Just as expected, the professor was not in the bookstore.
Zheng Qing had already learned to face such minor setbacks calmly.
"Don't ask me. I don't know either!"
Yellow Flower Cat sprawled on the windowsill of Sanyou Bookstore, idly basking in the moonlight. Its eyes were half-closed, and a faint clear glow shrouded its entire body. It looked utterly languid. "The world is so big. Where couldn't he go... Besides, I'm not the one who raised him. Why ask me where he went..."
Before it could finish, a chopstick-thick bolt of golden lightning shot out of the void and struck Yellow Flower Cat squarely on the forehead. With a sharp crack, it blew up a clump of curled cat hair, and the smell of burning quickly filled the air.
"Aow!!"
The tabby let out a miserable shriek and leaped three feet into the air. After landing, it raised a paw and viciously pointed at the sky, seemingly wanting to spit out some threats. But after jabbing its paw through the air a few times, it eventually wobbled and lowered it again.
"See that?" Yellow Flower Cat snarled at the young man in a foul temper. "All you have to do is mutter something like I did, and he'll definitely know you're looking for him!"
Zheng Qing looked at the tabby as if it were an idiot.
"I only wanted to ask the professor to be our hunting team's thesis advisor." Pretending not to hear Yellow Flower Cat's terrible suggestion, he sincerely explained why he had come. "The school is holding the School Hunting Meet this month. The You Zui Hunting Team needs to find a suitable thesis advisor before we can compete..."
"Over something this trivial?!" Yellow Flower Cat was so angry its nose nearly crooked. It raised a paw