Nan Zhi and the others were studying in the room. With Nan Yu, Shen Yuzhi, and several others also present, conversation was difficult, so, by unspoken agreement, they all left the room.
Nan Zhi was so deeply immersed in her studies that she did not notice the room had emptied of the others.
Nan Yu followed Shen Yuzhi and the rest into a smaller room nearby. This room housed four elderly men. It was so cramped that it could only fit four beds, with no space left for even a table.
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