Looking back on it now, Gu Kaiyuan knew this was Nanny Pang's psychological tactic to win him over. It did indeed deepen his guilt toward Bai Suihe, making him even more determined to seek justice for her.
He knew that his inaction had played a huge part in Bai Suihe's premature death on the road. Therefore, even when he later had the means to treat and nurse his own body back to health, he simply let himself rot.
Seeing that he didn't continue speaking and was instead lost in thought, Bai Suihe looked at his sorrowful expression and sighed. She didn't press the matter further. Instead, she silently reorganized the items in the bundle and stored them back into her spatial dimension.
"These people are quite good." Thinking of those few households, who obeyed Nanny Pang's orders and even dared to stand up to Ming Peifeng, Gu Kaiyuan had already accepted them in his heart.
