Chapter 1980: Envy, Jealousy, and Resentment

Chapter 1980 -1982: Envy, Jealousy, and Resentment

The two stopped looking at Young Master Liu and continued upstairs, chatting as they went.

“Wife, you mean to say I have a brain.”

“Of course, I, someone with a knack for making money, wouldn’t be foolish enough to choose someone without a brain, would I?”

“Haha, wife, you’re right.”

“…”

“…”

The group laughed and talked as they went upstairs, disappearing from Young Master Liu’s view.

Young Master Liu, standing downstairs, felt humiliated in front of everyone. The implication from the couple was that he had no brain, and Yang Ming was provoking him, suggesting they’d settle scores in the examination.

He clenched his back teeth fiercely, thinking to himself, “We’ll see. If there’s any dirt on him, he’ll regret it.”

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Meanwhile, Yang Ming and the other three followed Xiao’er upstairs and were given two rooms, which happened to be next door to each other.

After arranging the rooms, Xiao’er said, “Dear guests, if you want to eat, you can go downstairs and order, you can eat in the hall or in your room. If you need a bath, let me know in advance, and I’ll arrange it. If there’s anything else, like running errands or buying something, you can find me or go downstairs to see the Shopkeeper.”

“Alright, thank you, Xiao’er,” Yang Ming thanked, and Xiao’er left.

After Xiao’er left, Xiaoxiao spoke, “Xiaoqiu, you two go back to your rooms, store your things, tidy up, and we’ll go down for dinner later.”

Yang Qiu and Wang Kui went back to their rooms after hearing this.

As soon as Xiaoxiao and Yang Ming entered the room, Xiaoxiao burst into laughter, saying, “Honey, is that your classmate? What kind of person is he? I think he’s just envious and bitter.”

“You’ve already seen through that? You’re right; he’s jealous, envious that I have a wonderful wife and that my grades are better than his…”

“…” Xiaoxiao was speechless; he was so full of himself it was infuriating. His narcissistic tendency was flaring up again.

With a smirk, she said, “I think tomorrow, we’ll have Wang Kui look for another inn.”

This inn indeed was somewhat simple. The room quality was mediocre, but the sound insulation was poor, and they could hear the sound of reading aloud from everywhere after going upstairs.

While reading is good, it might disturb Yang Ming’s rest.

Besides, there was that particularly annoying person just now; seeing him made her feel bad.

And downstairs were some people with narrow eyes and sharp mouths that damaged the image of students.

It seemed like finding somewhere else to stay would be better.

Yang Ming knew what Xiaoxiao was thinking, so he said, “No need to move. It’s pretty good here. Moving elsewhere wouldn’t change things; you’d still run into classmates. It’s inevitable, so let’s just enlarge our minds and pretend they don’t exist.”

To speak of students coming for the exam, there are actually more from wealthy backgrounds, since they can afford schooling, so they’ve all gone to better inns. Poor people having the chance to study are relatively few, so if we moved, this situation might be more serious than today.

Xiaoxiao felt he had a point and settled the matter. After tidying up a little, she went to the next door and called Yang Qiu and the others downstairs for dinner.

With Wang Kui around, truly no one dared to badmouth them anymore, at least not to their faces.

Xiaoxiao felt bringing Wang Kui along was indeed the right decision; it saved them a lot of trouble.

After dinner, they went upstairs early to rest. Because of Xiaoxiao’s decision, they didn’t go out the next day and stayed put until the day of the examination, when the four of them set off to the examination site.