I've been bullied and humiliated for thirteen years; when I wake up, I'll be bloodthirsty.

Chapter 55 Cannot Bear Waste

Yan Yue sat on the other side, watching Lu Yangyang eat while he ate slowly. He wasn't very hungry, but perhaps because Lu Yangyang was eating so deliciously, he unconsciously ate two bowls of rice as well. When Lu Yangyang very restrainedly put down her chopsticks, Yan Yue looked at the table in shock, which was now empty except for the few dishes in front of him.

Yan Yue silently put down his chopsticks and asked softly, "Are you full?"

Lu Yangyang nodded: "I'm full."

She looked at Yan Yue, puzzled. "Aren't you going to eat?"

Yan Yue: "I'm full too."

Lu Yangyang pointed to what was in front of him: "You haven't finished eating yet."

Yan Yue: "...Grandma, you probably don't know, but Eunuch Cao prepared enough lunch for five people."

The implication was that even if all three of them sat down, they couldn't possibly finish the food. Heaven knows, she ate at least the equivalent of three people's meals by herself, and he really couldn't understand how such a small person could fit so much food in her.

Is her stomach a bottomless pit?

Lu Yangyang frowned, looking at the remaining food with some hesitation.

She simply couldn't stand the sight of leftovers.

Strangely enough, Yan Yue immediately understood what she meant.

He quickly picked up the bowl he had put down: "Grandma, my ancestor, I'll eat it. Don't glare at me. I know you can't stand waste, but you can't stuff yourself to death, can you?"

Hearing him say that, Lu Yangyang felt a little embarrassed and muttered, "There are still so many people in this world who don't have enough to eat, why waste food? My biggest dream used to be that I could store up any leftover food so I could eat it whenever I was hungry."

Yan Yue couldn't help but ask, "Did you often go hungry before? Aren't you quite good at making money? When you're hungry, you can just buy food. Why do you have to force yourself to eat your fill at once? Don't misunderstand, I'm not complaining that you eat too much."

Yan Yue was genuinely curious about how Lu Yangyang had grown up.

“I started living alone when I was three years old. I was too small then, my legs were too short, and I couldn’t run fast. There was nothing to eat in the mountains. The villagers couldn’t bear to see me like that, so they would give me some food. But everyone was poor, and we couldn’t even feed ourselves. I couldn’t keep relying on others to give me food, so I never had a full meal for those few years. Even after I was able to support myself, I still couldn’t break this bad habit.” Even now that she’s in the Duke’s mansion and Lu Yangyang won’t go hungry anymore, she still can’t break this habit.

It's a little better now, after all, I've eaten so much delicious food, so at least I'm not as disheveled as I was at the beginning.

Yan Yue stared blankly at Lu Yangyang, "I'm sorry..."

He didn't mean to reopen her wounds; he genuinely didn't know that there were people in this world who lived like that. He had seen people struggling to make a living outside the city, and beggars who relied on begging for a living, but he always just passed by them quickly. He simply couldn't imagine what kind of lives they led.

Lu Yangyang asked, puzzled, "What's there to apologize for? It's not like you threw me away."

Yan Yue was even more shocked: "Were you thrown away? Who did it? It's simply...it's absolutely inhuman!"

He only knew that Lu Yangyang was a distant relative of the Duke's family, and assumed that anyone related to the Duke's family couldn't have a bad life. He never imagined that Lu Yangyang had been abandoned, and that the scars on her face had been branded with a hot iron. He truly couldn't imagine what kind of person could be so cruel as to treat a child like her...

"It was indeed heinous, but she's already dead." Before Lu Yangyang even returned to the Duke's mansion, she had already heard from Granny Liu on the way that the wet nurse He dared to confuse the bloodline of the Duke's mansion, and that from the day this matter was discovered, the culprit was beaten to death.

Her son, daughter-in-law, and other grandchildren were all severely beaten and then sold off.

It is said that this matter was personally ordered by the Duke of Sheng. In any case, after Lu Yangyang arrived at the Duke's mansion, all the relevant people had already been dealt with, leaving only Sheng Yunzhu who was "completely unaware".

Lu Yangyang doesn't really remember much about what happened before she was three years old.

But after having that dream, those previously vague memories became clearer, especially after confirming that Sheng Yunzhu was reborn. She became even more certain that Sheng Yunzhu knew about it from the beginning, that she had planned it all along, and that it was Sheng Yunzhu who instigated the wet nurse He to throw her away.

Otherwise, things would follow the trajectory of Sheng Yunzhu before her rebirth. She returned to the Duke's Mansion when she was three years old to be the Duke's daughter, and the current Sheng Yunzhu would enter the mansion together and grow up with her.

But Sheng Yunzhu, who has taken her place, will never allow her to return to the capital.

She was probably certain that the He family couldn't have survived, which is why she kept them in the capital, working in the Duke's mansion. Otherwise, given Sheng Yunzhu's methods, she would have silenced them long ago, and this matter would never have been exposed.

Even now, after she has returned to the capital, Sheng Yunzhu is still doing everything she can to drive her out.

The story of the Fairy of Supreme Goodness is not the end, but the beginning.

Lu Yangyang was determined to see if Sheng Yunzhu could successfully kick her out, just like in her dream.

Lu Yangyang and Yan Yue were whispering to each other, completely unaware that the Crown Prince, who had been by the window, hadn't turned a page in a long time. He turned his head slightly, his gaze falling on the thin but tenacious little girl, unable to look away for a long time.

By the time Yan Yue put down his chopsticks with a burp, Lu Yangyang had already stood up and called to the Crown Prince, who was sitting by the window, "Your Highness, we can begin now."

Yan Yue immediately jumped up: "Is there anything I can help with?"

Lu Yangyang pointed outside: "Yes, stand guard outside and don't let anyone in. Jiaojiao guarded the door for you last time."

Yan Yue: "..."

Hearing the commotion, Eunuch Cao, who was guarding the door, came in, pushed the Crown Prince's wheelchair, and said to Lu Yangyang, "Miss Lu, if you need anything, just tell this old servant."

Lu Yangyang thought for a moment and asked, "Do you know martial arts? Are you very strong?"

It wasn't that she was suspicious, but rather that Eunuch Cao seemed amiable, but didn't appear to be any kind of expert.

“If Miss Lu needs any help, then this old servant should have no problem,” Eunuch Cao replied.

Lu Yangyang glanced at the Crown Prince and, seeing that he remained silent, understood that this must be the person the Crown Prince trusted most. She nodded and said to Yan Yue, "You stay outside and keep watch. His Highness's condition may require acupuncture for a while, but no matter how long it takes, make sure no one comes in to disturb him. If my hand shakes and I miss the mark, it will be a big problem."

Yan Yue thought to himself, this villa is like an iron barrel. Not to mention people, even a fly passing by will be thoroughly examined.

However, he still cooperatively assured everyone: "Don't worry! Leave it to me!"

Lu Yangyang had Eunuch Cao push the Crown Prince into the room, moved the soft couch to a brighter spot, and let the Crown Prince lie down on it.