After the end of the Dragon Boat Festival, Gu Yunji's life in Luxi Academy also returned to the right track, listening to lectures as usual in class every day, and completing the homework assigned by Xu Chengyu after class, and living a very fulfilling life.

After the bell rang for the end of class that evening, Mr. Chen He was not in a hurry to leave, but cleared his throat and said to the students in front of him:

"It looks like it's going to be June, and soon after the academy will have a semi-annual exam, all students will do the same questions, and the results will be ranked, and the top 50 can participate in this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, so you can prepare yourself." With that, he packed up his things and turned away.

As soon as Chen He left, the students in the school immediately exchanged their heads and chattered about it.

A student said with a sad face, "Do you really want to pull through the rankings?" We are all talents, how can we pass those lifters? When the results come out and rank last, what is the point other than to make us lose face? ”

"Not necessarily." Some people disagreed, "Many people were lucky at the beginning, and they haven't made much progress over the years, maybe they won't even be able to pass the test at that time." You are a showman, and it is normal that you have not taken the exam; If you pass the test, it is they who will lose face, what are you afraid of? ”

The student next to him came over: "Having said that, this ranking is related to the qualification to participate in the amusement fair, so it is still necessary to prepare for it." There are a lot of high-ranking officials and nobles at the fair, if you perform well, you can not only win glory for the college, but also earn our own fame, why not? ”

These discussions reached Gu Yunji's ears, but they didn't let him take it to heart, listening to the meaning of Xu Chengyu's words before, even if he didn't get into the top fifty, he would use his connections to take Gu Yunji to participate in the amusement fair.

Therefore, for Gu Yunji, it is good to do your best in the half-year examination of the academy, and there is no need to compete for any ranking. He didn't bother to participate in the discussion of these people, so he packed up his things and went to Xu Chengyu's courtyard with the homework he had done in advance.

When Gu Yunji arrived at the mountain chief's mansion, Xu Chengyu happened to be absent. He put his homework on the other party's desk as usual, and was about to turn to leave, when he heard a faint argument in the inner courtyard.

Xu Shuhua looked detached, took a step back quite defensively, and said indifferently: "My father is not here, Fang Gongzi is afraid that he has gone to the wrong place, so he should leave early." ”

Fang Zigui didn't seem to notice her displeasure, and said with a smile: "I didn't want to see Uncle Xu, but made a special trip to visit Miss Xu. ”

Xu Shuhua's tone was stiff: "I haven't heard that any of the foreign visitors who came to visit have visited the inner courtyard of the house, and besides, I have never had any friendship with Fang Gongzi, so it is not worth your special trip." ”

"You and my father have been friends for many years, we grew up together since childhood, so close, how can we say that we have no friendship?" Fang Zigui didn't care, "What's more, I'm here to give you a gift this time, why should Miss Xu refuse me thousands of miles away?"

As he spoke, Fang Zigui opened the brocade box he brought with him and took out a hosta inside: "I know that you just made a hairpin not long ago, and I specially bought this hairpin to make you a gift." ”

When a woman is fifteen years old, she should tie her hair up and fix it with a hairpin, which means that she has reached adulthood. This hairpin is a private and intimate thing, except for the woman's family, generally only the fiancé will take this as a gift, if the Fang Zigui was offensive and rude before, now it can be called a dissolute Dengzi behavior.

"Fang Zigui!" Xu Shuhua really didn't expect the other party to be so bold and rude, and his face turned pale with anger, "There is neither a marriage contract nor kinship between you and me, do you want to ruin my reputation if you send hairpins and gifts?" ”

Fang Zigui stepped forward to close the distance with her, completely ignoring the consequences of doing so, and his words became more and more excessive: "Shuhua, I am dedicated to your good, how can I want to ruin your reputation?" ”

As he spoke, he kept moving, and he was about to go further, Xu Shuhua took a few steps back in a row and reprimanded: "Stop!" If you continue to entangle like this, I will call someone! ”

Seeing that the other party still didn't appreciate it, Fang Zigui sneered, and lost his patience before: "Call, you call!" Lonely men and widows, living together in the inner courtyard, if you let others bump into this scene, can you say it clearly? I don't care, but what will they think of you, Miss Xu? ”

At this time, Fang Zigui tore off the disguise of the gentle young man before, his face was hideous and terrifying, and he looked at Xu Shuhua with a greedy and ruthless gaze: "Although you can shout loudly, I am afraid that when the time comes, the rumors will spread out, not only you, but even Xu Shanchang will not have the face to live." ”

Hearing this, Xu Shuhua was angry and afraid, clutching the handkerchief in his hand tightly, and there was no trace of blood on his lips. The other party is right, women in this era are already at a loss, if they call someone at this time, everyone will not think that Fang Zigui is shameless and debauched, but will think that she misbehaves and does not cultivate female morality.

Seeing Xu Shuhua's hesitation, Fang Zigui was very proud, and felt that he had pinched her handle, so he slowed down his tone and said step by step: "Shuhua, I have no malice, I just want to give you a gift, as long as you accept the hairpin, I won't force anything." ”

If you don't accept the hairpin, Fang Zigui will be entangled, and if someone finds out, he will ruin his reputation; Accepting the hairpin is equivalent to accepting Fang Zigui's ambiguous move, which is not only unclear in the future, but also allows the other party to gain an inch, which will become more and more excessive in the future.

It's not to be collected, it's not to be collected, can't you really get out of it today? Thinking of this, Xu Shuhua closed his eyes in despair.

At this time, Gu Yunji's voice suddenly came from the outer courtyard: "The disciple has seen the teacher!" Teacher, why are you only coming back now? ”

Fang Zigui's face changed suddenly, when did Gu Yunji come? Listening to this, Xu Chengyu is also back? Xu Chengyu is so short-guarded, if he is allowed to bump into himself pestering his daughter, he will have to shed his skin if he does not die at that time.

Hearing the sound from the outer courtyard, the smugness on Fang Zigui's face instantly collapsed, his eyes were filled with fear, and he shoved the hairpin to Xu Shuhua regardless of it, and dropped a sentence "Don't talk about today's things, otherwise you and I won't have good fruit to eat", and then hurriedly slipped away from the side door.

Xu Shuhua glanced at the hairpin in his hand, and wanted to smash it immediately, but he was afraid that Xu Chengyu would come in and see the jade slag and see the clues, so he had to temporarily put it in his sleeve and hide it. Then she tidied up her appearance, tried to pull out a smile, and walked out as if nothing happened.

"Daddy, aren't you going to discuss the exam topics with Mr. Chen and them, why do you ...... now? Huh? ”

Walking to the outer courtyard, he didn't see his father Xu Chengyu, only Gu Yunji stood aside alone, and after hearing the movement, he turned around and showed a polite and reassuring smile at Xu Shuhua.

Seeing this, Xu Shuhua suddenly understood that Xu Chengyu didn't come back at all, and Gu Yunji deliberately deceived Fang Zi just now.

Thinking that the conversation between the two was very likely to be taken into the ears of the other party, she bit her lip a little embarrassedly and whispered, "You, did you hear it?" ”

(End of chapter)