Chapter 991: What He Cares About She Will Also Value

Watching Dongfang Jin leave, Baili Xia let out a sigh of relief.

When she turned her head back, however, she saw Mu Xiaojiu staring at her face.

“Your complexion is still so poor, I’ll have Ye Hua send you back to find Nangong Xu,” he said indifferently.

Baili Xia panicked and quickly shook her head, “No need, Uncle, I’m really fine.”

If she went back to find Nangong Xu, her secret would surely be discovered.

“Even Dongfang Jin came over to see you, and you still say you’re fine?” Mu Xiaojiu frowned.

Although he really didn’t want to deal with that guy lately, why did he always feel like there was some unspeakable secret between them?

If today’s competition hadn’t been so important to him, he would have taken her back immediately for Nangong Xu to examine.

But this girl was also very strange, she seemed a bit off in the morning, but now she was jumping around as if there were absolutely no problems at all.

Is there such a disease that gets better and then worse like this?

“I was a bit uncomfortable this morning, and Dongfang Jin bumped into me, so he came over just now to ask about it.”

Baili Xia made up an excuse to stave him off, “Do I look like there’s something wrong with me now?”

To prove that she was fine, she stood up and spun around twice in front of him.

Finally, she stopped and looked at him, “Uncle, I really am fine, I still have to compete, and I will try my best.”

Uncle put a lot of importance on this competition, just so the golden cup in the second Uncle’s room wouldn’t be taken away by someone else.

Although she didn’t know why Uncle seemed to care more for the second Uncle than for her own grandfather.

But since it was important to him, she had to do her best.

Whether she wanted to admit it or not, she had to acknowledge.

The things he cared about, she…

would also value.

Mu Xiaojiu looked at her a while longer and truly didn’t see anything wrong with her.

Hesitating, he finally said indifferently, “Don’t force yourself.”

“Mm, I understand, Uncle,” Baili Xia breathed out softly, managing to bluff her way through.

After eating, everyone went to the resting room to rest.

With the morning’s competition being so intense, without some rest to replenish their energy, the girls really wouldn’t be able to hold on.

At a little past two, everyone gathered again at the competition field, ready to start the elimination rounds.

The drawing of lots was satisfactory, with Baili Xia and Mu Ziying not facing Sima Liuyue, each up against young misses from the Long Family and Zhao Family.

Having seen their morning matches, their skills were considered weaker among the top eight.

Without surprise, both of them won their matches and entered the semifinals.

Sima Liuli had bad luck, ending up against Shentu Lan from the Shentu Family.

Shentu Lan was big and burly, standing at well over one meter eighty and strong as an ox.

Her own punches hitting Shentu Lan had no effect whatsoever.

In the end, Sima Liuli was tossed out of the arena by her opponent’s sheer strength.

Sima Liuyue, once again, displayed her absolute advantage and advanced with ease.

In the men’s competition, the final four emerged as well.

They were Mu Xiaojiu, Dongfang Jin, Mu Xiaoyao, and Shentu Sheng from the Shentu Family.

Mu Lingchuan was eliminated after encountering Dongfang Jin.

And Dongfang Ji also had bad luck, facing Mu Xiaojiu and was likewise eliminated.

However, it couldn’t be said that they were unjustly defeated.

Looking at the four who made it to the semifinals, each one was a master.

Even the previously unknown Shentu Sheng, with his nearly two-meter stature and bullish momentum, was clearly a master as well.

It was said that both he and Shentu Lan had only recently returned to acknowledge their ancestors and join the Shentu Family, having not appeared before.

With the semifinal draws concluded, the semi-finals were ready to begin.