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Chapter 143: The Venomous Lin Jingyou
Lin Jingyou turned his head to look at him, "You want to go back to the capital? That's right. The imperial examination will be held shortly after the New Year. Your family is in the capital. If you go back now to prepare, you'll have more time."
"Oh, Brother Jingyou, you're joking. For someone like me, I don't even know if I can pass the imperial examination! But my father wrote to me saying that my mother has found a marriage for me and asked me to go home and look at it." Speaking of this, Yan Hui was very distressed.
"Brother Yan is not young anymore, so it's understandable that the elders in his family are anxious. If possible, you can arrange the marriage earlier. As the saying goes, getting married first and then building a career comes second." Lin Jingyou advised.
"That's what I said, but women are trouble. I don't want to get married at all. If I have a woman to control everything, I won't be able to be so free in the future." Yan Hui frowned and became more and more annoyed as he spoke.
"Brother Yan, how can you say that? A wife should be a good helper to one's husband, how can she be a trouble?" Lin Jingyou disagreed.
When it came to this topic, Yan Hui seemed to have endless things to say. He complained bitterly, "Brother Jingyou, you don't know, those women in the capital are either spoiled by their families since childhood, and have become spoiled and arrogant. Or they are brought up by their families to be well-educated and well-mannered. No, to be more precise, they are conservative and stick to the rules. They are like wooden sticks and very boring!"
"Brother Yan, you are wrong. Brother Yan should not have come into contact with many women. How can you rely on hearsay? If the elders in your family really have arrangements, Brother Yan should see each other before making a decision. Besides, the elders will definitely not harm you. The one you are looking for must be the one who has been carefully considered and is suitable for you." Lin Jingyou continued.
As they were talking, they arrived at the door of the inn. The inn was packed with people, all gathered in a circle, chattering away.
"Hey, make way, make way quickly, we want to go in." Yan Hui saw many people blocking his way, and angrily used his fan to push them away.
The man who was being pushed by him turned around impatiently and said, "Why are you pushing so hard? If you want to discuss something with Master Ouyang, go to the back of the line!" After saying that, the man turned around immediately and ignored Yan Hui.
Yan Hui got angry, slammed his fan shut, pushed the man's shoulder, and said, "Whoever wants to discuss this with that bastard Ouyang, get out of here! I'm going upstairs to my room."
"Who are you? How dare you say that to Master Ouyang? Master Ouyang is the top scorer of this session, how dare you disrespect him?" The man didn't expect Yan Hui to say that, and he immediately became serious.
"Bah! The exam results haven't even come out yet, how do you know he's top scorer? What if the exam results come out and he's not? You'll be so embarrassed!"
"Hey, you said that Mr. Ouyang is not the top scorer. Could it be that you are the top scorer? Mr. Ouyang is the most knowledgeable student in our class. There is no doubt that Mr. Ouyang is the top scorer of this class!" The man raised his chin proudly, as if he was the top scorer.
"Bullshit! You are a bunch of frogs in the well. You have never seen a talented person!" Yan Hui started arguing with the man.
The noise they were arguing became louder and louder, and even Ouyang Bo, who was surrounded by people, could hear it.
He squeezed out of the crowd and stood in front of Yan Hui. He pretended to be polite and asked with a bow, "I wonder how I have offended this young master to make him dislike me so much and even speak ill of me."
Originally, Lin Jingyou had no feelings towards this person, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Lin Jingyou felt disgusted with him. Knowing that so many people were surrounding him, and even had a tendency to look up to him, this person said such words, clearly trying to provoke a fight, hoping that those who admired him would help attack Yan Hui.
As expected, after hearing what he said, the other students began to condemn Yan Hui.
"Who are you to dare to question Master Ouyang's talent?"
"I think you are jealous of Master Ouyang, that's why you speak so harshly to him."
"Only vulgar people would slander others. People like you are a disgrace to us scholars!"
"Get out! You don't deserve to be in the same store with us!"
"Get out! I'm ashamed to stand with you!"
"Get out! Get out!" the rest of the people also shouted.
Yan Hui's eyes almost popped out of his head in anger, and he raised his hand, pointed at them, and started to curse. Lin Jingyou pressed his hand down, patted it gently, and signaled him not to act rashly.
"Shopkeeper." Lin Jingyou called out to the shopkeeper who was watching the fun nearby.
The shopkeeper came running over and asked, "What can I do for you, sir?"
Lin Jingyou pointed at the group of people who had just spoken and asked in a puzzled manner, "Have these people already taken over this store?"
The shopkeeper shook his head, "No."
"Then why did they ask my classmates to get out? I thought they had booked this inn!" After saying that, he looked at the others and asked again, "Are they staying in this inn?"
This inn is the best and most expensive in Fuzhou. Lin Jingyou was reluctant to stay here, but Yan Hui insisted that he had already booked a room for him and himself. Plus, they arrived late, and the better inns were already full, so he had no choice but to stay here.
The innkeeper took a quick look and said again, "No, not a single student among them has booked a room in our inn."
Lin Jingyou curved his lips into a smile, his tone revealing undisguised sarcasm. "This is the first time I've heard of someone unrelated to the inn trying to kick out the guests. How bizarre!"
The person who just told them to get out blushed instantly. They really couldn't afford to stay in such an expensive inn. They came here because Ouyang Bo was here.
As for Ouyang Bo, although his family was not short of money, in order to create an image of nobility and win over the poor students, the inn he booked was not very good, but of course, it was not bad either. Today, he just finished the exam and wanted to celebrate, so he chose this most expensive inn for dinner.
Ouyang Bo's face turned pale and red, but soon he smiled again and said, "Scholarship is not judged by wealth, and character is even less so by wealth. Although this classmate is rich, he cannot look down on us poor students."
Lin Jingyou pretended to be surprised and said, "So this Mr. Ouyang actually thinks this way. I just asked the shopkeeper if everyone lives here, and I didn't say anything that looked down on us. Why would Mr. Ouyang think this way? Could it be that Mr. Ouyang has low self-esteem, so he has this illusion that we look down on him?"
Ouyang Bo choked. He originally wanted to stir up everyone's hostility towards Lin Jingyou, but his words resolved the issue.