kvmb Chapter 122 I'm so envious!
Chapter 122 I'm so envious!
Lu Yangyang was completely unaware of the female teacher's expression.
She woke up early in the morning. It was her first time taking the exam, and although she wasn't nervous, it was still quite troublesome. So she slept very soundly that night.
It wasn't until the bell rang again outside that she yawned, sat up, tidied up her exam paper, and handed it to the female teacher who came to collect the papers.
The female teacher looked at Lu Yangyang with a dark expression, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopped, as if she had thought of something and didn't say anything. She simply took Lu Yangyang's test paper away silently.
Lu Yangyang was a little confused, but she didn't take it to heart, since the exams were already over.
She took a nap, then got hungry again. So when the female teacher announced that we could leave, she immediately stood up, packed her things, and headed out.
The girl who had asked her for food earlier, named A-Yue, followed her after she walked out the door and called out, "Yangyang!"
Lu Yangyang turned her head. "Is something the matter?"
A little embarrassed, A-Yue asked in a low voice, "What exam do you have this afternoon?"
Taiming Academy has many exam subjects, but admission is based on two subjects with excellent results. Other subjects can be taken depending on the situation. Lu Yangyang felt that she had no problem with her two subjects, so she did not choose more than two subjects and only planned to take these two exams.
So he said, "I have my riding and archery test this afternoon."
"Oh, I see. Then we probably won't run into each other this afternoon. I hope we can meet in class sometime in the future," Yue said with a hint of disappointment.
"Goodbye." Seeing that she had nothing else to say, Lu Yangyang waved to her and ran off quickly.
I have an exam this afternoon, so I don't need to go back to the Duke of Sheng's mansion at noon today. My older brother said he'll come pick her up with Jiaojiao, so we can go out for a delicious lunch again!
Xue Wanyue looked enviously in the direction Lu Yangyang had left, picking at her fingers one after another.
I’m so envious.
I'm so envious. How can someone be so confident and radiant despite having physical imperfections, completely ignoring the opinions of others?
She wore a veil to conceal her face, but when she walked close to Lu Yangyang, she actually saw it—behind Lu Yangyang's half-mask, the skin faintly showing scars.
She couldn't imagine how she could be happy and joyful when survival was already so difficult with her disfigured appearance. Didn't she feel inferior? Didn't she feel pain? Didn't she suffer ridicule? How did she convince herself not to care?
There were more than a dozen of them who came to take the math exam, and no one greeted them. Lu Yangyang probably didn't know why, but she knew that in their eyes, people like them who didn't even dare to show their faces were probably flawed.
Those who come to take the arithmetic exam are mostly not those with real talent or ability, but rather those whose families have already arranged their enrollment. The exam is just a formality. They choose arithmetic because they are afraid of doing poorly in other subjects and looking bad. Even if they do poorly, they can save face by saying that they are not good at it.
Because even the imperial examinations these days don't test math skills; they're unimportant subjects, so not doing well on them isn't too shameful.
People like them, who lack real talent and may even have facial defects, are destined to be ostracized in the academy because they are useless.
Taiming Academy offers women a better path, but it is also incredibly realistic, because the people you meet here will later fill the inner quarters of various families, becoming another kind of invisible resource and network.
She went to great lengths to get her eldest sister's help so she could study at the academy. It wasn't that she wanted to pave a better path for herself; she had long since run out of options. From the moment she overheard her drunken father saying that she looked like the late empress, she knew she was destined to be nothing more than a pawn in someone else's game, without a sense of self or freedom.
Therefore, she longed to come to the academy, as this was probably the only period of freedom she would have in her life.
So what about Lu Yangyang?
Why did she come here? What kind of pampering does one need to be to remain happy and confident despite physical deformities? How can one not care when their appearance becomes a burden?
I really want to know, and I really want to be that kind of person.
As Xue Wanyue watched Lu Yangyang about to run out of the courtyard, she didn't know what was wrong with her, but she couldn't help but quicken her pace and quietly follow behind her.
Lu Yangyang had an excellent memory. Although she had only walked the path once, she quickly found the way out of the academy and hurried to the entrance. Sure enough, she saw Sheng Yunjiao holding a satin umbrella for sun protection and calling out to her, "Yangyang, over here! Over here!"
Sheng Junyao stood next to her. He was tall and stood out in the crowd. When he saw her running over, he smiled and said, "Slow down."
"Here, this is for you. I just bought some chilled plum juice, keeping track of the time." Sheng Yunjiao hurriedly handed Sheng Junyao a bottle of plum juice in a bamboo tube.
Lu Yangyang took it and, without even moving her feet, gulped down the plum juice in the bamboo tube.
"I was just thirsty! Thank you, Jiaojiao, thank you, Big Brother!" Lu Yangyang said happily.
Sheng Junyao naturally reached out and took the empty bamboo tube from her, then handed her a handkerchief: "Wipe your sweat. I've already made a reservation for lunch at a nearby restaurant. Jiaojiao said you like the snacks on South Street, but we don't have time today. I'll take you there another day."
Lu Yangyang looked up at him, then at Sheng Yunjiao: "Aren't you going to ask me how my exam went?"
Sheng Yunjiao touched her nose: "So how did your exam go? Did you pass?"
Lu Yangyang made a face at her: "I'm not telling you!"
"Fine, you didn't even tell me! You stop right there!" Sheng Yunjiao reached out to scratch her, but Lu Yangyang quickly dodged, and Sheng Yunjiao chased after her.
Sheng Junyao watched them playfully bickering and followed them.
The mother said that Yangyang had grown up outside and suffered a lot, which made her calm and steady, unlike a child. He, however, felt that she was still a child, just that she hadn't enjoyed the time of being a child.
The three left quickly; there were still many people outside the academy at noon.
Xue Wanyue stood in the corner, watching their departing figures with great envy. She silently turned around and walked back to the academy, hiding herself behind a tree in the corner, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
That handsome young man must be my elder sister's future husband, the heir of the Duke of Sheng's mansion. The girl is the fourth daughter of the Duke of Sheng's mansion, Lu Yangyang. She is a member of the Duke of Sheng's mansion.
She was confined at home from a young age, and no one knew that she had a strong ability to recognize people. She could remember anyone she had met even once, as long as they hadn't changed too much. When her eldest sister was still in Muzhou and hadn't returned to the capital, the Prince Sheng was still in the capital and would come to deliver festival gifts every year, which she had secretly witnessed.
Why should such a good person be the eldest sister?