"Ladies, have we met before?"
Yuan Tianwei nodded vigorously, "Sister, we also bought calligraphy and paintings during the Lantern Festival."
The doubt in Guan Ting's eyes gradually faded. "I remember now, you are the girl who ate mung bean cake that day."
Yuan Tianwei's mouth froze.
Girl, can you please not talk about my embarrassing moments as soon as we meet?
Li Shuyao raised a gentle smile, "Miss, we meet again. I am Li Shuyao, and she is Yuan Tianwei. May I ask your name, Miss?"
Guan Ting's eyebrows curved, "Guan Ting."
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"Daughter, are you really going? The journey to the capital is long, and I can't let you worry about me."
The prefect's wife pulled Wang Ruijia reluctantly and kept persuading the figure in front of her who was carrying things.
Wang Ruijia firmly pushed away the hand that was holding her, "Mom, please stop talking. I want to go to Xiangyang College to study. I will go even if you try to stop me."
The prefect's wife was anxious. "My child, although Nanyang City is not far from here, you are alone. How can I be at ease?"
"Besides, is the academy founded by the goddess really what you want?"
Wang Ruijia tightened her grip on the bundle, a bitter look on her face.
"Mother, you are also a woman, so you naturally know that women cannot enter the academy. Now that the goddess has given me such an opportunity, I will go no matter what."
"Even if my daughter doesn't get into Xiangyang College, there will definitely be another chance. She firmly believes that as long as I work hard, there is nothing I can't achieve."
"Besides, my daughter doesn't want to get married and be imprisoned in the backyard forever. Xiangyang College is her only chance."
The prefect's wife looked at Wang Ruijia with bitter eyes and took a step back in a daze.
The only chance?
Wang Ruijia took a deep breath, knelt down and kowtowed to the prefect's wife.
"Mom, I am an unfilial daughter. Please take care of yourself."
Wang Ruijia picked up the small bag at her feet, and disappeared from the sight of the prefect's wife with longing for Xiangyang College in her eyes.
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