Hearing that Carmen was looking for Ilena, Zheng Qing was far from as calm as he had appeared before Fatty Xin. Yet no matter how turbulent his heart was, he could not show it in front of his companions.
This matter involved far too many unspeakable secrets—Mr. Wu, the Outer Gods, the Forbidden Curse, his "death" and "rebirth," even the contract he had signed with Jiang Yu.
Every one of those was valuable information that the Dark Wizards outside the school would scour souls and spirits to obtain.
That state left him somewhat absent-minded throughout the meeting in the office. He barely heard what those Hunting Committee members had been droning on about.
It was not until the meeting ended, when he walked out of the Office Building carrying the meeting minutes and saw Fatty Xin at the entrance with a lunch box in hand, catching the tempting mingled scent of roasted meat, rice, and pickles, that he finally came back to his senses.
"Going to the library?"
Fatty Xin took the meeting minutes from Zheng Qing as he greedily opened the parchment and read its contents. Without even looking up, he asked, "We can stay until afternoon classes start... Doctor should still be there."
"Eat first! You can't eat in the library." The young publicly funded student snatched the lunch box from the Fat Wizard's hands. The two found a cat-free bench beneath the tree-lined path and sat down.
The moment he opened the lunch box, Zheng Qing let out a deeply satisfied sigh—asking Fatty Xin to fetch food for him had been absolutely the right choice. He could always find the tastiest things in the cafeteria.
Every grain of long-grain japonica rice gleamed golden. That was not the color of deep-fried oil, but the natural magical hue carried