After saying goodbye to Amamiya Keiji, Lin Nan wandered aimlessly in the Spirit Arts Academy alone, trying to sort out his thoughts.
Since the incident of Zanpakuto being lost, all the students have lost the right to pass freely in the Spirit Arts Academy. After that, all the students were assigned to Rukongai.
This makes Lin Nan's understanding of the entire Spirit Arts Academy limited to the dojo, dormitory, canteen, and a few relatively secluded alleys suitable for confidential conversations with Amamiya Keiji.
He started from the place where he had just had a secret conversation and started to circle the campus along a tree-lined road. It was during the afternoon break, and groups of students gathered together to chat.
However, compared with the scene inside the Spirit Arts Academy when we first entered school, it seems much more depressed now. After all, the students at the Spirit Arts Academy also suffered a large number of casualties.
Lin Nan was in a state of confusion, so he simply sat on the ground under a tree on the roadside and looked at the conversing students from a distance.
"Didn't I choose to join Soul Reaper just to have a stable life? Why do I feel like a lot of bad things are happening before I officially join?" He laughed at himself in a low voice.
"Like these college students, spend a few years in peace, and then join Court Guard Squad, hug Katori's lap, and take up a casual position, isn't it good?" Lin Nan leaned against the tree trunk, put his hands behind his head, and looked at the college students who were still talking seriously.
Not long after, someone seemed to notice Lin Nan's gaze and winked at his companions. They stopped talking in a tacit understanding and looked in the direction of Lin Nan.
Lin Nan noticed that his gaze seemed to be easily misunderstood, so he subconsciously shifted his gaze.
Those college students looked at Lin Nan for a while, then turned and left. They walked dozens of meters away and joined another group of college students who were talking.
"These people's senses are quite sensitive. They realized that I was watching so quickly." Lin Nan was a little surprised by the other party's reaction, but he didn't take it seriously.
He simply patted his butt and stood up, looking up boredly at the clouds in the sky and the birds flying by.
"I wonder how Hongyuan Haili's family is doing now. They live in the ninth block, which is far away from their original address. There shouldn't be any danger, right?
... Oops! I forgot about grandpa! Last time he ate Hongyuan Haili's Reishi-Gathering Pill... Oops, how could I forget this? That's not a good thing to eat!"
Lin Nan suddenly slapped his thigh. At Rukongai, because he was facing the attack of the men in black, he ignored the matter of his grandfather taking medicine. For the grandfather, Hongyuan Haili's medicine was more like a chronic poison than a life-saving medicine.
After some calculation, there happened to be no classes today. He made a quick decision and found an opportunity to go out and deliver his Spirit-Gathering Pill to the old man.
"The working principle of Spirit-Gathering Pill should be beneficial and harmless to the residents of Rukongai." He gently stroked his chin, "What excuse should I use to go out?"
Looking for Katori? Not appropriate. I heard from Yota that the captain's meeting has been very busy recently, and she won't have time. Besides, it doesn't seem appropriate to bother her with such a small matter.
Looking for Yota? It's not appropriate either. Helping Yota speak out for Senjumaru is indeed a moderate favor. However, it seems a bit uneconomical to waste young master Four Great Noble Houses's favor on such a trivial matter...
Wait, Senjumaru? Lin Nan's eyes lit up.
Can she try there? As the captain of the Stealth Force intelligence team, she has the authority to dispatch intelligence personnel outside the court. Moreover, it is the highest-level dispatch order except for Captain-level.
The only thing wrong is, will she help him? After all, he just slapped her in the face. With Senjumaru's arrogant character, she would be considered polite if she didn't do anything on the spot.
After thinking about it, Lin Nan decided to try his luck.
The sun is shining and the weather is excellent.
Hirohara Edelweiss held a small rag doll sewn from rag strips and ran to Hongyuan Haili with a smile on his face:
"Dad! Does it look good? Mom just made it for me!"
Hongyuan Haili was assembling his new test bench. He turned to look at his daughter and held her lovingly in his arms. "Beautiful! So beautiful! But still not as beautiful as Ronghua! My Ronghua is the most beautiful girl in Soul Society!"
The father and daughter started playing around. Hongyuan Haili pricked the slightly sparse stubble on his chin, which made his daughter laugh and kept trying to push away her father's face with her little hands.
On the street nearby, several neighbors looked at the playful father and daughter with some envy:
"What a wonderful scene! I forgot how long it has been since I saw such a heartwarming scene."
"Yes! Rukongai With such a mess, there are fewer families with children. It is really rare to see father and daughter together so cutely! Looking at them, my heart is so happy!"
Hongyuan Haili coaxed her daughter to play for a while and gently rubbed her black hair, "Ronghua Be good. Dad still has to work, Ronghua can you play by yourself for a while first?"
Ronghua nodded obediently, and gently touched Hongyuan Haili's face with the rag doll in his hand. "Dad, please hurry up, and then we can play together! Let my Miss Otoko kiss daddy and give you some strength!"
Hongyuan Haili picked up his daughter and laughed loudly, "How about Ronghua kiss daddy too!"
Ronghua obediently went back to the house to play, leaving Hongyuan Haili alone in the research room to continue working.
"Alas, there are still a few key parts missing... It's a headache. There is no place to buy this kind of thing. I remember that I had to go through a lot of effort to find it in one area. But where should I get it now?"
He thought of several ways to replace the missing parts, but all failed without surprise. This made him scratch his hair in distress, and sweat dripped from his forehead.
After a long time, Hongyuan Haili rolled his eyes. "Otherwise, let's go back to the original house and try our luck! These key components are all made of metal. I hope they can survive the fire..."
He returned to the house, put on his coat, and prepared to say hello to his wife and daughter before leaving.
Hong Yuanhai's wife walked up to him a little shyly and took one of his hands. "Come back soon. I have good news for you."
Hongyuan Haili was a little strange. "What good news? Why don't you tell me now?"
The wife was a little shy and didn't want to speak. Hongyuan Haili couldn't help her curiosity and kept encouraging her to tell the truth. Ronghua on the side saw this and came over to join in the fun. "Mom, mom, if you have good news, just tell me!"
The wife finally couldn't help the entanglement between father and daughter, and said with a blush on her face, "Our little Ronghua is going to be a sister."
Hongyuan Haili's cheers almost brought down the roof.
"Dad, will I have a younger brother or younger sister?" Ronghua saw his parents smiling happily and couldn't help but pull on his father's clothes and asked.
"My parents don't know yet, but whether you are a younger brother or a younger sister, my father loves you all the same! He will go out later and come back to buy you delicious food!"
Ronghua cheered and ran to play. Hongyuan Haili left home and hurried to his original address.
Arriving at the ruins of the old house that had turned into charcoal, he carefully avoided the charred blackened beams that had collapsed, endured the strong smell of burning, and searched among the ruins.
Fortunately, several of the important parts he needed were there.
Hongyuan Haili was overjoyed. "It seems like I can save some money again. I can buy more candies for Ronghua!"
Carefully separate the parts from other burnt parts and wrap them carefully. Hongyuan Haili then left the old house with the parts.
On the way, he made a special detour and came to Rust Face District's only neighborhood with a small market. He bought Ronghua a watermelon and some maltose, and then walked home excitedly.
When we got home, it was getting late. My wife had already prepared dinner. Ronghua was full of the urge to taste the watermelon and maltose, while Hongyuan Haili was immersed in the anticipation of new life.
The sparsely populated Nine Blocks rarely echoed with happy and cheerful laughter.
However, no one noticed the lonely figure standing on the roof opposite Hongyuan Haili's house.