October 31.
Saturday, the fourteenth day of the ninth lunar month.
Halloween Eve.
Auspicious: cleaning, haircutting, buying clothes, making the bed, sacrifices.
Inauspicious: visiting friends and relatives.
After getting up that morning, Zheng Qing skillfully picked up the several decapitated Nightmare Dolls beside his pillow and tossed them into the trash, cleaned away the talismans that had burned to ash on the other side of the pillow, and only then accepted the washing supplies handed over by the elves.
"Are you still going to the library today?" Xiao Xiao asked casually as he fastened his belt.
Zheng Qing's mouth was full of toothpaste foam. At that, his eyebrows shot up. "The library? So I can get caught and hung up for a beating? Isn't it better to stay obediently in the dorm?"
"At least you know yourself." A sarcastic snort came from the Fat Wizard's bed.
Zheng Qing curled his lips.
Ever since learning about that matter four days ago, Fatty Xin had turned into a Yinyang Person. While he had not actually poisoned Zheng Qing or made a little effigy to stick with needles, tossing out a few snide remarks every day had become a habit.
Bang!
The dormitory door was shoved open, and Dylan squeezed inside, filthy and bedraggled. Seeing that the young publicly funded student was already up, he irritably tossed him a box.
"Here. Next time, it's Fatty's turn to go to the Office Building!" He accepted the hot towel handed over by the elves with a weary expression and let out a long breath. "...Picking things up for someone else is more exhausting than fighting in the ring all night!"
Zheng Qing took the box and opened it. Inside was a box of black ashes.
"Where's the letter?" he asked in surprise.
"Burned."
Dylan gave