Chapter 774: If You Don't Accompany Me I'll Go Find Another Man_1

Some things, before they come, we can pretend they don’t exist.

But when they do come, we have no choice but to face them.

“Isn’t it obvious that I want to sleep with you?” Baili Xia chuckled, as if mocking his stupidity.

Mu Xiaoyao’s face darkened even more.

There were some things he didn’t want to say, fearing they might hurt her.

But they had to be said.

He gently pushed her hands away from him, squatted down, and buttoned up her clothes one by one.

“You are Uncle’s woman.

I won’t touch you.

Even if we get engaged, you are still his.”

“Why should I be his?

Do I have no worth?

Am I just a plaything?

Whoever says I belong to them, then I’m theirs?”

Baili Xia laughed coldly but remained seated, not refusing his help in dressing her.

She was tired.

She had always been tired.

But tonight, it seemed even more so.

“Haven’t you ever thought I’m a person, not an object?”

“He wants me, must I undress completely, even open my legs wide and lie in bed waiting for him?”

“Don’t say anymore.” Isn’t she tormented by her own words?

But his previous words were indeed wrong.

Just as she said, she’s a person, not an object.

But when has he and Uncle ever cared about her feelings?

“Are you really going to get engaged to me?” Suddenly, Baili Xia asked sullenly.

Mu Xiaoyao straightened up and looked down at her.

After a while, he nodded: “Even if it upsets you, this can’t change.

You should know even if you try to escape, you can’t avoid his control.”

“If we’re engaged, then I’ll be your fiancée,” Baili Xia didn’t care about what he said about escaping.

She just looked at the outline of his face, smiling lightly and restrainedly, her smile resembled that of a soulless wooden puppet.

“As your fiancée, will you protect me?”

“I will!” Whether she’s his fiancée or not, this was at least Uncle’s assignment for him.

He was going to protect her, he would have anyway.

“I mean, will you protect me from being forced by other men to do that kind of thing? Including… Uncle.”

Mu Xiaoyao didn’t say anything because he couldn’t promise her that.

If he did agree, he might end up having to confront Uncle.

But in all the years he had been with Uncle, apart from one night, when had he ever gone against him?

But the girl before him…

Even if there was no light in the room, even if it was pitch black all around, he could still easily see the tear streaks on her face that had not yet dried.

And those eyes brimming with moisture.

And even the fleeting desperation he saw in her eyes.

He wanted to say something, but Baili Xia gently pushed him away.

“I’m tired, let’s sleep. Stay with me tonight, and don’t go out.”

She lay down on the bed, rolled to one side, and left a space for him.

She didn’t even know what she was thinking.

How could Uncle have had any interest in anything here or have noticed that she and Brother slept together?

If he wouldn’t come, wouldn’t watch, and wouldn’t even care, then who could she upset by obstinately keeping Brother here?

But she just wanted to be stubborn; she wanted to be capricious.

Just for tonight, alright?

Allow her to be capricious just for tonight.

She closed her eyes, a bitter smile playing on her lips, and a tear rolled down her cheek.

“If you don’t stay with me tonight, I will go find another man.”