Strictly speaking, the blame couldn't be laid on the two. The examination papers of Guozijian's preliminary school change every year, and only one year had featured a foreign language examination, which was ten years ago.
The paper became unmarketable over time, so the bookstore stopped making copies. As a result, when Xiao Liulang went to the bookstore to buy examination papers from the past years, he didn't get this particular one.
Xiao Jingkong is an exceptionally bright child. If he can't pass the examination, the fault certainly lies with the adults.
The examiners certainly intended to humble these gifted children this time. Since these children, naturally brighter than ordinary people, could easily become proud and arrogant, they wanted to teach them a lesson during the examination, to cut them down to size.
As expected, when the examiners began grading the papers, the last three major questions caused a collective failure.
