Jingzhi wished she could pounce on the brazen scholar in front of her, bite him to death, find a hole to crawl into, and never see anyone again.
She felt a mix of shame and rage, her mind in turmoil, faced with a couplet from Zhao Rong for which her mind drew a complete blank.
In the past, Jingzhi always followed her teacher; all the men she encountered were gentlemen with proper speech and conduct, at least in front of her and her teacher. After arriving at the Academy, for various reasons, the students there treated her with great respect, let alone these destitute scholars who couldn't even step through the Academy's gate.
But today, she unexpectedly faced a shameless rogue who dared to make such flirtatious remarks.
She had occasionally glimpsed such language in books, which made her blush and quickly shut the book with a snap, followed by an annoyed spit.
However, now, this libertine scholar had the audacity to speak such words to her in public!
