Till the End of the Moon- Novel Ending Part VIII

When the morning came, Bai Ziqian couldn’t stop himself but went to the next room, raised his hand, and put it down again. 

The door opened from the inside. 

Su Su knew he had been standing outside for a long time but he kept not knocking so she finally just opened the door herself and asked, “What’s the matter?”

The woman in front of him no longer had the drunken eyes from yesterday. 

Bai Ziqian asked, “Do you still remember what you said last night?”

Su Su of course remembered but purposefully teased him, “I said many things to Master Bai last night, which sentence is Master Bai referring to?” 

He stared at Su Su with his dark pupils and said, “If what you said last night were simply drunken words, then tell me now and I certainly won’t bother you. But if you don’t retract it now, then you can’t back out in this life.” 

Su Su asked, “If I say I regret it now, you would really just give up like that?” 

He was silent and didn’t speak. 

Su Su looked at his sullen expression and knew that his inner workings must be in overdrive right now. Heaven knows why someone who is obviously not magnanimous insists on saying generous-sounding words he doesn’t mean. 

She shook the bag containing the money in her hand and said solemnly, “Those words were no joke. I don’t regret it and neither am I treating you as someone else’s substitute. I have already accepted your betrothal gift so there is no reason to take back my words. Ah Mi and I, we will put ourselves in your hands for the rest of our lives, alright?”

Bai Ziqian was barely able to suppress the corner of his upturned lips and responded, “Mmm.” 

It didn’t take long for Su Su to realize that he wasn’t just all talk. 

He changed out of his old attire, put on his moon-white clothes, and left without telling Su Su what he was going to do. 

But naturally, his actions could not be hidden from her. 

What Liu Dong Yan had been seeking but could not get, is now easily given to Su Su after Bai Ziqian met her.

He went to register for the provincial exams, wanting to give her and Ah Mi the best life possible. 

When Bai Ziqian returned, Su Su was waiting for him at the entrance of the courtyard. 

It was a summer day in the town of Changle, and the roses in the courtyard, which never bloomed in previous years, had bloomed at some point, big and beautiful. 

A few birds were hopping on the branches as Su Su sat under the tree, dazzling like a painting. 

All living creatures are blessed by god, everything where he looked, the colors have all turned vibrant. 

Such a vivid painting-like view in front of him caused him to be lost in thought for a long time. A tranquil afternoon, a person in a courtyard waiting for him to return, a scene he seemed to have waited a long long time for. 

Su Su walked up to him and stood on tiptoe to wipe the sweat off his forehead. Her movement was very gentle, “Who does this fellow belongs to? So handsome dressed in white.”

There was a hint of a smile at the corner of his lips that he couldn’t hold back as he took her hands, “Don’t, I am all sweaty, very dirty.” 

A marriage contract in their hearts had immediately caused them to become closer. 

Su Su grabs his hand and said softly, “I don’t mind.”

A long time ago, she had said in the Scroll of Thousand Miles (one where they had a dream experience together. I think this is the one where Su Su had become her child self so it wasn’t in the drama) that he looked good in white, so he had taken off his black clothes and wore white for many years. 

Under the white clothes, there was nowhere to hide his pain, but she had thought he was trying to put on air, and that he could never hide the fact he is a demon even if he wore white. 

Later, he fell into the demon path and never touched white again. It wasn’t until he had personally carved the tombstone in the royal tomb with his own hands that she understood he hoped that he was clean in her heart.  

He had never been praised in his growing-up years. He was seen as a mistake from the moment he was born. One little praise from her, and he can remember it for many years. 

“I’ll go fix your house in the afternoon.” Bai Ziqian said. 

Last night, Mama Liu went to pick a fight with Su Su but Ah Mi was the only one at home and Mama Liu ended up accidentally knocking over the candles. With Ah Mi in the house, there was no way for the candles to catch on fire but to scare Mama Liu, Ah Mi created the illusion of a fire. 

However, the little girl doesn’t know that illusions should not be used in front of mortals so Su Su could only go with it and make it look like the courtyard had been destroyed. 

Hearing Bai Ziqian’s words, she looked at him with clear eyes, “Then when that house is fixed, are you going to kick me out?” 

He replied softly, “No, you can stay as long as you want.”

Su Su said, “Good thing you won’t kick me out, otherwise I would’ve just left the house as it is.” 

This was rather straightforward, Bai Ziqian’s ears became slightly hot. He has never experienced this sort of shy emotion in his life and for the first time, felt embarrassed. 

Even demon spirits are not this bold. Does she know that for mortals, before they are married, it is not socially acceptable for her to live at…the husband’s house. 

But she doesn’t need to abide by any rules, and neither does Bai Ziqian want her to leave. 

Bai Ziqian tugged a strand of her hair behind her ear, “I will get Mama Liu to give you an explanation (for the “house fire”) and I will also take care of the past marriage engagement with Liu Dong Yan.” 

Su Su shook her head, “No need, she had already scared herself half to death. As for Liu Dong Yan, you don’t need to go look for her. I have other plans, do you believe me?”

“What plans?”

“You’ll know in a few days.” 

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Liu Dong Yan has always been concerned about the provincial examination. She has been paying special attention to this year’s provincial exam since Bai Ziqian had refused to take the exam thus far and this year is her last chance, she doesn’t have the time to wait for him anymore.

Liu Dong Yan is not willing to marry a mediocre man. She gritted her teeth and promised herself, if Bai Ziqian doesn’t take the exam this year then she will listen to her mother and marry Li Nobleman as his wife. (The Chinese word “wife: here is used for someone who marry a man whose first wife had died. It is generally considered a step down for a woman on her first marriage to marry a widower but since this is a nobleman, this would be seen as a good deal for Liu Dong Yan because otherwise she would not have had a high enough social status to marry a nobleman.) 

Overjoyed when after some inquiries she discovered that Bai Ziqian will be taking the provincial exam this year, Liu Dong Yan assumed Bai Ziqian must have come around and is willing to marry her now. 

Her happiness only lasted for a short while though. Liu Dong Yan soon found out through her mother’s cursings that Ah Mi and her mother are living at Bai Ziqian’s house. 

How could this be? Liu Dong Yan’s expression immediately turned fierce and is ready to go looking for trouble. 

Still feeling a bit guilty, Mama Liu hesitantly stopped her, “Forget it, I heard that widow’s house caught on fire and that’s why she is temporarily staying at Bai Ziqian’s house.”

Liu Dong Yan was in no state of mind to listen and went out of the door despite her mother’s attempt to change her mind. Upon finding Bai Ziqian, she almost lost her ability to maintain her gentle and gracious persona. 

“How dare you let that little @#$%&! stay at your house! What do you take me as?!” 

Bai Ziqian glanced over in the direction of the inner rooms to make sure Su Su and Ah Mi could not hear before promptly retorting with a cold sneer, “What do you think I take you for? Miss Liu, it is wise for a person to know themselves, the engagement you speak of was nothing more than a joke my mother had said when your mother was a maidservant at my house. Only your family took it seriously and deliberately told everyone in the city.”

“Once the Bai family fell on hard times and your mother saw that she couldn’t get the benefits she thought she could, then she had been trying to backtrack all these years. What do you think you all are in my eyes?” He sneered, “Don’t let me hear you take that tone when talking about Su Su and Ah Mi again. One of them is soon to be my wife, and one of them is my daughter.” 

“Ziqian Gege, are you crazy? She has been married before and had even given birth to someone else’s child. How could you marry such a person?!” 

Bai Ziqian took a step forward, a cold sneer on the corner of his mouth, looked at her, and whispered in her ear, “But I don’t care, do you know how Wang Si, the town’s hooligan who loved to blackmail people and create trouble, died?” 

Hearing his words, Liu Dong Yan’s face drained of color.

Wang Si died horribly, and the whole town knows. 

“You…you…”

“Miss Liu, you should go home soon.”

With a pale face, Liu Dong Yan ran out without looking back. 

Inside the house, Ah Mi blinked and asked her mother, “Father also scares people?”

Su Su laughed and put her finger on her lips, “Yes, but Ah Mi should pretend that she didn’t hear.”

Otherwise, he will fret. 

Even if he has to pretend, he still wants to be a really good person in front of them. 

Ah Mi hastily covered her little mouth and nodded solemnly. 

In her heart, Father is the best no matter what.

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