Feeling the warmth of his palm, Ji Zhinan looked at him and said, "You've lost weight."
"Really?" The man smiled gently. "It seems the food in the US isn't for me; it's made me lose weight."
"Pfft." Ji Zhinan laughed out loud.
Gu Yibei's sudden return made Ji Zhinan lose her sleepiness. She tried to sit up: "Why did you come back early? Didn't you say you'd be back a few days later?"
Gu Yibei reached out and tucked a stray strand of her hair behind her ear, then casually said, "A few days ago, someone said they missed me."
After saying that, he leaned down and pressed his forehead against his, and the atmosphere slowly became somewhat ambiguous.
Before Ji Zhinan could speak, the man caught a glimpse of white out of the corner of his eye, and his expression changed drastically.
Lifting the thin blanket, Gu Yibei saw that Ji Zhinan's beautiful feet were wrapped in thick gauze, and his eyes turned red.
"What's going on!"
The tenderness in the man's eyes vanished, replaced by panic.
If you look closely, you can see that his hands are shaking.
I dare not... I dare not touch it.
"Get in here, all of you!!!" His powerful roar made the maids who were trembling at the door hurriedly push the door open and come in.
After seeing the young master return, they had already guessed what would happen next, so they went to the maid's room and woke everyone up to wait outside Miss Ji's door.
As expected, the young master saw Miss Ji's injured foot and, predictably, flew into a rage.
A large group of people knelt down on the ground.
"Young Master..."
Gu Yibei was losing his temper, his dark eyes fixed on them: "I told you that you had to take good care of Miss Ji while I was away. What's going on here!"
"Young Master...we don't know either...Miss Ji was perfectly fine when she left during the day, but something happened when she came back at night."
"I'm sorry, young master, we didn't take good care of Miss Ji..."
Although Gu Yibei was not a gentle and tender person, he usually treated the maids of Jiujinbo Palace with great respect and was quite considerate of women. He had never lost his temper like this before, let alone yelled at them.
During this period, everyone had witnessed Gu Yibei's doting, gentleness and indulgence towards Ji Zhinan. Having gotten used to the young master's gentleness, the maids were terrified when he suddenly yelled at them, especially the one who spoke, whose voice was trembling with tears, looking quite pitiful.
“Gu Yibei…” Ji Zhinan tugged at the man’s sleeve: “I did this myself, it has nothing to do with them.”
Gu Yibei was furious. He coldly swept his eyes over the maids: "Everyone in Jiujin Platinum Palace who failed to take good care of Miss Ji will have a month's salary deducted!"
No one complained; in fact, they were relieved.
Fortunately, it was just a deduction of one month's salary instead of being fired.
"Thank you, young master..." everyone said in unison.
Ji Zhinan frowned as he looked at everyone kneeling on the ground.
"You all stand up."
"..."
Everyone looked at each other, then secretly glanced at Gu Yibei's cold face. In the end, no one had the courage to stand up.
Sensing everyone's fear, Ji Zhinan's expression darkened slightly: "Don't take Gu Yibei's words to heart. You did nothing wrong, and your wages won't be docked. Now, all of you, stand up and go back to rest."
"..."
Still, no one listens.
Ji Zhinan panicked and quickly looked at Gu Yibei.
The man spoke coldly, "What? You're not listening to Miss Ji anymore?"
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