Yue Jiannan pounced like a tiger on the hunt, and then... he tripped over the doorstep.
He fell flat on his face in front of the mailman.
The mailman choked back a laugh and helped him to his feet.
"My lord, rise, no need for such grand gestures."
But this time, Yue Jiannan couldn’t afford to jest with him; he grabbed the mailman by the collar and asked.
"Where’s my acceptance letter?"
"Let go, let go," the mailman gasped, nearly choked by his collar, and hastily pulled out the item from the green cloth bag.
However, he understood Yue Jiannan’s excitement, after all, this was Daye Village’s first college student.
Yes, Yue Jiannan had been admitted to a university in the provincial city!
The mailman watched as Yue Jiannan, scrambling and tumbling, ran back to the house and again tripped over the doorstep, he couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
Yet, his heart was filled with envy.
"Mom! I made it, I got into college!"
Yue Jiannan cried and laughed, bringing to mind "Fan Jin’s Successful Examination."
The Yue Family was even more excited than him; both Zhang Ying and Wang Xiaoni’s voices broke.
"Quick, quick, where’s the letter of admission?"
"Mom! The youngest one made it!"
The local school was on break recently, so all three of Yue Family’s children were at home.
Hearing the news, they all popped their heads out, standing on tiptoes to get a glimpse of what the letter in their little uncle’s hand looked like.
Lin Chunju finally came out from the inner room and solemnly took the letter.
Although she had heard from Yue Qingqing that the chances of the youngest getting in were high, she only truly believed it at that moment.
The Yue Family had never expected Yue Jiannan to give them such a big surprise.
Even Yue Jiannan himself felt as if he was in a dream.
"Mom, pinch me, am I dreaming?"
"Ow!" Yue Xiaohu pounced over and bit Yue Jiannan’s arm, taking the task on behalf of his grandmother.
The sharp pain made Yue Jiannan burst into laughter.
"It’s real, I’m not dreaming!"
Soon, the news of Yue Jiannan’s college admission spread throughout the entire village.
Everyone who heard the news was dumbfounded.
"What? He got in? That can’t be possible, is college really that easy to get into?"
"I remember the youngest one didn’t like to study before, always skipping school to mess around by the river, and his mom beat him several times with a broom handle."
"If he got in, then that girl from the Yu Family who studied for three years should be able to get in too, right?"
"No, the mailman said there was only this one letter of admission among the nearby villages!"
Onlookers couldn’t help but click their tongues in amazement, "The Yu Family must be kicking themselves now."
The Yu Family, upon hearing the news, sank into deep despair.
Yu Siyuan’s eyes were bloodshot, "What do we do now? All our land is gone, Yu Yaxian didn’t make it to college, we have nothing left!"
To lose one’s wife and soldiers too, that was just like the Yu Family.
The mother of the Yu Family had swollen eyes from crying, looking rather severe.
"Wait a bit more, maybe your sister’s letter of admission will come in the next few days," she said.
Yu Siyuan snorted coldly, "Ever since the exams ended, she hasn’t even made a phone call; we called Song Qiming’s home, but no one answered. She’s probably off enjoying life as a young madam, not caring whether we live or die."
Yu Siyuan was filled with regret.
Initially, he believed his mother and sister’s words that Yu Yaxian could get into university later on and that they could all become city folk, which is why he agreed to rent out the family’s land to gather money.
Otherwise, he thought they should have just reported Yue Family for marriage fraud; at worst, Yu Yaxian would serve a few years in prison, but at least they’d keep their land.
Yu’s mother, in a mournful tone, said, "No, your sister wouldn’t do that..."
Yet, deep down, she had little confidence in that, after all, there had been no word from Yu Yaxian for a long time.
Little did they know, Yu Yaxian was neither enjoying life as a young madam nor free, she had been locked inside a room by the Song Family, effectively a prisoner.