Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After a moment of silence, Feng Ruqing turned and faced Nalan Yan.

 “I've been ready since the day the Divine Herbs Sect's people came. Mother, we'll be ready to leave.”

 Tang Yin's eyes lit up when she heard Feng Ruqing's words. “Xiao Qing, are you going back to Fengyun Manor? Can I follow you?”

 Fengyun Manor was like a second home to Xiao Qing, but Tang Yin had never been there.

 'It must be fun!'

 After all, that vixen Nan Xian had never been to Fengyun Manor, and she would be the first person to set foot in it!

 “Alright.”

 Feng Ruqing laughed as she turned her head. She came to an abrupt halt when she saw Xiao Ya's teary eyes.

 “Xiao Ya?”

 Xiao Ya was in a trance, but Feng Ruqing's voice brought back her senses. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and smiled at Feng Ruqing.

 Tang Yin raised her head as she heard Feng Ruqing's words.

 Suddenly, a face that was disfigured beyond recognition appeared before her eyes.

 Tang Yin could not tell how old that woman was, but her eyes were exceptionally clear, so clear that it made her heart tremble.

 She felt her heart shaking her with inexplicable deep emotion, unexplainable. She was not sure why her heart was in pain the moment she saw that woman.

 She… Had never seen her before, had she?

 “Xiao Ya, what's wrong?” Feng Ruqing had never seen Xiao Ya in such a condition. She then followed Xiao Ya's gaze and saw Tang Yin's adorable face.

 Xiao Ya hurriedly shook her head and pointed at the wounds on her face, showing that it was these wounds that had caused her some discomfort.

 “You…”

 Tang Yin was somewhat shocked to see Xiao Ya, and she could not help but get closer to her. Her heart filled with pain as she asked, “You can talk?”

 Xiao Ya was startled and nodded.

 “Then, your injury…” Tang Yin bit her lower lip hard, her voice trembling. “Who did this? Who did this to you?”

 Xiao Ya dropped her eyes to hide the hurt.

 It was as if there was endless sorrow filling her eyes.

 That person…

 It was a pain she never wanted to feel in her life.

 It was also the hurdle she could never get past.

 It was her unspeakable past…

 Therefore, facing Tang Yin's clear eyes, Xiao Ya could only shake her head and smile.

 She raised her trembling hand, wanting to touch Tang Yin's head. But after seeing her dirty hand, she retracted her hand, somewhat afraid to touch her.

 The girl in front of her was so clean, it seemed like… She was having a good time.

 Feng Ruqing looked at Xiao Ya, and then at Tang Yin.

 She remembered the first time she saw this woman in the back mountain of the chief manor. She inexplicably wanted to take her away, and at that moment, she always felt… a familiar feeling toward this woman.

 But, she had no way of finding the reason for that feeling.

 Now, when she thought about it again, it was her eyes…

 Even though she had scars all over her body and her face was ruined, her pair of eyes were still as clear as water.

 It was too similar to… Tang Yin's…

 Suddenly…

Feng Ruqing recalled what the Tang family's elder, Tang Yi, had said when he came to her back then.

 Tang Yin was not the second master of the Tang family's biological daughter, but he had brought her back from somewhere else. And that second master of the Tang family had told this secret only to Tang Yi before he died…