chapter 25
Chapter 25
Tu San hurriedly climbed up the rope, then pulled Aunt Liu out from the bottom of the well.
Seeing them come up, Ye Xiangxiang couldn’t help but ask, “How are you going to explain this to Father? Everyone thinks the two of you eloped.”
Aunt Liu said, “Second Miss, I have to trouble you with this. Please go and tell Master, make up a reason-just say that these past two days, we were actually hidden away by you.”
“How can that work?”
Ye Xiangxiang took a step back, “You want me to deceive Father? I don’t have the courage, and he wouldn’t believe it anyway…”
Aunt Liu said with a fake smile, “Aren’t you afraid I’ll tell everyone about how you framed the Eldest Miss?”
Seeing her use this threat again, Ye Xiangxiang became anxious.
She shouted, “You were the mastermind behind that! If you insist on telling, you’ll be punished too!”
Aunt Liu said, “Second Miss, if you’re going to help, help all the way.”
“I can only save you from the well, I really can’t help with anything else… You’ll have to figure it out yourself!”
Ye Xiangxiang shook her head again and again, afraid that if she stayed any longer they would be discovered, and turned to leave.
“Stop right there!”
Aunt Liu stared at her, sneering, “Today, whether you want to or not, you have to help!”
Ye Xiangxiang shrank back, turned her head, and asked uneasily, “What do you mean by that?”
Aunt Liu sneered and whispered a few words to Tu San.
Tu San was a little surprised, “Are you sure?”
Aunt Liu replied, “Only like this will she listen to us.”
Tu San said, “Fine, anyway, I won’t lose anything by doing this.”
After saying that, he walked toward Ye Xiangxiang.
“W-what are you doing?”
A wave of dread suddenly surged in Ye Xiangxiang’s heart, and she retreated in panic.
Tu San strode forward, grabbed her, and tightly covered her mouth.
“Mmm…”
Ye Xiangxiang struggled desperately, but in front of the burly Tu San, it was utterly futile.
Tu San dragged her into a nearby house, which had long been abandoned, filled with cobwebs and dust.
Aunt Liu locked the door and found a rag to gag Ye Xiangxiang, then ordered Tu San in a low voice:
“Hurry up! If it takes too long, someone might discover us!”
“You know I’m never quick,” Tu San said with a double meaning, laughing, “To come up with this kind of idea, you really are ruthless.”
As he spoke, he forcefully tore open Ye Xiangxiang’s clothes.
Ye Xiangxiang was shocked and terrified, trembling all over. She realized what Tu San was about to do, but couldn’t believe it.
She still didn’t understand what these two really intended-
Until she was pinned to the cold floor.
Countless emotions seized her in an instant. She wanted to scream, but couldn’t make a sound, and tears streamed down her face.
Aunt Liu stood with folded arms, watching coldly.
Seeing Tu San becoming more and more excited, Aunt Liu urged impatiently, “Are you done yet? I told you to ruin her chastity, not to seek your own pleasure!”
“It was your idea,” Tu San said with a grin, “What are you complaining about?”
Aunt Liu snapped angrily, “Beast! Why weren’t you this energetic with me?”
Tu San thought to himself: You’re a withered flower-how could you compare to this delicate young lady…
Even so, Tu San still sped things up as instructed.
The dark, deserted courtyard buried all ugliness and sin.
After Tu San was done, Ye Xiangxiang collapsed on the ground, her face covered in tears.
Aunt Liu pinched her face and said viciously, “Now will you help us? If you don’t, I’ll tell everyone what happened tonight-let them all know you lost your chastity to a lowly servant! Haha, then no one in the Capital City will want to marry you, everyone will laugh at you, and you’ll never get married!”
Ye Xiangxiang trembled.
This threat was undoubtedly fatal to her.
For a moment, she wanted to end her own life, but realized she didn’t even have the courage to consider it…
Ye Xiangxiang sobbed, her tears flowing again.
Aunt Liu sneered inwardly: a fool who only knows how to cry-no wonder you’re easily used!
She rolled her eyes, then softened her tone, “Actually, you don’t have to be too sad. As long as you help us through this crisis, I guarantee no one will ever know about tonight! And I know a secret art that can restore your body to its original state-afterward, you’ll be just like a pure maiden, and even if you marry into the palace, no one will find out!”
Ye Xiangxiang looked up, her eyes full of regret and hatred.
But even more, there was despair, fear, and helplessness.
She sobbed for a long time before whispering, “Re…really?”
“Of course it’s true!”
Aunt Liu patted Ye Xiangxiang’s hand, saying, “By then you’ll still be the glorious Second Miss of the Prime Minister’s Mansion. You’re so beautiful-how could you not have a bright future?”
Ye Xiangxiang closed her eyes in despair. She had no choice at all.
Aunt Liu smiled smugly.
From then on, Ye Xiangxiang could only be controlled by her, completely reduced to a tool to be used…