After escaping from the small world this ti, Su Li was lucky not to encounter any pursuers and returned to the Chaotic Space at the fastest speed.
When she checked herself, she unexpectedly found that her rit Value had risen significantly again, directly manifesting in a stronger physique, tougher flesh, and a soul carrying a heavy and sacred intent.
Being chased is exhausting, and once she returned to the Chaotic Space, the place that made her feel most at ease, she fell asleep, unaware of the passage of ti, until she felt a sudden clarity in her Divine Soul.
The guiding bell rang once again in the space.
A woman with black and white mixed hair and a sorrowful face looked around and walked over.
Her back was habitually slightly hunched, and she used a long cloth to tightly bind the heavy symbol of femininity on her chest. Through the wide clothes, traces of binding could still be seen in her movents.
Upon closer inspection, the woman’s features were beautiful, but her self-deprecating and timid look took away about fifty or sixty percent of that beauty, adding a layer of hardship from years of toil and sorrow, making her appear ten years older than her actual age.
Clearly only in her forties, she looked like an old woman in her fifties or sixties.
The woman’s face and hands looked like those of a mber of the lower working class, yet the clothes she wore were exquisite and elegant.
This contradiction made her look like a servant who had stolen her master’s clothes, strange and thought-provoking.
"All my life, I’ve lived for the Lv Family. To seek benevolence and attain it, although the ending was very perfect. I received apologies and respect from the children, gratitude and trust from the master, and even when I was about to pass away, as a humble concubine, I died as the Second wife of the Lv Family. By rights, I should be satisfied and happy, but..."
The rest of the words seed to be stuck in the woman’s throat as if expressing that thought would be a rebellious act.
Without her saying it, Su Li understood.
Live a different life.
"As you wish."
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The mont consciousness returned, Su Li imdiately felt a package being stuffed into her hand, and then she was pushed forcefully towards the door. "Hurry, take Yansong and Ying and leave first. There are so tickets and all the money from the Lv Family in the package. After sorting things out here, I will find you in Hong Kong."
"Rember, you must raise Yansong and Ying well."
Before Su Li could react, she was shoved into a small car with imnse force.
With a "clang," Su Li’s head hit the narrow car roof hard.
The driver in the front slamd on the gas pedal, speaking in a not-so-polite tone, "Fifth Madam, please sit well."
Su Li felt anger rising.
Was it that she didn’t want to sit properly? Was it her? Was it her?
Glaring fiercely at the back of the driver’s head, Su Li turned her head to look out the window at the figure gradually fading away in the distance.
A man in a yellow military uniform, wearing high military boots, with a tall and erect posture, watched their car leave.
The man did not stand there for long before a woman with a snake-like waist and enchanting charm walked over and draped herself over his shoulders, beautiful and seductive.
That was the Seventh Madam of the Lv Family, the most favored by the master.
It was said she was a notable starlet in Shanghai, only recently welcod into the Lv Family as the seventh concubine.
Retracting her gaze, Su Li saw two pairs of unhappy eyes.
Two little ones, only ten years old, looked her up and down with disdain, "Sit down already, you’re embarrassing us."
Su Li rolled her eyes and said with bitter sorrow, "Oh, poor young master and miss, the master has abandoned us."
Afraid that the young master and miss, who didn’t understand hardships, wouldn’t grasp her aning, Su Li said more plainly, "The master doesn’t want you anymore."
"The Seventh Madam is young and favored, and in the future, she alone will accompany the master... what will beco of you, oh dear?"
The driver in front, upon hearing this, suddenly slamd on the brakes and turned around with a grim face, harshly saying, "Fifth Madam, watch your words. The master values the young master and miss most, otherwise he wouldn’t have you leave first in such a critical situation."
"You should know that boat tickets are extrely hard to get now, and the master has pulled many strings and spent much money to get them."
"Talking to young master and miss like this, do you live up to the trust Madam and the master have in you?"
Su Li: "What a devoted mad dog."
The driver, angry, "I shall report your behavior to the master."
"Then fine, turn the car around now, and let’s go back."
Seeing Su Li not being her usual weak and easy-to-bully self, the driver’s hard attitude softened, sighing and earnestly advising, "Fifth Madam, don’t hold a grudge against the master. The young master and miss are the roots of the Lv Family, and by entrusting you with this vital task, it shows how much the master and Madam value you."
The ten-year-old Kuai Yangyang glared at Su Li with an unpleasant expression, pulling his panicked sister into his arms for comfort.
"We all misjudged. Grandma and Mother thought you were honest and reliable, didn’t expect you to reveal your true colors before we even left Shanghai."
Su Li gave a cold glance at the imposing young master and said coldly, "Where are your manners? No matter what, I am your stepmother, the officially married Fifth Madam your father wedded. Is this how you speak to elders?"
Seeing Su Li refuse to back down, the driver could only keep signaling Kuai Yangyang, whispering, "For this ti, we must rely on Fifth Madam a lot to take care of the young master and miss, the master and Madam will certainly be very grateful to Fifth Madam."
The driver’s words were a reminder to the young master and also a warning to Su Li.
Seething with resentnt, Kuai Yangyang choked back his anger for now, turning his head away and gently reassuring his sister, "Don’t worry, we are father’s only children. He will surely arrange everything for us, and moreover, mother is here too."
"We’ll leave first, and it won’t be long before father and mother co to Hong Kong to reunite with us."
Hearing Kuai Yangyang’s seemingly confident voice, Su Li couldn’t help but sneer inside: Cowards who bully the weak but fear the strong.
Lv Yansong really isn’t the kind of caring father his naive young master speaks of.
To him, they are not as important as they think they are.
Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been a ten-year separation without any news.
The world is in a bit of chaos, with warlords divided, foreign invaders intrude, and the people are suffering.
The original owner, when still very young, once received a al in kindness from the old Mrs. Luu of the Lv Family, and out of gratitude, stayed by her side to serve her.
Old Mrs. Luu lived alone in the countryside, and as illness plagued her, her temperant beca more eccentric, which often resulted in beatings and scoldings for the original owner. But the original owner served her faithfully until her death, taking ticulous care of her.
In this manner, the original owner thought she had repaid the al’s kindness from old Mrs. Luu.
Yet, before her death, old Mrs. Luu caused quite a stir, self-righteously promoting the original owner to beco the fifth concubine of her son, regardless of whether the original owner was willing or not.
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