Leng Xue nodded, “The person following us was skilled and cautious. The moment my gaze moved, he immediately noticed and only hid in the distance. Thinking they were Lian Xin’s people, and since we’re going to flee anyway, I didn’t want to alert them.”

She pursed her lips, “Who said I was definitely going to fail!”

“You’ve been busy all day, but this seat assignment token is still nowhere to be seen. Aren’t we still going to flee according to the original plan?”

Leng Xue wore a disdainful expression of being too lazy to deal with her and began packing their belongings. Just as he had finished packing both their luggage, a waiter knocked on the door and handed over a letter, saying he was asked to deliver it to Young Master Li.

“Who’s sending letters in the dead of night? Things are getting more and more strange…” Leng Xue opened the letter in confusion, then stood frozen for a long while before walking over with murderous intent, placing both hands on Su Zhen’s shoulders and demanding in a low voice, “Why would someone deliver this thing?”

What he held in his hand was exactly the seat assignment token extracted from the letter!

Su Zhen’s anxious heart finally settled at this moment.

Leng Xue quickly extracted the remaining items from the envelope—a thousand-tael bank note and a small slip with only the character “Gao” written on it.

“This was sent by that fellow surnamed Gao?” Leng Xue was both shocked and surprised, staring at her, “What exactly happened?”

Seeing that Leng Xue was about to grab her throat, Su Zhen quickly said, “Wait, wait, let me explain. I wasn’t certain earlier!”

“Speak quickly!”

“Simply put, I played a little trick on that surnamed Gao. Who told that bastard to bully you?”

“When was I bullied by him?” Leng Xue frowned slightly, then suddenly his gaze deepened as if understanding something, his lips slowly curving upward, “You little schemer. The trip to the Gao residence was intentional, because no normal person would believe you had suddenly become Quan Feitong’s student. Gao Chaoyi naturally wouldn’t either, so of course he wouldn’t issue you a seat assignment token. But afterward, thinking it over, you knew he wouldn’t agree yet still made such an impossible request—there must be something fishy. So he had people follow us to see what medicine you were selling in your gourd.”

Right, those who had followed them earlier weren’t Lian Xin’s people, but Gao Chaoyi’s. Su Zhen grinned and nodded.

Leng Xue patted her head and went to unpack their luggage, “The rest was easy. You used the Huo residence’s gift to draw out the Quan residence steward. The person who came out to greet you was the dignified Quan residence steward—the follower would think you truly had connections with Quan Feitong and would hurry to report to Gao Chaoyi. Unfortunately, that person was scared off by me and didn’t dare come close, so couldn’t hear clearly that you were delivering a Huo residence gift, much less know what you and the Quan steward were chatting about. When Gao received the report, he would naturally think you really did know Quan Feitong. Your personally running this errand to ask him for the seat assignment token was just to trick him into refusing you face-to-face, so you could then tell Quan Feitong that he wasn’t giving Quan face, using this to revenge him for switching your admission certificate that day.”

“So Gao immediately found the Ministry of Personnel Minister to get the seal and sent over this vital item, along with the bank note. The meaning is obvious—he wants you to keep quiet before Quan Feitong. It’s late now, and Quan Feitong is also ill, so Gao certainly couldn’t go to the Quan residence to verify. By the time Gao realizes this was all your little trick, the examination will be over. You’d be a fish that crossed the river, while he’d be in a world of trouble. But Zhen’er, are you really confident about passing tomorrow’s metropolitan examination?”

Leng Xue finished unpacking and turned to look at her, his star-like eyes brilliant and charming.

Su Zhen secretly sighed that her family’s boy was growing up, but seeing Leng Xue’s unanswered question made him worry. He comfortingly patted her head, and only then did she smile, “Yes, but um… please pack the luggage again. After tomorrow’s metropolitan examination, we still need to flee.”

“Damn you, why didn’t you say so earlier?”

“I was enjoying watching you fuss around…”

Hearing this, Leng Xue was stunned, then pounced on her with a dark expression, pinning her to the bed.

The following thousand words are omitted.