Chapter 719: Counter-Calculating Leads to Doom (4)_1
Mo Yan understood her father. Although he was mild-mannered, he was exceptionally tenacious. Otherwise, having passed the scholar examination at a young age and repeatedly missing opportunities in the imperial examination, an ordinary person might have given up long ago. Yet he still taught while diligently continuing his studies, and it was precisely because of his perseverance that he became one of the leading figures at Changshan Academy within a mere year.
She speculated that her father, unwilling to give up on the exams and not wanting to fall into someone else's trap, had to resort to a compromise by deliberately underperforming and achieving a low rank. This way, it wouldn't draw attention, and no one would believe his score was obtained through cheating.
Yet even so, her father couldn't escape the entrapment of the person who had set up this scheme!