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Chapter 32 - Should Get Married

The rain struck the trees, rooftops, and ground with a soft pattering. A dense fog settled across the land. The sound of the cicadas and birds were drowned out by the sound of the rain and lightning.

"Young Miss, what did A-Wu want today? This servant feels that he was acting strangely." She thought that A-Wu was a somewhat carefree and funny person. But on this cloudy day, when A-Wu came over, why did she feel like he was a different person despite having the same face?

It was as if Bai Xi didn't hear her. She watched the heavy rain calmly, as if it was of no consequence if she could not go to Luo Yue Gan to practice martial arts.

"Even if it is not as good, having Young Master teach Young Miss martial arts is still fine," Mu Qiu said comfortingly. Although the young miss looked calm, it was possible that the young miss was inwardly unhappy. The young miss shouldn't really like His Excellency, The Ice Lord, right?

"The rain is about to stop," Bai Xi said, her sentence not relevant to the current topic.

"Huh? Really? But it is raining heavily here." Mu Qiu was surprised. She walked to the door and looked outside at the heavy rain. Why did the young miss say the rain would stop? The young miss shouldn't be crazy, right?

Bai Xi smiled slightly, not caring to explain. She only walked out the door. She sat on the ledge¹ outside the corridor and looked across the enclosure, as if looking for someone through the wall. Unexpectedly, the corners of her mouth curled up and thought that it shouldn't be this easy.

On the other side of the wall, a handsome man wearing a white crescent robe was standing there in the corridor, staring at the wall. The edges of his clothes and his boots were wet from the rain, but he didn't draw back.

"Master, Young Miss Bai Xi's foundation is actually not bad. Young Miss Bai Xi also tries her hardest. If Master gave directions for longer, I believe that Young Miss Bai Xi will certainly improve quickly." Qing Yun didn't understand. Why did Master suddenly stop teaching Young Miss Bai Xi martial arts? Didn't Master offer to teach her first?

"Need to leave," Feng Ming said coldly after withdrawing his gaze. The pair of black boots were on the ground and had been washed by the rain. Around the same time, the heavy rain suddenly stopped and the dense fog cleared. A beautiful rainbow hung in the sky.

The black shoes paused and a pair of gold eyes looked up at the rainbow, the corners of his mouth curling ever so slightly. His expression softened a little. If Qing Yun caught sight of his expression, he would definitely jab his eyes because he wouldn't believe that his master had this soft side.

After seeing the rainbow, a similar expression was on someone else's face.

"Wow, a beautiful rainbow! Look quickly, Young Miss!" Mu Qiu exclaimed happily. In Xi Yuan, the other servants were also cheerful as they looked up at the beautiful rainbow.

The rainbow was truly spectacular. Bai Xi smiled thinly. She believed that she will have a rainbow of her own and it will be more beautiful.

For the next few days, Bai Xi didn't question why she didn't have to cross the wall to Luo Yue Gan. She also didn't bother with the books that she was unable to comprehend. However, she doubled her exercise and felt that the effect was not as good.

However, these few days, Mu Qiu finally asked about what happened. On that rainy day, His Excellency, The Ice Lord had left the capital by imperial decree. So it wasn't that His Excellency, The Ice Lord didn't want to teach the young miss martial arts, it was that he was assigned to leave the capital and handle some affairs.

Mo Xuan Yuan

"Old man, you aren't old-fashioned. Why is it that today you want to see me? Do you think I am unpleasant to look at?" After Bai Xi entered Mo Xuan Yuan, she saw Bai Chong Yuan trimming a potted plant. When did this old man start to grow flowers like this?

"Damn girl, you actually bear grudges." Bai Chong Yuan handed the shears he was holding to one of the nearby servants. After Bai Chong Yuan took the towel the servant offered him and wiped away his sweat, he walked over to the stone bench and sat down.

"I inherited your love of bearing grudges, old man. Who told me to be your granddaughter? Isn't that right, old man?" She asked like this, thinking that the old man would choke at her response, but her provocation was useless.

"Not bad, not bad. Damn girl really inherited my merits. You see, even the way you speak is similar. You are really worth of being this old man's granddaughter, haha…" Bai Chong Yuan said loudly, as if this was a joyous event.

Bai Xi blushed with shame. How was bearing grudges a good thing to inherit?

"Oh right, smelly girl, this old man heard that you recently have been learning martial arts diligently. When did you start to work so hard?"

"I've always worked hard. It's just that the old man didn't know about it." She recalled her older brother mentioned that her dad had assigned her a hidden guard to stay by her side. However, she didn't discover this person recently. Was it possible that her father removed the guard, or maybe she was not aware of it?

"Really? This old man sees that someone doesn't want you, so you turned your indignation into hard work." Bai Chong Yuan said enigmatically as he looked at Bai Xi, who sat next to him.

Sure enough, they weren't removed. Rather, she was just unaware. However, this wasn't possible. If it was really like this, how could Feng Ming's man not notice this? Wasn't he very strong? How could it be that a small hidden guard was unable to perceive it? Did he know, but just didn't want to pay attention to it?

"Actually, if Feng Ming is willing to have you, then this old man wouldn't mind giving you to him. Unfortunately… Ah, it's really a pity! This old man wants the Feng family's master to be my son-in-law. That would be a cause of envy for others. It's really a pity!" Bai Chong Yuan was disappointed, as if he had lost the chance to have the Feng family's master to be his son-in-law.

"Damn old man, am I really worth so little?" Wait, this didn't even matter. Even if that man took a fancy to her, she didn't have to fancy him. Hmph!

"Hehe…"

"Damn old man, if you want me to come and say that there is something when there isn't, then I won't accompany you." Why did she spend so much time talking to the old man about such things?

"Aiyah, girl, why are you so eager to go? This old man has yet to finish speaking. Come, sit down!"

Bai Xi glanced at the smug Bai Chong Yuan and sat down once more. But, just as she sat down, his next words made her want to stamp her feet and leave.

"Girl, you are already of age this year. You should marry."

^{1.橫樑 - this says horizontal roof beam, but for the sake of flow, I changed it to ledge.↩}