Sun Xiansheng's Chinese grades weren't great.
Generally speaking, the less confident you are in a subject, the more nervous you get.
So, when Sun Xiansheng couldn't answer Shen Yuan's question, he immediately panicked.
But in fact, was there anything wrong with what Shen Yuan had said?
Not at all.
It was just a point of knowledge. Whether it was useful or not was another matter.
Sun Xiansheng had simply forgotten it.
And that single lapse in memory sent him into a panic.
When people panic, they often look for a way to calm themselves down.
Sun Xiansheng's method was to recite from his books.
But anyone familiar with exams knows that testing your memory at a time like this is the worst thing you can do.
Unsurprisingly, Sun Xiansheng ended up forgetting even more.
Chinese was actually forgiving. Even if you forgot some memorized material, there was still plenty of room to improvise.
If it had been another subject, he would have been in real trouble.
