Chapter 968: He is Ultimately a Vigorous Young Man

The quilt gently floated back onto Baili Xia, and Mu Xiaojiu turned around, walking towards the floor-to-ceiling window without looking back.

By the time Baili Xia wrapped herself in the quilt and looked up, his tall figure had already disappeared from the room.

The scent of cigarette smoke still lingered strongly, but he had already walked far away.

Finally, he left.

Perhaps, it was better that he had left.

If he had stayed, it would have only left a room filled with confrontation and hurt.

What would be the use of staying?

She clutched the quilt tightly, but the tears at the corners of her eyes never fell.

She had thought their hearts were very close, but the issue of a child immediately revealed the true state of their relationship.

What had really changed?

It was just meeting up, just him being a bit gentler to her, wasn’t it?

In fact, it was really no different from before…

…

Early in the morning, even before breakfast time, Baili Xia was awakened by the ringing of the internal telephone.

Grandfather wanted to see her…

She didn’t know if it was guilt or something else, but upon hearing the maid’s words, she instantly woke up.

She threw off the quilt and discovered she was completely naked.

Last night, holding the quilt and feeling miserable, she had fallen asleep just like this, even forgetting to put on clothes.

If someone had come in midway, she didn’t know what she would have done.

Luckily, the night had passed without incident.

She dressed herself and changed into a simple dress.

After packing away the clothes that Uncle had torn the day before, she hurried downstairs and knocked on the old man’s door.

The old man had been up for a while; elders wake early.

He had already taken a stroll in the backyard early in the morning and had just returned not long ago.

Seeing Baili Xia enter, he waved his hand, signaling her to close the door.

Once she had closed the door and approached him, he looked at her and directly asked, “Last night, did Jiu go to your room?”

Baili Xia’s heart jolted, and her breath almost fell into disarray.

“Yes, yes, Uncle came by, but only stayed for a while.” Her hand gripped tightly, her heart really flustered, “Grand…

Grandfather, what’s wrong?

Is there a problem?”

However, the old man simply nodded slightly and then shook his head, “Nothing much, when I entered yesterday, the room still smelled of cigarette smoke.”

“I need to have a word with Jiu, tell him not to smoke in your room, it’s not good for a girl to breathe second-hand smoke.”

So that was why…

Baili Xia heaved a deep sigh of relief.

To hide her nervousness, she walked to the side, pulled up a chair, and then sat down in front of the old man.

“Grandfather, you wanted to see me so early, is there something you need?”

“Nothing much, I just haven’t talked with you in a long while and wanted to hear how you’ve been doing recently, if you’re still comfortable at the Mu family’s?”

The old man looked at her kindly, his gaze full of compassion.

He truly cared for her, that much Baili Xia could clearly see.

She nodded and smiled in response, “I’m accustomed to it, everyone has been very nice to me.”

“I know they are all nice to you, especially Jiu, he takes special care of you.”

Baili Xia didn’t reply, just tightened her grip on the chair’s handle a bit more.

Uncle did take very good care of her, indeed, it’s just that Grandfather didn’t know the kind of care it was.

That kind of care was not something everyone could bear, perhaps it would be better not to have such special care.

But the old man clearly had more to say, somewhat hesitantly.

After looking at Baili Xia again, he slowly said, “Although Jiu is your Uncle, ultimately he is a young man, full of vigour and vitality…”