After rebirth, I kidnapped the sickly Dugong

Wen Baizhi slept until dinner time.

Cuizhi did as she said and never came to disturb her.

When Wen Baizhi woke up, it was already dark and the whole room was surrounded by darkness.

Even though she was not afraid of the dark, she still felt some fear of the night at this moment.

She wondered, what if Si Jiu was someone who was afraid of the dark.

She got up, lit a lamp herself, and found Cuizhi again.

After asking, I found out that it was already this late and Si Jiu had not returned yet.

And the snow is still falling outside and hasn't stopped yet.

The snow on the ground is already above people's ankles.

Wen Baizhi looked at the sky outside worriedly.

Si Jiu has always had a leg disease, with the knees being the most serious. He would feel unbearable pain even on cloudy or rainy days.

Especially now it’s snowing heavily.

Although he returned from Jinzhou with achievements, he could not resist Qi Yan'an's deliberate attempt to cause trouble for him.

The more Wen Baizhi thought about it, the more restless she became.

Even if you can't enter the palace, it would be good to bring some warm food and clothes and wait outside the palace.

She hurriedly found Cuizhi and prepared everything she needed.

He also found a carriage in the Governor's Mansion and set off for the palace with the prepared things.

The Governor's Mansion was not far from the Imperial Palace, and the carriage reached its destination in less than half an hour.

Wen Baizhi asked the coachman to park the carriage in an inconspicuous place outside.

She sat in the car, occasionally lifting the curtain to look at the palace gate to see if there was Si Jiu.

Time passes very slowly.

But Wen Baizhi's patience reached a peak.

She had a feeling that she would definitely wait for Si Jiu.

Sure enough, when it was almost midnight, Wen Baizhi finally waited for Si Jiu who was late.

Si Jiu walked very slowly in front, while Ping An behind him was holding an umbrella and standing behind him nervously.

Wen Baizhi was too far away to see Si Jiu's expression clearly.

But from his footsteps she could tell that Si Jiu must have been wronged in the palace again.

When Si Jiu was still a dozen steps away from Wen Baizhi, Wen Baizhi got out of the car with an umbrella.

The heavy snow was still falling, and the sky was all white.

Si Jiu originally only saw white in front of his eyes.

But the sudden appearance of Wen Baizhi's figure became the color in his eyes.

"Zi Jin." Wen Baizhi called out his name.

Si Jiu was still in a daze, but when he heard her calling his name, he ignored his swollen and painful knee and rushed towards Wen Baizhi in three steps.

Ping An, who was behind him, saw his master suddenly speed up, and hurriedly followed with an umbrella.

Seeing Si Jiu so anxious, Wen Baizhi thought that he missed her very much. Just when she was about to say something shy, Si Jiu grabbed her wrist and got on the carriage even faster without looking back.

Wen Baizhi was confused and her wrist was hurt by his pulling.

At this moment, Si Jiu seemed to only want to take her away from here, and his movements were much stiffer and colder than before.

Wen Baizhi frowned in displeasure.

After both of them got in the car, Wen Baizhi coldly shook off Si Jiu's hand.

It was not until Si Jiu saw the obvious displeasure on her face by candlelight that he remembered how abrupt his behavior had been.

"Baizhi, I..." He wanted to explain with a pale face.

Although Wen Baizhi was also very angry that he had just pulled her away without saying a word, she was not the kind of person who would make trouble for no reason, and she would listen to his explanation.

Wen Baizhi crossed her arms and sat on both sides of him, saying, "Give me an explanation. Why did you drag me away without saying a word just now, and walk so fast? Do you think I can't see that your legs and knees are so painful that you feel like needles are pricking you when you walk? Did something happen in the palace? Or did His Majesty embarrass you again?"

Si Jiu's heart was hanging in the air.

Only after he sat safely on the carriage and the driver started driving could he slowly catch his breath.

Although the conversation with Qi Yanan in the palace just now had ended long ago.

But Qi Yan'an would never let him go so easily.

"Another year has passed, Si Jiu. Wen Bai is also going to celebrate the New Year. You can go to her spirit place on my behalf and help me with my whole heart."

Just like that, Si Jiu knelt in a familiar place, but his heart was calmer than ever before.

Wen Bai, no, now Wen Baizhi.

I just expressed my feelings to him not long ago.

He only remembered that when Li Qing came to call him and told him that he could leave, he was able to break away from missing Wen Baizhi.

As Wen Baizhi said, due to the snow and kneeling for a long time, Si Jiu's knees hurt like needles and insects.

But he met Wen Baizhi the moment he left the palace.

The only hint of color in his eyes.

But he did not forget that Qi Yan'an had already become suspicious of Wen Baizhi's relationship with him.

If Qi Yan'an's people knew at this moment that Wen Baizhi came to pick him up in the heavy snow, even if he had said that Wen Baizhi had contracted smallpox, then everything he had said before would be overturned.

Qi Yan'an will definitely conduct a thorough investigation into Wen Baizhi's identity.

He couldn't bear the consequences.

But how should he explain it to Wen Baizhi?

He was worried that Qi Yan'an would meet her, recognize her, and take her away.

But why did Qi Yan'an do this?

It’s because she is Wen Bai.

But she didn't know that he already knew that she was Wen Bai.

It was like a dead end and he couldn't get out.

"No, nothing happened. I just knelt down again."

Si Jiu knew that he couldn't hide everything from her, so he tried to use this incident to divert Wen Baizhi's attention.

But unexpectedly, Wen Baizhi did not do as he wished.

She still maintained her original movements, and even her expression did not change at all.

"Is this the reason why you hurriedly pulled me away?" Wen Baizhi certainly wouldn't be easily diverted by him.

Si Jiu had no choice but to support himself with his numb knees and try to reach the hem of Wen Baizhi's skirt.

"Baizhi, I apologize for my recklessness just now. I was just too excited to see you, so I couldn't control myself and just dragged you away. I must have hurt you. I'm really sorry, Baizhi. Can you forgive me?"

He sounded pitiful. If it were the old Wen Baizhi, she would have hugged him and comforted him long ago.

But the more Si Jiu avoided the issue and the more he hoped that she would not care about it, the more she felt that there was something fishy behind it.

Could it be that there was something going on between him and Qi Yanan that she didn't know about?

After all, three years is a long time, and many people and things may have changed dramatically.

This time she followed Si Jiu back to Kyoto with the belief that she would live and die with him.

So there are many things she needs to figure out.

She is not the kind of person who knows nothing and just hides behind Si Jiu.

Wen Baizhi dropped her hands to her sides. Si Jiu thought she believed what he said. When he was about to reach her as before, he saw her leaning back, invisibly widening the distance between them.

"Angelica..."

Wen Baizhi turned a deaf ear to him: "Zijin, you and I both know that something else must have happened to you in the palace today. If you don't want to tell me, it's okay. I can wait for you. But before you tell me, I think we need to keep some distance between us, because I am still a little angry now. I am angry that you have kept something from me until now."