Chapter 66: Chapter 66 Pain So Severe I Can’t Breath
Tian Yuan’s expression was tinged with impatience, his gaze coldly swept over the joyous face of Mu Tingting, his brows slightly furrowed as he indifferently said, “Let’s go, I have no time to waste here.”
He didn’t bother with Mu Tingting who was behind him anymore and strode toward the outside of the courtyard. Seeing him leave, Mu Tingting suddenly snapped back to reality and quickly chased after him…
Tian Yuan didn’t actually want Mu Tingting to become his true attendant. Therefore, he didn’t return to the Qingyun Sect, even though the competition had ended. With Wu Yu’s consent, he planned to stay in Feng City for a while.
What followed then was a period in Mu Tingting’s life as an attendant that she would never forget…
Every morning before dawn, she had to get up to gather herbs on the Luori Mountains not far from Feng City, and by the time she returned, it would be dark. That still wasn’t enough – during the refinement of elixirs, she must assist Tian Yuan. If she did something wrong, at the least she would be scolded fiercely, and at most, she would be punished by not allowing her to eat for three days.
Mu Tingting originally thought that after hardship comes happiness. It was only now that she realized she had entered hell.
After all, when had she, a noble young lady, ever suffered such hardship? Not only had she lost a great deal of weight, but her strength hadn’t improved at all, far worse than her life at the Mu Family…
“Mu Tingting, take these herbs to Prince Jing Mansion for Feng’er,” Tian Yuan said with a stern face as he placed a basket of herbs in front of Mu Tingting.
Mu Tingting, at the thought of finally seeing Young Master Shi, swallowed the bitterness in her mouth and respectfully lowered her head, “Yes, Master Tianyuan.”
She picked up the basket of herbs and turned to leave, completely missing the cold smile that had appeared at the corner of Tian Yuan’s mouth.
On the bustling street in front of Prince Jing Mansion, Mu Tingting slowly stopped, she lifted her head to gaze at the imposing mansion and her heart stirred with excitement.
In a daze, she seemed to see that handsome man standing before her, looking at her with a tender gaze, and then uttering the most beautiful words in the world.
“Ting’er, in this lifetime, you will be the woman I love the most. I will protect you for all of my life.”
“What is Mu Ruyue compared to? The only person who can become Lady Shi is you, and you alone.”
“Ting’er, now that you have become my woman, I will surely grant you a proper status. Wait for me, at the latest in three months I will announce to the world that you are the woman I am going to marry.”
Time passed, yet those words seemed to linger from just yesterday.
She went straight into Prince Jing Mansion without any obstacles, and Mu Tingting, suppressing her surging heart, slowly pushed the door open…
The curtains fluttered slightly, revealing two snow-white bodies, shadowy and indistinct, before her eyes. Their alternating high and low voices fiercely hammered Mu Tingting’s heart. With a clatter, the basket of herbs she was holding fell to the ground.
For a moment, Mu Tingting lost the ability to think, just staring in disbelief, her beautiful eyes wide open at the man who had promised to cherish her for a lifetime.
Though she had known she might one day witness such a scene, now that she had actually stumbled upon it, her heart felt brutally torn apart, the pain nearly suffocating her…
“Ting’er?” Ye Tianfeng seemed to notice the movement outside the door. He hadn’t managed to get off the woman beneath him when he saw Mu Tingting standing at the door. A flicker of panic passed through his eyes, but it disappeared in an instant.
The woman beneath him had eyes like silk, her face seductive, as she wrapped her arms around Ye Tianfeng like a snake and asked with a charming smile, “Young Master Shi, who is she?”
“She is…” Ye Tianfeng glanced at Mu Tingting and said, “My woman.”
Not Lady Shi, just one of his women…