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He was taking a short break from what he was currently working on, it was the difficult part where he was working on the smallest of details and it could him great headaches to be squinting all day long. Not to mention that even if Jing Lin himself could go for long periods of time without stepping outside it would appear that Bai Mei wasn't like that. The boy liked to get out and about, liked the warmth of the sun, and liked to breath in the fresh air. Its why they were where they were today. He decided that if they were going for a walk it would be a calm, peaceful one, like the one they'd taken to the temple some time ago.

The less people the better if you asked Jing Lin, it meant the world around him being calm and comfortable, it meant not pointing of fingers, and no whispers behind hands. There were days that he almost wised that he was a fox spirit because he was quite sure that if he were he'd have an easier time warding on people and their silly, unfounded fears. He gave a slight shake of his head then looked over to his son who was walking somewhat to his side and a little forward.

The boy had one hand outstretched, letting it run over the pretty flowers that were growing along the side of the path that they were taking toward a nice clearing within the woods. It was a place where the sun shown down on people, where the flowers bloomed, and where they would get some peace and quiet to just enjoys themselves or so said his father. He was prone to believing everything the man said so he was eager to get to the clearing already.

Bai Mei turned his attention to the one who approached and gave a little smile, "Hello." He murmured, watching the way that she boy and hopped around, neat! This person seemed to be quite friendly and rather bouncy as well he thought to himself, "Bound?" He glanced over his shoulder to where Jing Lin was standing, curiously.

"He wants to know where we are going." Jing Lin filled in the definition of the word that had stumped his son.

"Oh, I see." He murmured then glanced over at the other person once more, "We are just out walking, to get fresh air. To much time inside working causes my Father to cough." He explained, something that caused Jing Lin clear his throat, not wanting for his son to worry anyone when his health wasn't at risk. It was just caused when his lung got filled with the dust left behind by his art.

"A nice walk and fresh air is more then enough to make me feel better." He said in a reassuring manner.

Jing Lin look down at the girl and gave a slight flush, "My apologies." He said, giving a slight bow of his head. He'd not guessed that one very well, had he? Oops.

Bai Mei looked up at his father for a long moment before turning back to Gui, "You remind me of my friend Song Tzue, your look is strong like hers is." He said, giving a smile. He looked over to where Gui's father was before he smiled, "My father needs to rest as well. He has to much stress at home."

The jade smith flushed a bit more, patted his son on the head, and left him to play with with his new friend. He wandered, not to far though so he could keep an eye on them, so he could get a look at the area around them.

Bai Mei smiled, "He travels with a woman called Meilin." He told Gui, giving her a smile. She really was nice wasn't she? It seemed that on occasion he could have some good luck with meeting people that were nice... though just ask often one could run across not as nice people from what he'd found in his short life.

He lifted his hands up to fiddle with his own long hair, looking at the pretty marking that Gui had on his cheek. He couldn't help but to step very closer to her, looking it over, then gave a smile, "Oh! Wow! You have a mark like me!" He chirped, moving his hair so that he could reveal the marking that he had on the side of his neck, "That is so neat!"

Bai Mei's eyes got wide at that, "Wow! They were going to be married?" He murmured, looking thoughtful at that. He found himself glancing over toward his Father. He knew that before he'd been born that his Father was married, he'd seen the woman's clothing tucked away in an unused room in the house, but he had no idea what happened to her. He'd only ever asked about her once and the sad look in Jing Lin's eyes made him vow to never ask again as he didn't want to hurt the man.

Quickly he shoved such thoughts away and turned instead to looking at Gui once more and gave a jump of surprise when she was suddenly hugging him. It wasn't expected but at the same time he couldn't say he minded at all. The boy wrapped his arms around her and snuggled her close, "Its nice to meet someone else with this same mark, its a good sign." He said, his eyes sparkling with happiness.

The idea of parents decided for their kids who they were gonna marry was a strange idea, wasn't it? He couldn't say it was an idea he liked and he could only hope Jing Lin would never decide such thing for him. Bai Mei was much to young for that sort of thing after all or so he believed. His interests were for more innocent things at the moment, things like helping his father. Marriage was the last thing on his mind until today. Now that it was mentioned though it seemed to have come to forefront of his current thought process.

The Gods were pleased, that statement broke him away from his thoughts of marriage and if it were possible for him to get anymore excited over something that would be it. To think that this meeting was not only a good sign but it was something the Gods were smiling upon made Bai Mei quite excited, "Yes, its very good." He murmured before he gave Gui another squeeze before he took a step back from the girl with the pretty hair, "We should make the most of our time then, before our fathers wish to go on their separate paths once more." And before the two of them were forced to part ways as well.

He nodded his head rapidly, "A game sounds good!" He said, giving her a bright smile then crossed his arms over his chest, head tilting to one side, "What sort of game do we want to play?" He asked, looking thoughtful as he thought about the various things that they could place. Being able to play someone his own age, someone nice who didn't think badly of his family, it had him quite excited. Perhaps to excited since he couldn't for the lift of him think of a good game for them to play. It was enough to cause the slightest blush to appear on his cheeks.

Bai Mei's eyes went a bit wide as the girl tagged him before racing off. He turned to watch her go before he hurried to try to catch up with her. That was unexpected but it seemed like it would be a fun one! He gave a happy sound as he raced by the two men that were talking in an attempt to catch up with the girl who'd gotten a head start on him. He was determined to do good at the game despite the fact that he could be a bit of a klutz when he didn't concentrate on putting on food in front of the other.

Jing Lin watched as Gui ran by before turned to look for his son only to watch him run by as well, looking as though he were still in a good mood, "I am guessing its tag." He said, giving a smile. He seemed quite pleased to see that the children were having fun together and was even more pleased that Long seemed to have no problem talking with him despite the various rumors that went around about him in town.