He had always known that she was beautiful.
Back then, Xie Xingyun had asked Bai Xianyu why she liked him.
Bai Xianyu's eyes were watery, and her voice was like a mosquito's murmur, carrying the shyness of a girl. "…I'm indebted to Young Marquis. I should devote my life to you."
Xie Xingyun raised his eyebrows thoughtfully. Only then did he remember that he had saved the life of the fifth child of the Bai family on the hunting ground when she was coming of age.
He and Bai Xianyu had been classmates at Lushan Academy for five years, and she had not said a word to him. It wasn't until after the hunting trip that she eagerly appeared by his side.
Bai Xianyu replied and swept her gaze across the crowd. In the end, she chose the seat furthest away from Xie Xingyun.
It was best not to have anything to do with him in this life. In her previous life, she had begged Xie Xingyun. In this life, she wanted to protect her four brothers and the entire general's residence well.
Even if she wanted to get married, she had to choose one who could stand on the side of the General's Manor from the beginning till the end.
The teacher with a beautiful beard walked in. He was dressed in a long robe and had an amiable temperament.
He walked straight to Bai Xianyu's side, and all eyes instantly focused on Bai Xianyu.
"Are you feeling better?"
Bai Xianyu nodded.
The Teacher nodded and began his lesson.
As the academy was still some distance away from the general's residence, Bai Xianyu would settle her lunch at the academy.
After lunch, it started to snow lightly. Bai Xianyu held an oil-paper umbrella and took a walk in the courtyard for her food to digest.
Xie Xingyun also did not return to his residence. He sat by the corridor with one leg bent and the other stretched out. He was as noble as someone that was beyond reach, and could only be admired from a distance.
The girl stood beside the five-foot-wide lotus pond. She shook off the snow on the umbrella and held it up again, but her hands were even smoother than the umbrella ribs.
Bai Xianyu felt less satiated and was ready to go back.
However, a cold hand that clearly belonged to a man grabbed the handle of her umbrella.
Bai Xianyu was stunned. The umbrella was slowly lifted in front of her, and the snow fell with a rustle. The young man looked down at her lazily. His frosty eyes were narrow and deep, and his eyebrows slanted into his temples, vividly displaying the young man's arrogance and brashness. A faint sandalwood fragrance lingered in her nose.
Although her heart was already in turmoil, her expression remained unchanged.
At this time, she and Xie Xingyun were not familiar with each other.
"…What's the matter, Marquis?"
Xie Xingyun looked at her steadily before picking up a handkerchief with his slender fingers. "Your handkerchief."
Bai Xianyu looked at the handkerchief embroidered with lotus flowers and heaved a sigh of relief. She closed her eyes and said, "Thank you, Marquis."
As she spoke, she reached out to take it, but Xie Xingyun subconsciously raised it up.
Both of them were stunned.
Xie Xingyun was the first to react. After marrying Bai Xianyu, he liked to tease her more and more. Seeing her angry expression always made him happy.
He had done this countless times and had already trained his muscles to react. Bai Xianyu only reached his chest. Every time he bullied her, she would jump onto his waist shamelessly. Her tiny face was angry and embarrassed as she bit his neck as if she was venting her anger.
Her small cherry-like mouth did not hurt when she bit him, but it tickled his heart. Instead, he pinched her waist and bullied her until dawn.
Bai Xianyu often said that he was calm, but now that she thought about it, he did not seem to be that calm.
This time, it was the same scene and the same person. Bai Xianyu did not pester him anymore to be pampered.
So… after her rebirth, would what she said that day come true?
Xie Xingyun's eyes darkened and he slowly lowered his hand.
Bai Xianyu looked up and could not care less about etiquette. After snatching the handkerchief from him, she quickly left.
…
Bai Xianyu entered the school with a shocked expression.
Why was this Xie Xingyun… so similar to him ten years later?
Could it be that… he had also been reborn?