"What a bastard!"
"This is infuriating!"
In the Jia Character Area, all twelve men cursed inwardly almost at once.
Yet they could not vent their anger.
Because Jiang Xiaobai had indeed supplied a matching line, and not merely that-it was impeccably balanced.
Most infuriating of all, after winning, this fellow had earnestly asked whether they had let him win.
Wasn't that grinding his heel into their faces?
Du Chong's expression was dark, and Guo Zhan and Zhong Yu looked no better.
As for the Third Prince, his hand clenched, and his gaze toward Jiang Xiaobai grew noticeably colder.
Jiang Xiaobai sat on the raised platform, still smiling, though his gaze had cooled somewhat.
Yes, some might consider him arrogant.
But in today's circumstances, he could hardly hold his ground without a little arrogance.
So many people were waiting to laugh at him.
So much filthy water was being splashed onto him.
If he still tried to reason with them mildly, they would only drive him into a corner, step by step.
So today, he would not merely be arrogant. He would be brazen enough that none of them would ever forget it.
At that thought, Jiang Xiaobai looked at the Brush Holder and said with a smile, "Bring on the second question!"
The Brush Holder looked at Jiang Xiaobai, then at the twelve men, and could not help shaking his head inwardly.
Jiang Xiaobai had indeed won the first question beautifully.
But he had also drawn their hatred to its limit. Things would probably grow even livelier now.
Shaking his head, the middle-aged man slowly said, "The second question is also a matching couplet."
"A Pavilion Elder composed this line specifically for this examination."
As his words fell, the Orchid Pavilion Tower went quiet again.
A couplet composed by a