Whether introverted or outgoing, most people found nothing enjoyable about introducing themselves.
Watching other people introduce themselves was another matter, of course. That was entertainment.
Chen Shi'an did not mind. Seeing that Lin Meng Qiu had no intention of going up first, he took the initiative and stepped forward to stand in the center of the platform. Every gaze in the class landed on him at once.
Wherever he was, whoever he stood beside, Chen Shi'an's distinctive air of serene detachment was hard to overlook.
Yuan Xuan had initially noticed her old classmate Lin Meng Qiu first, but her gaze soon settled on Chen Shi'an as well.
It was hard to describe that momentary, dazed feeling at first sight...
The clamor in the classroom seemed to fade a little at that moment, and everyone else's voices grew distant. The boy before her wore a blue-and-white school uniform. He stood tall and straight, yet without a trace of ostentatious sharpness. Instead, he resembled a pine in the mountain mist at dawn, carrying an unworldly ease. His features were refined, his irises a very pale ink-black, and when her gaze happened to meet his, it stirred a strange sense of clarity and peace within her. Yuan Xuan had seen plenty of handsome boys, some dazzling and flamboyant, others gentle and modest, but none had ever been like Chen Shi'an. Simply standing there, he possessed an air of stillness like the wind. Though the classroom was crowded, though the exchange student meet-and-greet was noisy, an invisible barrier seemed to surround him, keeping all that restlessness outside.
Some classmates nearby were whispering, "Who is that... He looks so familiar..."
"Yeah, I feel like I've seen him somewhere too..."
"He has such a distinctive air..."
"I remember...! Is that Chen Shi'an...?!"
"Chen Shi'an?"
"Yeah, haven't