Elder brother's garrison

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The library is in another building, divided into a faculty floor and a student floor.

Students usually stay on the first to third floors of the library, while teachers can go to higher floors.

The higher floors contain some rather profound and confidential books.

There weren't many people in the high school library during class time.

Xiaobai entered the library, but instead of going to the faculty floor, she stayed in the student floor.

The library is filled with books, one bookshelf after another, all of them thick and heavy, giving it a weighty feel.

Little White wanders among the bookshelves.

Because students attend classes all day, even after class, very few go to the library to study, so the books here are exceptionally well-preserved.

Xiao Bai looked at each item one by one, just like buying vegetables at a market.

Then, she found her target.

She picked up the book, which had over a thousand pages, and blew off the dust.

School Calendar

Every twenty years, the school compiles a calendar that records all noteworthy events and information about all students enrolled during that period.

The book in Xiaobai's hand is the school calendar from the previous round.

If the deep-sea reaction had been detected twenty years ago, perhaps some strange things would have been recorded.

Yesterday, Xiaobai asked Muyu about the exact time when the deep-sea reaction was detected.

Xiao Bai turned to the page number near the specific time given by Mu Yu and began to slowly read through it.

The things recorded on the school calendar are rather dry, such as what activities were held in what year and month, who won what national award, which teacher was promoted, and which teacher left.

It is a book that records quite a few trivial things.

As Xiaobai read on, a year passed.

This was the year that deep-sea reactions were detected.

Xiao Bai had expected that the school calendar would show something like a sudden military exercise or a number of consecutive days off.

Unfortunately not.

On the school calendar, this year was just an ordinary one for the school.

Xiao Bai looked at the photos of all the graduates from this year's school and began to feel lost.

...I really don't have the talent to be a detective.

Xiaobai closed the calendar.

Previously, because I practiced the new abilities of the Admiral Network with Changchun, I wasted a whole week. Now, when I think about it, I feel that the days were really hard.

With only one week left until Mu Yu's deadline, he would have to go back if he couldn't find the source of the deep-sea reaction.

Little White lay down on the table.

"Am I overestimating myself?" she muttered to herself.

Mu Yu also said that there was no need to worry too much. After all, this was something that thousands or tens of thousands of people had investigated for twenty years without finding any results. No matter how capable Xiao Bai was, she couldn't compare to these people.

...But I always feel it's very dangerous.

Xiao Bai looked at the calendar with some worry.

She casually flipped through the calendar.

...Is it something worth recording...?

Xiaobai opened the calendar.

Speaking of which, didn't Mu Yu mention that his brother had been to this school as an exchange student for a period of time?

If we calculate the time... it was probably around ten years ago?

That should fall within the scope of the school calendar.

Xiaobai opened the book again, flipped to the approximate timeline, and slowly began to search.

Finding someone in a book as densely packed as a swarm of ants is quite a difficult task.

Fortunately, every other year there are a few pages featuring photos of the entire school. It's a relief for Alexander's eyes.

Xiao Bai thought the investigation would take a long time.

The result was unexpected; Xiaobai easily found her brother's records.

It wasn't that she was particularly meticulous or had exceptional insight; rather, it was because Xiaobai's brother occupied an entire page of the school calendar.

The first thing Xiaobai saw when she turned to this page was the group photo of ten people on the first page.

A group photo of ten people is quite rare in a school calendar. Usually, such a photo, which takes up so much space, is only posted when there is a significant event.

Exchange student Lu Yun and two classmates from our school went to sea to participate in a naval tactics competition.

This line of text was written in large letters on this page.

The following was added: they won the first prize.

Naval tactics are not taught in schools, but if someone really wants to become an admiral, they can learn it as extracurricular knowledge. This is about Xiaobai and two classmates from the same school participating in a national tactics competition.

For Yuxiu, a small town, to participate in the national competition and win first place is indeed a major event worthy of being featured on the front page of the school calendar.

Xiao Bai picked up the book and looked at the photo on the page.

Since these are photographs printed on book pages, their clarity is naturally somewhat poor.

The photo shows three students in school uniforms and seven teachers, who are probably the teachers who coached them for the competition.

Two men and one woman stood at the front, all smiling, like heroes lining up to receive their military medals.

Xiao Bai looked at the students above and slightly opened her mouth.

...How should I put it? It was somewhat unexpected, yet not entirely unexpected.

Xiao Bai indeed spotted someone he knew.

The boy next to my brother looked very familiar.

Below the photo is a description of the person's identity; under that person's name is written "Student of this school, Mu Yu".

Is Mu Yu really such an outstanding person? She's even able to be with her brother.

Xiao Bai couldn't help but laugh.

She looked over at another girl.

The girl stood a little distance away from the two boys, arms crossed, looking towards the camera.

What's a bit strange is that the girl's photo doesn't seem to be well taken; her face looks particularly blurry.

Xiao Bai looked at the name below the girl's name.

"A student of this school, Osmanthus."

Chapter 149 Human Girl Xiao Changchun

"Osmanthus?" Xiaobai looked at the name with some surprise.

Xiao Bai suddenly developed a great deal of curiosity about this girl named Mu Xi.

The name sounds similar to Mu Yu's. Could she be a relative? Like a younger sister or older sister?

Or perhaps they're just ordinary classmates, and the names are simply a coincidence...

However, the surname "Mu" is indeed very rare, and it's hard to convince a novice that it's just a coincidence.

A strong sense of responsibility welled up in Xiaobai's heart. As her brother's only sister, she felt it was her duty to get to know this girl named Muxi.

...To be able to participate in the competition with my brother, I must be someone special.

Look, even Mu Yu, who only knows how to suck up to his brother every day, has managed to become the governor. This Mu Xi must be something special.

Xiaobai turned a few pages.

Information about Osmanthus should be available in the student information for this year.

The years when my brother came to be an exchange student were already quite far back in this calendar, so when Xiaobai looked a few pages further back, the school calendar was almost at the very end.

Because my brother was an exchange student and had to return to his high school at the end of the semester, there was no information about him in the last part of the record.

However, Xiaobai still managed to find information about Muyu and Muxi.

Mu Yu's information is rather ordinary; his resume doesn't boast any remarkable achievements, and he doesn't seem like the type of person destined for greatness. His only notable accomplishment is accompanying his brother to the National Naval Tactics Competition.

How did someone like that become the current governor...?

Xiao Bai looked down.

However, Mu Xi's resume is exactly the opposite of Mu Yu's. If Mu Yu is a standard, ordinary student, then Mu Xi is simply an overpowered genius.

The name "Muxi" is followed by a long list of incredibly impressive honors.

School-level awards, city-level awards, provincial-level awards, national-level awards—all sorts of achievements rained down on her as if they were free. Even the national championship in tactical competitions, which Xiaobai previously thought was incredible, was just one of the highlights that filled Muxi's illustrious life.

When Xiaobai read to the last line, the author had specially written the very subjective phrase, "one of the most outstanding students in the history of our school."

Such a talented person...where are they working now?

If Mu Yu can become a governor... then wouldn't Mu Xi be going to rule the world?

Xiao Bai flipped the book back to the photo of the ten people together.

...Why don't we take some time to go back and ask Mu Yu? Maybe he knows.

Xiaobai chuckled and closed the school calendar.

Although I only came to find information about deep-sea reactions, I unexpectedly learned a lot of interesting things.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

"Cough cough cough." Bai Yinwu coughed as he lifted his backpack up.

The warm breeze on the street made him feel much better, but the feeling of weakness that came from within still lingered.

He left early.

In fact, Shirayama probably underestimated the impact of this cold. By the second period at school, he found that he was completely unable to concentrate on the lesson.

My head is spinning, I cough every three seconds, and it feels like there's a wild beast inside me screaming, "I need to rest, I need to rest!"

Having a cold, cough, and runny nose not only affects oneself, but also affects other students in class.

It would be futile to keep pushing through like this, so Bai Yinwu decided to take a day off and go home to rest.

My throat was burning with a sharp, burning pain, as if a knife was stabbing inside.

Taking a bath at the beach late at night is definitely a suicidal act, and running wildly in the street in wet clothes is also a suicidal act.

I realized I had overestimated my physical abilities.

Thinking this, Bai Yinwu coughed again. He pulled out a tissue and coughed up the yellowish-white stuff that had accumulated in his throat.

Looking at the filth on the toilet paper, Bai Yinwu sighed.

...My throat is inflamed.

A sore throat is a real pain; it takes several days to heal, and you can't eat, and in severe cases, even breathing hurts terribly.

If I, a boy, have such severe aftereffects, then what about a delicate girl like Teacher Lu? She wouldn't even be able to get out of bed.

Bai Yinwu thought about how Xiaobai sat with her in the sea last night, and couldn't help but think of this.

Just then, Bai Yinwu crossed the intersection.

He saw a white-haired girl squatting on the sidewalk not far away, with several heavy-looking plastic bags next to her.

The white-haired girl rubbed her slender hands, looking helplessly at the plastic bag beside her, her expression filled with worry.

There weren't many people on the street on a weekday morning, so this girl still stood out quite a bit.

Bai Yinwu narrowed his eyes.

This girl looks familiar.

I first saw it when I met Teacher Lu at the crossroads, and the second time was when Teacher Lu brought it to class.