Upon seeing Chi Yan, Ji Wuyai asked mysteriously, "Ayan, guess what good things we brought you this time?"

Chi Yan's eyes flickered, and he slightly lifted his eyelids to look over: "Stop keeping me in suspense, just say what you have to say."

Ji Wuyai curled his lip, took out a scroll and handed it over: "Here, don't say I didn't have something good for you!"

Chi Yan unrolled the scroll, saw the exam questions, and his eyes darkened: "These are... imperial examination questions?"

Ji Wuyai laughed loudly: "How could I possibly have the ability to get my hands on the exam questions?" He lowered his voice and said, "These are the questions predicted by a certain gentleman for this year's exam, and many students are vying to buy them at high prices!"

Tang Xu also smiled and said, "When Wuya got this, the first person he thought of was you!"

During each imperial examination, many private academies would sell their predicted exam questions to candidates for profit, which was quite common.

Although they rarely win, everyone holds the same thought: what if they do?

Chi Yan scoffed lightly: "You actually believe this stuff?"

This is just using the imperial examination as a pretext to swindle and deceive. If they could actually predict the answers correctly, then the person who sets the questions should be in jail!

The thought flashed through his mind, and he suddenly paused.

Could someone really be taking advantage of the situation and deliberately leaking the exam questions?

That would be... cheating?!

Ji Wuyai was unconvinced: "I heard that the teacher who set this exam paper came from the Imperial Academy! You know how capable the teachers there are, they must have been able to guess one or two questions correctly, right?"

Chi Yan toned down his nonchalant attitude: "Then what's the difference between this and cheating? Even if Young Master Chi gets the lowest score, he still has to rely on his own ability. Otherwise, what's the point?"

Ji Wuyai and Tang Xu were both taken aback.

A complex emotion flashed across Tang Xu's eyes.

Ji Wuyai scratched his head blankly: "What you said seems to make some sense?"

They had money and connections, and they managed to buy the exam questions.

If there are indeed some predicted questions in this list, then for those students from poor families, ten years of hard study have been wasted on a group of spoiled brats who take shortcuts. Isn't that a kind of injustice?

Tang Xu smiled and said, "Chi Er is right. However, with so many exam papers predicted over the years, only a handful are actually correct. Let's just enjoy it."

In front of the two of them, Chi Yan slowly tore the exam paper to shreds: "Anyway, I disdain these crooked ways. I've failed the exam three times already, so one more time won't matter."

He patted Ji Wuyai on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Your mother doesn't expect you to be the top scholar. Even if you come in last place, she'll still be happy to throw a few banquets. What are you worried about?"

Ji Wuyai suddenly realized, "That makes sense!"

He looked a little embarrassed and said cautiously, "I'm just worried about you. We've already made some tough statements. If you fail the exam again, won't Xiao Yu and his group laugh at us to death?"

Chi Yan raised an eyebrow: "He's making fun of me. Do you think I'll lose a piece of my flesh or something? Do you think I care about worldly opinions?"

Ji Wuyai felt a surge of admiration: "Chi Yan, I never really realized you were such a perceptive person!"

Chi Yan pushed him away expressionlessly: "Go get some glasses!"

Tang Xu: "..."

...

After leaving the Chi residence, Tang Xu's expression was slightly different. He casually asked, "Wuya, have you noticed that Chi Er seems to have changed a lot?"

Ji Wuyai scratched his head: "Really? Hasn't he always been like this? Although Chi Yan is unreliable most of the time, he has his own set of principles for dealing with people." He paused, "I think it's pretty good."

Tang Xu's gaze darkened.