Black and White World in My Eyes

  Cloud King's Mansion, Ghostly Fierce.

  Mu Ze wiped his mouth with his sleeve, staring at Baili Yunfei with a look of utter astonishment, his eyes wide with incredulity. "You want to get married? Don't joke around! I'd rather believe you're marrying a man than think you'd marry a woman. How many women have you seen in your lifetime? Do you even know how to use that thing?"

  Listening to the wind, holding a warm jug of wine and walking into the octagonal pavilion, hearing Mu Zhen's surprised and disdainful words, almost fell to the ground. What is it that you know how to use...that thing?

  The flames danced on the mask of Baili Yunhuang's face, and no one could see or guess what kind of expression was hidden beneath.

  "Originally, in Ah Nu's eyes, I had a fondness for cutting sleeves. If that were the case, how could I have married Ah Nu?" Ba Li Yun Xiao took over the wine cup handed to him by Ting Feng, his voice low and shallow, though it was a smiling remark, but the cool tone made it impossible to hear any smile in it.

  "No! Absolutely not! I have no interest in men, and even less interest in ugly men!" Mu Ze exclaimed, standing up excitedly. "What Ben Shao likes are women with slender figures and charming manners, not men, nor women like Wang Yue who is as cold as an ice block!"

  Suddenly, a sharp silver light flashed in the dark, and Ting Feng immediately handed Mu Zhuo a cup of warm wine to prevent him from saying anything more astonishing. After all, provoking Wang Yue's wrath was even more terrifying than provoking his own.

  "Listen to the wind, look at you like that, not even married yet and already so henpecked, what's going to happen in the future?" Mu Ze took over the wine cup without any politeness, gulping down the wine in one mouthful, "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking in your heart."

  “……”

  "Get out, Mu surname." Wang Yue drew her sword and appeared in front of the pavilion, her eyes cold as ice, with deep disgust and hatred.

  Mu Ze looked at Wang Yue with a gaze full of resentment, his smiling eyes becoming somewhat distant.

  "Look at the moon, retreat." Ba Li Yun's eagle head didn't even turn as he gave a low command. Jing Yue's hand holding the hilt of his sword trembled slightly, then he lowered his head and respectfully replied with a "yes", before disappearing into the darkness once again.

  "Ah, Ah Lun, your heart is not at peace again?" Bai Li Yun Zuo slightly lifted the lower end of his mask and took a light sip of the warm wine that was emitting a fragrant aroma. "Why bother with Wang Yue, it will only bring you more suffering."

  Mo Yan's smile at the corner of his mouth faded, as if hiding an unknown sorrow. He gently shook the empty wine cup in his hand, looked up at the ink-like sky and said in a faint voice, "If I no longer feel this pain, I'm afraid I will slowly forget it."

  Baili Yunxiao didn't respond, but instead leaned quietly against the pillar behind him and slowly drank his wine.

  "Vulture, what do you plan to use Bai Liuli for?" Mu Ze looked at Baili Yunzhu again with his eyes downcast. The playful and frivolous air about him was gone, replaced by the calmness that only a wise and intelligent person would possess. "What is it about her that makes her worthy of your personal appearance? What is it about her that makes you want to marry her?"

  "With your abilities, it's not difficult to make her yours, why do you need to take the step of marrying her?" Mu Ze said, slightly furrowing his brow. "I don't think it's a good idea for you to marry her."

  "Does Ah Ning also dislike her bad reputation?" Bai Li Yun Xiao smiled lightly, "My reputation isn't good either? A wicked woman paired with the Ghost King, it's actually a pretty good match."

  Mu Ze's eyebrows furrowed even tighter, "You really want to marry her?"

  A hundred miles of cloud and hawk in silence, quietly drinking wine.

  "This isn't like you." Mu Ze shook his head slightly.

  "Ah Nu, what color are you wearing?" Ba Li Yun Xiao didn't answer the question, Mu Nu frowned again and said, "Deep purple."

  Baili Yunxiao stood up, picked a dry leaf from the withered branch beside the pavilion and asked: "What color is this leaf?"

  "It's yellowish brown." Mu Ze paused and continued, "In spring and summer, it's green."

  "What color is the pattern on this wine cup in my hand?" Baili Yunxiao turned around and picked up the wine cup on the stone table, asking softly.

  Cobalt blue.

  "The clothes on your body are crimson, the grass in spring and summer is green, autumn and winter are withered yellow, the clear sky is azure blue, and the most beautiful flowers in summer are pink. Ba Li Yun Xiao held a wine cup as if muttering to himself, his light tone seemed to carry a hint of self-mockery, 'But the colorful world in my eyes is just black, white, and gray.'"

  "But today, I saw the fourth color in my life." Baili Yunxiao's gaze passed through the small holes in his mask and looked into the distance. It was a color he had never seen before, one that he couldn't recognize or name, only knowing it was a light and beautiful hue, not a halo nor an ethereal mist, but truly and actually dyed onto the white porcelain-like clothes, even the thin veil hanging from her hat brim carried that light color.

  Even with his cold demeanor, at the moment he saw her, his heart still trembled uncontrollably, and for an instant, only two words floated to the top of his mind - special.

  That day, when he stood far away in the dark and heard the wind open her coffin, he felt that he had seen something different from others. However, it was not suitable to stay for a long time at that moment, so he went to the White House in person to verify what he thought in his heart. Unexpectedly, he saw such a special person in the White House, and it was this unprecedented specialty that made him throw out his identity for the first time to protect someone.

  Perhaps no one understands his way of doing things, because no one can understand what it's like to have a pair of eyes like that every day, but never mind, he has never needed anyone's understanding.

  But for something special and someone special, once he meets them, he won't let others take it for themselves, regardless of whether it's related to love or not.

  "Kō Hakulii is wearing black clothes today, from head to toe all in black, just like the unchanged color on your body." Mu Zhen didn't feel relaxed and happy, but instead felt a bit uneasy.

  "Is that so?" Baili Yunxiao lowered his gaze to look at the black robe he was wearing, and did not reveal any surprised words or actions, as if he didn't have a normal person's reaction.

  Isn't it black rather than the color he saw? But how does this matter?

  "Just a woman, Ah Nuo doesn't believe in my ability and worries that she will harm me?" In this world, there are very few people who truly care about him.

  "Don't forget, she's also the person Xia Hou Chen wants to get." That ruthless and cunning man.

  "This I will naturally not forget, otherwise I wouldn't have dug her out of the coffin either." Baili Yunxiao raised his hand to stroke the eyes on his mask, his voice cold and detached. "It's precisely because of this that I must marry her now."

  "Alright, have it your way. She's just a woman after all." Mu Ze finally let out a helpless sigh, "But you should make your move before Xia Hou Chen does anything, who knows what kind of underhanded tricks he might resort to."

  "Don't worry, I'm familiar with every move he makes." Ba Li Yun Xiao said coldly and smiled faintly, "However, I wonder if Ah Ning would be willing to be my matchmaker?"

  “……”