Chapter 2317

Mu Xiaojiu looked at Baili Xia, concealing all emotions.

He spoke lightly, “Mu Xuri’s body was discovered by us a few days ago.”

Baili Xia’s body noticeably trembled for a moment, and she looked up at Mu Xiaojiu.

“Really? He… is dead?”

As soon as she uttered those words, she felt that the question was redundant.

There was no need to ask; how could Uncle deceive her about such matters?

Yet Mu Xiaojiu still nodded lightly and continued, “Regarding the matter of your grandfather, I will hold a press conference today to formally clarify.”

“As for the funeral date, it’s set for tomorrow.”

Baili Xia’s fingertips moved, her moist eyes widening.

Arranging a funeral for Grandpa tomorrow, it came so suddenly that she wasn’t at all prepared.

Mu Xuri died a few days ago, why didn’t Uncle tell her earlier?

Baili Xia’s eyes were completely shrouded in complexity.

Uncle was apologizing to her for what he had done in the past.

But the more he did this, the more it reminded her.

Her grandfather was personally sent to prison by Uncle.

“Do you have any objections to this time?”

Mu Xiaojiu asked, his voice sounding somewhat distant.

After a while, Baili Xia hadn’t responded, her mind still occupied with thoughts of Grandpa.

“Girl?” Mu Xiaojiu said again, raising his voice a few degrees.

Baili Xia finally snapped back to reality, looked at him, and lowered her gaze.

At this moment, she didn’t even want to look at Mu Xiaojiu.

The feeling of understanding but being unable to accept it strongly collided within her.

“What is it?” she asked softly.

Mu Xiaojiu repeated, “Do you have any objections to the funeral time?”

This girl was daydreaming, right under his nose.

This was something he usually disliked greatly, and in the past, he would certainly have given her a small punishment.

But now he could tolerate it, just because of that feeling of guilt.

“Oh, I have no objections.”

Baili Xia answered casually, suddenly seeming indifferent.

She didn’t know if the funeral was necessary.

If held, it would perhaps only count as the Mu family’s compensation to Grandpa.

But even so, it wouldn’t bring Grandpa back.

Mu Xiaojiu’s heart was suddenly twisted in pain, as if something completely blocked his chest.

After thinking for a while, he nodded and finally said, “Xiaoyao will tell you about tomorrow’s arrangements, I’m heading back to my room.”

Without waiting for Baili Xia to respond, he had already stood up, striding towards the second floor.

Baili Xia then raised her head, gathered her courage, and looked at Mu Xiaojiu’s departing figure.

She could feel that her attitude was not good just now.

But in such matters, who could set aside their emotions and control them?

Once Mu Xiaojiu’s figure completely disappeared from view, Mu Xiaoyao then looked at Baili Xia and said softly, “Uncle also feels very upset.”

Baili Xia raised her eyebrows slightly, her gaze meeting Mu Xiaoyao’s.

She just quietly watched him, waiting for him to finish speaking.

“In these past few days, he did a lot of things.”

“The news of Mu Xuri’s death is unknown to anyone; in these days we’ve eradicated all his followers.”

“But he’s always been thinking of clearing your grandfather’s name, and only today decided to do it this way.”

Seeing that Baili Xia was just listening without saying a word, Mu Xiaoyao paused.

He knew, this girl’s heart was deeply wounded.

Previously, the thought of revenge covered everything up.

Now that everything was over, the emotions she hid were finally about to be released.