Zhao Rong is in a good mood today.

It’s not because the final exam results are about to be announced, but because Qingjun and Qianer’s rewards are coming.

"What kind of sweet treat is this..."

When someone walked up to the podium to teach the calligraphy class, he was a little distracted.

But it doesn’t matter. There are not many people listening to the class anyway. Zhao Rong smiled.

Not long into the morning calligraphy class, several book boys from Jingchen Hall came to visit and pay their respects at the door. Yu Huaijin bowed to Zhao Rong, who paused for a moment. Yu Huaijin got up and went out. After hearing the purpose of the visitor's visit, she turned around and looked inside Suixing Hall.

"Hongyu, Xueyou, go and help Mr. Meng sort out the exam results."

Xiao Hongyu and Li Xueyu stood up and left with the servants.

Zhao Rong glanced at their familiar appearances, then looked at the students' reactions without surprise, and probably realized that this was a routine after the big exam.

Xiao Hongyu and Li Xueyu are the only two female students in Ruxing Hall besides Yu Huaijin. Choosing them to handle many academy matters will indeed not cause any objections, and women are also relatively more careful.

After the two girls left, Zhao Rong continued to think about the wrong sweetness... so he continued to teach.

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Xiao Hongyu and Li Xueyu walked along the corridor towards Jingchen Hall.

"Xueyou, we can see the results earlier this time, and also take a look at the situation of other schools."

"oh."

Xiao Hongyu didn't even turn her head: "Xue You, are you thinking about something?"

"No……"

"Tell me about it."

Li Xueyou turned her head and looked at the mirror-like lake. After thinking for a while, she asked, "You said that everyone is not a bad person. Brother Ziyu is not a bad person, Brother Peiliang is not a bad person, and the other classmates who are making trouble are not bad people either. Why do they want to isolate Brother Ziyu?"

Xiao Hongyu smiled.

"Xueyou, before I came to the academy to study, my mother once told me this. She said that an important sign for a girl to grow into a woman is whether she understands men."

"She said that men are very contradictory. They can sow the seeds of a fight simply because of being ignored or humiliated; they can get angry and fight because the woman they like accidentally looks at another man for a second longer; they can also forget their grudges with a smile over a glass of bland wine and a few cents of snacks; they can even trust their lives to each other without knowing each other at all just because they share the same sense of righteousness."

Xiao Hongyu smiled and said, "Sometimes I am very childish, and sometimes I am very mature... My mother said that if a girl can understand these, then she will understand many things in this world, whether it is being a daughter, a wife, or a mother..."

Li Xueyu was stunned when she heard this.

She tried to think about it, then gave up in frustration and asked, "So which category are they this time?"

Xiao Hongyu glanced at her and said, "All of them. Do you know the wolf pack at the foot of the mountain?"

Li Xueyu nodded.

"When a lone wolf comes to a new wolf pack, it has to find a place that belongs to it. No matter if it ends up being an ordinary wolf or the alpha wolf, someone has to bow his head in the end."

Li Xueyu was even more confused. "We are all classmates. From Huai Jin down, we are all treated equally. What are we fighting about?"

Xiao Hongyu shook her head. "You still don't understand, but... Huai Jin is actually not much better than you, she doesn't understand either, but she doesn't need to understand."

She curled her lips again, "You, if you really have a kind heart and want to help him, then just ignore him and have less contact with him. This is the biggest help. Who is as stupid as you? You cover him with a blanket when he is sleeping during class, and you often go to him to ask for calligraphy advice. Isn't it okay to ask during class? Why do you have to go after class?"

Li Xueyu looked away.

"And Huai Jin too. Sigh, this bet is good and can solve the problem once and for all, but she insisted on suppressing it with a big hand and not allowing any flames to appear. However, it is better to let go than to block. It is better to keep the bet but reduce the stakes and just treat it as a fight of pride. As a man, it is good to fight sometimes. I am afraid that they will not fight for anything, just like my royal relatives who just eat and wait for death. Sigh."

Xiao Hongyu shook her head.

Li Xueyu was quiet for a moment, and said stubbornly in a low voice: "I think Huai Jin did it just in time this time, otherwise Brother Ziyu..."

"Oh, you're still biased towards him."

"No, I...I just help the weak."

"If you and Huai Jin continue to help Ruo, he will fall even harder the next time a conflict arises."

After he finished speaking, Xiao Hongyu patted his forehead and said, "Is it that after all I taught you just now, you still didn't listen?"

"I've heard it...but I need to think about it more."

Xiao Hongyu suddenly smiled and rubbed her friend's forehead with her index finger. "It's okay. I didn't listen to what my mother said at the beginning. Now that I'm studying abroad, I'm slowly recalling it. You, even with your father around, when will you grow up..."

Li Xueyu immediately refused, and the two girls laughed and played together. After a short rest, they walked to the end of the corridor and came to Jingchen Hall by the Mochi Lake. When they arrived, most of the students from the other five schools who had also lined up to help had already arrived. At a glance, most of them were female students, and they were quite familiar with each other.

It was a rare occasion for a large group of female students to get together, so they inevitably chattered and argued about which outstanding student from their own school could take the top spot in this exam. However, a serious female figure soon appeared at the door, making the door quiet.

"Come in."

Meng Zhengjun glanced at the dozen or so female students outside the door who came to help with the grading process, then turned around and walked into the lobby first.

Li Xueyu, Xiao Hongyu and other female students followed. After entering, they were assigned tasks by Meng Zhengjun to serve as temporary clerks. They took the roster and brush and went to the teachers who were grading the papers to carefully record the scores of the papers that had been graded.

Li Xueyu and Xiao Hongyu were assigned to be near Su Changfeng and Duan Jiuling, or rather, it was Xiao Hongyu who pulled Li Xueyu over.

In a corner of the lobby, Su Changfeng was correcting papers with his head down, looking like a gentle and elegant nobleman. No one knew where he came from, but he was indeed born with an air of wealth and was usually quite popular in the six halls.

Especially at this moment, he was placed together with a bald strong man with a fierce look, and the green leaves against the red flowers immediately made him stand out.

"Mr. Su, Mr. Duan."

The two girls greeted each other. Mr. Su looked up and smiled politely, then continued to work with his head down. Xiao Hongyu stepped forward to register the test paper that had been corrected. Li Xueyu did not rush to take the position and went to Mr. Duan. However, when she saw Duan Jiuling's big bald head, the girl couldn't help but covered her mouth and burst out laughing, even though she had seen it many times.

Duan Jiuling put down his pen, touched his bald head, and shook his head and laughed, "You are so silly, girl."

Li Xueyou frowned, held back, and nodded seriously: "No, Mr. Duan, I won't laugh anymore."

Duan Jiuling lowered his head helplessly, "Come on, you guys are laughing all day long, and you are so curious, I'll let you touch it."

Li Xueyu and Xiao Hongyu couldn't help laughing, but immediately waved their hands to refuse.

The atmosphere was quite familiar. Duan Jiuling looked at the two girls with a serious expression and said solemnly: "Xiaoxueyou, sir, I have been studying how to draw beauties recently. Sir, you look like a beauty at such a young age. This is unacceptable. Won't you bring disaster to the country and the people in the future? No! Sir, I have to draw a little beauty picture for you quickly. Maybe you will be recorded in history by accident. Beauty goes with heroes. Your powerful husband in the future may even come to ask me to draw it again. Haha, I will draw it after I finish correcting the rest of the test papers!"

Li Xueyu waved her hands quickly, "No, no, Mr. Duan, my father is very strict. He has instructed that my sister and I are not allowed to come into contact with these things since we were young. We are not allowed to see face reading, hand reading, fortune telling by physiognomists, and even portraits are not allowed..."

Duan Jiuling was surprised, "Hey, what kind of rule is this? Does your father not believe in fate or does he believe in it too much? He is an interesting and strange person."

He sighed, "Well, it's a pity that the world has lost another painting of a peerless beauty."

Li Xueyu blushed a little.

Xiao Hongyu said loudly, "Mr. Duan always said this every time he tricked us into painting. If you say this, all the famous paintings in the world will be confiscated by you."

Su Changfeng, who was quietly correcting papers with strict professional ethics, shook his head speechlessly. What kind of colleague did he have?

Duan Jiuling turned around, opened his eyes wide and asked: "It is exactly like that, don't you believe it? How about giving it a try, sir? I will draw a picture for you?"

Xiao Hongyu also knew that although Mr. Duan's bald head was scary, he loved to joke and was approachable. She was not afraid and crossed her chest and curled her lips:

"Hmph, no, I won't paint. When I was in the palace, my father also asked the court painters to paint for me, but they couldn't sit still for half an hour without moving..."

Unexpectedly, Duan Jiuling nodded immediately, "Yes, sir, I paint pictures of beauties. Why do you say I paint you? If the painting is not beautiful, you will say that my painting skills are not good. Alas, sir, I almost fell into your trap."

Xiao Hongyu: ...

The examiner joked with the students, but it was just a small episode. The real business in the hall today was to review the test papers and record the scores. Jokes aside, Duan Jiuling, Li Xueyu and Xiao Hongyu soon got down to the work at hand.

Duan Jiuling was sitting with his legs crossed, flipping through a few students' sketches, glancing at them, shaking his head, giving them a score casually, and moving on to the next one. At first, he was still muttering something like "stinky boy", but later he stopped talking and just corrected the papers faster.

The situation was basically the same for other gentlemen in Jingchen Hall.

It became quiet for a moment, but it was not completely silent. The rustling sound of pages turning and the rustling sound of brushes sliding across rice paper could be heard.

For most teachers, marking the test papers of these Mo Chi students is relatively easy. Unlike marking the test papers of scholars of higher grades, it is not tiring and naturally there is less noise.

Sometimes, after just a glance at the papers, experienced examiners would have a rough idea of ​​the scores. Even after looking at them several times, the scores would be almost the same. Even for the simpler papers of Xiaoyi, examiners with quick minds and hands could spread out multiple papers at the same time and mark the bright red scores at the same time. For example, a busty female examiner...

In the office closest to the door in the lobby, Meng Zhengjun stood up and looked around the lobby. Seeing that the teachers and students were all doing their jobs, and even a certain female teacher who she considered a troublemaker was working seriously, Meng Zhengjun nodded slightly.

"Done." Zhu Yourong pushed all the test papers in his hand towards the two female students who were recording their scores and clapped his hands.

The two female students from Guangyetang were a little surprised. The hand speed was too fast. They had only been there for a short while.

Zhu Yourong had some free time and chatted with the two female students for a few words. Then he turned around and prepared to check on the other gentlemen and find an opportunity to accomplish what he had in mind.

In the hall, she should be the first one to finish grading the test papers. After all, the calligraphy test paper was not like the classics test paper, which had long essays that needed to be read carefully, so it was indeed easy for her.

Just as Zhu Yourong was quietly looking around and trying hard to figure out what she wanted to do with her junior brother.

Suddenly, a heavy muffled sound was heard from the southeast corner of the lobby.

Zhu Yourong, Meng Zhengjun and other gentlemen were stunned. They turned their heads and saw that Duan Jiuling, who had been sitting with his legs crossed, slammed the table and stood up. The noise even shook the documents of the other two gentlemen.

"What a great picture of the three beauties of the Qi family! This perspective method can actually be used on portraits like this, and these three beauties, hiss, they are so clear!"

Duan Jiuling could no longer sit still, so he picked up the painting by the unknown student and walked to the window under the sun. He looked at it carefully with his eyes wide open, muttering to himself some painting terms that the teachers in the hall did not quite understand, such as scattered perspective, light, and composition...

Zhu Yourong, Li Xueyu and other students looked at each other in bewilderment. Duan Jiuling ignored them. Suddenly he reacted and quickly turned to the first page of the examination paper, looking for a name that had failed with a serious face.

"The Three Beauties of the Qi Family... The Three Beauties of the Qi Family? Let me see... Hey, Renzichang... No. 13?"

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