Bai Xi looked at the person before her, her expression as calm as ever. "I've never told these words to anyone else, nor have I ever described the mask's style in detail, yet you know them so precisely… It seems it really is you."
At this moment, the person reacting the most was Han Mo. Han Mo looked at the man with a chilling killing intent in his eyes. If not for the reflection from his metallic eyes obscuring most of his emotions, this scene would have appeared quite terrifying to onlookers.
He knew best that this man was an imposter. After all, it was he himself who had saved Xi'er back then. But this mask before him, and the blood jade bracelet… why did he know about them?
This man must have obtained this information through some special channel. He was clearly using this to get close to Xi'er, and he definitely had an agenda.
The man raised his eyes, his clear gaze fixed on Bai Xi. "Miss Bai has confirmed it now. May I hear my request?"
Bai Xi's eyes were calm, with a hint of sincerity. "Of course. A life-saving debt is as great as a rebirth. Whatever I can do, I will do my best."
The man looked at Bai Xi, and an inexplicable emotion suddenly surfaced in his eyes. Then, he directly knelt on one knee. "Miss Bai, will you marry me?"
As he spoke, he also produced a beautiful red box. When the box was opened, a diamond ring was revealed.
Shen Mingxun's eyes widened. He looked at the man before him, then at Bai Xi, and finally fixed his gaze on Han Mo.
He had felt before coming that he would face a "love triangle" today, but he hadn't expected the intensity of this love triangle to be even more brutal than he imagined; it could be called a purgatorial love triangle!
Bai Xi frowned, looking at the person before her, but did not speak.
Han Mo, who was standing beside her, stepped forward directly and said calmly, "No."
The man saw Han Mo and frowned slightly, also rising leisurely. "Who are you?"
Bai Xi said lightly, "He's my boyfriend."
The man frowned slightly. "Boyfriend, so what? Since you are not yet married, Miss Bai has the right to choose. I am not here today to disrupt your relationship; I just want Miss Bai to have another choice, to see who the person more suitable for her is."
Han Mo's eyes had turned to an extreme coldness. If not for the glasses, and with Xi'er by his side, he would truly want to make this man before him shut up forever.
Seeing Han Mo's unfriendly gaze, the man instinctively took a step back.
This man was… more terrifying than he had imagined.
However, he had to play this part well today, as it concerned his future!
Since this man was difficult to deal with, he would continue to approach Bai Xi. "Miss Bai, actually, ever since I saved you, I have thought of you constantly. I left back then only because I wasn't sure what this feeling was, but now… I've spent six years to figure it out."
After speaking, he lowered his head slightly, as if struggling.
After a long pause, he looked up, a trace of deep affection in his clear eyes. "I'm not asking you to agree with me now, but please accept this ring and give me a chance, as a form of repayment."
Shen Mingxun looked at the man's "tea-like" performance and deeply broke out in a cold sweat for Han Mo.
He knew that this man was truly skilled.
If he had directly asked the young lady to marry him, she could naturally refuse and ask for a different form of repayment.
But now, the request he made was not a request at all.
He first used the life-saving debt to ask for a chance. Even if the young lady didn't agree, he could "shamelessly" stick around, which would make the young lady appear ungrateful. But if the young lady agreed, it would first disrupt the relationship between the young lady and Doctor Han, and then it would give the impression that the young lady was also interested in him.
This man had learned the art of tea-making very well; his cultivation was indeed high.
After speaking, before Bai Xi could say anything, he reached out to place the ring into Bai Xi's hand. At this very moment, Han Mo directly took the ring from the man's hand and held it. "You say you were the one who saved Xi'er, do you remember more details?"
The man looked at Han Mo. "It seems this 'boyfriend,' is questioning my saving Miss Bai?"
Han Mo said calmly, "That's right."
Why question? He knew it best in his heart; he was not the one at all!
The man raised an eyebrow, and a hint of provocation now appeared in his clear eyes. "When I was taking care of Miss Bai, out of shyness, I never spoke a single word. Does that count as a detail?"
Han Mo frowned.
He naturally remembered. At that time, he had only waited for her return.
To restrain his inner urge to get close to Bai Xi, and his desire to keep her by his side, he dared not speak, dared not make eye contact with her.
He was afraid, afraid of looking into her eyes, afraid that the moment he spoke, he would reveal his three hundred years of stammering, his three hundred years of long waiting, his three hundred years of earnest anticipation.
Seeing Han Mo remain silent, the man turned and took the metal mask from his old butler's wooden box and put it on. "Miss Bai, since you saw me wearing this mask when you looked at me back then, now look and see if I look the same wearing the mask."
The man wore the mask, and his face gradually overlapped with the face in Bai Xi's memory.
At that time, she could only see the eyes and chin exposed beneath the mask.
Now that the man put on the mask, indeed… it was almost exactly the same.
Han Mo looked at the man before him and was also slightly stunned.
He knew that this mask was actually bought over a hundred years ago when he was campaigning in the Qing Region. Because pacifying the Qing Region took a long time, his face never aged.
Seeing his subordinates age one by one, to prevent causing public speculation, he wore this mask.
He had not used it again until the Qing Region was completely pacified.
It was only when he sensed Xi'er that he came wearing the mask. The main reason was that he felt guilty towards her at that time, after all, he had failed to save her or her family back then.
Therefore, he dared not show his true face to her.
It was also to conceal his emotions as much as possible with the mask, fearing that she would read his feelings from his face.
Thus, he was also quite familiar with how he looked wearing this mask. And the man before him, wearing the mask, had at least an eight-point resemblance to him at that time!
The shape of the eyes, the contour of the chin, were very similar.
It was even more similar than the stand-in he had found in Qingyu City before!
Bai Xi looked at the person before her. "Your current appearance is indeed the same as in my memory."