Chapter 2677: Chapter 898: Temporary Ban
Zheng Qing listened to Xiao Xiao’s story and analysis with a sullen face.
After a while, he cursed under his breath, "...What a load of nonsense!"
"No no no," came the chuckling voice of the Fat Wizard from not far away, "This is not ’nonsense,’ but ’wizard nonsense’ or ’dragon nonsense,’ hahaha..."
"Whether it’s nonsense or dragon nonsense," Xiao Xiao said seriously, looking at Zheng Qing without a hint of a smile, slightly increasing his tone: "Why did you let this situation happen? From a logical standpoint, I think this choice is very irrational; from a romantic standpoint, I believe this behavior could cause a rift; and even from a safety perspective, putting them in the same room is like throwing metallic sodium into water..."
"I think they wouldn’t really come into conflict!" Zheng Qing weakly defended.
"You think?" Xiao Xiao retorted.
"Wouldn’t... right..." Zheng Qing hesitated again immediately.
"Your response fully indicates that you’re just gambling."
The diviner of the Atonement Hunting Team critiqued harshly, "...Betting that you are more important in their eyes, betting that they care more about you, betting they can always remain calm and rational... and we all know that calmness, rationality, and such emotions naturally conflict with the word love. In other words, you shirked your responsibility and pushed it onto them. Your choice only shows that you are selfish enough to not care about their feelings... or maybe you couldn’t resist the feeling of being chased, their conflict gave you a sense of gain."
Zheng Qing listened to Doctor Xiao’s harsh criticism with a numb expression, not knowing what crime he had committed today.
Although he felt the Doctor’s words made some sense.
The voice of the Fat Wizard, as thin as a mosquito’s buzz, reached his ears: "What did you do?"
Zheng Qing shook his head almost imperceptibly.
"That’s strange," the Fat Wizard crossed one arm over his chest and pinched his chin thoughtfully with the other: "Normally, he doesn’t meddle in other people’s business this much... Of course, I think the Doctor is absolutely right, you really lack responsibility, are highly selfish, quite shameless... but that’s not why he’s suddenly rambling..."
"What are you two muttering about?" Xiao Xiao sharply noticed the distraction of the two dorm mates and suddenly turned to look at the Fat Wizard.
Xin, holding Tuan Tuan, analyzed seriously: "Hmm, I think your view is a bit too subjective. First, you can’t use your own thought process to infer the witches’ ideas, maybe they like directly facing challenges; second, in my opinion, occasionally meeting might actually give them a sense of security; finally, are you writing a magic psychology paper?"
Zheng Qing suddenly had a moment of realization.
But he quickly realized something was wrong.
"I remember this semester the Doctor’s elective course is Dream Interpretation, same as yours right?" His puzzled gaze wandered between the two companions: "...When did he pick up an elective in magic psychology too?"
"Do I need to take those courses?" The diviner of the Atonement Hunting Team raised his head proudly.
The Fat Wizard nodded knowingly: "So it’s something between you and Sima... you’ve paraphrased what you wanted to say to Sima and said it to Mr. Zha instead."
Zheng Qing nodded very slightly and only then belatedly glared at the Fat Wizard.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Xiao fell silent for a few seconds.
"Heh, childish... Why should I discuss such matters with you!" He finally huffed, turning around and diving into the tent.
On the other side of the desk.
The probing Fat Wizard made a silent mouth gesture to Zheng Qing: "That’s right, it’s definitely Teacher Sima criticizing him for being too self-centered and uncaring about her..."
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...
The Fat Wizard’s judgment turned out to be very accurate.
Just a day later, before the Sunday evening class meeting started, Zheng Qing was fed new gossip from him.
"Exclusive news!"
The Fat Wizard sat in his seat—the angle where there was only him at the moment—and covered his face with the unfolded newspaper, speaking in a very low voice to the air nearby: "There was a witness who saw the Doctor taking flowers to the office building for Sima, only to be thrown out along with the flowers... although he tried to sneak over when there was no one around, the front desk parrots watched the whole thing... Are you still there?"
An almost imperceptible ripple appeared in the air, and a feather pen materialized, drawing a large string of exclamation points on the table, expressing its shock.
Due to the class on Thursday, these days Zheng Qing had again become the center of discussion among everyone in the school, only that the Great Elves, caught in the vortex, stayed at Greenhill Mansion over the weekend, so Zheng Qing endured all the open and hidden criticism alone.
Since yesterday, he had resumed wearing the invisibility talisman.
As for the other two companions in the corner, Zhang Ji Xin continued serving as his brother’s assistant, and his time was no less limited than Zheng Qing’s; while Doctor Xiao, presumably due to the news the Fat Wizard had just mentioned, hadn’t come to class today.
An invisible ripple of magic power flashed, setting up a simple sound insulation barrier.
"What happened? Did the Doctor cheat?" Zheng Qing’s voice came eagerly from the air, as this was the first possibility that came to mind.
The Fat Wizard shook the newspaper in his hand, casting a look of disdain at the air: "Do you think everyone is as dishonest as you? I think the most likely possibility is that the Doctor forgot Sima’s birthday or was too absorbed in reading and stood Sima up... it won’t be worse... unfortunately, such a good piece of material can’t make it into the newspaper..."
Boom!
A ball of blue fire suddenly appeared in the center of the classroom and exploded loudly, forcibly interrupting the chaos and immediately capturing everyone’s attention.
The bursting flames quickly outlined and transformed into a suspended green bird with open wings, its mouth opening to emit a crisp, loud sound:
"Class meeting temporarily canceled, all classes orderly leave the teaching building! Self-study rooms and libraries temporarily closed! Until permission is granted, no one is allowed to leave the school! All students who entered Silent Forest must report immediately! That’s all!"
The green bird’s voice was very serious.
The issued ban was also very clear.
But because it was so clear, everyone was somewhat at a loss, everyone looking at each other bewildered. After announcing the ban, the green bird re-formed into a ball of fire, leaving the mark of the teaching assistant group in mid-air.
Almost the moment the blue flames vanished, sprites in gray uniforms swooped down from above the blackboard, promptly enforcing safety rules, diving to the windows to swiftly draw the heavy curtains.
"I’m going out to check the situation, everyone open your law book and be ready to evacuate at any moment!" Tang Dun stood up and loudly arranged: "Everybody don’t panic, listen to Jiang Yu... and Liu Fei Fei for instructions!"
