County Magistrate Ma's words had an implied meaning that changed the faces of everyone present.
Yu Xiaolian was the first to bristle, understanding County Magistrate Ma's words as implying that Su Jingchen's top ranking was not earned honorably, but through plagiarizing his son's ideas.
"Tsk tsk... I haven't heard of anyone plagiarizing their way to first place.
I wonder if Ma Jingwen's previous first-place achievements were also plagiarized from the second place?"
County Magistrate Ma stood up abruptly from his chair, "My son became a child scholar at twelve and a scholar at sixteen, and is a well-known prodigy. How dare Yu Xueguan slander my son's reputation like this? Could it be that he is familiar with Su Jingchen?"
Su Jingchen's acquaintance with Yu Xiaolian was no secret in Luocheng; many people knew about it, including County Magistrate Ma.
