This afternoon, Gu Chengyu was so intensely focused that even beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. His stomach was not to be outdone, and had long begun to play the trick of the empty city.
Suddenly, Gu Chengyu recalled the time during the imperial examination when he was equally nervous. However, the exam was much more difficult than this task.
Once the ink was dry, Gu Chengyu carefully gathered the documents, planning to send them to Zhang Hai early the next morning.
Gan Dianji had been waiting by the side the whole time. Seeing that Gu Chengyu was wrapping up, he dared to step forward and remind him.
"Mr. Gu, the duties for the day have ended. Are you planning to return?" Gan Dianji's words were ostensibly a reminder, but implicitly they were meant to show him out.
After all, he also needed to return, didn't he? Besides, it was getting late, and the Hanlin Academy needed to be locked up.
"Oh! It's already time to leave? My apologies for taking up so much of your time."
