"Have you noticed,"
the young teaching assistant said, pointing at Zhang Jixin's empty seat as he very stiffly and decisively changed the subject, "that since we returned to school, the Elder has been even busier than I am? I haven't heard that he's planning to graduate early too!"
"He really isn't planning to graduate early." Xiao Xiao clearly knew some inside information. Smacking his lips, he gave Zheng Qing an answer that caught him completely off guard. "But this has everything to do with your early graduation."
"Me?"
Zheng Qing pointed at his nose with a baffled expression.
What did this have to do with me!
"Have you considered what would have happened if you hadn't decided to graduate early?"
After asking his question, Xiao Xiao did not wait for Zheng Qing's answer. He began laying things out on his own. "In the second half of the year, when we become third-years, the current third-years will enter their fourth year. They'll need to start preparing their Graduation Theses, social practice, and Registered Wizard assessments... so many positions currently controlled by them will open up... such as captain of Jiuyou Academy's hunting team, captain of the Judgement Hunting Team, captain of the School Hunt Team; vice president of the Student Union, president of the Student Union, president of the Student Union Federation; and even the next Lei Zhe... You would have had a very good chance at all of those positions."
At that, he paused. His gaze rested on Zheng Qing with an inscrutable look, and his tone turned faintly eerie. "Do you know how many people breathed a sigh of relief, then rejoiced, after news of your early graduation spread? You gave many people who had already 'given up on their goals' more options, and gave those 'making private deals'