Zheng Qing's invitation to Linda Barnes to join the investigation of 'The Crow' was not entirely a whim. He had had this idea a long time ago, but he never had a good chance.
It is true that because of Fatty Xin, the blonde witch had been helping intermittently before, but those help were all of a 'friendship nature' and she did not try her best. As the former deputy editor of the school newspaper, Zheng Qing had reason to believe that Linda had richer sources and a wider range of information collection methods, and he also believed that most of them would not be open to the 'Friendship Project'.
Therefore, this time the two parties have finalized the cooperation and each gets what they need, which is a de facto win-win situation.
All in all, Zheng Qingqing spent Christmas Eve in 2009 safely despite stumbling.
The next Friday is Christmas.
This day has different meanings for different colleges of First University. For Jiuyou College, Christmas is just an ordinary holiday among more than 300 holidays a year. The college’s teaching plan does not arrange a specific public holiday for this holiday. Young wizards still need to attend classes diligently.
Friday morning was an alchemy session.
Early in the morning, Zheng Qing rushed to the classroom and couldn't wait to snatch the newly released "Beta Town Post" from Fatty Xin's desk, fearfully looking for news about last night's Yuexia Dance.
When he went to bed last night, he was woken up by nightmares again and again. When he woke up in the morning, as expected, he saw a row of nightmare dolls with their heads missing next to the pillow. This made him reluctant to eat breakfast, and his mind was filled with random thoughts and speculations. How would the newspapers outside describe the three dances he had with the three witches at the ball under the moon last night?
"By the way, if any of you go to the pedestrian mall in the afternoon and help me buy a few dozen nightmare dolls, it's from Green Grocery Store." The young public-funded student casually said to several companions while reading the newspaper.
The fat wizard chuckled: "You came back late yesterday, and you haven't told us what the Moonlight Dance was like... Let's talk about it. Is there anything new at the dance?"
"As long as you saw him buying Nightmare Dolls in large quantities, you would know how lively it was last night." Zhang Jixin was once again sharp and analyzed very calmly: "Speaking of which, I think the sales of Nightmare Dolls from Green Grocery Store this year have been 1%. Half of it was supported by you... They should give you a medal as a gold customer."
"I don't want any medals. It would be nice if they were willing to give me a discount." Zheng Qing muttered, flipping through the newspaper with his hands, and his face became more and more suspicious.
"If you want to know what happened last night, you should ask Dylan, not Brother Zha." Xiao Xiao, who was working hard to write his homework, reminded without raising his head.
"Yes," the fat wizard punched his palm. Suddenly, there was a hint of confusion on his face: "Speaking of which, why hasn't Dylan come back yet? Was he dragged away by some enthusiastic female goblin last night? "
There was a hint of envy in his words.
Zheng Qing didn't know whether Dylan was dragged away by the female goblin, but he knew that Dylan, a classmate with dual blood of O'Brien and Talbot, must have been very busy last night, and there was no telling how many banquets he would attend this morning.
Compared with this insignificant thing, another thing is very important to the young public-funded students.
"Why is there no news about the Moonlight Dance? Is it too early and the report hasn't come out yet?" He shook the stack of "Beta Town Post" and looked at Fatty Xin. The thick bulging papers collided with each other in his hands. , making a dull clattering sound.
"Why not?" The fat wizard rubbed his fingers, reached out to grab the newspaper, flipped through it a few times quickly, and then slapped it in front of Zheng Qing: "Hey, isn't this it?"
Zheng Qing's face wrinkled up.
What the fat wizard showed in front of him was a tofu piece of news in the current affairs section of the Post. The title was, 'The First University Christmas Eve Moonlight Dance was successfully held, and Member of Parliament Su Shijun attended as a guest.'
Although the title is long, the content is pitifully short. It is only seven or eight lines long, about a hundred words long. Among them, the sentence most related to Zheng Qing is described as follows - '... Ms. Su Shijun, a member of the Yuexia Parliament, attended the dance with her dance partners and delivered a passionate speech, raising questions for the young Yuexia wizards. own expectations and imposed traditional moonlight blessings on them...'
The word "dance partner" is all Zheng Qing appears in the article.
This was completely different from the 'bitter sarcasm', 'lashing out' and 'sin and yang' that he imagined, so that the wizard subconsciously turned to the first page again, glanced at the name on the masthead, and suspected that what he was reading was not the Beta Town Post, but the Beta Town Post. What other more serious newspaper.
"That's it?"
Zheng Qing shook the newspaper, with a look of disbelief on his face. He even suspected that he was in a dream. He quietly took out a yellow paper talisman and slapped it on the center of the fat wizard's forehead with lightning speed.
The fat wizard pouted and blew upward, making the yellow talisman float lightly.
"Do you think you are dreaming?" He took advantage of the gap before the talisman fell to mock the young public-funded student.
Zheng Qing coughed lightly, lowered his eyelids, and looked at the report again, not hiding the confusion in his tone: "It's strange... When did the Beta Town Post become so easy to talk to? It didn't even say any gossip... ...Where is the school newspaper? Did the school newspaper come out today? Linda Barnes also attended the prom yesterday, did she write anything strange?"
Although he had reached a cooperation agreement with the blond witch, based on his understanding of reporters, a report with enough topicality and popularity was obviously more attractive - and more importantly, publishing a report related to the Moonlight Ball was not It will affect the cooperation between her and Zheng Qing.
"Linda also attended the Yuexia Dance? Why didn't I know!" The fat wizard immediately changed his expression, tore off the yellow talisman on his forehead, and grabbed Zheng Qing's sleeve.
Zheng Qing flipped through the newspaper, trying to find another report related to the Yuexia Dance. At the same time, he replied absently: "How do I know why you don't know... You can ask Dylan at night. I remember that he was with me at the dance." Linda chatted for a while, maybe he knew something...Doctor, do you know what this is? How did the Post change its nature?"
He turned to look at Xiao Xiao, who was concentrating on his homework.
Xiao Xiao still didn't raise his head, but he knew clearly what Zheng Qing was asking. He asked in a long voice: "Have you heard of last year's Moonlight Dance?"
Zheng Qing hesitated for a few seconds and shook his head: "I usually don't care much about this kind of thing... And you know, last Christmas, I had only been in the wizarding world for a short time, so I didn't know what I needed to pay attention to."
(End of chapter)
