The Rebirth of an Orphan

Zhao Lingyun could see through Li Ming's ambition. She knew that Li Ming was an aggressive person like him. Once Li Ming became successful, the third sister would be his stepping stone. Who knows how she would die by then?

Zhao Lingyun didn't want to waste time talking to him, so she said calmly, "Li Ming, sit down and talk. Do you like my third sister?"

Li Ming was stunned and smiled: "Miss Fifth has figured this out. Miss Fifth is amazing."

Zhao Lingyun sneered secretly: "My third sister mentioned you to me, but I want to remind you that my third sister is coming to Kyoto now. If you don't quickly think of a way to arrange a marriage with my third sister as soon as possible, I'm afraid there will be more trouble than good."

"What does Fifth Miss mean?" Li Ming asked nervously.

"It doesn't matter what I mean. What matters is that my third sister doesn't like you, right?"

A feeling of resentment welled up in Li Ming's heart. Yes, he didn't know why Zhao Xihua always disliked him. He had thought about it for a long time and had never dealt with her. He also didn't know why she had so many prejudices and hatred towards him.

"Don't scare me, Fifth Miss. I am sincere to your Third Sister and I really want to marry her."

Zhao Lingyun laughed coldly and said, "Then you have to hurry up. I heard that the fourth sister is planning to arrange a marriage for the third sister. The other party is a young man from a famous family. But then again, my fourth brother-in-law has all kinds of candidates under the Gu family. This marriage will definitely be a piece of cake."

Zhao Lingyun paused and lowered her voice, "You know my fourth sister is first-rate, so... you should plan what to do as soon as possible, but..."

Zhao Lingyun stood up, patted Li Ming on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I told you because I saw that my third sister likes you. If you want to be together, you must use the same powerful means. It's getting late, goodbye!"

After Zhao Lingyun left, Li Ming's face became extremely ugly, and there was a cold flash in his eyes that made people's backs chill.

In the East Garden of the Gu family, Gu Lun had set rules for the servants long ago that they must not disturb the young mistress's rest in the morning. Therefore, if Zhao Xihua had nothing to do, she would sleep until she woke up naturally.

It was almost noon today when she finished cleaning up. She had just sat down to eat when Gu Lun came back.

Zhao Xihua hurriedly went up to greet him: "You came back so early today? Didn't you have dinner? Is it cold outside?"

Gu Lun took off his coat and handed it to the servant next to him. He then blew on his hands to warm them. Then he gently held Zhao Xihua's hand and said with a smile, "Of course it's cold. How can it not be cold in this season? But it's not cold anymore when I see you."

Zhao Xihua blushed, and she broke free from Gu Lun's hand and said, "Let's eat. I left you some chicken soup. Drink a bowl of it while it's hot."

Gu Lunshen smiled and hugged Zhao Xihua to the dining table, then he picked up the soup Zhao Xihua had prepared and started drinking it.

After dinner, Zhao Xihua handed a newly made account book to Gu Lun: "This is the list handed over from the farm. I didn't count the ones that Mrs. Hua was in charge of. I counted the accounts that you should be in charge of. The accounts in the underground palace are counted separately. There are also gifts for the Queen Mother's birthday that need to be prepared for the royal family. The various noble families also need to prepare them. I prepared them according to the previous practice. Do you think it's okay? Now that the president values ​​you, the gifts from your father are prepared by your father. Naturally, we should also prepare your gift."

"Yeah." Gu Lun picked up the booklet and flipped through it for a few seconds. She was indeed the woman he liked. She was efficient and organized in her work.

He looked at the woman in front of him, his heart warmed, and he said with a smile: "Hua'er, you have been following me for the past six months and have been worried and frightened a lot. The journey may be even more dangerous in the future. How about I give you a gift today?"

Before Zhao Xihua could say anything, Gu Lun took her hand and led them outside. Before leaving, he wrapped Zhao Xihua tightly in a thick coat, put on his own coat, and drove with Zhao Xihua to the suburbs.

In the car, Zhao Xihua stayed in Gu Lun's arms the whole time, which made her feel unprecedented peace. This feeling made her feel wonderful.

Soon Gu Lun brought her to a peach blossom forest. Gu Lun had brought her here before and the place was familiar to her. The forest had been bought by Gu Lun, including the cabin where Gu Lun's mother had lived.

However, the cabin has been locked and is very clean, so someone must come to clean it regularly.

"Follow me." Gu Lun took Zhao Xihua's hand and walked towards the depths of the peach forest. Turning a small path, they saw a bright future. There was an artificially dug pond with a curved bridge over it. Around it were planted flowers and trees that could only survive in spring and summer, as well as various rare medicinal herbs. Not far away, there were small flowers of various colors blooming on the green lawn, and there were even butterflies flying around on the flowers. In the middle was a pharmacy surrounded by flowers.

Zhao Xihua was a little stunned. It was the middle of winter, and the beautiful scenery before her seemed like an illusion. She rubbed her eyes, and before her was a real summer scene.

Gu Lun held Zhao Xihua's hand and walked forward. When they reached the edge of the pond, he raised his hand and lifted a transparent gauze curtain. Zhao Xihua then realized that the magnificent scenery in front of them was actually shrouded in the transparent gauze curtain. Moreover, she could actually feel the warmth of the ground when she stepped on it. It turned out that there were ditches dug underneath, and the floor heating made it hot everywhere. It was like spring all year round.

"Come, take off your coat. It's warm inside. If you wear too much and go out for a while, you'll catch a cold." Gu Lun is always very careful about these details.

Only then did Zhao Xihua realize that this magnificent scenery that could not appear in winter actually covered a large area, and he didn't know how much manpower and resources it would consume.

"This..." Although Zhao Xihua liked this kind of scenery, she was even more amazed at Gu Lun's ability to transplant those rare medicinal herbs here. However, it was too expensive. She didn't know how much money would be spent on daily maintenance alone.

"Isn't this too extravagant?" Zhao Xihua felt a little flustered. "Let's remove this garden. Those precious medicinal herbs can be used again after being cut and dried. Let's fill in the pond. These flowers..."

"Haha, no need. You don't have to feel bad for the money I spent." Gu Lun laughed.

"It's not that I feel bad about the money, but if word gets out about your extravagance, it'll cause criticism."

Gu Lun's eyes flashed with an evil look, and he said to Zhao Xihua, "I love my own woman, why should I care about other people's nonsense? If I don't spend my money on my own woman, why should I spend it on others? Hua'er, remember, you can be as arrogant as you want in front of me, and you can get whatever you want. I can even give you my life, not to mention a garden."

Zhao Xihua was stunned. She didn’t know how she could have deserved such favor.

The security guards hiding around the garden couldn't help but whispered, "It's a good thing that he's just the young master of the Gu family. If it was the emperor above, wouldn't the whole world be handed over to the young mistress? I've never seen such a doting man."

"Hush, don't worry about your life, you dare to make random comparisons for everything."