Yun Yueyin's hand holding the bronze mirror trembled violently upon hearing this.
Her current face, even a great immortal would be unable to heal!
Seeing that Yun Yueyin still didn't speak and continued to stare at her reflection in the bronze mirror, Wen Shu felt a terrifying aura emanating from her young lady's gaze.
"News of my disfigurement has spread throughout the capital, she must know. She will definitely come! Grandmother and the others are truly useless, unable to handle even a small matter!" Yun Yueyin gritted her teeth in furious anger.
Her already unsightly appearance in the bronze mirror looked even more ferocious.
Yun Yueyin began to laugh wildly, "Hahahahaha…"
Her wide eyes stared fixedly at the face in the bronze mirror like two copper bells.
Wen Shu, seeing this, trembled even more uncontrollably.
She was too frightened to look again.
The events of these past few days felt like a dream. Even now, Wen Shu couldn't believe her young lady had fallen to such a state.
"It shouldn't have been like this! I returned to the capital to soar to new heights, to be looked up to by everyone! I should have been the one all the women in the capital envied, why has it turned out this way? It's all Yun Shu, all her! She should have died, why is she still alive? She ruined my luck!" Yun Yueyin's eyes welled up with a瘋狂 hatred, as venomous and terrifying as a viper.
At this moment, Madam Yang happened to approach the window and heard Yun Yueyin's furious curses from within the room, her face turning pale with fright.
Why was Yueyin so fixated?
She remembered that her own face was still bruised and swollen, so she retreated and did not enter, leaving directly.
Throughout the Yun Manor on the outskirts of the city, apart from Yun Yueyin's hysterical laughter, almost no one dared to say a word.
A deathly oppressive atmosphere enveloped the entire household.
After a long while, Yun Yueyin finally calmed down.
With a bang.
The bronze mirror was thrown out.
Wen Shu's face turned ashen with fright. "Mi...Miss?"
Yun Yueyin stared intently at the bronze mirror on the ground. "Wen Shu, tell me, is all of this a nightmare? Am I still not awake from this dream!"
Wen Shu's eyes reddened, and she shook her head in utter despair, "Miss, this... this isn't a dream!"
Yun Yueyin immediately bit her lip so hard it bled, her mouth filling with the taste of blood.
Suddenly, a servant's anxious report came from outside, "Miss, the Second Miss is here."
Yun Yueyin immediately collected her thoughts, her bloodshot eyes turning towards the door. She spoke each word with a hint of bloodiness, "Let her in!"
The two sisters had not spoken properly in five years.
This was the first time they would speak face to face!
"Go prepare tea!" Yun Yueyin commanded Wen Shu through gritted teeth.
Wen Shu immediately ran out.
…
Yun Shu followed the servant into the Yun family manor on the outskirts of the city.
The original owner had never been here.
This was likely where the Yun family had initially resided.
Everything appeared somewhat dilapidated.
However, fortunately, the place was spacious enough to accommodate Old Madam Yun and her large family.
She walked and observed.
Several servants secretly sized her up.
Their eyes revealed astonishment, the Second Miss was truly different from before!
She looked more and more dazzling.
As they looked at the Second Miss, it seemed their eyes could no longer hold anyone else!
Thinking of the disfigured Eldest Miss now, a thought suddenly arose in their minds: Was the Yun family destined to decline from this point on? Would the Eldest Miss also fade into obscurity? And would the one who truly shine in the capital be the Second Miss?
Just as Yun Shu was about to turn a corner through a long corridor with the servant, a wrinkled hand suddenly grabbed her.
She turned her head.
Her eyes gradually cooled.
"Shu'er! It was all Grandmother's fault before! It was Grandmother's eyes being blinded by greed that led me to treat you that way. Grandmother knows she was wrong now, knows she did terribly wrong before! Can you forgive Grandmother? Actually, if you think about it carefully, Grandmother did do some good things for you, didn't she?" Old Madam Yun spoke almost in tears.
Her hunched back exuded the helplessness and pitiable nature of an elder, which might evoke some sympathy from others.
But Yun Shu showed no change in her expression.
She directly pulled her hand away.
Others might be deceived, but she wouldn't be. The original owner's memories and her understanding of Old Madam Yun indicated that her current pitiable state was a pretense.
It was completely untrustworthy.
"Old Madam Yun, have you ever been good to me?" Yun Shu retorted with a half-smile.
Even after meticulously searching through all the original owner's memories, she couldn't find any trace to prove that Old Madam Yun had ever been good to the original owner.
Old Madam Yun froze. The tears that were about to fall from her eyes vanished. She looked at Yun Shu in surprise, and a hint of annoyance began to appear on her face. "Shu'er, you! I am your grandmother, after all. Haven't you always wanted Grandmother to dote on you? If Grandmother couldn't dote on you before, she can dote on you well in the future and compensate you, can't she?"
"Unfortunately, I don't need it anymore. Old Madam Yun should enjoy her family bliss here and stop fantasizing about things she shouldn't." Yun Shu said with an icy tone, then immediately looked at the stunned servant beside her.
Sensing Yun Shu's gaze, the servant lowered his head quickly and hurried ahead to lead the way.
Yun Shu walked directly past Old Madam Yun.
Old Madam Yun watched Yun Shu's resolute departure, her body trembling violently.
She staggered back a large step.
She seemed to suddenly realize something.
She muttered to herself, "Is this heaven punishing me? Punishing me for mistreating her, for assuming Chang Feng wouldn't blame me? Retribution! This is my retribution!"
As she spoke, she began to resent Madam Yang and Yun Yueyin.
If it weren't for them constantly whispering in her ear, she wouldn't have disliked Yun Shu so much, nor would she have treated Yun Shu so poorly.
It was all them!
…
Yun Shu followed the servant to the front of a room.
Wen Shu happened to be bringing the freshly brewed tea. She cautiously glanced at Yun Shu. "Second Miss, please enter. Miss is in the room."
Yun Shu nodded and stepped inside.
The room was somewhat dark.
There was little light within.
The windows were tightly shut, casting an oppressive atmosphere over the entire room.
Yun Shu then looked towards the bed.
Yun Yueyin was lying half-reclined on the bed. The wounds on her face were left untreated, exposed to the air. A person with a timid disposition might be terrified out of their wits upon seeing such a visage.
Yun Shu, having done it herself, knew exactly what the final effect of this face would be, so her gaze didn't even waver.
"You've come." Yun Yueyin suppressed the hatred within her heart, her tone as calm and even as possible, even somber.
Her gaze, like that of a venomous snake, was fixed on Yun Shu's smooth face, which showed no imperfections.
It's a fake face!
It must be a fake face!
Yun Shu sat down leisurely, then spoke unhurriedly, "To make yourself look like a ghost to see me, Yun Yueyin, you've become more cunning than before."