Behind her stood the Ice Palace Temple, blanketed beneath the snow.
Bai Wuya emerged from the ice palace and walked to her side. "Mother, the wedding feast has ended. The guests have all taken their leave; none lingered, and all were properly seen off."
Granny Snow gave a hum. "It has been a long time since things were this lively." After that, she fell silent again.
Standing slightly behind her to one side, Bai Wuya seemed to be hesitating, as though he had something he found difficult to say.
Noticing that he had remained by her side without leaving, Granny Snow took the initiative to ask, "Is something the matter?"
Bai Wuya finally ventured, "Mother, do you truly think it is appropriate for Luo'er to marry Chuan Ying?"
Granny Snow chuckled. "Are you still holding a grudge because I did not let Luo'er marry your disciple? Wuya, I do not like you brothers and sisters forming cliques. Human desire is terrifying—I, this demon, learned that lesson long ago. Once people get something, they want even more. I simply do not want to hurt you. I raised every one of you with my own hands. I am doing this for your own good, understand?"
Bai Wuya hurriedly said, "Mother, that is not what I mean. I just feel... I keep feeling that there is something wrong with this Chuan Ying."
Granny Snow asked, "Then have you uncovered anything wrong?"
Bai Wuya said, "For Luo'er to fall in love at first sight with a man she happened to meet—would that not be too much of a coincidence? Mother, do you not think there is something suspicious about it?"
Granny Snow said, "Anything abnormal may have a problem behind it."
Bai Wuya was puzzled. "So Mother understood it more clearly than anyone. Then