Chapter 57: Pain, Because of Expectation

  Dongfang Chen's eyes were sharp and piercing as he carefully sized up Yun Jingchu.

  He just turned his head and swept it unintentionally, suddenly seeing a pair of eyes that looked very similar to Yun Jingxu's. He turned his head to take another look, but found that there was a strange little girl standing there, who looked a bit like Yun Jingxu, but with clear and confused eyes, completely unlike Yun Jingxu's sharp and intimidating gaze.

  "I present to Your Majesty, this is my humble daughter Jing Chu." Zhu Shi hastily bowed and replied.

  "Oh..." Dongfang Chen nodded slightly, his eyes still lingering with a hint of confusion.

  It turned out that Yun Jingshu was her younger sister with the same parents, no wonder he had a misunderstanding.

  Yu Yunjing glanced at Cloud Pure again, and Dongfang Chen took a big step back. Only then did Cloud Pure's suddenly raised heart slowly put down, falling into his stomach.

  "See off His Majesty." The crowd said in unison.

  After Dongfang Chen left, the madam said she would stay behind to take care of Yun Tai Yao and told Zhu Shi to leave first.

  Zhu didn't insist and let Madame help take care of things, then led Yun Jingchu out.

  "Let's go, we're going to see your sister." Zhu's gaze suddenly became a bit sorrowful, and she pulled Yun Jingchu's hand towards the southwest corner of the imperial palace.

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  The entire palace was cold and deserted, the garden overgrown with weeds because no one tended to it, the beautiful flowers were robbed of land and nutrients, and instead became dull and listless.

  Two palace maids sat under the corridor chatting and eating melon seeds, looking very relaxed.

  Zhu's expression became increasingly sorrowful.

  Yun Jingchu coughed lightly, startling the two palace maids, who turned around in confusion and immediately recognized her as Yun Jingchu's mother and younger sister. Since hardly anyone came here, the few people who had been here before were all familiar to the young palace maidens.

  "Cloud Madam, Cloud Miss." The two little palace maids hastily stood up and saluted respectfully.

  "What about Mrs. Jing Shu?" Madam Zhu calmed herself down and spoke in a relatively calm tone.

  "The lady is in the palace, you come with us." The little maid hastily led the way.

  She walked all the way into the hall and initially looked at the woman sitting by the window, pale-faced, with her eyes slightly closed to bask in the sun.

  "......Madam, I've come into the palace with your sister to see you." Zhu Shi stepped forward, holding back tears in her eyes, and spoke softly.

  Yun Jingshu heard this and her eyelashes trembled slightly, she opened her eyes and looked at Zhu Shi with a bewildered expression, as if she didn't recognize the person in front of her.

  Zhu sat down beside her, holding her hand, with tears in her eyes, repeatedly saying words that were nothing more than reminding her to eat more, get up and walk around more often, not sit for too long, and remember to add clothes when it gets cold. Zhu repeated these words over and over again, repeating the reminders.

  Yun Jingchu watched this scene, her eyes a little moist. In the 21st century, she was an orphan, growing up in an orphanage when she was young, and later growing up in an assassin training camp. She yearned for warmth and family, and longed to build a cozy home with that person, so she would have her own loved ones and her own home. Her excessive expectations made it unbearable for her to accept betrayal, which is also why she was so desperate when she knew that person had betrayed her.

  After coming to this world, she told herself that she didn't need warmth, as long as she was strong enough. So for ten years, she rarely saw her relatives, and each time they met, it was just a brief moment, coldly reminding them of a few things before leaving. Her only concern for them was to send people to protect their safety. Perhaps in her subconscious, she was just afraid of betrayal, afraid of being hurt, thinking that if she gave out less emotions and had fewer expectations, she would not get hurt.

  But she still got hurt. The heart-wrenching pain of being betrayed was no less than the previous life. It turned out that deep down, she had expected...

  "Jing Chu, why are you crying?" Just as she was suffocating under the darkness of her past, Zhu's astonished voice rang in her ears.

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