Chapter 675: When Did the Crack Appear

Baili Xia looked back at Ning Anran, surprise evident in her eyes.

“You mean to say that you’d rather stay in the Sihai Residence?

I will be returning to the main house, I won’t be there with you all the time.”

“In that case…

I can rest, and then go home to sleep.”

Ning Anran smiled and let go of her hand, “Xiaxia, I’ll be off first, I’m worried that Mr.

Xiaojiu will get angry if he comes back and finds me wandering around.”

Baili Xia was about to say that Uncle wouldn’t pay attention to these things.

However, seeing Ning Anran’s determined face, she swallowed her words back.

“Alright then, let me walk you home.”

…

When she came out of Ning Anran’s room, Baili Xia was rather preoccupied.

Did Anran like Uncle more than she thought?

But liking Uncle was bound to lead nowhere.

Initially, she thought that Ning Anran was like the other girls, simply charmed by Uncle’s handsome appearance.

But the more she thought about it, the more she felt that her feelings for Uncle were different.

Would normal infatuation lead someone to risk their life just to protect the man they liked?

Now, because Uncle wants her to stay in Sihai Residence, she would rather be bored all by herself there than return to the main house with her.

Baili Xia respected Ning Anran’s decision, but her mood suddenly became somewhat heavy.

Seeing that she was still standing outside the door and not leaving, Ning Anran couldn’t help asking, “Xiaxia, is there anything else?”

Baili Xia turned back and looked at her, after pondering a bit, she gently closed the slightly ajar door.

Ning Anran got up from the bed and looked at her: “What is it, actually?”

“An Ran,” Baili Xia hesitated for a moment before finally asking, “Do you really like Uncle?”

“No, not…” She wanted to shake her head, but found that she couldn’t.

Yes, she liked Mr.

Xiaojiu, but it was only a crush, and she only wanted it to be a secret crush.

“Xiaxia, don’t make wild guesses, I… I don’t have any inappropriate thoughts about Mr. Xiaojiu, please don’t make random guesses, okay?”

Her nose stung, and she almost shed tears.

Baili Xia stared at her blankly, somewhat at a loss for words: “An Ran, you… you weren’t like this before.”

Just a single question made Ning Anran’s eyes red.

When did she become so fragile?

“I didn’t mean to blame you, I just wanted to chat with you.”

Ning Anran bit her lip and turned away, refusing to look at her.

She didn’t understand why she had become like this, why did her heart ache every time Mr.

Xiaojiu was mentioned?

“I didn’t mean anything else either.” She took a deep breath.

When she turned back to look at Baili Xia, her emotions had finally calmed down.

“Don’t worry, Xiaxia, as soon as my health improves a bit, I will personally tell Mr.

Xiaojiu and leave.”

“…”Baili Xia’s fingertips tightened, suddenly, she didn’t feel like talking anymore.

Anran, when did the cracks start appearing in our friendship of more than a decade?

She wondered, completely unaware.

“I’ll be going then.” She turned and started to walk away.

But seeing the despair in her eyes, Ning Anran suddenly became anxious.

She abruptly stood up and ran after her: “Xiaxia, it’s not… I didn’t mean anything else, Xiaxia!”

Baili Xia didn’t pay any attention to her and walked away.

“Xiaxia, I really didn’t mean anything else, I don’t even know what I was saying just now.”

Ning Anran still wanted to chase after her, but Baili Xia seemed to have suddenly developed excellent physical skills.

In the blink of an eye, she was really far, far away from her.