An Yan had a feeling that the students in his major had a strange attitude towards him recently. They seemed to want to be friends with him and had gotten close to him, but they also seemed to worry about something. They always weigh their words when talking to him.
An Yan didn’t have much experience interacting with humans before. The original owner also hadn’t made many normal friends because of his personality. For a moment, he couldn’t help but feel a bit confused. He had to ask Cheng Yang, “Yang Yang, is there something I did wrong that makes them behave like this?”
Cheng Yang scratched his face and said, with a strange expression, “I guess they are like this because of the previous reporting incident.”
An Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, puzzled, “Someone is slandering me behind my back. Shouldn’t I have reported it?”
He carefully recalled. It is written in the school’s admissions handbook that if you encounter such cases, you should report them to the academy directly. The academy would handle them fairly, so in this regard, he couldn’t have done anything wrong, right?
“Of course you should have reported it. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that,” Cheng Yang first affirmed An Yan’s approach, then helped to clarify the general mentality, “It’s just that no one has ever done this before; that’s why people are not used to it. I think it should be fine after a while.”
“Is that so?” An Yan tilted his head.
Cheng Yang thought for a moment, but eventually added more clearly, “Apart from not getting used to it, they might be worried about another problem.”
“What problem?”
“They might be worried that during their conversations with you, there may be some inappropriate comments that you might accidentally report.” Cheng Yang stated his guess, “There are some words that are indeed inappropriate if used between strangers, but are just good-natured flirting in front of friends and don’t contain any malice. They are probably just worried that they will make you unhappy if they accidentally use the wrong words.”
Although Cheng Yang’s words were euphemistic, An Yan understood, “So they’re worried that I’ll report them as well!”
Fearing that An Yan would worry about this, Cheng Yang hurriedly added, “This is also just my guess; it may not necessarily be right.”
An Yan smiled and said, “It’s normal for them to think this way. Just like you said, no one has reported this kind of situation to the academy before. But once someone starts doing this, maybe someone will take the opportunity to deliberately lead others to say something ambiguous and then report it, which is really quite bad. ”
Cheng Yang nodded, “It seems that there is indeed such a possibility.”
An Yan thought carefully for a moment, and his eyes lit up. “I know what to do.”
In a situation like this, the most fortunate thing was actually the perfection of the rules. The main rules were made so perfectly that there were no loopholes to be found. So, even if someone had a crooked mind, it would be hard to find a point to exploit.
Therefore, after An Yan directly approached the teacher responsible for the previous incident and explained the situation.
After listening to An Yan’s ideas and suggestions, the other side did not reply directly, but three days later, the college issued an announcement.
In the announcement, the college first made a clear statement about the adverse effects of the previous incident. It also clearly pointed out the names of the students involved in this incident, as well as the specific punishments they had received.
Zhao Xinxin’s name was listed, as she was the source of the rumours and was therefore at the top of the list. She had received the most severe punishment.
Underneath the results of this incident, the College issued a full list of rules for judging and dealing with such incidents, detailing which cases were considered defamatory and should be punished, and which cases were characterized as good-natured flirting and would not be included in the punishment, etc.
After this announcement was made, many students who were worried about this put their minds at ease, and An Yan felt that the atmosphere around him had slowly receded from the strange feeling he had before. It had become more harmonious and friendly.
In the past, An Yan would basically hang out with Cheng Yang on everything. But he would now also be invited by other students to go out for a walk, chat, play ball games, or have dinner with them.
Of course, An Yan was happy about this. He didn’t know anything about humans before and was curious but also scared. Now that he was having more contact with them, he realized that most of them were easy to get along with.
Just like now, as soon as the bell rang for the end of class, some students gathered around: “Have you heard? The College Mecha Competition is opening for registration next month, and it seems that some Potions majors are planning to participate.”
A student asked, “But what does the mecha competition have to do with pharmacy majors? We don’t know how to fly mecha.”
“I heard from the seniors that in addition to the pure mecha battle, all the other parts of the competition are open to teams of pharmacists,” another student said, “so many mecha majors are asking pharmacy majors to participate in the competition together. “
Another student added, “I also heard that it is not compulsory. It’s also possible for mecha majors to participate in the competition alone, but in that case, they would have to prepare sufficient potions in advance.”
“So it’s more convenient to team up with pharmacy students so that they can replenish the potions they need at any time during the competition.”
“But it’s difficult to replenish potions at any time in the middle of a fierce competition. It’s hard for a pharmacist to successfully make a potion if their mental state is not strong enough, right?”
“I remember that the rules of the competition also say that if a mecha warrior is teamed up with a pharmacist, they can’t prepare any potions in advance.”
“And if a team is entered into the competition and ends up winning a prize, the prize money is to be split in half.”
“But every year’s competition is different from previous years, so who knows what specific rules and format we’ll face then. It’ll be hard to improvise if potions are prepared in advance.”
“Yeah, and I remember that there will be extra points if the mecha warrior and the pharmacist work well enough together.”
“Anyway, it’s just a case of each having its own pros and cons, depending on their respective choices.”
“But then again, even if pharmacy majors can participate in the competition, it doesn’t really matter to us, does it? We’ve only just started school and we haven’t even had much exposure to actual potion making.”
“Not necessarily. If you are a student with good qualifications and experience, you might actually be invited by the mecha majors, just like ……”
That student suddenly stopped and glanced over at An Yan. It was clear who the example he wanted to give was.
However, the reason he stopped was not entirely because of An Yan.
In fact, after the previous incident, the vast majority of students in the major now disliked Zhao Xinxin. After all, no one wanted to have a friend who could slander you behind your back at any time and anywhere.
In light of this, everyone cooperated and stirred the conversation away.
“I so wish someone would invite me, but I don’t know many people yet. I’m afraid no one would even think of me.”
“Me too. Although I’m looking forward to participating in this competition, I still have to work on my self-improvement first.”
“But I think we have a classmate who will definitely be invited ……”
As soon as these words were said, everyone’s eyes fell on An Yan, and someone asked curiously, “An Yan, has someone invited you to participate in the College Mecha Competition?”
An Yan had just been listening carefully to the others and had checked the details of the Mecha Competition, so he shook his head, “No one has invited me yet.”
The inquiring student reassured, “Don’t worry. There is still some time before the registration starts. Maybe someone will invite you soon, and there might be more than one.” Hearing this, Cheng Yang, who was sitting at the side, suddenly thought of something and peeked under the table to send a message to his elder brother.
An Yan smiled and said, “I don’t know yet. I’ve never participated in any competitions before, maybe ……”
Before he could finish his words, his light brain suddenly rang. He looked down and saw that it was Cheng Yi calling.
Because everyone was gathered together, the other students also saw the name displayed on the light brain once it lit up. While everyone was envious, they all politely went back to their seats.
The communication was connected, and before An Yan could speak, he heard Cheng Yi’s low voice come through, “Is Yan Yan busy?”
An Yan replied, “No, it’s recess time and I have to wait for a while before class begins.”
Cheng Yi would often contact him, but mostly after school or before class. He had never called during recess before.
Cheng Yi replied, “Well, I do have a very important matter I want to discuss with Yan Yan.”
An Yan immediately straightened his attitude and asked seriously, “What is it?”
Cheng Yi went straight to the point and said, “Does Yan Yan know about the College Mecha Competition?”
“I know, I’ve just looked up the relevant information.” An Yan nodded.
If he could win the championship, he would not only get the highest graded signing rights from five famous mecha arenas at the same time, but he could also take away a million star coins in prize money.
Although An Yan was no longer short of money, he was still slightly attracted by the prize money.
“I would like to invite Yan Yan to participate in this year’s College Mecha Competition with me. Is that okay?” Cheng Yi asked in a solemn tone.
An Yan Yan froze slightly. He really didn’t expect Cheng Yi to invite him to participate in the competition together. After all, there was Cheng Yang.
“Well ……” An Yan carefully glanced at Cheng Yang and deliberately lowered his tone, “Senior, shouldn’t you invite Yang Yang to participate in the competition together?”
Who knew Cheng Yang had him and exclaimed with extra disgust, “I don’t want to participate in the competition with my big brother. He is so heartless. He will definitely abuse me to death, so it’s better for you and my big brother to team up, Yan Yan!”
Originally, the other students could not hear Cheng Yi’s voice through the call, but when Cheng Yang announced this, all the students in the classroom suddenly looked over in unison.
An Yan: “……”
