Chapter 524: Student Ning Taozi Has Big Problems

"Sister Taozi, I told my mom to make fried little fish for me today, come find me at noon~~"

Another little girl walked past Taozi, raised the insulated lunch box in her hand to signal, but seeing the several adults beside Taozi, she shrank her neck and walked away.

Sister Taozi, however, ignored her, instead keeping her head raised, staring unblinkingly at her guardian.

"I didn't!"

After a few seconds, she replied.

"Really?"

"Really!"

"Then why do they call you Sister Taozi? And greet you?"

"They wanted to call me that themselves!"

"?"

"Because I'm very powerful!"

"How do they know you're very powerful?"

"They bullied me first, so I hit them back!" Facing Chen Shu's gaze, the Sister Taozi who was respected at school had a serious expression, "Senior Xiaoxiao taught me to do this! Senior Xiaoxiao said you taught her to do this!"

"Is that so?"

"Yes!"

"Then why do they bully you?" Chen Shu's tone softened.

"They saw I was a little cat-girl and didn't look like them, so they came to bother me, and I beat them up one by one. Later on, when classmates in my class were bullied, I went to help them, and if someone was fighting, I told them not to fight." The little cat-girl said, paused, then turned her head to glance at Senior Xiaoxiao, who was still drinking water and watching the show, "If you don't believe me, you can ask Xiaoxiao."

"Well, you've even made a name for yourself by fighting!"

"Yes!"

"You've treated this place as your territory, haven't you?"

"Yes!"

"And you're proud of it?"

"!"

The little cat-girl didn't make a sound, only glancing at him quietly.

"Are you going to become a godfather in two years?"

"Godfather~"

"Fine, if someone else bullies you first, you fight back; as long as you aren't the one actively bullying others, I won't give you any trouble," Chen Shu said, "And I choose to believe what you said, because I think you are a person who can be trusted, as trustworthy as Qingqing."

"!!"

Taozi's eyes widened instantly, and she couldn't help but hold her breath; so she was this trustworthy...

Immediately, the look she gave Chen Shu became much firmer.

Looking at the others, the master was still standing beside Chen Shu with an expressionless face, appearing to dote on Chen Shu very much; Senior Xiaoxiao was still drinking water; the neighbor next door was still standing beside Senior Xiaoxiao, eyes darting around.

"Let's go."

Only then did the group start walking.

As he walked, Chen Shu exhorted: "But Master Taozi still needs to learn to be a gentle person, you know?"

"Okay!"

"What did I just say?"

"Forgot~"

"Need to be a gentle person."

"Need to be a gentle person~"

"Repeat it once."

"Repeat it once~"

"?"

"Need to be a gentle person~"

"What does that mean?"

"Need, to be, a gentle, person."

"Be gentle; to this world, to others, to yourself, you must be gentle." Chen Shu looked at this little cat-girl who was holding his hand with her small hand, listening earnestly while walking forward, and guided her patiently, "When you grow up, do you want to be a person like Qingqing, or a person like me?"

The little cat-girl looked up at him, then looked at Qingqing.

She fell into hesitation for a moment...

Hesitation is good; being able to fall into hesitation instead of blurting out that she wants to be like Qingqing when she grows up shows that she has indeed matured a bit, and that going to school is useful.

Chen Shu added at the right moment: "Only a person like me would be liked by Qingqing."

"A person like you!"

"Then you must be gentle."

"Gentle!"

"What is gentleness? Gentleness is not weakness..." As he walked, Chen Shu explained true gentleness and patience to her.

The little cat-girl listened very earnestly.

Unexpectedly, when the group reached the school gate, the security guard uncle actually greeted her: "Ning Taozi, didn't ride your bicycle today?"

The guard then glanced at the person holding her hand, having heard that this little cat-demon had an extraordinary background—this Children School was an affiliate of Ling'an Academy, with a background leading straight to a world-class top institution like Ling'an Academy, and backed by several top sects like the Spirit Sect; this little cat-demon had once injured someone, and even if it was passive self-defense, her guardians should have been called in for a talk, yet they were never notified.

Taozi said crisply to the security guard uncle:

"Came walking today!"

Her tone was very cold, but the guard laughed happily upon hearing it, as if the more she was like this, the cuter he found her.

This made Chen Shu feel slightly more at ease.

At least Taozi was liked by the faculty and staff.

Immediately after, Chen Shu used the excuse of wanting to tour the school environment to take her inside, letting her act as a guide to show him around; after some exclamations of surprise, he finally sent her to her classroom, while he quietly went to find her homeroom teacher to understand the situation further.

Trusting Taozi is as it should be.

Being worried is also as it should be.

Both should be present.

Fortunately, although the Taozi described by the teacher was a bit fierce, a bit too aloof, sometimes had a strange personality, couldn't quite fit in with other classmates, and looked down on her classmates' intelligence a bit, overall she was not a bossy student. She rarely bullied classmates, or rather, she disdained to bully them; on the contrary, classmates often took the initiative to curry favor with her, some simply because they felt she was both good-looking and capable and instinctively wanted to please her, and some because they wanted Taozi to stand up and help them when they were bullied by older students or others.

One could tell the teacher had put in the effort.

Chen Shu breathed a sigh of relief and thanked the teacher repeatedly.

Qingqing and Xiaoxiao stood beside him, one nodding along, the other saying thanks along with him.

Zhang Suannai stood outside the office, peeking at them through the window, blinking her eyes; for some reason, she actually revealed a hint of envy.

"However, Student Ning's learning attitude is a bit strange. It's not that she isn't smart; she is extremely smart, has a particularly high IQ, is very attentive in class, and learns new knowledge very quickly—every teacher says so. It's just that sometimes, when answering questions or doing homework, I don't know what she's thinking." The teacher frowned and said to Chen Shu, "In any case, she often gives irrelevant answers or says some nonsense."

"Emmm..."

Chen Shu glanced to the side without changing his expression.

The little girl had turned her head to look out the window again.

"For example, there was a question asking her if she could write the pinyin for these characters, and in the parentheses above each character, she wrote 'can'. You might say, the classmates in her class really don't know how to write the character 'can'."

"Uh..."

"And there are math problems. We just learned simple multiplication. There was a question asking her how much 6*2 equals, and she said it equals 6+6; how much 3+3 equals, and she said it equals 3*2. I even thought she was doing it on purpose."

"..."

Don't think! She was doing it on purpose!

"Don't worry, Teacher!"

Chen Shu's attitude was extremely sincere: "I will definitely criticize her properly when I go back! And by the way, I'll find the source of this problem and solve it once and for all!"

The little girl was trembling beside them.

"Speaking of criticism, I thought of another problem." The teacher looked serious, "She seems to selectively and automatically filter out our words."

"I'm sorry, Teacher..."

"Eh!! No need for that, no need!" The teacher looked at the guardian of Student Ning Taozi, who was said to have a very powerful background, and waved her hands repeatedly, "It could also be due to the difference in thinking between the Demon Race and us humans. In short, educating children is the joint responsibility of us teachers and parents. Now that we know the problem, the important thing is where the problem comes from and how to solve it. We teachers will definitely focus on it, and I also ask you guardians to put in more effort and cooperate with us, striving to solve the problems in Student Ning's personality and the source of those problems."

The little girl continued to tremble inside.

She felt she was about to be "solved."

A few minutes later.

Watching these three guardians, who looked young on the surface but were actually of unknown age, leave the office, the young teacher couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief—she was nervous to death. Among these people, she had only met Doctor Ning, who was said to be the chief person in charge of a secret project at a national secret research institute; it was her first time seeing the others.

Chen Shu closed the office door and also breathed a sigh of relief; he was nervous to death.

At the same time, he turned his head and glanced to the side.

"!"

The corner of the little girl's eye twitched; she was nervous to death.

She didn't dare to look at her brother-in-law and sister, so she could only observe with her peripheral vision, faintly seeing them exchange a look, and also faintly capturing the information in their eyes—

Brother-in-law: Let's give her a beating when we get back!

Sister: Should I do it?

Brother-in-law: Definitely.

Sister: Okay, I'm good at that.

"..."

The little girl's expression was complex.

Zhang Suannai was still walking behind them, still somewhat envious of that little cat demon—although they were both without parents, at least that little cat demon had grown up being cared for and taught by Chen Shu like this since she was small; she must be very happy, right?

A flying car slowly approached, causing the sky to darken slightly.

"Brother-in-law, I'm going to work..."

"Alright, come back early."

"..."

"What's wrong?"

"The institute's project is at the final stage recently, I might be a bit busy, I'll be back late..."

"Coming back late is fine too."

"..."

"What's wrong again?"

"I'd better come back early..."

"Alright!"

"..."

The flying car slowly descended onto the platform ahead.

It had been over three years since the country completely opened up civilian flying cars. In these three years, flying cars had become popular very quickly, prices had dropped again and again, and major domestic and foreign flying car brands had sprung up like mushrooms after rain to grab market share, making flying cars no longer a rarity. Now, ordinary people look at flying cars just like they look at a luxury car. And almost every street in major cities had temporary takeoff and landing platforms specifically for flying cars, right on the roadside, which was convenient for flying cars to take off and land and also avoided potential dangers.

Since the little girl stopped living at the research institute, the institute had provided her with a flying car to avoid wasting precious time on the road.

After she walked onto the takeoff and landing platform and got into the flying car, the flying car took off again and slowly left.

The little girl waved at them from the window.

Chen Shu also grinned and waved back in response.

"Let's go! Time to buy groceries!"

"You guys go ahead, I won't be going," Zhang Suannai said, scratching her head. "I have an appointment with Weiweiwei for the Nanzhou Sword Discussion."

"If you're going to fight, just call it a fight, why call it a Sword Discussion."

"Damn..."

"What time?"

"Nine-thirty."

"Then you'll probably still make it back for lunch."

"That's not certain, it depends on the situation."

"True," Chen Shu nodded. "It's possible Wu Eiwei will chop your legs off, and they won't grow back until the afternoon."

"It's more like I'll chop her legs off and laugh at her, laughing until the afternoon!"

"We'll save you some leftovers."

"Thanks, you two masters!"

"..."

Chen Shu waved his hand generously. Seeing her walk away, he and Qingqing headed toward the vegetable market—ever since they both reached the Ninth Tier Peak, their cultivation levels had narrowed. Even though Zhang Suannai reached the peak a few months earlier, the gap between her and Wu Eiwei was no longer significant. Over this period, they had already fought many matches.

The two of them were still the same as always; if they couldn't determine life or death, they couldn't determine a winner.

There wasn't much to see anyway; bystanders always ended up getting caught in the crossfire.