"Nobody's saying anything? Then... it looks like there really is no one here!"
As he spoke, Jiang Xiaobai glanced from the corner of his eye at Chu Qingci in the lake, cold sweat continually beading on his forehead.
Yet he kept an expression on his face as though he had seen nothing at all.
As he spoke, Jiang Xiaobai raised both hands and continued feeling around in front of him.
"Ah, being blind really is a pain!"
Jiang Xiaobai muttered to himself, "I can't see a thing. And having to walk all the way back, too... that's really asking a lot of a blind man like me!"
"I'd better trust my instincts and pick up the pace!"
With that, Jiang Xiaobai spun around, took to his heels, and bolted.
With that kind of speed, how could he possibly look blind?
Sitting in the lake, Chu Qingci watched Jiang Xiaobai flee in panic, a faint blush clearly rising on his exquisitely beautiful face.
A moment later, Chu Qingci sighed softly. Rather than pursuing him, he slowly stepped out of the lake.
Reaching the shore, Chu Qingci picked up the long dress lying beside him and slipped it on.
After briefly straightening his clothing, the white-clad figure regained his cool, aloof air beneath the moonlight.
Looking in the direction Jiang Xiaobai had fled, Chu Qingci considered for a moment, then lightly pushed off with his toes and soared into the air.
After several leaps, Chu Qingci landed back inside the Clearheart Courtyard.
He had barely steadied himself when the door to a room on the other side opened, and the Elder Princess emerged.
Upon seeing Chu Qingci, the Elder Princess paused, then quickly glanced past him twice.
But a look of confusion soon crossed her face.
Where was Jiang Xiaobai?
"Stop looking!"