High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 380: Chapter 49 Man in Predicament_1

The last words from the witch before she left gave the young scholarship student a huge space for imagination.

Because of this, his performance in the entire spell class was extraordinarily excited.

Professor Yao had to ignore his raised arm several times in order to offer opportunities to earn scattered academic credits to those ”students in trouble” who needed them more.

In sharp contrast was Zheng Qing’s attitude toward people like Xiao Xiao.

Throughout the whole class, he deliberately ignored the conversations from those guys and disregarded their curiosity about what Elena had said. Even the paper frogs that Xiao Xiao folded for communication were crumpled into a ball by the young scholarship student and shoved into the deepest part of the desk drawer.

It wasn’t until class was over and a few boys approached his desk that Zheng Qing seemed to come to his senses, looking up curiously and asking:

”Why are you guys still in the classroom? I remember you, Fatty, didn’t you say you were going with the chief editor for a tour? And you, Red Face, weren’t you supposed to receive special training from your brother? And you...”

”The Book Mountain Library doesn’t need its shelves sorted until just before it closes. I remembered the time wrong.” Doctor Xiao held his black notebook and adjusted his eyeglasses with confidence.

This answer made Zheng Qing swallow the rest of his words.

”At that time, I just thought that the opportunity was rare and wanted to give you guys a chance to be alone.” Zhang Ji Xin banged his chest with a serious face: ”In my opinion, this is the greatest loyalty!”

”It’s all our fault.” Xin Fat Man looked at Zheng Qing with a gloomy face, and said sincerely: ”We shouldn’t have left you behind alone... We should have stood behind you, acting as your most steadfast backing!”

Zheng Qing’s expression eased a little.

Although he still felt that Fatty’s statement was a bit weird, the sincere attitude of the others made him ignore the uneasiness in his heart.

”Of course, I can’t say that what you did was wrong.” Zheng Qing hummed in satisfaction as he lowered his head to sort out his books and ink, drew out his tone and said, ”It’s just that next time this happens... you should say goodbye to me before you go. You can’t run without uttering a word... don’t do it again.”

Uniform replies resounded from the sidelines.

If the young scholarship student looked up at this moment, saw the malicious grins on the faces of the fellows who were full of approvals, he would definitely swallow back the words of forgiveness he had just said, along with the punctuation marks.

Perhaps this would have spared him the awkward atmosphere that almost burned him in the ensuing scene.

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Most of the time, students would leave the classroom as quickly as possible after class, rushing to their small, certain happiness in the outside world.

The freshmen of Astronomy Class 08-1 were no exception.

The moment after Old Yao’s back foot left the door of the classroom, a crowd rushed past the stick figure in an attempt to embrace freedom more quickly.

In just a few minutes, the classroom became empty again.

Leaving behind only the young scholarship student who was harboring evil intentions, and his companions who swore they wouldn’t leave willfully.

In fact, Zheng Qing was now hoping that the annoying fellows in front of him would disappear quickly. But a few minutes ago, he had just complained about others not being loyal, so naturally he had no grounds to drive them away again.

”Hey, beauty! Long time no see!” Xin Fat Man’s exaggerated voice sounded next to his ears, putting an end to various conflicting thoughts in the young scholarship student’s mind.

Zheng Qing hurriedly raised his head.

Elena briskly stood in front of them.

That red shawl had been folded a few times by her and casually draped over her shoulder, exuding a lazy temperament; She was still holding those thick reference books in her arms, but the tarot cards that she always used to keep with her were nowhere to be seen.

”Sorry to interrupt.” Elena blinked and revealed a hint of curiosity, ”Are you guys in a meeting?”

Maybe she had gotten enough rest in the spell class, the young witch looked much more refreshed than before, her voice was rid of its huskiness and low-toned, becoming pleasant to hear again.

”No, no...” Zheng Qing laughed awkwardly, pushed the Fat Man in front of him, and stressed, ”They have some matters to deal with, and they were about to leave.”

”You guys have something to do?” Xin Fat Man looked at the other two in confusion.

Xiao Xiao and Zhang Ji Xin shook their heads in unison.

Zheng Qing’s face immediately darkened.

”Weren’t you going to the Student Union office?” Zheng Qing slightly increased his tone and glared at the guys in front of him with a disgruntled look.

But no one moved.

They even pretended not to see Zheng Qing’s warning look.

This made the young wizard’s unease grow stronger.

Before he could figure out what was going on, Xin Fat Man’s next words made him feel as if he were in a steamer.

”Little Qing Qing, aren’t you always thinking about the beautiful Elena every day? Now that she’s standing here, why aren’t you saying anything?” The fat man, folding his arms, was staring at the young scholarship student with a serious face.

”Wha...wha...wha day and night!” Zheng Qing jumped up like a spooked cat. He felt the embarrassment of having some privacy exposed, and his face rapidly turned red.

”Like reciting Shelley’s love poems to someone every morning when you wake up.” Xiao Xiao tried to remind him, as if trying to evoke the young wizard’s fading memory.

”and spending an afternoon in the library daydreaming about someone.” Zhang Ji Xin added calmly.

”I heard you’ve been asking around for Elena’s birthday... She’s right here now, it’s pretty convenient for you to ask her.” Xin Fat Man put his hand around the young scholarship student’s shoulder and looked at Elena with a grin.

”He’s even bought the gift already.” Xiao Xiao adjusted his glasses and explained to the witch very sincerely.

”Oh, right, he’s been learning to dance all this while,” Zhang Ji Xin slapped his thigh, apparently upset that he had forgotten so important a matter, ”I remember he said countless times that he wanted to invite you to be his dance partner at the school hunting party.”

Zheng Qing was flabbergasted.

Half of the things these guys were talking about, he had never done!

But these lies seemed so authentic, especially after being processed again and again in three different mouths, they seemed nailed, and seemed factual.

”Sh...sh...shut up!” The young scholarship student was sweating profusely, attempting to stop the reckless actions of the boys.

But to no avail.

It wasn’t until the jerks had shaken out almost all the messy things, that they quieted down a bit.

”Oh, yeah, I still have to tidy up the shelves in the Book Mountain Library.” With the ’aid’ended, Xiao Xiao immediately used ’volunteer escape’ and left straightaway after apologizing to Elena.

”I’m off to special training too.” Zhang Ji Xin followed him with a smirk.

”Little Qing Qing, keep it up!” Xin Fat Man moved farther away from Zheng Qing and made an ”I count on you” gesture, ”We’re waiting for your good news...”

Zheng Qing’s vision blacked out for a moment. He wished to rush up and mince this fat pig.