Qi Tongwei was bored to death during class.
Some officials, however, had started chatting idly. But no one paid any attention to Qi Tongwei. Qi Tongwei had noticed a very strange phenomenon: officials of slightly higher rank treated him extremely well, whereas section-level officials of his own rank—his classmates, essentially—hardly acknowledged him at all. Apart from one or two working in Yantai or Jinshan who were somewhat friendly with him, the others acted as though Qi Tongwei owed them money.
"Brother Qi, are you wondering why none of them are talking to you?" Wang Tao asked Qi Tongwei.
Chapter 53