He stood there stunned for more than ten seconds until the students in the classroom followed his gaze to where Qiao Mei was, and then he looked away and began to teach.
As expected, Qiao Mei was called out by Gong Jing after class.
It was in his own private office.
His green eyes fell on her gaze, which was no longer unfamiliar, and his voice was a little dry: "Qiao Mei?"
Qiao Mei realized he was confirming with her if she was the person he knew before, so she nodded and replied, "Teacher Gong, it's me."
Only when he saw a familiar feeling in Qiao Mei's eyes did Gong Jing breathe a sigh of relief. He frowned and asked her what had happened before.
"Why do I feel like you've become a completely different person?"
Of course, Qiao Mei couldn't tell him the truth. She only told him part of the truth, saying that she had suffered a head injury and lost her memory during that time.
"I only recently started to get better, and then I learned that you had returned to the Federal Army."
Qiao Mei's previous behavior was indeed rather unusual, so this explanation does make sense.
So I asked her if she had any aftereffects and how she ended up like this.
"No, I just bumped my head while playing in the mountains, but it's nothing serious now."
“I see.” Gong Jing nodded, then brought up the matter of preventing the second-year students from going to the A-level security zone to watch the interstellar monster battlefield tomorrow. “I remember you didn’t go last time. You’re going this time, so you’re not at an advantage compared to the students who have already been there. If you’re free after school today, you can come to my dorm and we can talk about this in detail.”
Qiao Mei didn't know much about the interstellar monster battlefield. She only learned from Shang Duojin and Shu Qingqing that watching the battle could teach her a lot about controlling mechs and commanding her summoned beasts.
Most others, however, knew nothing at all.
Now, judging from what Gong Jing said, it seems there are other things that Shang Duojin and the others haven't told her.
Seeing her bewildered expression, Gong Jing remembered her two friends who weren't exactly reliable in their studies, and quickly understood.
These two people are usually inconsistent in their studies, so it's highly unlikely that they can explain things clearly to Qiao Mei.
After sighing, he told her to try to see him after school.
"If possible, bring your friend along too, and I'll tell you all about it together."
Since he had said that, Qiao Mei certainly wouldn't let go of such a good opportunity for special treatment. That afternoon, after school and dinner, she took Shu Qingqing and the others to the Gongjing dormitory.
It had been a year since I last visited, and it looked like Miyako had just moved her things over to her dormitory, which was still piled with boxes and miscellaneous items.
I guess they haven't even started cleaning up yet.
However, there are still places for people to stay.
He somehow got hold of a giant cat paw table and several soft, cat paw-shaped sofas, which looked more like a cat convention than a formal lecture.
"Tsk, it seems Teacher Gong is a loyal animal lover." After making her comment, Shu Qingqing plopped down on the very soft cat paw sofa, sinking half of her body into it.
Shang Duojin agreed, and seeing that Shu Qingqing seemed to like it too, he even secretly took a picture with his smartwatch.
"It's alright, it's just a personal hobby." Gong Jing changed into more comfortable loungewear and distributed the materials he had printed out in advance to Qiao Mei and the others.
When he saw that Ao Cang had also come over and was sitting next to Qiao Mei, he was stunned for a moment and told Qiao Mei and the others to wait a little longer.
"I didn't know Cang Ao was coming too. I only prepared three sets of documents. I'll go and print another one."
Qiao Mei forgot to tell Gong Jing about this, and when she heard this, she called out to him, "No need, Cang Cang and I can each watch one."
The two of them are sitting close together, and the content will be projected onto the optical computer screen anyway, so it doesn't really matter whether they do it or not.
Gongjing didn't press the matter further and nodded as he recounted the details of the battle against the Star Monster.
This includes not only the viewing time for each district, but also the opportunity to choose to go on the battlefield for testing.
However, considering that they are all still students, for safety reasons, the battlefields they can go to are all of relatively low danger level. Basically, once they go up there, they can only see less than twenty interstellar monsters, and they are all relatively low-level and not very aggressive.
"Of course, it's also possible that there are some high-level interstellar monsters hidden among them, but whose whereabouts have not yet been discovered. So if you're going to the battlefield, you must be extremely careful."
Qiao Mei raised her hand and asked, "But Teacher Gong, if that's the case, then there's no point in us going to the battlefield, since we might not even be fighting interstellar monsters after we get there."
Gong Jing chuckled and shook his head: "Of course not. This is what I'm going to tell you next. If you go to the battlefield and obtain a relatively complete wreckage of an interstellar monster, you will not only get extra credits, but also have the opportunity to receive a mysterious reward."
The rewards offered by the Federation army were certainly not bad. Qiao Mei asked Gong Jing about it and learned that even the worst reward was worth 100,000 interstellar coins. She had basically decided to go to the battlefield and give it a try.
However, as he said before, because she had "lost her memory" and had never been to the interstellar monster battlefield, she was not familiar with the battlefield compared to other sophomores. She would need to adapt to it beforehand if she wanted to go to the battlefield.
“Perfect timing. I’m currently with the Federation Army, and I have a holographic simulation of an interstellar monster battlefield on my personal computer. I can take you in to take a look.”
It's still early, only a little past eight o'clock.
Shu Qingqing and the others were getting a little hungry after listening to Gong Jing's lecture for so long.
I asked Qiao Mei and her family, and they said it would take at least an hour to go see it, so I suggested we order takeout instead.
“That’s fine, but don’t order mine. I’ll go with you and take a look.” Ao Cang said, standing up as well.
They did not intend to let Qiao Mei and Gong Jing be alone together.
Gong Jing's feelings towards him are complicated. It's clear that he has special feelings for Qiao Mei, but he hasn't crossed any lines.
Shu Qingqing noticed the strange atmosphere between the three of them, pulled Shang Duojin back a little, and waved her hand to tell them to hurry up and go, as she would only book for herself and Shang Duojin.
Only one person can be brought into the holographic interstellar monster battlefield in the capital at a time.
Seeing that Ao Cang was also going over, she was a little confused: "Didn't you already go there once during your freshman year?"
If another person comes, it will take him another hour.
"Yes, I went there, but I didn't look at it carefully at the time. Is it inconvenient for Teacher Gong?"
Qiao Mei noticed Ao Cang's subtle hostility towards Gong Jing and stepped in to smooth things over: "Then we'll have to trouble Teacher Gong. Cang Cang will definitely be going too, and the chances of him being in danger will be lower once he's familiar with the place."
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