Mr. Mu's reprimand didn't subdue Xiangxiang; instead, Xiangxiang cried even more fiercely.
Despite Old Mrs. Mu's attempts to calm her, she couldn't, so she had to pull Xiangxiang out of the main room.
She thought that not standing with Mr. Mu would resolve everything.
Mr. Mu stood in the main room, puffing on his dry pipe.
He was in a bad mood, not only because of Xiangxiang.
In recent days, he's been feeling uneasy, with a heavy chest and a constant buzzing in his ears.
This was an omen of bad things to come for Mr. Mu.
"It seems I need to visit the Land God Temple; otherwise, I can't find peace! I wonder how the news from Da De is."
As the days drew closer, everyone knew the court's Imperial Examination results had been out for a while.
But the village was too far from the Capital, and nobody knew whether Mu Dade had become the Champion Scholar.
