Douluo: Martial Soul White Tiger, I am the White Emperor of Heaven

Chapter 296 Bibi Dong's 'Understanding'

Tap...tap...tap...

The sound of high heels stopped outside the door, and after a barely audible pause, Bibi Dong's door was gently pushed open.

Dai Chengfeng's guess was correct.

Sure enough, Bibi Dong, dressed in an elegant long dress, slowly walked into the room. In one hand she was carrying a delicate multi-tiered food box, and in the other hand she was holding a bottle of fine red wine that looked to be quite old.

Upon seeing this, Dai Chengfeng greeted him with a perfectly measured 'respectful' smile:

"thanks for your work teacher."

He naturally reached out and took the food box and red wine from Bibi Dong's hand. His warm fingertips brushed against the slightly cool back of Bibi Dong's hand with a smooth and polite gesture.

Bibi Dong's gaze first fell on Dai Chengfeng's face, a hint of satisfaction flashing in her eyes.

Although Dai Chengfeng, this rebellious disciple, is unreliable at times and likes to betray his master and ancestors, he is also exceptionally reliable at other times...

Bibi Dong thought for a moment, then nodded to Dai Chengfeng in response.

Then, her gaze passed over Dai Chengfeng and landed on Qian Renxue standing by the window.

At this moment, Qian Renxue stood there quietly, her profile beneath her blonde hair appearing somewhat aloof, tense, and with a hint of barely perceptible panic.

This also meant that she didn't greet him with the appropriate polite smile as she usually did when she was using the identity of "Xue Qinghe," nor did she offer any initiative to greet him.

She simply lowered her eyes slightly, her gaze fixed on a certain pattern on the carpet, as if she were lost in her own thoughts.

In fact, there was absolutely no reaction to Bibi Dong's return.

This deliberate silence and disregard appeared particularly glaring to Bibi Dong, who was unaware of the truth.

For a moment, Bibi Dong's heart sank slightly, and her beautiful eyebrows furrowed almost imperceptibly.

A hint of anger and...

A deeper, more complex sense of loss quietly crept into my heart.

Bibi Dong's appearance in Tian Dou City was ostensibly due to the request of her prized disciple, Dai Chengfeng. However, deep down, in a corner of her heart that she herself didn't want to delve into, a voice whispered a reminder:

At least half the reason you came to Tiandou City is because of the daughter by the window, who is related to you by blood but whose relationship is like that of an enemy—Qian Renxue.

Last time, Qian Renxue suddenly appeared at the Spirit Hall, and her unfamiliar "sister" was like a pebble thrown into a lake, creating ripples in Bibi Dong's heart that could not be ignored.

That was at that moment...

Shock, anger, disappointment...

And a certain tenderness of a mother remains vivid in Bibi Dong's memory to this day.

Bibi Dong felt that she wasn't ready to really repair the mother-daughter relationship.

But she felt that, at the very least, she and her shouldn't be enemies...

Therefore, the reason she took the initiative to seek out Qian Renxue today, and even specially prepared this table of food and wine, was not subconsciously to immediately repair their relationship, nor even to hope that Qian Renxue would become too close to her, but simply...

I just hope that the two will stop being hostile to each other.

"But now it seems I'm going to be disappointed. She still is..."

Bibi Dong looked at Qian Renxue, who was 'deliberately' ignoring her, and sighed softly in her heart.

At this moment, Dai Chengfeng gently placed the food box and wine bottle he was holding on the dining table next to him. He and Bibi Dong were already extremely close. He dared not say that he knew 100% of what Bibi Dong was thinking, but he probably did.

Therefore, Dai Chengfeng saw through Bibi Dong's thoughts at this moment.

He stepped forward, his face showing helplessness and apology, and spoke to Bibi Dong:

"Teacher, please forgive me." "Princess Qian Renxue did not mean to be negligent. She... was angry with her disciple and her emotions hadn't calmed down, which is why..."

Dai Chengfeng paused at just the right moment, without elaborating on the reason. He simply raised his eyes, looked at Bibi Dong, and winked subtly, conveying an unspoken message...

It was the disciple who caused the trouble.

Bibi Dong was taken aback, her gaze quickly sweeping between Dai Chengfeng and Qian Renxue.

Dai Chengfeng's suggestive gaze, and Qian Renxue's still slightly flushed cheeks—to Bibi Dong, this blush seemed more like the result of anger…

"Why is Xiaoxue angry with Dai Chengfeng? What is their relationship?"

Yes.

It must be like this.

Bibi Dong almost instantly misunderstood the situation.

She suddenly realized that Dai Chengfeng was exceptionally talented. Back in the Spirit Hall, Qian Renxue had expressed her favor and intended for him to become Qian Daoliu's disciple.

As a result, he eventually took him under his wing almost forcefully, completely cutting off any possibility of him becoming Qian Daoliu's disciple and being used by Qian Renxue.

Maybe……

In Xiaoxue's view, this was an offense and a hurt to her grandfather, and even to the camp she belonged to.
Was she expressing her dissatisfaction on behalf of her grandfather, and also on behalf of herself?

For a moment, this reason seemed perfectly reasonable and logical in Bibi Dong's mind.

Moreover, she couldn't find any other reason why Dai Chengfeng would anger Qian Renxue.

Surely it couldn't be that Dai Chengfeng forcibly kissed Qian Renxue, causing her to feel embarrassed and angry?
Bibi Dong smiled and shook her head, banishing that last absurd idea from her mind.

After all, although Qian Renxue was her enemy, she had watched her grow up, and she knew how proud her daughter Qian Renxue was.

Therefore, how could she have taken a liking to Dai Chengfeng after only a few meetings?

However, now that she 'understood' that Qian Renxue's anger was not because of her, the coldness that had just risen between Bibi Dong's brows dissipated, replaced by a sense of understanding and a slightly relieved calm.

Thinking it over, Bibi Dong looked at Qian Renxue and spoke first. Her voice was less majestic than usual, and more...

An almost imperceptible attempt to calm oneself:

Is it because of the apprenticeship?

“Chengfeng’s choice was mine. If you are unhappy about it, you don’t need to take it out on him. You can tell me.”

Bibi Dong's sudden words, which carried a hint of explanation, finally brought Qian Renxue back to her senses after she had been feeling embarrassed, annoyed, worried, and panicked.

She was initially worried that her mother, Bibi Dong, would discover the unusual relationship between her and Dai Chengfeng.

Now that she suddenly heard Bibi Dong directing her criticism at the "grudges over apprenticeship," Qian Renxue felt a sense of relief, but at the same time, a complex emotion welled up within her.

She glanced quickly at Dai Chengfeng beside her. His calm yet mischievous expression made her feel both ashamed and annoyed, and her ears burned again.

Qian Renxue forcibly shifted her attention, meeting Bibi Dong's probing gaze, and tried her best to keep her voice calm and even deliberately indifferent:

"Sister... Sister, you're overthinking it. It's all in the past, why bring it up again? I'll let it go."

"That's good."

Bibi Dong nodded in satisfaction.

Qian Renxue then spoke again: "I just don't know, sister, why did you invite me here today?"

(End of this chapter)