"Okay."
Chang En bowed.
"Sorry for the trouble, Lord Xiao Xiao."
Xiao Xiao went back inside.
Following Lord Xiao Xiao's advice, Chang En looked up at the snow for a while, then turned to look at White Plum Blossom.
The white plum blossom stood out against the snow, untouched by its covering.
If anything, it shone all the more brilliantly.
The snow falling from the sky seemed to have become nothing more than a backdrop for the white plum blossom.
Chang En's eyes widened.
Once again, it was captivated by White Plum Blossom's beauty.
As if in a trance.
"Chang En."
Xiao Xiao roused Chang En from its daze.
He was about to hand over the book in his hand, but then reconsidered and withdrew it. "Let's sit here."
He pointed to the stone table and chairs beneath the white plum blossom.
Chang En looked at Lord Xiao Xiao, then at the stone table and chairs.
After a moment's hesitation, it sat down on a stone chair.
It occupied only a small part of the seat.
It had been in the courtyard for quite some time.
Yet it had never sat in these stone chairs.
As far as it knew, the chairs and table were for Lord Xiao Xiao and his family.
It had never considered using them.
Now that it was sitting there, it couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable.
"Take a look."
Xiao Xiao noticed Chang En's unease but didn't point it out. Instead, he set the books in front of it.
"Do you like them?"
The moment Chang En saw the books, it forgot all about its earlier unease.
It reached out and began flipping through them one by one.
Its eyes grew brighter and brighter.
Seeing this, Xiao Xiao knew