Wednesday afternoon was an elective course. Like last semester, Zheng Qing and Jiang Yu took the same course, magic cosmology, which was also the course that Xiao Xiao and Xin took last semester.
When Zheng Qing first chose this course, he considered that he could ‘refer to’ the homework and notes of his doctorate last semester, which could greatly save energy. After all, his class schedule this semester was too full.
However, when Jiang Yu proposed the idea of "reference" as confidently as he did, Zheng Qing was still a little stunned.
Including Li Meng.
The two looked at Jiang Yu who calmly proposed "copying homework" as if they were ghosts. Zheng Qing immediately forgot his identity as a "lizardman", and Li Meng couldn't even grasp the apple in his hand and let it roll down to the ground.
Before Zheng Qing could speak, the little witch howled.
"Who are you?"
She shouted, and without hesitation, she pulled out her Dharma book and aimed at her cousin with great momentum: "How could my sister Yu say the word "copy homework"! She said, did you use compound decoction? I knew that being occupied by the first university by the lizard man was not a rumor!"
Zheng Qing's face turned dark.
Although he was not as naive as a little witch, he also expressed his attitude with a moment of hesitation.
Jiang Yu skillfully handed over Li Meng's weapon and pressed her back to her seat. Her face turned slightly red, but she was still able to calmly raise the fork in her hand and aimed at Zheng Qing: "You two, be mature, don't be so exaggerated, don't scare others... I have thought it through clearly. If I want to maintain the intensity of 30 classes per week this semester, I must make some choices in my studies. I can give a little water on subjects that can get excellent scores with my eyes closed, and spend more energy on courses such as metal preciousness and advanced astrology."
The implication is that she is confident that she will get high scores in the course of magic cosmology with her eyes closed.
Only then did Zheng Qing feel that the world has become more real.
"...It's you," the witch poked a few lettuce leaves with a fork and stuffed them into her mouth. While chewing, she looked at Zheng Qing up and down, and continued to speak without caring about the image: "Miss Barnes has mentioned her plan to me... Are you mentally prepared? You know, rumors do not only represent exaggeration, but also represent no lower limit."
"Why did she tell you?"
Zheng Qing initially regretted not signing a silent contract with the blonde witch. He suddenly felt a little uneasy, not knowing how many people she told this plan.
"Do you think I shouldn't know?" Jiang Yu stopped chewing and looked at Zheng Qing with a subtle expression.
Li Meng took out an apple from somewhere, gnawed and gnawed, watching this scene with great enthusiasm, just as he held up the camera to record the scene.
"No, of course not." Zheng Qing was suddenly panicked and repeatedly denied: "I mean, you have worked so hard to study, don't be so trivial..."
“I have a responsibility for this matter.”
Jiang Yu did not pursue the male witch in this small statement. He changed his mind slightly and interrupted: "I asked you to dance so many dances in Shanglinyuan. I originally wanted to help you and me to disperse some pressure, but I didn't expect someone to climb up the pole..."
Speaking of this, she bulged her mouth, as if she was angry with herself.
Then immediately, she realized that this was a public place, and she tactically poked a cherry tomato, stuffed it into her mouth, and said vaguely: "...I mean, Miss Barnes has rich experience and resources in the field of public opinion, and is indeed an expert in handling this matter. As for why she told me... Every big wizard family has some of their own public opinion resources, and it is very common for everyone to collaborate with each other when maintaining similar interests or goals."
"Then I..."
Zheng Qing hesitated for a moment - considering that Jiang Yu would have helped this matter, he would have used the family's resources. If he just enjoyed it with peace of mind, it would have been too ignorant. For Linda Barnes's help, he used Colma's interview opportunity as a reward, but Jiang Yu, for a moment, he couldn't think of anything to repay her.
"I suggest you be mentally prepared."
Jiang Yu's fork paused on the plate that was about to be empty, and his eyes unconsciously avoided Zheng Qing and poked twice: "...you just need to remember that those are rumors."
When Zheng Qing was in the restaurant, he did not have a deep understanding of the sentence "Those are rumors."
Isn't it just a lizard man?
What a big deal.
But just one night after another, when he went to do morning class the next morning, he realized that he was still naive.
Almost every passerby who passes by him will glance carefully at him - not that kind of normal look, but not squinting, peeking from the corner of his eyes, but also making the voyeurist find that he is being peeked.
If everyone poked him with curiosity, astonishment and anger after the rumors of his relationship with Su Shijun spread, then now, Zheng Qing felt a completely different emotion from the eyes of others.
fear.
He also noticed this feeling in class.
“… These are the most widely spread rumors that I have summarized.”
Before the potion class, Fatty Xin held up a barrier as usual and pushed his small notebook in front of Zheng Qing. He explained quickly: "The worse ones are attacking your origin, the lighter ones are rumored that you were born into a magician family, and the heavier ones claim that you have the blood of Kunyang people..."
Kunyang people are an underground race in Oklahoma, with black hair and bronze skin. It is said that their ancestors come from the depths of the starry sky and have unique and superb magical skills. Although the Wizards Alliance identified it as a neutral race, because Kunyang people are committed to seeking emotional and intellectual stimulation, they like to conduct various cruel magic experiments, and even have a tradition of creating and devouring human-like races, they are regarded as heresy by many alliance orthodox wizards.
The implication of having the Kunyang people's blood is that Zheng Qing is probably a test subject of the Kunyang people and doubting his nature. This is a great insult to any wizard.
It’s just that Zheng Qing did not grow up in the wizard world, so he didn’t feel strong about this insult.
"Linda's rumors are all told to others," as if worried that Zheng Qing was thinking, the fat wizard explained it specifically: "You know, rumors that are too insulting IQ will likely cause the rebellious mentality of ordinary people, and will change their positions to support you... Well, some other less bad rumors, in addition to the lizard people you already know, are also cults, you are a servant of the gods, and you like to eat the hearts of children... But the market for these rumors is very small. Do you know what the widest audience is?"
"What?" Zheng Qing said with a numb expression.
"You are actually a witch." Fatty Xin looked at him solemnly.