Chapter 2274

How could Baili Xia know what Nangong Xu was thinking? Her mind was entirely focused on Tian at the moment.

What’s more, she just undid a few buttons, not intending to take off her clothes.

Nangong Xu was overthinking.

“Ye Zi, look, this is the scar I got when we sneaked into the Peach Garden to steal peaches when we were kids and fell.”

Tian’s wandering gaze gradually landed on Baili Xia’s shoulder.

The tiny scar on her shoulder was already very faint, almost disappearing.

Yet, a faint outline still remained.

Baili Xia bit her lip, her voice a little hoarse.

“The garden owner caught us. You were afraid he’d hurt me, so you held onto his leg and told me to run.”

“But I didn’t run — we both ended up being bedridden for several days after being beaten by the garden owner…”

“Ye Zi, have you forgotten all this? Did you really forget?”

Nangong Xu, listening from the side, felt a pang of sadness in his heart.

So the little girl had such a difficult childhood, and he was completely unaware.

Every time he saw her, apart from occasionally being a bit gloomy because of being pressured by Mr. Xiaojiu,

most of the time, she was sunny and optimistic.

He truly had no idea that she had suffered so much in her childhood.

Nangong Xu’s thoughts were unnoticed by Baili Xia.

All her attention was now on Tian, believing she’d noticed Tian’s eyes had turned red.

“Ye Zi, although we took a beating, you were really smart — you secretly hid a peach in your pocket, intending for Zimo and Xiaoxiao, and… An Ran…”

“An Ran ate it herself…” Tian’s muffled voice interrupted Baili Xia’s words, sounding so abrupt.

Yet, it was incredibly shocking!

Nangong Xu immediately turned his head to stare at Tian, whose eyes were stained with a touch of mist.

Baili Xia’s eyes were already red, and she almost couldn’t hold back her tears.

“Ye Zi! You really are Ye Zi!” In her excitement, she couldn’t help but rush over and hugged Tian tightly.

“Ye Zi! It really is you! Ye Zi! Why, why have you become like this now? Who made you this way?”

Tian’s eyes gradually brightened.

The cloudy mist-like confusion in her eyes was also dissipating bit by bit.

“Ye Zi…” Baili Xia choked, her words stuck in her throat, completely unable to speak.

But Tian was already clear-headed, her cold gaze falling on her: “Let go.”

Those icy words brought Baili Xia back to her senses amidst her excitement.

Looking at Tian again, her gaze was like an iceberg, entirely devoid of warmth.

Baili Xia’s fingers tightened and then loosened before she finally released her.

Averting her face, she wiped the tears from her eyes and turned to Nangong Xu: “Master…”

“I understand, let’s talk outside.” Nangong Xu glanced at Tian.

Tian’s hands and feet were bound, making it hard for her even to get out of bed, he said: “I’ll find someone to take care of her.”

Baili Xia nodded and then stood up, leaving the room together with Nangong Xu.

Far from that room, Baili Xia grasped Nangong Xu’s arm, the excitement in her eyes still lingering.

“Master, she… she’s Ye Zi, she really is Ye Zi!”

That year, Ye Zi secretly kept the peach to take back, and because of their injuries, neither Zimo nor Xiaoxiao wanted to take a bite.

Later, Ning Anran was afraid the peach would rot and go to waste, so he ate it himself.

Besides the five of them, no one else knew about this.

She is Ye Zi, she really is Ye Zi, but, why did it come to this?