Li Xi Rui sat on the chair in the rented room. Their plan to stop in DuXun for only one night ruined due to recent circumstances. After adjusting their plan, they stay one more night in the inn. Li Xi Rui is exhausted. Her mind wander off...

"Madam...", QiQi called Li Xi Rui.

"Madam!", QiQi shook her body softly.

"Sister Xi Rui!", QiQi is concerned. Too much stressful thing had happened at the same time and it wasn't exactly good for pregnancy. QiQi's red cheeks puffed up. She is worried that Li Xi Rui would succumb to that illness again.

"Finally QiQi decided to call me 'sister' again", said Li Xi Rui gently. QiQi has been calling Li Xi Rui madam the whole time, and it has been getting on her nerve in these few months. "Have QiQi stops feeling guilty?", Li Xi Rui asked. After the problem regarding Mu Gu Heng, QiQi has been walking on eggshells around Li Xi Rui. Though she didn't show it on her face, it has been uncomfortable.

"Is QiQi out of line?", QiQi asked. QiQi is younger than Li Xi Rui, even with her knowledge, she has still not mature enough to handle complicated situations. As a physician, QiQi has an obligation towards injured person, if she left him to die, she would not be able to raise her face again.

But Li Xi Rui doesn't wish for QiQi to blindly helping another person without understanding the real situation. Even if a physician should treat patient without prejudice, Li Xi Rui wanted QiQi to be a bit more aware of other people's intention.

"No. I never saw QiQi as a maid. This role, you are playing is temporary after all. Once it's done, I never wanted QiQi to do take on this role again", said Li Xi Rui to QiQi. Li Xi Rui couldn't help but admitted that she has a soft spot for QiQi.

"But QiQi don't mind. QiQi can be together with ma..d..a I mean sister so being a maid or a physician; anything is good", QiQi replied. Once, she even hoped Li Xi Rui to be her sister in law, but seeing Li Xi Rui now, she could see that even from the start her hope is not destined to be real. QiQi has loved her brother but she didn't know if Bai Wu Chen shared the same sentiment. So at least she had hope that someone like Li Xi Rui could be her brother's wife.

"QiQi, don't take it wrongly, but even if old Bai is a part of the Qilin sect, QiQi is not one of them", said Li Xi Rui. If someone heard what Li Xi Rui had said, they surely would think that Li Xi Rui is rude. Realizing her harsh words, Li Xi Rui immediately corrected herself, "What I want to say...".

But QiQi assured her that she is not offended, "QiQi understands. Sister want to say that I don't have an obligation towards the sect, so being a maid is not part of my duty".

Li Xi Rui smiled. QiQi is indeed smart. "Yes. So QiQi should not burden yourself", Li Xi Rui didn't want QiQi to bind herself with the sect just to please her.

"Then, QiQi will be a part of the sect!", declared QiQi. If being a part of the sect could get her closer to Li Xi Rui, QiQi can do anything.

"Ai...", Li Xi Rui sighed. She just had told QiQi to think about herself. "Then I'll tell Old Bai", if that's what QiQi want, Li Xi Rui decided to support QiQi. It was rather refreshing to see QiQi reverts back to her old self. Being playful suits her young self.

"Sister, QiQi will listen to you. But, sister... if you are sad, please tell QiQi. Your condition is not exactly favorable at the moment. The only way QiQi could help is to listen", said QiQi. At least she could listen to Li Xi Rui even if she couldn't provide any advice.

QiQi is someone that Li Xi Rui trusted. For the matter of her thought, at least telling someone she trusts could provide some relief, "Then, could QiQi listen?".

"Yes, of course!", QiQi is more than willing to listen. So QiQi sit down near Li Xi Rui and stare at her with her big eyes.

"It's a story about a white rabbit and a black rabbit...", Li Xi Rui started to tell her story in a roundabout way. "... In the end, the black rabbit watch as the white rabbit being roasted by the hunter", she finishes.

At the end of the story, QiQi commented, "I think that I'm done eating rabbit".

Li Xi Rui laughed at that mindless comment as she looks at Qi Qi's horrified look. But if a rabbit watches another rabbit being roasted, for sure it will be horrifying. 'Maybe choosing to roast the rabbit in the story is not a good choice', thought Li Xi Rui. It was a bit cruel.

After a moment of thinking, QiQi asked, "Why did the white rabbit thinks about the black rabbit in its final moment? They have been fighting a lot, and it even say that it hates the black rabbit".

Li Xi Rui replied with a wry smile, "Maybe it's because the first encounter between them were not exactly pleasant. The white rabbit has a fiancée while the black rabbit has always been angry towards the white rabbit. Of course the white rabbit would not feel ecstatic being scolded, even if the black rabbit was so handsome". Of course the black rabbit- Long Jie is handsome. So when that stone cold handsome face showing signs of anger, Li Xi Rui was perplexed. At first, she was stunned but after a while, she also shouted at him. Her manner lesson was soon forgotten. The two individuals have been a spectacle from then on; arguing every time they met.

"The white rabbit might not have realized, but overtime, its feeling might have changed. Different from the cheating brown rabbit, the black rabbit has always been there when the white rabbit was in trouble. The white rabbit was not without fault but so does the black rabbit", Li Xi Rui continued.

"It doesn't make sense. Who would be that mistaken about their own feelings?", it was something QiQi didn't understand. If you like someone then you like him. And if you hate someone then you hate him. It's the same mindset Li Xi Rui once wore.

Sometimes love could be confusing. Your own head and heart might not walk on a linear line. It has taken two lifetimes for Li Xi Rui to understand her own heart and love sometimes doesn't make sense.

'That's me', Li Xi Rui admitted in her mind. "Yes, the white rabbit is stupid. Why would it even hold on to the brown rabbit desperately? Being loyal and feeling betrayed by the brown rabbit, in the end, the white rabbit still couldn't let go, causing harm to everyone", Li Xi Rui replied. Yes, in the end, she was the stupid one. If someone betrayed you, why didn't you just let that unworthy person go? Was holding on that person was a form of retaliation? Was it still her duty to carry on their engagement while the other side smearing mud on her face and reputation? This is something she had come to understand in her second life. That Long Qing was not worth anything.

"What about the black rabbit? Why is he watching the white rabbit being roasted?", QiQi showed interest in the black rabbit. Wasn't it scary to watch that?

"Maybe it's something we couldn't understand. When the white rabbit encounter something, he will always come hopping. Though in the end, they still fought, at the end of its life, the white rabbit remembers the black rabbit", Li Xi Rui remembered herself hating and wondering where were Long Jie at that time. Not knowing that the sect master who was wounded at that time was actually Long Jie.

QiQi showed a sad look, "What a complicated relationship". That was a sad tale about the two rabbits.

"Yes, that two stupid rabbits~", Li Xi Rui smile again. If not because their stupid selves, they don't even need two lifetimes to be together.

"I hope the rabbits could be happy", QiQi wished for the two stupid rabbits to be happy.

"Maybe they are happy now; or maybe they are unhappy. One can only be hopeful", Li Xi Rui ended the night with a much lighter heart.

***

In the capital, life has been going on as always. The favorable news coming from the border has ease a lot of minds. But one particular person's mind is still in chaos.

"Princess, please don't follow me anymore", Li Mu Han has been stalked by princess Long Ruolan to the point of madness.

From behind the cart full of hays, Princess Long Ruolan emerged with hays stuck in her hair. "How did gege know I was here?", Long Ruolan is sure that she conceals herself perfectly, so why did Mu Han gege knows she had followed him?

Li Mu Han didn't answer the questions. If he told her, 'The next time you wanted to stalk somebody, don't drench yourself with too much perfume. The fragrance could even be smelled from two towns over', for sure the princess would stop wearing perfume. And the next time she follows him, he will not aware. So, Li Mu Han stopped himself from blurting the truth and just sigh.

"Where is gege going?", Long Ruolan asked with the intention to follow him.

"Princess, where is your guards?", Li Mu Han couldn't see any guards by the princess side.

Long Ruolan stared at Li Mu Han with sparkling eyes, "I escape from them. No one knows I'm here". The truth is she snuck out from the imperial palace. If she didn't do that, she would not be able to meet Li Mu Han.

Li Mu Han look dumbfounded for a moment. But he retracted his gaze and said, "I will send you back. Please, next time don't follow me". Walking ahead, he added, "It's dangerous".

The Princess's ears perked up with Li Mu Han's words of concern. Her face reddens and it feels hot. "I never expect that gege is worried about me", Long Ruolan chase after Li Mu Han's disappearing figure. Her heart full of spring flower even though its currently winter. With a large smile on her lips, her beauty shone through the falling cotton. Her fluttering hair dance in the wind creating a beautiful scenery. But it's too bad that the man with the chaotic mind didn't see this scene. If only he saw it; his heart will inevitably fall on the icy road. Nevertheless, it was just not meant to be. The man and woman disappear from that road.

P.s: Hello. Sorry for the delay. My internet was not working for a couple of days. Finally it is resolves. Oh, btw, I have something to ask. Can someone teach me some bad words. I need something other than bitches, bastard or asshole. Maybe something that is not too bad, but just a little will do...