What? What the heck? What the heck is a “Lord”?
Gu Qingze panicked inwardly, but his facial expression remained utterly calm. With a cold gaze, he looked down at the person kneeling straight before him and said in a flat voice, “Get up.”
Good grief!
The person on the ground hesitated for a moment, cautiously raised his eyes to observe Gu Qingze’s expression, bit his lip, and slowly stood up.
Gu Qingze had no intention of beating around the bush and went straight to the point: “Do you know who you are?”
The man shook his head.
Gu Qingze asked again, “Do you know who I am?”
The man nodded. “You are my Lord.”
Bulls*** Lord! Although Gu Qingze had no idea what this term meant, one look told him it was the kind of intimate title reserved for a close relationship.
Gu Qingze frowned and continued questioning, “Do you remember what happened last night? Do you remember how you appeared here?”
The man’s face turned pale. He lowered his head and whispered, “…I don’t remember.”
He only felt that the person before him felt familiar and comforting. With the Empire pressing so hard for marriage, a female would naturally only feel a sense of familiarity toward his designated Lord. Thinking about it this way, this male before him must surely be his Lord.
But… why did the layout of this place look completely different from anything he knew?
After the man finished speaking, Gu Qingze reached out to lift his chin, carefully observing the emotions in the man’s eyes and on his face.
Yet after studying him closely for a good while, aside from bewilderment, helplessness, and a touch of panic, he could see nothing else.
Gu Qingze let go of his chin, his brow furrowing completely.
Amnesia again?
Surely he couldn’t be faking it, right? He didn’t look like he was acting…
The little voice in Gu Qingze’s head began to debate the situation, but after much deliberation, it concluded absolutely nothing.
Gu Qingze made up his mind: he would simply cure this guy and toss him outside to avoid any future trouble.
With that thought in mind, Gu Qingze turned directly on his heel and walked away.
However, after a few steps, he stopped and looked coldly back at the person following him. “Why are you following me? I am not this ‘Lord’ you keep talking about.”
The man’s expression froze at those words. Before a moment had passed, the rims of his eyes began to turn red inch by inch.
“Lord…”
Gu Qingze’s subsequent words died in his throat. He blinked, rubbed his nose, and thought: I—I didn’t even say anything harsh! Why is he crying already?
Gu Qingze sighed, walked back over, and looked coldly down at the person before him. “Are you determined to follow me?”
At those words, the man immediately nodded.
Seeing this, Gu Qingze looked the man up and down, sizing up his appearance. Well, credit where credit is due, he certainly looked quite good.
If he just used him as a spokesperson for one of his brand’s products, I wonder if the traffic would be enough…
As these thoughts raced through his mind, Gu Qingze maintained a cold expression on the outside. “Following me isn’t entirely out of the question. Do you still remember your name?”
Hearing this, the man furrowed his brow slightly. After a long pause, he whispered, “…I only vaguely remember that it has the character ‘Xing’ in it.”
“Which xing?”
“The xing from galaxy.” After saying this, the man furrowed his brow again in an almost imperceptible manner, as if he couldn’t understand why he would give such an explanation.
Gu Qingze naturally did not miss the flash of confusion deep within the man’s eyes.
It seemed he really didn’t remember.
His subordinates hadn’t been able to figure out where this person came from either—there was zero information on him. The tech department, which had never failed a single task, had actually struck out! Shocking, simply incredible.
Gu Qingze decided to take the person back with him and study him properly.
“Then I’ll temporarily call you A-Xing. We can talk about it after you recover your memories.”
“Okay, thank you, Lord.” A-Xing smiled, his purple eyes curving into crescents, shining brightly as if they truly held a boundless sea of stars within them.
Gu Qingze admitted that his heart skipped a beat in a rather abnormal way at that moment, but it was only for a second; he didn’t dwell on it.
Gu Qingze brought the man along with him. He had originally intended to casually settle the guy in an apartment, but he hadn’t expected him to be so clingy.
He wouldn’t go to the apartment; instead, he followed him right back to the villa like an eager puppy. Well, I’ll give it to you—you kid actually has some taste!
He had the sense to come live in the villa with him.
At first, Gu Qingze could tolerate it, but eventually, it became completely unbearable.
Following him to work and meals was one thing, but damn it, he even had to follow him to the bathroom!
Veins bulged on Gu Qingze’s forehead as he glared coldly at A-Xing, who was standing there looking completely innocent while holding a broken doorknob.
“L—Lord, I didn’t mean to. It just came right off when I pressed it.” A-Xing looked somewhat panicked; he genuinely hadn’t meant to break it.
“Heh…” Gu Qingze let out a cold chuckle.
They say a person is at their most vulnerable while taking a dump, but right now, he felt like he was the one about to shatter.
“Get out!”
With that command, the door slammed shut with a loud bang, and right along with it, Gu Qingze noticed that a crack had already formed on the door surface.
Gu Qingze took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and fell into deep thought. No, this guy cannot stay; I have to send him away.
Otherwise, the cold, domineering CEO image he had worked so hard to maintain for so long was definitely going to collapse!
A-Xing walked out with his head hung low, slowly finding a corner against the wall to squat down. He raised a hand, shifting his gaze to a scar running across his palm, pressed his lips into a thin line, and fell silent for a moment before looking back up at his surroundings.
This place… is really so strange.
It shouldn’t be like this.
Besides, his Lord hadn’t beaten him at all after all this time; he was only thinking about sending him away.
At the mere thought of this, A-Xing’s mood plummeted. However, he couldn’t be sent away—if he were sent out, his life would be over. He had to survive.
A-Xing didn’t even know why he would think such a thing.
He tried to flex the wings behind his back, but the moment he made the motion, his face instantly paled.
Pain—so painful.
A-Xing’s body trembled slightly, and he immediately stopped his movements.
They wouldn’t come out…
A-Xing blinked, a trace of bewilderment showing in the depths of his eyes. Why?
On the other side, after finishing in the restroom, Gu Qingze stood in front of the mirror and practiced his facial expression for a good while.
In the reflection, the man’s brows were sharp and stern, his gaze cold and aloof, giving off a strong aura of looking down on the world and making all creation bow in submission.
Gu Qingze nodded in satisfaction at himself in the mirror. Not bad. With this look, he can definitely force that guy to leave. After all, I am a domineering CEO!
However, facts proved that one should never casually set up a flag—it’s too easy to get slapped in the face.
Gu Qingze walked out full of confidence, only to open the door and find A-Xing kneeling on the floor, holding a ruler.
Are you kidding me, bro?
At that moment, Gu Qingze was somewhat dumbfounded. The cold, solemn expression he had carefully adjusted since morning began to crack. Could you imagine a cold, handsome-looking man kneeling on the floor with a pale face and reddened eyes, looking up at you pitifully?
Gu Qingze had to admit—this old boy’s heart was beating in a rather abnormal way.
Seeing him come out, A-Xing immediately lowered his head and whispered, “Please punish me, Lord. You can do anything you want, just please don’t send A-Xing away, okay?”
As he spoke, A-Xing kept his head bowed. He didn’t dare look to see what kind of expression Gu Qingze was wearing right now.
Gu Qingze mentally facepalmed. What kind of mess is this?!
With a cold gaze, he slowly walked over to A-Xing. His deep, slightly hoarse voice came from above: “You’ve been calling me Lord. What does ‘Lord’ mean?”
Gu Qingze had a faint guess in his heart; after all, he often read melodramatic romance novels behind the scenes, but he didn’t expect such a cliché plot to actually happen to him.
Hearing this, A-Xing’s slightly trembling body went stiff for a fraction of a second. Then, he lifted his gaze, locked eyes with Gu Qingze’s cold stare for a brief moment, and quickly lowered his eyes again. Though he didn’t understand why his Lord would ask such a question, he still explained:
“It… it means partner.”