Zheng Qing had originally accepted Xiao Xiao's explanation.
He believed the school would make a big deal small and a small deal disappear when it came to the intrusion into Dormitory 403. So he had not held out much hope for the wizards who were scheduled to reinforce the dormitory's Guardian Magic later that day. He spent the entire afternoon wondering whether he should find time to visit Qingqiu Mansion and shamelessly ask for some outside help.
But after dinner, when he returned to the dormitory, he immediately abandoned that idea.
If the school had intended to brush things off, it would not have sent Zhang Yu to Dormitory 403—although some people at the school still called Zhang Yu the "acting leader," his appointment as leader had in fact passed review by the relevant departments and was now in a three-month probationary period. In other words, he was currently the de facto leader of First University's Teaching Assistant Group.
Zheng Qing did not think the Teaching Assistant Group had enough spare manpower to send its leader to handle an insignificant case.
More importantly, given Zhang Yu's status, he was currently standing in the corner of the dormitory like an invisible man.
Besides him, there were two other wizards sent by the school. Zheng Qing had dealt with one of the gray-robed men several times before. He was an old school worker named Ernest, as senior as Old Man Vernal of Linzhong Lake and Uncle Stad of Hundred Herbs Garden. As for the tall, thin wizard leading them, Zheng Qing did not know him at all.
Xiao Xiao and Fatty Xin huddled behind Zhang Yu with their arms crossed, silently making gestures. Zheng Qing had no idea what they were trying to convey, but to be safe, he decided it would