Reborn: Femme Fatale First Daughter
chapter-209

The two of them fought.

The minute they fell on the ground, Mo Xuetong hurriedly got out of his arms and held his hand to ask, “How are you?”

On the sleeve of the robe was an arrow which was not too long. The blood reddened his white robe.

Bai Yihao slightly smiled and one wouldn’t notice his pale face if not looking at him carefully. “I’m fine. That’s nothing. You should go back now!”

He got wounded because he tried to protect her from the arrow, or it would be easy for him to evade with his kung fu.

Mo Xuetong didn’t know how she had such strength. She just tore his sleeve apart and saw the arrow on his wrist. Mo Xuetong bit her teeth and seated him on a stone. She took out her handkerchief and fastened it on his arm. Although she had only read the medical books by herself, she knew she had to pull the arrow out first to stop the bleeding.

Bai Yihao stopped her with a smile. “Let’s go to my room, where there is medicine.” Though his face was pale, he looked pure and noble as a jade.

When the arrowed was pulled out, the wound should be treated with medicine. Mo Xuetong thought that since Bai Yihao had such excellent medical skills, he definitely had good medicine to cure the wound. Therefore, she didn’t hesitate and held Bai Yihao in the direction as he pointed. Behind them, Mo Lan nervously followed and didn’t dare to stop for a second.

This road was different from the one she had taken before. It didn’t take her much time to get to Bai Yihao’s house.

Mo Lan went to get water. Mo Xuetong bit her lips and held the arrow end with her trembling fingers, then she slightly lifted her eyes, “I’ll pull it out now. Can you bear the pain?” The wound caused by the arrow was deep, so even though she covered her arm with the handkerchief, it wouldn’t stop the blood from oozing out. The blood flew onto his white clothes through his arm.

Bai Yihao’s other long arm reached over and steadily landed on her trembling hand. Then he gently smiled, “Don’t worry. If you’re afraid, I can do it myself.” His light smile was truly unpleasing as if he was looking down on her.

Mo Xuetong glared at him and got rid of his hand. Then she held the arrow in his arm and pulled it out with much strength.

Bai Yihao’s voice was extremely gentle. “You should look away in case the blood spills on you.”

He was right, and Mo Xuetong slightly twisted her head. Then her hand quickly held onto the arrow and pulled it out. By the time, Mo Lan had already returned with the water and covered the wound with the handkerchief. Mo Xuetong threw away the arrow and took the tissue. Later, she attentively and softly wiped off the bloodstains and sprinkled the medical powders which had been prepared.

Even if Mo Xuetong was brave in this second life, she was terrified by that badly mutilated wound. She carefully wrapped it with a white cloth in case she hurt him. There was sweat on her forehead, and a blush emerged on her little white face. Her childish watery eyes were kind of vague, and her long black lashes fluttered from time to time. Her little pink lips shone like a juicy peach and were truly tempting.

Such a pretty face was accompanied by such a serious attitude and a careful appearance. Bai Yihao suddenly felt he was hit somewhere in his heart and took the handkerchief by the side to wipe off the sweat on her forehead. The smile by his lips was still gentle and warm.

His behavior truly scared Mo Xuetong. She lifted her watery eyes which had been lost in blankness and hesitantly looked at him. Suddenly, her long lashes shivered, and she lowered her eyes and her head again to wrap the wound for him. It could be seen from her pouted lips that she felt a little uncomfortable.

A gentle smile appeared on his handsome face again.

There was no one talking in the room and Mo Lan went out to wash the blood-stained on her sleeve. The wind blew by the window and howled. By the window was the desolate sound of the wind, which highlit the peace and warmth inside. Almost subconsciously, Mo Xuetong uncomfortably stood up after wrapping his wrist.

Back on her feet, Mo Xuetong gently bowed again. “Thank Sir Bai for saving my life.” Moments ago, she saw it clearly that the arrowed was aimed at her, but he quickly lifted up and took the hit for her.

“There is no need to be so polite. You were involved because of me. It’ll be lucky for me if you won’t blame me.” Bai Yihao smiled peacefully and tore down the sleeves which had been torn apart by Mo Xuetong. “I didn’t expect you to have such strength. I thought it was a maid who was used to doing heavy chores!”

He casually tore down a strip and tossed it on the ground.

Mo Xuetong stood still and couldn’t help looking at that blood-stained strip. Nobody would know it was once a part of his superb clothes! She was really worried then and even dared to tear his sleeve apart. Mo Xuetong was a little timid and annoyed.

It was really annoying. She was in a hurry.

She answered angrily while she depressedly glared at him. “Sir Bai is so delicate and certainly can’t be compared to a suburban girl like me. If Sir Bai really gets wounded because of me, I’ll be guilty for my entire life and do some heavy chores to expiate for my guilt.”

She didn’t know which of these words pleased him, but he suddenly started to smile and picked a cup of tea on the table. He took a dip in an extremely elegant gesture. He narrowed his dark eyes. Then they lit up and he meaningfully looked at Mo Xuetong. “Your mother was the legitimate daughter of Fu General. How would she marry your father?”

The question was so abrupt that Mo Xuetong couldn’t catch up with him right away. She blinked her watery eyes and looked at him. She didn’t understand why he suddenly came up with this while it seemed to have nothing to do with him.

Mo Xuetong replied coldly. “My mother marrying my father was definitely arranged. As for the other things, I don’t know about it.” The coldness appeared in her eyes again, and grimness filled her face.

Bai Yihao smiled naturally, “I have an aunt who has disappeared for almost thirty years. When she was gone, I was about one year old. My mother told me to look for her, but I haven’t even though I’ve been in Great Qin for so many years. Today I suddenly remembered your mother seemed to be of the same age as my aunt and wanted to have a try.” He used his uninjured hand to pour a cup of tea for Mo Xuetong and brought it to her.

Bai Yihao still smiled gently but it somehow let Mo Xuetong realize the loneliness in his words, “This tea is from the Qin Kingdom which is my mother’s favorite. Every time she drinks this kind of tea, she’ll tell me about the two missing aunts and shed tears.”

His mother was the Princess Royal Yunruo in the Qin Kingdom who was the powerful Empress in the Yan Kingdom? She should be having the greatest power. And why was there sadness and loneliness at the bottom of his eyes when he mentioned his mother? Besides Princess Royal Yunruo definitely had sisters, but she never heard about a missing princess. Moreover, Princess Royal Yunruo was the legitimate daughter of the Empress Dowager and surely had no blood sisters.

The Empress Dowager only had a daughter, who was Princess Royal Yunruo, and a son, who was King Ning. Princess Royal married far away and King Ning died young. Therefore, she didn’t have any blood sister. Bai Yihao’s words were truly strange.

“How did your aunt disappear? Why didn’t I ever hear of it?” She took the tea over and tasted it. It was quite different from those she used to drank and was tastier. Maybe it was a present from the palace. She thought and understood it. Princess Royal Yunruo grew up in the palace and was used to the presents in the palace which were definitely different from those she drank.

Bai Yihao’s face was tender. He slightly lifted his eyebrows and his eyes became cold. “There are things which can’t be learned from the rumors in the palace. It can be true when the rumors certify it to be false and it can be false when the rumors certify it to be true. If the two aunts were still alive, one of them should be thirty-one years old while the other should be thirty-three years old.”

They were both around thirty and both disappeared thirty years ago. What happened in the royal palace thirty years ago? Mo Xuetong really couldn’t recall it. She just knew that the famous King Jin’s rebellion also happened about thirty years ago. Maybe princesses were stolen out of the imperial palace then? It was a huge deal which hadn’t been mentioned for so many years. It was clearly hidden on purpose.

Indeed, it was kind of a scandal in a royal family and the emperor would definitely hide the truth. But she didn’t expect Princess Royal Yunruo to be so loving and sympathetic, which surely aroused Mo Xuetong’s suspicion. In her last life, she heard that Princess Royal Yunruo was locked by this gentle crown prince without any good reason.

Looking at how affectionate he was to his mother, she felt it unbelievable that Bai Yihao was the one who locked his mother up for the rest of her life.

Pausing for a while, Mo Xuetong somehow continued, “Thirty years have passed, and they might have their own children and live a happy life. It may not be happy to be born in a royal family. You should tell your mother to stop worrying about that. One just can’t force things to happen.”

It reminded her that in her last life when she married Sima Lingyun. She thought she had married a good husband and had nothing to worry about. But she was stepping into a deathly trap. After the concubines’ constant provocation and persecution… At last, she was framed to death by Mo Xuemin and Sima Lingyun! Life was like this in a wealthy and respected family. It would be even worse in this imperial palace, and it wasn’t necessarily happy to be wealthy and exalted!

Bai Yihao didn’t look at her. He just picked up the teapot himself and elegantly poured for her and himself. The sunshine slipped in from the window and landed on his handsome face. It made both his fine hair and gentle smile on his face clear to her.

Mo Xuetong subconsciously lowered her eyes!

She didn’t know when he left the Qin Kingdom. Nevertheless, she knew that in her last life, he took major actions when he arrived at the Yan Kingdom. At first, he locked the empress and the harem. Then he chased after the first prince in the Yan Kingdom who killed his own father. He crushed the entire army controlled by the first prince which claimed to contain millions of soldiers by the Yu River by the Yan Kingdom. It was said that the blood reddened the whole surface of Yu River. After a long time, the water there still stank of blood.

Then it shocked all that he killed and buried a hundred thousand surrendered captives in the pit. At that time he had the grand fame of a cold-blooded emperor!

All the things about him became extremely mysterious…

However, in this life, he was sitting across to her and got hurt for her. Whatever it was, it made Mo Xuetong completely confused. Maybe things had changed in her second life. She thought about that in mind and frowned. If so, would Mo Xuemin and Sima Lingyun end up together…

“Third Miss Mo, it’s late and you should go back now.” Bai Yihao lifted his head and his handsome face seemed natural and the free conversation between them seemed to have never happened. He turned around to look at Mo Xuetong and his smile was light and indifferent. “When the class officially starts, I’ll send an invitation to Mo Manor.”

He was urging her to leave?

Mo Xuetong was surprised and then smiled, relieved. It would be best if there was no connection between them. Then she smiled at Bai Yihao, “I’ll come if you tell me. Thank you for saving my life today, Sir Bai.” When she finished her words, she just turned around and gently left before Bai Yihao could say something.

Their staying together was truly improper. If someone from the Qin House came over and saw how she stayed with Bai Yihao in the same room alone, her reputation would be totally ruined! She just couldn’t ask to leave when Bai Yihao was hurt. He risked his life to save her while she was only thinking about her reputation. It was quite cruel.

It was lucky that Bai Yihao didn’t like her, either. She wondered if he was annoyed by her words! It should be true. A determined ruthless emperor wouldn’t like the opinions offered by a little girl! It was good for her and she would find another chance to pay back for his saving her life!

She didn’t notice the gentle smile emerging in Bai Yihao’s eyes because she left without hesitation. There was a smile by his lips. “She’s really a wise girl…”