The Modern Era World.
Water Cedar Junior High.
After taking nearly two semesters off, Li Xia finally returned to school life before the year-end exams.
When he and Kagome entered the classroom one after the other, puzzled voices rose around them.
"Huh? Why did that boy come into our classroom?"
"Yeah, did he get the wrong room?"
"Hmm? There's something so distinctive about him. He's completely different from the other boys in our class."
"Exactly! He seems really dependable..."
The girls spoke quietly, but boys of this age tended to be very curious and have sharp ears.
And so, a group of boys all turned to watch Li Xia enter the classroom and head straight toward the back row, throwing in the sort of hostility only teenage boys understood.
It left a certain someone with keen hearing and sharp eyesight feeling rather embarrassed.
To be fair, he had behaved himself and caused no trouble since returning yesterday, yet the moment he came to school, trouble fell into his lap.
He really was innocent.
But boys, could you please stop letting girls sway you so easily?
Not only did they need to learn financial independence, they needed to learn to think independently too.
Besides...
Middle and high school boys were all sensitive creatures who reacted to the slightest disturbance. If another boy stole all the limelight, their envy, jealousy, and resentment came and went especially quickly. They would always fantasize: why couldn't they be the boy making waves in the girls' eyes?
Sometimes, even on their way home from school, their adolescent fantasies would erupt. They would imagine aliens descending and themselves, the chosen ones, revealing their powers before the crowd, transforming into Saints, summoning Ryujinmaru or something, then making a flashy entrance as they soared through the skies and tunneled