"Hit...hit people?" The city lord's wife's jaw almost dropped to the ground. "You hit the teacher and your classmates at the academy?"
Wuyou raised her chin. "So what? They look down on me and laugh at my illiteracy. They deserve to be hit! Is it really necessary? When I was in the City Lord's Mansion, I could hit whoever I wanted. What's so great about a lousy academy? If you don't want to go, you don't have to."
The city lord's wife trembled, completely unsure of how to respond.
Looking at Wuyou's arrogant expression and disdainful attitude, she felt a sense of powerlessness spread throughout her body in an instant.
"Wuyou... If you don't like it there, you can write to your grandmother. You shouldn't... you shouldn't have laid a hand on the teacher and your classmates... Do you know what Luming Academy represents in Qingfeng City? If Luming Academy spreads your bad reputation, other academies won't dare to accept you!"
The city lord's wife tried her best to persuade Wuyou to realize the seriousness of the matter and to make him realize his mistake.
But she failed.
Wuyou remained indifferent. "Oh, so what? No academy in Qingfeng City is willing to accept me? Are there no academies in other cities willing to accept me? Is there no better place in the world than Luming Academy? Even if there really isn't, so what? The City Lord's Mansion is so powerful and wealthy. If I don't study, will you let me starve to death?"
"Worry-free, you..."
The city lord's wife couldn't stand it anymore.
She slowly propped herself up on her knees and stood up, the sudden change making her dizzy.
She remembered how she had boasted about Wuyou's abilities in front of Jiang Huaizhi just half an incense stick's time ago, and now Wuyou, who had been expelled from the academy, had appeared before her eyes.
The slap in the face came so suddenly that she was utterly humiliated and couldn't bear to face anyone.
Jiang Huaizhi and her family of three watched them as if they were a joke, and she really didn't want to stay there any longer.
"Don't worry, let's go back first."
“Where would I go back to, Grandmother? Just let me stay here. I really like it here. Isn’t this part of the City Lord’s Mansion? Everyone in the City Lord’s Mansion should listen to you. If I want to stay here, it should be just a matter of your word, right? I’ll stay here. I’m not leaving.”
“You can’t live here,” the city lord’s wife said patiently.
“I’m going to stay here! And you should kick that first wife out! I don’t like her! She’s a liar and a vicious shrew. Let my uncle divorce her and find someone gentler and less intelligent. Anyway, I don’t like her living here.”
The city lord's wife's breathing became heavy, and her chest heaved violently.
"I said, go back!" Her tone became much harsher.
Upon hearing this, Wuyou immediately plopped down on the ground, exclaiming, "I'm not going back! I want to live here! I love it here!"
If anything goes wrong, Wuyou will immediately throw a tantrum.
The city lord's wife was already very familiar with these tactics.
But she just didn't want the Jiang Huai family to see this scene.
If they really see Wuyou throwing a tantrum, wouldn't that prove that her claims that Wuyou is an obedient and good child are just empty words?
She took a deep breath, composed herself, and then knelt down again, saying:
"Don't worry, staying here will bother Brother Nanyu. You know he's also worried about not having a place to study. You... you'll have other opportunities to study in the future, so don't let Brother Nanyu get jealous of you."
She was trying to use this method to make Wuyou more sensible.
But things didn't go as planned.
Nan Yu jumped off the chair and said, "Grandmother, who said I have nowhere to study?"
The city lord's wife hadn't expected Nan Yu to interfere at this crucial moment. When she turned around, her face was extremely ugly, and her tone was particularly harsh: "So what if you don't have anywhere to study?! Your father and mother don't want you to go to Baitong Academy! Don't you know that yourself?"
Nan Yu said indifferently, "They won't let me go to Baitong Academy because I have a better place to go."
"Tch, Baitong Academy is only slightly worse than Luming Academy. The only one better than Baitong Academy is Luming Academy. If Luming Academy really accepted you, do you think I wouldn't know? You little brat, stop talking big!"
“I’m not exaggerating,” Nan Yu replied calmly. “Grandmother, even my younger brother Wuyou knows that it’s not just the academies in Qingfeng City that accept students. The Baiwen Academy at the foot of the capital has already asked me to study there after the spring.”
The city lord's wife stood up in shock, her eyes almost popping out of their sockets: "What...did you say? Baiwen...Academy?"
Nan Yu nodded, "Yes, it's the Baiwen Academy, which is known as the number one academy in the world."
"How is that possible! The Hundred Books Academy only admits twelve disciples a year, and they are basically all nobles from the capital. You...you're just one..."
“I sent my article to the capital city. The teacher at Baiwen Academy liked me very much and made an exception to allow me, a student from outside the capital city, to enter.”
"Don't talk big, that's impossible, there's no precedent for it."
“I’m going. I’m setting a precedent. If Grandmother doesn’t believe me, so be it. Anyway, people from Baiwen Academy will come to pick me up in person after spring. The reason Father and Mother didn’t tell you was that they wanted to wait until I left in spring to tell you, so that you wouldn’t feel bad. But you’ve thought I would be jealous of Wuyou several times, and I really can’t help it. I have no reason to be jealous of him. There’s nothing about him that I should be jealous of.”
After Nan Yu finished speaking, the city lord's wife froze like a wooden statue.
She never anticipated that Jiang Huaizhi's son would get involved with the imperial city...
She never imagined that Nan Yu would be chosen by the world's top university...
In her mind, none of these things were ever possible!
Then look at Wuyou, still sitting on the ground, resolutely refusing to leave...
For the first time, she felt regret.
She once believed that as long as it was Huaisong's child, it was good no matter what.
Even if he's a bit willful and mischievous, he still has his merits.
But now it seems that not only is he disobedient and doesn't like to study, but he also bosses me around from time to time, and now he likes to hit people.
Compared to the mature and steady Nan Yu, Wu You is far inferior.
Can she really teach this child well?
"Grandmother! What are you thinking! Is the place Nanyu went to so amazing? I can go there someday! Until then, I want to live here! Just say the word! What are you waiting for!"
This wasn't the first time she'd heard such a bossy tone.
She knew that if she didn't give him a satisfactory answer, Wuyou would definitely roll around on the ground crying and making a scene until she agreed.
As she was pondering how to reply, Jiang Huaizhi answered for her: "Mother, since he wants to stay here so much, let him stay for a couple of days. I saw him say quite a few unpleasant things just now, and I was just thinking of teaching him a lesson in speaking."
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