The doorbell rang suddenly. Gu Xiaoai stood up from the recliner, patted her cold cheek, and walked forward to open the door. There were three bodyguards standing outside.
Gu Xiaoai looked at them, and one of the bodyguards nodded at her, "Miss Gu, please come over."
Mr. Li.
Gu Xiaoai was about to close the door without thinking, and pressed her hand on the door halfway. Gu Xiaoai stopped and thought for two seconds, "Wait for me to wash up."
"Okay, Miss Gu, we will wait for you at the door."
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Gu Xiaoai walked into the bathroom and poured cold water on her face to clear her mind after a night of no rest.
Gu Xiaoai put on a long skirt and a beige cloak and followed the bodyguards away.
When they met this time, the bodyguards took her to the garden, which was the gardener's favorite garden, and it should be said that it was Old Li's favorite garden.
It was still early morning and the sun was very cold.
Mr. Li was standing in the garden wearing a white Tang suit, pruning flowers with great patience. A bodyguard stood behind him holding a cane for him.
There were four bodyguards around. It was only today that Gu Xiaoai realized something was wrong. These bodyguards seemed to be standing far away from the garden, but they formed a circle with the garden. Not a single mosquito could get in without Mr. Li's permission.
She hadn't noticed it before.
Three bodyguards took Gu Xiaoai into the garden. There was a lot of dew in the garden in the early morning, and the corners of Gu Xiaoai's skirt were stained with dew.
"Sir, Miss Gu is here."
"Um."
Mr. Li just responded faintly, without even raising his head, and continued to cut the flowers with a slight bend.
Gu Xiaoai stood there and stared at his old hands. He was the old gardener who would wear a flower for her every time he saw her, and he was also the old man Li who imprisoned Li Juefeng.
He broke his eldest son's arm, forced his second son's girlfriend to death, and now he's forcing Li Juefeng... How could an old man, a father, be so heartbroken and crazy?
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Gu Xiaoai stood there for a long time. Mr. Li threw away the cut flower branches and slowly raised his head. His brows were filled with severity and he sneered, "Why, you can't even say hello?"
Gu Xiaoai looked at him coldly, without any fear, "Who should I pay my respects to? Old Li or the old gardener?"
"Is there any difference?" Mr. Li asked slowly while standing among the flowers with scissors.
"Yes, for me, there is a big difference." Gu Xiaoai said quietly, "One I hate to the core, and the other... I respect him very much."
Gu Xiaoai hesitated at the end and lowered her eyes slightly.
"Now that you know who I am, how dare you say such things in front of me? Aren't you afraid of death?" Mr. Li looked at her with interest and held the scissors behind his back.
Gu Xiaoai was silent for a moment and then said, "You are a traitor. It's not easy for you to kill me? It doesn't matter whether I say this or not."
Anyway, he is the decision-maker, and other people's lives are worth less than ants.
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"□□person?" Mr. Li seemed to be very interested in this word and chuckled. It was completely different from the harsh words he had towards Li Juefeng yesterday.
Gu Xiaoai pursed her lips tightly and looked at him indifferently.
Suddenly, a servant came over, holding a tray in his hand and placing a pair of flower scissors on it, "Miss Gu."
Gu Xiaoai was confused when Old Li's vigorous and powerful voice came, "Aren't you going to learn how to plant flowers with me? Today I will teach you how to cut off useless flower branches."