"Love Sorrow..." Bai Suzhen murmured and repeated, looking at Ao Ningshuang thoughtfully. She guessed that there must be a story hidden in this song, a story that Ao Ningshuang hid in her heart but expressed through the music. Since it was someone else's secret, she naturally didn't want to ask too much, so she just smiled, praised the song "Love Sorrow", and changed the subject: "The princess seems to have just come back from outside?" Raising her hand to refill the two wine glasses, putting down the wine pot, Bai Suzhen raised her eyes to meet Ao Ningshuang's gaze, she smiled and said: "Just now Xiao Qian originally wanted to invite everyone to have dinner together, but everyone seemed to be away from the house."
"I just went to Phoenix Mountain and met a friend, but I didn't say hello to Qingmei and Xueyan before leaving. Why aren't they in the house?" Ao Ningshuang asked, staring at Bai Suzhen.
Bai Suzhen nodded: "So the princess doesn't know that Qing'er and Qingmei are out too? I thought the princess was with Qing'er and the others, but now it seems that's not the case... No wonder there's only the princess in the pavilion, but no Qing'er and the others..." Bai Suzhen was a little distracted as she looked at the continuous drizzle outside the pavilion. She murmured: "It's getting dark, and the rain doesn't seem to stop. I don't know if Qing'er and the others can come back before dark."
"Miss Bai, don't worry about them. I think they will be back soon. We might as well wait for them in this pavilion." Ao Ningshuang coughed lightly a few times, put down the wine glass, and said, "I have nothing to do. Miss Bai, would you like to play a game of chess with me?" She just tapped her fingers lightly on the table and set up a chessboard. Raising her eyes lightly, Ao Ningshuang looked at Bai Suzhen.
"I will accompany you." Bai Suzhen picked up the chess piece, pondered for a moment, and made a careful move. "The princess seems to have an old illness..." Looking at Ao Ningshuang's slightly pale face, Bai Suzhen couldn't help but say: "-Suzhen knows a little about medicine. If the princess doesn't mind, maybe Suzhen can try to treat her?"
Ao Ningshuang stared at the chessboard, placed a piece, and said calmly without looking up, "No need to bother."
Bai Suzhen smiled and said: "Princess, do you not believe in Suzhen's medical skills, or..."
"Miss Bai, please don't misunderstand!" Ao Ningshuang interrupted Bai Suzhen. She looked up at Bai Suzhen and said calmly, "I know my own body well. Although my old illness is nagging, it is not fatal. It doesn't matter if I don't treat it." After a pause, as if she thought of something, Ao Ningshuang looked a little strange. After a long silence, she added, "Besides, it can always remind me to remember something... So I appreciate Miss Bai's kindness, thank you." As if she didn't want to dwell on this topic anymore, Ao Ningshuang reminded her, "Miss Bai, it's your turn. I hope we can decide the winner before dark."
Bai Suzhen picked up a chess piece, looked at Ao Ningshuang deeply, stopped talking, calmed down, and concentrated on the game.
Ao Ningshuang and Bai Suzhen were only in the middle of the game when several golden lights in the distant sky rushed towards Baoan Hall. When the two looked up, they saw several golden lights in front of them. When the light faded, Ao Qingmei and the Five Dragon Envoys suddenly appeared in the courtyard. Ao Qingmei brushed her sleeves, adjusted her skirt, and created a barrier to cover herself. Then she walked towards the pavilion. The Five Dragon Envoys behind her hesitated, glanced at Bai Suzhen in the pavilion, looked at each other, exchanged glances secretly, and after a long time, they moved one by one and followed Ao Qingmei to the pavilion together.
Bai Suzhen was surprised and happy to see that Bai Fu and the other five who had been away for many days had returned with Ao Qingmei. On that day in Qiantang County, because of Xiaoqing's departure, Bai Fu and the other five also left Bai Mansion one after another and disappeared. Bai Suzhen originally thought that they must have gone to find Xiaoqing after leaving Bai Mansion, but after reuniting with Xiaoqing, the five of them never appeared again. A few days ago, she asked Xiaoqing and found out that she didn't know where the five of them had gone. She had planned to go look for the five of them with Xiaoqing when she was free in a few days, but she never thought that the five of them would appear in front of her first. Seeing that the five of them were safe and sound, Bai Suzhen finally let go of her worries. She smiled and nodded to the five people, saying hello. Then she looked past Ao Qingmei, Bai Fu and others and looked behind them. When she saw that there was no one behind them, Bai Suzhen couldn't help but frown. Her usually calm face showed a trace of panic. There was a look of doubt and worry in her eyes, which she couldn't hide. All of this happened to fall into the eyes of Ao Qingmei who was watching her secretly. Looking at Bai Suzhen with an anxious look on her face, Ao Qingmei was secretly happy for Xiaoqing. If anyone said that Bai Suzhen had no feelings for her third sister, she would not believe it now. If she said that Bai Suzhen would belong to her third sister sooner or later, it was just a matter of time.
"Miss Qingmei, isn't Qing'er with you?" After confirming that Xiaoqing had not returned, Bai Suzhen's anxious gaze fell on Ao Qingmei.
"My third sister and I were originally together, but when we came back, we met Bai Fu and the other five being entangled by the two ghost messengers of Black and White Impermanence. We sent them away, and my third sister said she was going to the underworld, so we came back first." Ao Qingmei briefly explained to Bai Suzhen, and glanced at the chessboard and wine cups on the table. She couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and smiled: "Sister and Miss Bai are in a good mood. Are they playing chess here? Let me see who wins." She walked in and took a closer look. On the table was an unfinished endgame. She couldn't help but feel a little disappointed: "It turns out that the winner has not been decided yet. Why don't sister and Miss Bai finish the chess game first, so that we can see who is the better one?" Ao Qingmei blinked at Ao Ningshuang, smiled and whispered: "Maybe sister can finally meet a worthy opponent." She turned her head, looked at Bai Suzhen, and said with interest: "What do you think, Miss Bai?"
Bai Suzhen seemed to be a little distracted, and only came back to her senses when she heard Ao Qingmei calling her.
"It's getting late, let's play chess another day." Ao Ningshuang put away the chessboard, stood up, glanced at Bai Suzhen, and said slowly: "Although Xueyan acts impulsively, she has always been very sensible. Miss Bai, don't worry about her."
Bai Suzhen exhaled lightly, raised her eyes to look at Ao Ningshuang, nodded and said, "I know." Relaxing her brows, Bai Suzhen said to everyone, "It's getting late, why don't you eat first."
The author has something to say: I'm really sorry to have kept you all waiting for so long. Recently I've been struggling with how to take the relationship between Xiaobai and Xiaoqing to the next level. If we follow the original plan to warm up their relationship during the treasure theft in Prince Liang's Mansion, it seems like it will take too long. Not only is everyone anxious, I'm anxious too, so let's let their feelings warm up in advance. I just hope that by then it will feel like a natural outcome, and then it will be perfect.