Going to Work, Planting Flowers, Drinking Tea

Fifteen minutes later, Melemele Island, Pokémon School.

Samson Oak looked at Hu Yang across from him and let out a long breath. "You're finally here. I thought you weren't coming!"

"I'm very sorry, Principal Oak." Hu Yang looked a little embarrassed. "I was busy with something else and forgot when school started."

Samson Oak was very understanding. "It's fine as long as you made it. Today is the students' first day of school, and everyone already knows that a mysterious new teacher is joining us. Those children are all looking forward to it!"

Hearing that, Hu Yang smiled as well. "I'm also looking forward to meeting them."

"Haha!" Samson Oak laughed heartily. "I used to think the same way you do, but before that, you need to meet the other teachers. Come on, they're all in the office!"

Hu Yang had no objections. He nodded and followed Samson Oak along the school's gravel path toward the teaching building.

At that moment, quite a few students had already gathered at the school.

They played around campus with their Pokémon, chatting cheerfully with other students. The whole place felt exceptionally lively.

"Seeing them makes me feel years younger." Noticing Hu Yang looking toward the students, Samson Oak smiled.

Hu Yang nodded in agreement, a hint of nostalgia in his voice. "Yeah."

The beauty and innocence of student days, along with that vigorous, upward-looking atmosphere, were the easiest things to spread to others.

Being here made him feel as though he had returned to those carefree teenage years.

"Huh?" Samson Oak looked a little surprised. After thinking for a moment, he said, "If I remember correctly, you only turned eighteen this year, right?"

He had seen it in the employment documents Hu Yang had submitted.

Hu Yang did not explain much. He merely