Chapter 694 - Chapter 694: Angry Scholars
Chapter 694: Angry Scholars
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
However, there was a small seat beside the table. They did not know who it was for.
“Xue Yan, Jiang Yue!”
Jiang Yue and Xue Yan had just entered the academy and had barely taken a few steps when Shen Yuxuan, who was also dressed in white, ran towards them happily with a small medicine box on his back.
“Why did it take so long for you to get here? It’s about to start.” Shen Yuxuan said as he cupped his hands and greeted Xue Yan.
Xue Yan also cupped his hands in greeting as he replied, “We rushed over after breakfast.”
“It’s also because you don’t live in town I guess. Let’s go there quickly. The teachers are coming.” Shen Yuxuan shouted.
Xue Yan held onto Jiang Yue’s hand and followed Shen Yuxuan.
“Xue Yan, you really just came to take a look, didn’t you? Everyone is expecting you to participate. If you participate, no one will be able to defeat you. You were the one who won first place in the literary conference last year. It was the same the year before last as well.” Shen Yuxuan asked as he walked towards the garden.
This good friend of his had only participated in two literary gatherings, but he had always been the top scorer.
“It’s all fun and games. There is no need to worry.” Xue Yan smiled and said.
Previously, it was the teacher who made the decision to sign him up. He felt that it was not good for him to not fight for it, so he let him participate in the cultural gathering to experience it.
“That’s a nice way to put it. We all know that it’s a competition to see who’s better in certain aspects.” Shen Yuxuan smiled. “However, we are all scholars. Even if we lose, we won’t throw a fit. We will still greet each other politely.”
Xue Yan only smiled.
Jiang Yue was led by Xue Yan as she looked at the huge academy.
This academy was quite big and had a good atmosphere.
Even if they were not familiar with each other, they would still greet each other politely.
There seemed to be no one who was not refined.
When she followed Xue Yan and Shen Yuxuan to the garden of the academy, the garden was already decorated for the event. They could start when the teachers arrived.
In fact, the teachers were already in the academy, but they had not come to the garden yet.
Those who were on good terms with Xue Yan walked over when they saw Xue Yan and even greeted Jiang Yue. Jiang Yue also politely addressed them. Some were not familiar with Xue Yan. Even the new students this year had never seen Xue Yan before. However, they knew that Xue Yan was a guest of the academy, so they all came over and greeted him politely. They were scholars, so they couldn’t lose basic etiquette.
Jiang Yue stood next to Xue Yan, looking a little numb.
When Xue Yan was in the top scorer class, he had a classmate and good friend called Xu Yining. He had just passed the imperial examination this year and still wanted to take the examination. He was still in the academy, but he was in the imperial examination class. Previously, Xu Yining had gone to the Pei family’s lunch.
Xu Yining was very thin, and his clothes could not hold up his stature at all. However, his white shirt made him look even more elegant.
After Xue Yan greeted everyone, Xu Yining pulled off the lotus jade pendant on his waist and showed it to Xue Yan. “Xue yan, look at the quality of this jade pendant. Isn’t it similar to the one you lost before? My father just got it, so he gave it to me.”
Hearing the mention of the jade pendant that Xue Yan had lost previously, Jiang Yue glanced at Xue Yan.
Xue Yan took a close look at the jade pendant. The quality was similar to what he remembered, they were all suet jade.
“Yining,” Shen Yuxuan immediately opened his mouth, “That Wei Zizhan really wasted his time taking it! How can he pick up the jade pendant and not return it!”
“There’s no need to get mad about it.” Xu Yining smiled, looking a little sloppy. He did not look like a scholar anymore. “Didn’t you tell Mister Ji that Xue Yan didn’t want that jade pendant anymore? But Xue Yan…” he looked at Xue Yan again, “It’s something that belonged to you. Although I agree that it’ll be very troublesome to get it back, you should still tell Mister Ji and let him get it back for you. I heard that the County Magistrate of Changyu is a good friend of yours. If you ask him for help, Wei Zizhan will return it to you even if he doesn’t want to..”