Sunday was Mangzhong.
After getting up that morning, Zheng Qing spent the entire morning studying "the arboreal neural networks of treants." His head was filled with those dense, spiderweb-like diagrams of neural networks, which inexplicably reminded him of his current predicament—the nets in the book seemed to have flown right out, and he was like a little bug caught in one, being strangled half to death as it tightened around him.
So after lunch, he did not continue torturing himself by reading those difficult reference books.
Instead, he wandered over to Beta Town.
He was not going to D&K, Qingqiu Mansion, or Sakura Tavern, but to the office of the Trident Sword's Beta Town branch to see Andrew from Trident Sword.
It was already June 6, time for the monthly "Arms Deal" again.
Because he had been caught up in all sorts of matters over the past few days, he had put it off for several more days this month, delivering even later than last month. Although Andrew had not sent paper cranes to peck at Dormitory 403's windows, Zheng Qing could not pretend he had forgotten about it.
After all, it was a transaction worth several hundred jade coins. He could not afford not to take it seriously.
The Trident Sword branch stood where three streets met in Beta Town. There was a small square outside, and with the noon sun blazing, there were not many pedestrians on the streets.
The last time Zheng Qing had come, Start of Summer had not yet arrived. Now, when he returned, it was already Mangzhong.
Time slipped away so casually, leaving people uneasy and apprehensive.
At the entrance to the branch office, Zheng Qing removed the Jia Ma Talisman hanging from his leg. Looking at the half-closed door, he did not barge