Chapter 152: 152 became an ugly girl Chapter 152: 152 became an ugly girl Although their hands and feet were no longer bound, and they no longer had to eat cakes laced with Sleeping Drug, they were still unable to leave the courtyard. Only three old women were responsible for their food and management, but there were several strong men guarding the gate, so escaping was still very difficult.
Moreover, they were divided into teams, three girls to a group, each required to monitor the others. If one attempted to escape, the other two would be implicated as well.
Ye Jiu was teamed up with two slightly older girls; one was fourteen and the other fifteen, while Ye Jiu was only ten years old.
Most importantly, all the girls who had been captured were very beautiful, with only Ye Jiu being plain and even quite ugly.
After listening to the instructions, Ye Jiu and the others were led away.
Reaching the doorway, Ye Jiu suddenly heard one of the old women questioning, “This batch of girls is mostly fine, just fatten them up for ten days or half a month, and they will surely fetch a good price. But that dark, fat, and terribly ugly girl, what’s the deal with her? You dragged her all this distance, even with her looks — don’t you find it bothersome?”
Ye Jiu’s face fell; the ‘dark, fat, and terribly ugly girl’ – wasn’t that referring to herself?
Ye Jiu was self-aware. After all, compared with the other girls, except for herself, each one of them was indeed rather attractive.
As for herself, Ye Jiu believed that her current appearance was definitely due to poison she suffered from in the previous years.
By inertia, the Royal Family of Dongyue Country had near centuries of selective genetics refining their features, certainly not ordinary.
Moreover, her father being a Prince, would surely not have taken an ugly woman as his wife.
Therefore, the only reason for her current ugliness, besides the damage from the poison, was unfathomable.
Afterward, they said something, but Ye Jiu couldn’t hear anymore, because they were driven forward like ducks being herded.
Arriving in the room they were assigned, Ye Jiu, unlike the other two’s sorrowful mood, relievedly took a seat on the bed by the window, claiming her spot first.
How could she escape?
Compared to the journey here, at least now they had the freedom of movement, the only difficulty in escaping was how to leave this courtyard!
However, the greatest challenge was the grouping of three. This meant the other two in her group would surely keep a close watch over her.
Additionally, her escape would implicate others, and Ye Jiu was not the kind of person to disregard the lives of others for her own sake.
But even if she managed to bring the other two along, not to mention whether they were willing, the success rate of their escape would greatly diminish.
This was indeed a very troubling matter!
As for her family back home, she wasn’t too worried about the others, but the one Ye Jiu couldn’t let go of was Mrs. He, the woman who cherished her like a lifeblood.
Although the soap business could take care of the family’s livelihood, her sudden disappearance must have deeply saddened her mother. What would become of her grief?
This woman was the only person in two lifetimes who had wholeheartedly treated her kindly.
In her previous life, although she lived with her grandmother, in her grandmother’s heart, the most beloved was always the grandson who lived with her father outside. Her affection for Ye Jiu was greatly discounted.
Only Mrs. He always had Ye Jiu as her dearest, irreplaceable in her heart and eyes.