Gu Xin nudged him: "No, Enzi, why are you so fixated on Xiao Qiu? You have your own things to do, right? You can't put all your heart into her!"
Gu En jumped up like a cat whose tail had been guessed: "Third Sister, what nonsense are you talking about! Xiao Qiu is a buddy, what you said is ambiguous!"
Gu Xin pulled him back to sit in the corridor: "Look how agitated you are! What did I just say? It's true! Ever since we left Qiyun Temple, tell me, haven't you been talking about Xiao Qiu all the time, always hovering around her, even wanting to have long talks with her by candlelight? Think about it, in all these years, who have you ever treated like this? Even Er Gouzi, who you played with when you were little, I've never seen you insist on sleeping with him!"
Gu En was taken aback.
Gu Xin continued, "Your primary task right now is to prepare well for the exam. Don't overthink anything else. Once you've passed the exam, you can do whatever you want. As long as you don't do anything outrageous, I'm sure no one in our family will interfere with you."
Gu En sighed: "Can I say that I'm ready? I can't wait for the exam to start in June!"
Gu Xin gave him a disdainful look: "You're not humble at all now. Have you forgotten? When we were little, Dad told us that there are always people better than you. No matter what you do, you have to do your best. If you don't prepare well in the next few months, those who are only slightly behind you might catch up with you. It will be a loss then. If you really think you're ready, starting tomorrow, Dad will give you a set of questions, one set a day, and then you'll know if you're ready or not!"
Gu En: "!"
Gu Xin snapped her fingers: "Yes, that's it. I'll talk to Dad. You should practice your calligraphy, read books, and do some practice problems. It will definitely benefit you. You can also go to the market and ask about the prices of daily necessities like grain. You can't just study; you also need to know what kind of life ordinary people lead. That way, when you write, you won't just have fancy words without substance. We don't know who the examiner will be this year; what if he's a pragmatic one? So, you need to prepare in all aspects, you know? Do you think that just because you went on a study tour and had some experience, you've truly understood the world? You're far from it. Let's talk about money. You won't be short of money when you go on your study tour, right? You'll eat and drink the best. You probably don't even know what the price of rice is now, or what a family of several people in the capital spends in a year, or what the people in the villages around the capital spend in a year. So, you're not prepared yet!"
Upon hearing this, Gu En felt that Gu Xin's words made sense and nodded solemnly: "Okay, then I won't think about it anymore. But Third Sister, you must tell me if anything happens to Xiao Qiu in the future! I really consider her a friend. In all these years, no one has ever made me think of her like this! You can't not tell me about her!"
Gu Xin rolled her eyes at him: "What could possibly happen to Xiao Qiu? She works at the Dali Temple, and the area around her residence is full of people working at the Dali Temple or the Ministry of Justice. What could possibly happen to her? What? You want something to happen to her so you can play the hero and save the damsel in distress... man?"
Gu En kicked Gu Xin in anger, but missed and kicked a pillar instead: "Ouch, Third Sister, what nonsense are you talking about!"
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