The turmoil sweeping through the university did not disturb Zheng Qing's state of mind much.
His thoughts were wholly occupied by his meeting beneath the Cat Fruit Tree that evening, as well as the risk of being hauled into Old Yao's office at any moment. He could no longer remember what he had eaten for dinner.
Six thirty in the evening.
Less than an hour remained until his appointed meeting with Su Ya, yet the sky had already grown very dark—vaguely even darker than the sky he had seen in Old Yao's office in his dream. That was a good sign, but not enough to put Zheng Qing fully at ease. The events of that dream hung over the young wizard like the Sword of Damocles, ready to fall at any moment and cut him half to death.
"You're really not going to the library?" Xiao Xiao confirmed before leaving.
"Not going."
The young publicly funded student forced a smile and answered vaguely. "The library is a little too noisy for me... you know that... there's no harm in keeping a low profile."
That explanation barely made sense.
But in truth, Zheng Qing had already made up his mind. The moment Xiao Xiao left, he would turn into a cat, slip quietly out of the dormitory with an Invisibility Talisman hanging from his neck, find some unoccupied tree, and curl up in its branches where no one could find him. That should minimize the chances of being caught by Old Yao.
"Suit yourself." The short wizard shrugged, carefully tucked the Bamboo Slip Spellbook into his robes, then adjusted his glasses. "I just wanted to remind you that studying alone in the dorm has extremely low efficiency. The odds of you falling asleep face-down on your desk are extremely high. There's