Pei Yu's expression changed in a second.
"Of course you can give it to me!"
His peach-blossom eyes clearly screamed, 'I want it, I want it!'
Bai Liuyue pointed to the unfastened sachet at her waist and said, "Then I will give this one to Dr. Gu."
Pei Yu stiffly turned his head away and muttered softly,
"Fine, consider it taking pity on this little doctor. Anyway, there won't be much chance to meet again in the future."
Gu Qinghuai took the sachet, carefully and properly tucked it away, and looked up with a faint smile as refreshing as a spring breeze.
"Thank you for the return gift."
"You're welcome, Dr. Gu," Bai Liuyue also smiled very politely.
Of course, she didn't ignore Pei Yu, who was chattering beside her and looked about ready to explode.
She took out another sachet made with the same blue silk thread, handed it to him, and said, "Here, this one is for you."
Pei Yu took it excitedly, unable to contain the joy on his face.
He was so thrilled he could barely speak clearly.
"Th-thank you, Sister Liuyue. Ah, it's beautiful, so beautiful. This sachet is so damn beautiful!"
"Oh wait, I shouldn't swear."
"I like it very much." Pei Yu's eyes and brows were full of smiles.
However, his smile could not be maintained for long.
Because from a distance, he saw his cousin Xie Chengxiao walking towards them in the corridor, with an identical sachet tied to his military uniform belt, looking very conspicuous.
Pei Yu was dumbfounded: "...???"
Were these sachets bought wholesale?
As he was thinking, Xie Chengxiao had already approached and also saw the sachets in Gu Qinghuai and Pei Yu's hands.
He still wore a cold and aloof expression.
He said to Pei Yu, "It's getting late. Hurry up and escort Dr. Gu back. What are you still standing there for!"
"You, you, me, this... sachet, it..."
Pei Yu felt a bit wronged and could not help but turn his head to look at Bai Liuyue with pitiful eyes.
Bai Liuyue slowly opened her mouth and explained,
"I sewed these sachets myself. I made four in total, and I also gave them to my brother-in-law and Xie Manyu."
Pei Yu tugged at the sachet in his hand.
He wanted to cry a little.
He originally thought it was one of a kind, but it turned out to be the exact same as his cousin and female cousin's?!
Catching a glimpse of Gu Qinghuai from the corner of his eye, he seriously suspected that this Dr. Gu was secretly laughing.
"You don't want it?" A trace of anger flashed in Xie Chengxiao's eyes. He reached out his hand and said, "Give it to me."
"Who says I don't want it! I do." As if afraid it would be snatched away, Pei Yu quickly tucked the sachet into his arms.
Gu Qinghuai wanted to say something more, but was politely escorted out of the Marshal's mansion by the two cousins, Xie Chengxiao and Pei Yu. Bai Liuyue stood not far away and waved at him.
She had a premonition that they would meet again.
...
Returning from the Northwest to Jinzhong by car would take a week if fast, or about half a month if slow.
Since their group was large and they had to bring back all of Bai Baozhu's dowry items, it would take at least fifteen days in total.
Right before departure, Xie Manyu also pestered Marshal Xie, saying she wanted to go to Jinzhong for a tour.
Xie Zhenning glanced at her and said, "You are not allowed to cause trouble."
Xie Manyu shook her head and stated, "I'm not causing trouble. I'm guarding against the Bai siblings, afraid they might do something bad to my brother on the way."
Xie Zhenning was dumbfounded.
"Didn't you like Bai Baozhu a lot before?"
"You said it yourself, that was before. Now I see clearly what kind of person she is, how could I dare push my brother into a fire pit."
"Fine, then when your brother returns to the Northwest, you must come back with him without any delays."
"Rest assured."
Xie Manyu got her wish and joined the main group, even proudly leaning closer to Bai Liuyue and saying,
"I'm not following you because I'm worried about you all. It's purely because going to Jinzhong is more fun."
"Worried about what?" Bai Liuyue raised an eyebrow.
"After you told me last time that sachets could be tampered with, I stayed up all night reading many similar miscellaneous books. What if Bai Baozhu doesn't play by the rules and drugs my brother?"
"It shouldn't go that far."
"Oh, you just don't know the sinister nature of the human heart. I originally thought she wouldn't do such a thing either, until she published that article in the New Country Newspaper. It was truly disgusting, we have to be on guard."
Xie Manyu patted her shoulder as she spoke, feeling that her little sister-in-law was really too naive.
Unaware of the sinister nature of people.
As for why she was her little sister-in-law?
Her brother had already published his divorce from Bai Baozhu in the newspaper, so the next step was to marry Bai Liuyue according to the wishes of the Bai family elders.
Moreover, she had gone from resisting at first to gradually feeling that Bai Liuyue was quite interesting and very comfortable to get along with.
If she had to choose someone to be her sister-in-law, she would still choose the little sister-in-law in front of her.
Bai Liuyue didn't know what she was imagining in her head.
So she just let her be.
A total of five cars were arranged for the return trip, three for passengers and two for cargo.
Bai Baocheng acted as the driver, and after Bai Baozhu sat down, she invited Xie Manyu to ride with them.
She immediately refused, "That's not a good idea, I'll just sit in the one my brother is driving."
Bai Baozhu turned her head and called for Bai Liuyue to join them.
Xie Manyu dragged her behind her like a mother hen protecting her chick and hurriedly said, "Liuyue is sitting with me too, no need to trouble you."
Bai Baozhu's face darkened.
She couldn't understand why Xie Manyu, who used to be on such good terms with her, seemed like a different person now and was instead playing better with Bai Liuyue.
After being dragged into another car by Xie Manyu, she said worriedly,
"Good thing you didn't sit in their car just now. If they tampered with it, and the car rolled over or failed... that would be disastrous."
Bai Liuyue silently thought in her heart: Actually, Bai Baocheng has already done that.
Sitting in the driver's seat, Xie Chengxiao quietly tilted his head slightly and looked at Bai Liuyue and Xie Manyu sitting in the back row.
"Shall we set off then?"
"Let's go, let's go!" Xie Manyu waved her hand excitedly.
In the driver's seat of another car, Pei Yu stretched his neck and waited for a long time without anyone coming.
After learning from others that Bai Liuyue was in the same car as Xie Manyu and Xie Chengxiao, he could not help but pout.
Muttering, "Cousin doesn't play by the rules, actually letting his own sister snatch people away. Unbelievable."
...
The return journey was smooth until they arrived at Fenglingdu.
The sound of artillery fire ahead attracted everyone's attention.
Their cars were soon stopped by someone. Bai Baocheng rolled down his window, stating that he was Bai Baocheng from the main branch of the Bai family in Jinzhong, but the military officer still blocked their way.
Helpless, Bai Baocheng could only go find Pei Yu and ask him to step forward.
Pei Yu strode out of the car, only to find that the officer blocking them was a subordinate of his uncle.
"Young Marshal!" The officer saluted.
"What's the situation?"
"The Fengtian warlord clique has attacked. The Marshal has ordered us to defend Fenglingdu to the death. The situation is not optimistic."
Sitting inside the car, Bai Liuyue slowly rolled down the window. In her previous life, she had died in this very warlord melee while returning from the Northwest to Jinzhong.
