Something about the Principal Investigator of Academics at Huaxu Academy felt familiar to you.

You couldn't place your finger on what it was about Xiangli Yao to be exact. It's just that seeing him for the first time hit you with a familiar sense of deja vu, as if you've already known him for ages.

Choosing to ignore these thoughts and carrying on with your life was pretty much a bad idea. These thoughts only continued to linger and grow as time went on, even going as far as to visit you in your dreams.

Eventually, you gave in. What better thing to do than to voice out these thoughts to the man himself?

Xiangli Yao listened intently to your woes, his chin resting on his hand, absorbing the information you're giving him. You can practically see the cogs turning in his head.

"I see.." He murmurs.

Taking a deep breath, his brain carefully racks up a logical answer. "As truthseekers, we gauge the universe from within a nutshell. But what about outside of it? Perhaps you've seen me in a dream before, or maybe in a past or alternate life— theoretically speaking, of course."

Going to Xiangli Yao for this discussion was probably the right idea.