Although the morning fog has dispersed, the air in late summer is still very humid.
The sun has not come out, and there is naturally a bit of chill in the air.
Zheng Qing walked in the somewhat empty campus, tightening his robe tightly, feeling quite uncomfortable.
In the forest, which is usually crowded with people during recess, there are now only three cats and two dogs - real cats and dogs - strolling around to eat and do morning exercises. On the fallen sycamore trees on both sides of the road, the birds have narrowed their eyes and started to
Getting ready for a lunch break.
As for the real owners of this campus, most of the students are probably still having cordial and friendly meetings with Duke Zhou under the covers.
Zheng Qing walked in this empty campus with a feeling of sadness, sincerely feeling that there was no essential difference between the wizard and Bai Ding.
But when he got close to Linzhong Lake, he found that the situation was completely different from other places.
A large number of black heads were piled next to the rockery by the lake, bustling but eerily quiet.
He remembered Xiao Xiao's instructions before leaving, and walked a few steps to the outside of the crowd.
"What happened?" He grabbed a nearby Jamaican with dreadlocks and asked, "Why is it so lively? Does it have anything to do with the fireworks being set off at Linzhong Lake last night?"
"Fireworks?" The Jamaican raised his eyebrows, looked him up and down, and said with a hint of surprise on his face: "You're a freshman, right?"
Only then did Zheng Qing notice that the classmate in front of him had a black border on his robe.
"Hello, senior." He smiled nervously and curiously poked his head into the crowd: "Did someone fall into the lake?"
"The breath of death." The senior shook his head and said in a serious tone: "It was a kitten that was mutilated."
Zheng Qing frowned, feeling that things were a bit strange.
For wizards, small animals with spiritual energy have always been very popular.
A wizard may not have wizard friends, but he will definitely have pet friends.
Wizards have many taboos against small animals with abnormal spirituality such as cats and foxes. They would rather tolerate and respect them, or even run away after encountering them, rather than wantonly killing them.
Therefore, no matter from which perspective, the death of a kitten on campus is not a good thing for wizards.
"Is the cat's body inside?" He stood on tiptoes and tried to raise his sight, but unfortunately, the effect was extremely limited: "Why didn't the school take it away?"
"I also find it strange. Although the school working committee is said to be closed on Saturdays and Sundays." The senior scratched his head helplessly: "But that shouldn't be the reason why they didn't pick up the body. Logically, they should have discovered it last night.
This murder... you just mentioned last night's 'fireworks', which were the signal used by the wizard patrol to communicate, which means that the patrol should have discovered this dead body last night."
Zheng Qing nodded silently, then raised his head in horror.
"Last night's murder?" he exclaimed, pointing at Linzhong Lake and shouting: "By this lake?"
Perhaps because the senior felt that Zheng Qing was making too much fuss, he simply nodded and immediately left the crowd and walked towards the library.
But Zheng Qing didn't feel that he was making a fuss at all.
He was going to patrol Zhonghu Lake at midnight next week. It was completely irresponsible to die in his own jurisdiction before he took office!
And it’s the kind of flag that will definitely cause trouble.
With a bit of worry, he kept wandering around, inquiring.
Onlookers also had different opinions on the cause of the kitten's death.
Some people said that the kitten was dragged into the lake by a water ghost, and then its eyes were deducted by the fishman's cub. But this theory was immediately denied.
"The whole cat is dry! Moreover, if the water ghost dragged it into the lake, why did it come back to the shore? This is unreasonable." The person who retorted analyzed it very logically: "In my opinion, it should be a wild monster.
The little monster that escaped from the campus, only those beasts in this campus can do the things that such beasts do."
"The monsters in the Wild Monster Garden don't have the guts to approach Linzhong Lake." Another person in the crowd denied this speculation: "Moreover, how could those unintelligent wild monsters kill this kitten so lightly? It makes sense, die.
How many of the creatures under the claws of the wild monster have intact bodies?"
The onlookers nodded in agreement.
"Maybe it's a wild monster that likes to eat eyeballs." The former analyst was quite unconvinced: "Otherwise, who needs better reasoning?"
The crowd fell into silence again.
"Why can't it be a wizard?" Zheng Qing finally seized the opportunity and looked at the others in surprise: "This kind of very methodical killing looks like the hands of a wizard?"
This sentence seemed to touch some taboo, and everyone looked at him with strange eyes, as if he was the murderer of the kitten.
Before he could say anything else, the onlookers dispersed.
The evasive glances they gave before leaving made Zheng Qing furious.
"What do you mean!" He said angrily: "I didn't kill him... What kind of attitude is this!"
But no one paid any attention to him.
When people disappeared, Zheng Qing finally came to the rockery and saw the killed kitten.
It was a white kitten with short hair all over its body. It was lying on the rockery with its paws in its hands, as if it was asleep.
If its two eye sockets weren't so dark, Zheng Qing might actually think it was just asleep.
"It's so cruel." He forgot about the other onlookers in a blink of an eye, feeling a little heavy in his heart: "To kill someone so cute... It's so outrageous."
A few furry tree sperm slid along the branches of the weeping willow to the rockery, poked their heads, and looked curiously at the young wizard standing by the lake and the little milk cat crawling on the rocks.
A gutless boy crawled out of the lake, spitting bubbles and climbing higher up the rockery. It held a purple shrimp in its pincers. On normal days, Zheng Qing would definitely grab the food with his jaws.
, carefully study why there are purple shrimps.
but now.
Zheng Qing took one last look at the little white cat, sighed, and walked towards the library door.
This sudden accident seriously affected his mood today.
…
Zheng Qing did not wait long at the library door.
Jiang Yu came early for the appointment at 8:50.
"You came so early." Jiang Yu trotted over, with her hands on her hips, her head tilted, and one hand fanning her ears.
The light fragrance drifted into Zheng Qing's nose along the small wind, making his mind wander.
"It's not yet nine o'clock yet." She looked at Zheng Qing with a smile, holding a small bag on her wrist.
For the first time, Zheng Qing discovered that the female monitor's smile was very comforting.
This made his originally depressed mood slightly better.
"It's quite early for you." Zheng Qing took out the pocket watch from his arms, looked at the time, and smiled: "It's not yet nine o'clock. You are a girl, you can be half an hour late... This is a girl's privilege.
"
"This is discrimination against girls." Jiang Yu stopped her smile and looked at him seriously: "Any behavior that treats men and women differently is discrimination."
Zheng Qing raised his hands begging for mercy, expressing his complete agreement.