After Yu Xiaolian and County Magistrate Ma reached an agreement, the magistrate left, anxious to get home since his daughter had fainted.
When Yu Xiaolian returned to call Sun Mancang, the air was filled with the complaints of those who had bet on Ma Xiyue's victory.
Yu Xiaolian asked Sun Mancang to take Sun Hu and the others, who came to watch the fun, back home. She then found Su Jingchen and asked him to accompany her to the gambling house to collect the winnings.
Su Jingchen and Yu Xiaolian walked side by side out of the Women's Virtue Academy, sparking a new wave of gossip among onlookers.
"How do the Scholar Su and Teacher Yu know each other?" someone curiously asked.
"I don't know, but judging by their looks, they probably knew each other before!"
"Ah, you guys don't know, right? Scholar Su and Teacher Yu are both from Northern Linzhou Yangcheng County. They were childhood sweethearts!"
