"From now on, you will be my personal maid," Ji Zhuo said coldly, his eyes brooking no argument.
A maid? Lin Xihe shook her head repeatedly in her heart; that was absolutely unacceptable.
The thought of the life of a maidservant, working from dawn till dusk, toiling away, and possibly being beaten, must have been even more miserable than it is now.
Lin Xihe bit her lower lip slightly, pondered for a moment, then reached out and took Ji Zhuo's hand, shaking it gently with a flattering expression: "Is it really to be a maid?"
“A maidservant will do.” Ji Zhuo raised an eyebrow, a hint of amusement in his eyes.
"You...you said before that you would take responsibility for me, is this what you call taking responsibility?"
"Miss Lin, I caught you in the act this morning, and you still have the nerve to say this to me?"
Ji Zhuo thought to himself, Lin Xihe has none of the demeanor and grace one would expect from a daughter of a general's family. She's more like a strange person who's been around in the martial arts world and is skilled at changing her face. One moment she's cleverly defending herself, and the next she might come up with some new trick.
"I was saying goodbye to Doctor Ye so that I could focus on being with you from now on. You came at a bad time; if you had come half an hour later, things would have been different."
"With your silver tongue and flattery, you're only fit to be a maid. If I were to marry you, wouldn't I be driven mad by you?" Ji Zhuo said coldly, unmoved.
"If I become a maid, you have to pay me a monthly salary of one hundred taels, and you can't have any physical contact with me!" Lin Xihe straightened her back and said confidently.
Upon hearing this, Ji Zhuo suddenly reached out and pulled Lin Xihe onto his lap: "No contact is not acceptable."
Lin Xihe was startled, feeling both ashamed and angry. Without thinking, she punched Ji Zhuo in a minor injury spot: "Try touching me again, you're so annoying. You'll feel uncomfortable if I don't hit you, won't you?"
Her face turned bright red.
Ji Zhuo winced in pain, but still didn't let go of Lin Xihe: "Can you please stop hitting me?"
"If you don't bully me, I won't hit you."
"You just take my pampering for granted and don't know what's good for you." Ji Zhuo sighed softly, a complex emotion in his eyes.
Upon hearing this, Lin Xihe was slightly taken aback, and her whole body froze instantly.
She pondered in her heart that she had always known that Ji Zhuo, as the male lead, would eventually fall in love with the female lead, so she never dared to treat him with sincerity and only regarded him as a task to be completed.
However, Ji Zhuo, despite being a powerful minister with a high position, was remarkably tolerant of himself. Even though he mistakenly believed he had been betrayed, he ultimately couldn't bring himself to harm himself in the slightest.
Even though he was furious, he still insisted on keeping me by his side.
Lin Xihe could hardly imagine what he would be like when he fell in love with the female lead in the future.
How will Ji Zhuo treat me then?
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