Genshin Impact, it's you who rejected me, why are you all in such a hurry if I just give up?

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Really unfamiliar.

"pity."

Lin Jiu'an shook his head regretfully.

From a man's perspective.

He still quite liked Keqing's purple cat-like hair and twin tails; she would definitely be an excellent steering wheel. And her uniquely styled black-stockinged legs had a completely different charm from Ningguang's long, snow-white legs.

The other party was right to take sides initially, and their work attitude was also excellent.

the most important is.

Just ask.

Which leader wouldn't want more subordinates like Ke Qing and Gan Yu?

With them there.

If you don't stay in the Grand Mansion for half a month, you should really reflect on yourself.

I'd be laughing in my sleep.

But it was too late.

It's been so long, Ke Qing's memory has probably vanished without a trace.

"It's all Ningguang's fault."

"Emperor?"

A girl's voice called out to them.

Lin Jiu'an, who was bowing his head in silent mourning for the purple cat head, raised his head and saw a purple cat head.

"grass?!"

Seeing Ke Qing bending over and looking at him so close to him, Lin Jiu'an was so frightened that he almost drew his sword and chopped her down.

"You're not dead?"

Keqing: "?"

My boss may have a mental illness. What should I do?

Waiting online, very anxious.

Listening to Ke Qing's explanation, Lin Jiu'an finally realized that the person in front of him was not the wronged soul he had accidentally killed.

Thinking it over carefully, given the nature of these wronged spirits—who bully the weak and fear the strong, only daring to persecute scholars—Lin Jiu'an felt they probably wouldn't dare to provoke him.

The fact that Keqing is still alive makes things simple.

Although he said he would exterminate 'nine generations' of his family.

but.

Ningguang and Yelan were clearly not mindless women who only knew how to follow orders.

Those who understand the true purpose of the art of "murder" know that it is no different from "treating guests, beheading, or taking in servants as dogs." Ultimately, whether it's killing one person or a hundred, it's all about serving power.

The ringleader and his entire clan were executed.

As for the remaining accomplices, all their relatives within three generations were killed.

Most of those beyond the third generation were sent to Guiliyuan to serve as free labor to build a new city.

Some that behave well on a regular basis are taken in as dogs.

Keqing's family wasn't considered a main force at the time, and given that Keqing was a 'great contributor' who sided with him at a crucial moment but was actually not very useful, Ningguang only fined a large portion of her family's assets and sent her to Guili Plain to be the city-building squad leader.

It's simple that he hasn't seen Ke Qing during this time.

Ningguang felt that it was better to exclude her from matters involving her family, so she found a mission to send her away, and she's only just returned.

Lin Jiu'an then remembered that Ningguang had indeed asked him if it was okay to do this, but he hadn't thought of the cat head at the time. In his eyes, these were all unimportant things, and at that time he really had something more important to do than those guys who didn't care whether they lived or died. After agreeing, he forgot about it.

Lin Jiu'an felt that he had fallen into Ningguang's trap.

all in all.

Keqing just came back from a mission today, and I wonder what kind of job she should do in the future.

Just then, a letter arrived from Mondstadt at the Moonlit Pavilion, so Keqing came up to ask him about her future duties as "Emperor" and delivered the letter in the process.

"same as before."

"From now on, you will be the Minister of Works, Wu."

Not long after Ke Qing left, Gan Yu came in carrying a thick stack of documents.

"This is today's work report."

Lin Jiu'an was reading the letter and didn't look up when he heard this. He casually said, "Just put it aside."

Then, after he finished reading the letter and took a sip of tea, he found that Gan Yu was still standing in front of him.

"what happened?"

"Um, there's something I'd like to talk to you about."

Lin Jiu'an put down the letter and pointed to the seat next to him.

"sit."

Gan Yu sat down somewhat awkwardly. Although she often ate breakfast and dinner with Lin Jiu'an, the occasion was completely different now. Back then, they were just friends, but now the other party was the "Emperor".

In addition, there were questions she wanted to ask...

"Um, you, I..."

After a long time of trying to understand, I looked at Gan Yu, who was unusually looking down and stammering with a troubled expression.

Lin Jiu'an remembered the document he had seen lying by the door that day and realized something.

"Are you asking about my relationship with Ningguang?"

Gan Yu nodded and said softly, "I know this question is abrupt, but you don't have to answer it if it's inconvenient."

"There's nothing inconvenient about it; she's my woman."

After a pause, Lin Jiu said, "The word 'woman' might not be a very clear description."

“Strictly speaking, you can consider this as a ‘deal’ between me and her.”

"trade?"

"I need her body to release my desires and kill time."

"And she needs to please me to maintain her position and continue to hold onto her power, which is second only to me."

"For her, she was exchanging her body for power and wealth."

"For me, she was just a useful tool for sexual release, nothing more."

Hearing Lin Jiu'an's indifferent and heartless words.

Gan Yu didn't know why either.

After hearing Lin Jiu'an admit that Ningguang was his woman, her initially upset mood improved considerably.

"So, you don't like her?"

"like?"

Lin Jiu'an seemed to have heard something funny and laughed.

What's the point of having a "like"?

Gan Yu was confused: "Then what do you like?"

"Okay, strictly speaking, I do like women, just like you like your job. Compared to power and wealth, I like women the most. In my opinion, women are the most wonderful creatures in the world."

"But what I like is 'women's bodies,' not the women themselves."

"As for women themselves..."

Lin Jiu'an didn't continue, but chuckled lightly, his laughter carrying a hint of disdain.

If Lin Jiu'an still had a sliver of belief in "love" when he was first reborn.

But when Frederica, who looked at him with disdain in the previous life, looked down on him in every way and thought he was not good enough for her daughter, she disregarded her daughters' gazes and fawned over him, even using her body to please him and making him a breast pillow.

But when Ningguang, in order to satisfy her lust for power, willingly offered herself to him, the enemy who 'ruined' everything for her, and shamelessly fawned over him for all the degrading things he did to her.

He had already become completely indifferent to the words "love" and "like".

I have power and status, so women will naturally flock to me like moths to a flame.

But the opposite is true.

As long as I don't own all of that.

No matter how much you give to them, in their eyes you're just a dispensable lapdog.

That might be too extreme a statement.

But that's what Lin Jiu'an thinks.

Especially when those women who ignored him in his past life become incredibly obsequious to him in this life.

Just ask.

What if he continues to do things in this life that are not much different from those in his previous life?

Even if the reforms succeed.

But in the end, when he was still being used as a target of anger by the powerful and wealthy in various places because he had not grasped power and had become "Shang Yang", even if they felt sorry, would they treat him like they do now?

of course not.

The result was nothing more than him repeating the same mistakes he made in his previous life.

Apologies are one of the most useless things in the world. If apologies were useful, what would be the point of having police?

and so.

What is "love"?

To put it bluntly.

If he really does stop at nothing and is driven by lust to sleep with every woman.

Let's leave Hu Tao and Gan Yu aside for now.

He can sleep with any human woman in Liyue and Mondstadt and make them 'love' him through various means; this is the 'power' that power brings him.

"But..."

Gan Yu's voice sounded somewhat aggrieved.

Lin Jiu'an suddenly asked, "Are you trying to say that you like me?"

Gan Yu was startled, then somewhat delighted.

However, looking at Lin Jiu'an, who was looking at her with little expression and a very indifferent look, she felt a little uncomfortable for some reason.

"...Um."

"Let me put it this way, Gan Yu."

Lin Jiu'an put down his teacup and looked at her.

"Although I really want you, I won't lie to you."

“I might treat you better than I treat Ningguang, or rather, I might, but to me, you are just a more advanced ‘sexual release tool’ than Ningguang, nothing more.”

“I will not respond to your ‘love’ or ‘like’ or anything like that. I hate talking about those useless and disgusting emotions.”

"Although it's shameless to say that."

"But I still hope you can promise me that you'll stay by my side like Ningguang did."

"However, the decision is ultimately yours, and I respect your choice."

"If you refuse, we can maintain a simple superior-subordinate relationship, or we can maintain the friendship we had before, where we ate together. The choice is yours."

"me..."