"The day after tomorrow? Because that's the day when the rankings are announced? I don't think it's that important. Who's going to take away your first rank of the first banner?" Tang Thirty-Six teased.
Suddenly, he fell silent as he considered what he had just said. He looked at Chen Changsheng and said, "That's right, you're already first rank on the first banner… I confess that at the very beginning, I really couldn't view you with any optimism. Even when you walked together with Gou Hanshi into the Hall of Washing Away Dust, I still did not believe that you could become the Grand Examination's first rank of the first banner. I didn't expect that you would really pull it off in the end."
He placed his right hand on Chen Changsheng's shoulder and said, "Outstanding." All was quiet in the library. Xuanyuan Po said nothing, but the expression in his eyes as he looked at Chen Changsheng communicated the same message.
"I've troubled you."