Chapter 203

Not long after, Xuecun Lingyin also noticed Natsume Chikage's sleeping face.

The action of turning the page paused slightly.

Just at this moment—

The hand Natsume Chikage was originally supporting his head with slipped because of sleepiness.

His head shook gently, and he actually woke up directly.

The two who noticed this were stunned instantly, then quickly moved their gazes away, continuing to do what they were doing as if nothing had happened.

Natsume Chikage didn't seem to notice anything.

He simply lay flat on the sofa, took a book and covered his face to block the light, and fell into a deep sleep again.

The two caught a glimpse of this scene from the corner of their eyes, and both fell into a moment of silence.

Time flowed quietly in the tranquility.

After a while, someone broke this tranquility.

Classmate Tengyuan Kui pushed the door open in a hurry and smiled energetically:

"I, Classmate Tengyuan Kui, am back again!!"

Her voice successfully woke Natsume Chikage from his dream.

Natsume Chikage sat up; although his expression was still a bit hazy, his brain was exceptionally clear—it was a rare, high-quality nap.

Xiyuanji Qilai put down the magnifying glass and strange stones in her hand and smiled:

"Since everyone is here, let's start acting!"

"Natsume-kun and Classmate Tengyuan group together and go to the teacher's office to ask the teachers."

"Lingyin and I will go to the library to ask the management teacher there, and by the way, check relevant materials."

"One hour later, we'll gather back in the club room!"

After speaking, no one had any objections, so they grouped into two and left the club room.

Natsume Chikage and Classmate Tengyuan Kui walked on the way to the teacher's office.

Classmate Tengyuan Kui was secretly happy—fortunately, she proposed to be in a group with Natsume Chikage just now.

This way, there would be more time to enhance their relationship.

Soon, the two arrived at the teacher's office.

At this time in the office, there were both teachers and students.

Most teachers had finished their lunch break and were busy dealing with work.

Classmate Tengyuan Kui looked at this formation, couldn't help but want to retreat, and muttered in a low voice:

"Natsume-kun, which teacher should we ask?"

Natsume Chikage thought for a moment and felt the most efficient way was to find the person who knew the situation best.

And the person here who was most familiar with all the teachers was naturally the teachers themselves.

So he went directly to his homeroom teacher, Jiu Jing Ziyuan, intending to ask her who knew the most about the hundred-year-old cherry blossom tree.

"I see, you want to find someone to ask about the hundred-year-old cherry blossom tree, preparing to write an article..." Jiu Jing Ziyuan thought for a moment and suggested, "Then you go directly to ask the history teacher. He has taught here for more than thirty years, he must know a lot."

"But the history teacher doesn't seem to be here... where is he?" Classmate Tengyuan Kui looked around, but didn't see anyone.

"I'm not sure about this either." Jiu Jing Ziyuan explained, "But he definitely hasn't gone back at this time. When he's not busy, he likes to walk around the school. You should be able to find him in the school."

"Thank you, teacher!" The two thanked in unison and set off to find the history teacher.

They searched around the school but couldn't find him, so they asked many people for this.

Yusheng Huo Society: "... You ask where Teacher Dazhong is? I sometimes see him chatting with the guard near the main gate. Maybe he's there now."

Guard: "Ah? Teacher Dazhong? He's not here. Maybe at the shogi club? I sometimes see him playing chess there."

Tian Qijie: "Teacher Dazhong hasn't come over today. Maybe in the library, I sometimes see him reading there?"

Xuecun Lingyin: "(*￣—￣*) Teacher Dazhong was just here, but now I don't know where he went."

Xiyuanji Qilai: "(? °? °?) Just now I heard him say, seems he's going to the backyard."

Classmate Tengyuan Kui: "(。-`ω? -) Great, finally know where he is..."

Finally.

The two arrived at the school backyard.

Natsume Chikage looked over and found that on the bench beside the hundred-year-old cherry blossom tree sat an elderly teacher about sixty years old with all-white hair—history teacher Dazhong Tuozhi.

Teacher Dazhong was staring blankly at the hundred-year-old cherry blossom tree, his gaze carrying deep nostalgia, not knowing what he was thinking.

"It's the history teacher! Natsume-kun, we finally found him, let's go over quickly!" Classmate Tengyuan Kui discovered the target and pointed excitedly to the front.

"Mm, let's go over." Natsume Chikage nodded.

The two walked closer.

"Teacher Dazhong, are you free now? Can I ask you a few questions?"

"Mm-hmm! Just a few questions!"

Dazhong Tuozhi was slightly surprised, but still nodded and smiled kindly.

"Can do, ask away."

Before asking, Classmate Tengyuan Kui quickly took out her phone and asked:

"Our department needs to record, can I take pictures?"

"Can do." Dazhong Tuozhi didn't mind this.

"The thing is like this..." Natsume Chikage briefly narrated the cause and effect.

Dazhong Tuozhi heard this and laughed dumbfoundedly.

"So you want to ask about the hundred-year-old cherry blossom tree."

"It's really rare that young people nowadays are still interested in the 'rumors' that circulated in our era."

Natsume Chikage was confused:

"The rumors that circulated in your era?"

"But I heard that this statement has been circulated since even earlier?"

Dazhong Tuozhi shook his head and smiled:

"Rumors, as time ferments, will always become unrecognizable."

Natsume Chikage pondered:

"Then, why are you convinced that this was circulated in the era you were in?"

Dazhong Tuozhi's eyes drifted away, falling into memories.

"Because... this rumor was initially spread by one of my students back then."

Classmate Tengyuan Kui was surprised:

"Was it your student?"

"Was it a boy or a girl?"

Dazhong Tuozhi smiled.

"It was a girl."

Natsume Chikage pursued:

"Can you tell me in detail about this girl?"

Dazhong Tuozhi nodded slightly.

When recalling this girl, an expression of mixed feelings couldn't help but appear on his face.

"Before talking about her, let's talk about some of my past."

"Actually, thirty years ago when I just graduated from university and started working, I was still a novice teacher who didn't understand anything, and was inexplicably pulled by students to be the advisor of the broadcasting club."

"And that girl was the broadcasting club president at the time."

"Although she was the president, she was actually just a first-year high school student. If it weren't for a big conflict in the broadcasting club at the time, which led to many members quitting, she wouldn't have been pushed to be president just after joining."

"Also because the broadcasting club at the time had that storm, almost no one was willing to take over this 'mess'."

"If the club didn't have four people, the broadcasting club would be dissolved... she was worried to death at that time."

Classmate Tengyuan Kui interjected at the right time and smiled:

"So she thought of some 'ghost ideas' to recruit new members?"

Dazhong Tuozhi smiled:

"Haha, you guessed it."

"In that era, time passed very slowly, there weren't as many entertainments like mobile phones as there are now." ===== CHAPTER 204 =====