To stay, or not to stay?

Bai Zhi didn’t give him time to think about it, and in a blink of an eye, she told the maid at the side: “Go and tell the kitchen, Imperial Doctor Xu and the Emperor will stay for dinner today, let them prepare well.”

The maidservant responded and went away. Imperial Doctor Xu didn’t say much anymore, it was good if he can stay for dinner.

Thinking about it, Imperial Doctor Xu glanced at Dongfang Wan again.

Dongfang Wan naturally felt that he was looking at her, and frowned slightly, thinking that Imperial Doctor Xu was too careless and too rude to do this in front of Bai Zhi.

After Imperial Doctor Xu retreated, Bai Zhi took Dongfang Wan’s hand and asked: “Mother, what do you think of Imperial Doctor Xu?”

Dongfang Wan’s face turned red immediately, “What do you mean? I don’t understand.”

“Mother, don’t pretend, what’s there to be embarrassed about? You are so young and so beautiful, is it possible that you want to live alone like this?”

Dongfang Wan answered: “What’s wrong with me living alone like this? Haven’t I eaten enough suffering because of a man? It’s enough to fall into such a fire pit once, and I don’t want to fall into it again. Now I have you, and I’m free, happy, satisfied.”

Bai Zhi held Dongfang Wan’s hand, sighed softly, and said slowly: “Mother, you only felt this way because you met an unkind person before, but Mother, you have to know that there are not only scumbags in this world. There are also warm men.”

Dongfang Wan was confused: “What is a scumbag? What is a warm man?”

Bai Zhi smiled and said, “Scumbags are scumbags, such as Pei Qinghan, and warm men are men who can always bring warmth to women, such as Chu Yan.”

Dongfang Wan laughed: “I see it’s a metaphor, but it’s appropriate. Pei Qinghan is a scumbag.”

Bai Zhi wanted to say more, but Dongfang Wan waved her hands again and again: “Okay, okay, don’t talk about this anymore, you should wash up quickly. The emperor should be here after the court, you look like this, how do you see people?”

Bai Zhi smiled and didn’t say anymore, this kind of thing needs to be done step by step. It was not good to be too hasty.

She needed to see the benefits of Imperial Doctor Xu before she can pry her closed heart open.

After all, Pei Qinghan hurt her so badly that she still couldn’t fully let go of it.

Bai Zhi had just washed up here and put on a new winter coat, which was tailor-made, but it looked too wide when she put it on today.

She sighed, and murmured to herself: “Oh, I’ve lost weight again.” She pulled the unbuttoned collar and looked inside: “I’ve lost weight here too, it wasn’t big in the first place, why did it shrink?”

Chu Yan just stepped in, and seeing her like this, she almost collapsed from laughing. Was she dissatisfied with her figure?

Bai Zhi tied up her clothes with a blushing face, and said angrily, “Why didn’t you knock when you came in?”

Chu Yan pointed to the door and said, “This door isn’t closed. Why should I knock? I thought you were waiting for me.” He strode forward, stretched out his arms to wrap her in his arms, and clasped her slender waist, feeling that the two lumps of flesh on her chest pressing on his body, and his heart was numb.

“Zhi’er, don’t do this again.”

Bai Zhi docilely lay in his arms, hummed softly, and then asked: “What do you mean?”

“Don’t be sick, do you know how scary you look? I was so scared, I’m afraid you’ll—” Go back to the original world and never come back again.

Bai Zhi let out a cry, Chu Yan supported her shoulders, took a step back, fixed her eyes, and asked anxiously: “You went back there again, didn’t you?”

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