CH 62

Translator: Jalyss

Chapter 62 – Ice Lord’s Birthday (part 3)

“Why did Xi’r suddenly ask about him?” Bai Yu Jie was curious about why Xi’r suddenly mentioned Mu Rong Qing Chen. Xi’r didn’t seem to like Mu Rong Qing Chen, so why did she suddenly ask about him?

“I just wanted to ask if he will stay in the capital after he drinks older brother’s wedding wine?” After she calmed down, she remembered the words Feng Ming said to Mu Rong Qing Chen that day. Did Feng Ming mean leaving Hong Xiang Pavilion or leaving the capital? If it was the latter, why did Feng Ming want Mu Rong Qing Chen to leave?

Furthermore, Mu Rong Qing Chen always seemed like he had the mentality of an indifferent onlooker, so why did he suddenly offer to help her as Yue Hua that day, and go so far as to make such a promise? The most important thing was that he made such a promise to ‘Yue Hua’, a person he had only met twice. Wasn’t it strange?

Bai Yu Jie watched the change in Bai Xi’s eyes and then replied, “He left the capital this morning and returned to Qing Yang city.”

“He left?” Bai Xi was surprised he left already. It seemed that he must have understood what Feng Ming’s ‘leave’ meant that day.

However, even if he left, he should have said goodbye to her. He was really careless. But, she had never acknowledged this cousin. Perhaps the other party had never acknowledged her either.

“Xi’r, are you not going to tell older brother why you are so angry?” Maybe he should get used to the current Xi’r. After all, the Xi’r who always followed him around and complained to him when she was upset would not return.

“Older brother.”

“Forget it. Since you don’t want to say anything, older brother won’t ask. You should go eat,” Bai Yu Jie said with a relaxed smile.

“Actually, it’s nothing. It’s just that Feng Ming stole my money,” Bai Xi said slowly.

“It’s just that?”

“Older brother, it wasn’t a small amount. I had two hundred and fifty-two thousand through my hard work. Why did he take away my money?”

“Idiot, you don’t have to be angry about this sort of thing again next time.” Bai Yu Jie fondly touched Bai Xi’s head and the sadness in his heart cleared. “Xi’r, in another six months you’ll turn sixteen. Now, older brother should give you what belongs to you.”

“Hm?” Bai Xi blinked her eyes. Why did she feel like the god of wealth1.”

“It’s your property. Tomorrow, I will have people hand them to you. If you don’t understand anything, you can ask older brother at any time.”

“Thank you, older brother.” Haha, the gold of wealth really came, but she didn’t expect that she would have an estate. Why didn’t her older brother mention it to her before? If she hadn’t mentioned her loss, her older brother wouldn’t have taken the initiative to mention it. It seemed that she had to thank Feng Ming for taking the two hundred and fifty thousand silver taels from her? Nah, she wouldn’t thank him.

Mu Qiu had put together dinner, but Bai Xi wasn’t hungry. When she saw her favourite dishes, however, her stomach growled. Bai Xi had been angry at noon and ended up copying scriptures and she couldn’t remember when she last ate. No wonder her stomach protested.

After eating, Bai Yu Jie told Bai Xi not to copy the scriptures again and have a good rest before he left.

“Little Qiu Qiu, what did you talk to Qing Wu about today?”

“Young Miss, are you no longer angry?” Mu Qiu tentatively whispered. She still remembered what happened earlier in the day. She was almost scared to death at the time. She watched the large tree get destroyed by her young miss.

“Am I terrifying when I’m angry?” She didn’t look at herself in the mirror at the time. She didn’t know how she looked, but she must have been scary or why else would Little Qiu Qiu ask her such questions now? She also remembered that Bai Lin appeared in Xi Yuan at that time and she had looked frightened.

“Hehe, no, it was just a little scary.”

Bai Xi smiled slightly. This little girl didn’t seem to be just a little scared, but she didn’t say anything. “Then tell me, what did you talk about with Qing Wu?”

“A-Wu said that the rumours outside are all false. The relationship between His Excellency, The Ice Lord and Young Master Yue is not what the rumours say. On the contrary, they are… love rivals.” When Mu Qiu said ‘love rival’, she glanced at Bai Xi to see if she was angry. Upon seeing that she wasn’t upset, she continued, “A-Wu said that Young Master Yue used to be the young miss’s lover. Young miss, is this true?”

“Yeah.”

“What?”

“Continue.” Bai Xi ignored Mu Qiu’s surprise and ordered Mu Qiu to continue.

“Actually, A-Wu didn’t say much more, just to ask this servant to pass the message to the young miss. It’s just… His Excellency, The Ice Lord’s birthday is coming up.” Who on earth was Young Master Yue? How come she had never seen him? How could he be liked by her young miss? Where was he? What about His Excellency, The Ice Lord? Who was her future master?

“What day is it?”

“Uh, what day?”

“Feng Ming’s birthday,” Bai Xi sighed.

“Oh, it is the day after the eldest young master gets married.”

What a coincidence. The day before his birthday was the day her older brother got married. Was there such a coincidence in the world? No, she didn’t forget that the imperial decree ordaining her older brother’s marriage was done by Feng Ming. It was carried out according to his intentions, so he did it deliberately.

Bai Xi leaned back and laughed softly.

“Young… Young miss, what’s wrong?” Mu Qiu looked at her smiling young miss and felt a sense of foreboding. Was it her imagination?

“It’s nothing. Since he wants a gift, then I’ll get something.” Since he wanted one, then he could receive one. She will definitely give him a gift that is meaningful.

The next, Bai Yu Jie sent someone with a stack of account books. The books clearly stated which shops were under her name and all the accounts over the years. How many assets did she have? She didn’t expect to be rich.

However, she found a problem. Why did she have these? Even if the old man and her dad loved her and pampered her, they wouldn’t give her so much property. Maybe it had something to do with her history? If that was the case, then wasn’t her older brother worried she would learn about her history? Maybe she was thinking about this too much. Maybe her older brother, upon learning that Feng Ming shorted her for two hundred and fifty-two thousand silver taels, had just wanted to comfort her and make her happy.

After a two day lull, Bai Xi once again dressed up as a man and left the house. She didn’t use the Yue Hua disguise, just normal men’s clothes.

Bai Xi went straight to the place where she found the beggar last night and saw the beggar waiting. “Is there any news?”

“The person Young Master is looking for is at the Xiang Yun Inn, in the second room.”

Bai Xi nodded with a smile in her eyes. It seemed that her decision had been correct. If she wanted to find someone in the capital, then a beggar was the best helper.

“I also found out that the man came from Qing Yang city, but it seems that he will leave the capital today.”

“Qing Yang city? Are you sure?” Could it be a coincidence? Mu Rong Qing Chen was also from Qing Yang city. Perhaps this time it was a coincidence.

“I’m sure. I happen to have a companion from Qing Yang city. I heard that person has a great background in Qing Yang city. It seems to be… What was the name? Sorry, I don’t remember. No wait, I remember. He said he saw that person appear at the Mu Rong residence in Qing Yang city.”

The Mu Rong family? Isn’t that… “Are you sure?”

“Mhm, very sure, and my companion is pretty sure to,” the beggar said confidently.

Bai Xi stopped speaking and gave the beggar two hundred liang. She then ordered the beggar not to publicise the matter before she headed to Xiang Yun Inn.

The Mu Rong family? Wasn’t that Mu Rong Qing Chen’s family? The person who wanted to kill her was actually from the Mu Rong family? However, even if they appeared in the Mu Rong family it didn’t mean that they were a member of the Mu Rong family. Only after she heard the news from that family could she determine the authenticity of the information.

Bai Xi rushed to Xiang Yun Inn and happened to see the man in black leaving the inn. She remembered that the first time she saw that person was on the street, but they were alone. Today, someone else was with them, and they were very familiar.

Bai Xi followed them for some distance and found that the two of them were walking further and further away until they turned into a small alley. Bai Xi wasn’t stupid and naturally thought that they had discovered her existence, which was why they led her to such a remote place.

“Come out.”

Bai Xi appeared, but didn’t say anything. She stared at the two people who were only ten metres away from her. She already figured out who these two people were as she was following them.

She killed the man who called the man in black ‘third older brother’, and the man in black called the other person ‘second older brother’, which meant that they should be sworn brothers rather than actual brothers.

“Who are you?”

“The person you wanted to kill half a year ago.” Bai Xi clasped her fists and leaned against the wall. There was no trace of anger in her eyes, just condescension. She would never let the person in black escape this time. As for the other person, she’d see what happens.

“You are… It’s you.” The pupils of the man in black widened instantly and a trace of fear flashed across his eyes. “Second older brother, she is the one who caused us to fail the last mission. She also killed Old Four.”

“It’s her?” The man in grey clothes looked Bai Xi up and down.

“How about we continue the mission that failed last time?” If she really wanted to fight 1 v 2, then she had no chance of winning. She had a good strategy.

“How arrogant,” the black-clothed man said coldly. When he was about to make a move, the grey-clothed man blocked him. “Second older brother, I must get revenge for Old Four and my left hand today.”

“Wrong. If you want revenge for your left hand, then you should find the person who chopped off your hand, not go after me,” Bai Xi kindly reminded the man in black of his other enemy.

The grey-clothed man gestured with his eyes to the black-clothed man, as if to say ‘you’ve forgotten that she can’t kill now’.

Bai Xi calmly watched the interaction between the two men, her expression cold. It seemed that someone had given them a new order.

“It’s such a coincidence that the two of you are from Qing Yang city. Do you know my cousin?” When Bai Xi was speaking, she carefully watched their facial expressions. “Actually, my cousin is also from Qing Yang city, so you should know him. After all, Young Master Mu Rong should be very familiar to people from Qing Yang.”

The expressions on the two men changed and they looked at Bai Xi with surprise. At that moment, Bai Xi shot out the silver needle from her hand, which accurately pierced the man in black’s throat.

The man in black was killed instantly. How could Bai Xi suddenly gain internal force, and a force that was stronger than his? In the end, he even died at her hands.

“You killed third younger brother?”

“He wanted to kill me, so of course I want to kill him,” Bai Xi said lightly, as if the corpse lying on the ground didn’t have anything to do with her.

“You should die!”

Bai Xi didn’t fight back, just moved in a flash and stood on the wall. “Tell the person who gave you the order that I will go find him. Also, if you see cousin Chen, tell him that I miss him and that I will visit his old man in Qing Yang city when I have the time.” Bai Xi then used her martial arts and left quickly.

She only had one chance to kill the man in black. If she failed, she could only fight hard. The only way she could strike was when they let their guards down, where they were the most relaxed. That was her greatest chance.

That’s why she exposed her relationship with Mu Rong Qing Chen. If the news from the beggar was true, then these people would not be vigilant. That moment was a good opportunity for her. If the news was false, then even with the status of the Mu Rong family, they would be surprised. So, it didn’t matter if the news was true, she still won the bet. But, she managed to confirm that the news from the beggar was true since she had seen the answer in the eyes of the two assassins.

The Mu Rong family were really good relatives! Haha…

Since that day, Bai Xi did not leave the house again. She also didn’t go to find Bai Chong Yuan, but stayed in Xi Yuan obediently. In addition to martial arts practice, she copied the scriptures every day.

October 6th was Bai Yu Jie’s wedding day. The entire Bai mansion was full of joy, with firecrackers, flying ribbons, joyful cheers and congratulations. All of these things indicated that it was a day of great joy in the Bai mansion.

This was the day of the wedding which was ordained by the emperor. How could it not be lavish? Even the emperor went to the Bai mansion personally to have a glass of wedding wine. What other family would have such an honour? Prime Minister Feng, who wasn’t even in the capital, had sent someone with a congratulatory gift. Again, what other family would have such an honour? Only the Bai family had such qualifications. General Bai and Young General Bai had such qualifications. Almost all the officials in the capital had also come to congratulate him. Who wouldn’t know about the happy event in the Bai mansion?

“Old man, are you satisfied now?” Bai Xi looked at Bai Chong Yuan, who had been smiling widely since the morning. She rolled her eyes and smiled.

“Of course I’m satisfied. It’s a shame that Feng boy couldn’t make it. If only he had come, then I would have been really satisfied.”

“You really like him?” She didn’t understand why the old man liked Feng Ming so much.

“Of course! If you go out and ask anyone who doesn’t like Feng boy, this old man dares to bet money that there is nobody!” Bai Chong Yuan said confidently.

“Old man, don’t be so confident. It’s ugly to lose.”

“Girl, I am not confident. It is just a fact.”

“But I don’t like him.” She’d be a fool if she liked him.

“Girl, don’t kid yourself just to win,” Bai Chong Yuan said with a deep smile.

Bai Xi snorted coldly and stood quietly to the side. She watched the feast. She thought that today was arranged by that man, so why wasn’t he here? Wasn’t his birthday tomorrow? Why hasn’t he returned? Wait, why was she thinking about this? She blamed that damn old man for mentioning that man. After Bai Xi stopped thinking about those things, she quietly watched her older brother’s wedding banquet.

The feast didn’t end until late at night. Naturally, Bai Xi wouldn’t stay up for the end, so she went back to her room early to sleep.

Since the undressing incident, Bai Xi always slept lightly. When she felt that someone was staring at her, she immediately opened her eyes. Who knew…

She didn’t feel incorrectly. There was indeed someone staring at her, and the man was lying on her bed sideways, his golden eyes looking at her without blinking. When he saw that she had woken up, he smiled slightly. Before she could react, he had pressed her directly under him.

“Did you miss me?” an indifferent voice asked quietly.

“You are pressing me down.” Did this damn man need to press down so hard?

Feng Ming rose after hearing her words, but still confined Bai Xi under him, making it so that she couldn’t move, let alone escape.

“Did you miss me?”

“No.”

“But I missed you.”

“Then can you let me go now?”

“Bai Xi,” Feng Ming whispered softly, as if he hadn’t heard her.

“…” Bai Xi looked to the side, but then was forced to look directly at his golden eyes which shone brilliantly in the darkness.

“It’s past midnight. I have come to ask for my birthday gift.”

1(財神) god of wealth (Cai Shen)