Sure, here is the translated text:
Moreover, Brother Tian initially bet with Scholar Zheng that Lian Mu would not pass the retest, but he lost, and felt particularly ashamed, harboring a hidden resentment towards Lian Mu.
Additionally, Scholar Zheng admired Lian Mu, and Brother Tian suspected that his reputation was tarnished by Scholar Zheng, thus considering him as an enemy, equating that enmity to Lian Mu.
What the enemy admires, he seeks to destroy.
Speaking of Brother Tian, he has been quite troubled lately, first being praised in various places by gossipy old women for his poetry and writings, which led to ridicule from numerous scholars.
And that's not all; every day he was restless, constantly challenged by others who wanted to compete with him in poetry and writings, yet his skills could not possibly match them, especially when outnumbered, resulting in successive defeats, leaving him disgraced and no longer daring to attend poetry gatherings like before.
