Ji Huiming handed a bag to Kong Xuan, which surprisingly contained magic props. "Last semester, the teacher promised you that if your grades improved, he would give you magic props. Today, the awardees are all outstanding students. Although you haven't been selected yet, the teacher feels that if there was an award for most improved student, it would definitely be yours! I hope that in the coming days, you can continue the studying momentum from last semester and bring your passion for magic into your studies!"

Kong Xuan: "..."

Kong Xuan took the bag of magic props. Although he was speechless, his attitude towards the head teacher improved a lot. He reluctantly said, "...Thank you, teacher."

Tan Xiao, who was watching from the side, almost laughed out loud. Ever since he found out that the peacock was Kong Xuan, everything that happened to Kong Xuan at school became a source of joy for him.

Kong Xuan could also feel that Tan Xiao was holding back laughter, so he turned his head and glared at him.

"By the way, I saw that your address changed in the information you updated this year?" Ji Huiming still had a good memory, especially since he had paid special attention to this issue last semester. "How come your address now has the same house number as Tan Xiao's?"

Previously, he had discovered that these two should be neighbors, but at that time, Kong Xuan's information was only detailed to the street level. This semester, it was precise down to the house number.

Kong Xuan immediately said, "Yes, I now live in his..."

Room.

These two words almost slipped out. Tan Xiao stepped forward in time, "Yes! He rented a room in our house!" There were many self-built houses in their area, some with several floors, so renting out was not unusual.

Ji Huiming indeed did not suspect after hearing this. Instead, he felt relieved. Given Kong Xuan's family situation, it was not strange for him to rent a place alone. If he rented from a close classmate's family, that was quite good.

"Speaking of which, Kong Xuan's improvement is largely due to your efforts as the class representative. I think this semester, you two should officially be deskmates."

Kong Xuan said loudly, "Thank you, teacher!"

Ji Huiming: ? Always felt that Kong Xuan's respect was greater than when he gave him the magic props just now.

Originally, school registration was not a joyous occasion, but it was different now that he officially became deskmates with Tan Xiao. Kong Xuan walked back with his hands in his pockets, his steps much more cheerful.

Tan Xiao looked down at WeChat. It was a message from Mu Fei.

"Hey, Sister Mu said that the Huodou case has officially started cross-provincial investigation. Qi Province will share information, and later they will also send an agent to come here with Mr. Xu to understand the situation, after all, we caught two Huodou first, and the Yorkshire terrier also left traces here."

He saw Mu Fei's new message and relayed it in real-time, "Hahaha, it's said that the one sent from Qi Province is a new generation monster, and is also a tech product, but not that drone, this one joined earlier than that. Qi Province is really not bad, what do you think it could be? A robot vacuum cleaner? A tablet?"

Kong Xuan didn't know much about these things, and thought for a bit: "It could also be something like, what, an air fryer." He always saw advertisements selling these.

"Hahaha, small appliances, right." Tan Xiao laughed.

Tan Xiao didn't have a chance to meet the high-tech agent sent by Qi Province for now, as there was a test right after school started to check everyone's review during the winter vacation.

Right after the test, it was the Lantern Festival, the last day of the New Year, and after that, the festival would be over. The school also organized some small activities for everyone, such as guessing lantern riddles on the playground, playing games, and also invited some folk heritage inheritors to give lectures and performances.

The content was also quite diverse, with some making clay figurines and some playing classical music.

For example, a guqin performer played a classic piece "Guangling San", and introduced himself as a disciple of the Jiuyi Sect.

Yu Zhenzhen listened and said in a low voice: "It sounds like some martial arts sect."

"What martial arts sect, class monitor, that's because their founder was from Mount Jiuyi, you know Mount Jiuyi, right?" Tan Xiao pointed out that Mount Jiuyi is also a place in Chu Province, and Yu Zhenzhen, being of mixed blood from two provinces, was not as familiar with Chu Province as the locals.

"Oh, I remember now, it's the legendary burial place of Emperor Shun?" Yu Zhenzhen still had some impression, "Hey, I didn't expect you to be quite knowledgeable, even knowing that their founder was from Mount Jiuyi."

"...I've performed with this teacher before." Tan Xiao dry coughed, not only that guqin teacher, but several others, like the clay figurine maker, paper-cut window maker, they were all old acquaintances, performing together every year during the Spring Festival.

It was only in the past two years that Tan Xiao didn't participate much as he was preparing for the college entrance exam.

So, when each class sent representatives to perform impromptu later, it was very normal for them to send Tan Xiao. From childhood to adulthood, whenever Tan Xiao's class encountered similar situations, they would generally send him up.

But this time, Ji Huiming pointed at Kong Xuan and said, "You should also showcase your props! Did you bring them?"

Kong Xuan: "..."

The classmates all cheered, oh right, these two contributed a performance that went viral online during the winter vacation last semester.

Both Kong Xuan and Tan Xiao were pushed up by the cheering classmates, and the two looked at each other, this...

They really weren't prepared.

"Let's do it separately." Tan Xiao had no accompaniment or props this time, and thought of performing some mystical techniques. In the past, he would use props, but this time he really didn't prepare in advance, so he had no choice but to reluctantly use his real skills.

He went and spoke to the teacher beside him in a low voice, then took out a slingshot and a bullet wrapped in runes - since the last incident, he always carried the Taiyin slingshot with him.

He first showed it to everyone, letting them randomly designate a spot, then pulled and shot at a clump of weeds, with unparalleled precision. The runes ignited with a sizzle, burning the weeds fiercely.

The well-prepared teacher also took a fire extinguisher and put out the fire.

Applause erupted around, this impromptu performance was quite impressive, and the chemistry teacher clapped especially enthusiastically.

Then it was Kong Xuan's turn. He stood there, thinking if he should perform a human resurrection, making the principal disappear and reappear? Would this be judged as violating school rules?

Kong Xuan was lost in thought, and Ji Huiming thought he was in a difficult spot, reminding from below: "Kong Xuan, change flowers, change flowers!" He remembered that among the props he gave, there was one for changing roses.

Oh, changing flowers, that works too.

Kong Xuan had no stage experience, unlike Tan Xiao who knew to add some interactive build-up. He abruptly took out a large bouquet of flowers from behind, vibrant and even with some dew drops.

The surrounding students were all stunned, then applauded enthusiastically. Did Kong Xuan plan to go on stage today? Such a large bouquet of flowers, couldn't see where it was hidden at all. In previous performances, they would only change a bunch of flowers or petals.

And everyone wasn't standing very far, Kong Xuan's hands were too fast, couldn't see it at all!

As for Tan Xiao, he was also stunned.

Not because Kong Xuan could make flowers appear, but because this bouquet looked so familiar, "This seems to be..."

"This is what you offered to me before." Kong Xuan said a little embarrassedly. Although this was what others gave Tan Xiao after he performed "Feather Dance", Tan Xiao had offered it to him.

Tan Xiao recognized it, he also didn't expect that Kong Xuan had preserved the flowers with some method. Actually, all the teachers and students on the field had seen this bouquet before, but except for the two of them, probably no one remembered.

Just at this moment of hesitation, the students on the field started clamoring.

Hearing this, Kong Xuan felt that these people were all talking over each other, actually urging him to give the flowers to Tan Xiao.

-- Hey, you already made the flowers appear, in order to complete the performance, shouldn't you give the flowers to the person beside you? This can also be considered combining the two performances.

Everyone who was used to watching performances felt that Kong Xuan would give the flowers. If not to Tan Xiao, he should at least give them to another classmate on the spot. They didn't expect him to mutter something to Tan Xiao and not move.

Kong Xuan was a little confused and a little annoyed, hugging the flowers and said: "These are mine."

These were given to him by Tan Xiao, why let him return them!

Everyone: "..."

Tan Xiao almost laughed out loud: "Give them to me."

Kong Xuan looked at Tan Xiao in shock: "...No."

Damn, is this acting?

Everyone was already suspecting that this was Kong Xuan's stage effect.

"Too inconsiderate." Even the head teacher in the onlooking crowd couldn't help but cheer, "Aren't you going to give the flowers?"

What it means to respect the teacher, the Primordial Phoenix had instructed him before.

Kong Xuan reluctantly handed the flowers to Tan Xiao.

Only Tan Xiao could understand Kong Xuan's expression, and felt it was a bit cute... He took the flowers and said with a smile: "Thank you everyone for upholding justice for me."