Li Long gave Gu Xiaoxia his assurance, and she gritted her teeth and accepted the twenty yuan.
If she had any other choice, she would never have begged Li Long to take her along to sell fish-Gu Xiaoxia knew exactly what kind of gossip she would face once she took that step.
But life had to go on. Her father was no good at managing a household, and he was ill. Although they had not yet run out of food, if they kept spending more than they earned, they really would have nothing to live on come spring.
It was no exaggeration to call those twenty yuan a lifeline in their hour of need.
Back inside, Gu Xiaoxia told Gu Boyuan what Li Long had said about the school taking in more students in the spring.
"Did he say whether the news was reliable?"
"Li Long said it was. He gets out and about and knows a lot of people. Someone in a leadership position told him."
"Then... start reviewing your lessons now. Pick up your old schoolwork again. If they really are taking people in, there's bound to be an exam." Gu Boyuan thought for a moment and said:
"This is wonderful news, but you'd better not tell anyone else..."
"Why? I was going to tell Shufen. She graduated from junior middle school too..."
"What do you think would happen after you told Wu Shufen?"
"What would happen?" Gu Xiaoxia had yet to learn how treacherous people could be, and her gaze was somewhat blank. "I'd tell her to keep it secret."
"She'd keep it secret? She'd definitely tell her mother, and then the whole production team would know. How many competitors would you have when you sat the exam?"
Only after Gu Boyuan spelled it out did Gu