"I don't like you at all, I have absolutely no good feelings towards you," Lin Xihe said through gritted teeth.
"You have absolutely no good feelings towards me? You don't even like me?" Gu Qinghuai frowned slightly, his gaze fixed on Lin Xihe.
"I've hardly ever seen you before. Just because I'm engaged doesn't mean I have to like you!" Lin Xihe replied stubbornly.
Gu Qinghuai countered, a strange glint in his eyes: "You're saying you've never met me before?"
Lin Xihe was immediately stunned. In the original owner's memory, they had only met once when they were young, but Gu Qinghuai's words made it seem as if the two had met again later.
Lin Xihe forced herself to say, "I only met him once when I was a child."
"Besides that time when you were a child?" Gu Qinghuai pressed on, continuing to ask.
"How could I remember all that? Anyway, right now I only have Ji Zhuo in my heart. Even if you forced me to marry you, it wouldn't make any difference." Lin Xihe felt a little unsure after being asked that question, so she quickly changed the subject.
"If you say such things again, whether in front of me or if others hear it, then Ji Zhuo and I will be irreconcilable enemies. Just think about it, if I were to deal with him, could he withstand it?"
Gu Qinghuai spoke in a cold tone, threateningly.
Lin Xihe was truly stunned by his powerful aura. After all, the man in front of her was the commander of hundreds of thousands of troops, and the aura he exuded had an irresistible sense of oppression.
Seeing that Lin Xihe remained silent, Gu Qinghuai continued, "You really don't remember what happened between us?"
"I……"
Lin Xihe felt increasingly uncertain after hearing this, but she still stubbornly said, "Never mind! I just don't like you."
The two fell silent for a moment. Just then, a guard in armor ran up quickly, knelt on one knee, and reported: "General, the maids and servants have all been brought. As you instructed, a total of sixty people have been selected."
Sixty people? Lin Xihe was surprised when she heard this, and thought to herself, how could she afford to support so many people?
Gu Qinghuai turned to Lin Xihe and said, "Go and choose half of them to keep."
"I don't need it, I don't have the money to pay them wages." Lin Xihe quickly shook her head and refused.
"You don't need to worry about money. I will send all the rewards His Majesty bestows upon you for your military achievements to your residence," Gu Qinghuai explained patiently.
"I don't need to, and I'm not used to, being waited on. I like peace and quiet; I feel uncomfortable with too many people around."
Lin Xihe responded with such a strong tone, but her heart was bleeding.
Although it wasn't money she earned herself, she was a person who loved money, and it was extremely upsetting to see the money she had just earned slip away.
Lin Xihe even secretly thought that if she had less conscience and thicker skin, she would definitely have accepted it half-heartedly.
But no, she has Ji Zhuo now and can't have anything to do with Gu Qinghuai.
Seeing Lin Xihe's firm refusal, Gu Qinghuai instructed the newly arrived guard, "Leave ten servants and ten maids. You can arrange for them to be chosen."
"Yes, General." The guard acknowledged the order and quickly withdrew to make the arrangements.
“If we need more manpower in the future, we can purchase more. These people have all been carefully vetted, so you can use them with confidence.” Gu Qinghuai said all this in such a natural manner that it was as if the two of them were already family, or old acquaintances who had known each other for a long time.
"General Gu, why are you doing this?" Lin Xihe asked with a frown and a helpless expression.
“Your father once taught me and saved my life. Now that he has passed away, it is only right and proper for me to take care of you.” Gu Qinghuai’s expression was sincere, with a hint of reminiscence in his eyes.
"You two are so far apart, one in the south and the other in the north, yet he still saved you?"
Lin Xihe was full of doubts and couldn't imagine the reason behind it.
"I will send someone to fetch a doctor to take a look at you."
"What does that mean?" Lin Xihe was even more puzzled.
“You seem to have forgotten something.” Gu Qinghuai looked at Lin Xihe, his gaze searching.
"No, I don't want to see a doctor, General Gu. I have other things to attend to. Please go back."
Lin Xihe directly told him to leave; she didn't want to continue entangled with Gu Qinghuai.
Gu Qinghuai couldn't help but wonder if Lin Xihe was pretending to forget their past because she was now in love with Ji Zhuo.
Well, she has experienced many changes in the past year, her personality is different from before, and her attitude towards herself has changed drastically. Let's give her some time to slowly accept all of this.
"I also have military duties to attend to, so I will take my leave now. I will come to visit you again later."
"Don't come later either. I go to bed early, and your arrival will disturb my rest." Lin Xihe refused again without hesitation.
Gu Qinghuai gave Lin Xihe a deep look, his eyes filled with complex emotions, before turning and slowly leaving.
Just then, the servants responsible for cleaning began to enter the mansion one after another.
Lin Xihe was unwilling to accept Gu Qinghuai's favor in the first place, and seeing this, she thought of sending these people away.
But to everyone's surprise, as soon as she told them to leave, they all knelt down and said that the person who bought them had instructed them to take their lives if they weren't allowed to stay.
Before long, guards brought over a hundred more boxes, filled with jewelry, fine fabrics, and all sorts of beautiful decorations.
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