Second Marriage of a Wealthy Old Man

CHAPTER19

These two people were generally recognized as the representatives of the fragrance circle in the country, and they had very high positions in the circle. However, they weren't only different in personality, but they often disagreed with each other as well. This was widely known among fragrance academics.

After sitting down, Xu Wangya quickly scanned all the new students. His eyes stopped on Meng Yang's face, frowning as he asked, "Who arranged the seats?"

The head teacher immediately stood and replied, "As always, the seats are arranged in order of scores."

"I'm not asking about the other students," Xu Wangya said with a frown. "Why didn't you arrange the students who didn't take the entrance exams and got in through the back door to sit in the back?"

The head teacher glanced at Meng Yang and said, "Although Meng Yang didn't take the entrance exam with the other students, the school arranged an exam for him alone. His overall score was second out of all the freshmen, so..."

"Those who break the rules will ultimately be excluded by the rules, and special arrangements shouldn't be included in these rules. It's the biggest injustice to those who abide by the rules," Xu Wangya said flatly. "I don't care whether he took a test or not or what his overall score is. In my eyes, this doesn't count. Move his seat to the back."

The head teacher looked at Meng Yang again. For a moment, he didn't know what to do.

Xu Wangya didn't believe that Meng Yang's score in the entrance exam could be higher than Yu Junchen's, because Meng Yang and Yu Junchen had participated in an incense-making competition before. Originally this level of competition wasn't high enough to invite Xu Wangya, but Xu Wangya happened to meet an old friend who invited him to be a temporary judge. All the participants were nervous and excited. Meng Yang made it to the semi-finals in this competition, but because he was too anxious while he was creating his fragrance, his movements were very stiff. His proportion of raw materials while mixing the incense also didn't match well, which was criticized by Xu Wangya.

Hearing the news that Meng Yang's score for the entrance exam was higher than Yu Junchen's, other students also didn't believe it, let alone Xu Wangya and Yu Junchen's teachers and friends. Because of this, those fellow students of Yu Junchen were very dissatisfied and often said bad things about Meng Yang in front of Xu Wangya, making him hate Meng Yang even more.

Xu Wangya asked the head teacher in the grade to move Meng Yang's seat to the end, but the head teacher felt very flustered. He was just a small head teacher who didn't dare to offend either Xu Wanya or Luo Xiu. When immortals fought, the ordinary people suffered. He couldn't afford to pick a side.

Xu Wangya saw that the head teacher was awkwardly standing still, and was ready to let the students sitting behind him do it. Yu Junchen then stood up and said, "Teacher, let's forget this today. Since the school has arranged it like this, I don't think the other students will care about it. Teacher's time is precious, and the other students have been looking forward to this for a long time. Other things can be put aside for a while."

Xu Wangya attached great importance to Yu Junchen as his student, because he was the most talented out of all of his students. He thought that he was talented and hard-working, much better than other impetuous young people nowadays. Besides that, he knew his manners, behaved well, and had a youthful style in his incense and fragrance.

Xu Wangya was about to say that for the sake of Yu Junchen's request, he wouldn't care about it for the time being. This way, Meng Yang would feel grateful towards Yu Junchen. However, Meng Yang saw his thoughts and stood up.

"Mr. Xu," Meng Yang said, bending slightly to salute Xu Wangya before directly looking at him. "Do you think that because I didn't comply with the school's regulations at the beginning of school, I don't deserve to sit here?"

Yu Junchen immediately turned towards Meng Yang and said, "Meng Yang..."

"Do you want to deny it?" Xu Wangya frowned.

"As far as I know, there are at least a few hundred students like me who've passed separate entrance exams since the founding of this university. That is to say, such a way of admission is allowed in the rules of the university. I'm not the first exception. Mr. Xu has been teaching at St. James University for more than ten years, and before me, there were many people who entered the university in the same way. You didn't raise any objections then, yet you only raised an objection against me. Should I think that as long as people dissatisfy you, they will always be breaking the rules in your mind while others are not?"

Xu Wangya's frown deepened and his face was quite ugly. Few people could make him speechless, let alone Meng Yang, a young kid whom he hadn't paid any attention to.

Lin Songtai put down his teacup and turned to Xu Wangya, saying with a smile, "His words are very reasonable. You say that his way of enrollment is unfair to other students, but you raising objections only to his way of enrollment is unfair to him. Or do you feel, because of your age and identity, that you can decide who follows the rules and who doesn't?"

Xu Wangya glanced at Lin Songtai before turning to Meng Yang and saying, "You're young but you're so scheming and deep when you speak, setting traps everywhere. Who do you think I am; can I be trapped by your words? Your character and scheming will come back to bite you someday, and the consequences will be tragic then."

"Then do you think that any of my words are unreasonable or untrue? I'm willing to listen to instruction," Meng Yang said, acting neither arrogantly nor humbly.

"I didn't want to take up the other students' time to argue with you, but since you haven't given yourself a way out, I'll make it clear," Xu Wangya said to Meng Yang. "Your way of entering this school is unfair to the other students because your exam results are ridiculously fake. You don't feel guilty to be sitting in your current position, and you even try to reason with me. Do you really think that as long as no one exposes you, you can continue sitting in that position?"

"Since Mr. Xu has decided that my achievements are fake, no matter how much I explain, it'll just be a deception in your old heart. In this case, how about another exam in front of all the students?"

"Luo Qing, bring a part of the exam questions to him." Xu Wangya turned to the student behind him before looking back at Meng Yang to say, "Since you've asked for it, I'll let you understand yourself and your reality. I'll let Junchen take the exam with you so you can understand the difference between you two."