White mist arose, illusions sprang forth, yet Qin Liuxi entered the illusions with a wholly composed countenance, acting as an observer to everything before his eyes.
The village of Taoyuan in Zhou County was dominated by the surname Zhang, and Bai Renting was the only outsider, having fled there with his widowed mother, taken root and thrived. Handsome and literate, humble and courteous, many wives and young girls in the village fancied looking at him. From the age of fifteen, numerous matchmakers had knocked on their door, but Mrs. Bai refused them all, single-mindedly using her exquisite embroidery skills to fund Bai Renting's schooling.
