Facts have proved that Fang Zheng's suggestion is correct. Just by looking at Rena's cheerful smile when she came to school early in the morning, Fang Zheng already knew the answer without saying anything.
"Teacher, thank you so much!"
After arriving at school, the first thing Rena did was to run to Fang Zheng, bow deeply to him and thank him, then took out a lunch box.
"Thanks to you, my troubles have been solved! Thank you so much! This is the peony cake I made. If possible, please accept it."
"From the look of you, I already know the answer."
Looking at Rena's brilliant smile, Fang Zheng's lips curled up slightly, revealing a smile. Then he reached out and took the lunch box that Rena handed over.
"Then I'll take this as a side dish for lunch."
As he spoke, Fang Zheng nodded to Rena, then turned and left. Seeing Fang Zheng leave, the others who were originally curious also gathered around him.
"What's wrong, Rena?"
"Did anything happen between you and Mr. Fang Zheng?"
"It's like this..."
Perhaps because her troubles had been solved, Rena was no longer ashamed to talk about it. She told her friends everything that had happened before, including her parents' divorce, her father's unemployment, and her being obsessed with a strange woman who spent money recklessly...
After listening to Rena's story, everyone was shocked.
"How could such a thing happen?"
"Um."
Rena nodded, then she reached out and pressed her hand against her chest, letting out a long sigh of relief.
"To be honest, I really didn't know what to do at that time. Later, I remembered that Teacher Fang Zheng said that I could go to him if I had any troubles, so I went... It was also the teacher who made me realize that this was not going to work. I had to cheer up and talk to my father clearly. If I continued to be ambiguous, only bad things would happen, so I followed the teacher's advice and had a good talk with my father..."
Having said this, Rena's face showed a relieved smile.
"...Fortunately, my father finally came to his senses. He has decided to find a new job and stop living such a dull life. He also promised me that he would break up with that woman. That's great. You know, my father had originally planned to buy her a house. If it came to that..."
“Wow…”
Hearing this, Keiichi also frowned.
"If it really comes to that, I'm afraid things will be even more troublesome."
"Um……"
Having said this, Rena's expression became much more serious. She grabbed her clothes nervously and looked down at the ground.
"I... don't know how to put it, but I feel like... the teacher saved me once."
"Saved you?"
Hearing Rena's words, Meiyin also looked at her curiously.
"What do you mean?"
"Um……"
In response to Meiyin's question, Rena showed a complicated expression.
"In fact, the night after I talked to my father, I had a very strange dream..."
"Dream?"
"Yes, there was no teacher in the dream, and I didn't seek help from anyone. I just watched my father getting deeper and deeper into trouble. Later, my father used up all his savings to buy a house for that woman, and then... a man appeared and beat my father up, saying that my father had hooked up with his woman. Then they took away everything my father had... I was so angry, so I went to find that woman to argue with her, but she actually said bad things about my father in front of me. In a rage, I..."
"This, this is just a dream."
Looking at the silent air, Satoko wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and spoke to comfort him.
"Don't take it so seriously, Reina. It's just a dream."
"Well...it was just a dream..."
As she spoke, Rena stared at her hands.
"But I don't know why, but I felt that dream was very real, as if I would really kill that woman and then dismember that man... and... I also involved everyone and made everyone my accomplice..."
At this point, Rena closed her mouth and shook her head. She still remembered the shock and fear she felt when she opened her eyes the next day. For a moment, she even thought she had killed the couple and hid their bodies in the garbage mountain. It was not until Rena hurriedly came to the living room and saw her father smiling and greeting her that she finally broke free from the terrible dream.
"Yeah, if what you said is true, maybe it will end up like that. If that's the case... it would be really scary."
"But according to Reina, Mr. Fangzheng has already helped you solve this problem, right?"
The one who became active again was naturally Keiichi Maehara.
"So, Rena, you don't have to worry about anything. It was just a nightmare. Once the nightmare is over, it will be over! But Mr. Fang Zheng is really amazing. I have to find time to talk to him about my troubles."
"Troubles? Xiaogui, what are your troubles?"
"Need I say that? I always lose in every club activity. This is a huge problem for me!"
"Instead of bothering the teacher with this kind of trouble, why not work hard on yourself? Oh, hehe... Keiichi, you're still eighty years too early to defeat us!"
"Damn it, Satoko, stop right there. Let's fight it out today!!"
"I'm a girl anyway, so there's no need to decide. Or are you planning on wearing women's clothes if you lose, Keiichi?"
"Ahhh, stop right there!!!"
The originally silent classroom regained its former liveliness, and no one noticed that Lihua, who was standing in the corner, was watching everything in front of her with a look of surprise and confusion.
"…The future…has changed!"
For Fang Zheng, this was just a small beginning, but not the end. He had already found the conditions to conquer this world, but...
“Will this really work?”
Walking on the street and looking at the scenery around him, Fang Zheng couldn't help but think.
Indeed, the world of Cicadas is not a world that relies on force, but on the contrary, everything I have done is just to help the protagonist's will and spirit grow, what does this have to do with me? Or... is there something in it that I have overlooked?
Fang Zheng absolutely did not believe that the Dimension Code sent him to this world to be a spiritual mentor. He had made this mistake in the Dark Soul world. At the beginning, Fang Zheng also suspected that those zombies were just weaklings that would be knocked down with a single blow, and there was no way for him to practice his skills. Then he was taught a lesson by the Zombie Swordmaster.
Although it is said that a person will not make the same mistake twice, Fang Zheng is a little worried at this moment. He has a bad feeling that if he can't find the "key" left by this world, he might repeat the same mistake. And as for this system that betrays his own father... Fang Zheng has nothing to say.
"Um?"
At this moment, Fang Zheng seemed to sense something and looked up to the other side of the street. Soon, he saw a girl with long green hair standing on the street, talking to a few men dressed like gangsters. Judging from the appearance of those men, they seemed to be outsiders passing by here.
But now it looks like they're planning on doing something more promising.
"Hey, lovely lady, do you want to go for a ride with us?"
"I'm not interested in this, and I have classes in the afternoon, so I won't accompany you."
After saying this, the green-haired girl snorted coldly and turned to leave. Seeing this scene, the gangsters suddenly changed their expressions.
"Hey, you woman..."
The leading thug roared and stretched out his hand, trying to grab the girl. Seeing the thugs rushing towards her, the girl frowned, took a step back, and then she reached into her arms...
But the next moment, a figure appeared in front of her.
"What are you going to do with my students?"