Jiang Youzhi thought he had been careful enough, but as he returned to his seat after changing his clothes, he was suddenly pushed from behind and fell off the floor.
The incident happened too quickly. As he instinctively turned his head to look back, he only saw the corner of a green robe disappear at the stairway.
Then the feeling of weightlessness hit. He tried hard to tilt his head upward, knowing that if he fell headfirst, it would be the end of him.
When he landed, it was on one side of his hip. He heard a crisp crack from his bones, followed by a feeling like his chest was being pounded by something heavy, and then he completely lost consciousness.
The pain of a broken leg he could endure, but if this incident cut off his path in the imperial examinations, his life would lose all hope.
What would he use to repay his mother's kindness?
How could he live up to the sacrifices his elder brother had made for him?
