| Examiner Zhou picks out...: |
「Are you out of your mind?」 demanded Jin. 「We came to the examination school to enjoy a bit of sightseeing. Nobody has died in your family. Why take on like this?」 But Zhou Jin paid no attention. He just leaned his head against the desk and went on crying. After crying in the first room, he rushed over to cry in the second and then the third, rolling over and over on the floor till all his friends felt sorry for him. Seeing the state he was in, Qin and the guild head tried to lift him up, one on each side; but he refused to budge. He cried and cried, until he spat blood. Then all the others lent a hand to carry him out and set him down in a tea-house in front of the examination school. They urged him to drink a bowl of tea. But he just went on sniffing and blinking away his tears, looking quite broken-hearted. |
