"Doctor, is there really no hope?"
"This old man is not skilled enough."
Compared to her daughter's sadness, Yu's mother was more composed, silently holding her daughter's hand, trying to give her the strength to keep going.
As night fell, the daytime farce faded away, and Yuzhi nestled in her mother's arms, silently shedding tears: "Let's move away, let's not live here anymore, Mother, I'm so scared..."
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Zhizhi. It's your mother who's useless, it's your mother who's a burden to Zhizhi..."
"Mother..."
Yu Zhi's tears soaked her clothes.
Recalling the scene of the shrew instigating the rogue to touch her face and legs, she trembled, reliving the despair she felt before being forced to death in her previous life.
She drowned after jumping into the water.
In her past life, she couldn't let bad people take advantage of her. In this new life, with so many people around during the day, those men only dared to look at her with lewd eyes and didn't dare to be instigated by the shrew.
But what if?
What if they can't hold back one day?
At that time, will she have to die again?
Having died once, I know the pain of death.
Yu Zhi thought bitterly and helplessly: Why must she live like this? She can't save her mother, and she can't protect herself.
Orphans and widows, powerless and vulnerable, are destined to be bullied.
Why should she be the pitiful one?
She has never stolen or robbed in her life, and she has never said a bad word to anyone. Why should she be bullied because she is kind?
She hated it so much!
"Zhizhi, Zhizhi, don't cry."
"Mother!"
Yu Zhi burst into tears, crying out the sorrows of her past life, her sobs breaking the woman's heart.
"Mother..." she choked out, "If, if I do something wrong, will you forgive me?"
Yu's mother was a kind mother who always put her daughter first. She was like a sheep, and if those people hadn't gone too far during the day, she wouldn't have gone on a crazy rant.
“Between mother and daughter, there is no such thing as forgiveness or not forgiveness. Zhizhi is my precious darling. I only hate myself for wronging my precious child.”
"I'm not wronged, my daughter isn't wronged."
Yu Zhi sniffed.
She's thought it through.
She wanted to find a bright path to survival for herself and her mother, and a powerful backer that no one would dare to bully.
Miss Wei is quite nice.
Chapter 5 Always Willing
In April, Wei Pingxi leaned lazily against a pearwood chair, having neither the inclination to paint nor the desire to watch dances or listen to music. He squinted his long, captivating eyes like a cat, exuding a lazy yet arrogant air.
The jade and agate enthusiasts took turns reporting what had happened in Liushui Lane.
The fourth young lady rested her slender hand on the armrest of the chair, her jade-white knuckles adorned with a gold ring inlaid with a ruby. The dazzling red gemstone evoked the image of a beautiful woman's reddened eyes from crying.
The image of the mother and daughter crying together in each other's arms after being bullied automatically flashed before Wei Pingxi's eyes, and he felt irritated.
It's just that the person you haven't even bullied yet has been bullied by someone else first.
accurate.
Seeing her expression, Agate handed her the worthless item.
The porcelain cup shattered completely on the ground.
The clear, crisp sound echoed, and Jade and Agate, having been by the young lady's side for so long, didn't even blink.
To put it more bluntly, their fourth daughter was not a compassionate person to begin with.
It's normal for a legitimate daughter raised in a prestigious family to have a somewhat wicked and eccentric temperament, growing up under extreme pampering and extreme neglect.
Wei Pingxi smashed the cup, her anger still simmering. She frowned, crossed her legs, and asked nonchalantly, "What is she doing? Selling flowers?"
Jade nodded.
The fourth young lady gave a soft chuckle and stood up.
The sky was bright and clear, and the clouds were light and the breeze gentle.
Yu Zhi carried a bamboo basket and earnestly promoted the fresh flowers she had picked.
Business is better today than yesterday.
Last night she nestled in her mother's arms and cried her heart out; when she woke up, her eyes were swollen.
There was no makeup at home, and even with some hasty attempts at concealment, I still couldn't hide my pair of pitiful, willow-leaf eyes.
Willow-leaf eyes are also known as alluring eyes, meaning "seductive eyes like silk."
It combines the allure of peach blossom eyes with the captivating charm of phoenix eyes; when applied to a woman, it requires a strong, pure, and upright aura to suppress its seductive charm.
Yu Zhi is the daughter of a poor scholar. She has been studying since childhood and has a gentle and delicate temperament. This combination makes her seem less like a thousand-year-old demon who has brought ruin to the country and more like a pure little fox who has accidentally fallen into the dream of the mortal world and is trying to get up.
The beauty had a slender waist and red, swollen eyes, but a faint smile at the corner of her eyes that could strike anyone's heart. Scholars passing by on the street couldn't help but dangle their money when they saw her.
When Wei Pingxi arrived, the beauty she had her eye on was surrounded by scholars and young ladies.
Yu Zhi struggled to cope with these people, but little did she know that she had infuriated the Fourth Miss.
"It's so kind of me to stand up for her and stay angry all the way here, but she's just laughing so hard that these men's legs go weak at the sight of her."
Jade fingertips lightly scratched her chin, wanting to say something fair: "Miss Yu didn't smile like that on purpose."
"Oh?" Wei Pingxi smiled enigmatically. "You understand now?"
She had a mean attitude that said, "If you can't tell me the secrets, you'll end up selling flowers with Miss Yu in the future." Emerald thought to herself that she had been too talkative, and straightened up and said seriously, "It's all for making a living."
The phrase "making a living" made Wei Pingxi look back at the scenery on the long street.
The scholars, having paid their money, could no longer linger around the girl. Only when other people came to buy flowers did they reluctantly leave, turning back every few steps.
The young ladies stood there with their own demure airs, appearing from Wei Pingxi's perspective like stars surrounding the moon.
Thinking of this, she felt a sudden surge of joy, and a sense of pride welled up in her chest, thinking, "He truly is the person I've chosen."
"Make a living? Wouldn't it be easier to make a living here with me?"
Jade and Agate looked at each other, thinking to themselves: If Miss Yu comes here to "make a living," with her delicate and pitiful nature, she will surely be tormented to death by the beautiful women in the other courtyard.
They didn't say it aloud, but their unspoken thoughts were written all over their faces. Wei Pingxi frowned, unconvinced: "With me here, who dares to bully her?"
She was a woman of her word, and the jade and agate dared not act recklessly because of their long-standing master-servant relationship. They all fell silent and behaved obediently.
Yuzhi sold some flowers and was then pestered by the young ladies who asked her about her eye makeup.
She was both amused and exasperated.
She just cried, what's with the eye makeup?
Even when she told the truth, some people still didn't believe her. Not only did they not believe her, but she also received several eye rolls, thinking that she was keeping secrets and unwilling to share her 'beauty' secrets.
It took some effort to get rid of this group of willful and spoiled young ladies.
A thin layer of sweat appeared on Yu Zhi's forehead, mingling with the fragrance of flowers, and smelled surprisingly pleasant.
She turned around and looked behind her, but didn't see any familiar figures. She blinked, thought for a moment, and then left with an empty bamboo basket on her back.
I still need to find a way to see Miss Si one more time.
"Isn't Miss going up to say something?"
As she walked away, Wei Pingxi revealed her slender and graceful figure.
The ivory-colored, round-necked, embroidered long gown, with a single white magnolia depicted in silver thread on the lapel, was still a man's casual attire, as beautiful as a painting.
No rush.
With her phoenix eyes raised, the Fourth Miss slowly opened her jade fan: "Only by asking can one receive."
Four days later.
Yu Zhi hesitated repeatedly at the entrance of the villa, feeling conflicted.
Emerald stepped through the door with a smile, her feet seemingly flying: "Miss, Miss Yu has come to ask you for a favor!"
A large embroidered landscape screen hangs across the studio, preventing outsiders from seeing inside. Inside, a docile infant is positioned for the Fourth Miss to begin her painting.
A touch of pomegranate color settled on the tip of the pen, revealing a deep red tip emerging from its rounded shape. Wei Pingxi's mood instantly improved, and a smile appeared on his lips: "Please invite her in."
"yes!"
Emerald ran away quickly.
"Fourth Miss..."
A beautiful woman with a pair of exquisite breasts called out to people in a soft voice.
Miss Wei seemed oblivious and remained engrossed in painting.
Before the painting was finished, 'Yan Ji' boldly began to move, alluring and seductive, her fair hands kneading and rubbing until the pomegranate color was as hard as a pebble.
Wei Pingxi softened his tone, still engrossed in painting: "Be good, stop fooling around."
"Fourth Miss..."
For once, Yan Ji was emboldened by a single word of coaxing from her, and said boldly, "I hope the Fourth Miss will have mercy on me."
"..."
Wei Pingxi's gentle expression suddenly turned somber, as if a rainstorm was about to break out, whether it would be a spring rain or a downpour, remained to be seen.
Jade rushed back at this moment, unaware of the current atmosphere, her expression strange: "Miss, Miss Yu, she, she's gone again!"