C109 Beiyue Kingdom
He was happy that he had the chance to be by Yan Xiaoxi's side. At the same time, he thought about what she had experienced and what had happened to make her make such a decision.
Since ancient times, there had never been a woman who could divorce her husband. In the entire world, only Yan Xiaoxi would do such a thing. The person who did so was the Southern Water Kingdom's prideful Nangong Lin.
It was so shocking that Bei Bai could not help but be curious about what exactly was going on in Yan Xiaoxi's mind.
If Yan Xiaoxi told him that it was his second time having Nangong Lin removed from his life, would he be able to open Yan Xiaoxi's mind and investigate it?
"Xi Er." Bei Bai wanted to comfort Yan Xiaoxi, but he was interrupted before he could finish.
"I'm fine." Yan Xiaoxi chose to leave the manor this time not because of the discord between them, but because she believed in him. She believed that he had pushed her aside in order to protect her, and believed that he would come find her.
Thus, what she needed to do was to happily live every single day. Like in the past, she would eat delicious foods and look at beautiful men. All she needed to do was wait for Nangong Lin to come and find her.
In Yan Xiaoxi's eyes, which were as calm as water, there was no trace of sadness.
He couldn't understand what Yan Xiaoxi was feeling right now.
Was he really so dismissive of Nangong Lin? Or had she never fallen in love with him? Everything he saw in the manor that day was an illusion?
Bei Bai Xi was no fool. He had clearly discovered that Nangong Lin and Yan Xiaoxi deeply loved each other. Because of this, he chose to silently bury his heart and bless her.
"These bandits." The bandit was beaten to the ground by Bei Bai Xi. He cried for his parents, but could only obediently watch the two. He did not leave, nor did he dare to make any movements.
"Let them go." Yan Xiaoxi originally wanted them to roast a wild boar for her and let them go, but who knew that she would meet Bei Bai Xi?
In fact, these people weren't unforgivable people. They only robbed for the sake of living.
"You may leave." As she spoke, Yan Xiaoxi tossed the silver taels she had on her back to the bandit.
The bandit picked up the scented sachet on the floor and opened it. Unexpectedly, there was white silver inside. After robbing for so long, this was the first time they saw a good person like Yan Xiaoxi.
"Thank you, heroine. We will definitely turn the tables on you." The bandits quickly expressed their thanks. They would not have reached this stage if they had any other options. Among the dozens of people, their families were either unable to open a pot, or they were too sick to do anything. That was why they came up with this plan.
"Xi Er." He did not think that Yan Xiaoxi would not only let them off, but would also give them the silver taels.
"Live a good life." Leaving these words behind, Yan Xiaoxi led her horse away without looking back.
The bandits froze on the spot, looking at each other in dismay. They secretly made up their minds that they must repay this benefactor in the future.
As there was only one horse, Yan Xiaoxi did not get on the horse, but instead chose to walk.
"Brother Bei, why are you here?" Yan Xiaoxi asked as she blinked innocently with her big eyes.
"Passing by." Beiming Ce didn't explain so much.
"So it's like that." Yan Xiaoxi nodded and did not continue asking.
The two chatted as they walked. Unknowingly, they had arrived at a fork in the road. This was the junction of the three kingdoms. One led to the Mirror Kingdom, one led to the Moon Kingdom, and the other to the Flower Country.
"Brother Bei, we will bid our farewells here and now." Yan Xiaoxi wanted to return to the Eastern Mirror Country by herself, but when Bei Bai Xi returned to the Northern Moon Country, the two of them went their separate ways. With a leap, they jumped onto their horses.
"Xi Er." Bei Baixi held onto Yan Xiaoxi's sleeve.
Yan Xiaoxi, who was sitting on the horse, looked down at Bei Bai Xi, who was dressed in white, and asked with a smile. "Is there anything else?"
"Why don't you come back with me to the Northern Moon Kingdom to play?" He did not beat around the bush and immediately sent out an invitation.
Yan Xiaoxi was slightly stunned. She had never had the thought of going to the Northern Moon Kingdom. Looking at the expectant expression on Bei Bai's face, she found it hard to reject him. Brother Bei had always been good to her.
"Xi Er, there's a lot of food that isn't available in the Southern Water Country. It's very tasty." Knowing Yan Xiaoxi's gluttonous nature, he had directly hit her in the heart.
"Is that so?" These words immediately aroused Yan Xiaoxi's interest.
"Yeah." He had a faint smile on his face the whole time.
Yan Xiaoxi's cunning eyes darted around. Suddenly, a thought flashed across her mind as she replied, "Alright."
Bei Bai Xi thought that Yan Xiaoxi wanted to meet him for food, so he decided to head to the Northern Kingdom. How could he know that Yan Xiaoxi actually had other plans?
Right at that moment, Nangong Lin's sculpture-like face appeared in Yan Xiaoxi's mind, causing her to immediately think of the Rainbow Pearl. The wooden Rainbow Pearl was in the Northern Moon Kingdom, she might as well take this opportunity to look for it so that she could gather all five of the colored pearls to open the mechanism door and remove the strange poison from his body.
"This way." Bei Bai led the horse that Yan Xiaoxi was riding and pulled them in another direction. That was the road to the Moon Kingdom.
Yan Xiaoxi nodded and looked apologetically at Bei Bai Xi, feeling sorry for him. He had kindly invited her to visit the Northern Moon Kingdom, but she had other intentions.
"Brother Bei." Yan Xiaoxi cried out.
"Right."
"Why not?" Yan Xiaoxi had plans to give up. She could obtain Mu Caizhu by relying on her own strength and didn't want to implicate Beiming Ce.
"No worries, Xi Er only needs to come. I will take good care of you." He did not know why Yan Xiaoxi had gone back on her word.
As long as the two of them had the opportunity to get along, Yan Xiaoxi would discover that he was good and that he would be able to enter her heart. This was the reason why Bei Bai invited Yan Xiaoxi to the Northern Moon Kingdom.
In reality, the two of them had different goals in mind.
"Fine." Yan Xiaoxi was embarrassed to decline Bei Bai's cordial invitation. She had indeed been tempted by the food from the Northern Moon Kingdom.
"Xi Er, just treat the Northern Moon Kingdom as your home."
"Thank you, Brother Bei."
"Silly girl, you don't have to be so polite with me." Bei Bai looked gently at Yan Xiaoxi, and the two of them smiled at each other.
Northern Bessy led Yan Xiaoxi's horse while Yan Xiaoxi continued to sit on the horse. The two of them leisurely walked, talking and laughing along the way.
After a few days of travel, they finally arrived at the imperial capital of the Northern Moon Kingdom.
This was a bustling ancient city, flourishing with prosperity. It was on par with the Southern Water Country.
As soon as Yan Xiaoxi entered, the horses were already gone. They ran to the two sides of the street and looked left and right. They looked again and again like a girl who had just descended a mountain and had never seen the world.
Beiming Ce led the horse and followed closely behind Yan Xiaoxi, explaining the customs and culture of the Northern Moon while paying for her.
By the time they arrived at the inn, Yan Xiaoxi was already carrying so many things in her arms.
The carriage stopped, and Beiming Baixi decided to rest at the inn for the night before bringing Yan Xiaoxi back to the palace.