The more cowardly a person is, the more wild they are; I've driven the villainous minister craz

Yun Shang paused slightly, but did not turn around.

Yu Wan didn't mind and quickly said, "I'll stay here tonight to take care of my mother-in-law and Yunxi. You can go back to the next room to sleep."

Yun Shang said nothing and left without lingering.

Yu Wan breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he thought to himself, "Sure enough, Yun Shang doesn't care about the original owner at all."

That's good, it should make it much easier for her to leave the Yun family.

*

The dark room was filled with a cold desolation, and Yun Shang walked very slowly.

Instead of going straight to bed, he turned on the lamp and walked towards the back window of the room.

He opened the window, glanced around, and fixed his gaze on a certain spot.

There was a noticeable dent there.

His dark eyes slowly brewed a bottomless vortex, carrying a murderous aura that could strangle a person.

His usually indifferent expression changed slightly; the corners of his mouth curled up, a smile that seemed both mocking and sarcastic.

The trail led towards that grove of trees.

Beyond the woods, there was only a mass grave.

Yu Wan had taken a shovel to the mass grave.

……

There was nowhere else to sleep in the room. After hesitating for a moment, Yu Wan put several old chairs together and lay down next to the brazier.

Upon arriving, Yu Wan immediately began detoxifying Shen Shi and Yun Xi, followed by physically demanding tasks such as burying the bodies and chasing after Old Man Feng. By then, Yu Wan was exhausted and her limbs were weak and powerless.

My head was also throbbing slightly, perhaps a lingering effect of the large amount of memories I had previously absorbed.

She tried to sort out her current situation, but as soon as she closed her eyes, a surge of sleepiness almost instantly overwhelmed her senses.

At midnight, the dim moonlight was obscured by dark clouds, the night grew even darker and more gloomy, the temperature dropped sharply, and snowflakes began to fall.

The person sleeping on the chair shivered slightly, curling up from the cold. But the chair was only about the size of a palm, and with one movement, she rolled right onto the floor.

Yu Wan's entire body ached from being smashed, but she was so tired that her eyelids felt heavy and she couldn't open her eyes at all.

She thought, feeling utterly hopeless, that sleeping on the floor was no different from sleeping on a chair, so she might as well make do for one night.

The sound of snow falling outside the window made Yu Wan's thoughts gradually blur, but just then, she heard a clear sound of footsteps.

Gradually approaching.

Yu Wan was instantly awakened. She was about to get up when she heard the door creak open.

Who is it?!

She forced her eyes open a crack, her heart pounding with anxiety. When she saw who it was, she secretly clutched the hem of her dress.

It was Yun Shang?!

What's he doing here in the middle of the night, a patient who's not sleeping?!

Seeing the figure curled up on the ground, Yun Shang frowned slightly.

He was always a light sleeper, and when he heard a loud noise next door, he was worried that something had happened to Shen Shi and Yun Xi, so he rushed over to check.

But then he saw Yu Wan lying on the ground.

Yun Shang's gaze swept over the chairs pieced together, and he roughly understood that Yu Wan had fallen asleep on the chairs and rolled off in the middle of the night.

He slowly crouched down and examined Yu Wan by the dim candlelight.

Yu Wan's behavior tonight was somewhat perplexing to him.

Yu Wan has always been good at pleasing her mother and Yun Xi. She always tries to please them in places where they can see her, but she doesn't do things quietly in places where they can't see her.

Yu Wan always had a strong purpose in everything she did, whether it was to please or bribe her mother and Yun Xi, or to please him. In short, Yu Wan would never do anything useless.

But tonight, she reluctantly slept on a chair, silently watching over the unconscious mother and daughter.

And... why did she go to the mass grave?

What he found even more unacceptable was that tonight, he uncontrollably looked at her many times.

Her eyes were so innocent that they were like a foreign object to him.

He had a vague premonition that Yu Wan would be beyond his control, and this premonition made him feel that keeping Yu Wan around would definitely be a disaster.

The candlelight flickered, and the indifferent-looking man knelt on one knee, his profile illuminated by the firelight, revealing his cold and aloof eyes.

Upon closer inspection, a faint hint of murderous intent lingered in his eyes.

It's not a good thing to keep such a restless child by Mother and Yunxi's side.

If we kill her, we can eliminate this threat forever...

Yun Shang reached out and placed the candlestick on the ground, his well-defined knuckles moving closer to Yu Wan.

The girl huddled together, her thin clothes pulled up, revealing a section of her fair and delicate nape.

If he pinches hard enough, Yu Wan will disappear from this house forever.

"Um……"

Yu Wan let out a soft hum, her eyelids fluttered slightly, and she slowly opened her eyes.

After Yun Shang came in, he squatted down beside her without making a sound, and this unknown frightened her.

Especially when she thought about the ruthless methods of the male protagonist in the original novel, Yu Wan's heart trembled with panic.

Could Yun Shang have come to kill her in the middle of the night?

Thinking about it that way, she couldn't keep up the act any longer.

The moment Yu Wan opened her eyes, she vaguely saw Yun Shang withdraw his hand.

What was he doing reaching out his hand?

Seeing that she had woken up, Yun Shang acted as if nothing had happened. He calmly picked up the candlestick, stood up and said indifferently, "I heard some noise over here, so I came to check it out."

"Old Master Feng said that Mother and Yunxi are fine, you can go back to your room to sleep."

Seeing that he didn't intend to kill her, Yu Wan refused without hesitation, "No need, no need!"

She quickly got up from the ground and said, "What if my mother-in-law and Yunxi wake up in the middle of the night and want to drink water? I can take care of them if I stay here."

Yun Shang remained silent, his gaze fixed on the chairs.

Yu Wan froze for a moment, pushed the chair to the edge of the bed, and turned to Yun Shang, saying, "This time I won't fall off, and I definitely won't wake you up."

Her eyes, like black grapes, were clean and bright, sparkling with life, making one want to look at them a few more times.

Yun Shang, however, seemed to have seen something unclean, frowning and avoiding eye contact, her tone cold and indifferent, "Whatever."

After saying that, he immediately turned and left.

Yu Wan was left completely bewildered.

She blinked in confusion, still somewhat incredulous.

She wasn't mistaken, was she? Yun Shang seemed to be angry just now.

No, is he sick? Why is he getting angry for no reason?

“He is indeed sick.” Yu Wan muttered to herself, then rummaged through some old cotton-padded clothes and placed them on the chair.

If you don't put something under your knees, it will hurt your bones.

The Yun family lived a frugal life, and the original owner of this body was not very fleshy.

The rest of the night passed peacefully.

As dawn broke after the snow stopped, a faint golden light shone on the fresh snow, creating a sense of warmth.

The first thing Yu Wan did upon waking up was to stretch contentedly and open the window to greet the rising sun.

It turns out that living a healthy life is so wonderful.

She must live a long life to make up for all the regrets she could only dream of in her past life.

Shen Shi and Yun Xi had not yet woken up, and Yun Shang next door was also not moving, but Yu Wan guessed that they should wake up soon.

As she was thinking about going to the kitchen to make something to eat, she turned around and caught a glimpse of a bright red color out of the corner of her eye.

Huh?

She stopped and turned to look.

Then I saw a light red cotton bib hanging on a bamboo pole outside the window, embroidered with a lotus bud about to bloom.