The students from Guangwai were not pleased to hear this. As the conversation continued, they began to feel that the reputation of their school was being dragged through the mud.
The tension between the two groups escalated, with each side hurling barbed comments at the other, until it erupted into an all-out argument.
The reporters, ever alert for the next big story, seized upon the heated exchange and quickly began taking notes. It soon became clear that the road to provincial top scholar, Gu Zi, had not been as smooth as many had assumed—her alma mater, Guangwai, had almost derailed her journey to the top.
