Zhao Ruxi waved her hand: "I know what Miss Muba means. I have been with her for a few months and I know her temperament."

Mu Qinglian was stunned and couldn't help laughing.

Mu Qingqiang, on the other hand, blinked, looked at Zhao Ruxi, and then at Mu Qinglian, with doubts in her eyes and an innocent face, probably not understanding what was so funny about this.

She couldn't figure it out, so she ignored it and asked Zhao Ruxi, "I told you at the beginning that you would come and play with me, why didn't you go?"

As soon as these words come out, if you are careless, you will definitely be unhappy.

However, Zhao Ruxi knew Mu Qingqiang's temperament very well. In fact, she liked to interact with this kind of person. She said one thing and another, and she was simple-minded. On the other hand, Mu Qinglian next to her looked considerate and gentle in everything she did.

But careful thinking is indispensable. In comparison, she would rather be friends with Mu Qingqiang.

She also leaned forward, spread her hands and made a helpless expression: "Do you think I have time to play?"

She counted on her fingers for Mu Qingqiang: she had to paint, practice calligraphy, take imperial examinations, take care of Zhuangzi, and the painting training class took up a whole day of her time, even on a ten-day holiday.

She couldn't even rest.

Listening to her words, Mu Qingqiang had an expression of envy on her face.

She sighed and said melancholy: "It would be great if I could be like you."

Zhao Ruxi gave her a sympathetic look.

She and Mu Qingqiang were classmates in the North Branch of Beining Women's College for a while. She knew that Mu Qingqiang was a person who loved reading and had good grades. It was a pity that the Mu family was training their daughters for marriage. They originally said they wanted to discuss it.

My dear, I took her back, but she never went back to the academy.

"It doesn't matter where you want to study. No matter where you study, as long as you can learn it, it's a good thing. Look at Mrs. Cui and Mrs. Xiao, because they are talented, even if their marriages are not going well, they can still find their own way.

Instead of staying in the back house and watching other people's faces." Zhao Ruxi poured her a bowl of thick chicken soup.

Mu Qingqiang was startled, then raised her head to look at Zhao Ruxi, and then her eyes slowly lit up.

"You're right." She smiled brightly at Zhao Ruxi, "No matter what you learn, if you can learn it and learn it well, it is a good thing. I will remember your words."

Zhao Ruxi looked at Mu Qingqiang's smile, her eyes a little dull.

Mu Qingqiang is beautiful, but she is only above average. She is not the kind of beauty that makes people unable to take their eyes away. Her usual temperament is also cold, giving people a sense of arrogance and alienation that is extremely distant.

She almost never smiles.

But her smile just now was like a rose suddenly blooming in the ice and snow, gorgeous and beautiful, making people unable to take their eyes away.

No wonder King You of Zhou played beacon-fire tricks on the princes just to make the beauty smile. The beauty's smile is indeed shocking and fascinating.

"You should smile more. You smile so pretty," Zhao Ruxi said regretfully when she saw Mu Qingqiang quickly put her smile away.

Mu Qingqiang glared at her and ignored her.

"Didn't you say you would go home to discuss marriage? Has your marriage been finalized?" Zhao Ruxi asked.

Mu Qingqiang shook her head: "I'm not sure. I can't make the decision myself anyway, so I just ignore it and let the elders discuss it."

Zhao Ruxi was surprised: "What if I pick one for you that you don't like?"

"If you don't like it, just stay away. I can live my own life. As long as he doesn't bother me, he can take concubines if he likes them, and he can do whatever he likes. As long as I don't care, I won't be unhappy."

Mu Qingqiang doesn't care about being authentic.

Zhao Ruxi looked at Mu Qingqiang and opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she said nothing and sighed softly.

Mu Qingqiang's temperament may seem cold, unfeeling, and unreasonable, but in fact it is extremely transparent. Her coldness may be a form of self-protection.

In a family like theirs, marriage is not independent. So whether you like it or not is out of the question.

In this way, you can only stick to your own heart. If you don't have high expectations for marriage and don't care too much, it may not be so painful. Once the person is better than you expected, it may be an unexpected surprise, and life will be difficult.

Can live a better life.

"Have you read the newspaper run by Mrs. Cui and the others? If you have nothing to do, you can write articles and contribute articles to the newspaper. You can also join in and do some things for the newspaper." Zhao Ruxi said to Mu Qingqiang.

"I read it, every issue." After saying this, Mu Qingqiang showed a hint of embarrassment on her face, "I also submitted an article to the newspaper. I didn't pass it the first time, but I passed it the second time."

"Ah, is it true? Which article is it?" Zhao Ruxi asked.

Mu Qingqiang told the newspaper in which her article was published and her pen name.

For every issue of the newspaper, Mrs. Cui would specially send someone to give it to Zhao Ruxi, and Zhao Ruxi directly asked Qingfeng to dig out that issue of the newspaper.

Mu Qingqiang felt embarrassed and quickly waved her hand: "No, you can read it later."

Zhao Ruxi didn't force her either.

She turned to look at Mu Qinglian: "How are you, Miss Mu Qi? Are you engaged?"

Compared to Mu Qingqiang, she didn't like Mu Qinglian that much, but after all, they were guests at home together, so she couldn't be too indifferent to Mu Qinglian.

A hint of shyness appeared on Mu Qinglian's face: "We are engaged. We will get married before the end of the year."

"congratulations."

Mu Qinglian asked her with a smile: "How is Miss Zhao? Are you engaged too?"

Zhao Ruxi shook his head: "No."

The three of them chatted for a while. Because Mu Qingqiang spoke more straightforwardly and had no scheming intentions, Zhao Ruxi quickly figured out why they came to visit at this time.

Girls from the Mu family were not allowed to go out at will. After Mu Qingqiang returned home, she tried to play with Zhao Ruxi several times, but was stopped by the elders in the family.

Now that Zhao Ruxi was showing her prominence, the Mu family suddenly relented and let Sister Mu Qingqiang come to meet Zhao Ruxi because they wanted to get married to Zhao Ruxi. The marriage partner was Mu Qingqiang's cousin, a Juren.

The Mu family had no choice but to do this because all the families who came to propose marriage were blocked by the Zhu family.

Zhu told the matchmaker that there would be no marriage proposal until Zhao Ruxi passed the imperial examination.

The Mu family knew that Mu Qi, Mu Ba and Zhao Ruxi were classmates, so they simply attacked from inside, hoping to impress Zhao Ruxi through Mu Qi and Mu Ba.

Mu Qinglian couldn't help but raise her forehead when she heard her cousin tell her almost everything.

But she had to complete the task.

"Miss Zhao has finished taking the provincial examination. Can you relax for a while? Do you want to ride a horse? Our Mu family has a horse farm in Beining. We have many horses and we can even race horses. If Miss Zhao is interested, why don't we go and play together?

Want to play?" Mu Qinglian sent an invitation to Zhao Ruxi.

If Mu Qingqiang hadn't mentioned her cousin, Zhao Ruxi might have agreed. She is actually a fun-loving person and also likes riding horses.

But when it comes to the marriage, if she wants to agree, she means agreeing to meet the Mu family master. Naturally, she can't agree.

Not to mention that she didn't like the whole Mu family's family tradition, but Mu Qingqiang mentioned it intentionally, and she knew that this marriage was inappropriate.
Chapter completed!