Shi Xi jumped off the back of the white wolf and walked up to him.
"Bai Bai, back then, no matter who appeared to save you, you would have liked her. Your feelings for me may not have been love, nor romantic love, but just gratitude, a sense of warmth and comfort from being together on a cold day."
Bai Yanlang knew that Shi Xi was not from this world, and that her feelings for Di Chenxiao were unshakable by anyone else. He also knew that his own feelings for her were not as deep as Di Chenxiao's.
"Is it not love? Or just gratitude, or a way to find solace?"
"Yes, it's just gratitude. If your feelings for me are love, they won't change because of one thing or one person, but you will change."
Shi Xi felt it necessary to make things clear. Hesitation would only lead to more trouble, and she didn't want to live in this misunderstanding forever, neglecting the people who loved her.
She turned and left, took two steps, paused, and said, "I saved you without expecting anything in return. Now, you've carried me on your back, and I've let you experience the hardship of walking in the snow. Between us, neither of us owes the other anything. From now on, we're just friends."
After saying that, he turned and left.
The leather shoes crunched on the snow. Shi Xi wanted to get back into Di Chenxiao's arms as soon as possible, so she took a few steps and then ran away.
Bai Yanlang watched quietly as Shi Xi ran away happily, like a little bird released back into the sky, free and joyful.
The footprints behind me had been covered; the snow was falling heavier and heavier, turning my head and shoulders white.
A shadow appeared behind me, holding an umbrella, pale-faced, with a wound on his arm that had reopened, staining his entire arm red.
"Master, Miss Shi and Master Chen have already left."
Master, it's freezing cold outside, could you please not stay outside?
Bai Jian dared not say these words aloud. Since her master was outside, she would stay with him.
Bai Yanlang came to his senses. He had been thinking about what Shi Xi had said. His feelings for her were not love, but gratitude.
Perhaps she's right; his feelings for her were merely gratitude.
Bai Yanlang took the umbrella and shared it with Bai Jian. "Let's go. Your wound has reopened. Let's go back and apply medicine."
Bai Jian took two steps back, placing the person under the sky. "This subordinate dares not let Master hold the umbrella. Thank you for your concern, Master. This subordinate will apply the medicine when I return."
Bai Yanlang held an umbrella in one hand and pulled Bai Jian's arm with the other, the two sharing the umbrella.
"Let's go."
Bai Jian felt a heat in her arm where Bai Yanlang had grabbed her, and her originally pale face turned rosy.
Back in the room, Di Chenxiao removed Bai Jian's sleeve and bandaged her wound.
After bandaging the wound, Bai Jian left the room. Bai Yanlang chuckled and touched Bai Jian. Bai Jian felt as if he were being burned in a fire, his whole body burning hot.
In the dead of night, Bai Yanlang opened the safe and took out the only thing inside: a tattered strip of cloth.
They were neatly folded and placed together.
He held the strip of cloth in both hands and placed it on the bed.
The events that happened with Shi Xi flashed before my eyes. It seemed that, apart from the memory of the snowy day, which was relatively clear, the other memories were rather blurry.
It's still snowing outside; it's a good thing that the heavens are weeping, washing away the filth from the earth.
As dawn broke, Bai Yanlang moved his legs, which had gone numb from sitting for so long, and slowly picked up the strip of cloth, throwing it into a trash can not far away.
"From now on, we'll just be friends, nothing more than...friends."
After returning from the Bai family, Shi Xi paid special attention to maintaining a safe distance from her male friends, hoping to avoid a repeat of the situation with Bai Yanlang and Di Shi.
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