Chapter 22: The Deer's Cry

  Bai Yun arrived at Shu Xiang Tang after leaving Zhi Lan Hall.

  Entering the vertical flower gate, both sides are hand-copied corridors, and in the middle is a hall. On the ground, there is a large purple sandalwood screen with a marble insert. Turning around the screen, there is a small three-room hall, all carved beams and painted buildings, with mountain-piercing corridors on both sides of the wing rooms, hanging various parrots, painted eyebrows and other birds. It's no different from the book fragrance hall in memory.

  On the platform, stood a pine tower. As soon as he saw the white clouds, his heart warmed up and he quickly rolled up the curtains, with a smile all over his face: "What a coincidence, young master arrived just now, and miss just came."

  Then entered the house, looked up and saw a golden nine dragon blue ground big plaque, on which was written in bold characters "Book Fragrance Hall". Behind it was a line of small words: "In a certain year and month, this book was bestowed upon Right Servant-in-Attendance Bai Yingmian", with an imperial seal. It was known that the ancestors had received the emperor's handwritten decree at that time. On the large purple sandalwood carved dragon case were placed three feet high ancient bronze tripods, hanging with a painting of a dragon in waiting for the morning audience. On one side was a golden ritual vessel, and on the other was a glass basin. On the ground were two rows of sixteen nanmu wood chairs. There was also a pair of couplets, which were made of ebony, with golden characters inlaid.

  Bai Yun warmed up and glanced at the arrangement on the table with her spare light, secretly thinking that it was exactly the same as in her previous life. Suddenly, a familiar feeling slowly welled up in her heart, and only then did she shift her gaze to the people in the room.

  The father sat on a large chair made of nanmu wood, with a young man about the same age as his brother kneeling in front of him. From the back, he looked very slender, and the clothes he wore were extremely ordinary, but the light blue color matched his slender figure, giving off an ethereal and otherworldly air.

  Bai Yun had already caught a glimpse of Mr. Wen Shi Ren sitting to one side, and also saw her brother standing beside him with a smile in his eyes, so she knew that the young man on the ground was indeed Wen Lu Ming.

  "You and Wen Luoming had an illegitimate child, but I've been raising Han Ge for so many years!"

  In his past life, before he died, Zhāng Nǎi's words of resentment and anger still echoed in his ears. Bái Yún's gaze turned icy as she looked at the young man on the ground.

  Zhang Siying framed herself and Wen Luming in front of Zhang Naichun, causing Zhang Naichun to turn from love to hate. Does Wen Luming know about this? In her past life, she had little connection with Wen Luming. It was only because Wen Shi Ren taught at the White House that after his wife's death, he worried that no one would take care of their only son, so he asked his father to bring Wen Luming to the house. As a result, Wen Luming became closer to her brother, while she herself was introverted and indifferent, and as a girl, she had little contact with him due to the rules of male-female separation. How did Zhang Siying's frame-up begin? What is even stranger is how Zhang Siying knew about Wen Luming in the first place?

  These knots are like yarn in Baiyun Nuan's mind, all tangled up. Furthermore, with the accumulated resentment from past lives, Baiyun Nuan only glared viciously at Wen Luoming's back, forgetting to pay respects to her father and Mr.

  "Anu, why haven't you paid your respects to Mr. Wen yet?" Bai Yuxiu furrowed her brow and reminded her daughter.

  Xin Yan pulled out the crane cloak of her family's young lady, and Bai Yun warmed up just in time. After secretly adjusting her mood, she went to pay respects to Bai Yu Shu and Wen Shi Ren.

  Wen Shi stretched out his hand towards Bai Yu Shu and smiled, "After the New Year, Miss seems to have grown up a lot! A woman changes eighteen times before she's twenty, and each change makes her more gentle and refined."

  "I also ask you, sir, to strictly instruct your siblings. Lu Ming, get up too! This year, follow your father to study and do scholarly work with Zhenxuan and Anuan. In the future, go with Zhenxuan to participate in the spring or autumn imperial examinations; if you can secure an official position, it will be a great honor for our family."

  Wen Luoming bowed his head to Bai Yuxu, stood up and saluted Bai Zhenxuan with a bow, saying: "Luoming pays respects to elder brother."

  Bai Zhenxuan gave him a friendly smile, "From now on, let's just call each other by name, we're all of the same generation, no need to stand on ceremony."

  Wen Luoming nodded and then came to see Bai Yunnuan again, respectfully calling out: "Younger Sister."

  Bai Yun Wan didn't give him a good look, coldly saying: "Please call me Miss Bai." As she spoke, she turned around and left the Shu Xiang Tang without bidding farewell to everyone. Xin Zhan hurriedly chased after her.

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  Too embarrassing.

  Bai Zhenxuan patted Wen Luming's shoulder and said, "An Nuan is afraid of strangers, but once you get to know her better, she'll be very warm towards you."

  Wen Lu furrowed his brow, thinking to himself: What's this about being afraid of giving birth? This is clearly a show of power! The young lady, spoiled and arrogant, was being unreasonable, but it wasn't unexpected.

  Bai Yushu saw Wen Lu Ming was disheartened and tried to comfort him: "Ah Nuan is being willful, it's because I've been neglecting her upbringing."

  Wen Shi Ren hastily stood up and bowed, "What are you talking about, sir? Miss is naive and straightforward, a rare good girl. Lu Ming is her older brother, he should give in to his younger sister."

  "She said I shouldn't call her sister, but instead call her Miss Bai. I went along with it and from then on in the White Manor, I called her Miss Bai." Wen Luoming smiled calmly, but inwardly mocked himself: When under someone's roof, how can one not bow their head?

  Bai Yu saw Wen Lu Ming was a knowledgeable and polite person, with a good appearance, and he was delighted. He pointed to Bai Zhen Xuan and said: "Zhen Xuan, on the third day after tomorrow, Master will visit the White family, ascend to the Golden Pavilion to review the stored books. I have ordered Qin Yan and Xi Bo to lead the servants in tidying up the Golden Pavilion. You go and supervise, if there's anything that Lu Ming can help with, let him learn too. In the future, when we're all together at the White family, treat each other like brothers."

  Bai Zhenxuan responded with a "yes" to his father, smiled and pulled Wen Luming's hand out of the Fragrant Hall.

  Watching his son follow the young master, walking with a light step, Wen Shi-ren's eyes sparkled with tears. He stood up and made a solemn bow to Bai Yu-shu, saying sincerely: "Thank you, sir."

  Bai Yushu smiled and waved his hand, "Let's go take a look at Zhi Lan Hall too."

  Then they both got up together.

  Xin Yan accompanied Bai Yunnuan from Shuxiang Hall back to Tingyu Xuan, seeing Bai Yunnuan's gloomy face all the way, she didn't dare make a sound, and even dared not breathe.

  Bai Yun suddenly stopped in her tracks, startling Xin's heart. She patted her chest and exclaimed: "Little... sister!"

  "Xin Yue, what's Mr. Wen's son like?" asked Bai Yunnuan, staring at Xin Yue.

  "What does Miss think?" Xin Yu observed her words and expressions, trying to gauge how to answer to make the young lady happy.

  Bai Yun said with some annoyance, "I'm asking you!"

  "I think he's quite good, knowledgeable and polite, and he looks spirited, not like that spendthrift Zhang..." Xīn Yuè said, lowering her head silently.

  "Who told you to mention that surname Zhang?" Bai Yunnuo scolded Xin Mo, while thinking in her heart: Could it be that she was just being paranoid? In fact, she also thought that Wen Luoming was quite good and not a person with ulterior motives. But which bad person would stick the label of "bad person" on their forehead? If she hadn't experienced the betrayal and pain of her past life, she wouldn't have known that Yu Mo was such an ungrateful and treacherous person. As for this Wen Luoming, she still needed to secretly observe him.

  White clouds warm thoughts fluttering, suddenly heard Heart Abacus lowering his head muttering to himself unknowingly reciting something, then perked up his ears and said: "What are you mumbling about?"

  Xin Yan looked up at her and said carefully, "Miss, although Chapter Young Master's reputation is bad, he did help you at Lingyun Temple. Are you turning against him too quickly?"

  "We're a family of book lovers! Flipping through things should be like flipping through books, of course." Bai Yunnuo said with a smile, raising an eyebrow and walking away.

  Xin Yan looked at the girl's back and shook his head, muttering to himself: "The young lady is really a hard-to-understand book!"

  Unbeknownst to her, the young lady had already walked far away. She was about to catch up when Yu Mo suddenly rushed out, grabbed her hand and burst into tears. "Sister, Mother has ordered me to move from Tingyu Xuan to Jingyi Zhai, sister, I don't want to be a lowly maid, I want to follow the young lady... waaah..."