Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Yu Shuya could only count herself unlucky. She rolled up her sleeves and kept scrubbing the linen in her hand. Once they completed the chores, she rushed to the kitchen for lunch preparation.
“Ouch!”
She ran too fast that she did not notice the person coming from the opposite direction when she was turning the corner.
She raised her head to come face-to-face with a tall, skinny nun. She had her head bowed low and was wearing a veil that covered her face. So, Yu Shuya did not get a good look at her facial features.
When she heard of Yu Shuya’s cries, she apologized to her with her head bowed low.
The hoarse, emotionless voice drifted through the wind into her ears.
Yu Shuya was momentarily stunned before she replied with a courteous “It’s fine.” She picked herself up and patted away the dust on her back before she continued her way forward.
But when she passed by the tall, skinny nun, she could feel her heart sank.
She somehow felt that there was more to the nun than her appearance. Although it was just a brief encounter, she could sense a brief moment of killing intent from the nun.
Yu Shuya knew that her feelings on the killing intent from the nun were no illusions. She balled up her fist, intending to find out more about the nun from Yu Niang.
“Young mistress, what’s wrong with you?”
Yu Niang pulled Yu Shuya to her side to check on her when she noticed Yu Shuya stroking her butt with her hand as she made her way towards her.
“I accidentally bumped into a nun on my way here and fell to the ground.”
Yu Niang immediately questioned Yu Shuya on the nun she bumped into, how she looked like and whether she got bullied.
Yu Shuya shook her head and described the nun she bumped into earlier to Yu Niang.
“Yu Niang, the nun wears a ragged nun robe. Her robe is full of patches. Even her cloth shoes are full of patches. She kept her head low and never once raised her head to look at me when she spoke to me.”
Yu Shuya tried to recall her encounter with the tall, skinny nun and described her in detail to Yu Niang, hoping that Yu Niang would be able to tell her the nun’s identity immediately.
Listening to Yu Shuya’s description of the nun, Yu Niang was immediately relieved. She was relieved as long as it was not Master Miao Jun that Yu Shuya faced.
“Yu Niang, who is that nun. Isn’t she tired of keeping her head low? Don’t her neck feel sore?”
Yu Shuya curiously asked as she shook Yu Niang’s hand, requesting immediate answers.
“Young mistress, she was Master Yuzhi. It was lucky for you to have met her. Else, it would be disastrous for you.”
Yu Niang gently nudged Yu Shuya’s forehead, gesturing her to sit and listen to her talk.
“I don’t know much about Master Yuzhi as she usually held her head low and a person of few words. She usually keeps to herself and walks alone, and because of her quietness, she gets bullied quite often.”
Were there ranking for those who were the target of bullying in this temple?
Else, why would she feel that Master Yuzhi suffered a fate worse than hers in this temple?
But she immediately changed her mind and felt that she suffered the worst fate in this temple.
That was because the moment she turned her head, she saw Master Yuzhi staring back at her with a stony expression.
What luck she had to have Master Yuzhi standing behind her when she was finding out about her. She had no idea how long Master Yuzhi had been standing there, listening to them discussing her.
Although Master Yuzhi lowered her head immediately when Yu Shuya turned to look at her, Yu Shuya could still feel the murderous intent from Master Yuzhi’s icy stares.
Why did she feel that Master Yuzhi harbored malicious intentions towards her?