CHAPTER 2093: CHAPTER 314: A NEWSPAPER FOCUSED ON FACTS AND RELIABLE INFORMATION

"Nonsense!"

The young scholarship student, with a stiff expression, stammered in a dry voice, "Ridiculous, making things up, wicked intentions, despicable, shameless, vile!"

Saying so many words in one breath, even though Zheng Qing had a good Chinese grade in high school, he was momentarily tongue-tied, unable to speak, and couldn’t come up with new words.

Xin Fat Man chuckled twice.

"Oh, aren’t you usually quite bold? What’s the point of setting up a barrier?" He extended his thick short fingers, tapping on the barrier with a reverberating sound, causing the barrier’s aura to flicker erratically: "You haven’t even read the article, so how can you accuse others of talking nonsense? I must have been blind, not noticing so many details!!"

When he spoke the last two sentences, it was evident that the fat wizard was stirred with anger again, and his voice involuntarily rose by a few degrees.

At that moment, Zheng Qing finally calmed down a bit, gritting his teeth, he reopened that newspaper.

After a few seconds, the two wizards in the photo on the page resumed their side-view sneaky postures. The young scholarship student’s eye twitched slightly, finally recalling that this photo of him must have been snapped during the campus hunting competition a few days ago.

"I didn’t allow this newspaper to use my image!" He finally figured out a bit of the situation and began to look for any minor errors in the report.

"That’s not the point!"

The fat wizard slammed the table hard, as if he’d tear apart the warlock in front of him in the next moment: "The Horn Newspaper has a business relationship with the Campus Newspaper and can grant mutual permissions! Don’t waste time on such details!"

Zheng Qing remained silent, his gaze fell on the concise report, his eyes moving swiftly.

Quickly, after reading the entire article, the young scholarship student secretly let out a small sigh of relief in his heart—the situation is both good and bad—the good news is, the Horn Newspaper didn’t explicitly say that Zheng Qing is that undisclosed husband of Su Shijun. This was because the editors of the Horn Newspaper learned to be a bit more cautious after their long and complex communication with the Alliance. Although they might use crude methods to dramatize or induce, they’d never leave a slip of the tongue in terms of evidence, lest they be sought after by Danghag.

The bad news is, the report is very ’detailed,’ perhaps wizards unfamiliar with Zheng Qing might laugh it off when they see this report, thinking that the Horn Newspaper is merely trying to attract attention; but to those familiar with Zheng Qing, much of what’s in the report is undeniably real, and the conclusions drawn from it are appreciable, barely managing to self-justify.

For instance, the report lists all the warlocks Su Shijun has openly interacted with since entering First University, with the two most frequent being Old Yao, the dean of Jiuyou Academy, and Zheng Qing.

Moreover, Zheng Qing maintains a little fox, just over a year old (the report specifically notes the speculated time when Su Shijun gave birth last year), sprightly and adorable, often found entering and exiting Greenhill Mansion.

Additionally, there are other bits and pieces of news, such as Su Shijun only having attended meetings of the class Zheng Qing is in over the past two years at First University; her unexpected role as the Absolution Hunting Team’s advisor in this year’s campus hunting competition, with Zheng Qing as the team leader; even up to last year when after Moon Hunting, the fox maid from Greenhill Mansion directly took Zheng Qing from the classroom; and the incident where Su Councilor took Zheng Qing away during the Black Tide eruption in Beta Town last year, which the Horn Newspaper unearthed and listed one by one.

"...Undoubtedly, drawing conclusions based merely on the above facts and assuming any intimate relations beyond friendship between Zheng Qing and Councilman Su Shijun is unconvincing. However, this newspaper believes that readers possess their own thinking and analytical abilities, capable of arriving at more reasonable interpretations of the aforementioned facts. We also trust that the concerned parties, Councilman Su and Zheng Qing, will provide further clarifications on these facts, addressing readers’ concerns. The Daily Horn, a newspaper that emphasizes facts and reliable information."

In the last paragraph, within just over a hundred words, ’the above facts’ appeared three times, paired with the final phrase ’emphasis on facts and reliable information,’ which made Zheng Qing want to tear the newspaper in his hand to shreds.

"Dong dong!"

Clear knocks came from outside the barrier; Zheng Qing took the opportunity to put the newspaper away and turned his head to look outside, seeing Xiao Xiao and Zhang Ji Xin. The red-faced male wizard raised his arm as if intending to knock a third time.

The young scholarship student immediately removed the barrier, letting the two of them in.

"What were you guys talking about? Why did you even set up a barrier?" Zhang Ji Xin looked puzzled, curiously glancing around, only to see the fat wizard chuckling silently while Zheng Qing remained mute.

Doctor Xiao adjusted his glasses, glanced at the newspaper folded on the table, and then looked at Zheng Qing’s face: "I observe Brother Qing has red streaks in his eyes, seems unfocused and weak, with a dull complexion and ominous dark markings on his forehead... his appearance is quite unfavorable. How strange, during morning practice, you seemed full of energy, and now it’s only been a short while?"

Before Zheng Qing had a chance to speak, the fat wizard sneered repeatedly.

"Heh heh," he tapped the newspaper on the table with his thick fingers, making a ’dong dong’ sound: "He’s just looking unfavorable now... I’m afraid it won’t be long before he starts looking ominous as well."

Zheng Qing’s face turned gray, and with a wave of his hand, he raised a sound insulation barrier again.

This immediately piqued the curiosity of Xiao Xiao and Zhang Ji Xin, who almost simultaneously picked up that newspaper, crowding together, reading it from left and right.

In less than three minutes, Zhang Ji Xin had quickly browsed through the article, while Doctor Xiao read it twice, critically outlining the ’facts’ listed in the Daily Horn Newspaper with a feather pen.

Before the two could look up, Zheng Qing took a quick breath, raised a finger, and rapidly began defending: "First, Old Yao and I are absolutely not the warlocks Councilman Su interacts with the most; over half of the staff in the Two-Dimensional Evolution Lab are warlocks, and she spends all day with those researchers, far exceeding both time and frequency spent with me... far exceeding!"

"Secondly," seemingly aware that the red-faced male wizard was about to speak, he raised his voice slightly: "Secondly, doesn’t everyone here know about the relationship between Poseidon and Su Ya? It’s no strange matter for two little foxes to become good friends, is it? Poseidon also has a good relationship with Li Meng!"

"Third!" He cast a hard glance at Doctor Xiao who was about to interject, raising his tone again: "Councilman Su’s attendance at our class meeting was long decided by Old Yao and her... Old Yao having a good relationship with her has nothing to do with me!"

"Regarding the latter events,"

Explaining thus far, his voice grew more fluent and confident, almost believing himself: "Whether Miss Su Man taking me from the classroom or Councilman Su taking me from the Black Tide scene, both are related to the Two-Dimensional Lab... you know, that Big Black Cat is an experimental product! Such a formidable cat surely deserves some attention from a Big Wizard!"