Chapter 653: The Decision of the Guan Family Father and Son (2)_1
Guan Danian and his wife didn’t dare to imagine what would happen if Qingshu were to be entangled by Wang Baozhu. They couldn’t expect Yang Ruxin to help, after all, the Yang family were her kin, and they were the ones who forcefully broke the original marriage agreement. Dani probably hated them to death by now.
Even though they wouldn’t just accept their fate, making a fuss about it wouldn’t look good either, and it would ruin their son’s reputation.
The couple barely slept that night, but they couldn’t come up with a solution. In the end, they could only think of sending their son to the academy as soon as possible, where there were mostly boys and he wouldn’t encounter such filthy people.
When they mentioned it to Guan Qingshu the next day, he took it seriously. He too felt a lingering fear, but he suggested that he would not continue his studies in the town, instead, he wanted to go to the county seat.
In the county seat, there were several private schools and academies, but the best was the official school, similar to today’s public schools. The teaching quality there was definitely better because it was run by masters appointed by the government, so they would be more knowledgeable about the trends in the Imperial Court’s examinations. Therefore, they could prepare students more specifically, which naturally increased the chances of ranking in the exams.
However, the eligibility for admission to the official school was high. But as Lianhua Town’s top scholar, he was certainly qualified to go. Only the living expenses in the county seat would be higher than in the town.
Of course, he had his reasons for going to the county seat—he didn’t want to stay with the Tong family any longer. He was increasingly aware that he really didn’t like Tong Lingling, and he couldn’t marry her. Even if Ruxin didn’t like him now, he didn’t want to marry someone else—it was better to have less contact in the future.
In Qingshu’s mind, as long as Xinxin remained unmarried, he felt as though he still had a chance. He had always thought that Ruxin’s change of heart was just to spite him. Once her anger subsided, perhaps she would return to her old self, waiting for him at the village entrance, stealthily stuffing food into his backpack...