There was a strange silence outside the school.

There were only two people in the school at this time.

A young scholar in a scholar's robe, with a slender figure and increasingly handsome facial features, and a prim and proper young girl sitting upright; one standing on the podium, the other sitting below the podium.

The young scholar had a calm expression at this time. He turned around and asked, "Have you guessed it a long time ago?"

The girl who had won the first place in the six halls for many times and was also the senior of the Ruxing Hall nodded, "Xueyou told me about your 'dream-talking and reciting' during the sutra test. Also, I learned a little about what happened in Dali after the teacher came back from the mountain. Then I was... refreshed and got to know your brother Ziyu again, or... student No. 13 of Renzi."

Yu Huaijin's eyes were somewhat complicated.

Zhao Rong's expression was not at all surprised. He neither nodded nor shook his head, but asked again:

"What if it was just an accident? My dream talk has nothing to do with Xue Youxiong. I wasn't helping her. I just happened to write that scripture, and I had a dream about it."

Yu Huaijin glanced at the still unusually quiet outside the door. The noisy sounds from other schools announcing the results in the distance formed a very sharp contrast with the silence outside Suixing Hall at this moment. If someone didn't know, standing in the empty school, they would think that the corridor outside the door was also empty. How could they guess that it was actually packed with people...

She still shook her head. "That doesn't matter. Even if Xueyou was just mistaken, I will still intervene to end the bet between you and Brother Wu. In my eyes, you and Brother Wu are equal, because I am your senior, the leader of your school. Even if I did not do it properly as you said later, I still have to do it. Doing something is the most important thing. As for not doing it well, it is a problem of my ability. An old gentleman once told me that there is a sequence of things, and you should do it when you should."

Zhao Rong smiled and said, "What a good saying, 'Do what you should do'. Brother Wu and his friends outside the sect are so lucky to meet a senior like you. It's a pity that they thought you were favoring me."

After he said this with a smile, it became quieter outside the door. A sissy student in front of the red list on the corridor blushed, and a group of friends around him also lowered their heads in shame. Li Xueyu, Jia Tengying and other students all looked at them sideways, and the atmosphere in front of the red list was still so tense that no one dared to make a sound.

The two waited for a while, and seeing that the students outside had not come in yet, Zhao Rong smiled and said, "Actually, I'm also curious about how many points I got in the exam. My music score shouldn't be high, but before the exam, you gave me extra lessons and predicted some questions correctly, so my score shouldn't be too low, right..."

Yu Huaijin said confidently: "He must be in the top ten of the academy, maybe he can surpass Xue You."

Zhao Rong glanced at her and asked, "You think so highly of me?"

Yu Huaijin frowned slightly, not knowing whether the young scholar on the stage was speaking sarcastically or truthfully. She spoke directly, "If I hadn't seen Brother Ziyu's musical skills, it would be too difficult to improve them in a short period of time. Brother Ziyu might even be in the top five of the academy."

Zhao Rong thought about it for a while, and he felt that what he said made sense. He nodded and asked, "What about you, Brother Huaijin?"

"First." Yu Huaijin's expression remained calm, without any pride or other expressions. He said these two words as calmly as if he was talking about an ordinary topic.

Zhao Rong was not surprised by Yu Huaijin's efficiency and energy. Instead, he felt that such confidence was very reasonable, because in front of him was an old-fashioned girl who had always been the first in almost everything since she was a child. No matter how kind and humble she had been to others in the past, her confidence in her own judgment was almost engraved in her bones and was difficult to break.

However, Zhao Rong continued to ask: "Why?"

Yu Huaijin shook his head, "No reason."

Zhao Rong smiled and said, "What if?"

Yu Huaijin frowned slightly, glanced at him, and said seriously, "No chance of that happening."

Zhao Rong admired him and said indifferently, "That makes sense. You are Yu Huaijin, so I should be the second."

Yu Huaijin's first reaction was to ask 'why', but before he could open his mouth, the young scholar on the stage smiled and said, "Because I am Zhao Ziyu."

Yu Huaijin couldn't help but look at him again and was about to remind him, but at this time there was finally some movement outside the door.

"Mystery..." Xiao Hongyu hurried in to interrupt their conversation and called out to someone who was confident.

Li Xueyu poked her head out from behind, her face slightly red as she said quickly: "Xuan Ji, come out for a moment, there is...an urgent matter."

Yu Huaijin was curious, nodded to Zhao Rong, then turned and walked out.

Zhao Rong was the only one left standing on the podium in the hall. He looked around and felt that he had to make a rule next time that no one was allowed to go to the toilet during class, well, not even female students were allowed... Zhao Rong put down the book in his hand, and at this moment, Yu Huaijin's voice came from outside.

"What's the emergency?"

She then said to all the students, "After you have used the toilet and read the red list, go in quickly. Don't stay outside and be lazy."

For some reason, the students of Ruxing Hall, who used to listen to their seniors the most, surprisingly did not respond. While Zhao Rong inside the door was curious, he heard the timid voice of Brother Xue You.

"Mystery."

"Well, what's wrong?"

"You...look." The girl seemed to be pointing at something.

Then, there was an awkward silence outside the door again.

Zhao Rong found that Yu Huaijin suddenly became silent and didn't know what had happened.

I don't know how long it was quiet outside.

Just as he frowned slightly and was about to speak, footsteps were finally heard outside the door.

However, strangely, no one appeared from the front door. Everyone entered through the back door, away from the podium.

Xiao Hongyu, Li Xueyu, Jia Tengying, Wu Peiliang and other students walked in from the back door one after another, but everyone's reactions and actions were different at this time.

Xiao Hongyu, Li Xueyu and other students tried hard to keep their eyes fixed when they first came in, but when they approached the podium, they couldn't help but glance sideways at Zhao Rong.

Jia Tengying and a group of other students who used to be well-behaved and studious stared directly at Zhao Rong with their eyes wide open, as if they wanted to look him over thoroughly. Zhao Rong felt a little embarrassed and touched his face in case of an accident.

A large group of students, led by Wu Peiliang, kept their heads down the entire time, not daring to look at the podium. They hurriedly returned to their seats with red ears and necks.

Only above the throne of Brother Yushu in the last row was the empty space with no one in sight. It seemed that he was the only one who had really gone to the toilet and had not come back yet.

At the same time, strangely, Yu Huaijin was nowhere to be seen.

In fact, just by seeing this scene, plus the silence outside just now, Zhao Rong actually already understood most of it in his mind, but he didn't say anything. Maintaining the tacit but awkward silence among everyone, Zhao Rong shook his head and prepared to continue the lecture.

At this time, Xiao Hongyu couldn't help but whispered: "Brother Ziyu, aren't you curious about the red list outside?"

Zhao Rong lowered his head to put away the lecture manuscripts. Without raising his head, he said, "In the previous class, you guys kept talking about my test number. I almost got calluses from hearing it..."

Xiao Hongyu and the other students felt awkward and didn't know what to say. Some of the students who used to be so lively lowered their heads in shame. As for Wu Peiliang... he never raised his face since he came in.

However, Zhao Rong had an amazing memory and still asked, "Did Brother Wu get into the top ten as he wished?"

Xiao Hongyu had a strange expression on her face, and said truthfully, "This time, I was still a little short. I ranked eleventh in the whole hall, which is actually the best result in these few major exams."

I heard her say before that four of the top ten in the museum were from Suixing Hall. Wu Peiliang was always among the top four or five in Suixing Hall. He also did well in the poetry and art exam this time. He had a poem that was an entry-level poem for Dengloupin. He had a lot of hope. However, the 'petite and frail' Peiliang brother now seems to have been 'powerfully' penetrated by someone...

Someone nodded and said encouragingly with a smile, "Eleventh place is not bad, almost in the top ten of the academy. Brother Wu, keep going."

Zhao Rong smiled again. As everyone knows, it is normal for there to be eleven people in the top ten of the museum, just like there are eleven people in the top ten masters in the world. What's wrong with one more?

However, Wu Peiliang in the right corner obviously didn't get the secret and lowered his head.

Zhao Rong looked around and asked, "Where is Brother Huaijin? Why did he go out and not come in?"

The little transparent Li Xue raised her hand weakly and whispered: "After Xuan Ji looked at the red list, she was quiet for a while, and then left. Her steps were a little hurried. She said...she said she was going to find Meng Xue Zheng. It seemed that it was an old rule after every major exam. The seniors of the Sixth Hall had to go to Jingchen Hall to check the school rankings..."

Zhao Rong felt something was wrong. He raised his head and looked down, wanting to put down the book and go out to take a look at the list. All the students in the audience saw Zhao Rong's intention.

Xiao Hongyu immediately said, "Brother Ziyu, you are actually the best in Ruxing Hall, and also... the best in the entire hall!"

Zhao Rong was stunned for a moment, a little surprised, and immediately asked: "How many points did I get? Especially in music art."

Li Xue's young face looked a little strange. "You got full marks in the six subjects of classics, poetry, painting, chess, calligraphy, and etiquette, but only music... you only got six points."

After the words were spoken, all the students in the audience had complicated looks.

"He got six points in music art?" Zhao Rong was a little surprised and delighted. He blinked and looked in the direction where a certain old-fashioned girl outside the door was hurriedly leaving.

At this moment, a student named Fan finally finished using the toilet and touching the fish and returned. When he passed the corridor, he took a look at the red list and was instantly shocked. Then he immediately ran into the quiet atmosphere of Ruxing Hall.

"Tzuyu Tzuyu!"

Fan Yushu rushed in and grabbed Zhao Rong's sleeve. The latter guessed something. He coughed and said in a low voice, "What's wrong? Cough, there's no need to make a fuss..."

Fan Yushu interrupted with a look of shock: "Ziyu, your music skills are actually one point higher than mine!"

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Xiao Hongyu, Li Xueyu and other students: …

Zhao Rong: ???

Why is this your focus? Is this the kind of thinking that carbon-based organisms can have?

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