She Holds the World After Being Reborn
Chapter 302 - 301: I Don’t Mind Being Used for Revenge

Chapter 302: Chapter 301: I Don’t Mind Being Used for Revenge

A wealthy family arrived in Xiangcheng, snapping up the largest courtyard in the city as soon as they entered.

As of now, they had been living there for five days.

It had still been raining in the morning, but by noon the weather had cleared up, and the air once again started to fill with humid vapors.

Shen Shuyun took her medicine and fell asleep under the covers, and when she awoke, her fever was gone.

"Awake? Would you like some porridge to fill your stomach?" Upon opening her eyes, she saw a handsome youth sitting in front of her.

Shen Shuyun remembered him, the younger cousin of Yan Wanqing, named Sun Hongxuan.

"...Yes, thank you," Shen Shuyun nodded her head.

But Sun Hongxuan did not leave, his youthful cheeks tinged with a touch of pink as he hesitantly tugged at his clothing, "Would miss please let go?"

Only then did Shen Shuyun notice that her right hand was tightly clutching the corner of his garment. She quickly let go in embarrassment, the fabric that had been smooth was now crinkled and hung in folds at the side of his leg.

She said in a low and embarrassed voice, "Sorry."

"It’s nothing." Sun Hongxuan naturally had a tolerance for this girl whom Yan Wanqing had brought back, and spoke in a soft voice, "Rest a while longer, I’ll ask the kitchen to send some porridge."

Last night she had clung to the corner of his clothing, refusing to let go, and cried out in her dreams; she looked pitiful, which made it hard for one not to feel compassion, so Sun Hongxuan and Cong Ge had looked after her the whole night.

That morning, Yan Lingzhen had come to deliver Cold Relieving Medicine, and Shen Shuyun had awakened for a while, but she had been feverish at that time, probably not remembering it now.

Sun Hongxuan walked outside and seeing that the rain had stopped, he couldn’t help but stretch lazily.

He just happened to bump into Yan Wanqing, who had come to see Shen Shuyun’s condition.

He was startled for a moment, "Cousin, cousin!"

"Mhm," Yan Wanqing nodded her head, noticing the dark circles beneath his eyes, "Didn’t sleep all night?"

Sun Hongxuan rubbed the back of his head and nodded, smiling a bit sheepishly.

"The house has servants, don’t allow this next time. If your sister finds out how you’ve mistreated the eldest son of the Sun Family, she may very well skin me alive," Yan Wanqing joked, reaching out to pat his shoulder, "Go back and rest, I’ll go check on her."

When she finished speaking, she left, leaving Sun Hongxuan standing there dumbfounded, the faint fragrance in the air making his earlobes turn red and hot.

Inside the house.

Shen Shuyun struggled to lift the blankets and reached out her hand for the teacup on the bedside table, her throat painfully dry after a night of fever.

"Lie back down," Yan Wanqing handed her the cup, "You can call for a servant to help."

Grasping the cup in her palm, Shen Shuyun said a gentle thank you, then lifted the cup and drained it in one gulp.

"I was born to a peasant family..." she suddenly began to speak.

Yan Wanqing raised her eyebrows slightly.

Was she about to start telling her own story?

Shen Shuyun spoke of her past with a fairly calm expression.

"Our family was poor, I lost my mother at a young age, then my father. The people at home cursed me as a harbinger of death, wanting to drive me out, but my grandfather insisted on keeping me... After grandfather passed away, I met Song Huaxu." As she said this, she looked up at Yan Wanqing, a clear hatred emerging in her transparent eyes, "Just like the first time we met, under those circumstances, he saved me and I have since been raised in the Divine Church of Light."

"...If it weren’t for you that day, I would never have known about a woman named Song Ning who bears such a resemblance to me." Shen Shuyun clutched the edge of her water cup, her pearly teeth biting her lower lip, turning the flesh pale from her bite.

"For this, I must thank you, otherwise I might have ended up as the second Fu Mingyue," Shen Shuyun chuckled softly, "You don’t seem like a good person, and you don’t exactly act with honor, but I still find you somewhat agreeable."

Yan Wanqing raised her eyebrows, "You really don’t know how to speak, how am I not like a good person, don’t forget who fished you out of the river last night, if it weren’t for me, you could have been underground now."

Shen Shuyun: "..."

Her lips twitched slightly, "Do you think I don’t know your purpose for saving me? You just want to use me against Song Huaxu, don’t you?"

"Not too stupid after all. Now that you know my true intentions, what do you plan to do? Run away?" Yan Wanqing picked up the teapot and poured water into her cup, as Cong Ge also came over with a tray containing steaming millet porridge and some delicate side dishes.

Cong Ge smiled tenderly, her complexion still pale from staying up all night.

"Miss Shen had a fever all through the night and shouldn’t eat anything too nourishing right now, have some porridge first to moisten your throat," Cong Ge placed the tray on the small table.

Seeing this, Shen Shuyun’s eyes welled up slightly, but she quickly suppressed the tears.

She hung her head low, and after a long while said, "I won’t run away."

Shen Shuyun looked up at Yan Wanqing, "You want Song Huaxu’s life, I can help you."

"You?" Yan Wanqing let out a soft laugh, "You’re his only female disciple now, why would you help me and why should I trust you?" She remembered clearly, in Mingyue Town, it was Shen Shuyun who first came out to confuse their onslaught, a disciple of the Divine Church of Light.

She didn’t relish the idea of conspiring with the tiger for its skin.

Shen Shuyun’s gaze was fierce, her tone carrying a trace of sincerity, "I can prove myself to you until you fully trust me."

"The reason," Yan Wanqing couldn’t understand why Shen Shuyun was suddenly offering goodwill.

Just because she was pulled out of the river last night?

Shen Shuyun’s fingers turned white at the knuckles as she licked her dry lips gently opening her mouth, "Because of my grandfather, he was a member of the Governor’s Office Pass."

At the mention of the Governor’s Office Pass, everyone fell silent.

Everyone knew how desolate that battle was.

Shen Shuyun forced a bitter smile, "The day before the city was sealed, I promised my grandfather I’d bring food for everyone, but who would have thought, the food was never found, and my grandfather was gone... I should never have left, I should have died with my grandpa."

As she spoke, tears finally fell from her eyes.

Cong Ge, with a heart of compassion, pulled a handkerchief from within her clothes and offered it to her.

Shen Shuyun took the handkerchief, choking out her thanks, "...After being rescued by Song Huaxu, I always wanted to return to the Governor’s Office Pass, so I kept pleading with him. He said the Pass was already at war, sustaining three full days and nights, corpses strewn everywhere; everyone thought none survived. But then Fu Mingyue brought the eldest son of the Yan Family back, yet he had lost all his memories."

All the storylines were coming together now.

Yan Wanqing listened expressionlessly.

"If you hadn’t revealed to the whole world what the Emperor had done, I would still be fooled by Song Huaxu, thinking of him as a great philanthropist!" Shen Shuyun said, her eyes brimming with hatred, "But it was obviously him, he schemed and took the lives of my grandfather and everyone else! He’s the real culprit behind everything!"

"So, I want to seek revenge! Even without you, if it’s just me, I will do everything in my power to avenge my grandfather!"

"I’m not as capable as you are, able to strategize and command, but I have a face identical to Song Ning’s, and though Song Huaxu doesn’t say it, I know this face is very important to him!"

"If I can avenge this grievance, Yan Wanqing, I don’t mind being used by you, really..."

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