Chapter 375: Student Parents

Heavenly River, the school rooftop.

Jiang Xia stood at this spot that overlooks the whole campus, but the point was not the view; it was the stream of students coming and going at Heavenly River High School.

The students walking together in the early morning completely changed their demeanor under his red‑glowing eyes.

A cosmic star cluster germinated in their hearts, turning Heavenly River High School into a galaxy of twinkling stars.

Everyone has their own Constellation fate, and those fates determine their aptitude for adapting to cosmic energy.

Laplace's Eye, the Libra supernova that Hayami Kohei fought to the death for, is merely an instinct Jiang Xia has learned.

His control over those eyes surpasses even Hayami Kohei now; he can already sense the location of the Constellation Switch that has appeared.

He looked up at Heavenly River's school gate, formed by interlocking retractable iron doors, two of which were rapidly approaching, their Constellation glows indicating Libra and Scorpio.

"Looks like our Teacher Yuantian finally came out of the hospital, huh?"

Jiang Xia smiled, and at that moment a clamor erupted from the school as a group of older people in assorted clothes gathered together.

After they burst through the gate, the leader among them shoved the trying‑to‑explain Da Shan Zhong Tai straight onto the ground.

The ordinary middle‑aged teacher was knocked over headfirst, yet even so he never gave up and sprang back to his feet.

However, the fury of this crowd was not something he could stop alone.

He was soon battered into a bruised mess, unable to resist or fight back, because these people were student parents.

"What on earth is this monster's troublemaking? My son has refused to come to school ever since he got involved."

"The Orion Star Disciple's mother… Sanpu?" Jiang Xia said.

It was his responsibility, after all, because he had eliminated the Orion Star Disciple with a fourze driver; that savage fighting style may have left a psychological scar on the child, so indeed it was a problem he needed to solve.

Just as Da Shan Zhong Tai was about to be beaten, a roar of engines sounded outside the gate; almost simultaneously a red Ferrari sports car halted at the besieged parents' entrance, its vivid red instantly drawing everyone's attention.

Clad in a dark‑red leather jacket, black gloves on his hands, sunglasses covering his eyes, he stepped out without a word, simply lifting his sunglasses, and the now‑irrational student parents ceased their assault.

"Principal, you're really handsome!" Mother Sanpu's eyes were filled with the sight of Hayami Kohei's revealed face, instantly discarding the earlier blame‑the‑school attitude.

Sorry, but handsomeness can indeed solve many unnecessary troubles, and he's a very young principal; such a status easily soothes middle‑aged student parents.

As Da Shan Zhong Tai got up from the ground, his heart broke even more when he saw the beloved Teacher Yuantian, who had been on leave for a long time, stepping down from the passenger side of that red Ferrari.

"Could it be that Teacher Yuantian and the principal…" Da Shan Zhong Tai was on the verge of tears, but he brushed dust off himself and greeted Yuantian Shalina.

Yuantian Shalina wore a white shirt under a light‑elegant beige coat, and an orange‑yellow knee‑length skirt that made her look lively.

When Yuantian Shalina stepped down from the sports car, Da Shan Zhong Tai instantly realized their relationship was unusual, though the gap between his imagined connection and reality was wide; it was merely a guide‑and‑guided dynamic, like Jiang Xia's toward his student.

"Little Yuantian, good morning." As he crossed the school gate, Ruyue Xian Tairan's first glance caught the homeroom teacher, Yuantian Shalina, who had been on leave.

"It's Ruyue Xian Tairan, good morning." Yuantian Shalina smiled sweetly upon seeing Ruyue Xian Tairan waving at her.

"So this is the fourze's transformer, I must find a chance to use my teacher status to kill him," Yuantian Shalina muttered silently while keeping her smile.

While Yuantian Shalina was plotting silently, her peripheral vision caught an unusually familiar figure—the nightmare she could not shake off—her previously calm heart roiled at the sight.

"Teacher, why are you up so early today?" Ruyue Xian Tairan also saw it and ran over excitedly, like a wild horse, happier than his earlier greeting to Yuantian Shalina. The teacher had never shown up in the morning before; normally he appeared after nine, but today it was before seven—a big improvement.

"Good kid! Go to class, stop goofing off here; I'll need your help later," Jiang Xia said with a smile.

"Whatever you need, I'll definitely not refuse," Ruyue Xian Tairan pounded his shoulder.

"I just learned that Sanpu hasn't come to school because of the Star Disciple matter, so he left it to you, Ruyue,"

"Alright! Sanpu is also my friend; I'll definitely win him over."

"Friendship is the best remedy; psychological intervention pales compared to a good friend's comfort."

Without even looking, Yuantian Shalina knew it was that hateful guy; his silhouette she could never forget in her life.

Dealing with Ruyue Xian Tairan was merely a task assigned by the chairman, but the guy now before her had already made it onto her kill list.

"You bastard." Yuantian Shalina forced back the rage of transforming in public, barely holding a smile, stomping in beige high heels toward Jiang Xia, her voice hoarse like a Scorpio hunting.

"Long time no see, Scorpio," Jiang Xia said, looking at Yuantian Shalina's fierce stare, his tone laced with a smile.

Yuantian Shalina's chest rose with suppressed anger as she whispered, "What exactly did you do to my body?"

"Just Scorpio's toxin. You thought you could dispel the poison I placed yourself, but no—I merely gave you a mercy break."

Jiang Xia looked at the Scorpio Switch she clenched, as if it were a toy, and took it, "The toxin in your body not only restricts your speech system, preventing you from saying anything about me, it also stops you from defying my commands."

Actually this ability also exists among the Twelve Constellations, but it hasn't awakened yet.

The masquerade wasn't over; when Jiang Xia administered the poison he added a little extra, which already rendered Yuantian Shalina unable to resist, so now whenever she sees Jiang Xia her body is like a puppet.

"Obey and be my dog, Scorpio. You'll live to the end," Jiang Xia, after fiddling with the Scorpio Switch, returned it to Yuantian Shalina.

"You even know this secret—this is from seven years ago, you!" Yuantian Shalina glared, gripping the Switch tightly, as if she could kill.

Before evolving into a Twelve Constellations Star Disciple, she possessed the Canis Minor Star Disciple Switch.

The point isn't that; he even knows the moment seven years ago when he evolved from the Canine Minor to Scorpio, meaning his own dark past could also be exposed.

Thinking of that, she couldn't help covering her face; dressed oddly with grotesquely dark makeup she once thought cool in high school, she now only wishes to kill her former self.

Everyone has secrets they don't want revealed, because they could cause social death.

"What are you talking about?" Da Shan Zhong Tai, who had just been beaten, suddenly emerged from behind.

"It's that same pale‑faced guy from last time. I can't offend the principal, and I can't offend you either? I want to see why a guy I've only met once can attract Teacher Yuantian's attention."

"Nothing, we're just discussing student psychology issues," Jiang Xia said, looking at the bruised Da Shan Zhong Tai, pointing at Yuantian Shalina: "Right, Teacher Yuantian?"

"Yes, exactly, we're only talking about some psychological issues," Yuantian Shalina's final syllable lingered heavily, though it was of no use.

"So that's it, I was overthinking," Da Shan Zhong Tai nodded gravely.

(End of Chapter)