Chapter 2729
Zheng Qing was no stranger to ghosts.
Whether they were the milky-white specters drifting through the university, the higher races of the Under the Moon Council, or the Vengeful Spirits that had once joined demons in their mad assault on Black Prison, he had long grown accustomed to these Magical Lifeforms caught between life and death.
It would not have been an exaggeration to describe his feelings toward such beings with the word "desensitized."
But "having seen one" and "having close contact with one" were two entirely different concepts—just as a young man might often see pretty witches on the street, while becoming intimate with one was a story from an entirely different dimension.
So when he suddenly discovered an Infant Spirit clinging to his shoulder, Zheng Qing could not help being a little startled.
But only a little.
After the shock passed, his first reaction was not to flick it away, but to marvel that this little thing had managed to cling to him for so long! Ever since his relationship with Su Shijun had been exposed, he had kept an Exorcism Amulet on him year-round to prevent people from secretly cursing him. Ordinary undead could not easily approach him, much less silently perch on his shoulder.
Moreover, after the recent "abduction incident," Zheng Qing had very consciously added more types of protective charms to his person after returning from the School Hospital. The gray-robed member of the School Labor Committee who had spoken with him there had also made it unmistakably clear that, for safety reasons, the school would arrange a series of guards to protect him in secret.
Yet despite layer upon layer of protection, such an "unclean" little thing had still attached itself to him. It was hard not to be surprised.
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