Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Yu Min felt Yu Niang pulling her body away from the warm embrace she was in.
“Young mistress, kneel.”
Yu Min knelt beside Yu Niang by the window after responding to her request.
Yu Min shivered as the chilly wind hit her frail body. But when she saw Yue Niang gnashing her teeth in anger, she gave up the idea of getting back to the bed.
“Repeat after me, young mistress. We will swear upon the Moon Goddess.”
Yu Min nodded and tried hard to make her eyes and expression look as ignorant as a child.
“I, Yu Niang, your devotee, will become a vegetarian and devoted my life to you, Moon Goddess. My only hope is for Yu Hong’en and Xu Yilian to suffer retribution as soon as possible.”
Yu Niang only made two sentences of short vows before she looked at Yu Min with anticipation.
Yu Min had no choice but to say something as well.
“I, Yu Niang, your devotee, wish that…”
She only said two sentences before Yu Niang interrupted her.
“Young mistress, that is incorrect. Yu Niang is my name. You should replace that with your name.”
Yu Min continued pretending to be confused as she stared blankly at Yu Niang. She did not say another word, but her heart was already frantically screaming.
My God, what was the name of this body? Was her name Yu Min too? In most time-traveling novels, the time-traveler would usually transport to a person with the same name living in a different world. But how could she justify remember her name wrong if that did not happen to her?
Yu Niang burst into tears when she saw Yu Min staring at her in confusion. After her mistress passed away when the young mistress was five-year-old, no one had called her young mistress by her name for years. She felt sorry for the poor girl. If they were not worshiping the Moon Goddess today, she wouldn’t have known that her young mistress had forgotten her name.
“Come, young mistress, repeat after me. Yu Shuya. Yu Shuya. Yu Shuya. Your name is Yu Shuya. Remember your name, young mistress. Never forget your name.”
Yu Min repeatedly chanted the name, Yu Shuya, after Yu Niang, each time more determined than the last.
Although she didn’t know what was going through Yu Niang’s mind and had been searching for an excuse, it was all good now that Yu Niang suspected nothing.
Yu Shuya. The child’s name was Yu Shuya.
Although they did not share the same name, their name was so similar. Perhaps it was her destiny with the owner of this body.
Then, she would call herself Yu Shuya from now on.
She turned and glanced at Yu Niang, who was still bowing to the moon. Warmth seeped into her heart.
Yu Niang, my wet nurse. It was two of us against the world. In my heart, I’ll see you as my mother.
“Yu Niang, I will go to work with you tomorrow.” Yu Shuya put on a sweet smile as she stared straight at Yu Niang and spoke.
She knew that they could never change their current situation with her health and living environment. But she couldn’t stay in this shabby shack forever. At the very least, she needed to understand their current situation and the world outside. Then, only she could change their current situation and fight for their future.
Yu Niang immediately waved her hand when she heard Yu Min’s words.
“No, young mistress. You cannot. You are a daughter of a wealthy family. How can you do these works? Don’t worry. I won’t let you go hungry when I can still put food on the table.”
Yu Shuya shook her head when Yu Niang refused her.
“Yu Niang, I’m no longer a young mistress. I’m just Yu Shuya, your Shumin. My heart aches every time I don’t get to see you. Please let me go with you?”
Yu Niang placed her hand on Yu Shuya’s chest, feeling the child’s weak heartbeat. She teared up again, thinking to herself, “Why did such a sensible child have to go through so much trial and tribulation?”
“Okay, young mistress. You can follow me to work tomorrow. But you can only watch from the side, understand?”
Yu Shuya nodded. She could understand the nunnery better with Yu Niang as her guide.
Yu Niang’s lip curled into a smile as she found the child’s sensibility comforting. She reached out her hand and caressed her head.
“Young mistress, let me know if your heart hurts again. You must let me know whenever it hurts.”
Yu Shuya was temporarily startled by Yu Niang’s gentle gaze. Then she raised her head and smiled at her.
“Alright, I’ll let you know every time my heart ached. I’ll be fine after you stroked my heart for me.”
Yu Niang softly sang to Yu Shuya in the dark and stopped singing when she noticed that her young mistress had fallen asleep. Yu Shuya slept in her arms the entire night.