Jing Xingzhi’s Daily Life in Ancient Times - Chapter 78
Now that he was placed in the fifth, it only meant one thing… the person in the first position was indeed better than him.
But he didn’t know how much talents Jing Xingzhi had.
It was said that he passed as a scholar when he was only thirteen years old. Now, three years had passed, he was only seventeen years old and placed as the first in the provincial examination!
He, Zheng Juelun, was twenty-two and couldn’t even compete with a seventeen-year-old boy.
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
“Impossible,” Zheng Juelun shouted, staggering outside the crowd.
His embarrassed look caught the eyes of the students in the high-rise building who had been in the same private room as him.
“Look at Zheng Juelun. Is he so shocked that he’s going crazy?”
“His character is really bad. Look at Xun Bai. He is the third place and nothing’s changed in his demeanor.”
“Just now, Xun Bai said he would treat us to dinner tonight. Xun Bai is still good at this time!”
The student with good eyesight felt a little sympathetic to Zheng Juelun at that moment. He said, “But this time, Zheng Juelun is fifth, and even Xun Bai is ahead of him. He had never been defeated…”
These words made Zheng Juelun’s situation feel really miserable.
Therefore, the students were quiet for a moment, then changed the topic with a tacit understanding and talked about what kind of wine would be appropriate to order at the restaurant in the evening.
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Zheng Juelun, who was downstairs, ran around blindly, shook off the short-legged book boy who had been following him, and bumped into another short-legged boy.
Li Huamin’s eyes widened after he was hit, and he glanced at Zheng Juelun. He felt this person looked really embarrassed, so he didn’t say anything about it.
Zheng Juelun was at a loss for a moment, and continued to walk forward with a confused look on his face without apologizing.
Li Huamin frowned, but he was broad-minded and didn’t care about Zheng Juelun’s rudeness. Instead, he happily continued talking to his brother.
“Brother, you will definitely do better than brother Jing Xingzhi next time!”
Li Huamin’s brother, Li Huasui, smiled and touched his brother’s head. Since sending his younger brother to school, his younger brother had become more and more cute. He felt his original decision was really good.
Thinking of that time, the shadow of a certain man flashed through Li Huasui’s heart.
He didn’t know the strange man who bumped him was still in the front. When the man heard the word “Jing”, he whirred and turned around and rushed over with red eyes.
Zheng Juelun stood up and said angrily to the big one and the small one, “He, Jing Xingzhi, is nothing. He will definitely have no name during the examination, and I, Zheng Juelun, will be among the best!”
“Zheng Juelun?” Li Huasui read out Zheng Juelun’s name.
Zheng Juelun’s expression softened a little. “Do you know me?”
Li Huamin’s big eyes looked at Zheng Juelun simply. “I know, you are the fifth!”
Zheng Juelun: “…”
Li Huasui’s eyes suddenly changed when he looked at Zheng Juelun, quickly pulled his brother behind him, and hid him.
Li Huasui hid his younger brother and said to Zheng Juelun, “Brother Zheng, I have heard of you, so I think I know you. My brother has no identity, he is still young and have an innocent temperament. Don’t blame him.”
Li Huasui’s polite attitude made Zheng Juelun feel a lot more comfortable. He waved his hand to Li Huasui, who was holding his fists in apology.
But Li Huasui hesitated for a moment, and his next sentence was, “But Brother Zheng, you have to be practical in your life. It’s not good to be too ambitious.”
Zheng Juelun’s mouth was full of blood. He looked at Li Huasui with disgust, feeling this person was very annoying. He looked at Li Huamin’s short legs behind him and thought the two brothers were equally annoying!
How could one after another insult him? They had no idea that fifth place was not his true level!
Zheng Juelun asked disdainfully, “Who are you? Do you have a name?”
Li Huasui glanced at him, took Li Huamin’s hand, and walked forward.
Zheng Juelun watched the two brothers leaving, sneering to himself: ‘These nameless people still have shame in saying their names, right?’
As soon as this thought passed through his mind, he heard four words- “I am Li Huasui.”
Li Huasui’s expression was serious. After announcing his name, he added: “I am not as good as Jing Xingzhi. So, I am really sincere in my words of advice to Brother Zheng.”
These words were obviously very heartbreaking to Zheng Juelun.
Zheng Juelun felt Li Huasui despised him, and Li Huasui said to him – ‘I, the second place, consider myself a noob in front of Jing Xingzhi. You, Zheng Juelun, should stop daydreaming. Why don’t you go to bed early at night? What’s in your dreams?’
Zheng Juelun knew Xun Bai’s level, but he didn’t know Li Huasui’s level.
He couldn’t help but feel a little desperate. Could it be that he didn’t even have the second-best strength?
If he didn’t have the second-best strength, what hope was there for the competition?
The two Li brothers held hands and left this place, leaving Zheng Juelun standing there alone, doubting life.
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After walking out for a while, Li Huasui taught Li Huamin: “Look at that person just now. He is too small-minded. He is like a madman after failing his expectation. This is not good. There are mountains outside the mountains in the world, and there are always people who are better than us, but as long as we continue to get stronger, have long-term goals and vision, everything is possible. The most important thing is – to be broad-minded.”
Li Huamin pumped at his flat chest and nodded seriously: “Brother, I know it.”
Then Li Huamin seriously examined himself: “I was wrong, brother.”
“Huh?” It was Li Huasui’s turn to be confused, “What did you do wrong? Brother didn’t even notice.”
Li Huamin looked at Li Huasui, lowered his head, and said in a low voice: “I shouldn’t say big words to comfort my brother. This will make your goal too close. It seems that you won’t be able to take over Brother Jing’s place next time…”
Li Huasui’s expression froze. He felt suddenly he no longer wanted to be a good brother. Would it be okay if he spank the child?