The crowd was in high spirits, and the commotion even reached the front of Tongsu Gate, where students gathered outside, creating a noisy and chaotic scene.
"Xia Qingzhai! Give me an explanation!"
"Xia Qingzhai, are you scared? You are not worthy of being a student at all!"
"Come out here!"
The county school's instructor and others hadn't arrived yet. Inside the room, 666 was frantic: [Miss, what should we do? What if they rush in and beat us up?]
Tong Su stood inside the room, coldly watching the commotion outside, and said in a calm voice, "Possibly."
Throughout history, students have always been among the most impulsive people. With youthful vigor and boundless energy, they are prone to impulsiveness, and reason vanishes.
However, these students were also the nation's reserve talents. If an ordinary person caused trouble, the court would kill them to silence them, but when students caused trouble, the court would mostly try to appease them.
Therefore, students are the easiest and most suitable people to be incited and manipulated.
【What should I do?】I'm completely lost. 【Wait, how do they know you didn't do well on the test?】
The county school does have monthly exams, but the results are not made public. Tongsu's previous essays were not very good, and the instructors criticized her, but they did not tell anyone. How could these students know?
“Of course they heard it from others.” Tong Su pondered for a moment, but remained calm. “Let’s go out and see.”
Outside, the students were still shouting and yelling. Looking at their fierce and menacing appearance, someone in the distance frowned anxiously and hurriedly returned to their room.
Soon, a nimble pigeon flew out of the window, with a small bamboo tube tied to its leg, heading straight for the capital.
The pigeons flapped their wings, a gentle breeze swept by, leaving behind the waves of insults.
"Is he too scared to come out?"
"Possibly! Hmph, that brat, a coward as timid as a mouse! To be classmates with him is to humiliate us all!"
"If he doesn't dare to come out, then he's showing contempt for us! Let's just rush in and drag him out!"
Provoked by someone, the students rushed angrily toward Tongsu's room and rammed it with their hands. Unexpectedly, the door was pulled open from the inside. They lost their footing and stumbled inside, falling one after another.
Ouch!
You're pressing down on me!
The students fell and piled up like a human pyramid. They were all bookworms who buried themselves in their studies, and they were not very agile. They were crushed and screamed in pain.
A cold and indifferent voice came from above them.
"Who says I'm afraid to come out?"
The students struggled to look up, only to be met with a clear, cold gaze. That gaze was piercing and icy, as if it saw through their disguise and went straight to their hearts, making them shiver involuntarily.
"Xia, Xia Qingzhai..."
I felt constantly guilty.
To say that she felt ashamed to associate with Xia Qingzhai because of his poor grades and the trouble he caused would be a lie.
They'd be even happier if others did poorly in their studies. There are only so many spots for the imperial examinations each year, so if all their classmates went astray, their chances of passing would be much greater.
To be honest, one reason why Tong Su disliked them was the availability of government-subsidized students—if Xia Qingzhai were kicked out now, the government-subsidized student position could be given to them.
Most importantly, Tong Su has recently become extremely diligent in studying and practicing self-discipline!
Xia Qingzhai is still in mourning, and the exam he needs to take is in three years.
The provincial examination is held twice a year, and since Xia Qingzhai can't take it this year, they don't have much hope for themselves either.
Most people put their hopes on three years later, on the day they would be in the same class as Xia Qingzhai!
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