Chapter 823: Things Begin to Slowly Make Sense

No matter what she wanted or what she wished to do, when had Nangong Xu ever refused her?

Except, of course, if it was something that wasn’t good for her.

Sometimes, she even treated Nangong Xu like an elder, unconsciously acting coquettish in his presence.

Damn, it really seemed inappropriate to call him “Mr.

Nangong.”

“…Master.” Baili Xia blinked, looking at Nangong Xu, “Master… is that okay?”

Having studied medical arts under him for so long, it felt right to respectfully address him as Master.

Even though he had never said she was his disciple.

Nangong Xu’s starry eyes turned somber, not answering immediately, lost in thought.

“If you don’t like it, then… then forget it…”

“Okay.” Nangong Xu nodded, not adding much else, and continued eating the lobster meat.

Baili Xia was still catching up with his reaction, and upon glancing at his calm face again, a slow smile climbed to the tips of her eyebrows.

“Master,” she sweetly called out again.

“Mhm.” He didn’t look up, still quietly eating.

“Master, I’ll go get you some more food.” Excited, Baili Xia stood up quickly and returned to her seat, to continue fussing over the large lobster that had been taken off the grill a while ago.

“I… I also want to learn the arts from Mr. Nangong,” Mu Ziying insisted again.

Unexpectedly, Nangong Xu flatly refused without giving an inch of face, “I’m not teaching.”

“Pfft!” Dongfang Ji, who was sitting next to Mu Ziying, couldn’t help but spurt out a laugh.

His blunt refusal was…

indeed heartbreaking.

Mu Ziying glared at him fiercely, and Dongfang Ji coughed lightly, a hint of amusement in his eyes, “I think your Uncle is about to come out of the water, aren’t you going to go see him?”

“Ah! Uncle is getting out!”

With that, Mu Ziying abandoned all else and dashed over.

Dongfang Ji looked at her retreating figure, exasperated.

What was there to look forward to with her Uncle?

No matter how handsome he was, he wasn’t hers.

Did she not realize that she had a super-handsome guy right beside her?

If she wanted to look, was he not enough?

Baili Xia couldn’t help but glance over as well.

Although she always told herself not to care, she couldn’t help but pay subconscious attention.

From a distance, that figure emerged from the sea and was immediately enveloped in a bathrobe brought over by Ye Hua.

The robust and fit body was something those girls hardly got the chance to see.

But after he came ashore, he quietly returned to his spot, drinking alone, without uttering a word.

He looked…

really downcast.

He…

hadn’t even had dinner, had he?

But what did it matter to her if he didn’t eat dinner?

Why did she even care?

“His mood seems really off tonight, I haven’t seen him this depressed in many years.”

From beside her, Dongfang Jin’s voice rose calmly.

Baili Xia startled and turned to look at him.

Even Jin had said so… was his mood really that terrible tonight?

All day, that guy had been off, yet the way he bullied her in the car, she couldn’t let it go.

She had this faint feeling, knowing that he was scheming something big, but he simply didn’t want to share any secrets with her.

She disregarded it and cut a few pieces of lobster meat, placing them on Dongfang Jin’s plate.

She cut some more, serving it in Mu Xiaoyao’s plate, and afterward, she brought some to her Master as well.

After all, she could take care of anyone, be kind to anyone, just not be kind to Mu Xiaojiu.

Dongfang Jin just watched her quietly, not saying anything more.

Even if he was slowly beginning to understand many things.

But if it meant making her sad, then what was there left to say?