Chapter 26 - I
Not only Jing Xingzhi was confused, Zhu Da couldn’t help but gaze at Li Huasui, wondering if Li Huasui had been possessed by something else.
Li Huasui was very aggressive when he wanted to target Jing Xingzhi. Now, Zhu Da heard Li Huasui says from his own lips that Jing Xingzhi had a good character?
Zhu Da suspected something was wrong with his ears; he couldn’t believe what he was hearing!
He looked at Li Huasui blankly and muttered, “Li Huasui, you said Jing Xingzhi… is a very nice person?”
Li Huasui straightened his back, looked back at Zhu Da indifferently, and asked, “Brother Zhu, don’t you think so?”
Zhu Da wanted to say no, but he didn’t dare to. Anyone with a brain would know that talking nonsense at this time would be unwise, so Zhu Da had no choice but to remain silent.
However, his eyes subtly glanced at Zhang Kaiwei, who was also not chosen by Li Huasui. Seeing Zhang Kaiwei’s face that looked like he had eaten two kilograms of rotten vegetable leaves, he felt a little relieved immediately.
Li Huasui had been expelled from the academy, and he might not know that Zhang Kaiwei was the one behind it. Still, Li Huasui didn’t choose Zhang Kaiwei, indicating that Zhang Kaiwei was really not well-liked!
Zhu Da compared the two sides and felt that he wasn’t the worst.
Fang Qichen looked at Jing Xingzhi and Li Huasui in surprise, the first smile of the day appearing on his face. This result surprised him, but he felt that it wasn’t bad for some reason.
“What do you think, Madam Li?” Zhang Mingyu rushed to speak.
He was a bit dissatisfied with Li Huasui for not choosing Zhang Kaiwei. He even thought something was wrong with Li Huasui’s brain?
Choosing someone who caused him to be expelled from the academy.
Hearing Zhang Mingyu ask about Mother Li, Zhang Kaiwei immediately looked at Mother Li.
Zhang Kaiwei remembered that Mother Li looked at him gratefully when he spoke for Li Huasui. Although he didn’t pay much attention to the Li family after that, among the three of them, he was the only one who spoke for Li Huasui to reduce his punishment. Among the three, Mother Li had the highest probability of choosing him!
Despite Zhang Kaiwei’s expectations, Jing Xingzhi was still a little disoriented. He also knew in confusion that even if Li Huasui chose him, Mother Li would probably choose Zhang Kaiwei, whom Li Huasui had spoken well of.
After all, a mother’s concern for her son could transcend many things. Although Jing Xingzhi didn’t have this role in his life, he had encountered many great people who were mothers.
Mother Li was the focus of everyone’s attention, and she looked at Fang Qichen timidly for a moment: “I also think Young Master Jing is the best.”
Her voice was not loud, but it clearly reached everyone’s ears, breaking the tension in the air.
After Mother Li finished speaking, she met the young master’s eyes and smiled at him. There was an apology in the smile, but also genuine love.
Mother Li thought, what mother wouldn’t like such a good boy? He looked good, studied well, and was good-mannered.
Mother Li had always felt guilty about Jing Xingzhi. Now that she could help, of course, she would choose Jing Xingzhi. Why choose someone who looks fierce or the one her eldest child doesn’t like? Mother Li would rather choose no one than these two!
Zhang Tong swallowed a sip of saliva, suppressing the doubts in his heart. He asked, “Mother Li, what do you think is so good about this young man?”
Zhang Tong clearly remembered the complicated look on Mother Li’s face when he asked for Jing Xingzhi’s name. She clearly knew that Jing Xingzhi was the one who caused her son to be expelled from the academy.
But now, this peasant woman still chooses Jing Xingzhi? Could it be that her complicated expression just now was just surprise? Zhang Tong fell into doubt about his ability to read words and emotions.
Mother Li thought it was because she guessed that her eldest son had failed the young master, and she wanted to make up for it. But, of course, she couldn’t put it openly.
So, Mother Li had no choice but to look at her eldest son, Li Huasui, and said, “My son and they are classmates. Since Huasui thinks he’s good, it must be good.”
When she said this, in the eyes of Zhang Mingyu and Zhang Tong, she was just a naive woman. Whichever her son chose, she would choose without any opinion.
But in this way, a woman’s ignorance ruined their bet with Fang Qichen!
Originally, Mother Li and her family couldn’t enter the academy at all. At that time, Zhang Tong and Zhang Mingyu were lobbying Fang Qichen to accept a disciple.
Fang Qichen was a little worried because he thought that the emperor was concerned about an old man. At that time, Mother Li and two sons bumped into him, so Fang Qichen casually agreed to take Li’s family to try out the three current candidates.
Needless to say, he felt a sense of compassion when he heard there was a child in the Li family.
It just so happened that the three of them were all involved in Li Huasui’s matter, which was quite interesting in the eyes of everyone.
The three of the students were summoned and asked the same question. They listened to the answers and asked Mother Li and Li Huasui to each choose one.
Then there were Zhang Mingyu and Zhang Tong, each of them chooses one person, which was four votes. The person who gets the second vote could be considered by Fang Qichen as a disciple.
Of course, if Fang Qichen was particularly satisfied with someone, he could also choose the one he was most satisfied with.
For the three of them, this was just a play around with the juniors, but the result was a surprise to everyone.
Both Zhang Mingyu and Zhang Tong thought Mother Li was foolish, but Fang Qichen was the only one who noticed Li Huasui’s transformation and the guilt hidden in Mother Li’s eyes.
Li Huamin, who was standing aside, saw that the adults were silent, and suddenly looked at Jing Xingzhi with his head shrinking, and whispered: “I also choose this brother.”
The child’s voice was clear and sweet, like a gurgling stream, suddenly making a tinkling sound.
Fang Qichen felt happy and teased the child with a smile: “Then why did you choose him?”
Li Huamin received the response, his eyes lit up, and he replied seriously: “I have seen this brother before!”
After Zhang Tong heard the child’s words, there was a loud sound, and he felt like his heart was gone. He deliberately caused trouble, but it didn’t work at all. People have seen him before.
He suddenly thought about Mother Li’s expression when she heard the young master’s name. Zhang Tong thought about it carefully and found that judging from the details, Mother Li and others must not be familiar with the young master. It didn’t make sense.
But it was this meeting that decided their choice today! What did the young man do during that one-time meeting?