Chapter 825: Really Love Him

Dongfang Jin was quick with his eyes and hands, and immediately supported Baili Xia, preventing her from falling face-first into the mud.

“You… what did you say?” Just as she steadied herself, Baili Xia pushed his hand away and slightly stepped back.

This defensive posture clearly showed her fear of him seeing through her.

Dongfang Jin continued to stare at her, his eyes becoming deeper and more unfathomable under the moonlight.

“Although we haven’t been acquainted for long, it hasn’t been short either.”

He withdrew his gaze to look at a distant, unknown place, so as not to frighten this overly shocked girl with his stare.

The moonlight tonight was beautiful, but his mood was not.

Some things, especially her every move, every facial expression, might be incomprehensible to others, but how could he be the same?

“Every time you look at him, your eyes are different.

Every time you’re with him, that feeling of even fearing him but subconsciously relying on him completely…

I’ve seen it all.”

“At first, I thought it was just the affection a junior has for a senior.

I thought you just liked this ‘Uncle.'”

He said no more, and Baili Xia also dared not say anything, walking along the beach with him in a flurry of emotions.

The sand stirred up by the wind sparkled under the moonlight.

The little specks all became the uneasy embellishments in her eyes.

It wasn’t like this; the situation must not be what he described.

I don’t like Uncle anymore, I haven’t liked him for a long time!

Why would I like a man who bullies me everywhere?

“Do you know why he rushed back to the hotel?” A flicker of something unknown flashed in Dongfang Jin’s eyes, but his smile was bitter and astringent.

However, he looked into the distance, not letting her see his despair at that moment.

“Because, just like last time, he was poisoned…”

“What did you say?” Baili Xia was shocked and abruptly stopped.

The next second, beyond her own control, she turned around and ran towards the direction of the hotel.

Uncle was poisoned, he was poisoned by someone again!

Was it the drinks?

Was there poison in the drinks?

How is he now?

Is he alright?

Nangong Xu had returned; was he detoxifying him right now?

Hearing that Mu Xiaojiu was poisoned, Baili Xia’s mind completely scrambled.

She couldn’t distinguish north from south, knowing only that the hotel was in the distance, and Uncle, he was in the hotel!

She had already taken two steps back when her wrist suddenly tightened; Dongfang Jin had grabbed her.

“Jin, let go, I need to go check on Uncle! Let go!”

She struggled, failing to break free from his grip, about to bite down on his hand.

From above her head, Dongfang Jin’s voice, so calm it lacked any trace of emotion, slowly drifted down.

“I…

lied to you, silly girl.

You believed that?”

“Jin…” Baili Xia, who had been about to bite, suddenly froze, looking up at him in a daze, “You lied to me?”

“If he really was poisoned, wouldn’t Nangong Xu have followed him right away?”

Dongfang Jin smiled, a smile so pleasant to look at, making him even more handsome than the seaside scenery.

Yet that smile had not a trace of warmth; only he knew its different flavor.

“Why are you so nervous?

Even though you’re having an argument with him, the moment you heard he was poisoned, you immediately panicked?”

“I…”

“You’re so clever, if you could stay calm, wouldn’t you notice something was off?

You definitely would have realized I was just teasing you.”

Dongfang Jin smiled ruefully, shaking his head and finally, slowly, he released her wrist.

“You couldn’t tell because your mind was too chaotic; you… really love him deeply.”