After parting ways with Ichinose Honami in the school building, Fang Li and Kushida Kikyo entered Class D's classroom.
"Kushida, good morning!"
"Morning, Little Kushida!"
Kushida Kikyo was as popular as ever. The moment she entered the classroom, all sorts of people greeted her.
Kushida Kikyo naturally responded to each of them with her usual energy, filling the entire classroom with a pleasant atmosphere.
As for Fang Li, who walked beside Kushida Kikyo, Class D's students had long since gotten used to it.
Even though the boys in the class, led by Ike Koji and Yamauchi Haruki, still shot him looks brimming with envy, jealousy, and resentment, Fang Li ignored them as he always did.
Everything looked exactly like Class D's usual routine.
But there really had been a change.
That change quietly appeared the very next second.
"G-Good morning, Nanaya."
Sakura Airi, who had arrived before Fang Li, sat at her desk and looked at him as he entered from outside. Fighting back her nervousness, she gathered her courage and greeted him.
Her voice was very soft, and her words were not especially smooth, but Sakura Airi did not shy away. Looking at Fang Li, she gave him a somewhat bashful greeting.
That greeting was quite inconspicuous.
However, because Fang Li had entered the classroom with Kushida Kikyo, quite a few people's attention was also focused on him.
Therefore, Sakura Airi's greeting first stunned the entire class, then immediately astonished them.
Surely no one had expected Sakura Airi, who usually hunched over, minimized her presence, and quietly sat alone at her desk, to greet someone—let alone greet a boy?
Not to mention that the person Sakura Airi had greeted was Fang Li, widely acknowledged as extremely withdrawn.
How could the students in the class not be surprised?
Even Kushida