The screen on the wall was still playing the program. The host and the narrator kept saying "Ye Xiao" from time to time. This was not the first time that Ye Xiao had heard this name from someone else in the past three hundred years. He had long since learned to distinguish the name pronounced by the people here from his own, and just thought that everyone else was saying the name of another person. However, at this moment, he was a little bit uneasy.
He saw the deep interest in the little girl's eyes.
She had fair skin and dark hair, styled in two small tufts. Her black eyes were wide open, the stark contrast between black and white adorable. She wore a puffy little skirt and sat on a special, fixed seat on the sofa. A belt around her waist protected her, keeping her steady despite her cramped legs. In her arms, she held a fluffy, goose-yellow pillow, her small, pale hands instinctively tugging at the feathers on the chick's head as she stared intently at the screen.
Whenever "Ye Xiao's" photo or historical information appeared, her eyes would open wider and her expression would become more focused, as if she didn't want to miss any details.
Ye Xiao felt as if a jar of old vinegar had been overturned in his heart.
How many times has she watched this show? How many times has she watched it? In order to find relevant information about the show, she has searched countless websites and even searched on countless forums.
The little girl is very smart, but this is the first time she has really used her intelligence. This little girl has something she is persistently looking for.
But that person is not me!
Although he had the same name, the same past, and the same appearance as herself, what he had experienced, or the experience that interested the little girl, had nothing to do with her own and was a completely different life from her own.
Ye Xiao suddenly thought of the trust and closeness she had shown to him when they first met, her early help, and all the hard work they had done together... He thought she was simple-minded and would quickly trust anyone, and he was worried that she had been deceived. Now it seems that she trusts him because he is "Ye Xiao".
It was the "Ye Xiao" that she knew, understood, was curious about, and even... admired and pitied.
Ye Xiao couldn't tell how he felt.
Xiao Lin Tan Tan, however, decided to regard Ye Xiao as her idol. She said that there were so many people who tried hard not to give up in the face of adversity, and in such a dark period as the end of the world, people were also struggling to survive. She could not easily bow to fate.
Such a little child, because he had experienced so many near-death moments, gained the insight and fortitude that an ordinary person might not have in twenty or thirty years.
Ye Xiao was proud of her again.
Judging from the time, the teacher we were supposed to talk about should be here soon.
He kept an eye on the people around her until Tan Tan was sent to the hospital again and almost everyone was about to give up, then an old man in a white coat quietly came to her bedside.
The old man touched her head, looked at her for a long time, sighed softly, and then walked to the corridor to think about something. While thinking, he suddenly discovered something and turned to look at the corner.
Ye Xiao was standing quietly behind a cluster of tall potted plants, avoiding the surveillance cameras but not the people passing by. By slightly shifting the air around him, he could make people ignore his area and completely obscure his presence. So even with the constant flow of people in the hospital, no one noticed that a living person was standing there.
Over the years, he has been around Lin Tantan in this way, silently paying attention to her.
However, at this moment, the old man saw through him at a glance.
Ye Xiao was slightly startled. He wasn't surprised that the other party could see him. After all, this teacher was obviously very important, and his level should far exceed the world rules of the two worlds. But what the other party said next really surprised him.
The other person looked at him and frowned slightly: "Who are you? No, you are not from here!" He looked at Ye Xiao, his fingers slightly moving, as if he was calculating something, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and then he seemed to understand something and said suddenly: "So that's it!"
There was a hint of joy in his eyes, and his gaze at Ye Xiao was also somewhat gentle. He waved at him and went downstairs: "Come, come, follow me."
Ye Xiao hesitated slightly, avoiding the surveillance cameras and followed. The two of them came to the hospital garden, avoiding a crowded corner. Ye Xiao said, "Old sir..."
The old man glared at him and said, "Didn't you shamelessly call me teacher?"
Ye Xiao was really shocked this time: "...Teacher, you know everything? Do you know what will happen in the future?"
The old man said with a profound look on his face, "I shouldn't have known this, but since this future has already happened, I naturally know it."
He sighed, "Just now I was still hesitating whether to make a move. Now that my future self has accepted her as a student, there's nothing to hesitate about. That little girl is indeed quite lovable."
He hesitated just now because he was worried that even if he taught Lin Tan Tan to control her superpowers, she would not be able to persist. After all, it would be very difficult and painful. If he did not intervene, although her life might end here, at least she would be able to leave peacefully - the doctor had already recommended euthanasia.
But he just saw the future for a moment and knew that the little girl was a person of great perseverance and was worth spending time on. He would even do more extraordinary things for her in the future because he loved her. What else was there to say?
The student naturally agreed.
Ye Xiao remembered the many things the old man in front of him had arranged for Lin Tan Tan. According to what he told him last time, Tan Tan made a fatal mistake after her rebirth, which led to her own life being threatened. That mistake was leaving Lin Tan Tan behind.
He thought for a moment and asked, "Since you know everything about the future, can it be changed?"
The old man smiled and shook his head. "You have come to this point because of a combination of factors. This glimmer of hope you have now is also created by you. If you change anything, her fate will indeed take a turn. But whether it will become smooth sailing or more difficult, no one can say for sure. Perhaps everything will become completely uncontrollable, or even -"
He pointed overhead. "Although the rules of this world are pedantic and rigid, they also have their own temperament. Your presence here is a concession to it. If you push it any further, it might really explode, and that would be a disaster. So I still say, the past cannot be changed."
Ye Xiao thought for a moment and nodded: "I understand."
The old man suddenly thought of something, and a sly glint flashed in his eyes: "It must be hard for you to stay by her side so secretly. Do you want to replace me and be her teacher?"
Ye Xiao was stunned: "...It can still be like this, isn't it impossible to change?"
"I'm just filling my place, not asking you to appear next to her for no reason. Why are you so rigid?" He looked like a child who was beyond teaching. "As long as you do what I should do, and don't do things you shouldn't do or say things you shouldn't say, what's the problem?"
Ye Xiao: "...Then you can't be Tan Tan's teacher?"
He was well aware of the gap between himself and the other party, and thought it would be better to let the other party do the talking.
The old man disagreed: "Hasn't that already happened? Missing the job once won't affect our teacher-student relationship. Hey, kid, you're so nagging! I gave you a benefit, but you don't want it!"
Ye Xiao: “…”
What else could he say? He realized that the moment the other person figured it out, he could no longer be considered a person from that period, but rather someone who understood everything and had experienced everything in the future.
Ye Xiao thought to himself that although he could already communicate with the world rules, and had comprehended many things in the past three hundred years, and had a deeper understanding of the world rules, he still could not keep up with the pace and thinking of this teacher.
So is this a more powerful and mysterious existence that transcends the rules of the world?
In front of the other party, time and space seem to be just toys that can be played with at will. They are just concerned about some things, so they only act carefully within the scope recognized by the rules of the world.
He no longer refused, and the old man told him everything that had happened when he "once" got along with Lin Tan, and then... he turned him into an elegant and intellectual middle-aged woman.
Well, or we can’t say that he was “changed”, he was still the same person, but a trick was put on him, so when others looked at him and listened to his voice, he looked completely different.
Ye Xiao felt a little weird, but when he thought about the fact that they had even played mice and cats, he felt relieved. They both had to play some strange roles, which might be their unique commonality.
So he put on this look and told the Lin family's parents that he might be able to help their daughter.
Then, he went to the little girl's bedside openly. The moment she opened her eyes and woke up, he smiled lovingly and said to her, "Good child, do you want to live? I can teach you how to control the energy in your body."
Lin Tantan now had a teacher.
She spent more time with her teacher than with her parents, more time than with anyone else. The teacher taught her how to control her superpowers one by one, taught her how to behave in society, taught her how to relieve pain, and taught her how to persevere when she was frustrated.
Lin Tantan thought her teacher was great in every way, except when she told her that her idol was Ye Shen, her expression would always become stiff and strange. When she searched for information about Ye Shen, watched various TV shows and movies about his deeds, lurked in forums to see others praising Ye Shen and followed suit, and joined fan groups and enthusiastically urged fellow fans to update their Ye Shen fanfiction, her expression would become even more strange, and she would urge her to stop being distracted by other things and hurry up to practice.
Oh, the teacher is so strict!
The young girl wrote these words in her diary in a tone that was somewhat annoyed, yet full of trust and intimacy.
After thinking about it, I added that the teacher was very proud and must be unhappy that I always praised others in front of her and used others as role models. I should be more careful in the future.
In short, just flatter the teacher more!
The little girl smiled cunningly, and a hint of mischief flashed between her clever eyebrows.
Knock knock, there was a knock on the door, and the teacher's elegant and gentle voice came in: "Let's talk, let's start practicing."
"Oh, I'll be right there." She hid the diary, pressed the button on her smart wheelchair, and turned towards the door.
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