The main culprit Song Chongjin was completely oblivious, eating hot pancakes with hot tea, and after a short nap, he started answering questions again.
His calm demeanor made the examiner pass by several times, glancing at him. Seeing him writing as if divinely inspired, without the slightest hesitation, the examiner secretly nodded and moved on.
In the evening, the night wind was bone-chilling. Song Chongjin stopped writing early, put away the exam papers neatly, and weighed them down.
He added two shovelfuls of coal to the brazier, wrapped himself in the wolfskin blanket, and half-reclined in the small examination cell, closing his eyes to rest.
The candidates in several of the neighboring cells were presumably not dressed warmly enough, unable to withstand the cold wind at night, stomping and running in the cells to warm themselves.
