Class Monitor Jiang was truly the first person to describe Rats in Blue Vests as "young men in blue."
Zheng Qing did not mock her for that, though. Instead, he found the witch's question rather helpless.
What the rats liked to do during their time off was none of his business. Besides, perhaps catching bugs was exactly how the rats entertained themselves when they rested!
Though he quietly grumbled about the witch's question, he could not say any of that aloud.
Zheng Qing frowned, thought for a moment, then answered with a serious expression, "Maybe they're storing up food for winter? There are lots of bugs in spring. Whether they dry them or pickle them after catching them, they should keep for a long time... Ow!"
Before his dead-serious answer could earn the witch's praise, the blue-clad rat personally interrupted him.
Ding Dong Ear, who had been watching the battle between the rats and the bear from the side, heard Zheng Qing's wild nonsense and flew into a rage. With a flick of its tail, it leaped up and slammed a rat fist into Zheng Qing's knee.
It felt as though someone had jabbed him with chopsticks, and Zheng Qing's expression immediately changed.
"Ow?!" The young publicly funded student sucked in a sharp breath, lowered his head to look at the little thing by his feet, and shouted, "Are you crazy? Watch out, or I'll dock this month's pay!"
Ding Dong Ear looked at the wizard with utter disdain. "Fox Five handles the accounts. What do you know, you winter melon... I only hit you to remind you: 'To know is to know; not to know is not to know.' Don't pretend to understand when you don't!"
From what it said, there really was a reason they went out in