After deceiving the villain, I was forced to love him.

When Wang Qingyan returned, Baili Ce truly felt one of the great benefits of being with him.

That means no matter how angry or how much he schemes, he will never avoid her or deliberately ignore her.

"You're back! Come sit down!" Seeing that he was carrying a lot of things, Baili Ce, being a good boy, went forward to greet him.

"Hmm," Wang Qingyan was not surprised at all by her performance.

Despite her fear, she was always smart enough to know where his bottom line was. She knew she could refuse to comfort him or take the easy way out he offered, but she couldn't ignore him.

"open to take a look"

There's no need to look at the food; you can smell the crispy aroma even before opening it. As for the other boxes...

"so much?"

Bai Lize roughly counted that there were two sets of jewelry, plus three hairpins, four different styles of waist ornaments, more than a dozen hairbands, and several pairs of exquisite clasps, which probably cost a lot of money.

The key question is, does anyone still dare to accept money from Wang Qingyan? They'd probably just kneel on the ground and beg him to take it and leave.

"Not much, anyway, it's our own shop~"

Oh, it's not free, that's a real shame~

"Like it?"

"I love it! I love it!"

"You really have a special fondness for azure and jade white."

"They have special meaning to me."

"Hmm," Baili Ce nodded casually twice, without asking what the significance was, then took two waist pendants and placed them on the table, putting away the rest.

He then tied a jade-white belt with a hint of red around his waist, and another sky-blue belt with a deep green tinge around his waist.

Seeing that she had tied a gold ingot knot with a very auspicious meaning, Wang Qingyan couldn't help but ask curiously, "Are you using my things to do me a favor?"

"This..." Baili Ce's mind raced, and he mimicked him, "Isn't it mine?"

"So what are you doing?" If this is considered a gesture of goodwill, then it's far from sincere.

Straightforward and never playing dirty tricks, Baili Ce simply sat on Wang Qingyan's lap!

"Repent and mend your ways!"

"From now on, I'll be with you every time I need to use the restroom."

"You must be in front of me eleven and a half times a day!"

"Even a single breath less, I...can't...take...it!"

"..." Wang, whose part had been hurt by her sitting on him, didn't recover for a long time.

"Um...you don't agree?" Seeing that Wang Qingyan didn't respond for a long time, Baili Ce was a little embarrassed.

Then it gripped the ground with its toes, preparing to walk away.

It seems this fawning, people-pleasing personality type just doesn't suit her...

"Alright, alright, never mind..."

Pulling her back, Wang Qingyan said seriously, "You should understand that I don't like this kind of joke."

"No kidding."

Would I joke about my own life? Don't be ridiculous!

She now desperately wants to be with Wang Qingyan.

"But you said before that spending too much time together would make the other person get tired of each other."

"correct."

"then you?"

"Didn't you realize that I've finally come to my senses?" He blinked earnestly.

It was unlikely that she would suddenly realize her mistake, but she most likely needed his help. Wang Qingyan remained silent and continued to watch her performance.

"......" You just want to see her make a fool of herself, right?

Just watch it.

What else can she do?

ahem...

She cleared her throat, put her arms around his neck, and said with great emotion, "Just like you said."

"How can you be in love if you're not together?"

"How can I feel your love if we're not together?"

"Here, I also express my remorse for my previous inappropriate behavior and conduct a deep and serious self-examination."

"We also earnestly hope to restore our friendly and close relationship to what it was yesterday, so..."

Bai Li Ce was reciting when he suddenly stopped.

As Wang Qingyan listened, he leaned on her shoulder and sighed softly, "It would be even better if you could come up with a more plausible explanation..."

"..." In this respect, she is indeed lacking.

But she won't change.

Moreover, it has been proven that even Wang Qingyan needs private space.

Aside from the three hours he sleeps each day, he needs to avoid her for at least two hours to handle certain matters.

To put it bluntly, I didn't spend a single day with her!

Therefore, statements like "I want to be close to you all the time," "I only love you," and "I will never get tired of you" are all lies and nonsense.

Fortunately, she didn't believe a word of it.

However, as long as Baili Ce could ensure that he was at the manor, even if they weren't in the same room, or that he could take her with him when he went out, even if she was under the carriage or standing guard outside the door, she would be fine.

For Wang Qingyan—

Then there's no problem at all!

His subsequent interactions with Baili Ce were exactly as he had hoped.

She no longer finds him annoying and is happy to go out with him or wait for him in a place very close to him.

Knowing where he is makes me feel at ease, and if I don't hear from him for a while, I'll frantically search for him. Sometimes I even give him the feeling that I wish we could be tied together.

Gradually, Wang Qingyan became even less inclined to hide himself.

He no longer pretended to be humble and polite; whenever and wherever he wanted, he could kill, retaliate, and seek revenge without restraint.

Therefore, on several occasions, although Wang Qingyan's facial features looked no different from most of the time, they always gave people an overly bewitching feeling.

It was as if he really was a fairy in disguise.

For this reason, she even took the opportunity to ask Zu Gu, "Are there really spirits and monsters in the world?"

"never seen it"

"But if I and the Heavenly Dao can both exist, isn't it normal for some mountain spirits and monsters to appear? Don't you all love stories of spirits repaying kindness and immortals falling to earth?"

"Who the hell loves that!"

"I'd rather philander than engage in targeted poverty alleviation."

Fairies and immortals can live freely and happily; please don't try to be backward compatible.

"But seriously, if spirits and monsters really exist, do you think it could be Wang Qingyan?"

Zu Gu actually thought about it.

"Probably not."

"How do you know he isn't him if you haven't even met him?"

He scoffed, "If he were really some kind of monster, he would have bewitched you and made you completely devoted to him by now. Would you have been allowed to travel so far to find me? Wouldn't I have used magic to break your legs the moment you left?"

“Hmm~” Baili Ce nodded in deep agreement, “That makes sense.”

"But I'm more worried about the snow these next few days than that."

"You suspect it's the will of Heaven?"

Bai Lize was silent for a moment. "I'm not sure. What about you?"

"He certainly can't do it with his current power, but he is, after all, the Way of Heaven, and if he really wanted to, there must be other ways."

That's all the hints we can give. If Baili Ce can't figure it out, even the Ancestral Gu can't help you.

Such heavy snowfall, once or twice, is a sign of a bumper harvest.

Too much of it will be a disaster.

When disaster strikes and there is nothing that can be done to avoid it, naturally more people will turn to God.

The resulting energy, even if it cannot compare to the effect of devouring Him, is enough for the Heavenly Dao to recover some of its strength.

......

Several days later, the snow, which came and went, finally covered the three cities and surrounding areas in a silver coat.

On the ice, thick enough to support thousands of troops, people walk their dogs and play, admiring the beauty of the white snow and red plum blossoms.

Some people froze to death on the riverbank, and their bodies were quickly covered by heavy snow.

"How long do you think this snow will last?"

How would I know?

Picking up a plum blossom she had just finished processing, Wang Qingyan casually brushed aside the topic, saying, "It's strange, even though I watched you do it the whole time, I still couldn't figure out what you were trying to do."

Bai Li Ce calmly took the plum blossom back from his hand. "If it were so easy for you to guess, what would be the point?"

"You really aren't going to tell me?" He was getting more and more curious.

Bai Li Ce smirked smugly. "We'll see then."

She assured him that Wang Qingyan would be perfectly happy with the gift.

And everyone will be very satisfied.

"Then I'll wait. Should I melt some more candles?"

"No need for now, you go ahead with your work."

Continue to examine the account books, and take the opportunity to find out how much grain he has accumulated, and how many people he needs to starve to make his move in order to shake the foundation of the court.

"Call me if you need help."

"Um"

......