*[Yes, but they were very close at first and shared a deep bond, so Shi Yongfu could never bring himself to do it. Everything changed after the Autumn Examination.*
Wu Hongcai was talented and willing to work hard, so he took the title of Top Candidate in the Autumn Examination in one fell swoop, while Shi Yongfu gave it everything he had and only just scraped through in last place.
But Wu Hongcai liked to put on a bit of an act. On the surface, he seemed like someone who hated studying and loved having fun. In reality, he studied by lamplight every night to preserve his reputation as a child prodigy.
*And he stubbornly refused to admit it, claiming that he lit candles every night to read Storybooks. That was why Shi Yongfu dragged him here to listen to the storyteller today.]*
[Hahahaha, so that's the kind of person he is! I get it. I like doing that too.]
Jiang Nuan related to him intensely.
As he listened to the childlike voice coming from who knew where expose all his secrets, Wu Hongcai's face flushed slightly.
*[If only he had met an ordinary person. Unfortunately, he met someone as narrow-minded as Shi Yongfu, who plans to tamper with things during this Spring Examination and ruin his reputation.*
He's prepared several plans for this.
One is to give him a laxative the night before the examination so he can't concentrate during it. Once he's had enough bouts of diarrhea, his body won't be able to take it, and his examination will be ruined.
*Even if that plan fails, it doesn't matter. He plans to hide little slips of paper in the lining of Wu Hongcai's sleeves, then report him. He'll even earn himself a fine reputation for refusing to wallow