Bai Zihan blinked.
For a moment, he genuinely looked bewildered.
One moment, he had been peacefully standing at the side, casually eating spirit fruits without the slightest intention of getting involved.
The next, every gaze in the hall had turned toward him.
As if he had just done something outrageous.
"…?"
He slowly chewed, then swallowed.
Only after hearing the exchange did he finally piece things together.
His expression turned strange.
So that's how it is…
A quiet complaint rose in his mind.
First Bai Xueqing… now Mu Linyue too?
(What next? Some cousin I don't even know will also use my name to avoid marriage?)
He felt a slight injustice.
(How come I didn't get such a convenient shield when I was forced into an engagement with Chu Ziyan?)
That thought lingered for a second.
Then he clicked his tongue inwardly.
These relatives of his, one shrewder than the other.
Still, he didn't say anything.
Instead, he calmly picked up another spirit fruit and took a bite.
