Bai stood there blankly, looking up at the scholarly young man nearly a head taller than her, unsure how to react for a moment.
She quickly blinked and came back to her senses, finally understanding what had happened.
"Sorry, I'm not used to talking about my own affairs with strangers."
With an apologetic smile, she turned and walked into the bustling crowd.
"Miss, miss..."
The young man could not help calling out. In the blink of an eye, the white-clad girl who seemed like a fairy had vanished without a trace, leaving an inexplicable sense of loss in his heart.
Only after a long while did he helplessly smile bitterly and shake his head.
Perhaps he and that young lady had only been destined to meet once, and among all things in this world, perhaps that one encounter was the most beautiful.
Bai quickly walked out of the waiting hall, glanced back once, and softly let out a breath. It always felt somewhat stifling inside; the fresh air outside smelled much better.
As for that scholar, she had not taken him to heart at all.
It was not as though she had never encountered such things before. Back in Jiangnan, as a qin player at Luoxue Tower, there had naturally been no shortage of self-important fellows hoping to embrace the beauty in their arms. The outcome needed no explanation.
And there was Xu Xian as well. Though Jinfeng Temple had used him as a pawn, his own thoughts had certainly played no small part in it.
Bai had also seen many races immersed in love and romance. Humans were merely one part of them; there were also shapeshifting demon beasts, Flower Fairy Elves (the elves here referred to special lifeforms born of heaven and earth; aside from elves, they had