Although there had been unexpected little interludes like "naming," "enrollment," and even "reluctance to part"...
Zheng Qing had never forgotten the most direct reason he had come to Qingqiu Mansion.
Before leaving the mansion, he deliberately found an opportunity to speak with Poseidon alone and carefully reminded her in a low voice, "...When you play with those three Great Sprites, you must correct what they call me. That includes you. If you learn to speak later, you absolutely must not pick up those bad things, like 'Brother Scum' or 'scumbag.' Absolutely not. You're a lady. Even if you call me 'Brother Qing' someday, that would be fine."
His attitude was earnest, and his tone sincere.
Yet Little Fox merely nodded distractedly, her head constantly turned toward the bedroom—the maids were showing the three Great Sprites around this huge, unfamiliar mansion—and she could barely wait to play with her new companions.
In the end, Zheng Qing could only leave with a heart full of worry.
He had already realized that education regarding forms of address would probably be a long and repetitive process.
After returning to school, Zheng Qing did not go straight back to 403. Instead, he went beneath the girls' dormitory building.
This stop had not originally been part of his plans.
But because of the "little surprises" he had encountered at Qingqiu Mansion, he had no choice but to revise his earlier plans and give Jiang Yu advance notice about the three Great Sprites.
He did not want the witch to learn the names of those three Great Sprites for the first time during Edge Academy's class next thursday.
It was nearly eight o'clock.
The night was very dark.
Zheng Qing did not want to draw the attention of the witches passing back and forth, so