When Song Yanyin heard this, she immediately regretted bringing her out. After all, there were many people here, and her words made her face blush with embarrassment.

When Liang saw Rong Xi and Song Yanyin coming, her face froze slightly. After all, these were not her biological children. Although she had some thoughts in her mind, she could not interfere too much and could only remind them verbally.

Rong Xi responded to all of them and returned to his room only after he finished talking.

As soon as I sat down, Dongxue came over with a pile of books.

"Girl, you haven't read for so long. It's time to review. The college entrance examination is coming soon..."

Dongxue spoke a lot, but Rongxi was stunned and didn't listen to a word. She was still feeling exhausted. She hadn't rested enough after all the trouble she had gone through last night.

She was like a puppet, being dragged by Dongxue to the study, where she was given a pen and a book to read.

"Dongxue, didn't I just come back?" A transparent soul slowly emerged from Rong Xi's mouth. What happened?

"Girl, the academy examination is not as simple as the county examination and the prefectural examination. If you don't want to suffer in the future, you have to be diligent now." Dongxue said seriously.

To be honest, she felt that the girl's passing of the county and prefectural exams was purely luck, and she even secretly suspected that the adults were secretly behind the scenes. But she didn't dare say this out loud, and could only keep urging the girl to study hard.

"Dongxue, I'm very smart. I know all this knowledge. I can pass it without reading books." Rong Xi said nonchalantly.

Dongxue's main responsibility was to watch Rong Xi while he was reading. She was naturally very clear about Rong Xi's level. In the past, Rong Xi would start to doze off after reading only a few words of a book. How could she not be anxious?

"Look, I'll accompany you." Dongxue said firmly.

Rong Xiwei died...

Song Yanyin looked at Rong Xi's face covered with fatigue, and her heart seemed to be gently pricked by countless fine needles, and she felt a trace of pity.

Song Yanyin couldn't bear to see Rong Xi like this, but she couldn't delay her studies, so she could only make some cakes and bring them to the study.

Seeing her like that, Song Yanyin actually felt that it was not necessary to take any imperial examination.

Despite his numerous thoughts, Song Yanyin didn't dare to overstep the bounds. He tiptoed to Rong Xi's side and sat down quietly, until Rong Xi's head gradually lowered like a candle in the wind, finally resting on the table and falling into a deep sleep.

Seeing this, Song Yanyin sighed slightly, then mustered up the courage and spoke softly to Dongxue.

"Dongxue, my wife just returned from Huaihua Town after a long and arduous journey. She must have been exhausted from the journey and hasn't recovered yet. How about we let her have a good rest today?"

When Dongxue heard this, her brows instantly furrowed into a deep frown, and her eyes were full of seriousness and dissatisfaction.

"Yin Xiaolang, you must know that a girl's studies are the most important thing. You must not indulge her in any way. In the long run, it will not be good for her."

Song Yanyin nodded quickly. He said nervously, "I understand, I understand. I didn't mean to condone her. It's just that she...she was really overworked last night. I just wanted to give her a break. Once she recovers her energy, I will do my best to urge her to study hard and not slack off even a little bit."

Dongxue shook her head helplessly. Although she was still unwilling, she had to give up for the time being and agreed to let Rongxi go back to her room to rest.

In fact, Rong Xi had already woken up when Song Yanyin spoke. Hearing him say that, Rong Xi was really touched. When he returned to the room, he hugged him and kissed him again and again.

"Yin'er, I'll marry you as my legal husband, okay?"

Rong Xi raised his head slightly, looking directly into Song Yanyin's eyes with a fiery and determined gaze.

When Song Yanyin heard this, his body shook violently. Yanyin had never thought about it, nor did he dare to think about it. Hearing Rong Xi say this, he felt it was very unreal.

"My dear wife, please don't talk nonsense. I am only worthy of being your lover."

"Yin'er, don't worry about anything else. Just tell me honestly, do you want to or not?"

Rong Xi lifted Song Yanyin's chin slightly, staring into his eyes with sharp eyes, as if trying to find the truest answer in his heart.

Song Yanyin sighed inwardly. As a man, who wouldn't want to have a noble position in marriage? He was no exception.

But from the moment he stepped into the Jiang family, he knew clearly that his fate had already been determined. Even though the two of them were already like this, he did not dare to hope for those things.

But he still nodded under Rong Xi's intense gaze.

"In that case, then you should just be at ease and prepare to become my legal husband." Rong Xi raised the corners of his mouth, outlining a happy arc, and his voice was full of unquestionable certainty.

"My dear wife, your parents-in-law will certainly not agree to let me become your legal husband. I really don't want you to suffer punishment and scolding from them because of me, and I can't bear to see you being ridiculed and mocked by others because of me. Knowing that you have such a wish is the greatest gift in the world to me, and it fills me with joy."

Song Yanyin frowned, her eyes full of worry and uneasiness, and spoke earnestly.

"Don't worry about these, just wait."

Although Song Yanyin still felt that this was a fairy tale and the hope of success was extremely slim, Rong Xi's promise was like a seed of hope, quietly planted in his heart, causing the longing and expectation in his heart that had been suppressed for a long time to slowly grow and spread like bamboo shoots breaking through the ground.

Maybe he can really become the wife's legal husband.

Three days later, Jiang Zhimei led everyone back from Huaihua Town in triumph.

In order to find out the reason why the group of bandits came to the mountain to cause trouble, Rong Xi asked around and went through a lot of trouble before she finally found out that it was the son of a local wealthy businessman who took advantage of his power to bully others and forcibly took her husband away.

Although she had learned some martial arts skills, she was ultimately unable to compete with the power of the wealthy merchant family. He went to complain and seek justice, but was brutally beaten and nearly lost his life.

After many twists and turns and extensive inquiries, they learned that the wealthy businessman had high-ranking officials in the capital supporting him, and the forces behind him were complex and intertwined.

Rong Xi didn't care about what happened next because her parents-in-law had returned and she had to start studying again.

After hearing Liang say that it was Rong Xi who solved the problem of her eldest son, Jiang Zhimei was satisfied and immediately gave Rong Xi a lot of rewards.

However, these rewards were all calligraphy and paintings, brushes, ink, paper and inkstones, all of which Rong Xi had no interest in on a daily basis.

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Time flew by and it was almost the day of the college entrance examination. Ever since the beginning of the new year, Jiang Zhimei had been watching Rong Xi study like a strict supervisor.

She collected all the questions from previous years' college entrance examinations and asked Rong Xi to do them one by one, over and over again, without any ambiguity at all, hoping that Rong Xi could perform well in this exam.

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