Under normal circumstances, First University will hold an opening ceremony on the weekend of the first week for new students.
Most of the time, the school will also invite some non-famous performance groups from outside the school to join the welcome party, adding a lively atmosphere to the ceremony.
But the freshmen of the class of 2008 obviously enjoyed an informal treatment.
Their opening ceremony was delayed for nearly a month - it was not until the last day of September that the freshmen of this class truly became members of First University.
The school did not provide any explanation for this unusual delay.
But this does not affect the various rumors and speculations flying around the campus.
Some people say that the succubus Nikita is the culprit because her act of breaking into the school plane and murdering a flight attendant shocked the entire wizarding world, causing First University to come under tremendous pressure recently. The Wizards Union even sent a
A special investigation team was stationed on campus, so that for a whole month, the school's main focus was on inspecting the school's guard formation and investigating various safety hazards. Naturally, the opening ceremony was politely postponed for a few days.
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Some people also say that this year's resurgence of silence came earlier than before, causing flaws in the school's original response plan, and even many little things that escaped from the forest of silence slipped into the school. The school working committee therefore
They were so busy that most of the manpower was stationed along the Silent River, so naturally there was no more energy to hold the opening ceremony.
Others say that the postponement of the opening ceremony is because the school's top leaders, including the principal and vice-principals, happen to be away from the school recently, and other professors are not able to start the 'soul baptism' in the first hall - according to the senior seniors.
Explain that only freshmen who have passed the baptism are considered real students of First University - this is the most widely circulated and most credible statement.
Zheng Qing did not understand how the soul could be baptized.
He didn't have the time to ponder those completely irrelevant speculations.
The young public-sponsored student was now so preoccupied with thinking about how to give that sad gift to Elena that he was distracted from time to time while reading the school newspaper.
"What are you looking at?" Fatty Xin put his hand on Zheng Qing's shoulder and pushed his head towards him.
A strong force pressed down on Zheng Qing's spine along the arm, and he even heard an ominous creaking sound from his own bones.
At the same time, a strong smell of sweat enveloped Zheng Qing's breathing area.
"Climb aside..." Zheng Qing struggled to break away from the fat man's claws and staggered to one side, with a bit of panic still remaining on his face: "Do you know how much you weigh? You will crush someone to death, you bastard!"
"Really?" Fatty Xin was stunned for a moment, with an apologetic look on his face: "I'm sorry... I didn't expect you to be so fragile..."
He looked up and down at the publicly funded student with a look of pity.
Zheng Qing felt his forehead throbbing with pain.
"What are you two doing here?" Li Meng shouted not far away: "The professor said that those little ancestors will also attend the opening ceremony in a while, so let's keep an eye on them."
"Little ancestor?" Zheng Qing looked confused.
"He's your pet," Jiang Yu pushed the little witch into the team behind her, with a tired smile on her face: "You two, don't stand outside the team... the freshmen must line up in advance."
"The pets will be here in one minute... Let them find their own people and don't mess up the team!" Downton held a golden pocket watch in his right hand and waved it vigorously in the air, with an anxious expression on his face: "Everyone is here
Are you all here? Is there anyone who is not here? Take a look around you!"
Zheng Qing looked at the bustling crowd, sighed, grabbed the newspaper, and quietly squeezed into the queue.【】
There is still more than an hour before the opening ceremony officially starts.
In addition to the freshmen, there are also many gray-robed school staff setting up the venue in the spacious first hall.
They turned over the Dharma books in their hands and lit up the large light clusters above the auditorium one by one, making the originally dim hall gradually become brighter, as if it were daytime.
On the iron-gray floor in the center of the hall, the criss-crossing silver-white lines began to glow slightly at some point, and the hollow characters interspersed with them were faintly glowing with five colors of light.
On the hundreds of dark giant pillars surrounding the hall, those giant beasts with exaggerated shapes and ferocious expressions quietly opened their eyes, occasionally stretched out their waists and shook their legs, circling up and down, bringing out bursts of clouds and mist.
The freshmen were divided according to colleges and classes, and gathered scattered in the corridor behind the giant pillars.
Zheng Qing finally stopped after squeezing his way to Xiao Xiao and Zhang Jixin.
"Is this the September school newspaper?" A crisp voice shouted from the side, tugging at the stack of newspapers in Zheng Qing's hand: "Show me!"
Zheng Qing knew who the voice belonged to without looking back.
"Miss, I have something serious to do..." Zheng Qing lamented, clutching the newspaper in his hand tighter: "I'll give it to you after I finish reading it."
Li Meng did not move, but kicked Zheng Qing angrily.
"Is reading the newspaper a serious business?" Fatty Xin ignored the complaints of others and pushed in behind Zheng Qing. He continued to ask the question: "I was asking just now, what are you reading?"
"What do you want, brother?" Zheng Qing looked at the fat man with tears in his eyes, and was very puzzled by his unusual behavior today: "Do you also want to read the newspaper?"
"I'm not reading it," Fatty Xin waved his hands repeatedly: "Your newspaper is the one in our dormitory..."
Zheng Qing raised his eyebrows and nodded doubtfully.
"That's right!" Fatty Xin grabbed a corner of the newspaper, flipped it over, opened the middle of the fifth page, and approached Zheng Qing: "Someone has already declared sovereignty... You can't just leave the newspaper like this.
Take it away, I want to send it back."
A string of greasy paw prints caught Zheng Qing's eyes.
"Is it a human?" the young public-funded student complained helplessly: "And why does it want a newspaper?! When did you become that fat cat's bastard!"
"The possibility that it is a human cannot be ruled out." Xiao Xiao suddenly interjected from the side: "Actually, I very much doubt that the orange cat is a wizard who failed to transform and was trapped by Mundell's Law."
"Since one of you complained to it, I have to do something to stop it from peeing on my bed." Fatty Xin pulled the newspaper with a dark face: "I was just in Lao Yao's house.
I told the truth in class...what about you? You are simply raped!"
Zheng Qing looked away guiltily.
But he still didn't let go.
"I'll finish reading it right away," he insisted, "I'll give it to you right away after I finish it."
"What are you reading?" This time, Xiao Xiao was also curious: "I remember you grabbed this newspaper and read it endlessly after you got up from your lunch break... Is there any news about Elena in it?"
Several vague glances were immediately cast around him.
Zheng Qing's face darkened, and he quickly explained loudly: "I just took a look at the admission list of the student union...haven't I participated in the re-examination of the student union before?"
His voice became smaller and smaller, and the rest of his words were almost a whisper.
But several of the partners showed astonished expressions.
"Have you found it?" Fatty Xin flipped through the newspaper strangely: "I remember the list was on the back page of the third page. There weren't many names... Why did you look at it for so long?"
With a straight face, Zheng Qing grabbed the newspaper and hid his head behind the thick pages.
"I must not have seen my name." Xiao Xiao adjusted his glasses and concluded with certainty.
Several other people showed astonishment.
"If his name had been there, he would have called him out long ago." Fatty Xin had a narrowed expression on his face: "Doesn't it seem the same, the Grand Duke spends money on students?"
"There must be a mistake somewhere," Zheng Qing muttered in a low voice. He finally gave up searching and stuffed the newspaper into Fatty Xin's arms with a look of resentment on his face: "There must be something shady... It's impossible not to have my name."
...I will go to the student union office tomorrow to inquire."
"Maybe the school newspaper recorded your name." Zhang Jixin patted his shoulder comfortingly.
"This is slander! It's pure slander!!" The newspaper in Fatty Xin's hand suddenly raised a corner, revealing the front page of the newspaper. Next to the registration, a dark figure was waving his arms and screaming: "I will review it myself.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the template...Don’t spread rumors!!”
Zheng Qing fiercely pulled out the newspaper from the fat man's arms and rolled it into a roll.
The little black man's voice was buried under layers of paper.