Principal Shen instructed his right-hand man, the vice-principal, to prepare invitations for every person of status in the Imperial City.
He then personally led the group of professors and the selected students to accompany Frank and the other experts to the second floor of the school cafeteria for a meal.
The five experts, Principal Shen, the foreign language professor, and Gu Jiaojiao sat at one table, making a group of eight.
The other students chosen to accompany the experts sat at another table, along with senior professors who normally ate on the second floor anyway.
At the table, the selected students finally had a chance to take turns toasting the experts and exchanging a few words with them.
Far from being displeased, they felt it was a great honor to speak a word or two with the experts up close.
Shen Ling was the first to go up and offer a toast. He knew a couple of simple English phrases, and he had never been so regretful. 'Why on earth didn't I study harder?'
