Chapter 346 - A Destroyed Engagement Paper (1/2)
The conversation with Shopkeeper Xing left no clue. His natural explanation was flawless. Even if Mo Xuetong mentioned that man in black consciously or unconsciously, Shopkeeper Xing did not show any look of surprise or suspect, but just said with a smile that the man was just a pa.s.serby and bargained with him for a few items.
No crack could be found!
It showed that either there was no secret trick indeed, or Shopkeeper Xing was a crafty old scoundrel. Mo Xuetong preferred the latter possibility.
After having some casual talks with Shopkeeper Xing and looking around the shop, Mo Xuetong took more new embroidery in the shop and led He Xia out of the shop.
The carriage stopped outside. Mo Xuetong pondered, as she raised her leg to the carriage. A voice rang suddenly. “Is that Princess Anping?”
“You are…” Mo Xuetong looked up at the clean servant.
“My master is in the teahouse in front. He invites Princess Anping to have a talk. And he brings some medicines, and perhaps they can help Princess to cure your hands more quickly.” The servant replied politely and pointed to the teahouse beside. Bai Yihao’s handsome face was exposed in the upper left window, with a faint smile, and he nodded at Mo Xuetong.
If it were before, Mo Xuetong would have pretended not to see him and got on the carriage to leave. But after the event that Bai Yihao hugged her to fall into the cliff, wrapped her regardless of his own safety and took her out of the cliff when he recovered himself, Mo Xuetong thought she could not regard him as a stranger any longer, no matter for which a.s.sistance.
Although it was not the proper time to meet with him at this time, Mo Xuetong thought she needed to make some of her thought as clear as possible to him. In the last life, the two seemed to be destined, but seemed not. In this case, why were they entangled any longer? That engagement paper was just a casual remark. Even Mother did not take it seriously, and who would care?
Her marriage was oncoming. She was unwilling to marry into the King Xuan’s manor with such entanglement, and did not hope there were inexplicable affairs between her and Feng Yuran. Some matters, as long as made clear, were not a big deal. Therefore, even if it was inappropriate to some extent, Mo Xuetong still wanted to see Bai Yihao make things clear in person.
She followed the servant into the teahouse and came to a box on the second floor. She pushed the door open, only to see Bai Yihao sit there with a gentle smile on his face as beautiful as the moon. He looked refined and elegant. He pointed the seat with his fan and said with a natural and unrestrained smile, “This scenery is very wonderful, and it is good to sit here!”
He behaved like an old friend without any alienation, as if they just met yesterday. His white sleeves drew a beautiful radian elegantly. On his handsome face, he wore a gentle expression, lofty and charming. Even though Mo Xuetong was always alert to Bai Junhao, she had to admit that Bai Yihao was as handsome as the fairy in the legend.
Mo Xuetong just walked into the box and sat there. She looked out of the window. It was really a good position where she could see clearly the pedestrians coming and going on the street, even the bright smiles on the pretty girls’ faces. But looking from the position, Mo Xuetong could also see her own carriage clearly as well.
The position was just where Bai Yihao sat.
“You retire now.” Bai Yihao waved his hands contentedly, stood up to pour a cup of tea for Mo Xuetong, and served it to her.
Bai Yihao’s servant replied and retired, but He Xia looked at Mo Xuetong a little uneasily, unable to identify who the man was and whether she needed to retire.
Mo Xuetong softly said, “Just retire.”
As for some affairs, Mo Xuetong thought she had to make them clear to Bai Yihao, and now she just grasped this opportunity.
After receiving Mo Xuetong’s order, He Xia retired and closed the door slightly. Judging from Mo Xuetong’s words, He Xia knew that her lady had something to say with the man. He Xia was the senior maid around Luo Xia, so she was good at taking the cues.
“This bottle of ointment is much better than the last bottle, because that was the one I brought with casually. Take this one back and try it, the injury on your hands will recover faster.” Bai Yihao said with a smile as he raised his eyebrows slightly to look at Mo Xuetong, took a jade bottle out of his arms and pushed it in front of Mo Xuetong leisurely.
The sunlight radiating from the window fell on the jade bottle, exuding faint s.h.i.+ny rays. So just judging from the appearance, it was easy to guess how valuable the jade bottle was.
“Thank you, Sir Bai. Since I still can’t pay for your life-saving kindness, how dare I accept your precious gift?” Mo Xuetong gave a polite smile, reached out her wrapped fingers and pushed back the jade bottle to Bai Yihao.
Today, she did not come for the sake of accepting kindness. She would try her best to thank him for saving her life, and she did not want to owe him anymore.
“My mother and your mother were like sisters, and they made an engagement for us. So can our relations.h.i.+p be weighed by an ointment?” Bai Yihao smiled slightly and pushed the jade bottle back to her.
His words dragged Mo Xuetong into a trance. The engagement paper was rather strange. Inexplicable arranged child marriages. Inexplicable decision right to the man. And the woman’s only role was to wait till 15 years old. Then, it had nothing to do with her afterward.
Mo Xuetong wondered whether Bai Yihao chased her so hard merely because she would get married before 15 years old.
Mo Xuetong let out a sigh in her heart and raised her head with a look of apology on her tender white face. In any case, the engagement paper which Bai Yihao could use to put pressure on her was stolen by Feng Yuran, and then, was burnt by Mo Xuetong. Perhaps, it would delay some of his plans. But Mo Xuetong showed great trust in his ingenuity, believing that he could go through it safely.
Moreover, she could not figure out what relations.h.i.+p was between her waiting to turn 15 years old and Bai Yihao’s grand cause!
In her last life, she had obviously been 15 years old, but still never heard of anything!
The most important was that she did not want to have any entanglement with Bai Yihao. The man was too dangerous…
“Sir Bai, the past is past. There is no need to talk about these things anymore. I am grateful to you for saving my life. If you have any requirements, I will do all I can to meet them.” Mo Xuetong answered politely, as a gentle smile took on her lips.