Chapter 1081

“Then we should hurry to pick a date, the last event of the competition among the Eight Big Families is coming up soon.” The patriarch continued to speak.

“Once the competition is over, it’s not too late to arrange the engagement banquet,” argued Mu Xiaojiu.

However, the patriarch interrupted him, seemingly a bit anxious.

“If possible, it would be best to have the engagement banquet before the competition.”

Before the competition…

Baili Xia trembled with fright, almost dropping the cup she had just picked up.

She looked at the patriarch, her face slightly pale.

“Grandfather, is there such a rush?

Brother and I recently…

we haven’t had much time; we need to train.”

“How can you not have time?

Aren’t you all just idling around, going out and having fun?”

The patriarch glanced at her, then glared at Mu Xiaoyao, his expression becoming stern.

“You both seem so happy when playing around, but why do you both look like this at the mention of marriage?”

“You little rascal, you’re not just fooling around and don’t intend to actually marry Xiaxia, right?”

“That’s not the case, Grandfather, you worry too much.” Mu Xiaoyao met his gaze.

Although, in his heart, he was also uncertain, he managed to maintain a composed façade.

However, Baili Xia was still anxious inside.

She secretly tugged at the corner of Mu Xiaoyao’s clothes and cast a pleading look towards Mu Xiaojiu.

Mu Xiaojiu didn’t look at her, but he could feel her unease and urgency.

He had promised to take care of this matter after the competition.

But the patriarch insisted on setting the date for their engagement banquet before the competition.

This matter…

required careful consideration.

He looked at the patriarch and asked without betraying his emotions, “Dad, why the rush?”

“Haven’t you seen how outstanding Xiaxia’s performance has been in the last two competitions?” the patriarch asked.

Baili Xia had taken first place in the women’s group for two consecutive times, which pleased the patriarch for a long time.

In recent years, the Mu family had been strong in the men’s group, but the performance in the women’s group had been mediocre.

If not for the high scores consistently pulled by the men’s group, the gold trophy might very well have been lost.

The gold trophy was the glory of the Mu family; how could it be so easily relinquished?

In this competition, he felt almost certain of victory, the only concern was whether the overall championship in the women’s group would truly be taken back by the Mu family.

Especially if it was Xiaxia who won.

The thought of this girl standing on the stage and speaking on behalf of the Mu family excited him to no end.

Although Xiaxia was now considered Miss Mu of the Mu family, members of the Eight Big Families might not be willing to acknowledge that.

After all, she was adopted, and her status was not formally established, without any ceremony to recognize her ancestry.

She wasn’t a newborn child of the Mu family, and a ceremony to recognize ancestry wouldn’t be appropriate unless she was formally adopted.

But it seemed the patriarch had other plans and did not wish for Baili Xia to always bear the title of Miss Mu.

He preferred to keep the young girl by his side, perhaps through marriage to Xiaoyao or Lingchuan.

That way, in the future, he could legitimately see this young girl every day.

As for the title of Miss Sun, like Mu Ziying and Mu Ziqing, there will always be a business marriage and she will eventually marry out.

Once married out, he would not be able to see her, so he did not want Baili Xia to go onto the award stage bearing the title of Miss Sun.

He looked at Mu Xiaojiu, earnestly saying, “Let her and Xiaoyao get engaged, and when she goes up on stage, she will be the legitimate granddaughter-in-law of the Mu family.”

A granddaughter-in-law, that’s someone who will have to stay in the Mu family for a lifetime.

Thinking about it made the patriarch very pleased indeed.