Does the General Like Me

Evan Xiao: "Speak!"

Lily Bai glanced at him, then at Cecilia Chen, took a few steps to hide behind Evan Xiao, and pitifully said, "General, I'm not a spy, but if I don't admit it, Miss Cecilia will come after me again! I'm scared!"

Evan Xiao's gaze turned cold as he looked at Cecilia Chen.

Cecilia Chen shivered under his gaze, pointed angrily at Lily Bai and shouted, "Lily Bai! You didn't say that this morning! You clearly admitted you were a spy! You even bragged, saying if I had the guts, I should catch you!"

Grace bit her lip and hid behind Evan Xiao, looking genuinely scared.

"Enough!" Evan Xiao said coldly. "Someone! Escort Miss Cecilia back to the Moonview Pavilion. Without my orders, she is not to leave!"

Cecilia Chen stared in disbelief, her eyes wide: "General! You're grounding me over a maid?"

"You bribed two guards just to chase after a maid. Why can't I ground you over a maid?" Evan Xiao's gaze was icy.

"I... I..." Cecilia Chen's face flushed red. "She's a spy! I was worried you'd be fooled by her, so I wanted to get rid of her for your sake!"

"Miss Cecilia, that's not what you said yesterday!" Lily Bai said weakly. "Didn't you say the General likes me, and if you got rid of me, he'd change his mind and marry you—"

"Shut up!" Cecilia Chen yelled, flustered, pointing at her nose.

Lily Bai glanced at the furious Cecilia Chen and deliberately acted terrified, scooting closer to Evan Xiao's back.

Evan Xiao didn't move, his tall figure shielding her. With a cold face, he said to Cecilia Chen, "You're grown now, it seems I can't control you anymore! Maybe you should leave the manor, set up your own household, make your own decisions about marriage and everything else!"

The moment Cecilia Chen heard that, tears streamed down her face. She cried, "General, how can you say that? You can't believe that woman's words! She's really a spy! Otherwise, how could she cure my illness? She even carries hidden weapons! Search her if you don't believe me! She's suspicious!"

As she spoke, she lunged at Qingluan, apparently trying to search her.

Evan Xiao grabbed Cecilia Chen's arm and shoved her back several steps, his voice cold as ice: "Enough! Set up your own household, or go back and stay grounded. Your choice!"

Cecilia Chen kept crying, tears streaming down, finally biting her lip and saying, "Fine! I'll go back and stay grounded! I'll marry into the Shane Family!"

With that, she covered her eyes and ran off.

Grace peeked out from behind Evan Xiao, worried she'd run so fast with her eyes covered she'd crash into a wall...

Evan Xiao tilted his head to look at her little face poking out, his eyes unreadable as he called, "Lily Bai!"

"Eh? What can I do for you, General?" Lily Bai looked up at him.

"What did you just say?"

"Huh? I said a lot just now. Which part do you mean?"

Evan Xiao loomed over her, his posture intimidating: "This General likes you?"

Lily Bai suddenly realized, quickly waved her hands, and put on an innocent face: "I didn't say that! Miss Cecilia did!"

Evan Xiao stared at her, saying nothing.

Like her?

Ha! Isn't it obvious he likes her?

If he didn't like her, even now that he's just a Spirit User, how could she have taken his Heartscale?

Just thinking about his Heartscale made him suddenly annoyed. He said with a gloomy face, "Enough! Go back! Don't hang around in front of me if you don't have business!"