The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 385

Chapter 385: End of Chapter 198 (One more update)

On the fifteenth of February, the third round of the examination came to an end. The candidates spent an exhilarating yet unbearable night at the Imperial College, finally released from the Exam Site on the sixteenth after another stringent body search.

There were many people outside the Imperial College.

Gu Jiao arrived early and got a good spot.

The gates of the Imperial College opened and the candidates began to trickle out.

Gu Jiao had only been able to greet Xiao Liulang once during the county-level examination, having missed the rest – the prefectural exams, college and rural exams – because she was out of town for her own exams.

This was Gu Jiao’s first time waiting for him amidst a sea of people after an examination, much like family members waiting outside an exam site during college entrance exams in her past life.

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Fortunately, she didn’t have to wait too long before she saw Xiao Liulang, with his bundle, came out.

He was easy to spot amidst the crowd.

Not because he was using a crutch, but due to his demeanor and appearance, simply extraordinary.

Gu Jiao smiled unconsciously, corners of her lips curving up.

Xiao Liulang also spotted her at a glance. He walked towards her through the crowd, a sparkle in his eyes brighter than the stars of the Milky Way.

“How did it go? Did it go well?” Gu Jiao took the bundle from his hand. The bundle wasn’t heavy, so she put it directly in her own small basket. _{freeweɓnovēl.coɱ}

Xiao Liulang nodded: “Yes, it went smoothly.”

The weather had been freezing cold during the first two exams, but fortunately, it was sunny for the third one.

“Why did you come?” Xiao Liulang looked at the little dumpling next to Gu Jiao.

Little Jingkong, with his arms folded across his chest and chin raised, harumphed: “You think I wanted to come? I got a rare day off, if not for accompanying Jiaojiao, I wouldn’t have come!”

That little bugger, Xiao Liulang rubbed the little guy’s buzz cut, which was starting to become prickly.

The group turned towards the alley at the other end where Liao Quan was already waiting.

The trio got on the horse-drawn carriage.

Little Jingkong sat across from Xiao Liulang, hands still folded across his chest, his face serious as he observed him.

Xiao Liulang, puzzled by the scrutiny, asked, “What’s the matter? Why are you staring at me like that?”

Little Jingkong said seriously, “I want to see how well you did on your exam and if you really tried your best.”

When he was waiting outside earlier, he had observed the candidates coming out. There were frustrated ones, the despondent ones, the indifferent ones, but none looked joyful.

He was observing to see which category his brother-in-law fell into.