Female Master: Why doesn’t my wife love me yet?

Not long after Gu Qingyuan returned, Master Jiang came over and, as usual, checked the students' progress in completing their tasks.

Before Master Jiang came over, Gu Qingyuan opened the book, nudged Ye Li, who was reciting a book next to her, with her elbow, and asked her, "Little Li, how have you been these past three days?"

Ye Li covered his ears and muttered something, obviously not wanting to pay attention to her.

Gu Qingyuan was not convinced and nudged her with her elbow again. Ye Li simply sat further away from her with a book in his hand.

Gu Qingyuan felt that she was asking for trouble, so she held her face with one hand and looked forward.

When Master Jiang came over, he first checked Ye Li's homework. Ye Li's handwriting was neat and the content was well written. Master Jiang nodded as he looked at it.

When it was Gu Qingyuan's turn, she rummaged through her things and was shocked to find that she seemed to have forgotten to bring her homework!

Master Jiang stood in front of Gu Qingyuan and frowned as he saw her searching for something but still failing.

"Gu Qingyuan, what about yours?"

Everyone's eyes fell on Gu Qingyuan, and she could only say to Master Jiang, "I think I forgot to bring it."

"If you didn't bring it, then you didn't write it. Get out."

Gu Qingyuan felt that this was very familiar, but she really couldn't come up with it at the moment, so she stood up and prepared to leave. However, at this moment, her arm was grabbed by someone.

Ye Li said, "She wrote it, I saw it."

Before leaving, he saw Gu Qingyuan lying on the table writing the task assigned by the teacher.

Master Jiang asked Ye Li, "Are you serious?"

Although Gu Qingyuan entered the academy on her own merit, Master Jiang still didn't completely trust her. He was afraid that she was just in a spur of the moment and would return to her previous indolent behavior.

Ye Li nodded and said calmly: "I can testify for her."

"Will Ye Li also testify for others?"

Gu Qingyuan heard the voices of people around him talking.

"Everyone knows that she has a sour face every day, as if the whole world owes her something. She relies on her good grades to look down on everyone."

"Shh, stop talking, she's looking over here."

Master Jiang asked Gu Qingyuan to sit back down and said only one sentence, "Bring it back tomorrow."

Next, go to the other people.

Ye Li closed his eyes and recited the contents of the book he had just memorized. When he opened his eyes again, he saw the enlarged face of Gu Qingyuan in front of him.

He was startled.

Gu Qingyuan thanked him with a smile, "Thank you for what you did just now, Xiao..."

Under his threatening gaze, Gu Qingyuan swallowed the rest of her words and shouted, "Thank you, Ye Li."

"Why didn't you explain just now?" Ye Li asked.

"Explain what?"

"You clearly wrote it, why are you going out?"

"But I can't get it out now. I'm planning to go home and get it."

Ye Li stopped talking again and continued to stare at the book in front of him.

Gu Qingyuan suddenly remembered his stomachache from before and asked with concern, "By the way, have you been feeling better these past two days? Your stomachache isn't hurting anymore, is it?"

"Don't mention this matter again."

"It's nothing."

Ye Li covered his face with the book and said, "Don't tell anyone."

Gu Qingyuan wanted to tease him and deliberately said, "If you don't let me tell you, then I won't tell you. But I insist on telling others..."

Ye Li suddenly raised his head, looked at her with extremely dangerous eyes, and his tone became even colder.

"you dare."

There was nothing Gu Qingyuan dared not to do. Gu Qingyuan looked at him and continued, "Why don't you let me tell anyone? It's not shameful, is it..."

Ye Li's heart was in his throat. Although his face showed no expression, his white knuckles revealed his emotions.

He couldn't reveal his male identity.

Men are not allowed to read and write. Once his identity is discovered, Baichuan Academy will definitely expel him.

Ye Li suddenly reached out his hand to cover her mouth and said pleadingly: "Don't tell anyone."

It was rare to see his aloof deskmate looking so frightened. Gu Qingyuan had his mouth covered, but he still looked at him with interest.

Her mind was racing.

Why not let her tell anyone? Having a stomachache is not something to be ashamed of.

However, Ye Li's last appearance did not seem like a simple stomachache. Considering Ye Li's current frightened and guilty look, Gu Qingyuan came to a conclusion.

She lowered her voice and asked, "Did you have that period last time?"

"Which one?" Ye Li was confused by her.

Gu Qingyuan simply held his head down and asked him to lower his body like herself, and the sound was so low that only the two of them could hear it.

“It’s the one that comes every month.”

The expression on Ye Li's face became even uglier. He nodded, looking extremely desperate.

He clearly didn't have stomachaches before, but for some reason that day, he had a terrible stomachache, and Gu Qingyuan discovered it.

Gu Qingyuan felt like she knew a shocking secret: her deskmate turned out to be a man.

However, Baichuan Academy does not allow men to study. To be more precise, there are only a handful of men in the entire Daning Kingdom who can read.

No wonder Ye Li always looks like he doesn't want others to get close to him, because it would be very dangerous if his identity was discovered.

Ye Li looked at her again, as if he had made a difficult decision. "As long as you can keep it a secret for me, I, I can promise you one thing."

Gu Qingyuan made a gesture to keep quiet and said very righteously: "Don't worry, I will definitely keep it a secret. This matter is known to heaven, earth, you and me, and no third person will know."

"Then make a pinky promise."

Ye Li stretched out his little finger, and Gu Qingyuan also stretched out his and hooked it with his.

Gu Qingyuan teased him like a cat stealing fish, "Oh, actually, I just care about you. I didn't expect you to be so nervous. I guessed it."

Ye Li: "...you're still acting like a spoiled brat after getting the advantage."

In his heart, he was actually not sure whether Gu Qingyuan would tell anyone, and he was very scared.

"Why did you think of coming to the academy?" Gu Qingyuan was very puzzled.

Ye Li asked her, "What about you? Why did you come to the academy?"

"Of course I want to come and study."

Ye Li pursed his lips and looked at her, "Me too."

He was the only boy in the family, and his sisters were all addicted to pleasure. He was obviously more capable than his sisters, but his mother always said that he was not as good as his sisters because he was a boy.

He even came to the academy under the name of his second sister Ye Li.

And he doesn't even have his own name.

Because he is the fifth child, everyone in the Ye family calls him "Ye Wu".

After Master Jiang walked around, he returned to the podium. Gu Qingyuan and Ye Li immediately sat down as if nothing had happened.

After knowing Ye Li's male identity, Gu Qingyuan no longer quarreled with him as recklessly as before.