"Sorry to have kept you waiting."
The last dozen or so pages took Cui Zhongcheng more than an hour to read; after the sunlight shifted away, only remnants of dappled light fell upon them both.
The man closed the book and began with an apologetic tone, "I had thought that your assessment... wouldn't be finished until the evening at the earliest."
Dream Interpretation was the test that took the longest.
He hadn't expected Gu Shen to complete it so quickly.
"You're too kind," Gu Shen quickly shook his head: "I've always wanted to come here to read, so it didn't feel like a long time at all."
Cui Zhongcheng glanced at the books beside Gu Shen.
His own reading pace was slow, whereas Gu Shen was the exact opposite; he had already finished two books since sitting down across from him.