After being reborn, I became the apple of my enemy's eye.

Listening to the explanation from the maid outside.

They naturally had no idea what Yan Yun was thinking; these explanations were merely to avoid angering Zheng Jihua.

Zheng Jihua knew his daughter was tired, and he naturally prepared these things because he wanted her to be happy. If his daughter didn't like them, then they would be useless.

"Take Miss to rest."

There were still quite a few guests in the front yard, and Zheng Jihua still needed to socialize with them.

Zheng Jihua only left after watching Yan Yun return to her room.

The maids served Yan Yun, removing the hairpins that were almost crushing her head. There were nearly twenty different kinds of hairpins, and even the silk she wore was embroidered with gold thread.

After changing into his bedclothes, Yan Yuncai felt much more relaxed.

After the maids finished serving him, they watched over Yan Yun as he lay down.

"Miss, the lamp is out."

The maids left one by one.

In the darkness, Yan Yun opened her eyes and sat up from the bed.

She looked up at the person hanging upside down above her head.

Jing Yue noticed her gaze and spoke first, saying, "The birthday of the young lady from the money shop is truly unique."

Yan Yun listened to his words with a hint of amusement. If he were to speak to her like this at this hour, it would only make her more tired today.

Moonlight streamed into the room through the window.

He noticed that Yan Yun looked dejected.

"Why are you unhappy?"

Today, everyone was talking about what Zheng Jihua had prepared for Yan Yun. Everyone was laughing, and everyone thought she was Zheng Jihua's precious daughter.

He was the first to say he was unhappy.

How could you tell I wasn't happy?

“You’re completely different from those other girls; your worries are practically written all over your face.” He jumped down from the roof beam, took something out of his pocket, and handed it to Yan Yun. “Since it’s your birthday, I’ll give this to you.”

And what he gave me wasn't those pieces of jewelry.

He held a black pill in his hand and handed it to Yan Yun, saying, "Eat this."

Yan Yun frowned even more deeply as he looked at the blackened pill, and directly refused, "No."

Jing Yue did not understand why Yan Yun refused.

"how?"

"I dare not put this thing of unknown origin into my stomach."

Yan Yun wouldn't eat these things just because he taught her.

Jing Yue's lips twitched slightly as he heard Yan Yun refuse him without hesitation.

Although Yan Yun couldn't see the expression on his face, his hesitation made Yan Yun even more suspicious.

"If you give it to me, I can accept it."

But eating it is out of the question.

Yan Yun took the pill, found a box containing a luminous pearl, opened it, took out the pearl, and put the pill inside.

There were other gifts on the table.

Yan Yun recognized the box that Yun Yi had sent at a glance.

Yan Yun put the pills away and opened the box that Yun Yi had given her. Inside the box was a hairpin, which was not as luxurious as the gifts that Zheng Jihua had prepared, and the carving was not very fine.

Jing Yue watched from the side, then reached out and took the hairpin, offering a blunt assessment: "This craftsman's skills are not very good."

Whether it's good or bad, it doesn't matter to me.

Yan Yun closed the box.

He said to Jing, "You can take it if you like."

Jing said he did not understand.

"Someone gave it to you, and you just handed it over to me like that?"

Yan Yun looked at him.

Why are you concerned about this hairpin?

Faced with Yan Yun's counter-question.

Jing Yue was slightly taken aback, but he immediately let go and put the hairpin back. "It was just a joke."

Yan Yun continued to look at him, his eyes seeming to see right through him.

The surroundings quieted down, and the two looked at each other.

Jingyue took a few steps back. "Since you don't like this gift, I'll give you something else. How about a tour of the city?"

Yan Yun also wanted to leave the mansion. "I'll change my clothes first."

"Just put it on the outside."

Yan Yun changed into light clothes and followed Jing Yue. The two jumped out of the mansion through the window.

The guests in the front courtyard of the mansion had not all left yet, and some were still drinking. The noise could be heard from afar. The back courtyard was much quieter, as the women had all left early and returned to their respective residences.

Even servants who have worked hard all day need time to rest.

Jingyue told Yanyun, "Because of your birthday, you will be able to move around more easily tonight."

He led Yan Yun over those high walls, showing him the brightly lit buildings, the city moat, and the distant city walls. Yan Yun stood on the city wall, gazing into the distance. This was the first time he had seen such a view. Although he couldn't see anything clearly because of the darkness, it was precisely because he couldn't see clearly that Yan Yun felt an unprecedented sense of relaxation.

Jingyue stood aside.

"It's a pity we can't see much at night."

"very good already."

A patrol team carrying torches approached from a distance.

Jing Yue pulled Yan Yun back.

"it's time to go."

After coming down from the city wall, Yan Yun thought he was going back to Zheng Yuan.

Jing Yue led him to a place where the surroundings reeked of a foul stench.

Yan Yun is somewhat sensitive to smells; she doesn't want to get close to anything that smells bad.

She wondered why Jingyue had stopped here.

Jing Yue stepped forward and pushed open the half-closed door, saying to Yan Yun, "Come in."

The small, dilapidated house was piled with junk everywhere, and the door that Jing Yue pushed open was teetering on the verge of collapse; it wouldn't be surprising if it shattered into pieces at any moment.

Yan Yun followed Jing Yue into the house.

The room was pitch black, lit only by an oil lamp. As Yan Yun's eyes adjusted to the darkness, she was surprised to see the woman from before. Yan Yun was startled.

"she?"

The woman was the same one Shi Yunjun had beaten up before. Yan Yun looked at Jing Yue in shock, "How come she's here?"

What happened to her after she left?

Jing said, "I don't know. I only know that she was thrown out and when I found her, she was still breathing."

The woman on the bed coughed when she heard voices and turned to look in the direction where Yan Yun and the others had come in.

Upon seeing that the person entering was Jing Yue, he immediately mustered his strength and said, "Yes, it's my benefactor who has returned."

Jingyue looked at her and said, "Your complexion looks even worse."

Following Jing Yue's voice, Yan Yun looked at the woman's face. Indeed, the woman's face was deathly pale.

The woman was not discouraged by these words. Instead, she had already seen through it all: "My body is already incomplete, so I should have died long ago. Now I am just lingering on, making a laughing stock and bringing shame to my family."

As she said these words, she felt even more devastated.

With a sob in her voice, she said, "If it weren't for me, my father wouldn't have died so violently in the street." After she finished speaking, she couldn't control her tears anymore, and the tears fell like pearls from a broken string.

As Yan Yun listened to her words, a surge of anger inexplicably rose within him.

She's the pitiful one, she's the one who suffered everything, yet in the end she still thinks it's all her fault? Shouldn't the real culprit be that villain, Shi Yunjun?

Suppressing her anger, Yan Yun looked at Jing Yue and asked, "Should we call a doctor?"

When the woman heard Yan Yun speak, her eyes darted around and she saw Yan Yun standing there.

She seemed to recognize Yan Yun, but she didn't say anything. Instead, she spoke up for Jing Yue, "With my body like this, even if I hire a doctor, it would be a waste. Please, benefactors, don't bother with my crippled body anymore. Even if it were cured, there would be no way out for me."

Yan Yun saw that she was weak, yet kept calling her incomplete.

She looks exactly the same as Ru Qing did after she was injured and disfigured.

They kept saying they had lost everything and wanted to die.

Ironically, those who desperately want to survive often fail to do so, even if they risk their lives.

Yan Yun couldn't stand it any longer, so she looked at the woman and directly stopped her.

"If you're so eager to die, how will you avenge your father?"

The woman heard Yan Yun mention her father.

My heart felt as cold as ashes.

But what can she do now?

Her eyes were filled with hatred, but it was directed at Shi Yunjun. "When I get to the underworld, I will curse him, Shi Yunjun, too."

Upon hearing this, Yan Yun burst into laughter, clutching his stomach and laughing out loud.

The woman was so startled by her laughter that she couldn't speak.

What is she laughing at?

She can't do anything, and she's still being laughed at?

Yan Yun simply found the idea laughable. "What can the living do? And what about after they die?" She moved closer to the woman, her eyes conveying the message that she wouldn't do anything herself. Did she intend to wait until Shi Yunjun was a hundred years old before going to her so-called underworld? You can't take revenge while you're alive? Do you think you can take revenge on him after you're dead?

Yan Yun changed the subject.

"Or are you just saying these things to deceive yourself and give yourself a reason to die peacefully?"