Zheng Qing's grand theories on the executive level's initiative and passivity did not make Dr. Xiao so much as glance his way.
That was because the examples he gave were rather far removed from the Wizarding World and failed to resonate with the Doctor. On the contrary, the "déjà vu" he mentioned in his examples greatly interested Xiao Xiao, who seized Zheng Qing by the arm and launched into an explanation, from the concept of divination to the Dimension School's theories of time. By the end of it, Zheng Qing was dizzy and bloated-headed, filled with regret, wishing he could crumple that school newspaper into a ball and stuff it into the Doctor's yap-yap-yapping mouth.
"Besides 'quenching thirst, making one light and free from hunger, and plumping the flesh with a healthy glow,' what other effects does White Dew have?" The young publicly funded student finally spotted a gap in the conversation and quickly cut in, attempting to steer the topic elsewhere. "'Standard Potions' only has that one line... I don't think I can scrape together three thousand words for my Potion Class assignment."
As he spoke, he lightly patted the homework beneath his hand.
Still wanting to continue, Xiao Xiao adjusted his glasses and glanced at the parchment beneath Zheng Qing's elbow.
"Oh, White Dew's effects? That's simple. If you break them down, you can write plenty."
A Doctor was a Doctor after all. He easily found a solution to the young publicly funded student's predicament. "...Take the eight words 'sweet and cool, moistening dryness, cleansing summer heat, and dispelling vexation.' You can expand them into many varieties of White Dew with different qualities: 'rice-tip dew,' 'sweet flag dew,' 'leek-top dew,' 'chrysanthemum dew,' 'lotus-leaf dew,' 'Cypress Leaf dew,' 'trumpet-creeper Flower Dew,' and so on."
"'Rice-tip dew' nourishes the stomach