Chapter 146: Interrogating Bai Bai, Is the White Snake Reincarnated as a Human?

The small courtyard, under the shade of the trees.

The sunlight was shredded by the branches and leaves, sprinkling onto Luo Zijun in little dots.

He furrowed his brows, pondering secretly in his heart.

If the Young Lady of the Bai Family was truly that White Snake, then who was Bai Bai?

And what about Qingqing?

The Young Lady Bai had a clear background; she was the Young Lady of the Anguo Mansion, with a father, a mother, and sisters.

Everyone in the mansion, from top to bottom, had watched her grow up since she was a child.

How could she be a snake?

Perhaps...

Was the name Bai Suzhen just a coincidence?

Who decreed that a white snake must be named Bai Suzhen?

But...

Thinking about it carefully, this was all a bit too coincidental.

And there were many coincidences.

Of the Four Great Families, the Wang Family was gone, and a Bai Family had appeared.

Bai Mansion, Young Lady Bai, Bai Suzhen.

After Bai Bai and Qingqing left him, they were strolling on the street and actually happened to wander to the Bai Mansion.

And he, also by accident, had come here.

Was it really just a coincidence, or was it destined in the dark, because the marriage connection was already fated, so destiny was being guided?

The thoughts in his mind suddenly became a thousand strands and ten thousand threads.

They quickly tangled and wound together, turning into a chaotic mess that could not be cut and was even more tangled when sorted, giving him an immense headache.

He had thought the matter was already clear, but who knew that the fog would rise again.

"Young Master, Sister Fenfen is here."

At this moment, the voice of Ziyuan suddenly came from outside the door.

Luo Zijun came back to his senses and immediately stood up, saying, "Let them in."

"Creak..."

The courtyard gate was pushed open.

Ziyuan said enthusiastically at the entrance, "Sister Fenfen, Bai Bai, Qingqing, please come in."

Fenfen was wearing a pink dress and walked in front. Her pair of lively eyes looked at him with some curiosity, as if she were secretly guessing the reason why he had taken the initiative to seek revenge.

Bai Bai and Qingqing followed behind.

As soon as Bai Bai entered the small courtyard, she said happily, "Brother Zijun! Did you miss Bai Bai?"

Luo Zijun looked at her petite figure and tender face, and for some reason, at this moment, his heart suddenly rejected the idea that she was that White Snake.

"I have something to ask you."

He said with a calm expression.

Ziyuan did not enter; she closed the door and stood guard outside.

Fenfen walked up to him with a haughty look, her gaze scrutinizing him, and she snorted, "Luo Zijun, if you have something to say, say it."

Luo Zijun did not beat around the bush and asked directly, "I heard that besides the name Bai Meixue, your Young Lady has another name called Bai Suzhen, is that right?"

Fenfen was stunned upon hearing this, then said with a vigilant look, "Why are you asking about my Young Lady's childhood name?"

Luo Zijun did not answer and asked again, "When did you enter the mansion? How old were you when you started following Young Lady Bai?"

Fenfen was full of vigilance and refused to answer.

Luo Zijun looked into her eyes, but he did not hear an answer; he only heard her muttering secretly in her heart: 【This guy really has ulterior motives toward my Young Lady, following her all the way from the Academy to here. Hmph, now he finally can't help but want to reveal himself?】

Seeing that he probably wouldn't get anything out of the young girl before him, he didn't waste any more time and said, "Miss Fenfen, you go back first. I still have words for Miss Bai Bai and Miss Qingqing."

"I won't!"

Fenfen immediately refused: "Don't even think about leaving Bai Bai and Qingqing here alone! Luo Zijun, they are my Young Lady's people now, I won't allow you to set your sights on them again!"

Luo Zijun glanced at her and suddenly asked, "Do you want to kick my butt?"

Fenfen's eyes lit up, and she nodded hurriedly, saying without any concealment, "I do."

Luo Zijun said, "Then go out. After I finish talking with Bai Bai and Qingqing, you can come in and kick my butt. I swear, you can kick as much as you want then, and I won't fight back."

Fenfen was immediately tempted: "Really? If you lie, you're a puppy!"

Luo Zijun nodded and said, "Fine, if I lie, I'm a puppy."

Fenfen hesitated for a moment, held up five fingers, and said with a face full of anticipation, "Five kicks, is that okay?"

Luo Zijun said, "That's okay."

Seeing him agree so readily, Fenfen suddenly went back on her word, held up ten fingers, and said, "I was wrong, it's ten times! Is ten times okay?"

Luo Zijun said, "That's okay."

Fenfen immediately looked at him suspiciously and said, "What if you go back on your word?"

Luo Zijun said, "With Bai Bai and Qingqing here as witnesses, they are your people; if I go back on my word, you can go ahead and report me. I am a scholar; words spoken are like spilled water, I will never go back on my word."

Seeing him so firm, Fenfen hesitated again and warned, "Then you cannot secretly bully Bai Bai and Qingqing, you cannot touch them, and you cannot take advantage of them. Can you do that?"

Luo Zijun nodded and said, "Of course I can do that."

Fenfen was reluctant to leave and was about to speak again when Luo Zijun said, "Hurry up and go, if I change my mind later, you won't be able to get your revenge."

Upon hearing this, Fenfen immediately turned and left.

After stepping out the door, she reminded them from the entrance, "Bai Bai, Qingqing, you must be careful, you cannot reveal the Young Lady's secret or my secret, you know?"

Bai Bai nodded hurriedly: "Mm-mm-mm, Bai Bai won't."

She then covered her little mouth and said: "Bai Bai's mouth is very small and very tight; it only knows how to eat, not how to tell secrets."

Fenfen then closed the door with peace of mind.

Luo Zijun walked straight over, slid the bolt into place, then returned to the courtyard, glanced at the two young girls before him, and said in a gentle tone: "Sit down and talk."

Bai Bai hurriedly sat down on a chair happily.

Qingqing, meanwhile, still clutched her sword, standing to the side with a face as cold as frost; there were even a few specks of grass on the swell of her chest, clearly having tripped again on the way here.

Luo Zijun sat down opposite Bai Bai and asked directly: "Bai Bai, what secrets does Miss Fenfen have?"

Just as Bai Bai was about to answer, she immediately remembered Fenfen's earlier warning, hurriedly covered her mouth, shook her head, and said: "Brother Zijun, Bai Bai cannot say. Bai Bai's mouth is very tight; I won't tell you."

Luo Zijun said: "If you tell me, I will buy you a sugar figurine to eat when I return tonight."

"Ah, really?"

Bai Bai's eyes lit up instantly, her face full of joy, and she swallowed hard.

Luo Zijun said: "Of course it's true."

Bai Bai was suddenly full of happiness and, without any concealment, spilled all of Fenfen's little secrets like beans pouring from a bamboo tube.

"Sister Fenfen likes to eat nectar; every day she secretly goes into the garden to snatch nectar from the little bees and little butterflies."

"Sister Fenfen hides many books in her room, all of which are books about girls not wearing clothes."

"When Sister Fenfen sleeps, she likes to rub her chest, saying she wants them to surpass Qingqing's."

"Sister Fenfen likes to wear pink stomach bands..."

"Sister Fenfen also likes to draw; the drawings are all of feet..."

Luo Zijun suddenly said: "Stop!"

Bai Bai stopped immediately and covered her mouth.

Luo Zijun was about to ask about the drawings of feet when he suddenly remembered the main business and hurriedly asked again: "Let's not talk about Miss Fenfen; tell me about your young mistress's secrets."

"Ah..."

Bai Bai was stunned for a moment and hurriedly shook her head.

At this moment, Qingqing, who was to the side, also suddenly spoke coldly: "Cannot say."

Bai Bai immediately covered her mouth tightly again.

Luo Zijun stared at her for a while, then suddenly asked again: "Bai Bai, after you left my house, how did you meet Miss Fenfen? Where did you meet her? And why were you willing to follow her here? Aren't you afraid of being deceived?"

Bai Bai let go of her hand and said: "We just met on the street; as for exactly where, I've forgotten. At that time, Qingqing and I were tired and hungry, and Sister Fenfen said she would take us back to eat good food, so we naturally followed her back. Sister Fenfen is so cute, we naturally trusted her."

Luo Zijun looked into her eyes, and his heart suddenly stirred.

Huh, he could actually use Mind Reading again.

Wasn't it only possible to use it on one person per day? He had already used it on that Miss Fenfen just now.

Could it be that because his cultivation had leveled up, he had gained another use?

He was secretly pleased and immediately asked again: "Bai Bai, did you really not know her before?"

Bai Bai shook her head.

Luo Zijun stared at her for a while and asked again: "You told me before that you came to Lin'an City to find a benefactor. Who is that benefactor, and have you found them?"

Bai Bai shook her head.

Luo Zijun asked again: "Then can you tell me how that benefactor showed you kindness back then?"

Bai Bai hesitated for a moment and said: "Back then, Qingqing and I accidentally fell into the water, and that benefactor saved us; otherwise, Qingqing and I would have died."

"Just that?"

"Mm-mm."

Luo Zijun frowned slightly, discovering that this girl had no other thoughts in her mind; could it be true?

He decided to ask the most important question directly: "Bai Bai, are you and Qingqing human?" After the question left his lips, his gaze remained fixed on the other's pupils.

Bai Bai was stunned for a moment and said: "Brother Zijun, are you sick again? Of course Qingqing and I are human. If we aren't human, then what are we?"

Luo Zijun stared into her eyes and said: "Aren't you snakes?"

Bai Bai stood up immediately and hurriedly shook her head: "Brother Zijun, of course we aren't snakes. Why do you treat Qingqing and me as snakes again? Are you sick again?"

Luo Zijun stared into her eyes in silence for a while, then suddenly smiled: "I was joking with you, sit down."

Bai Bai stroked her flat chest and sat down, saying: "Brother Zijun gave me such a fright."

Luo Zijun glanced at her again, then suddenly stood up and said: "Wait for me for a moment."

He turned and went back into the room.

Before long, he came out carrying a cup of fruit wine, handed it to Bai Bai, and said: "Bai Bai, are you thirsty? Drink a cup of fruit wine; it's very sweet."

Bai Bai immediately took it happily and said: "Thank you, Brother Zijun."

!

Just as she was about to drink, Luo Zijun suddenly said: "Bai Bai, I just put some realgar in the wine."

He had indeed just put realgar in it.

Bai Bai was startled upon hearing this, her face full of confusion: "What is realgar?"

Luo Zijun looked at her and said: "It is a substance that, if drunk by a monster, can reveal its true form."

"Ah?"

Bai Bai was stunned for a moment, blinked her eyes, and said: "Then can Bai Bai drink it?"

Luo Zijun said: "If you are human, you can naturally drink it."

Bai Bai immediately laughed, without any hesitation, and drank it all in one gulp, then set down the wine cup and said: "It's so sweet, Brother Zijun, is there more? Bai Bai wants to drink more."

Luo Zijun looked at the empty wine cup and said nothing more.

A moment passed.

He raised his head and asked directly, "Bai Bai, is your benefactor named Xu Xian? Or is it Xu Xuan?"

Bai Bai was stunned, then shook her head and said, "Her surname is Su, not Xu. She is a very beautiful girl."

Luo Zijun was immediately stunned: "A girl? Are you sure? But I remember you once said that you wanted to marry the other person?"

Bai Bai nodded very seriously: "Yes, girls can marry too. In the books of Sister Fenfen, it is always girls and girls sleeping together naked."

Luo Zijun: "..."

Silence for a long time.

He suddenly made another request: "Bai Bai, may I hold your hand?"

Bai Bai's eyes widened immediately, then her face turned red. She hurriedly stretched out her fair little hand and said happily and shyly, "Mm, Brother Zijun can hold it for as long as he wants."

Luo Zijun looked into her eyes, reached out, and held her hand.

The soft, boneless little hand was held in his palm; it was delicate, soft, smooth, and somewhat cold.

Luo Zijun suddenly channeled his Internal Energy and squeezed hard.

"Ah..."

Bai Bai suddenly cried out: "Brother Zijun, it hurts..."

Luo Zijun slowly let go, his gaze flickering, and he apologized: "Sorry, Bai Bai."

He could now be certain that the young girl before him was not that White Snake.

Thinking of the series of events from before, he suddenly felt it was quite ridiculous.

After being so busy for so long, it turned out he had mistaken the person.

But...

How could he have mistaken the person?

Of course, it was not entirely his fault.

He looked at the two young girls in white and green before him, thinking of the scene when he first met them that day, and then thinking of the little details after getting to know them; the more he thought, the more suspicious it felt.

These two girls seemed to be deliberately leading him to mistake the person.

And now, they had appeared here again, becoming the maids of that eldest daughter of the Bai Family.

And that eldest daughter of the Bai Family was actually named Bai Suzhen.

Everything seemed to have been set up already; it was too coincidental.

Of course, it was absolutely impossible for him and his sister and brother-in-law to have been schemed against when they suddenly came here.

Because they had also come on a whim.

"Bai Bai, may I see your eldest young lady?"

He asked suddenly.

Upon hearing this, Bai Bai immediately stood up and shook her head: "No, Brother Zijun, it won't work. My young lady never sees outsiders in the mansion, let alone men; even the master rarely sees her."

Luo Zijun was silent for a while, looked at her, and said: "Then go tell her that my original name is Xu Xuan, and I just want to see her once and say a few words to her."

Bai Bai still shook her head.

Luo Zijun said: "Go, tell her. Even if she doesn't see me, help me tell her, can you?"

Bai Bai hesitated for a moment, glanced at Qingqing, and added: "Brother Zijun, can I eat three sugar figurines tonight?"

Luo Zijun said: "Yes."

Upon hearing this, Bai Bai immediately became happy and said: "Then I will go ask the young lady for Brother Zijun right now. Qingqing, let's go."

Having said that, she immediately took Qingqing and left.

As soon as the two left the room, Fenfen walked in impatiently, giggling: "Luo Zijun, are you ready? My two little feet have been waiting for a long time and are already famished!"

Luo Zijun glanced at her little feet in pink embroidered shoes under her pink skirt and said: "The Third Miss took me to the front at noon to have lunch with the master and mistress. The master said that if I have any matters in the future, I can go find him."

Fenfen was stunned for a moment, then immediately clenched her two pink fists and said: "Luo Zijun, are you threatening me?"

"I wouldn't dare."

Luo Zijun turned around, presented his backside to her, and said: "Kick it, use some strength; I won't go to the master and mistress to complain."

Fenfen clenched her fists, stared at him with wide eyes, her plump chest heaving slightly. After a moment, she suddenly came over, punched his backside, and said angrily: "I'm not afraid of you!"

Luo Zijun was startled for a moment, immediately turned around, grabbed her, twisted her body around, then clenched his fist and gave her upturned bottom a "Bang!" in retaliation.

"Ah!"

Fenfen immediately let out a cry, turned around, covered her bottom, and said angrily: "Luo Zijun! You don't keep your word! You said you wouldn't fight back! You're a little dog!"

Luo Zijun said with a cold face: "I said if you kicked me with your feet, I wouldn't fight back; I didn't say if you hit me with your fists, I wouldn't fight back."

Fenfen said angrily: "What's the difference? Isn't it both hitting my bottom?"

Luo Zijun did not answer.

Fenfen rubbed her bottom, pouted her little mouth, and said: "You just don't keep your word! You're a little dog! You're hateful!"

Luo Zijun asked: "Are you still going to kick?"

Fenfen glared at him and said: "You bad guy, you hit me once, and you still want to kick me? You want to kick me flying with a heavy kick again, right? Hmph! I won't fall for your trick!"

After finishing, she immediately covered her bottom and ran away.

After escaping outside the courtyard gate, she suddenly poked her head back in and said angrily: "Luo Zijun, you just wait! One day, I will kick your bottom to shreds! Hmph!"

Having said that, she immediately ran away.

Luo Zijun ignored her, had Zhiyuan close the door, sat back down at the stone table, took out the Snake Skin and the piece of blood jade from his Storage Bag, and pondered while gently stroking them.

Unknowingly, the sun had already slanted to the west.

Soon it was evening.

Luo Zijun did not wait for a reply.

He did not wait any longer, gave instructions to Zhiyuan, and then went out the door.

He still had to go to Bao'an Hall to deliver the skirt and socks to his senior sister.

Incidentally, he would ask his master about matters concerning demons.

His master seemed to have some understanding of demons; regardless of whether what his master said was true or not, listening to it could never be wrong.

He remembered that the Soul Cultivation records stated that when a demon's soul cultivation reached a certain realm, some could exist independently and reshape their physical bodies, while others could undergo corpse-dissolution and be reincarnated.

If that eldest young lady of the Bai Family was truly that White Snake, then it was very likely that she had abandoned her cultivation and reincarnated.

If it were true, did she do this solely to repay a debt of gratitude, or because she wanted to be a human? Or, was it because this was a necessary part of her cultivation?

Or perhaps, for some other reason?

Thinking along the way, he changed his clothes in a small alley, put on his Bamboo Hat and Mask, and then walked toward Bao'an Hall.

At the same time.

Anguo Mansion, Academy, Falling Snow Residence.

In a certain boudoir, a stunningly beautiful young girl wearing a white dress was sitting motionless inside the curtains, her mind wandering far away.

(End of this chapter)