CH 29

Chapter 29: Becoming Neighbours

Bai Xi passed through the large crowd. She discovered that the grand entrance to the residence had already been decorated with a couple of brand new stone lion sculptures1. These sculptures were lifelike and imposing. Causing one who looked at them to feel a sense of pressure pressing down on them. These stone lion sculptures were strangely black, giving them an even more lofty and majestic appearance. The sculptures and the master of the residence were really quite similar.

“The speed of this is really amazing.” Bai Xi sighed from the bottom of her heart. She knew that this residence had belonged to a lower minister of the court yesterday. Today, it had suddenly changed to the dignified prime minister’s residence. Furthermore, it seemed that the moving was complete. What kind of amazing speed was this? Maybe they merely changed the façade.

“Yeah! If I hadn’t heard the wet nurse mention it today, this servant also wouldn’t have expected His Excellency, The Ice Lord to have actually moved here. His Excellency, The Ice Lord and the Young Miss have actually become neighbours.” Mu Qiu nodded her head in response. Then, as if she had just remembered something about this unexpected event, she said, “Young Miss, His Excellency, The Ice Lord shouldn’t have moved here especially for the Young Miss, right?”

Bai Xi immediately smacked Mu Qiu’s forehead. “You feel your family’s young miss is that important?” This servant liked to indulge in flights of fancy all the time. A few days ago, her servant had believed that she had an unrequited love for her older brother, and now she was saying that she and Feng Ming had a secret relationship2.

Mu Qiu touched her forehead and carefully inspected her family’s young miss. She finally sighed and said, “Those who like His Excellency, The Ice Lord are exceedingly beautiful women and Young Miss will be so easily overshadowed. However, maybe because it is like this, His Excellency, The Ice Lord will look at Young Miss. Occasionally having a change of taste is not bad, isn’t that right, Young Miss?” Mu Qiu’s eyes were filled with excitement as she felt that she was becoming brighter since she could figure out such a profound situation.

Bai Xi felt her eyelids twitch. She was stupid to discuss this matter with her servant. Easily overshadowed? Occasionally having a change of taste is not bad? Losing her thoughts? Besides, is there a difference?

“Does Young Miss feel that what this servant has said is correct?” Mu Qiu took her family’s young miss’s taciturn appearance to mean that she approved of her words, which made her a little happier.

Bai Xi smacked Mu Qiu’s forehead again. Mu Qiu held her head and looked pitifully at her family’s young miss as if to say, ‘Young Miss, this servant didn’t have the intention to hit you.’

This time, the crowd in front of her made surprised sounds, causing Bai Xi to look up and see an all-too-familiar black carriage driven by Qing Wu. It seemed that this residence had already changed to the prime minister’s residence.

At the same time, Qing Wu had spotted Bai Xi standing outside the residence. He softly asked the person inside something and soon after, leapt from the carriage and stood in front of Bai Xi, saying, Young Miss Bai Xi, Master requests you to come over.”

Mu Qiu touched her young miss’ arm and squinted at her young miss. Young Miss, look, this servant was right.

“Qing Wu, why did your family’s master decide to suddenly move here?” She couldn’t understand why this Feng Ming moved houses, and even to become neighbours with the Yun family. Furthermore, wasn’t he and her older brother incompatible? What was this…

“How should I know what Master intends? Young Miss Bai Xi should be the one to ask Master.” How could he reveal the mind of his master? If he was not careful, he might frighten Young Miss Bai Xi. He couldn’t handle this responsibility. Although he was ordinarily quite casual, when it involved his master’s life, he was very cautious.

“Young Miss, His Excellency, The Ice Lord has come over!” Mu Qiu exclaimed, her small hand shook Bai Xi’s arm. Like she said, His Excellency, The Ice Lord certainly liked Young Miss, or else why would he not pay attention to the appearances of those women and only look at her family’s young miss? If this isn’t liking, then what is?

Bai Xi raised her head and met a pair of gold eyes and heard an indifferent voice next to her ear, “If you want to practice martial arts, come over.”

This sentence proved effective as Bai Xi slowly walked over to Feng Ming and entered the Feng residence before the astounded crowd of people.

The ornate and heavy gate closed a moment after, causing the stunned crowd to explode and discuss who that woman was. What kind of relationship did she and His Excellency, The Ice Lord have? Why did His Excellency, The Ice Lord decide to break his rule of not allowing women near him? Really… Wait. Yesterday, there was a rumour from the imperial palace saying that His Excellency, The Ice Lord liked the Bai residence’s ugly and stupid second young miss. How did they not realise that His Excellency, The Ice Lord’s residence was next to the Bai residence? Some people had processed this and passed out, unable to accept this fact.

Bai Xi, who had been following Feng Ming suddenly stopped and then drew back a few steps to her original position. A pair of black pupils flashed. She didn’t understand this man’s purpose. She could only think that she was really stupid. Ai, she couldn’t really be blamed for being stupid. Last time, when she was in the forest in the afternoon, she did not think that the cold hair was emitted from that man’s body. Then, last night, she thought it was the cool breeze at night. All this time, it was actually being emitted by him.

A natural air conditioner. He really is an air conditioner. Within three steps of him, you could feel the cool air, particularly since summer was beginning. With the existence of a natural air conditioner, she wouldn’t have to worry about this summer.

“A Wu, what happened to the young miss?” After seeing Bai Xi’s strange behaviour, she couldn’t help but ask.

“It’s possible that Young Miss Bai Xi discovered something.” Qing Wu laughed. Young Miss Bai Xi’s reaction was the same as in the past. This is why in the summer, he and his oldest brother rush to stay near master.

“Eh? Oh.”

Bai Xi discovered that not only the façade of the residence changed, but the inside as well. The overall style of the residence was similar to that man’s – elegant, magnanimous, and regardless of what occurred, that man was unshaken, never showing his feelings.

She also found that every servant absolutely respected Feng Ming. The division of labour is quite orderly and the pace is steady. Her intuition told her that these people were no ordinary servants and were trained with profound internal force and made highly talented bodyguards. If this was true, then the house being organised in such a brief period of time made sense.

Suddenly, Feng Ming stopped in front of her and turned around. He looked at Bai Xi. There was not enough time for her to stop, nor for him to dodge, and so Bai Xi bumped into him.

“You…” What was with this man? To watch her bump into him and not bother saying anything…

“Starting from tomorrow, you will wait for me at this time every day.”

1.The stone lion sculptures look something like this.

2.(有一腿了) – this literally translates to ‘have a leg’. I had to Baidu this, and someone explained that it had something to do with pant legs and that it was a sneaky relationship, so I’ve translated this to “having a secret relationship”.