The provincial examination room was as stuffy as a steamer. The examinee next to him was already engrossed in writing, and the rustling of the brush across the paper was heard one after another. The invigilator walking around dragged his leather boots back and forth, and his footsteps were as heavy as knocking on the heart.
Sweat slid down Shen Mo's forehead, dripped on the test paper, and spread a cloud of ink.
How could he not know the answer? He started enlightenment at the age of three, memorized scriptures at the age of five, and could write the entire Analects of Confucius silently at the age of seven. The scholar's family was so poor that they only had books. Before he died, his father held his hand and said, "Mo'er, studying is the last option for our family."
Now he is on this path.
But his hand holding the pen was shaking.
Because the voice in my head is still ringing——
[Warning: Answering the test questions correctly will deduct 50 years of life.
[Warning: The system determines that you have consciously entered the correct answer and triggers the lifespan deduction mechanism.
[Remaining life span: 1 day, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 47 seconds.
