Chapter 1184

“Let her stay in the main house, so you can also look after her well,” the old master immediately added.

This time, Mu Xiaojiu looked up at him, his thick eyebrows knitting together.

“Though Xiaxia is not Baili Yang’s granddaughter, I am a man who cherishes old affections, who has accepted her from the very beginning, and I will continue to cherish her in the future.”

He stood up, his eyes lowered as he looked at the old master, whose face was turning shades of green and red.

“It’s fine for An Ran to come and stay, but she should live in the backyard.

I don’t like unrelated women constantly flitting through my line of sight; you know that, Dad.”

“Jiu…”

“I’ve been busy for several days, really tired.

Dad, I’m going to rest first.”

Having said that, without giving the old master any chance to refuse, he turned and walked toward the entrance of the hall.

The old master really felt a bit embarrassed now, this darned kid, really didn’t give any face at all.

But there was also a bit of relief.

Thankfully, he had told An Ran to go rest first.

This darned kid, he never liked to save face for others.

The words just spoken, the old master had every reason to believe, even if An Ran was here, he would have said the same.

How much would it hurt An Ran if she had heard that?

With everyone gone, staring into the empty hall, the old master was in a daze for a while, but his gaze couldn’t help but drift towards the direction of the staircase at the back of the hall.

When Baili Xia left just now, her expression was a bit vacant; he wondered how she was doing now.

He really felt a sudden impulse to go upstairs to check on her.

But the moment he thought of Ning Anran, the impulse to go check on Baili Xia immediately dissipated.

He shouldn’t feel so heartbroken for Baili Xia any longer; even though in this matter she truly did nothing wrong, he can’t cherish her anymore in the future.

He felt that cherishing her would be unfair to An Ran.

Thinking this way, the old master’s enthusiasm for Baili Xia immediately cooled down.

He couldn’t be soft-hearted, couldn’t be heartbroken anymore!

From now on, he had to direct all his compassion onto An Ran alone!

All his love, just for her!

…

After Baili Xia went upstairs, she used her illness as an excuse to lock herself up in the room, even Mu Xiaoyao was sent away.

Mu Xiaoyao was not unaware of her sadness, but he himself was not a man who knew how to speak comforting words.

Especially to a woman.

Maybe giving her some time to be alone was a good thing.

Consoling her was a job for Uncle, he truly knew nothing.

Just about to go back to his room, he didn’t expect to hear someone coming upstairs from the stairwell.

Mu Xiaoyao looked back and saw Mu Lingchuan appearing from the corner of the stairs.

In a moment, he stepped toward him.

“How is she doing?” Mu Lingchuan glanced at the closed door.

Mu Xiaoyao also looked at the tightly shut door, shook his head, and said nothing, starting to walk toward his own room.

Mu Lingchuan followed him and after thinking for a moment, advised a few more words.

“Her mood is down right now; you should spend more time with her.”

“If all else fails, find something to do together to help her forget these sad things.”

“Do what?” Mu Xiaoyao turned his head to look at him, open to good suggestions if there were any.

After all, he really didn’t understand how to coax women.

Mu Lingchuan didn’t really know either, but after he said it and saw the serious look in his brother’s eyes,

it seemed that if he didn’t come up with something substantial, the other party would be very disappointed.

He thought about it and couldn’t come up with any good ideas.

So he could only force himself to say, “For example… get intimate with her for a while.”