Genshin Impact: Joining the Genius Society-Chapter 235: Asta Gets Bullied
"Miss Herta, may I ask... have you learned it yet?"
After teaching Herta for a long time, even Su Ran himself felt exhausted.
He had never been a teacher before, and now that he finally tried, he realized just how draining it was—both physically and mentally.
At that moment, he finally understood why teachers often looked at students with that ’I’m disappointed but still trying’ expression.
That said, compared to others, Herta was already extremely smart.
She simply couldn’t understand the simplified formulas.
At the very least, she could understand the complete versions.
"I basically understand it," Herta replied, "but I can’t understand what you skipped."
If everything were written out, she could follow it.
But simplified to this extent?
Anyone who could still understand that would be a monster.
"Then take your time and study it yourself," Su Ran said casually.
"I don’t have the time to explain every step again."
Instead of staying here to keep teaching Herta, it was better to give her time to digest things on her own.
After all, a genius acknowledged by Nous was definitely not stupid.
The formulas were already there.
How much she could learn depended on her.
If she couldn’t learn it— that wasn’t his problem.
Either she figured it out, or Herta herself just wasn’t up to the task.
"See you around."
Herta did indeed need some time to settle down and think.
After getting away from Herta, Su Ran quietly sneaked up behind Asta.
She was smiling foolishly at her photo album, clearly enjoying herself.
It was obvious— this girl really loved shipping CPs.
Especially the photos she’d just taken of him and Herta.
They looked extremely intimate.
And after Asta added a few subtle effects, the atmosphere became even more ambiguous.
"Only at times like this does Herta look so obedient," Su Ran said calmly.
"She’ll actually sit quietly for once."
Looking at her like this, Herta really was a static-type beauty.
"Yes! Yes!" Asta replied enthusiastically, still not realizing who she was talking to.
"I’ve never seen Miss Herta sit so quietly on someone’s lap before.
But if it’s Mr. Su Ran, it somehow feels totally natural!"
"Uh..."
Suddenly realizing where she was—
Herta’s office—
Asta stiffened instantly.
There shouldn’t be anyone else here.
Her whole body tensed up.
"Su... Su Ran... sir..."
She’d been caught.
This was bad.
She looked at him nervously, ready to immediately hand over her phone and bow in apology at the slightest hint of displeasure.
"Make sure I look handsome," Su Ran said.
"Send me a copy of the photos."
Asta instantly complied, rapidly tapping her phone and sending everything over.
Su Ran received the photos and began quietly appreciating Asta’s work.
"...Why are there photos of you in here?"
As he scrolled, something started to feel very wrong.
"Ah? That can’t be—"
Asta froze.
She rushed over to check.
Sure enough— the album contained many photos of herself wearing different outfits.
There were even swimsuit photos.
In that instant, Asta practically turned into a steam engine.
"T-this... I must’ve made a mistake!
We should delete them!"
She checked her phone again and finally realized what had happened.
—
She had accidentally selected her entire album.
And since her phone was a top-tier, latest-generation model from the IPC, the transfer speed was insane.
An entire album sent in the blink of an eye.
No wonder she didn’t notice in time.
At this moment, Asta was so embarrassed she wanted to dig a hole and disappear.
"Such beautiful photos," Su Ran said calmly, "it’d be a shame to delete them.
I think I’ll keep them."
"Th-that’s not appropriate, is it?!"
Asta’s head buzzed.
There was nothing explicit— but swimsuit photos still shouldn’t be on Mr. Su Ran’s phone!
"What’s inappropriate about it?" Su Ran replied casually.
"You have photos of me on your phone, and I have photos of you on mine.
That makes us even, doesn’t it?"
That... didn’t make any sense at all!
She didn’t have his swimsuit photos!
How was that even?!
Seeing Asta on the verge of tears, Su Ran gently patted her head to comfort her.
"Relax. I’ll just keep them for personal viewing.
I won’t spread them around, and I definitely won’t do anything weird."
That explanation somehow made things worse.
Asta felt even more embarrassed.
"C-could you please delete them?
I can... offer some compensation..."
She wasn’t afraid Su Ran would misuse the photos— after all, he was on the same level as Miss Herta.
But embarrassment was still embarrassment.
Just knowing her photos were on someone else’s phone felt incredibly awkward.
"I still think photos are worth keeping."
Seeing that Su Ran was absolutely determined, Asta wished she could go back in time and kick her careless past self.
This is all your fault!
You’ve completely ruined my dignity in front of Mr. Su Ran!
Asta was heartbroken.
Su Ran, meanwhile, was smiling very happily.
And that only made Asta feel even worse.
In the end, she could only accept her fate in silence.
But from that moment on, a faint sense of resentment appeared in her gaze toward Su Ran.
When Raiden Makoto returned and saw Asta looking utterly wronged, she thought Asta had also been subjected to some inhumane simulation test.
"You bullied Asta again?" Makoto demanded immediately.
"This one’s not entirely my fault," Su Ran replied lightly.
"Asta had her share of responsibility too.
You could even say... she was the one who started it."
He didn’t deny bullying her.
But was this only his problem?
Did Asta really have no responsibility at all?
"???"
Makoto’s gaze toward Asta instantly became very strange.
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