The first class on Tuesday morning was divination.
Following Xiao Xiao's advice, Zheng Qing should have consulted Professor Yi before class about the Black Gemstone Cat's unusual condition. But after entering the classroom and seeing Jiang Yu seated in the front row, he changed his plans.
He had remembered something more important.
He was supposed to have met the White Jade Cat at the Cat Fruit Tree last night, but the Yellow Calico Cat had intercepted him, leaving him to stand the White Jade Cat up. He owed the witch an explanation.
And he had to give it before she got genuinely angry.
Consulting Professor Yi could easily wait until after class, but his explanation to the witch had to come the moment he saw her today—or the moment she saw him.
It was a matter of attitude.
So the instant Zheng Qing entered the classroom and spotted Jiang Yu, he realized the problem. Braving Li Meng's look of disgust and the teasing gazes of several other witches in the front row, he approached Jiang Yu's desk without hesitation, putting on an ingratiating smile.
Before Zheng Qing could speak, however, Jiang Yu noticed the Black Gemstone Cat crouched on his shoulder, licking a paw, and frowned slightly.
"What's that on his head?"
The witch reached out with her Feather Pen and rubbed the Black Gemstone Cat's forehead, but the little patch of green refused to come off, much to her surprise. Seemingly sensing the fluctuations in her original's emotions, the White Jade Cat, curled into a ball and dozing on a textbook, lazily raised her head and glanced toward the Black Gemstone Cat.
The Black Gemstone Cat had been cautiously shrinking away from the Feather Pen, but the moment he noticed the White Jade Cat's gaze, he straightened up and