The Valiant Teacher

An Lin looked at the gorgeous little girl standing before him, and a peculiar feeling welled up in his heart.

"What are you looking at?" Little Xiaolan blushed at the sight of An Lin's intense gaze.

"I feel like I'm very fortunate to be able to see you in all stages of your growth. We're almost like childhood friends now, right?" An Lin's eyes lit up.

"Er…" Little Xiaolan faltered slightly before patting An Lin's head with a smile on her face. "Childhood friends grow up together, but you didn't revert back to your younger self with me. Our duo is the middle-aged man and the little loli."

An Lin: "…"

An Lin had no response to this. Her words did appear to ring true!

Either way, he was very fortunate to be able to see Xu Xiaolan in all of these stages of her life!

An Lin grabbed onto Little Xiaolan's little hand. "Let's go see if our Vermilion Birds have been good or not."