Traveling through time and space to become a lady of a noble family, but she only wants to escape

"If you want to leave, you have to leave quickly. Today's fortune is not auspicious. Given the old lady's temper, you may not be able to leave when she comes to her senses tomorrow." Bai Zhi said, "The war is still going on outside, so take care of yourself."

Qiao Wanwan held Bai Zhi's hand tightly, her eyes slightly moist: "After we say goodbye here, we may not know when we will meet again."

This might be the last time we see each other in this life, Bai Zhi thought. She forced a smile and said, "Fate in the world is always coming and going. Come on, let's hurry up before it gets dark."

The guard helped Qiao Wanwan onto the carriage, whipped her long whip, and the sound of horses' treads and wooden wheels grinding the ground slowly faded away. Qiao Wanwan lifted the curtain, waved at Bai Zhi, and shouted something, but the carriage was moving too fast, so Bai Zhi couldn't hear or see anything clearly.

When she could no longer hear the sound of the carriage, Bai Zhi suddenly felt a little tired. She simply sat cross-legged on the ground and said to herself, "It is indeed a bit urgent."

After a while, she muttered to the direction where the carriage was going: "Qiao Wanwan, if you hear about me again, it's probably because I was exterminated along with the Xuanping Marquis Mansion. Our fate ends here, please don't scold me. There are always separations and reunions in the world, there is no such thing as eternity. Even water can wear through stone, is the human heart harder than stone? Let's cherish the present without regrets."

A voice suddenly came from a few steps behind him: "Don't regret it, cherish the present moment, that's well said."

"Ahhhhh!" Bai Zhi jumped up out of fright. After looking carefully to see who had spoken, she cursed, "You're out of your mind. Why are you pretending to be a ghost here in the middle of the night?"

Gu Yan was wearing a night suit and took out an oil-paper bag from his arms. His eyes looked particularly bright in the night: "Then this is my apology."

Baizhi opened the paper package and found a whole braised large intestine inside.

"..." Bai Zhi didn't curse or thank him, and after a long while she managed to utter, "How can you eat this thing if you don't cut it into pieces? Are you just going to chew it?"

Gu Yan pulled out a dagger from behind his back like a magic trick: "The shopkeeper said that freshly cut ones are the best."

"Let's go home and eat it." Bai Zhi rewrapped the oil paper bag and couldn't help asking, "You followed me all the way?"

"It's getting dark, I'll come and take you back."

"Pick me up in your night clothes?"

"Night clothes are light to wear."

It sounded like nonsense, so Bai Zhi simply didn't want to argue with him. She patted the sand and lime on her clothes and said, "Let's go back."

Gu Yan said: "It's rare to go out of the city, why not go for a walk?"

Bai Zhi: "Where are you going at this late hour?"

Gu Yan took out a tinder from his bosom and blew it, and the tinder burned brightly. He waved the flame in front of Bai Zhi's eyes and said with a smile, "Just think of it as keeping me company."

Anyway, they would just sleep when they got back and there was nothing to do, so Bai Zhi agreed and followed him to the moat.

The firelight reflected on the river was unclear, and Bai Zhi said nothing, which was unusual. She just kept her head down, staring at the firelight in the river, and walked forward with somewhat disorderly steps.

Gu Yan asked softly, "Do you really think that fate in the world is not eternal?"

Bai Zhi shook her head: "Anyway, I haven't seen it, nor have I heard of it."

"Qiaoqiao and Chuqi are by your side. Doesn't that mean they will last forever?"

"Chuqi still has a mother. Qiaoqiao may only have me, but if she sees the world in the future and really wants to leave me, can I still tie her up?"

Gu Yan suddenly extinguished the fire. Bai Zhi's eyes could not adapt to the darkness in an instant, and she became blind.

"What's wrong?" Bai Zhi asked, "Is the fire starter broken?"

Gu Yan's breath was getting closer and closer, and finally he was only a few inches away from her. He said in the darkness: "What if I say that I am willing to be your eternal immortality?"

When he said this, he deliberately lowered his voice, so it sounded very much like his natural voice. Bai Zhi was in a trance for a moment and asked, "What?"

"Bai Zhi, you heard it."

Bai Zhi did hear it. She was not stupid and she did understand the meaning of Gu Yan's words.

But Bai Zhi was so shocked that her mind was racing. She couldn't figure out what his reason was.

"Listen to me." Bai Zhi cleared her throat. "You are the future King Jing. I just want to be a small shopkeeper who lives a life of idleness and waits for death. You and I should be like me and Qiao Wanwan. Our fate will end when the Marquis' Mansion is destroyed."

Gu Yan was silent for a long time, and then asked in a hoarse voice: "Is this what you really mean?"

Bai Zhi was choked.

These were the words that came out of her mind. As for what she was thinking in her heart, how could she know? She had never figured out her true feelings since the day she agreed to stay here.

Speaking of curiosity and compassion, there is also some kind of impurity mixed in there, but this is definitely not enough to be what he calls eternal and immortal.

It was this little bit of dust that made her deviate from her planned route, and she stayed here and confessed that she wanted to go to Qing County.

What the hell is this?

"I..." Bai Zhi sighed deeply, "I don't know, don't ask me. But there is one thing I do know, nothing in this world lasts forever."

All long-term promises will eventually go away. She doesn't blame anyone, it's just that people are just like that.

After a while, the tinderbox lit up again. Gu Yan's face was expressionless, and he said softly, "I'm sorry, don't worry, I was rude."

With his humble attitude, Bai Zhi didn't know what to say. She waved her hand and said with a smile as if nothing had happened, "Let's go back home."

Gu Yan followed her silently, lighting the way, his other hand hanging by his side, clenching and unclenching.

It's over, he thought, I seem to have screwed it.

The next day, Bai Zhi got up early, left letters for Gu Yan and Qiao Qiao respectively, and then ran to the other side of the capital with a bag. She rented a small house far away from people, and planned to live there for half a month to calm down.

That day, Qiaoqiao and Lin Chuqi ran over and asked her why she suddenly moved out.

Bai Zhi: "The first wife passed away, the second wife divorced, and the old lady must be annoying me every day, so I came here to hide."

"So that's how it is!" Qiaoqiao hugged Baizhi's arm and blinked her big eyes, "Then I want to live here too."

"You two should stay here quietly. This little house is not as good as Yishuiyuan."

Besides, Yishuiyuan is very safe, so don’t make me worry about your lives anymore, Bai Zhi thought.

Qiaoqiao puffed up her face: "Ah? Then when can you come back?"

Bai Zhi scratched Qiaoqiao's nose and said with a smile, "You two should review your lessons for the next few days. I will be back soon."