This was so bizarre. She was brilliant, but perhaps she didn't know how to overcome an awkward situation like this.
Although she had wanted to sit in on this class, she didn't know if she could deal with the hostility of all the other students.
"Junior," one of the second-year students in the class scoffed at her and said mockingly, "let me give you a piece of advice. You should make more intelligent choices. In life, you should progress one step at a time. It's exactly the same as how you eat: food should be eaten bite by bite. In the same way, you should also learn a bit at a time. You shouldn't attempt to run before learning how to walk. A single bite wouldn't be sufficient to fatten someone up."
Although Tan Mo really felt like leaving right this minute, she didn't want Wu Xiaoye to gain the upper hand.
So she decided to continue to try to convince them. "Senior Wu Xiaoye was the one who asked me to sit in and listen."