"I'm... so happy," Yisha said, her eyes closed.
...
"Ye Zi, you want to go to Nia Academy too, don't you?"
Ling Xiao looked at the flustered Ye Zi and sighed inwardly. 'I get it now,' he thought. 'She really does want to go.' Of all the women by his side, Ye Zi had the least formal education. Although she was beautiful and incredibly intelligent, her worldliness couldn't compare to someone like Shangguan Yutong, who was well-versed in all kinds of classic texts.
It was only natural for young women to feel a hint of a competitive spirit.
"Y-you're angry?" Ye Zi asked, a little panicked. She hadn't expected that Yisha would actually tell Ling Xiao.
It was just a dream they had casually mentioned when all the girls were gathered together.
It was true they all liked Ling Xiao, but none of them wanted to be useless. More than that, they didn't want to hide under his wing, protected by him forever. That would make them feel like caged birds.
