Before he could finish his question, Su Ruanruan interrupted, "I'll stay here tonight. I'm worried about you..."
She closed the book, put down the brush, and looked up at Mu Bai.
She slowly stood up from the stool and approached Mu Bai step by step.
She sat down beside him, leaning forward.
"Brother Mu Bai, are you trying to send me away?"
Her hands were cupped around Mu Baiqing's handsome face.
"Brother Mu Bai, why is your face red?"
Mu Bai's handsome face turned red from the teasing, and he coughed awkwardly a few times.
"I……"
"What about me?" Su Ruanruan moved a little closer, her clear almond-shaped eyes filled with Mu Bai's image, and her lips slightly curved upwards.
"Ruanruan, please stop teasing me, okay?"
Mu Bai reached out and grasped the small hands that were cupping his cheeks. "Ruan Ruan, shall we get married?"
Su Ruanruan frowned. "Why are you saying this again? Do you even know what kind of person I am? How bad is my reputation? I've said it before, I have no intention of getting married."
Su Ruanruan stared into Mu Bai's eyes and said, word by word, "Soon you will take the provincial examination, followed by the metropolitan examination and the palace examination. With your talent, you will most likely stay in the capital, or at least be sent elsewhere."
"You are as bright and refined as the moon and the breeze, and your talent is boundless. You might just catch the eye of some official and be chosen as his son-in-law. Only a daughter of an official can help you advance your career and become your virtuous wife."
A hint of sadness flashed in Mu Bai's eyes, "You know perfectly well that I don't care about those things. I can skip the provincial examinations and the metropolitan examinations, and even find a job as a teacher, as long as I can marry you..."
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