Half-Hearted

Zheng Qing had heard that Li Meng and Su Ya knew each other.

First University was neither small nor especially large. There were only so many faces one regularly saw coming and going across campus. And since it was a university, not a middle or elementary school, there were very few young witches and wizards. There were even fewer young wizards who could chat and play with Su Ya.

Li Meng was one of them, and Lin Guo was another.

But due to their genders and personalities, compared with the rigid Lin Guo, whose sense of time was strange, Li Meng had a similar background, similar age, similar personality, and similar interests to Su Ya. Naturally, she got along with Su Ya much better.

Whether boys or girls, loyalty was naturally the most important thing when little friends were together.

Su Ya had been assigned by the Head Maid of Qingqiu Mansion to pick pumpkins and make Pumpkin Carriages. As her little friend, Li Meng naturally wanted to help ease Su Ya's burden.

"...So, your task is very easy. You only need to pick a few pumpkins in the garden, then draw a few monitoring Runes on them as required. The Alchemy Master of Qingqiu Mansion will handle everything else."

"I thought it over, and among the people I know, only you lot are reliable enough... Of course, I need to make this clear in advance: none of this work is paid! Not a single copper coin!"

Li Meng said that last sentence very seriously. She raised her tiny index finger and waved it back and forth before Zheng Qing's nose, stressing again, "But I absolutely won't force you to do this!"

"It's only because we're good friends that I planned to bring you along."

"If I went to the