The screen on the wall was still playing a program. The host and the narrator kept calling out "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 gotten used to distinguishing the name pronounced by the people here from his own, and just treated it as someone else's name. However, at this moment he was a little bit uncalm.
He saw the deep interest in the little girl's eyes.
She had very fair skin and very black hair, which was combed into two small tufts. Her black eyes were wide open, and the clear distinction between black and white was very cute. She wore a fluffy little skirt and sat on a special seat fixed on the sofa. The belt was wrapped around her waist to protect her, so she could sit steadily even though her legs were inconvenient. She was holding a fluffy goose yellow chicken pillow in her arms, and her small white hands subconsciously pulled the tuft of hair on the chicken's head, staring at the picture on the screen without blinking.
Whenever "Ye Xiao's" photo, profile picture, 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 shows has she watched? How many times has she watched it? In order to find relevant information about the show, she has searched many websites and searched in many forums.
The little girl is very smart, but this is the first time she has really put her intelligence into use. 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 the other person 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 concerted efforts... He thought she was innocent by nature and could quickly trust anyone, and he was worried that she was being cheated. 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. 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, and then went 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 bunch of tall potted plants. He avoided the surveillance cameras but didn't avoid the people passing by. He only needed to slightly adjust the air around him to make people ignore his area and completely unaware of his presence. So even though there were people coming and going in the hospital, no one noticed that there was a living person standing here.
Over the years, he has been hanging around Lin Tan 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 was not surprised that the other party could see him. After all, this teacher was obviously very important and his level should be far beyond the world rules of the two worlds. But what the other party said next really surprised him.
The other party looked at him and frowned slightly: "Who are you? No, you are not from here!" He looked at Ye Xiao, his fingers moved slightly, as if he was calculating something, his brows frowned 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 towards Ye Xiao was also somewhat gentle. He waved at him and went downstairs: "Come on, come on, follow me."
Ye Xiao hesitated for a moment, avoiding the surveillance camera and followed. The two came to the hospital garden, avoiding the corner where people were. Ye Xiao said, "Old man..."
The old man glared at him and said, "Didn't you shamelessly call me teacher?"
Ye Xiao was really surprised 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 said with some sigh: "Just now I was still hesitating whether to make a move, now that my future self has accepted her as a student, there is nothing to hesitate about. That little girl is indeed very lovable."
He hesitated just now because he was worried that even if he taught Lin 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 there, 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 his time and effort. In the future, he would even do more extraordinary things for her because he loved her. So 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 traveling through time and space and being reborn, which led to her own life being threatened later. 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. The current glimmer of hope is also created by you. If you change something, her fate will indeed take a turn, but no one can say whether it will become smooth or more bumpy. Maybe everything will become completely uncontrollable, or even-"
He pointed to the top of his head and said, "Although the rules of this world are very pedantic and rigid, they also have their own temper. You being able to come here is already a concession to it. If you push it too far, it might really get angry, and that would be a bad ending. So I still say that 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 look flashed in his eyes: "It's hard for you to stay by her side secretly like this, 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 taking 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, don't do things that you shouldn't do, and don't say things that you shouldn't say, what's the problem?"
Ye Xiao: "... Doesn't that mean you can't be Tan Tan's teacher?"
He is well aware of the gap between himself and the other party, so it would be better to let the other party do the talking.
The old man disagreed: "Hasn't it been done before? Not doing it once won't affect our teacher-student relationship. Hey, kid, you're so nagging. I gave you the benefits but you don't want them!"
Ye Xiao: “…”
What else could he say? He realized that the moment the other party figured it out, he could no longer be considered a person of this period, but rather a person who understood everything and had experienced everything in the future.
Ye Xiao thought to himself that although he could already communicate with the rules of the world, and had comprehended a lot of things in the past three hundred years, and had a deeper understanding of the rules of the world, but when facing this teacher, he still could not keep up with his pace and thinking.
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. However, because of some things, they only act carefully within the scope recognized by the world's rules.
He stopped refusing, and the old man told him everything that had happened when he "used to" be 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 it was a bit weird, but when he thought about it and thought that they had even played the roles of mice and cats, he felt relieved. They both had to play some strange roles, which might be their unique common point.
So he put on this look and told the Lin parents that he might be able to help their daughter.
Then, he came to the little girl's bedside openly, and 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 or 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 how to persevere when she was frustrated.
Lin Tan Tan thought the teacher was good in every way, except that when she told her that her idol was Ye Shen, her expression would always become stiff and strange. When she looked for information about Ye Shen everywhere, watched various TV shows and movies about Ye Shen's deeds, sneaked into the forum to see others flattering Ye Shen and followed suit, and joined the fan group and urged fellow fans to update Ye Shen's fan fiction, her expression would become even more weird, and then she would urge her not to be distracted by other things and practice hard.
Oh, the teacher is so strict!
The young girl wrote these words in her diary in a tone that sounded 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 slyly, and a hint of mischief flashed between her lively eyebrows.
Knock, knock, there was a knock on the door, and the teacher's elegant and gentle voice came in: "Let's talk, it's time to start practicing."
"Oh, I'll be right there." She hid the diary, pressed the button on her smart wheelchair, and turned towards the door.