Zheng Qing ultimately did not hide in the school hospital as Xiao Xiao suggested.
Of course, Jiang Yu's fruit helped him a lot. At the very least, during the following celebration, the young cost student no longer needed to speak—he just had to show eight teeth and clap vigorously amidst the crowd.
But the situation wasn't as bad as Su Shijun described.
Perhaps being a vessel for a Forbidden Curse made him immune to many negative effects; perhaps the Fox race is more sensitive to raw River plums; or perhaps it's simply because Zheng Qing is older than Su Ya and has stronger resilience.
In any case, by the next morning, the swelling and numbness on Zheng Qing's tongue had significantly subsided, allowing him to utter somewhat vague sounds.
Thankfully, students don't necessarily need to speak in class.
