The so-called selling herself to bury her father was not true, those most difficult days, Nuandong held her, consoled her, told her not to be afraid, it was not because she spent silver to bury Nuandong’s father; Nuandong was actually arranged for her by Third Uncle.
Yun Jinnian tried hard to think what kind of suffering Nuandong had endured in her previous life, but she didn’t know, only remembering that in the end, Zhu Yan sent someone with the head of Nuandong, eyes wide with terror, right in front of her. She just silently watched, her heart aching beyond measure, yet she could not utter a single word.
Yun Jinnian’s eyes reddened slightly as she carefully looked at Nuandong.
It turned out that Nuandong was so cute as a child, chubby with rosy cheeks, so different from the frail and resolute girl she had become; now she was simple and kind-hearted, timid and serious.
"Miss, Miss, what’s wrong?" Nuandong, holding a sweet melon, couldn’t bear to take a second bite. Seeing Yun Jinnian silent for so long, she became somewhat worried.
Yun Jinnian snapped back to reality at the sound and shook her head sullenly, "No, it’s nothing!"
Seeing Nuandong hold the sweet melon without eating, she hastily said, "You go ahead and eat, there’s more here. Do you have sisters? Can you call them over so I can see them?"
Nuandong was completely taken aback.
This Miss was really too kind.
"May I?" Nuandong asked cautiously.
"Of course, go call them. Don’t worry, Third Uncle won’t blame you!" Yun Jinnian replied, becoming ever more gentle.
In her previous life, she had been powerless, but in this life, she was determined to treat Nuandong well, as well as her sisters.
Nuandong looked at the pastries on the table and thought of her three sisters who truly hadn’t tasted them. Seeing Yun Jinnian’s warm smile, she curtseyed, "Then this servant will go!"
Watching Nuandong leave, Yun Jinnian reflected on how Nuandong had once told her that she was originally to have four sisters, but when the fourth sister was born, her grandmother, seeing it was another daughter, threw her into the slop bucket to drown alive.
They even lied saying the child was born dead.
Her mother didn’t believe it and carried the child to the Governor’s Office to sue. On the way, she was hit by a carriage and by the time she awoke, the little sister had already been hastily buried, and her mother went mad, eventually dying by setting fire to herself!
Yun Jinnian had once asked Nuandong if she hated them?
Nuandong replied, how could she not hate? She hated her grandmother’s heartlessness, even more, she hated her father’s foolish filial piety and ignorance, because the person driving the carriage that hit her mother was her father.
If she hated them, how could she possibly sell herself to bury her father?
Now that she thought about it, Nuandong probably spent her life in exchange for her three sisters’ survival, willingly becoming Third Uncle’s pawn, serving by her side.
How foolish she had been back then to believe in Nuandong’s story of selling herself to bury her father, without carefully considering that a father who indirectly killed her sister and drove her mother insane — would she really sell herself to bury him?
Hopefully, it was not too late, hopefully...
Nuandong stepped out of the courtyard and saw Yun Bi pacing back and forth, which startled her into hiding her smile, "This servant pays respect to the Master!"
Yun Bi looked at Nuandong, "You are not serving the Miss in the room? What are you doing out here?"
"The Miss instructed this servant to bring over the sisters from home to see..." Nuandong said with her head lowered, extremely nervous.
Fearing that Yun Bi would scold her.
Grandmother had been against her serving the Fourth Miss. But it was only after Grandfather personally spoke out that Grandmother refrained from objecting, and naturally, she wanted to perform well.
Yun Bi, however, didn’t question her but asked indifferently, "Has the Miss finished dressing up?"
"Not yet, she’s still in the small hall eating sweet melon!"
Yun Bi took a deep breath, this little girl really had no manners, he asked sternly, "Is there a maid attending to her?"