There are two reasons why one might feel a sense of satisfaction after an examination: one is that they performed well, while the other is that they did not fully understand the questions and wrote a whole page of answers based on their own interpretation — feeling self-satisfied even though they had strayed far off the mark.
Neither Zhang family's matriarch nor Zhu Hongyun knew about Deng Chun. They had believed that Tong Sanlang had studied on his own all these years, so at this point, they were immediately worried after hearing his words.
However, as soon as they finished speaking, Tong Xingda immediately spat with a disgusted look on his face and scolded, "Both of you have the worst premonitions! Shut up! No one thinks you're mute when you don't speak. Disaster magnets!"
"Why would that be a bad omen? Sanlang is self-taught, we have no idea how good he really is!" Zhang's matriarch righteously refuted.