Old White Scholar...

At the doorway, Bai Ling, dressed in an Ice Blue Dress, had her long hair cascading down her shoulders, exuding a casual air of the night. However, she was biting her lower lip tightly, her eyes blurry with tears, as if she were about to walk into the lion's den.

The atmosphere became quite awkward.

Jiang Lin didn't know what she wanted to do. Just as Jiang Lin was about to say something to ease the atmosphere, Bai Ling seemed to have finally made up her mind and walked in.

Then...

He sat upright on the other side of the bed, a full five or six meters apart from the other person!

Then, she crawled into bed.

Finally... they covered his head...

"???"

The two didn't exchange a single word throughout the entire process, leaving Jiang Lin completely bewildered, with three question marks appearing above his head...

"No, Miss Bai Ling, what are you doing..."

"Crackling sound~~~"

Just as Jiang Lin was filled with doubt, Bai Ling poked her head out, bared her teeth, and gave a fierce warning.

"Jiang Lin! Let me tell you! My master sent me to take care of you, but if you dare come within three steps of me, I'll... I'll..."

Bai Ling warned Jiang Lin with a slightly flushed face, still looking extremely fierce.

Although Jiang Lin found it a bit absurd that Bai Jiu Yi had Bai Ling take care of him, seeing the Little Fox's warning look, even with its tail standing upright, made Jiang Lin chuckle.

"What do you mean?"

Reaching out his claws, Jiang Lin set his sights on the fluffy tail and even tried to tie it into a fox knot.

"Since it's your master's order, you can't possibly hit me now, I'm wounded..."

As she spoke, Bai Ling's eyes welled up with tears again, and she even seemed to be sniffling.

She tried to retract her tail, but he held it tightly, tying it round and round until it formed a knot that was impossible to untie...

Bai Ling has never had her tail touched before, let alone by a male human! And it's even knotted... How infuriating!

But when she thought of her master's orders, Bai Ling dared not disobey...

In an instant, a feeling of grievance filled Bai Ling's heart. Her usually calm face turned bright red, and tears streamed down her face. She felt like her entire fox self was unclean...

Sure enough, Mother was right; no man is any good.

"Wait... don't cry, I was just kidding... I've untied your tail, really, I was just joking."

Jiang Lin was really joking. Even if the White Empire Ruler asked Bai Ling to serve him in bed, Jiang Lin wouldn't dare to actually do anything.

After all, there was a Fox Demon, in order to overcome her love tribulation, had her best friend seduce the scholar, but in the end, the Fox Demon killed both her best friend and the scholar...

Jiang Lin only meant to make a joke, but he didn't expect her to cry.

Seeing the Fox-eared girls sniffling beside him, Jiang Lin was at a loss for what to do.

After much comforting, even after Jiang Lin surrendered and sat down in a chair, Bai Ling finally calmed down.

Sitting on the bed, Bai Ling sniffled, as if the whole fox was truly unclean...

However, Jiang Lin swears that he is absolutely innocent!

Aside from tying a knot in her tail, I did nothing else!

"Alright, Miss Bai Ling, tell me, why did your master send you here all of a sudden?"

Looking at Bai Ling, Jiang Lin couldn't help but sigh.

Although a white fox is every man's dream!

But I'm different!

I, Jiang Lin, am a respectable person (actually, Jiang Lin is already regretting it)...

"I have to ask you the same thing! What right do you have to let the master take you back to the White Empire! And what right do you have to sleep in the master's room! Who exactly are you? I've never even slept in the master's room before! I was here first!"

"..."

Jiang Lin's brows twitched as he looked at Bai Ling.

Why does this Bailing seem like Old White Scholar...?

After careful consideration, Jiang Lin said seriously:

"Perhaps it's some of my special talents that lured me here."

"Pah! What special talent do you have?!"

"A young girl like you can't just say things like that. I make a living with my talent."

"Pah! Flower-Picking Thief thief!"

"Sigh, never mind, I'll talk to your master about this. You don't need to come anymore; I'm a very upright person."

Having said that, Jiang Lin forced himself to leave the room, suppressing his feelings of having "lost hundreds of millions."

Bai Ling was stunned as she watched Jiang Lin's decisive departure...

Bai Ling only came to her senses after Jiang Lin's figure disappeared from Bai Ling sight.

Clutching her long, white tail, the girl's face grew increasingly red...

With a "plop," as if boiling water had been poured, Bai Ling buried her face in the blanket again.

"You beast! You scoundrel!"

A girl's muffled voice came from within the Scented Quilt.

Meanwhile, in the Imperial Study of the White Empire, a woman who was handling state affairs was in a daze. When she removed her veil, she revealed a stunningly beautiful face.

Her small mouth gently bit the pen, and on her Bai Xiu forehead, her two willow-leaf eyebrows were slightly furrowed, her tense and worried expression was incredibly charming.

In reality, for Bai Jiu Yi, these so-called political affairs didn't require much of her attention; they were just some clowns who could be dealt with in less than an hour, not to mention that she had Bai Ling Bai Qiao to assist her.

However, in the past few days, Bai Jiu Yi has noticed that whenever she has free time, his image appears in her mind, and then she can't calm down.

Some even found themselves inexplicably walking into the backyard of the palace.

That place was originally his residence, so it was only natural for him to rest there.

But each time I got close, my heart would race, and I would eventually stop, too afraid to go any further.

In the end, the girl realized that she had only been deceiving herself; she just wanted to see him.

Therefore, Bai Jiu Yi decided to devote all her attention to government affairs so that she wouldn't have any wild thoughts, and it would also be a good opportunity to deal with those clowns who were always thinking of rebelling.

But every time he looked at the memorials, they would still keep popping into his mind, and before he knew it, most of the day had passed...

Will he hate me more and more?

Will she keep thinking about running away?

Won't you get really tired of it here?

Could it be...?

With mixed feelings, Bai Jiu Yi planned to have Bai Qiao serve him, take care of his daily life, and also inquire about his whereabouts, in case he ran away... although it was unlikely that he would run away...

However, Bai Ling ultimately asked to go in place of her younger sister.

Moreover, for some reason, Bai Jiu Yi always felt that Bai Ling had misunderstood the meaning of her "serving".

Now, an hour has passed since Bai Ling left, and during this time, Bai Jiu Yi's anxiety has only grown.

After all, Bai Ling is considerate and beautiful, and white foxes are extremely attractive to men.

just in case...

As I was thinking, the girl had already left several cute little teeth marks on the pen.

"No!"

Just as Bai Jiu Yi got up to go and see for herself, a maid came in.

"Master, that male human has arrived."