Leaving the Empress Dowager's residence, Xiao Mo returned to Yangxin Hall and once again entered the Book of a Hundred Lives.

Sitting in the courtyard.

Xiao Mo took out a crystal-clear snake scale from his chest.

The snake scale had been strung into a necklace by Bai Ruxue and now hung around Xiao Mo's neck, carried with him at all times.

Xiao Mo put down the book in his hands and looked up toward She Mountain.

It was about time to go pick her up.

Yesterday, Bai Ruxue had said she would pack her belongings and wait for him on that small path at noon tomorrow.

Judging by the time, she should be coming down the mountain soon.

"Sister, are you really leaving?"

At the cave entrance, Little Green looked at her sister, her nose twitching.

"Little Green, don't worry," Bai Ruxue patted her younger sister's shoulder, "Sister will definitely come back to see you often. Once sister gets familiar with life down the mountain, sister will bring you along too. Xiao Mo is a very good person."

"Alright then," Little Green wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Sister, you must be careful after going down the mountain. Humans are all bad! Sister, you're so innocent, you could easily be deceived."

"I won't be," Bai Ruxue proudly raised her fair little chin, "Sister is very clever, and Xiao Mo will be there too."

"I'm just afraid he'll sell sister," Little Green sighed and thought to herself.

"Sister, after going down the mountain, you must never reveal your true form in front of people. Remember this well," Little Green warned again.

"Mm mm mm, sister knows," Bai Ruxue nodded, "Little Green, you must eat more mice and take care of yourself. Sister will bring you down the mountain as soon as possible."

"Little Green will wait for sister."

After bidding farewell to her younger sister, Bai Ruxue happily walked down the mountain.

Before long, Bai Ruxue arrived at the halfway point of the mountain.

By the stone next to that small path, Bai Ruxue saw him wearing a green shirt.

"Xiao Mo," Bai Ruxue called out and ran over.

Xiao Mo turned around and saw Bai Ruxue holding a chicken in one hand and a rabbit in the other.

"What are these?" Xiao Mo asked.

"This is our lunch for today~" Bai Ruxue shook the prey in her hands, "I'll cook them for you after we go down the mountain."

"Good," Xiao Mo smiled, "Then I'll see Miss Bai's cooking skills."

"Hehe This young lady's cooking is very good~~"

"I believe Miss Bai," Xiao Mo said expectantly.

The two walked down She Mountain side by side and entered the village.

"Mr. Xiao, the young lady beside you is really beautiful."

"What a pretty young lady."

"This young lady looks like a fairy. Mr. Xiao, who is she?"

When Xiao Mo brought Bai Ruxue into the village, Aunt Li, Aunt Wang, and others who saw Bai Ruxue all praised her.

They weren't being polite; they truly had never seen such a beautiful woman.

This woman was fair and tender, clean as snow, like a fairy from legends.

"She is the daughter of a friend of my late father. She usually lived in Chen Kingdom. Due to war in Chen Kingdom, Ruxue fled with her parents. Not long ago, Ruxue's parents passed away. Today when I went to town, I recognized Ruxue. Since Ruxue had nowhere to go, I brought her back," Xiao Mo told the village aunties the explanation he had prepared in advance.

Hearing about this young lady's pitiful background, the aunties felt deeply sorry for her and pulled Bai Ruxue aside to show their concern.

Before long, all the villagers in Stone Bridge Village knew that a young lady as beautiful as a flower and more stunning than a fairy had come to their village.

"Miss Bai, please make do with staying here. If you need anything, just tell me."

After returning to the courtyard, Xiao Mo brought Bai Ruxue to a small wooden house nearby.

Originally, this wooden house was used to store miscellaneous items, but Xiao Mo had cleaned and tidied it up, replacing all the bedding and pillows with new ones.

"It's not making do at all," Bai Ruxue waved her hand and sat on her bed, "So comfortable... Usually I sleep on stones."

Xiao Mo: "..."

"I mean, my younger sister and I had very hard beds, like stones," Bai Ruxue quickly corrected herself.

"As long as Miss Bai likes it," Xiao Mo still pretended not to know anything.

"I love it!"

Seeing how easy Xiao Mo was to fool, Bai Ruxue thought to herself how she could possibly expose her identity. Little Green's worries were completely unnecessary.

"Xiao Mo, I'll go prepare the meal for you."

"Thank you, Miss Bai."

"You're too polite~"

Bai Ruxue cheerfully skipped out of the bedroom and headed to the kitchen.

Xiao Mo sat in the courtyard with a book, reading but before long, Xiao Mo smelled thick smoke.

Looking up, Xiao Mo saw the soot-covered Bai Ruxue running out of the kitchen crying, "Xiao Mo, there's a fire! The kitchen is on fire!"

In the kitchen of the backyard of the Ministry of Rites Minister's residence in Zhou Kingdom.

Yan Ruxue was preparing a meal.

Her maid Xiao Chun stood beside the young lady, helping out.

Although she was supposed to be helping, Xiao Chun had no way to assist.

Whether it was cutting vegetables or tending the fire, the young lady did everything herself.

Watching the young lady's skilled knife work and her crisp, efficient way of managing the fire and adding firewood, Xiao Chun always marveled at how there could be such a perfect woman.

Capable in the reception hall and in the kitchen, talented and beautiful.

Only her young lady could be like this.

After preparing the meal, Yan Ruxue had Xiao Chun carry it out.

In the courtyard sat a woman wearing a green dress.

This was her young lady's good friend. Xiao Chun had never known this woman's background.

She always came and went without a trace.

However, Xiao Chun didn't say much or ask questions.

Xiao Chun only knew that this woman's beauty was only slightly inferior to her young lady's.

And her young lady addressed her as "Little Green."

After placing the meal on the table, Xiao Chun bowed respectfully and withdrew as usual.

Yan Ruxue sat in front of Little Green, gracefully rolling up her sleeves to reveal her fair arms, ladling a bowl of chicken soup and placing it before her, "Little Green hasn't tasted sister's cooking in a long time, right? Come, try sister's cooking and see if my skills have declined."

"Sister..." Little Green raised her head, looking at the woman before her with complex eyes, "You haven't returned to the Dragon Palace in a very long time."

Yan Ruxue served Little Green a piece of braised rabbit meat, "Once matters are settled, sister will return."

"Sister! It's useless!"

Little Green's tone carried some anger.

"Even if sister finds his third life this time, so what? He's still an ordinary person in this life, his lifespan still won't exceed a hundred years, and he will eventually turn to dust!"

Yan Ruxue said nothing, just continued serving rice to her younger sister.

"Sister! Have you forgotten what he said to you before he died?" Little Green suddenly stood up, looking at her sister, her chest heaving violently.

Yan Ruxue: "..."

Looking at her sister who had been obsessed for thousands of years, Little Green seemed to lose all her strength, "Sister... let go..."

"Little Green..."

Yan Ruxue raised her head, looking gently into Little Green's eyes.

"Sister can let go of everything but only him."

"Sister cannot do it."