White and Black

Turning into a cat was Zheng Qing's third plan.

Of course, to put this plan into practice, Zheng Qing still needed to prepare a suitable excuse. Just like in the first plan, he had to give up his job at Qingqiu Mansion because he was going to Old Yao's office; in the second plan, he was "injured" during practical class and was likewise forced to quit his job at Qingqiu Mansion.

When he first settled on the third plan, Zheng Qing had not thought things through so complicatedly.

He had only planned to ask for leave from half of friday afternoon's practical class, secretly turn into a cat by himself, and slip straight into the woods in the academy's rear garden.

That patch of woods was full of all kinds of small animals. A black cat hiding inside would be like a drop of water falling into a lake, unable to stir even a ripple. Zheng Qing could disappear from campus without a sound.

In all of First University, at most five people knew he was a cat. Most of them would be following Li Meng to Qingqiu Mansion to work like beasts of burden, so they would have absolutely no chance of noticing a certain black cat wandering through the woods.

However, taking leave from half a class on friday afternoon would not be easy. It would also be hard to find a suitable excuse when explaining things afterward to Li Meng, Xiao Xiao, and the others. So this plan had only been listed at the very end, as a backup to the backup.

But as the first two plans "died halfway through," Zheng Qing had no choice but to activate the third.

Unlike his original plan, when the young publicly funded student prepared to carry out the third