After being reborn as a man, the woman improved her family's fortunes through education.

Jiang Xiaoqi never expected that her act of supporting her sisters would backfire.

My third sister was being targeted, and my eldest and second eldest sisters were also being envied.

Originally, I just wanted to let others know that my sisters have someone to rely on, but I didn't expect it to go so wrong.

Sigh... I haven't been a woman for so long, I'm starting to lose my way of understanding women's thoughts.

Jiang Xiaoqi decided to have her family leave as soon as possible, since she had already participated in the literary gathering and given her former classmates face.

The house has been basically settled, so there's no harm in leaving now.

Tell Tan Hao that we'll be looking at the house and transferring ownership in a couple of days. We still have a lot of things to do at home to decorate the new house.

"Master Ouyang!?"

"Hmm, Mingfei, would you like to come with me to pay our respects to the Master?"

"Of course we should go and pay our respects to the Master!"

Jiang Xiaoqi came to inform Tan Hao that she was leaving first, but unexpectedly she was left in the warm pavilion where Ouyang Qun was.

The temperature in the warm room was just right. In addition to brewing tea, oranges and dates were placed on the ceramic stove, which had already emitted a fruity aroma.

The aroma of fruit filled the warm room, blending unexpectedly harmoniously with the fragrance of tea.

"Jiang Mingfei greets Mr. Ouyang! How have you been, sir?"

Ouyang Qun raised his eyes slightly, his gaze falling on Jiang Xiaoqi, and nodded gently, "Mingfei, how have you been?"

"Where have you been these past few years, sir?"

After Jiang Xiaoqi achieved the highest honors in the three junior high schools, he went to the clan school to express his gratitude to the teachers. At that time, Teacher Ouyang was still teaching at the clan school.

However, after returning to Xinghe Prefecture, there was no further news of Master Ouyang.

"Just travel around. One can't stay in one place forever and become complacent."

Only by traveling further, meeting more people, and experiencing more things can you truly understand what you're lacking.

“What you say is absolutely right, sir. The world outside is vast and boundless, and we should not confine ourselves to the small Xinghe Prefecture.”

"I heard that you, Mingfei, have also left Xinghe Prefecture to study elsewhere. May I ask which renowned scholar you have become a disciple of?"

"Our teacher... is a free spirit, not interested in fame, and he doesn't allow us to spread the word around."

"Oh? So you're a reclusive scholar? However, it's really inconvenient for Mingfei to reveal that."

"Thank you for your understanding, sir! It is indeed my master's order, and I dare not disobey!"

Ouyang Qun seemed to have thought of something, smiled slightly, and then fell silent.

Tan Hao silently poured tea for Jiang Xiaoqi. He really admired him; he just couldn't have such a long conversation with Master Ouyang.

Jiang Xiaoqi, who doesn't want to chat and just wants to go home: This blessing can be given to you for free!

I don't know why, but when I saw Master Ouyang again this time, I didn't feel the same way as before.

This was certainly not because Jiang Xiaoqi was a jerk, but because he sensed a sense of unfamiliarity from Ouyang Qun's words.

This is nothing like the Master Ouyang he knew from his childhood. Could it be that the person in front of him has also been possessed?

He remembered that when he was a child, he had taken Ouyang Fuzi's class and had even been infatuated with him.

But now, facing the same handsome face as a few years ago, his heart has become completely calm.

I don't know if I've completely adapted to being a man, or if Master Ouyang has lost his charm?

Jiang Xiaoqi didn't dwell on these things. In this life, "she" was already "he," and she was destined to be forever separated from handsome men.

Thinking about these things only adds to your own troubles.

There are so many interesting books to read, so many advanced martial arts to learn, and also music, chess, calligraphy, painting, axes, hooks, and forks...

Which one doesn't take time and effort? Which one, once mastered, can't be used to show off?

Tan Hao was puzzled. Weren't they having a good chat just now? Why did the atmosphere suddenly become quiet?

At this moment, the only background noise in the warm room could be heard from the bubbling water in the teapot.

Just then, Ouyang Qun finally put down the teacup he had been playing with and broke the silence.

"Is Mingfei's trip to the capital for the imperial examinations?"

"That's right, it's several elders in the family who went to Beijing to take the imperial examination."

"The Jiang family has indeed produced outstanding talents generation after generation. I imagine that in the future, there will be several more officials with the surname Jiang in the officialdom of the Great Zhou Dynasty..."

"Mr. Ouyang, you flatter us. Our Jiang family is able to attend the clan school thanks to the clan leader, which has gradually led to the flourishing of our literary pursuits."

In the future, the descendants of the Chiang family will not seek high-ranking positions, but only wish to share the emperor's burdens and do some practical things for the people!

That way, all those years of studying the classics wouldn't have been in vain..."

"Okay, well said!"

Jiang Xiaoqi didn't know if Ouyang Qun was genuinely praising him, but that didn't matter.

He was thinking about something else at that moment—

Ouyang Qun, Ouyang Zheng.

Master Ouyang and my own master both have the surname Ouyang. Could this be a coincidence?

There aren't many people with the surname Ouyang in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they're mostly from the same clan, if Master's name isn't an alias...

That's quite intriguing.

Furthermore, was it truly a coincidence that Master Ouyang appeared in the capital and at the literary gathering?

Jiang Xiaoqi suddenly recalled that three years ago, her master returned from the foot of the mountain with a dark face, and then, unusually, got drunk.

He locked himself in his room for seven or eight days, and when he came out, he acted as if nothing had happened, except that he quietly increased the amount of homework he and his senior brother had to do.

Who did Master meet at the foot of Yunqing Mountain?

Apprenticeship? Court's? Or... the Ouyang family!?