Mrs. Kong was overjoyed upon hearing this. She glanced outside the window to make sure no one was there before eagerly asking Nanny Guan to bring a small stool over and sit down.
"I went over personally, only saying that I'm interested in how the academy is faring, as I have a nephew coming to study here. I also slipped five silver coins to inquire about the reputation of the academy, and finally, I was told that the teacher is a Scholar who fell on hard times and now teaches at the academy to make ends meet. He is quite handsome, but his family is so poor that he has only a two-room cottage in the countryside. The headmaster of Qiongshan Academy dislikes him, yet Ms. Yan privately got involved with the teacher. Later, when Mr. Yan found out, he drove Mr. Liu away."
"Drove him away?" Mrs. Kong tightened her brows.
Nanny Guan smiled softly, "But I've heard that Mr. Liu didn't go far; instead, he opened a school for children in the same alley."
