When Mo Xi arrived at the main hall, Gu Mang was already there.
"I spoke to him this morning. Although he was indifferent, at least he didn't run away." Li Wei said, "It seems like he's used to it. From tomorrow onwards, I'll arrange something for him to do."
Mo Xi's tall and cold figure stood silently at the entrance of the hall for a moment. There was no joy on his face. After a while, he asked coldly, "Why is this person sitting on my seat?"
The yellow rosewood table in the main hall was where Mo Xi ate. Although there were usually two seats, that seat was always empty. No one had ever sat on it. Previously, an insensible servant had wanted to remove the empty seat, but Lord Xi He was extremely displeased. The servants had two guesses about this. First, this seat was reserved for Princess Meng Ze. Second, Lord Xi He was just obsessed with symmetry. Of course, even Li Wei didn't know what the answer was.
As for the other seat, it had always been occupied by Mo Xi.
But at this moment, Gu Mang was sitting on Mo Xi's seat with a clear conscience. He even turned his head and glanced at Mo Xi indifferently.
Mo Xi's expression was frosty as he said, "Get up."
"…"
Li Wei coughed softly and hurriedly said to Gu Mang, "Get up quickly. Lord Xi He is angry."
"…" Gu Mang frowned slightly. He didn't quite understand what "Lord" meant. There were only servants and stewards in Luo Mei Resort. He looked at Mo Xi for a while and thought that Mo Xi's name was "Lord". So he asked, "Are you calling Lord Xi He?"
Looking at his untainted appearance, Mo Xi's eyebrows flared up even more. He didn't answer and walked over. He looked down at Gu Mang coldly and said, "I told you to get up."
Gu Mang didn't move, so Mo Xi simply reached out to grab him. But before his hand could touch Gu Mang's lapel, the latter had already jumped down from the chair like a shadow and stood vigilantly to the side.
Although Mo Xi loathed Gu Mang, he would not bully him excessively. This was because this person was originally very cold and upright. If he was not forced to the extreme, he would not do anything extremely twisted. Moreover, he disdained to do something like the Murong Lian who would send people to the wasteland.
However, he was still in a bad mood when he woke up, so his attitude towards Gu Mang was naturally worse than usual. Upon seeing this, Li Wei was afraid that the two of them would cause more trouble, so he rushed to reprimand Gu Mang, "Look at you! Of all places to sit in such a big mansion, you just had to sit in the Lord Xi He's seat. Who do you think you are? Learn the rules from me in the future! Stupid! "
Mo Xi frowned in annoyance. "Take him away."
"Yes."
However, Gu Mang refused. "I want to sit here."
As he spoke, he pulled out the chair opposite Mo Xi, intending to sit in it.
Mo Xi's eyes flickered slightly, as if he had been touched on something deep in his heart. He suddenly said angrily, "That … that's not something you can sit in. … Why do you have to stay here? "
Gu Mang pointed at the table. "Food."
"…"
"I've seen it. Food will appear here every day." Gu Mang said, "Someone will bring it to you. It's delicious."
He calmly met Mo Xi's cold gaze. "I'll wait."
Mo Xi said with a gloomy face, "You'll wait here for food?"
Gu Mang nodded.
Mo Xi looked at him silently for a moment, then suddenly sneered. "Gu Mang, who do you think you are?"
With that, he turned around and sat down. As he adjusted the hidden weapon box in his sleeve, he said without looking up, "Li Wei, tell him to get lost."
"Yes, Lord." Li Wei paused, then asked hesitantly, "What about the food?"
"Isn't there a pile of corn cobs in his cellar? Tell him to get lost and eat them. "
This time, before Li Wei could speak, Gu Mang said, "No."
Mo Xi, "Hmm?"
Gu Mang said, "Finished."
Mo Xi looked up. "You even moved two baskets of steamed buns, four or five sausages, and seven pancakes."
"I ate them."
"…"
"I don't know the people in the kitchen. There are too many people, so I can't go in." Gu Mang said slowly, his eyes clear and cold. "I can only come here."
"… Why can you come here?"
"Because I know you. You gave me water. "Gu Mang paused for a moment, then continued," You even taught me to live a life worse than death. You even whore- "
"Bang!" A wine cup flew out and hit the wall, interrupting Gu Mang's "whore-whore-me".
Mo Xi's eyes flashed. He gritted his teeth and said, "Shut up."
Gu Mang didn't say anything.
Li Wei stood at the side, looking at one person and then at the other. For the first time, he didn't know how to smooth things over.
Mo Xi crossed his arms and sat at the table with a cold face. He looked at Gu Mang with an uncertain expression. After a while, he suddenly raised his chin and asked slowly, "Do you remember anything else?"
Gu Mang tilted his head and thought for a while, then shook his head.
Mo Xi lowered his eyelashes and suddenly sneered. He looked up and said indifferently, "Then get lost."
Gu Mang didn't get lost. He looked at Mo Xi's face quietly. He didn't sound like he was begging or asking for instructions. There was no emotion in his tone. He was just stating one thing, telling Mo Xi what he knew.
He stood in front of Mo Xi like this, his eyes direct and almost rude. He stubbornly said —
"I'm hungry."
The two stared at each other for a while, as if they were secretly competing with each other. In the end, Mo Xi spoke first, "… Okay. But you've been in Luo Mei Resort for two years. You should know that there's no free lunch in the sky. If you want to eat, you have to do something. "
His body leaned forward slightly, his sharp gaze like a knife cutting across Gu Mang's pale face. Suddenly, the light of the knife and the shadow of the sword pierced into the shell, about to stab into the tender flesh that no one could reach. His voice was low and slow. "Senior Brother Gu, I'll give you a chance to recommend yourself. Tell me, what can you do for me? "
"…"
His black eyes stared at the blue eyes. There was a gloss of suppressed hatred in his black eyes, "What do you want to do for me? What can you do for me? If you say it well, I'll agree to your request. Say it yourself. "
Gu Mang looked at him without saying a word. After a while, he suddenly stretched out his hand.
Mo Xi's eyes moved slightly, "What do you mean?"
"I'll let you beat me. I won't die anyway," Gu Mang said expressionlessly, "But you can't just beat me and not eat."
"…" Mo Xi said, "Is it the rule of Luo Mei Resort again?"
"Yes."
Mo Xi straightened up and turned his face away. Then he said, "Remember. This is Xi He's residence, not Wang Shu's residence, and definitely not Luo Mei Resort. I have no interest in humiliating you. "
"Then what are you interested in about me?"
A strange ripple appeared on Mo Que's handsome face, as if he was recalling something from the past that he found hard to talk about. However, he quickly regained his composure and said with a cold and arrogant expression, "How would I know? You might as well recommend yourself. "
Gu Mang was confused, "Mao Sui …"
Mo Xi's face darkened, "You said it yourself."
Gu Mang thought for a while and continued to show his "use", "Then do you like to scold people?"
… Why was it either beating or scolding?
Mo Xi suddenly felt a little angry at being looked down upon. He angrily turned back, "Do I look like that kind of person?"
Li Wei, "…"
Gu Mang then thought for a while. This time he thought for a long time. Then he seemed to be at a loss, "I don't know. I don't know what else I can do. "
He looked at Mo Xi with his honest and somewhat irritating blue eyes. His handsome face, which had always been calm, was now somewhat nervous.
"But I don't want to go back to Luo Mei Resort."
"…"
"I don't want to go back."
Seeing him like this, Mo Xi was furious, but he didn't know how to scold him. Just as he was suppressing his anger, he suddenly heard Gu Mang recommend himself, "I can also sleep and eat. Are you interested?"
"…"
Seeing that Mo Xi didn't answer, Gu Mang continued, "I can also …"
But he tried hard to think of what he could do. His face turned red, but he didn't know what else he could do.
He used to be so valiant, so smart. He used to be the most outstanding young general in Chong Hua. He was like a burning fire, bursting with inspiration, power, hope, and love at all times. In Mo Xi's eyes, the former Gu Mang was practically omnipotent.
But his soul was destroyed, his mind was damaged, and his fire was extinguished.
He was just a piece of scorched earth left behind after Gu Mang was burned to ashes.
"I can't do anything else," he finally said slowly. He looked up at Mo Xi, as if he had accepted his fate, "I only have these."
Gu Mang's expression was like a poor child who longed to buy a steaming steamed bun, but he could only find a mottled shell coin. He didn't know if it would be useful, but he still bit his lip and handed over the coin with trembling hands.
"Do you want to use me?"
He thought for a while and felt that it would be better to add Mo Xi's "name", so he added sincerely.
"My Lord?"
Mo Xi was still fiddling with the hidden weapon box on his cuff. Hearing this, he almost cut his finger.
"…" He couldn't speak for a long time. He felt that somewhere in his heart was a little numb and itchy. Something wasn't right. He vaguely knew what this feeling was. It felt dangerous, so he immediately looked away from Gu Mang's face and said with a sullen face, "Don't call me that. You used to know me. My name is Mo Xi. "
After thinking for a while, he said impatiently, "Just call me Lord Xi He."
Mo Xi fastened the hidden weapon box. After a while, he looked at Gu Mang's face again and said straightforwardly, "Listen carefully. Xi He's residence is different from Luo Mei Resort. No one will beat or scold you here, but you are a sinner. Everything is not up to you. If you want to eat, you have to do something. "
"But I don't know …"
"You used to know." Mo Xi said, "If you don't remember, Li Wei will teach you again. You just have to do what he says. Once you're done, you can come and get food."
"I'll get food after I'm done?"
"Yes, but you can't be lazy. Understand? "
Gu Mang nodded.
"Then you can go." Mo Xi glanced at the water drain on the table. "After you're done with today's work, you can come and have dinner here."
Li Wei hurriedly asked, "My Lord, do you want to add another chair?"
"What?" Mo Xi glanced at him blankly. "Isn't there a ready-made empty chair here?"
"…" But this chair has always been ownerless. Didn't you leave it for Princess Meng Ze, just like the rumors said?
Although Li Wei was puzzled, he still agreed. He prepared to leave with Gu Mang, but before they reached the door, Mo Xi called him again. "Wait, come here."
"My Lord, do you have any other orders?"
Mo Xi looked at Gu Mang thoughtfully, then said to Li Wei, "Go to the kitchen and tell the head chef that I have a request for tonight's dinner." As he spoke, he lowered his voice and said a few words to Li Wei, then said lightly, "That's all. Do as I say. Go."
The first task that Li Wei arranged for Gu Mang was very simple, but also very tiring — chopping firewood.
"Although Lord Xi He is an immortal, many of the servants in the residence are ordinary people. They can't just raise their hands and summon a fireball, so our residence is still short of firewood for winter." Li Wei pointed at the mountain-like pile of firewood in front of him. "Chop all of these. Only after you chop all of them will you have a meal."
Gu Mang stared at the pile of firewood in front of him, then turned to look at Li Wei, not saying a word.
Li Wei asked, "Do you understand? If you don't, then ask! "
"…"
Seeing that he still didn't speak, Li Wei rolled up his sleeves and made a few chopping motions. "Chop. Firewood. Do you understand chopping firewood? Chop all of these firewood. "
Gu Mang didn't really understand, but he still grasped the most important word, "chop". He didn't say anything else, but went forward to pick up the axe that was stuck in the ground. He turned to Li Wei to confirm, "Chop all of these?"
"Yes, chop all of these."
"All of them?"
"All of them."
"You can only eat after you chop them?"
"You can only eat after you chop them."
Gu Mang ended the conversation, turned his head, and began to chop the firewood silently with his axe.
There wasn't much of a trick to this job, but it was time-consuming and tedious. No one in Xi He's Mansion liked to do this. However, Gu Mang did it without a word or complaint. He slightly pursed his lips, and his long eyelashes were wet with sweat. He used all his strength to chop the tree trunk with the axe, as if he had a deep hatred for these firewood. He was very motivated. Every time the pile of firewood was reduced, he felt that he was a little closer to his rations.
When dusk came, the pile of firewood finally turned into a mountain of logs. Gu Mang threw the axe away, and didn't even bother to wipe the sweat on his head. He went straight to the hall to receive his "reward" for today.
Although it was snowing outside the window, and it was even bitterly cold, the main hall was brightly lit by candles. On the small table of pear pears, there were already dishes covered with a lid. There was also a small red clay stove simmering in a soup pot. Wisps of steam were coming out of the pot.
Mo Xi was sitting there, waiting for him.
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