It has come to this.

  Bai Zhenzhu glanced at the withered branch in Yu Shiran's hand, and the two of them lowered their voices to a level that only they could hear. After a long time, they both nodded slightly, and Bai Zhenzhu turned around and walked out of the bamboo pavilion.

  "This time, you can't rush to move against Bai Lian, Bai Liu Li is worried about this useless old man, even if you hate him, it's better to endure for now." Just as Bai Zhen Zhu was about to leave the bamboo pavilion, Yu Shi Ran's voice sounded again, with a hint of displeasure and warning, "Both of us feel that Bai Liu Li is not like the original Bai Liu Li, we need to be more cautious in everything."

  "Hmm." Bai Zhenzhu responded dully, pulled up her windbreaker, and put it back on her head. Without stopping, she left the flower pavilion. The middle-aged woman who had been waiting at the corner bowed to Yu Shiyuan from afar after Bai Zhenzhu walked past the corner, then hastily followed Bai Zhenzhu as she left.

  "Mother Fu." Bai Zhenzhu walked forward, calling out softly to the woman following behind her. The woman hastily walked up beside her, still keeping her head bowed low in a respectful manner, and replied reverently, "Your servant is here."

  "Bai Li and Lan'er suddenly disappeared from my side, the feeling of losing my left and right hands made me feel a bit uneasy." Bai Zhenzhu's face was hidden under her hood, the large shadows making it impossible to see her expression at this moment, only hearing her usually gentle voice sounding somewhat melancholy and despondent.

  Fu Mama lifted her head, glanced at Bai Zhenzhu's profile, and her calm gaze suddenly trembled before lowering her head again. Her tone was still respectful and humble, but with a hint of heartache, "Miss, if you feel tired, just let go, Miss...".

  However, Fu Mama's words were cut off by Bai Zhenzhu before she could finish speaking. "No, I absolutely won't let go. They owe me and will never be able to repay me. I'm just taking back what belongs to me."

  "But miss, if the young lady knew you were so unhappy, she would not want you to be so...so miserable..." Fu Ma said, her face showing a pained expression.

  "Don't mention my mother to me!" Bai Zhenzhu's emotions suddenly changed after hearing the woman's words. "If it weren't for her insisting that you tell me the truth, I would have known nothing. But since she chose to let me know the truth, isn't it because she wants me to do something about it? And now that I've already learned the truth, how can I still pretend to be ignorant? I've chosen to walk the path she's given me, and it's either success or death. Now that I've walked halfway down this road, you're telling me to let go halfway. Do you think I can still let go?"

  Bai Zhenzhu suddenly laughed softly, the cold laughter containing a thick self-mockery. "I've already come this far, to the point where she wants to see me, how can I let go now? How can I just give up?"

  "No, not that kind of girl, Miss didn't mean for you to go and fight or take revenge on anything, she just——" Having heard Bai Zhenzhu's self-deprecating cold laugh, Fu Ma's face showed a pained and anxious expression, and she hurriedly explained, but was once again interrupted by Bai Zhenzhu.

  "Shut up!" Bai Zhenzhu sneered, her voice dropping to a low growl. "Do you think it's still useful to say these things now? If you had said them a few years ago, they might have been useful, but what's the use of saying them now?"

  Mrs. Fu's face suddenly turned white, she opened her mouth to argue, but didn't know how to speak, and could only slightly open her mouth, speechless, finally lowering her head in shame again.

  As they spoke, the two of them had already walked out of the gate, and the sedan chair bearers who had retreated earlier were waiting in front of the gate.

  "It's come to this, I won't let go." Bai Zhenzhu pulled the windbreaker on her head, bowed and walked into the soft sedan, her voice restored to its usual warmth, "Fu Ma, let's return to the manor."

  "Yes, miss." Fu Ma sighed silently and followed the sedan chair.

  The young servant in green clothes watched as the soft sedan with white pearls left, and just as he was about to close the large gate, a figure in light blue rushed over. The young servant was taken aback, let the person in, and quickly closed the gate.

  Bai Luli sat in the garden of the White Pearl Courtyard, leisurely sipping tea. Sha Mu stood behind her and suddenly a cool breeze swept by. He respectfully said in a low voice: "Young Miss, it's getting cooler on this autumn day, would you like to go inside?"

  "This is Pearl's garden, now that Pearl is not in the garden, how can I trespass on someone else's house without the owner being present? Wouldn't that give others another chance to wag their tongues about me?" Bai Liuli leaned against the armchair, slightly tilting her head, one hand supporting her forehead and the other tapping the armrest, looking completely at ease as if she were in her own courtyard. There was not a hint of "guest" demeanor about her. All she said in an indifferent tone was, "Don't any of you know where your master has gone?"

  When Zihan stepped into the courtyard of White Pearl, all five maids in the courtyard were trembling with fear. At this moment, the five people stood aside and didn't dare to move, afraid that they would accidentally provoke the young lady who seemed even more difficult to deal with than before. After all, Lan'er and Baili's fate was miserable, they had been working in the White House for so many years, while they had only been in the house for a year or two...

  One of the maids immediately stepped forward to answer, burying her head low, as if afraid that White Luli would eat her up with just one glance. Her voice was also trembling slightly due to uncontrollable fear, "Yes, yes Miss, we really don't know where Miss Pearl went, maybe she went out, today is Fu's mother who took care of Miss Pearl."

  "Is that Fu Mama?" Bai Liusi searched her memory for this person, Fu Mama was an old servant of the White Manor, but she seemed to always stay in the Orchid Garden of Bai Zhenzhu and rarely appeared in front of people. It was said that she was not in good health. The previous Bai Liusi had never paid attention to the affairs of the manor, so her memories of Fu Mama were very scarce, and she didn't even have an impression of what she looked like. She only vaguely remembered that she was a servant brought by her father, White Zhi, to take care of Bai Zhenzhu. "If you say that Sister Zhenzhu went out, but I've been in the front yard just now, how could I not have seen her leave?"

  "Or," Bai Liuli paused on purpose, "are you guys telling lies?"

  The five maids immediately knelt down and explained repeatedly: "We servants are telling the truth, we absolutely dare not lie to our young mistress!"

  Just as the five maids were frightened by Bai Luli, a dark blue figure appeared at the moon gate, accompanied by a gentle and soft laugh. "Little sister, where did you get this elegant mood from today? You actually have an interest in coming to big sister's place?"

  Bai Zhenzhu had already taken off the cloak on her shoulder, and at this moment she was dressed neatly with a calm pace, without any signs of going out. She smiled and walked towards Bai Liuli, "Sister just went for a walk in the backyard, didn't expect little sister to come here looking for me, why not ask someone to find me in the backyard?"

  "Has Pearl gone to the backyard? What's so good about the backyard at this time?" White Luli also smiled, "But didn't they just say that sister had left the house?"

  "Blame me, I didn't tell them where I was going, and it worried my sister." Bai Zhenzhu said as she changed the subject, "What did your sister want to find you for?"

  Since Bai Zhenzhu had intentionally changed the subject, Bai Liuli no longer clung to the previous issue and her tone turned slightly melancholic. She gazed at Bai Zhenzhu through the thin veil hanging from the brim of her hat: "Sister, when you went to the backyard, a matchmaker came to me with a proposal."

  "Oh? Isn't this a good thing?" Bai Zhenzhu was overjoyed, her face lit up with delight, and she grabbed onto Bai Liuli's hand, slightly excitedly saying, "Quickly tell sister, who is the matchmaker for whom?"

  "Cloud King, Baiyun Zhai." White Luli stared at White Pearl's eyes, saying each word slowly.

  Bai Zhenzhu's hand suddenly stiffened, and the joyful color on her face instantly cracked.

  Bai Luli slightly hooked up the corner of her mouth.