"As you can see, I'm a rat... a rat that can think, talk, curse, and refuse."
"I came from where I came from, and I do what I want to do."
"I chose to stay at your place only because, in that area, your home smelled relatively clean and tolerable—not enough to suffocate me to death. It wasn't because I had any ideas or plans regarding your home."
"Mr. Wu... Hmm, that's a rather complicated question. You could say I know him; you could also say I don't. Like Schrödinger's cat, before you open the box, the result remains uncertain."
Fei Rui folded his two forepaws and answered Zheng Qing's string of questions like a philosopher. Clearly, however, his answers failed to satisfy the questioner.
"Knowing him means knowing him, and not knowing him means not knowing him. Do you have to be so evasive?" The young government-sponsored student looked displeased. "And there's no clear answer about your origins or intentions either... You didn't answer a single important question, just spouted nonsense."
"Didn't I answer the first question accurately?" Fei Rui looked a little aggrieved.
"Because what you answered was nonsense." Zheng Qing immediately corrected Fei Rui's misunderstanding and retorted, "Even if Poseidon were here, he could easily tell that you're a rat, not a wizard or some other bizarre creature!"
"Poseidon was smarter than most wizards to begin with. With such excellent bloodlines, wouldn't it be outrageous if he were still an idiot?" Fei Rui rolled his eyes, the expression on his fat face especially amusing.
"From the sound of it, you know Poseidon's background?" Zheng Qing eyed the fat rat suspiciously, unable to stop himself from feeling nervous.
The Little Fox's origins had always been the young government-sponsored student's greatest secret, hidden deep in his heart. He knew