Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
Advance chapters available for patrons on Patreon. And a chapter can be sponsored by buying me a ko-fi
“You heard everything? Seeing how miserable I am! You feel incredibly happy, don’t you?”
Yu Linlang glanced at her and said truthfully, “What does your misery have to do with me?”
“Stop pretending in front of me! I know you better than anyone, Yu Linlang. You act more nonchalant than anyone else, but deep down you must already be seething with hatred!”
“You’re actually just like me, the most pitiful and pathetic person in this family. No, you’re even more pitiful and pathetic than me!”
“Clearly the most precious and noble legitimate daughter of this mansion, yet abandoned by the madam since childhood, you’ve lived the life of a country girl for over ten years. Don’t you hate her?”
Yu Linlang shook her head calmly, “I feel nothing.”
To her, everyone in the governor’s mansion was just a stranger. How could a normal person have strong emotions towards strangers?
“Liar!” Yu Qiuping stumbled to her feet, pointing at her angrily, “How can you not be angry, not resentful, not hateful? You’re not some immortal born without emotions. You may not say it, but you hate Yu Pianpian more than anyone else!”
“Who is Yu Pianpian? The apple of my mother’s eye, the most proud and noble young lady in the manor. She only needs to show the slightest sign that she doesn’t want you to return home, and they would all be doing her bidding.”
Yu Qiuping laughed maniacally a few times, “Isn’t it ridiculous? We’re both daughters of Governor Yu, yet our statuses are worlds apart.”
“Everything Yu Pianpian wants is within her grasp. And me? I have to fight tooth and nail for whatever I want. I desperately tried to curry favor with her to make my life a little better, but in the end, I got nothing! Hahaha, how ridiculous!”
Yu Qiuping’s voice grew colder, “Mama Fang and the others were stupid and incompetent, failing to stop you from returning to the manor.”
“It would have been better if you hadn’t come back, Yu Linlang. Yu Pianpian said that as long as you couldn’t return to the manor, she would plead with mother to find me a better family. Why did you come back?”
Yu Qiuping’s tone became somewhat neurotic towards the end. “Why do you insist on coming back, Yu Linlang? There’s no place for you in this manor anymore. What are you doing back? Just to humiliate yourself like I did!”
“My affairs are none of your concern,” Yu Linlang said indifferently. “I always said your aunt[1] didn’t have the guts, nor did she have the need to stop me from returning.”
“Her? What can she do with those rat’s guts? She couldn’t even manage to control Mama Fang! In the end, I had to secretly send someone and spend a large sum of money to bribe that old hag.”
Yu Qiuping chuckled shrilly. “Both are mothers, but her family is ruined and she has no one to rely on, while Huo Shi comes from the Huo family of the capital. How can they compare? What does she have to compare with her?”
“Your aunt may not be very capable, but there’s one thing Huo Shi can’t compare with her. Your aunt’s love for her daughter is beyond question. She had no money, yet she gave you all her savings to gamble at the Chang Le Casino.”
“And your uncle went to the casino to get your money back, but the governor caught him red-handed, and he’s now imprisoned.”
“Ma Gui isn’t my uncle.” Yu Qiuping shuddered as if stung by something.
“He’s just a stable boy, what right does he have to be my uncle? He doesn’t deserve it.”
Yu Linlang glanced at her coldly. “Your heart is filthy and stinking, what right do you have to be happy?”
With that, she didn’t bother to say another word, pushing aside the rain-drenched branches and walking away along the cobblestone path.
Yu Qiuping was left alone by the pond, sometimes laughing hysterically, sometimes sobbing uncontrollably.
….
“Has Miss lost her mind? Why was she smashing things and shouting all night long since she got back?” Jiu Jin looked out the window speechlessly.
Yu Qiuping was sitting by the window, facing the wind, muttering nonsense to herself.
“Let her do whatever she wants.” Yu Linlang didn’t even lift her eyelids. “Anyway, what she’s smashing and breaking are all things from her own room. Every bit she breaks makes her a bit thinner. She doesn’t have much money to begin with, so making a scene won’t make her any richer.”
Ba Liang chuckled, closed and locked the window, and turned to Yu Linlang, saying, “Miss, you should rest now. We’re going out.”
Yu Linlang frowned. “Isn’t it uncomfortable for servants to sleep in this communal room? Why don’t you go find an inn on Chong Yuanfang Street, stay overnight, and come back in the morning? Rent it for three months first; the rent shouldn’t be too expensive.”
The two maids almost burst out laughing.
“My dear girl, don’t worry about that.”
“We’re not exactly pampered nobles. We’ve slept in the wilderness when we’re out on business, so what’s so hard about this communal room?”
“Exactly, exactly.” Ba Liang nodded, suppressing a laugh. “The servants’ quarters are actually alright. Those little maids don’t dare to bother us unless they have to.”
After all, Jiu Jin was someone who dared to bleed even the head maidservants around the First Madam. Who would be so blind as to invite over such a jinx?
The two blew out the lamp and left. Across the way, Yu Qiuping’s maniacal laughter from the west wing was crystal clear.
Yu Linlang, who hadn’t been sleepy in bed, became even more alert and energetic after being disturbed by Yu Qiuping’s shouts and waking from across the courtyard…
Helpless, she simply sat up cross-legged and immersed her consciousness in her personal shopping space.
The shopping space that came into view was brightly lit, with five floors from top to bottom, each floor being over a thousand square meters.
Clothing, home appliances, daily necessities, fresh seafood, grains, oils, rice, noodles, fruits, vegetables, snacks, etc., it could be said that everything was available and inexhaustible.
Come to think of it, it had been quite a while since she had properly explored this shopping center.
Probably four or five years.
She used it frequently as a child to survive, but as her abilities grew, she only occasionally used it as a transit point.
She rarely thought about the shopping center and tried to avoid touching anything inside.
After all, these were all futuristic items; using them too much would inevitably expose her.
Besides… using it always brought back painful memories of the past.
Yu Linlang withdrew from her consciousness, forcing herself to close her eyes, trying not to think about those people and events from the past.
Life was good now, at least peaceful and enjoyable.
If this portable shopping center suddenly disappeared, she thought… she should be happy.
It would mean she had completely broken free from her past self and would never be dragged back into that terrifying nightmare.
But it had never disappeared, following her like a shadow.
She shouldn’t be afraid, Yu Linlang reassured herself. She was no longer the person she used to be; she could no longer be manipulated by others.
She had been here for twelve years. When she arrived, this body was only three years old, small and withered.
Dragging her broken body, she followed her senior brother, crawling inching out of the pile of dead snakes.
The past should be swiftly severed; she shouldn’t be trapped by her inner demons.
Yu Linlang suddenly opened her eyes, rings of crimson light rippling from the depths of her pupils.
“Come on,” she sneered, staring at the gauze curtain above her head, muttering, “I can kill you once, I can kill you a second, a third, a thousand times, ten thousand times, countless times.”
“As long as you dare to come…”
Guys, ads are my only source of revenue, so please do not turn on the AdBlock when you are accessing this website…. Thank you, this would be a great help…
You can buy me a ko-fi and sponsor a chapter on: https://ko-fi.com/midnightrambles
Or become a Patron or access advance chapters on: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=45665005
If you support me, I would be able to provide more chapters….
Previous • Table of Contents• Next
[1] Aunt here refers to Concubine Ma who is YQ’s birth mother but can only be acknowledged as her aunt since in feudal China, all children whether hers or born of concubines had to call the main wife as their mother.
