"What is it?" Bai Zixi, disguised as Young Master Bai, asked calmly.
She had spoken in her own voice, with a trace of teasing in her tone.
Great-aunt...
How could Bai Xiaosheng fail to recognize his great-aunt's voice? His soul nearly fled his body. Then he looked at Mo Hua with even greater horror.
Mo Hua has really outdone himself. He even managed to "lure" my great-aunt out?
Why don't you just fly up to heaven?
This goes beyond reckless audacity...
Bai Xiaosheng struggled to crawl out of the carriage.
Mo Hua held him down. "What are you running for?"
"Let go of me!" Bai Xiaosheng snapped. "I'm getting out!"
Mo Hua sighed. "Your great-aunt's right here. Where are you going to run?"
Bai Xiaosheng's scalp prickled. Both frightened and furious, he said, "You've done it again, Mo Hua! You've set me up! You're trying to get me killed!"
"How am I getting you killed?" Mo Hua asked.
"You wretch!" Bai Xiaosheng said. "If I'd known my great-aunt was here, I wouldn't have gotten into this carriage even if you beat me to death!"
"You're that afraid of your great-aunt?" Mo Hua asked curiously.
Bai Xiaosheng's face went deathly pale. "What a stupid question. I—"
Before he could finish, Bai Zixi said evenly, "Enough. Stop making a fuss."
Bai Xiaosheng fell silent, his eyes lowered and his manner meek.
"Xiaosheng," Bai Zixi said.
Bai Xiaosheng answered reluctantly, "Yes..."
"Take me to Jade Fragrance Pavilion," Bai Zixi said.
"I..." Bai Xiaosheng hesitated.
How could his great-aunt go to a place like that? He put it as tactfully as he could. "Great-aunt, Jade Fragrance Pavilion is a house of pleasure. It's a filthy place, unworthy of you."
Bai Zixi borrowed Mo Hua's words. "I have serious business there. I have to go."