Chapter 75 Chapter 75 Chapter 75 (Updated)...

Luo Shizhen earnestly told the teacher everything he had just seen and the confusion in his heart.

Even when sitting on the roof and making a phone call, the young man was still well-behaved, sitting as if he was still in class.

He looked at the sky in front of him, and his tone was as if he was asking a question in class.

"I found that many things were different from what grandma said, but she wouldn't lie to me."

"I don't know what to do now."

Chen Heyan's gentle voice came from the phone:

"Shi Zhen, are you confused because you don't know what to do next?"

Luo Shizhen thought about it and nodded: "It seems so."

"I don't know whether I should listen to grandma or not. Who is right?"

"Shi Zhen, have you ever thought that everyone has different ideas?"

Chen Heyan's tone was smiling, which made Luo Shizhen less nervous.

"Grandma's idea was right. When she grew up, marriages were almost loveless. People married solely to have children. Most people rarely met before getting married. A matchmaker would arrange a meeting, get to know each other's family circumstances, and then discuss marriage."

"Grandma saw others getting married this way, and she probably got married this way too, so she taught you this way, too. She wasn't wrong, she just taught you what she thought was the best way."

"The two patients grew up in relatively open environments, but not entirely so. That's why they chose not to be together ten years ago, when they were in high school. But now, with the uncanny running rampant and the world in chaos, when lives are in danger, the rules imposed by the times seem less important."

"So, they choose to be together. Everyone has different choices. Grandma makes it, they make it, the teacher makes it too. Everyone's choices will change with the environment and their thoughts."

Luo Shizhen heard the teacher say softly:

"Shi Zhen, have you ever realized that you have never made a choice for yourself?"

Luo Shizhen was stunned by the question.

"I don't have a choice...?"

"It seems that there is no such thing at the moment. You want to go to university because your grandmother wants you to. You want to go to technical school because your high school teacher recommends it. You want to be a good student because your grandmother wants you to be a good student. You do your school tasks because the school expects you to do them."

Chen Heyan's voice became softer, as if he was afraid of scaring his overly well-behaved student:

"What about you? What do you want?"

Luo Shizhen was completely stumped by the question.

"I want to complete my missions well, graduate, join the Guardians, and then retire, find a date, get married, and have kids."

Chen Heyan asked again: "Is this what you want, or what grandma wants?"

Luo Shizhenli said confidently: "What grandma wants is what I want!"

The teacher laughed out loud on the other end of the phone, but Luo Shizhen didn't feel like he was being laughed at. He could tell that the teacher didn't mean to laugh at him.

“How cute.”

Luo Shizhen: "Ah? What?"

Chen Heyan chuckled: "Teacher said, you are so cute."

Luo Shi felt really embarrassed and blushed slightly. He really liked the teacher speaking to him in that tone, which made him feel that it didn't matter what he said in front of the teacher.

He hesitated and said, "I thought you would say I was stupid."

"How could that be? You're very smart and hardworking. Didn't your previous teacher tell you that students like you are the teachers' favorite?"

Luo Shizhen chuckled: "Yes, Teacher Gao, Teacher Zhang, and Teacher He all said so."

"But I also know that I'm really stupid. My grandma said that stupid children need to be obedient so that they can live a better life."

Chen Heyan: "Have you forgotten? When you entered school, we took an IQ test. Your IQ is average. From a scientific point of view, you are not a stupid kid."

"Maybe you're just a little slow in reaction, but you're not stupid. Haven't you been making rapid progress in your combat training? Perhaps, Shi Zhen, your talent lies in combat, not in academics. I think your progress in combat is that of a genius."

Luo Shizhen opened his eyes wide, an indescribable emotion accumulated in his chest, making his breathing become rapid.

"Really?"

"Of course it's true. When have you ever seen a teacher lie?"

Chen Heyan said patiently: "It's normal for you to feel confused at your age. When I was your age, I didn't know what I wanted either. People grow step by step.

When you are young, you can just listen to what adults say, but now that you are older, try to find out what your own thoughts are. It may be a very interesting process. "

My own thoughts...this is somewhat unfamiliar to Luo Shizhen.

He is good at listening rather than thinking for himself.

When you are at home, listen to your grandma; when you are at school, listen to your teacher.

While growing up, he had seen other children of his age disobey their teachers, but Luo Shizhen had never done that.

He just did whatever his grandmother told him to do and listened to whatever his teacher told him to do.

When he was young, other children bullied him, but no one taught him to fight back when he was bullied, so Luo Shizhen didn't know how to fight back.

It was not until Chu Xiao was bullied and ordered him to fight back that he fought back for the first time. After that, Chu Xiao told him that if someone hit him, he must fight back. Luo Shizhen remembered this firmly. From then on, he fought back whenever someone hit him.

He fought back only because someone taught him to do so, not because he didn't want to be beaten or because he was angry after being bullied.

What are your own thoughts?

Chen Heyan: "Think about it, if your grandmother hadn't told you that you needed to go on blind dates, get married, and have children, what kind of partner would you want to have?"

Luo Shizhen thought hard for several minutes, and Chen Heyan waited patiently without urging him.

A few minutes later, Luo Shi said embarrassedly:

"I'm sorry, teacher. I don't seem to have any ideas of my own."

"I can't think of anything, and I can't imagine what the other half is like."

Chen Heyan thought it was expected: "It's nothing, you are still young, it's normal for you to have no idea about this."

Luo Shizhen asked curiously, "Teacher, at what age will I know what kind of partner I want?"

"Well... it's hard to say. It could be when you're in your early twenties, or when you're in your mid-twenties, or it could be much later."

Chen Heyan laughed and said, "Some people are able to meet the person they like at the right age, but some people are very unlucky. When they fall in love with someone, it is already too late."

Luo Shi didn't quite understand: "Does it mean that when you like someone, you're already very old?"

He suddenly realized that he seemed to have never heard Teacher Chen ask whether he was married or not.

"Teacher, do you have someone you like?"

Chen Heyan paused and said, "The teacher does have feelings for someone, but for various reasons, it's too late now."

Luo Shizhen nodded in confusion.

Although it was clearly through the phone, Chen Heyan seemed to see the young student nodding obediently. He smiled and said:

"This is also a kind of love. There is love that is consensual, and there is love that is destined to be inseparable. It all depends on personal choice."

"It's okay for you to take your time looking. When I was your age, I was young and frivolous. I once said that I would never fall in love with another person. Look, I've been proven wrong now. You may never hear anyone say that they like me again."

Luo Shizhen: "Teacher, I like you."

It was as if the phone was muted instantly, and there was no movement for a long time.

Luo Shizhen looked at his phone in surprise, not realizing he had accidentally pressed the mute button:

"Teacher? Hello? Teacher, can you hear me?"

After a while, Chen Heyan chuckled from the other end: "I can hear you."

Luo Shizhen was already holding up his phone to look for a signal. When he heard the voice coming from the other side again, he sat down again properly:

"I thought I had muted the phone. Teacher, did you hear what I just said? I said I like you. It's not like no one likes you. I just like you very much."

Chen Heyan smiled and said, "I heard that. The teacher likes you too."

"Although I know that when you say 'like', you mean the liking of a student towards the teacher, but the word 'like' shouldn't be said casually. I won't misunderstand you, but maybe others will."

Luo Shizhen said, "But I really like the teacher. Every time I talk to the teacher, I feel so happy. This kind of happiness I only felt when I was talking to grandma before."

Chen and Yan were silent for a few seconds.

Then he sighed softly: "You haven't figured it out yet."

Luo Shizhen has heard the words "not getting the idea" many times.

When he was in primary school, he had a hard time studying and his teacher said it must be because he hadn't figured it out yet.

When he was in junior high school, he had a hard time studying and his junior high school teacher said that he was not getting the hang of it.

When he was in high school, he had a hard time studying. His high school teachers did not say that he had lost his mind, but recommended various technical schools to him.

"I'm very stupid." Luo Shizhen said in distress, "How can I get it?"

"With time, you will gradually understand. You are still too young now, so it is normal that you don't understand feelings."

Luo Shizhen continued to worry: "If I still haven't figured it out by the time I'm thirty, can I still get married?"

He was very confused, but he still remembered what his grandmother said: go on a blind date, get married and have children.

Chen Heyan smiled and said, "That depends on your choice."

Luo Shi, who had never made a choice for himself, found this really difficult.

"What if I choose wrong?"

Chen Heyan: "Whether the choice you make is right or wrong, only you can decide. You will know it later."

"If you don't understand, you don't have to. You're still young and not at the age to think about getting married. When you meet someone you like in the future, your heart will tell you."

"Heart?"

Luo Shizhen lowered his head and patted his heart, but felt nothing.

"Forget it, I'd better not think about it anymore. I'll just let my heart tell me later!"

After chatting with the teacher for a while about recent events, their plans, and how the mission was going, Luo Shizhen politely thanked him and hung up the phone.

Sui An had been watching him quietly on the tree. After hanging up the phone, Luo Shizhen sat there staring at a place on the roof without moving. After waiting for about ten minutes, he simply flew down.

The threads of mental power were like a pair of wings, allowing him to land lightly next to Luo Shizhen.

"Why don't you go down?"

Seeing the child smiling happily when he hung up the phone, he thought Chen Heyan had coaxed him into submission.

Luo Shizhen said seriously: "I'm deciding whether to take the left foot first or the right foot first."

He still didn't understand how to make his choice.

So Luo Shizhen decided to start with small things.

Why didn’t I notice it before? He never chose which foot to step first. He just started walking without thinking.

Looking at Luo Shizhen's serious face, Sui An fell silent.

He tried to recall when he was nineteen.

Oh... at that time he was already fighting on the front line, and the monsters he killed every day could pile up into a small mountain.

Looking at Luo Shizhen in front of him, Sui An didn't think he was stupid. He even felt that he was quite cute.

It's really interesting to see what normal people are like at this age.

Perhaps it was because he took enough time to think about it, or perhaps it was because Teacher Sui was next to him, but Luo Shizhen successfully took a step with his left foot.

He exhaled, and felt a magical and mysterious feeling in his heart.

Is this my choice?

The young student turned his head and looked at Sui An with sparkling eyes:

"Teacher, this is my own choice."

Sui An raised an eyebrow and patted his shoulder.

“Good choice.”

"Keep it up."