"Mm, and then?" Although she found his story a bit strange, she was afraid he might stop talking, so she quickly pressed on.
"You're a genius, so you might not understand the high school life of ordinary people. Back then, we all read a lot of novels too. The girls would fantasize about Cinderella wearing glass slippers, princesses meeting princes on white horses, or sparrows turning into phoenixes; the boys' fantasies were more passionate and magical. Some hoped to become sworn brothers, form gangs, roam the campus, dominate the streets, drink, smoke, fight, and become bosses; others hoped for all kinds of adventures, maybe being chosen by a martial arts master, finding a cultivation manual while traveling, or gaining superpowers from a fall...
