Chapter 287: The Eldest Miss's Illness

Find a way? To get pregnant?

"Eldest Miss, are you sure you aren't just overthinking things and having nightmares?"

Luo Zijun felt it was truly absurd.

Just because of a few ethereal, illusory dreams, she wanted to proactively request an injection?

This didn't fit the Eldest Miss's persona at all!

Bai Meixue said with great certainty: "It was indeed a dream, but I am certain that a bad person is indeed coming to find me."

Luo Zijun asked: "Is the other party very powerful?"

Bai Meixue nodded.

Luo Zijun said: "Currently, the security in Lin'an City is strict, there are patrol teams everywhere, and the Bai Mansion has so many guards; the other party shouldn't dare to come, right? Also, does the Eldest Miss know why they want to find you?"

Bai Meixue looked dazed for a moment and shook her head.

Luo Zijun asked again: "What does the other party look like, and what is their name? What is their cultivation realm? Do they have any accomplices?"

He asked a whole string of questions.

But Bai Daxiaojie just shook her head blankly, as if she knew nothing at all.

This was difficult to handle.

"I think the Eldest Miss could try going out for a walk during the day to visit friends or go shopping. Or, should I prescribe some medicine to calm the nerves and nourish the brain for you to take?"

Luo Zijun said cautiously.

Bai Meixue looked at him and said: "You don't believe me?"

Luo Zijun said: "I believe you, it's just that this matter..."

"Calm the nerves and nourish the brain? Are you saying I'm lacking a brain?"

Bai Daxiaojie seemed a bit angry, her eyes glaring at him, her full chest heaving with indignation, which looked quite spectacular beneath her thin gauze garment.

Luo Zijun didn't dare to look too much and looked out the window, saying: "It's just medicine to treat insomnia. If you sleep until dawn, you shouldn't have these nightmares anymore."

Bai Daxiaojie didn't speak again; she stared at him for a while, then her gaze also turned toward the window.

At this moment, the night outside the window was gradually receding.

Snowflakes were drifting in the sky, and everything was a vast expanse of white.

"Perhaps it really is because I've been too tired lately and thinking too much that I had such a nightmare."

After a long while, Bai Meixue murmured.

Luo Zijun looked at her and said: "If the Eldest Miss is truly afraid, you can have Fenfen or Bai Bai come to keep you company at night."

Bai Meixue watched the snowflakes drifting slowly outside the window and said nothing more.

Seeing this, Luo Zijun took his leave.

After walking out of the room, he secretly let out a breath.

Bai Daxiaojie had suddenly called him over in the middle of the night, and he had been on guard early on; then she had suddenly said those words: "Find a way to make me pregnant..."

If he had been foolish enough to be seduced and had immediately swallowed his saliva and nodded in agreement: "Very well, Eldest Miss, I can make you pregnant right now..."

Heh, he probably would have fallen for the trap.

Based on his understanding of Bai Daxiaojie since they were married, she would never say such things casually, and she was not that kind of person.

Therefore, there must be a conspiracy!

As for what the conspiracy was, that remained unknown.

Perhaps she just couldn't sleep and was teasing him on purpose to see him make a fool of himself; or perhaps she wanted to test whether he coveted her body.

Hmph, he wouldn't fall for it!

He wasn't lacking women by his side at all right now; even if she were as beautiful as a celestial being, he wouldn't care!

Furthermore, he had just finished battling with two young maids tonight; he was currently in a "sage mode," his heart as still as water, so he naturally wouldn't be seduced.

Cultivation is important!

Freedom is important!

Returning to his room, he crawled into the warm quilt, holding one in each arm, and continued to sleep.

"Swish!"

After dawn, he ate breakfast and went to the backyard to practice.

A fierce wind carrying flying snow swirled around him like a tornado, moving all about the backyard.

At noon.

He stepped through the accumulated snow and went out, bought a steaming hot lunch on the street, and arrived at Bao'an Hall.

Having angered his Senior Sister yesterday, he naturally had to come and apologize today.

Of course, he also wanted to help Bai Daxiaojie ask if it was normal to frequently have all sorts of messy nightmares.

Actually, in his view, it wasn't normal.

After all, he practiced Soul Refining and knew that many nightmares were not normal, but Bai Daxiaojie was a bit different; she was a White Snake in her past life and often dreamed of the White Snake during that time, so he felt there shouldn't be any major problems.

Carrying a body full of wind and snow, he entered the shop.

Behind the counter, his Senior Sister was sitting there in a daze, draped in the snow-white fox fur he had given her, which made her beautiful face appear even more cold, exquisite, and moving.

Luo Zijun took out the lunch and placed it in front of her, putting the rest on the table in the corner.

Qingwen entered from the backyard carrying a pot; upon seeing him, she glared at him and ignored him.

The girl was wearing a green padded jacket and skirt, with many small braids tied at her temples with red strings; she swayed as she walked, looking quite cute, and her delicate cheeks were flushed red from the cold, her appearance still pretty and lovely, with her chest also beginning to develop.

It was just her temper that was as foul as ever.

"Eat."

Luo Zijun, however, let bygones be bygones and called her to eat.

Such a maid, though her temper was not good, was straightforward and spoke her mind, without any petty thoughts, and was very loyal. Moreover, when he was slandered in the past, this maid was the first to stand up and help him; he had always kept that in his heart.

"Hmph."

Qingwen let out a huff, went to boil some water, and then said, "Young Master, don't bring food back in the future; it's very expensive to buy outside, we will cook for ourselves." Luo Zijun said, "How about you go to Daguanyuan and find another maid to do the cooking and laundry? I'm afraid you can't handle it all by yourself."

Then he added in a low voice, "Doing rough work often will make your fingers coarse, and your hands are so beautiful..."

Qingwen's face turned red, and she immediately shouted toward the inside of the counter, "Miss, Young Master is molesting me!"

"No! I'm not!"

Luo Zijun was startled.

If it were any other maid who heard these words, she would only blush and walk away quickly in a guilty conscience, but this girl was something else—she actually went straight to reporting him.

Su Qingling's gaze looked over coldly.

Luo Zijun hurriedly walked over and said, "I was just showing concern for that girl, how could that be molesting her? She misunderstood."

Qingwen had a gloating expression on her face, took the lunch, and walked into the inner room with a smile.

"Senior Sister, let me ask you something."

Luo Zijun hurriedly changed the subject and asked about Bai Daxiaojie having nightmares.

"I have a friend who has been sleeping at night recently and often has nightmares, always dreaming of some messy things. These past few days, she said she dreamed that bad people were coming to catch her..."

Su Qingling lowered her head and flipped through a book, expressionless, not knowing if she was listening.

After Luo Zijun finished speaking, he waited for a long time, and seeing her not saying anything, he was just about to ask again when she suddenly raised her head and said, "Who is that friend of yours?"

Luo Zijun did not hide it and said, "The eldest daughter of the Bai Family, Bai Meixue."

Su Qingling stared at him and said, "Your wife?"

A hint of embarrassment appeared on Luo Zijun's face; he neither admitted nor denied it, saying, "She is very afraid and spoke as if it were a serious matter. I also feel that something is not quite right, but I don't know the reason, so I can only comfort her. Senior Sister, do you think she is ill?"

Su Qingling stared at him for a while longer and said in a flat tone, "It is likely she has a terminal illness and won't live past next year."

Luo Zijun: "..."

It was almost the New Year; if she wouldn't live past next year, wouldn't that mean she wouldn't live past a month? This girl was actually cursing someone...

"Senior Sister, don't joke, I am asking for advice seriously."

Luo Zijun said with a straight face.

Su Qingling narrowed her eyes and said with a cold, pretty face, "Could it be that she made it up on purpose, wanting you to sleep with her?"

Luo Zijun was speechless: "How could that be? Bai Daxiaojie is not that kind of person, and she doesn't think much of me either, so why would she want me to sleep with her?"

Su Qingling said, "How do you know she doesn't think much of you? Didn't she have her face disfigured?"

Luo Zijun hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice, "The disfigurement is fake. Senior Sister, this matter must absolutely not be told to others. I am only telling you; even Master cannot be told."

Su Qingling raised her eyebrows slightly: "Is she very beautiful?"

Luo Zijun said, "Indeed very beautiful, but compared to Senior Sister, that certainly cannot compare."

Su Qingling's gaze stared at him coldly, flickered, and she said, "Take me to see her, I will help her take a look."

"Ah?"

Luo Zijun was stunned upon hearing this and hurriedly said, "Senior Sister, I was just asking casually; it's not too serious, there's no need to go see her."

Su Qingling said with a cold face, "What, is she not fit to be seen, or do you not want me to see her?"

Luo Zijun said, "Of course not, it's just that Bai Daxiaojie has always refused to see outsiders, and she doesn't see other doctors either... Senior Sister, the matter of Bai Daxiaojie's disfigurement must be kept hidden by the Bai Family at all times; no one can know, otherwise, the Bai Family will face a catastrophe. Therefore, I cannot take anyone to see her."

Su Qingling said, "She can wear a veil; I won't look at her face."

Luo Zijun still looked troubled: "But..."

Su Qingling said flatly, "Those nightmares you mentioned are not normal. If she really has a terminal illness, aren't you afraid of becoming a widower?"

Luo Zijun's mouth twitched, and he said, "It's not that serious, is it?"

"Suit yourself."

Su Qingling said no more, lowered her head to continue flipping through the book, and said expressionlessly, "I had forgotten, she also has a beautiful younger sister. If she were to suddenly die, you should be very happy."

Luo Zijun immediately said, "Senior Sister, this kind of joke cannot be made."

He thought for a moment and said, "Then I will go back and ask Bai Daxiaojie. If she agrees, I will bring you over to take a look at her. If she doesn't agree, there is nothing I can do."

In terms of the medical skills that brought Lin Meimei back from the dead, Senior Sister was indeed very formidable; perhaps she could really see the cause of Bai Daxiaojie's illness.

He certainly could not let anything happen to Bai Daxiaojie.

Even without that task regarding the White Snake, Bai Daxiaojie had been kind to him, and she was his wife with whom he had formally bowed and married; naturally, he could not stand by and watch her die.

"Senior Sister, I will go back and ask right now."

Luo Zijun did not linger any longer, immediately left the Bai An Tang, and returned to the Bai Mansion against the wind and snow.

As he walked into the alley leading to the Bai Mansion, he suddenly saw a somewhat familiar figure walking from the direction of the Bai Mansion, turning into the alley leading to the street on the right.

That figure was wearing a black dress, draped in a black cloak, and wearing a hat and a black veil. Her figure was tall and slender, and with her head lowered, she quickly turned into the alley on the right and disappeared from sight.

At the first glance, Luo Zijun felt a sense of familiarity, as if he had seen her before, but when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't remember where he had seen her.

When he arrived at the entrance of the alley on the right, that figure had already disappeared.

Who could it be?

He thought through everyone he knew, but still couldn't remember.

Strange, could it be someone from those forgotten memories?

With doubts in his heart, he continued walking toward the Bai Mansion.

And at this moment, that tall figure in the black dress appeared silently in the alley where she had just vanished.

"Is it him?"

She raised her head slightly, revealing a pair of scarlet and eerie pupils.

(End of this chapter)