At Yunfei School, Xu Guannan, Fang Mingyi, and Song Qingyuan were walking along the lakeside corridor, looking at the withered lotus leaves in the lake center, feeling a bit of the scholars' melancholy.
To lighten the mood, Fang Mingyi mentioned, "I heard that Yaqing Bookstore is selling a novel written by Wu Yaqing. It's very popular in the county town now, everyone's talking about it."
Song Qingyuan was intrigued, "I've heard about it too, but I didn't know who wrote it. Are you sure it's by Wu Yaqing?"
Fang Mingyi looked at Song Qingyuan, who suddenly seemed interested, "I passed by the bookstore this morning and went in to check. The owner confirmed it."
Xu Guannan was surprised, "I didn't expect a woman could write a novel."
Realizing what he said, Fang Mingyi added, "Now that you mention it, it's indeed my first time seeing a woman publish a novel for sale."
Suddenly turning back, Xu Guannan asked the others, "Did you buy the novel?"
