5 No More (1/2)

”Xiaojie??”

YuYing's voice startled XuanRong, stopping her from reminiscing her previous lifetime.

She reclined on the side of the bed and slowly shook her head to clear her thoughts. She grabbed a white handkerchief and slowly wiped the sticky blood on her cheeks.

”No need to alert Zou mama. This is nothing but a simple cut. Just fetch me a bottle of medicine. I can do it on my own.”

”Xiaojie! What if it will not heal completely and leave a scar? It will taint your beautiful face! How will Xiaojie marry in the near future?”

YuYing insisted. She did not want her Xiaojie's face to be disfigured. No man would want to marry a disfigured woman to be their Wife. Even small concubines who were vying for favor were all trying to be beautiful in order to please their husbands.

XuanRong chuckled as she stared at YuYing. She was once naive like YuYing and innocently thought that because she was beautiful and was the Eldest Young Miss of XiangFu, people adored and loved her. Because of that kind of thinking, she became more arrogant, even more arrogant than the princesses living inside the palace. Little did she know, they were only good to her on the surface because they were afraid of her maternal family's power.

”YuYing, remember the words I will say to you. Appearance is nothing but a shell. Beauty doesn't last forever. Once it fades, the only thing left is one's ability.

Whether one can survive in this world will not be based on their beauty but based on their capability.

No matter how beautiful the person is, if they are stupid enough to fall from other people's petty schemes, sooner or later, they will die an ugly death.”

'And I was stupid enough to fall from my little sister and former lover's schemes.'

XuanRong's eyes narrowed but she immediately blinked repeatedly to erase the hatred reflecting inside of it.

YuYing fell silent after hearing her Xiaojie's words. Although her Xiaojie's words were right, it wouldn't change the fact that men would still not marry ugly women.

'But Xiaojie still needs to marry ahh!'

YuYing did not try to retort back and argue with XuanRong. She was just a servant. She did not want to cross the line, so she could only pout to show her disagreement.

Seeing YuYing's pouted lips, XuanRong sighed. Her little yatou[1] was still innocent and naive.

”Okay, enough. Just fetch the medicine bottle inside the cabinet and prepare my bath. My body is very sticky with blood. I want to wash up.”

”Yes, Xiaojie. Nubi will prepare the bath immediately.”

YuYing curtsied and went outside after giving the medicine bottle to XuanRong.

Few minutes later, after she was done applying medicine on her wound, YuYing finished filling the entire tub with water. When XuanRong entered the bath, she turned her head towards YuYing.

”No need to serve me. Just wait for YuLi. When she comes back, tell her to go to the kitchen and prepare my dinner. I'm starving.”

”This servant understands.”

[This novel is written by SayuriHyuuga. Plagiarism is a CRIME.]

YuYing saluted and immediately went outside to guard the room.

When she was the only one left inside, XuanRong slowly undressed herself.

When her fingers touched her smooth jade-like skin, she could not help but shiver. She could feel goosebumps all over her body as if millions of insects were crawling inside her skin.

She remembered the touch of those beasts who tainted her which made her shiver once again.

XuanRong closed her eyes to control her emotions but when she saw nothing but darkness, the faces of those men appeared inside her mind one by one.

They were laughing at her as they pounded crazily on top of her body, as if they greatly enjoyed violating her.

She remembered that she was pressed on the ground, forcing her into submission. They continued to torture her alternately until she could no longer move her limbs.

She was slapped on the face. She was kicked on her chest. She was punched on her abdomen.

They tortured her physically and sexually.

They forcefully devoured her.