Chapter 12: Remember me

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Chapter 12.
In the previous life, Gu Yu Qi had no regard for anyone else and was full of herself.
Yun Ke was confident of this.

Her smile and tenderness had been for him alone, and she had been dismissive and blunt to others.

Yun Ke had not felt happy about any of this.
On the contrary, he hated Gu Yu Qi very much.
He felt that she was too arrogant as a woman; even if she had good looks, she had no virtue, no kindness.
She was indifferent, arrogant, and unfilial.
How could she be a good match? She just felt great herself, thinking that only she was the best in the world.
It was really abhorrent.

At first, by her design, he was only allowed to have her by his side.
It had just been a temporary measure, but she really fell down and did not know any sense of shame, constantly saying that she loved him.
Yet, what had been the result? Like other women, she had just been interested in his identity and status.
He later ascended the throne and became the emperor, but she had not been like the other vulgar women who did whatever they could to compete for love.

He had always regarded her as an object, one that he would look at if he remembered.
After all, she was a talented and beautiful woman famous throughout the Qi Dynasty who was willing to commit herself to being his concubine which was enviable in the eyes of others.
That was how he felt about her, until that day when the fire engulfed the building and devoured her red body.
He had suddenly felt his heart seemingly break and collapse.
There was a dull pain in his heart that he had never felt or experienced before.

At that time, he panicked a little as though something he was used to having was disappearing in front of his eyes.

He called her Xiao Yu for the first time, hoping that she would have heard him.
However, the only response he got was the sky-high fire, the red dress like flames on her body, and her heart-piercing cry saying that they would never meet again!

In the decades that followed, he often dreamt of that scene, of her alluring dance.
He remembered it.
Even though many, many years had passed and he became so old that he almost forgot her face, he still remembered her name.

In his whole life, if there was someone who told him to never forget something, they could only be that domineering woman that he used to detest.

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Right now, she was standing in front of him.
Although she was only ten years old, she was alive and he could touch her.

Now her delicate eyebrows were full of anger and she looked like an angry little lion.
She looked lively without the obsessive eyes from the previous life, completely different from the version of her that remained in his memory.

However, she was still her, Gu Yu Qi, the woman that Yun Ke hated for more than ten years in his previous life, but remembered for a lifetime!

Although Yun Ke’s eyes were cold, he was carefully looking at Gu Yu Qi who was only ten-years-old right now.

In his previous life, she was a beautiful woman and Yun Ke admitted to this.
It could be said that among his concubines, there was no one who was more beautiful than her.
Her beauty was aggressive, like an intense wine.
Although the current Gu Yu Qi had not grown up yet, her elegance had begun to emerge and in a few years, her alluring appearance would be visible.
It was no wonder that his brother, the fifth prince, had joked about her just now.

It was a pity that in his last life, he never took a good look at her face even though he had been married to her for so many years.

Why was this scoundrel, Yun Ke, looking at her like that? Why was there a look of confusion in his eyes?

Gu Yu Qi glared at Yun Ke as her heart became more and more empty. 

In the past, he had only ever looked at her with indifference and dissociation.
Even when he  did that with her in the previous life, he only looked at her with feelings, (censored) and nothing else.
However, his gaze now made the hairs on Gu Yu Qi’s back stand up as though she felt a chill.

“Is he really yours?” Yun Ke said coldly.
The coldness in his tone made Gu Yu Qi shiver for no reason and she subconsciously wanted to escape.
“I paid first.”

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What the hell was she hiding from?! Gu Yu Qi despised herself from the bottom of her heart.

She had been reborn, but the scoundrel in front of her had not been.

What was she afraid of now?

It would be best if they got tired of each other upon meeting.
In her previous life, Gu Yu Qi had taken the initiative to provoke him, but in this life, Gu Yu Qi would definitely take a detour whenever she saw him.
There was no way around meeting him here, but it was fine this way, it would be better to disgust him early so she would not have troubles in the future.

Thinking of this, Gu Yu Qi raised her small face and put both of her hands on her waist, “What I like first is mine!” She raised her chin and spoke arrogantly.

In her previous life, Yun Ke hated obstinate women.
Gu Yu Qi knew this.

She was determined not to make a good impression on him so that he would hate her as he came.

“This little girl is somewhat charming, but she’s very cute.” The fifth prince, Yun Yi, could not help but smile and said, “I say, seventh brother, you might as well just give the person to her.
It’s just a little girl’s plaything.
I don’t think that child will live long.
“

Give it to her? Dream on! Yun Ke sneered in his heart.

How could the future Zhen Guo Marquis be handed over to her?!

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In his previous life, the Zhen Guo Marquis, Du Xia, had been bought by him from the servant market.
Under his command, he was trained as a secret guard and had been a good candidate.
However, he began to perform tasks independently and emerged in five years.
He had felt sorry for Du Xia’s talent, so he put him into the army for training.
He really lived up to his trust and the slow buildup led to achieving fame in a single victorious battle!

There was no need to doubt the future Zhen Guo Marquis’ loyalty to him, but now Gu Yu Qi was insisting on buying the future Zhen Guo Marquis which was a bit intriguing.

Could it be possible… A light flashed in Yun Ke’s mind, but he quickly extinguished the thought.
If the little girl in front of him also carried memories from her previous life, then she should have recognised him.
In that case, it would be her personality to either hide from him or to stick herself by his side.

If she really remembered her previous life, then according to the “brilliant words” she had left before her death, she should have run away when she saw him!

To confront him like this right now, this was not the Gu Yu Qi from the previous life.

“I already bought him.” Yun Ke said coldly, “There’s no reason to let him go.
Fifth Brother, there’s nothing interesting here, let’s go back.”

“Whatever you paid, I’ll pay double.” Gu Yu Qi said with gritted teeth.

Liang-shi was shocked.
The indifferent young man just pulled out a thousand taels of silver.
This girl was really didn’t understand the weight of her words.
Although it was not that she could not take out two thousand taels, no matter how you looked at it, it was crazy to buy this half-dead child for two thousand taels.

“Ah Nan, don’t make a fuss.” Liang-shi scolded her daughter, then nodded slightly to the two young men, “Excuse us, young masters.
I have not disciplined my daughter properly, so I apologise to the two young masters.” Although she did not know Yun Yi and Yun Ke, looking at the clothes and bearing of the two young men, she knew that they were not of low statuses.
There were many secret guards behind them.
Liang-shi was a martial artist so naturally she could discern them.

When she first came to the capital, she did not know much about the children of princes and nobles in the capital.
Gu Yu Qi was so reckless.
It would be bad if she offended someone she should not have offended.

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Seeing her mother say this, Gu Yu Qi pouted unwillingly and looked at Liang Huai Yu with grievance, “But Mother, I really want to buy him.”

“Alright, don’t fuss.” Liang-shi scolded her daughter, “You’re the young miss of the Marquis’ residence.
How can you be so ignorant of etiquette? You’re not young, how can you attract attention like this on the street?!”

Gu Yu Qi, who was told off by her mother, could only lower her head and then she glared at Yun Ke.
Scoundrel!

Yun Ke obviously saw Gu Yu Qi’s expression and became more certain of what he was thinking.
This is clearly what a spoiled and arrogant little girl should behave like.
She did not remember herself.

He felt a little lost in the bottom of his heart, but more than that, he was full of disdain.
He really did not know what madness overtook him in his previous life.
For a woman like this, death was death, yet he still remembered her for decades.

He was right.
She was still the ruthless woman who said she loved him on the surface, but was only vain, immoral, and unfilial on the inside.

“Bring the person back.” He said coldly to the entourage behind him.
Two of the men who followed him and Yun Yi walked over and helped up the child who was lying on the ground.

As the assisted child passed Gu Yu Qi’s side, he raised his eyes again and glanced at Gu Yu Qi.
His eyes were clear with a bit of reluctance.

Gu Yu Qi’s heart moved and she quickly took off the jade-carved rabbit pendant hanging around her waist and stuffed it into his cold hands.
She leaned over and whispered in his ear, “My name is Gu Yu Qi, remember my name! You must live well and succeed in the future.
I will find you in the future, this is our token! You are not allowed to lose it !” 

A strange look flashed in the child’s glazed eyes.
He bit his lip tightly and held the thing that the girl put in his hand, without nodding or saying a word.

Gu Yu Qi watched him being carried away and could only let out a long sigh.