Chapter 2

Tonight, I was once again immobilized by acupoint manipulation and forcibly sent into Xie Heng’s room.

The rain of passion had just ceased.

The man swiftly dressed and left.

Before leaving, he glanced at me.

He was already neat and proper, impeccably dressed, a stark contrast to me on the bed.

My clothes barely covered me, and I lay limp as mud.

Retracting his gaze, his tone was indifferent, “Thank you for your trouble. Rest early.”

I don’t know how much time passed.

I had just put on my clothes when the door was pushed open.

Eldest Aunt entered with her attendants. “Has the General left?”

“Yes.”

I clutched the hem of my clothes tightly and answered in a low voice.

“How was it just now?”

Her question was blunt to the extreme. “How many times?”

As she spoke, she instructed the maid beside her, “Go, place a soft pillow under Miss’s waist.”

I was forced to lie with my head low and feet high, like a puppet at someone’s mercy-humiliated and degraded.

Eldest Aunt patted my hand reassuringly.

“Don’t feel wronged. To become the In-house Concubine of General Xie is something countless Maids would beg for.”

I remained silent.

But then her tone shifted, her words suddenly carrying a hidden meaning.

“Rest assured, Eldest Aunt sees all that you do for your Eldest Sister.”

“That Jiang Songjing-I’ve already had your father recommend him for an official post, to work under your father.”

“As long as you obediently bear a child, Eldest Aunt will ensure his career remains unblemished.”

I gripped the corner of the quilt tightly.

Jiang Songjing…

The familiar name reached my ears, making my heart ache all the more.

A youthful face seemed to appear before my eyes-refined, gentle, and full of spirit.

But.

There is no future for us anymore.

Ten days ago, Eldest Aunt forced me to write him a letter.

Just a few lines, painting the image of a newly favored noblewoman, disdainfully kicking away her lover from poorer days.

To make him give up, I had to write at the end of the letter-

“How could a Mountain Village Bumpkin ever be worthy of my noble status?”

After that day,

He never wrote back to me again.