Chapter 777: Uncle Are You Talking to Me_1

Seeing that everyone had arrived, the old master immediately ordered the servants to serve breakfast.

Baili Xia knew there had been a misunderstanding, but now, she could neither explain nor should she.

Let everyone think that she couldn’t be with her brother and hence she was uncomfortable.

Helpless, she could only sit down next to Mu Xiaojiu.

“Have you been practicing recently?” As soon as Baili Xia sat down, a somewhat cold and indifferent voice of Mu Xiaojiu echoed in her ears.

Baili Xia didn’t expect him to strike up a conversation with her.

She didn’t know whether it was because she hadn’t heard his voice in a while or for some other reason.

After Uncle asked her a question, she was stunned for a while, having no idea how to respond.

“Uncle is talking to you.” After a moment, Mu Xiaoyao suddenly spoke up to remind her.

“I…” Baili Xia lifted her head, meeting his eyes.

At that moment, she clearly saw a hint of worry in his eyes.

Feeling warm inside, as if she had just come to her senses, she turned her head to look at Mu Xiaojiu, forcing a slight smile.

“Uncle, were you talking to me?

I was lost in thought and I didn’t hear, sorry.”

She paused for a while then smiled again, asking: “What did you just say?”

Mu Xiaojiu gave her a blank glance but didn’t speak anymore, picking up his cup of coffee and taking a sip.

His actions made it clear that he didn’t want to continue the conversation.

At this point, Baili Xia finally breathed a sigh of relief and gave a grateful glance to Mu Xiaoyao.

This glance was clearly seen by Mu Ziying sitting next to Mu Xiaoyao.

She immediately laughed and said, “Because Xiaxia is so busy exchanging glances with brother, of course, she can’t hear others talking.”

She teasingly opened up Mu Xiaojiu who seemed to be completely oblivious to the mood around, not realizing that Mu Xiaojiu’s current expression could be described as displeased.

“Uncle, don’t mind, people in love are just like this, we can’t blame her.”

“You talk so much, do you have a winning strategy to rack up the points today?”

From beside her, a distant voice of Mu Xiaoyao echoed.

Mu Ziying was taken aback, not knowing why Brother was upset, his voice was so cold.

Perhaps, he was angry at her for bringing up their relationship.

Really, it’s an open secret.

Why isn’t she allowed to talk about it?

However, since Brother was unhappy, Mu Ziying didn’t dare to continue.

Just like that, the topic passed.

Baili Xia lowered her head and quietly started eating.

After a moment of silence, everyone could not stay idle anymore.

It was the first match today, though no one expressed how crucial this competition was, everyone knew its importance.

Uncle wants them to win, they must win, or else, the golden cup in the second brother’s room will be taken by someone else.

So while having breakfast, the younger ones began to discuss the competition.

The two brothers, Mu Lingchuan and Mu Xiaoyao, were studying how to undercut the prestige of other families.

Mu Ziying and Mu Ziqing, too, were pesterimg the old master, discussing the interesting incidents from the previous competitions among the Eight Big Families.

Everyone seemed a bit excited, everyone except for Mu Xiaojiu, and of course, Baili Xia.

Mr.

Xiaojiu was sitting quietly, slowly eating food from his plate, as if the competition wasn’t that significant.

But even if he doesn’t speak, everyone knows.

This competition is really important to him.

“Xiaxia, how is your archery practice coming along?” the old master suddenly asked.

Under the pressure of the people around her, Baili Xia, who was eating her meal with her head down, was a bit startled.

Looking up at her grandfather, she was unsure of how to reply.

Mu Ziying laughed, “What’s wrong? Are you scared you might end up being the weak link?”