Bai Naijiong glanced at the carriage and readily agreed, "I'd be happy to accompany you."
The news that Yan Qingxue had moved into the Bai family home spread like wildfire throughout the Bai residence.
For a young lady to be allowed to stay overnight at the Second Young Master's residence, it's clear their relationship is extraordinary. Although Bai Naijiong has some female friends, only Yan Qingxue has openly moved in.
The Bai family was suspicious of the relationship between Yan Qingxue and Bai Naijiong. The news spread to Bai Naijiong's birth mother, Aunt Yue.
"I heard that a young lady has moved into Naijiong's place." Li Yue held an eyebrow pencil and lightly brushed her eyebrows.
"Yes, it's the young lady from the Green City Lord's Mansion that you mentioned last time. Don't worry, Auntie, it's alright. The young master just considers her a friend and has no other intentions," the nanny beside Li Yue explained.
Li Yue slowly and deliberately drew her eyebrows, her tone light and casual.
"That's good. How dare an unknown girl from the city lord's mansion covet my son? She's not worthy."
"I heard it's just for one night, a quick place to stay and then they leave."
Li Yue picked up a piece of lip rouge and applied it to her lips.
"How are things going with my son and the third young lady of the Luo family lately? Has anything progressed?"
"Recently, with the end of the year approaching, the second young master has been quite busy. Apart from making another trip to Jincheng, he doesn't seem to have much contact with the third young lady of the Luo family."
Li Yue frowned slightly, her delicate willow-leaf eyebrows furrowing as she spoke slowly and deliberately.
“That won’t do. We need to put in some effort. Go and send a letter to the third young lady of the Luo family in my son’s name, inviting her to my residence for a visit.”
...
The next day, Anle and Yan Qingxue were unable to leave. They had only planned to stay overnight at the Bai residence before heading to the capital, but unexpectedly, Bai Naijiong was held up by official business at the residence and could not leave for the time being.
Since we had already agreed to go to the capital together, we could only stay at the Bai residence and wait for Bai Naijiong to finish his work before heading to the capital together.
Anle was easy to talk to. She was only here to pick up her third brother, and there was no time limit. As long as she could go home before the New Year, it wouldn't matter if she was delayed for a couple of days.
I settled down here quite easily, and this time my trip to Baicheng wasn't as urgent as the last one, when I had a mission with me.
So, Anle planned to take a good stroll around Baicheng, have some fun, and treat it as a trip.
"Then let's wait here for Young Master Bai, and have some fun here."
"Beautiful sister, are there any fun places to visit around here? I'm not familiar with this area." After learning from Yan Qingxue that Bai Naijiong was temporarily unable to leave, An Le smiled and focused her attention on sightseeing.
Yan Qingxue grinned, "If we're talking about fun places, this place can't compare to Jincheng. But there's a Miaohu Lake here, and many people like to go there to play. There's an ancient tree rooted at the bottom of the lake, which is said to be a thousand-year-old tree."
No one really knows exactly how long it has been growing, but looking at that ancient tree, it seems to be over a thousand years old. It grew out of the bottom of the lake, which is really amazing. I heard that if you accidentally break off a branch, blood will flow from inside the branch. It's like it has become a spirit.
Praying for a partner by facing that ancient tree is said to be particularly effective, and many young men and women go there to pray for a good marriage.
"Would you like to go see that ancient tree?"
Anle nodded vigorously. A thousand-year-old tree?
That's really tempting! She's lived two lifetimes and never seen what a thousand-year-old tree looks like.
The four of us set off for Temple Lake.
Although it is called Temple Lake, the lake is actually located outside the temple, surrounding it and encircling it.
To be precise, the temple is built in the middle of this lake, which is much larger than Anle had imagined.
The temple was built on a large, protruding piece of land in the middle of the lake.
People can enter the temple by boat or by walking across the drawbridge, but carriages cannot pass through.
Because it was winter, the lake surface was frozen, so everyone had to abandon the boat and walk across the suspension bridge.
On the suspension bridge, groups of men and women walked together in twos and threes.
From afar, Anle spotted the ancient tree that enveloped the lake in its shade. It was so large that its branches covered the entire lake, and its exaggerated size shocked her even more than Yan Qingxue had described.
"It's...it's too big! Is this really a tree?"
A gentle breeze blew by, and the colorful ribbons hanging from the branches under the tree fluttered in the wind. Anle watched with excitement from a distance.
Who knows, if you pray for a marriage here, it might actually come true.
"Come on, beautiful sister, let's go and ask for a good marriage for you too."
Xiao Ya stood behind Yan Qingxue, listening with a smile on her lips.
"Lele, if you want to pray for a marriage here, you must come together with a man and a woman who are in love with each other, and pray together with sincerity for your prayers to be effective."
Anle blinked, somewhat taken aback. "Huh? Is that so?"
If she had known this, she should have brought her cousin Zhishu here with her.
The suspension bridge was long and wide, and it swayed slightly as you walked on it, but Yan Qingxue walked as if on flat ground, without screaming or making a fuss like the other women around her.
Anle couldn't help but roll her eyes. What the hell are you yelling about?
The suspension bridge is only two meters above the lake; it's not like walking on stilts or a tightrope.
This distance is so short that even someone with a fear of heights wouldn't be bothered by it.
As Anle slowly approached the ancient tree, she gradually became unsettled. This time, she wasn't shocked by the tree's enormous branches and thick trunk, but rather by the reaction of her system, Tianyuan.
This is a really big problem!
Anle was both surprised and excited.
Is there a response?
Her system, Tianyuan, actually reacted?
The last time I felt this reaction was when I encountered that dark, unremarkable stone at the Red City Auction House.
Then, after obtaining the stone, her system's pastoral landscape was upgraded.
This time, perhaps there's something good nearby that can upgrade her system's rural landscape.
What is it?
What exactly caused it to react?
Anle looked around, but apart from a group of women who were either yelling or chatting and laughing, there was nothing else suspicious.
Anle glanced around suspiciously, then narrowed his eyes slightly and focused his gaze on the ancient tree—
Apart from this mysterious and somewhat magical ancient tree, there really isn't anything special about this place.
The most special thing is this ancient tree.
but--
Anle stared at the ancient tree, his face contorting slightly.
How is she supposed to handle such a big tree?
Can't we sneak into the system's garden?
How can I make a move in front of so many people?
This is absolutely damn tricky.
This is different from the rock that you can just openly and honestly photograph.
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