Chapter 1054

“Wait here for me, I’ll be back soon.”

Mu Xiaojiu had decided that if there was something to be done, it needed to be done best.

How could he allow himself to give up halfway?

So, without giving Baili Xia any chance to refuse, he turned and walked towards the opposite cliff.

“Uncle, really, there’s no need, Uncle…”

Behind him, Baili Xia’s calling voice was scattered by the wind as soon as it left her mouth.

He really went down.

Descending from the other side of the cliff in the dead of night, groping in the dark just to get her a few bites of roasted sweet potatoes.

Baili Xia sat inside the tent, holding a bundle of blankets, not quite able to describe her feelings at the moment.

If it was good, let it be purely good, without mixing anything else, just like that.

If not good, it would be better for her to give up completely.

Why keep flip-flopping between good and bad, what did he expect her to feel?

The mountain wind howled, and no one answered her question.

She could only hug the blanket tightly, quietly watching the other side of the cliff, waiting for him.

She didn’t know how long it had been when there finally was some movement from the other side of the cliff.

Soon, Mu Xiaojiu returned carrying a few sweet potatoes.

Baili Xia hadn’t noticed the deep breath she let out the moment she saw him arrive safely.

It turned out that she really cared about him, to the extent that even her heart ached.

She subconsciously stood up, wanting to go over.

But Mu Xiaojiu’s voice, deep and tinged with displeasure, came through: “Go back!”

The step she had just taken was immediately retracted, and Baili Xia stared at him, not daring to mess around anymore.

She wasn’t wearing shoes, if she went out, she would definitely dirty her feet.

She hadn’t forgotten that Uncle, not wanting her to get her feet dirty, had even let her stand on his insteps while clothing her outdoors.

She couldn’t let down Uncle’s painstaking efforts.

So she withdrew back into the tent, still wrapping the blanket around her legs.

In fact, with Uncle’s coat, she didn’t feel cold at all.

But since Uncle asked her to wrap the blanket around herself, she could only obediently comply.

“Are these washed?” Baili Xia slightly paused, noticing the sweet potatoes in Mu Xiaojiu’s hands.

“There’s a stream below.” Mu Xiaojiu didn’t explain much, just mentioned casually.

That stream, with its clear water, if the girl saw it, she would definitely like it.

But now it was the dead of night, pitch black, not suitable for going down to play.

He walked over to the pile of charcoal, took out a lighter, and carefully lit the easily flammable charcoal.

Then placed the sweet potatoes on the grill, and after the charcoal fire blazed, he stopped paying attention.

Standing up, just as he was about to walk towards Baili Xia sitting inside the tent, he was rendered somewhat uncomfortable by her blinking big eyes.

“What are you staring at?” He was fixated on him, and her gaze was so strange!

For some reason, being looked at like this by her, he felt…

his handsome face slightly turn red.

Being glanced at by him, Baili Xia immediately retracted her gaze.

Was it necessary to be that fierce just because she looked a few more times?

But, had she seen it wrong just now, did Uncle…

blush?

Pfft!

She really wanted to laugh, right?

The longer they spent together, the more she grasped his temper.

Whenever Uncle felt guilty, uncomfortable, or…

shy, he would become very fierce.

Because when he became fierce, everyone would dare not look at him anymore, and in this way, he could openly cover up his embarrassment.

With a higher authority comes greater responsibility, even if she knew something was off with him, she dared not let her gaze wander to him anymore.

Uncle, you could tease him a bit, but push too far, and he would become angry out of embarrassment.