CH 26

The carriage gradually slowed as night fell. The inside of the carriage was silent and pitch black, but it was similar to how it was during the day.

“Qing Wu,” a cold voice said. A luminescent night pearl as large as a fist passed through the curtain in the carriage and fell on Bai Xi. The luminescent night pearl illuminated the entire compartment.

After Bai Xi picked up the luminescent night pearl, she inspected it. Was this really the legendary luminescent night pearl that was said to be able to light up the Dragon Palace as if it were day time? This man could casually have such a valuable thing as the luminescent night pearl, so his family background shouldn’t be small. Right, she had heard that this Feng family was very ordinary.

“It lets you see what you want to see.”

Bai Xi looked up at Feng Ming, who had his eyes closed and the corners of his mouth were raised. The luminescent night pearl in her hand made his appearance appear otherworldly. At almost the same time the luminescent night pearl had moved, Feng Ming opened his eyes. The light the pearl emitted made his gold eyes appear even more brilliant. A pair of gold eyes and a pair of black eyes faced each other. The luminescent night pearl sat between the two of them. Oh, and Qing Yun ‘remained unconscious’.

Although Qing Yun had his eyes closed and he couldn’t see what was happening in the carriage, he could still feel the air currents change. In his heart, he suddenly said, master, you shouldn’t forget that this loyal subordinate is still in the carriage!

“No wonder there are so many women infatuated with you. It turned out you had this sort of thing.” Bai Xi leaned against the wall of the carriage once more, smiling as she played with the luminescent night pearl in her hands. It made people unable to guess what she was really thinking.

Gold eyes dropped to observe the ‘unconscious’ person, who had stiffened as he did not dare to let his imagination run wild at this sudden atmosphere.

Bai Xi followed his gaze to Qing Yun’s body and finally noticed that Qing Yun and Qing Wu’s looked exactly the same. Distracted, she wondered, Qing Wu, Qing Yun? Apparently, they were not merely brothers, but twins. Their tempers differed greatly.

Qing Yun could tell that there were two sets of eyes on his body, so he tensed up further. This time, the palms of his hands were covered in sweat and he suddenly thought of retreating. This was the first time in his 25 years that he had even thought of such a thing.

The atmosphere was maintained until Qing Wu called from outside the carriage, “We’ve arrived.”

After Qing Wu had spoken, the ‘unconscious’ Qing Yun suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils shrinking. He was terrified and exhausted, and it showed on his face. Suddenly, his body moved, and a knocking sound was heard. He bumped the left side of his forehead against the carriage wall. His body was unable to stretch out before he rolled over and another knocking noise sounded.

After Bai Xi stepped off the carriage, she saw Qing Yun ‘dizzy’ under the lion statue at the entrance to the government office. There was a clear bloodstain on the ground, which was likely from the injury on Qing Yun’s forehead.

“Did you see it clearly?” Feng Ming had also gotten off the carriage and was now standing next to Bai Xi.

Bai Xi carefully inspected the wound on Qing Yun’s forehead and noted it was similar to the one she had obtained at that time. Was this really what had happened? She really wasn’t kicked from the carriage? Rather, she had awoken inside the pitch-black carriage and tried to escape? And while she tried to escape, she had accidentally bumped into the wall of the carriage and rolled around, successfully bumping her forehead. So, she had woken up later and found her forehead swollen. How could she not remember any of this?

“Haha…” Qing Wu caught sight of the large bump on Qing Yun’s forehead and couldn’t help but laugh in his heart. He wasn’t worried and just burst into laughter. This is the first time in 25 years that he had seen his brother in such a difficult position. It was truly too funny.

“Is this really so funny?” The supposed ‘unconscious’ Qing Yun stood up and glared at Qing Wu, who was laughing heartily.

“Not funny, not funny, haha…” It was a pity that his words and expression did not match, and his laughter only grew. Someone’s expression soured.

Suddenly, after recalling something, the corners of his mouth rose. “A-Wu, teacher recently told me that he missed you.”

After Qing Yun finished speaking, he asked Feng Ming for permission to leave before leaving. The other person who was left behind had stopped laughing.

“Get on the carriage.” Feng Ming completely ignored the pleading eyes of someone and turned to get into the carriage. Bai Xi also ignored Qing Wu’s pleading gaze.

“You are now clear?” Bai Xi had just sat in the carriage when Feng Ming asked her once more.

“Since it is like this, you can ignore what I said that day.” She didn’t think that Feng Ming would waste time and manpower to fabricate such a play for her, so she could only say that the situation had truly been like that and that she had misunderstood him.

After Feng Mind heard her answer, he leaned against the carriage wall and closed his eyes, not speaking. Bai Xi also didn’t say anything. Since it had been confirmed that he did not kick her from the carriage, she did not feel any resentment towards him.

It was a pity that there were many events in this world that could not be cleared up.

They did not return to the Bai residence. Rather, they arrived at the annual Qi Qiao market. Only, this year, the Qi Qiao market was more deserted compared to the previous years.

“This is really strange. Where are the people going?” Qing Wu frowned. However, he quickly relaxed and the frown disappeared. This was better as there were less people to disturb master and young miss Bai Xi’s date.

“Presumably everyone went to hide from the ghosts,” Bai Xi said with a mysterious smile.

“Huh? Hide from the ghosts?” What did this mean?

Bai Xi merely smiled, not bothering to explain her words. After Feng Ming opened his eyes to glance at Qing Wu, he walked forward and kept pace with Bai Xi. Following about 100 metres behind them was Qing Wu, who was smiling as he shadowed them. Master, I asked young miss Bai Xi to spend some time here. I am giving you an opportunity, okay? You should take advantage of it.

All around them hung silk fabrics of various colours and red lanterns. There were many people walking the street, but not enough to flood the streets.

“I’ll give this to you,” a familiar indifferent voice said while Bai Xi was admiring the scenery around her. A jade magnolia hairpin appeared in front of her eyes.

Bai Xi’s gaze shifted from the hairpin to Feng Ming. What happened to him?

“Not bad.” Feng Ming did not wait for Bai Xi to take it and put the jade magnolia hairpin into her hand.

Bai Xi looked at the hairpin resting on her palm. Not bad? Was he talking about this hairpin or…? Is this a gift from him? But, why would he give her a gift? She wasn’t so naïve to believe that he liked her. She wasn’t narcissistic.

“Young miss Bai Xi, this is the first time master has given a hairpin to a woman,” Qing Wu said as he smiled and moved closer to speak. His master was finally enlightened and even knew how to give gifts that girls liked.

“And then?”

“Eh? And then?” How was he supposed to know what followed ‘and then’? That was something that should be asked to his master.

The two people’s gazes met and they reached a tacit understanding as they looked at the person who was walking in front. The person felt their gazes and turned around. Qing Wu quickly jumped away and was already 100 metres behind them. He looked around and pretended that he did not see anything. Bai Xi’s stomach growled loudly.

“Go, eat.” Feng Ming looked away from her and turned to walk.

Bai Xi touched her stomach with one hand, while the other still held the hairpin. She chased after Feng Ming. For her, eating was the most important.