"You all don't think that just because of this, I'm scared, right? That I'll run out with reddened eyes and tears, and then not show up in the classroom again until this blows over? And when I come back to class later, with my head bowed and shoulders hunched, wishing I could just disappear into the ground?"
"For two and a half years we've studied together. The kind of person I, Ye Li, am—if you don't understand or aren't clear, you should at least have a judgment in your heart, shouldn't you? Just parroting what others say, and even joining in the speculation, I'd really like to know where all those years of your education went! With such intelligence, how did you manage to get into Imperial University?"