The facts soon proved that Zheng Qing's surroundings were indeed the most dangerous area in the school.
But this time, the massive wave stirred up by the storm did not crash down on Zheng Qing himself. Instead, it struck his classmate, Nicholas Green Oswald.
As an older student who had repeated two years and transferred departments three times, Nicholas had always kept a very low profile. Whether at the academy or in class, he rarely took part in public activities—unless those activities offered academic credit.
Most of the time, Nicholas quietly sat in a corner of the classroom, hiding behind a thick stack of textbooks as he silently worked through exercises or exam papers alone. When professors occasionally called on him to stand and answer questions, he would stammer so badly that he could not get a word out. Over time, the professors came to understand his personality and stopped putting him on the spot during class.
When Zheng Qing had formed his hunting team, he had tried inviting Nicholas to join, but Nicholas politely declined. As for the other students in class, perhaps they only occasionally mentioned this "notorious" classmate who had repeated two years when chatting with students from other classes.
In all of Astronomy 08-1—or rather, in all of Jiuyou Academy—only Liu Feifei had truly entered Nicholas's world.
Liu Feifei, who graded his test papers for him. Liu Feifei, who helped him make revision plans. Liu Feifei, who called him an idiot. Liu Feifei, who hid in library corners with him and studied by his side.
When Zheng Qing chatted privately with his companions, he had once analyzed the miraculous romance between the two. In the end, everyone unanimously concluded that Liu Feifei and Nicholas were in a complementary relationship: the complementarity of a clever person and