Chen Ke smiled slightly, but Yan Kong opposite him did not notice the warmth. Instead, a coldness swept over him.

"First, I would like to ask Dr. Yan, have the Confucians stopped wanting to take revenge on me now?"

Yan Kong paused and sat there.

Have you stopped?

No.

When Chen Ke saw that Yan Kong didn't answer, he ignored him and just asked the second question.

"Secondly, I would like to ask Dr. Yan, who made the move first?"

Yan Kong paused there again, feeling depressed because it was Confucian who made the move first.

Chen Ke looked at Yan Kong's cheek and asked the third question.

"Third, Dr. Yan."

Chen Ke suddenly smiled, his smile was bright, but it made Yan Kong feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

"Even if the first two are all ignored, what position do you, Yan Kong, have in requesting me?"

"He is my Chen Ke's friend and my Chen Ke's confidant."

"Is it the Confucian leader, or is it the leader of officials whose authority suppresses me?"

Chen Ke suddenly moved forward a little, leaned forward, and stared closely into Yan Kong's eyes.

"I want Confucians and I to live in peace, stop arguing, and be gentlemen with "benevolence" and "righteousness".

"Are you still selfish, willing to sacrifice for yourself and Confucianism, or do you mean you don't care about sacrificing me, the villain in question?"

Chen Ke asked word by word: "Dr. Yan, what is your identity?"

"What kind of person are you?"

Chen Ke sat back, each word hurting his heart.

Yan Kong sat there in a daze, with a confused look on his face.

He rashly asked Chen Ke out, and Chen Ke actually came out, so he didn't think about the problem.

But now, Chen Ke had torn away all the masks, and he began to consider this issue.

Yes, what is Yan Kong's identity?

Are you Chen Ke's friend? Or what?

He has no friendship with Chen Ke, and he is not the leader of Confucianism now.

How could he, how dare he ask Chen Ke to give in?

Is it like what Chen Ke said, that he did not consider Chen Ke's interests and only looked after his own interests?

Yan Kong lowered his head and said nothing.

He thinks he is a gentleman, but in the eyes of others, he may be a hypocrite.

After a long time, Yan Kong's voice became hoarse.

"Then why did you come?"

Chen Ke was half lying on the ground, with gurgling water in front of him and the bright sun above his head.

"Why come?"

"First, you made an appointment with me."

"Secondly, if I don't come today, Li Si will ask me to supervise the essay contest together."

Chen Ke smacked his mouth: "That's really a kind of torture."

"Although it was my suggestion, someone with enough weight should be watching in front of all the candidates to prevent anyone from cheating."

"But I don't want to suffer this kind of torture."

Chen Ke tilted his cheek: "You just happened to have an appointment with me, so I ran away justifiably."

"So, so good."

Yan Kong was stunned again for a moment. He didn't expect that the reason why Chen Ke came to the appointment was so simple.

"Really?"

He was a little hesitant, feeling that Chen Ke was deceiving him.

Chen Ke didn't even look at him, he just closed his eyes blankly and felt the light shining on him.

"Dr. Yan, look."

"How comfortable does it feel when the sun hits your body?"

His tone was calm, but he seemed to have some deep meaning when he said: "People should stay under the sun."

"If you stay in darkness and shadows all your life, even if you have a bright sun in your heart, it will be cold and covered by shadows."

"At that time, the scorching sun will no longer be the scorching sun."

After saying that, Chen Ke stopped talking and just closed his eyes, enjoying the sunshine in front of him.

Yan Kong sat there, dumbfounded, saying nothing.

After an unknown amount of time, Yan Kong stood up.

He saluted Chen Ke: "Write more advice from Chen Shaofu."

"Everyone in the world wants to be a gentleman, and Yan Kong also wants to be a gentleman like his ancestors."

"It's just that Yan Kong has so many burdens to bear, it's not up to him to choose."

"Farewell."

Yan Kong turned around and left, with a slight desolation in his back.

However, before Yan Kong took a few steps, Chen Ke smiled and said, "Yan Kong, you are wrong."

"Everyone in the world wants to be a gentleman?"

"Hahahahahahaha, I need to change this sentence."

"There are two kinds of gentlemen."

"One kind suffers a loss, and the other kind gains a benefit."

"Everyone in the world wants others to be the gentleman who suffers, and they only want to be the gentleman who benefits."

Yan Kong turned around, but Chen Ke stopped talking.

He glanced at Chen Ke with a complicated expression, and then left.

Although he didn’t know why Chen Ke came to the banquet this time, he really learned something from it.

At least I learned to recognize myself.

Chen Ke, who was lying on the ground, also had a smile on his face.

"Your Majesty's trick is quite useful."

"Say something condescending to someone when they are about to leave, which can make them feel uneasy."

"It feels like I have some plot again."

Chen Ke stretched out and smacked his lips.

"Kong Xian, is your back-up man Yan Kong?"

"I don't know, when that day comes, will you still be able to trust Yan Kong as wholeheartedly as you do now?"

Chen Ke walked towards the literary contest with his hands behind his back.

........

essay contest

Li Si pressed his forehead. He had never been so tired before...

He whispered in a low voice: "No wonder that boy Chen Ke wants to run away. Isn't this really tiring?"

"I'm so weak that I almost couldn't hold on."

"Don't let this kid get away next time."

"I am determined not to do this job anymore."

As soon as Li Si finished speaking, a drumbeat sounded in the distance.

"Dongdongdong"

When Li Si heard the sound of the drum, he stood up with a solemn look on his face.

"The time has come. Please stop writing and put your pens on the table."

"Please all stand up."
To be continued...