Chapter 923 - 921 Tofu Skin Buns
Song Chongjin and Gu Zikai left the restaurant, and after walking quite a distance, Gu Zikai finally spoke in a low voice: "Brother Song, have you met Lord Zhu before? Why do I sense from what he said that he seems to have a prejudice against you?"
Song Chongjin smiled wryly: "We met once before—" He left the rest unsaid.
Gu Zikai did not ask further but patted his shoulder: "But with the words from Imperial Physician Du, I believe Lord Zhu will respect that and won’t trouble you."
Song Chongjin did not argue, saying, "Hopefully so!"
Yet he thought to himself that Zhu Haoran would probably find an opportunity to ask him questions or investigate his background.
But he couldn’t mention these to Gu Zikai, so he changed the topic: "I think the people from Baiyun Academy are strange this time; have you noticed?"
Gu Zikai paused: "What’s strange about them?"
"Logically, a century-old academy, even if it’s now second-tier, still has its heritage. Especially since last autumn they outperformed our Changqing Academy. How come the students this time act so aggressively? So aggressive it seems intentional."
Gu Zikai was taken aback, and after a while said, "Brother Song, you’re right. A century-old academy, no matter how decadent, wouldn’t fall to such a degree. Their behavior from the beginning to the previous provocations seems to constantly convey a message that after last autumn’s success, they’ve become complacent and overconfident."
"Indeed, they’re overly complacent! These actions do not align with Baiyun Academy’s reputation at all! Could it be that Baiyun Academy is deliberately feigning weakness to catch us off guard in this Dragon Boat race? Or do they have other plans?" Song Chongjin said this to Gu Zikai to remind Changqing Academy.
He knew that Gu Zikai had an extraordinary relationship with Changqing Academy, and this reminder coming from Gu Zikai would command more attention from the head of Changqing Academy.
In any case, as a student of Changqing Academy now, he had to uphold the academy’s reputation and status.