Chapter 496: Is it really good to be so stubborn_1

“I believe.” Mu Xiaoyao answered without hesitation.

“If Uncle thinks I’m not strong enough, not able to carry everything you’re carrying, then I’ll try harder.”

Picking up his wine glass, he stared at Mu Xiaojiu’s resolute face.

“I will try harder, until Uncle believes in my ability.”

“It’s not that I don’t believe you, but, the timing isn’t right.”

Mu Xiaojiu glanced at him, and for the first time that evening, there was a hint of warmth in his eyes.

Mu Xiaoyao wanted to say more, but seeing that Uncle didn’t want to talk anymore, he quieted down.

Tonight, he really lost his cool.

No, he had been on edge all day.

Ever since he found out about the relationship between Baili Xia and his Uncle, he hadn’t been himself.

Now that things had calmed down, he realized it was really just fear.

He was scared that Uncle would stop believing in him, really scared…

The night was still long…

Uncle and nephew didn’t know how many bottles of wine they finished, until Mu Xiaoyao started to tire.

Leaning on the bar, he looked at Mu Xiaojiu with drunken eyes.

“Uncle, you care about Miss Xiaxia, don’t you?”

“If someone has to marry her, let me do it.

I’ll take care of her for you…”

“Don’t let her be with my older brother.

What if she falls in love with him?

What will Uncle do?”

“What are you going to do with her…uh…when everything is over?”

“…Actually, she’s to be pitied too, she’s just a girl…”

By the time he finished speaking, Mu Xiaoyao fell asleep hugging his wine bottle.

Mu Xiaojiu stared at his face, flushed from the alcohol, his gaze darkening again.

Cared about that little creature?

Maybe he did care a bit.

As for what he would do with her after everything was over.

He didn’t seem to have thought about it carefully.

Let her go?

But why did that displease him…

…Ye Hua had been on guard most of the night, until Mr.

Xiaojiu finally called for him.

Seeing that Mr.

Xiaojiu and Mr.

Mu were just sitting at the bar drinking, and no fights broke out, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Tonight, Mr.

Mu’s attitude wasn’t great, he had never been so disrespectful towards Mr.

Xiaojiu before.

Especially when Mr.

Mu stomped in while Mr.

Xiaojiu and Miss Xiaxia were…

The fact that the two didn’t end up fighting was a bit surprising to him.

Seeing Mu Xiaoyao collapsed on the bar, Ye Hua looked at Mu Xiaojiu and whispered,

“Mr.

Xiaojiu, shall I take Mr.

Mu to rest first?”

Mu Xiaojiu nodded, not bothering to reply.

Only then did Ye Hua help the thoroughly drunk Mu Xiaoyao leave the lobby and take him upstairs to the guest room.

When he finished settling Mu Xiaoyao and came back downstairs,

There was no sign of Mr.

Xiaojiu at the bar.

Mr.

Xiaojiu must have gone to see Miss Xiaxia.

Although, Mr.

Xiaojiu has always been unwilling to admit it.

But, after being by his side for so long, how could he not notice his feelings for Baili Xia?

A stubborn old duck, that’s what Mr.

Xiaojiu is.

But, is it really good to be this stubborn?

…

Ye Hua was right.

At this point, Mu Xiaojiu had indeed gone to the infirmary in the backyard.

Nangong Xu was still massaging Baili Xia’s shoulders.

Baili Xia lay there with a pale face, her long eyelashes adorned with unshed tears, clearly remnants of her dreams.

Even in her dreams, she was so wronged, so pitiful.

Was he, the cause of all this?

Mu Xiaojiu stood there quietly watching, not speaking, not moving.

This demeanor put Nangong Xu on edge—from being indifferent at first, to feeling a bit pressured later on.

“You can’t be thinking of chopping off my hand, can you?”