Qingsong Academy’s headmaster, Gu Mingshu, was not just the headmaster of an academy, but also the current emperor’s teacher. When he retired, the emperor personally went out of the city gates to see him off. He had extremely high literary accomplishments. After retiring, he opened an academy and cultivated many talents for Anguo. His reputation in Anguo’s literary circle was extremely high.

Yan Jin’s eyes flashed. Seeing that Headmaster Gu had no reaction to her face, it seemed that high-ranking official’s identity might not be as high as she thought.

But this thought only slipped through Yan Jin’s mind for a moment before passing.

Putting aside the fact that Yan Jin was going to take the imperial examination route, she herself also liked talented people like this. So she politely bowed to Headmaster Gu.

Halfway through the bow, Headmaster Gu, with slightly curved eyes, stopped her. “Young lady, there’s no need for such formalities. Since there’s an urgent matter, let’s skip these small details.”

Yan Jin didn’t hesitate and immediately stated her guess in a few words.

The county magistrate’s face turned solemn. He immediately sent people to investigate that courtyard and had servants prepare hot water to bathe and groom the black chubby girl in Vu Shu’s arms.

Seeing the county magistrate send people to investigate, Headmaster Gu asked Yan Jin a few more questions. After Yan Jin answered, sensing the atmosphere was a bit cold, she found an excuse and excused herself and Vu Shu.

[Phew, finally left. The atmosphere just now was a bit awkward. Vu Shu was standing there, but neither the county magistrate nor the headmaster really talked to him. How rude.] [Confused. Anguo is a female-dominant society. Under this social background, how could they possibly talk to Vu Shu?] [Some people, their hearts are too soft. They’re too easily distressed for men. Just because they didn’t pay much attention to a man, they feel like the world is collapsing.]

Although Vu Shu didn’t say much just now, he didn’t feel awkward. Instead, he eagerly asked Yan Jin, “We have nothing to do if we go home now. Why don’t we go see that girl?”

“Sure.” Yan Jin had a bit of mischievous interest. “Let’s go see if that girl looks like a fair and chubby little glutinous rice ball after cleaning up.”

Vu Shu’s curiosity grew even stronger because of Yan Jin’s words.

The black chubby girl was carried to the backyard to wash up. But because she was brought to the yamen by the two of them, they just had to tell the guard, and someone would take them to see her.

When the two saw the black chubby girl, she had already finished washing up and changed into clean little clothes. Zhou Nongyun, who had heard the news and came to watch the commotion, was also by her side.

I must say, the cleaned black chubby girl’s skin was as white as snow. Although she was chubby, the little girl didn’t make people feel like her body was clumsy. Instead, she made people feel like she was a chubby, round, and cute little glutinous rice ball no matter how you looked at her.

The only regret was that there was a very obvious scab on the little girl’s forehead, making her skin look even whiter and the wound even more hideous.

“I asked the doctor.” Seeing Yan Jin’s gaze fall on that scab, Zhou Nongyun said, “This girl had a head injury before and can’t remember things from the past.”

The little girl, who was drinking water in small sips, saw Yan Jin and Vu Shu coming. Her eyes lit up, and she loudly called out, “Mother! Father!”

Yan Jin and Vu Shu, who weren’t married yet, looked at each other, really wanting to run away.

They shouldn’t have come to see this little girl just now.

With the little girl’s mouth, if they didn’t run away quickly, maybe by afternoon, the entire Yongning County would be spreading rumors that they had an illegitimate daughter.

“I must say,” Zhou Nongyun clicked her tongue in amazement, “if the age didn’t match, I would have thought this child was born from you two. Although she’s a bit fat and her features can’t be seen clearly, her bone structure is that of a beautiful person. Average-looking people can’t give birth to such a child. Only stunning beauties like you two can give birth to such a beautiful child.”

[This is the first time I’ve learned that you can tell if a person is good-looking or not based on their bone structure.] [Actually, what Zhou Nongyun said is not entirely unreasonable. It’s just that this Guo Bao Rou is so fat, how can she see her bone structure?] [There are hardly any true words that come out of Zhou Nongyun’s mouth (pointing and criticizing).]

“Don’t talk nonsense.” Yan Jin rubbed her forehead and sighed, “We’re not even married. How can we have a child?”

Vu Shu couldn’t help but mutter in a low voice, “I just turned eighteen. How could I possibly have such a big child?”

Seeing that both of them denied having a child, the little girl blinked her big eyes, her thick and dense eyelashes like two little fans, and asked timidly, “Are mother and father going to abandon me again?”