Chapter 841: Originally in the girl's eyes there was him

Baili Xia’s heart was slightly scorched and soured by Mu Xiaojiu’s gentleness, her nose tingling with a sudden urge to cry.

“Uncle, let’s not fight anymore,” she said hoarsely, choking up in her throat.

But Mu Xiaojiu just held her small hand and remained silent.

He had never intended to argue with her; it was just that sometimes, when angry, he didn’t know how to get along with a young girl properly.

Some things could have been made clear, but due to reluctance to swallow pride, misunderstandings deepened again and again.

“I don’t like fighting with you,” Baili Xia sniffled, tears rolling down in the darkness.

“I also want to take care of you, to grill things for you to eat, not to let you go hungry alone…”

Mu Xiaojiu’s grip on her larger hand involuntarily tightened.

So, he hadn’t eaten tonight, and she had noticed it all.

So, in this girl’s eyes, there was still a place for him…

“That large shrimp claw, I wanted to give it to you to eat, the meat in the claw is especially delicious…”

The girl was dazed, not knowing if she was in a dream.

Whatever was on her heart, she blurted it all out at once.

Although the thoughts were childish and trivial details, it was these small details that moved people the most.

Mu Xiaojiu rested his chin on top of her head, his voice slightly hoarse, “Next time… next time, I’ll grill it for Uncle to eat.”

All evening, he had watched her taking care of everyone else.

Nangong Xu, Mu Xiaoyao, Dongfang Jin, and even Mu Lingchuan, who occasionally passed by, received some of her attention.

He thought she didn’t care about him at all, but he didn’t know that, in fact, he had always been in her heart.

Although he was still hungry now, his stomach nearly cramping,

listening to her words of concern was like those things had already landed in his stomach.

Full, filled completely by a sensation called happiness.

“Uncle…” Baili Xia called out softly again.

“I’m here.” His husky voice seemed to rise right beside her ear, yet it felt as distant as the sky.

To her ears, whether far or near, it was all so heartwarming.

She closed her eyes again, her small hand gripping his larger one, fingers intertwined.

“If this is a dream, then let’s never wake up, never ever.”

Her mumbled murmurings slowly spilled from her lips, carrying a hint of happy smile, and the utterly exhausted girl finally drifted into sleep.

As she fell asleep, those prayerful whispers still flowed at the edge of her lips.

“Uncle, don’t leave me, stay with me… remain in the dream, let’s never wake up…”

Those strong, powerful arms pulled her even tighter into his embrace.

With such force, as if he wanted to merge her into his own body.

To stay with her in the dream, never to wake up…

Does he not know, if he could choose, he would wish for the same?

But so often, he had no choice at all.

Girl, he bore burdens too heavy and immense; so many things, he simply couldn’t choose.

Do you understand, can you comprehend?

The question Nangong Xu asked him tonight was still lingering incessantly in his mind.

When all this is over, when she finds out what he had done, will she still forgive him?

If she chooses not to forgive, what would become of their fates?

When, exactly, had she become an irremovable part of his future plans?

What, after all, is the future to him?