Bai Ruozhu huffed in annoyance, her foot tapping angrily as she swung a playful punch at Bai Zepei. "Do you want your sister to be gullible, always being fooled?" she argued forcefully.
His laughter choked at her words. He thought for a bit before answering, "What I meant was, to be truly wise, you must appear to be a fool. Do you understand?"
Bai Ruozhu smacked his arm, "Don't avoid my question, answer it."
Bai Zepei's expression turned serious. "The Study Palace is departing for Jiangnan next month to participate in the competition of the Eight Great Academy. Usually, those who have studied for less than half a year are not qualified for the competition, but the teacher highly recommended me," he said with a bitter smile, "But I didn't accept, I told him I need a couple of days to think about it."