Chapter 4: Discussion at the Dinner Table

Taking advantage of the gap between meals, Fat Xin briefly introduced to Zheng Qing the accident that happened on the shore of Linzhong Lake yesterday.

Although he tried to use a neutral point of view when describing it, Zheng Qing still sensed the anger in the fat man's heart from his choice of words and sentences.

"Even you have this attitude, what about the rest of the academy?" Zheng Qing pinched a fried frog leg and said uneasily.

Xin Fatzi has a part-time job as a reporter in the school newspaper, so he has always prided himself on being objective and fair, and whenever he encounters a conflict in the college, he will always use contradictory views to divide and analyze it in two.

But today, at the dinner table, from beginning to end, he spoke ill of the actions of those students at Alpha Academy. Even such bad words as 'maggots of Beelzebub' and 'lackeys of Mephisto' were used.

It's a big loss of appetite.

"Because of this incident, Reich has already fought with Augustus. Less than half an hour after Nicholas was taken to the hospital...... The aftermath of the battle between the two destroyed half of Beta's street. Xiao Xiao stirred the sour goat's milk in front of him with a small spoon, trying to stir the emerald green raisins and fiery red wolfberries inside under the milk skin, and after hearing Zheng Qing's question, Yun replied lightly:

"In addition to that, from last night to this morning, the number of people admitted to the hospital by the two academies has risen to eighteen...... Nine on one side. Not counting the many students who did it privately and did not end up in the hospital with minor injuries. ”

"How do you know this detail? I haven't looked into it yet! Haven't you been staying in the dorm all the time?" Fat Xin was obviously shocked by the doctor's words, and even forgot to put ketchup on his chicken leg burger.

"Staying in the dorm doesn't stop me from looking at the crystal ball. Dr. Xiao still patiently stirred his yogurt. Obviously, he was much more interested in eating than in chatting.

In addition to divination, the crystal ball can also monitor abnormal transactions within a certain range. Of course, if you want to do this at First University, you need to get special permission.

And the way for Dr. Xiao to obtain permission, not surprisingly, should be Mr. Sima Yangyun.

"I finally understand your sinister intentions. The fat man took a sip of sour plum soup and said sourly: "Fall in love with a utilitarian purpose...... You're not competing!"

As an excellent reporter, he was just angry that Xiao Xiao got the news faster than himself.

Xiao Xiao raised his head and looked at the fat man with his nostrils, his tone full of contempt:

"I don't even have a girlfriend...... Not qualified to comment on other people's romances. ”

The fat man was furious.

"Then again, what did you do yesterday? Why don't you even know such a big thing?" Xiao Xiao changed the topic at the right time and directed the contradiction to Zheng Qing.

The fat man was a dog, and when a bone was thrown at him, he looked at him with a blank look, completely forgetting that a few seconds ago, others had ridiculed him for not having a girlfriend.

Zheng Qing, who was comparing with a frog meat stuffed dumpling, heard Xiao Xiao's words, and with a hard snap, the chopsticks broke the dumpling clip, and a soup full of green onions slowly flowed out along the thin dumpling skin.

"Yesterday?" he slowly looked up, seeing two pairs of curious eyes.

"You weren't in the library yesterday. Xiao Xiao nodded affirmatively.

"It's not in the study room," Xin Fatzi reminded, "and Professor Montella's laboratory, D&K shop, and even the Qingqiu Guild Hall, we have all looked for it...... Didn't find you. ”

Hearing this, Zheng Qing's slightly opened mouth immediately closed tightly.

The excuse he had prepared before was that he would go to Su Shijun's laboratory to help, but since several of his companions had already gone to the Qingqiu Guild Hall to find him, it was very likely that this excuse would be flawed.

My mind spun wildly for a few seconds.

He ended up choosing to 'tell the truth'.

"I'm in the Forest of Silence. The young student grabbed a roasted frog, viciously tore off its hind legs, dipped it in some sauce, stuffed it into his mouth, and replied vaguely, "...... Help Colmar do some research. As you know, she has a little magic club in the North End...... There are often various small tasks. Well, the fried chicken thighs in the canteen today are very tender......"

During the winter vacation, Xiao Xiao took Zheng Qing and Xin Fatzi to expose the tasks released by the Gini Cottage through the school's bulletin board system. So this explanation sounds very reasonable.

"Silent Forest?" Xiao Xiao nodded thoughtfully: "So, you blew up the forest this time?"

Zheng Qing coughed violently.

"Nonsense!" the young public-funded student's eyes widened, and his eyes were a little flustered: "You have to pay attention to evidence when you speak...... How can you smear people's innocence out of thin air!"

"Innocence?" Xiao Xiao sneered: "All the teachers and students of the school have seen the light of the explosion in the depths of the forest...... Didn't you notice that the oak tree downstairs had a little sparse leaves, because it was shaken off too many leaves yesterday!"

"So...... What does this have to do with me......" Zheng Qing protested weakly, resolutely refusing to admit that he had anything to do with the incident in the Silent Forest: "My talisman gun has been taken away by the school!"

"But you're in the Forest of Silence. The Doctor replied faintly.

Zheng Qing held up the half-gnawed frog leg and was speechless.

After biting the chicken leg burger in his hand, Fat Xin wiped his hands on his robe casually, and then bent down under the disdainful gaze of the two companions, laboriously pulled out a thick stack of newspapers from his bag, and trembled.

"I'll read it to you," he glanced at Zheng Qing, cleared his throat, flipped to the back page of the newspaper, and read:

"Beta Town Post, May 2, the relevant departments of the First University conducted a small-scale special magic experiment somewhere in the Silent Forest, the experiment did not target any organization or individual, the results of the experiment fully verified the relevant departments' inference of the relevant magic theory, and all actions were in line with the regulations of the Wizarding Alliance on related magic experiments. ”

After reading it, the fat man patted the newspaper in his hand.

"That's all?" Zheng Qing raised his eyebrows, and the four big words 'happy to see' were almost written on his face.

"That's all. The fat man replied in a rough voice: "If you are willing to give me a little more valuable information, I can get you a generous information fee from the editorial office...... Never revealing the names of informants, this is the discipline of our journalists!"

"I don't know more than you," Zheng Qing stretched out his hand, showing an expression of helplessness, and after seeing that the fat man was a little frustrated, he comfortingly pushed the plate of fried frogs in front of him in front of the fat man: "...... Let's have some fried frog legs, they were fried very tender today and tasted good......"

"When did you start to love frogs?" The fat man ripped off a fried golden frog leg, glanced at the food in front of Zheng Qing, and his tone was full of suspicion: "...... Did you go to receive the Fishman bloodline transformation yesterday?"