Chapter 1564

The old man let out a soft sigh, unable to harden his heart towards Baili Xia.

“Did the Bei family not treat you well? You’ve gotten so thin! Have the kitchen prepare more food for dinner, you… eat more!”

She was so thin, it was obvious she was malnourished.

If he’d known earlier, he wouldn’t have let her go to the Bei family with Nangong Xu.

None of them truly cared for her!

Baili Xia’s eyes were tinged with red, truly unexpected.

Even knowing she wasn’t Baili Yang’s granddaughter, he was still willing to care for her.

Not wanting him to see her unusual expression, she immediately lowered her head.

“I understand.”

How could the old man miss her reddened eyes?

This child…

He wanted to go over and offer some comfort, but didn’t know what to say.

After she stopped being Miss Mu, did she suffer a lot of grievances at the Mu family?

In fact, he never said she couldn’t continue being Miss Mu, it’s just that at that time…

when he found out the truth, he was too shocked.

Maybe…

he said something excessive and hurt this child.

Is it too late to regret now?

Seeing her eyes red, his heart felt as if pierced by needles, very uncomfortable.

The old man didn’t know what exactly he was thinking.

Now that the real Miss Mu has been found, why does he feel some regret seeing this girl’s sad expression?

He truly wished…

he never knew the truth, wished…

to always spoil her, love her wholeheartedly like at the start.

What’s wrong with him?

Why have such strange thoughts?

Thinking like this feels unfair to An Ran…

“Grandpa, what are you doing here?” A tender voice called from behind.

The old man and Baili Xia turned around simultaneously.

This was the first time Baili Xia saw Ning Anran after returning from Bei Miao.

It hadn’t been long, yet seeing her now, she seemed different again.

More noble, more beautiful, and more poised.

Ning Anran also saw the figure standing before the old man.

Seeing it was Baili Xia, her eyes lit up, and she hurried over.

“Xiaxia, you’re finally back!”

“Hmm.” Baili Xia nodded, looking at her calmly.

Ning Anran was very enthusiastic, grabbing her hand with excitement.

“Why didn’t you call earlier when you came back?

I could have asked Uncle Feng to send a car to pick you up.”

“The…

Brother had someone pick me up.” Baili Xia consciously corrected herself in front of Ning Anran.

Many things, she didn’t want them to involve Uncle anymore.

Yet Ning Anran still held her hand, turning to look at the old man.

“Grandpa, Xiaxia just got back, and I have so many things I want to talk to her about, I…”

“I have something to do, I’ll find you later.” Baili Xia withdrew her hand from Ning Anran’s.

No matter the reason that suddenly made Ning Anran warm towards her, she didn’t have the time to deal with her now.

After saying goodbye to the two, she turned to the kitchen, shortly after returning with a plate of food, hurrying upstairs.

Ning Anran watched her retreating figure, a bit of disappointment reflected in her eyes.

“She… might really have something.” The old man patted the back of her hand.

To distract her, he smiled and said, “Let’s get back to the study, we haven’t finished what we were discussing earlier.”

“Got it, Grandpa.” Ning Anran, still a bit disappointed, followed him back to the study.

As soon as the door closed, Ning Anran turned to look at the old man, pouting slightly.

“Grandpa, do you really want to give me so many shares? I’m not familiar at all with business, I’m afraid I’ll mess things up.”