After dinner, Mo Yuan would pretend to be busy and quickly go upstairs while Jiujiu would continue with her studies.
In the beginning, when Mo Yuan acted like this, Uncle Li did not take it to heart. However, as Mo Yuan acted like this more and more often, Uncle Li realized that something unpleasant seemed to have happened between Mo Yuan and Jiujiu.
Uncle Li especially liked Jiujiu.
As for Mo Yuan, Uncle Li respected and was loyal to him. When he saw the two people closest to him become like this, Uncle Li's heart ached.
Therefore, after Mo Yuan and Jiujiu behaved like this for a few months, Uncle Li finally could not hold back and advised Mo Yuan in the study. "Master, did you quarrel with Miss?"
Uncle Li's words caused Mo Yuan to raise his head instantly. Mo Yuan said, "Why do you say that?"
"Master, Miss is still a child. If she says something you don't like to hear, just treat it as a child's words. Why are you still angry with her?"
This was because Mo Yuan had already announced to everyone that Jiujiu was his fiancée. Furthermore, he had personally witnessed Jiujiu becoming more and more outstanding. In Uncle Li's heart, he had truly begun to treat Jiujiu as Mo Yuan's wife.
To him, the conflict between Mo Yuan and Jiujiu was not a conflict between an adult and a child. It was a conflict between a husband and wife.
People say that when a husband and wife quarrel, they will reconcile at the end of the bed.
However, Jiujiu was still a child who did not understand anything. It was naturally impossible for them to reconcile at the end of the bed.
Jiujiu was still a child. It was not appropriate for her to say soft words. Therefore, he could only let Mo Yuan be the first to apologize to Jiujiu.
Jiujiu had a good temper. She was already very grateful to Mo Yuan for bringing her back from the mountains. If Mo Yuan was the first to apologize, Jiujiu would naturally take the opportunity to reconcile with Mo Yuan.
Hearing Uncle Li say that Jiujiu was a child's words, Mo Yuan could not help but recall what Jiujiu said that day.
Jiujiu's words were so sharp that they hit the nail on the head. She did not sound like a child's words at all.
Mo Yuan lowered his eyes to hide his thoughts. "I understand."
Mo Yuan's tone was calm and did not reveal any of his inner thoughts. Uncle Li could not figure out what Mo Yuan wanted to do at all.
However, if he could not figure it out, then so be it. Moreover, what Mo Yuan wanted to do was not something that a servant like him could control.
Although he really wanted Mo Yuan and Jiujiu to reconcile, Uncle Li could only sigh and leave.
Seeing Uncle Li's back as he left, Mo Yuan put down the pen in his hand and leaned back in his chair. He looked up at the portrait hanging across from him.
The portrait was already a little yellow, and the paint on it had become mottled. However, one could still tell that the woman in the portrait was a peerless beauty when she was alive.
Mo Yuan looked at the portrait in a daze, his eyes filled with infatuation and sorrow.
So what if she was immortal? In the end, she still could not be with the person she liked.
Mo Yuan's lips curled into a helpless smile. He continued to stare at the woman in the portrait in a daze.
Even with Uncle Li's dissuasion, Mo Yuan still did not take the initiative to admit defeat to Jiujiu.
The two of them continued to interact with each other indifferently until Jiujiu turned eighteen.
Jiujiu's originally short body became slender like a bamboo shoot. Her breasts became fuller little by little and her butt became perky. However, what made people envious was that her waist was still slender and flat. Moreover, because she had been learning to dance, her waist was as soft as a willow branch. It was as if one could break it with one hand.
If it was said that Jiujiu had become the little princess in school because of Mo Yuan's existence, then now, Jiujiu had become the little princess in everyone's mouth by relying on herself.
Jiujiu's eighteenth birthday was naturally extraordinary.
Moreover, Mo Yuan had never given up on the idea of getting engaged to Jiujiu on her eighteenth birthday.
Mo Yuan returned to the villa three months before Jiujiu's birthday.
This time, it was the first time Jiujiu and Mo Yuan met after the New Year.
Mo Yuan held a knife and fork and elegantly ate his steak.
The medium-well steak was tender and tempting. Mo Yuan cut it into small pieces and put it into his mouth with the help of a fork. Then, he chewed like a nobleman.
Jiujiu also ate steak, but she preferred medium-well. Of course, her steak cutting skills were not as good as Mo Yuan's. She casually cut the steak into shapes that could fit in her mouth and chewed it in big bites.
After Jiujiu finished eating, she drank a glass of milk out of habit to help her sleep. Then, she got up and prepared to go upstairs to rest.
However, Jiujiu did not expect that Mo Yuan, who usually treated her like she was invisible after eating, would take the initiative to call out to her.
This was the first time Mo Yuan took the initiative to call out to Jiujiu since the party. Jiujiu was extremely surprised.
Sensing the surprise in Jiujiu's eyes, Mo Yuan's expression instantly became unnatural. He lowered his eyes to hide the helplessness in his eyes.
In fact, in the beginning, Mo Yuan didn't want to talk to Jiujiu because he was angry. However, as time went on, Mo Yuan wasn't angry anymore. However, because of habit, he really didn't know how to talk to Jiujiu.
The two of them could only maintain this awkward yet polite way of getting along with each other.
But now, Mo Yuan wanted to get engaged to Jiujiu.
Although Mo Yuan could decide on the engagement by himself, Jiujiu could say something like that when she was eight years old. It could be seen that Jiujiu was very smart and even very sensitive. When she was eight years old, she had such a reaction when he introduced her as his fiancée. Now that he wanted to get engaged to her, her reaction would be even bigger.
Moreover, Mo Yuan really wanted to get engaged to Jiujiu with a smile on his face. He did not want to force Jiujiu to get engaged to him. So, it was better to discuss this matter with Jiujiu.
Mo Yuan pointed at the seat opposite him and gestured for Jiujiu to sit down and talk.
It was already strange that Mo Yuan came back. Now, he even asked her to sit down and talk to him with a gentle expression. It was really strange.
Jiujiu looked at Uncle Li with a puzzled expression, hoping to get a friendly reminder.
However, Uncle Li only shook his head gently to show that he did not know.
Jiujiu frowned, but she still turned around and sat down in front of Mo Yuan. She wanted to see what Mo Yuan wanted to say.
Seeing that Jiujiu sat down, Mo Yuan turned his head and glanced at Uncle Li.
Uncle Li immediately understood and took away all the servants who stayed in the living room to serve.
In less than a minute, everyone in the living room had left. Only Jiujiu and Mo Yuan were left.
Mo Yuan did not speak. Jiujiu did not say anything. The atmosphere in the room also became quiet.
After a long time, just when Jiujiu thought that the two of them would not speak, Mo Yuan spoke first. "You're going to be eighteen soon. How do you plan to spend it?"
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