Chapter 1220

After some thought, Baili Xia found a reason for herself.

She busied herself watching Dongfang Jin, trying hard to calm her chaotic heartbeat.

“Could it be that Uncle wants to personally find out who this person is and punish him by himself?

He, he doesn’t want to use your hands to do these things, so, so that’s why…”

“Sit down, don’t be so agitated.” Dongfang Jin patted the stone bench.

But Baili Xia just stood there, stiffly, staring blankly at him.

Her lips still bore a smile, one that was deliberately forced.

Such a smile, seen by Dongfang Jin, instantly pained his heart again.

“Sit down, I’ll explain it slowly to you.

How can we continue talking if you’re this worked up?”

“I’m not agitated, not in the slightest.”

Baili Xia smiled and obediently sat back down, only she was a bit askew and almost slid off the stone bench.

Dongfang Jin steadied her, and only when she was securely seated did he let go.

His ink-colored eyes stared straight into hers, looking deep into her pupils, as if he also wanted to see through what she was truly thinking at this moment.

“I’m really not agitated, Jin, why would I be?”

She kept smiling, but the smile slowly vanished under his piercing gaze.

She hung her head low, biting her lower lip, her hands clenched tight, knuckles turning white.

After a long while, she asked faintly, “Do you suspect these people are connected to Uncle?

He doesn’t want anyone to find out who released the wild wolves, yet he already has the answer, right?”

“You’ve always been a clever child.

There are many things you could figure out without me pointing them out,” Dongfang Jin sighed softly.

It was her cleverness that made her even more pitiable.

“Is it Uncle’s person… wanting to get rid of me?” Baili Xia’s grip tightened, a touch of bitterness crossing her heart.

Uncle’s recent strange behavior, could it be related to this?

His own people wanted to eliminate her, yet he was powerless against that person…

Was that person the same one who left scars on Uncle’s back?

Who exactly was he?

Why would Uncle rather take the beating than fight back?

Why would Uncle rather distance himself from her than punish that person?

All these signs could only mean that in Uncle’s heart, she wasn’t even worth one ten-thousandth of that person.

So it turned out, there was such an important person by Uncle’s side.

Seeing her silent for a long while, Dongfang Jin added, “I’m telling you all this, not to say that Mu Xiaojiu has been unkind to you.

On the contrary, I can see his sincere feelings for you.”

“It’s just that sometimes, it’s hard to have both sincerity and responsibility, right?” Baili Xia smiled and tried to lean on the stone table.

However, Dongfang Jin reached out his hand, and as she leaned forward, she directly rested on his palm.

“This stone table probably hasn’t been tended to for some time, it’s dirty,” he said indifferently.

Not only dirty, but in this winter weather, it was also very cold.

She was prone to cold, easily falling ill.

The chill could give her a cold.

Baili Xia had the intention to refuse, but didn’t know which part of her heart turned sour, and at that moment, she didn’t even have the strength to refuse.

So she just leaned down, her head resting on his large palm, closed her eyes, and did not move again.

Her heart was truly sour, bitter, and astringent.

From the moment Uncle sought her out, she should have known he had an ulterior motive.

This topic had carried on for a long time, and in the end, when she realized Uncle’s true feelings for her, she stopped dwelling on it.

Assuming that by not thinking about it, those so-called plans would cease to exist.