After hearing Yu Sheng's reply, Little Red Riding Hood said nothing. She simply sat quietly on the grass, as if she were thinking about something—or perhaps just spacing out.
After a long while, Yu Sheng finally heard her mutter softly, "It's really quiet here. There aren't even any squirrels or wolf packs."
"Why does it sound so ominous when you put it that way? Like five hundred axemen are about to jump out of the grass around us," Yu Sheng said awkwardly, glancing left and right before turning his gaze back to the girl. "Uh... are you all right? You look really tired."
"No kidding. I'm a senior in high school," Little Red Riding Hood rolled her eyes. "And I fell asleep during chemistry class."
Yu Sheng had not expected such a practical answer and was momentarily stunned. The girl before him did not wait for his response, instead smiling and shaking her head. "At first, I really didn't want to go to school, especially after I passed through the 'Awakening' stage and learned what was going to happen in the future... I had a huge argument with my previous 'parent.' You heard what it was about too... Was it a little stupid?"
Yu Sheng said nothing.
Little Red Riding Hood did not care whether Yu Sheng answered her.
"Now, I occasionally have similar arguments with those half-grown kids," she continued on her own. "They can never understand why the orphanage makes them attend school and study step by step. Those in better circumstances are even sent specifically to ordinary people's schools, while those in worse circumstances still attend classes with teachers in the main compound. For almost all of them, what they learn will never be useful. They will never graduate, never have the chance to get a job,