forgot the clocks run backwards!!!"

I didn't even have time to change my clothes before I ran to school with my backpack on.

When she arrived at the classroom, there were less than ten minutes left before class started. She let out a heavy sigh of relief, only to bump into her homeroom teacher.

Seeing her homeroom teacher's smiling face, Sang Zhitao subconsciously frowned, but before she could figure it out, the homeroom teacher said gently, "get out of class is about to end, why aren't you leaving?"

Without even thinking, Sang Zhitao instinctively left everything to her and naturally walked into the classroom and sat down in her seat.

Once class started, she suddenly realized that yesterday must have been the day the teacher was kidnapped. She was almost an hour late and missed that part of the story.

Frowning as she looked at her friend Mira, today being the day Mira disappeared, she thought for a moment and then said to Mira again, "You must take the alley today, it's safe there."

Mira paused for a moment after hearing this, then smiled and said, "I understand."

Sang Zhitao sighed. She really couldn't get used to the way things were said here, so she could only pull Mira aside and give her repeated instructions.

Although Mira didn't understand why she was being so cautious, she still obediently nodded.

Sang Zhitao couldn't concentrate on the lessons all day, her mind preoccupied with whether she should just follow the plot or simply end everything early and return to the base.

Unable to make up her mind all day, Sang Zhitao gave Mila another pep talk before heading home, before finally returning home with a heavy heart.

As she passed a restaurant, she thought of the strange ingredients in her refrigerator, couldn't help but count the money on her, and went into the restaurant to order a bowl of fried rice.

Looking at the delicious-looking fried rice, Sang Zhitao didn't hesitate to scoop a spoonful and put it in her mouth.

She chewed the fried rice in her mouth and stood frozen for a long time.

"Ugh..." He finally couldn't help but spit out the fried rice.

How can I describe this fried rice?

It's all show and no substance, like eating dirt.

Looking at the fried rice and savoring the lingering taste in her mouth, Sang Zhitao was absolutely determined to end the storyline early and go home as soon as possible!

After asking the owner for a takeout box, Sang Zhitao carried the fried rice straight home.

When she encountered a giant cat, she gasped, instantly captivated by its beauty, and immediately offered up the fried rice she had packed.

The cats here have the characteristics of dogs; they are extremely clingy. When they see the food offered by Sang Zhitao, they rush over and nuzzle and lick her.

Enjoying the giant cat's affectionate touches for a long time, Sang Zhitao reluctantly returned home.

In the middle of the night, clutching her rumbling stomach, Sang Zhitao sighed, took out a steamed bun from the refrigerator, heated it up, and ate a few bites with difficulty until she was no longer very hungry. Then she quickly stuffed the bun back into the refrigerator, wishing she would never see it again!

"I must ask for leave tomorrow!!" After making up her mind, Sang Zhitao reluctantly went back to bed and fell asleep.

The next morning, she went to school as soon as possible and asked her teacher for leave.

With the holidays approaching, the teacher naturally disagreed, but Sang Zhitao's excuse was too much for her to refuse.

"You're lying to the teacher, you really haven't found your relatives?" The homeroom teacher frowned as she looked at Sang Zhitao.

Sang Zhitao shook her head repeatedly, then organized her thoughts: "I couldn't find them, so I came to see them."

The homeroom teacher looked at the girl in front of her. Although she didn't want to agree, she knew how important family was to an orphan, so she could only agree: "You have to forget about the exam."

Sang Zhitao obediently shook her head: "Mmm."

She was so disillusioned with the language of this world that she preferred to pretend to be mute rather than bother to organize her thoughts.

The homeroom teacher didn't think much of it. As long as the student obediently returned to take the exam, everything would be fine, so he directly issued a leave slip.

Sang Zhitao obediently took the leave slip and went back to the classroom to pack her things.

Mira watched her pack her schoolbag without saying anything.

Sang Zhitao was not surprised. The first thing she did when she saw Mira this morning was to discover that Mira had been replaced. She sighed silently, feeling more and more that her decision to bring forward the plot was the right one.

Once home, she took out the book, along with all her money, documents, and some food and drinks. Only then did Sang Zhitao follow the instructions in the book and board the bus to the suburbs.