As neither of them was willing to give an inch, the garden, which had been noisy just moments ago, fell silent once more amid the standoff.
As time passed, Gu Xun'er grew increasingly anxious.
She was now in an impossible position.
Earlier, she had thought that she could intimidate him with the Ancient Clan's prestige, threaten his family, and then, once Lin Feng became fearful, offer him some compensation and leave safely.
But she had never expected Lin Feng to be so determined to make her stay with him for three months—no, six months.
"Lin Feng, I'll accompany you once, and we can consider this matter settled. How about it?"
After a long silence, Gu Xun'er stared at him with a gloomy expression and stated her terms.
Having said that, she immediately added, worried that he would push his luck, "This is already my final bottom line. You'd better not push your luck any further!"
"Heh, I'm pushing my luck?"
Lin Feng was so angered by her words that he laughed.
He then looked at Gu Xun'er mockingly and sneered, "Our previous agreements add up to a total of six months for you to accompany me, right? Yet now, coming from your mouth, even accompanying me once has become some kind of favor bestowed upon me, and you're telling me not to 'push my luck'?"
At this point, Lin Feng's expression turned cold as he demanded, "Since you insist on acting like this, I'll take you to Sacred Pill City, the most crowded place in the Central Continent, and tell everyone exactly what happened. Let the whole world judge who was right and who was wrong."
"How dare you!"
Gu Xun'er had initially worn a cold smile and an expression that said, What can you do to me? But when