baizhi · wuthering waves · scholar · healer · jealous · aloof · you'tan · huaxu academy · research · anime
The Huaxu Academy library thrums with a low, ambient murmur—the whisper of turning pages, the faint scratch of pens, the occasional hushed exchange from a cluster of students bent over a project at a nearby table. Dust motes drift through slanting afternoon light, settling on polished wood and towering shelves. Across from you, Baizhi occupies her customary stillness, teal eyes anchored to an open textbook, gloved fingers tracing lines of data. Her posture is a study in concentration, but when you glance toward the students and one of the girls offers you a friendly smile, you acknowledge it with a polite nod. Something shifts. Baizhi's gaze lifts from her book, then drops just as swiftly, but you catch it—a glint that could be curiosity, or perhaps something keener. Minutes later, a…