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Peace of heart

"What to think of her? Isn't she just an illegitimate daughter, what can she possibly have to have my attention?" His deep voice, void of any emotion rang out in the silent side hall. Hiding behind the bush near the hall window, her breath stilled at that. The man next to him said with a frown, " Aren't you being too rude." He turned to look at the man, grunted, " Does it matter? She has nothing to do with after I get back at the Duke." and turned to leave. The man was displeased with his behaviour, wanted to say something but sighed and also turned to leave. As the silence ensued, the girl came out from behind the bush seething in anger. With a slightly flushed face, arrogantly pointed her chin in that direction, she retorted, " What she possibly have doesn't need a blind person's attention like you! Hmmph. Am I right Xiao... Jie?" The girl paused in between, realising the subject of those men's topic was right beside her and had heard those unpleasant words about her. The girl turned her head, saw her Xiao Jie staring blankly inside the side hall where those men were just standing, worriedly in a hurried manner she reached out to shake her shoulders. She said in an anxious voice, " Xiao Jie don't scare me. You don't have to take his words seriously. You have us who know your worth. You are alright? Right? Are you listening to me Xiao Jie?" Ye Wan's voice almost choked up by the end, on the verge of crying she thought to herself, 'Why does her Xiao Jie have to meet such a man who played with her feeling just to achieve something?" Being shaken like a rattle, she woke up from her trance, despite her heavy heart seeing Ye Wan's worry-filled eyes tinged with slight redness, she smiled and reached out to hold her hand on her shoulder, said, " Wan Wan, relax. I am alright! " Ye Wan hearing this sized her Xiao Jie's face, seeing her blank eyes now void of any emotion yet smiling as if nothing affected her, she realised she had screwed up big this time, She shouldn't have listened to her elder sister and brought her Xiao Jie here. Not knowing Ye Wan's exact thought, Su Xin said to comfort her, " Wan Wan what he said might be hurtful but was true and if the truth is going to hurt me then it means I hadn't accepted my truth. Which I had done a long ago." She glanced inside the side hall, took a deep breath as she looked at Ye Wan, saying, " Let's go back or else Tài hòu might get upset with us." she grabbed her hands and pulled her toward Longevity Palace. ---- Su Xin, the daughter of Lady Su Yao, the legendary martial arts master and a swordswoman, the founder of Zhixin Pavillion who was also the benefactress of the royal family. She was trained to take over her mother's position but to let her mother rest in peace, she had to accept her other identity as an illegitimate daughter of the Duke to pay the debt her mother owned. To let her mother rest in peace. As an illegitimate daughter whose existence was not acknowledged by the Duke, her presence in Duke's estates was not even compared to the shadows. Years seem to pass in the blink of an eye and before she could complete her task, she met him, the person who connects her to her childhood, bringing joy and some light back to her life which she seemed to have lost after her mother's death. But life mocked her again shaking the peace of her heart. --- The cover is taken from Pinterest. Thanks to the artist.

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At the brink

Looking at the report of the investigation she had asked for, Su Xin sat back at her seat with a light thump.

Each and every word of the investigation was like glaring at her as if forcing her to believe.

She closed her eyes tightly, not wanting to believe it but she knows everything it said was true. She could not find it fake not after when she herself had heard him saying it.

But at that time, she felt that he might be saying this for some reason but thinking that this involves the Duke's estates and as she didn't want to make a mistake, adding up to her mother's debt which she hadn't gotten a chance to pay back, she asked one of her trusted aides to investigate it.

All the while hoping, his words from the morning were nothing more than just some fake words only to find at the end that what was fake was not his words but his affection towards her.

He only got closer to her to get back at the Duke!

The reason he had saved her back then was not only because he knows her but also because he saw her as the leeway for him to get revenge against the Duke!

All the memories they reminisced together and all the promises he made were nothing but a fake illusion!

She opened her eyes and smiled at herself as if mocking herself.

And she was mocking herself for being a fool to believe him so easily!

Her eyes turned red and tears that have been dried after her mother's death, filled her eyes, she tore the report. Doing so was akin to ripping her heart for her.

Crumbling the remaining pieces of paper in her hands tightly, she let out a cold laugh.

Already at the brink of breaking down, she laughs while tears poured down her cheeks.

Losing the strength to stand, she fell on the floor on her knees, covering her eyes with her hands that still held that investigation report. She asked, "Why did you do that older brother?"

Hearing the sound from inside the room, Ye Chenglie, who had come to inform her of something, pushed open the door.

Only to find her being a crying mess, he had never seen her like this before. He rushed forward to hold and comfort her.

He hadn't seen her like that but that didn't mean the people who rushed in behind him hadn't. Two were around her mother's age while the other four were around her age. They were her subordinates who had been with her since she was young. They had gone through thin and thick together with her mother later with her.

They had seen her like this when her mother took her last breath. So they know to make their Young Lady break down like this it must be something she valued so much.

Because only when you value something can it make you lose yourself like this when it gets lost.

They were right, but in Su Xin's case, it was not the thing but her valuable trust that she had given to her older brother!

The trust that would have broken her mother's trust in her if she hadn't heard his conversation.

Ye Chenglie rubbed her back while softly asking her, " Sshh Xin'er! Cousin is here! Tell your big brother what happened, Xin'er. He will sort it out for you! Stop crying like this, alright!"

Hearing his words, Su Xin hugged him as if relying on something to keep her from sinking, she said," I might have let mother down due to my carelessness. Big Brother, will mother get upset with me?"

"Sshh! Aunt really loves you she won't get upset with you. Not to mention you still hadn't let her down. Now calm down Xin'er and relax, Hm? " He slightly pulled back and wiped her tears on her cheeks from his calloused thumbs.

His heart ached to see her like this. She was younger than him but she manages herself like an adult. These eight years, she has been doing what she shouldn't at her age. Trying to pay the debt her mother owned but it is a debt that couldn't be repaid with one's wealth.

After calming herself, she wiped the remaining stains of tears on her cheeks. She pulled herself back and looked at him, saying slightly embarrassed at herself, "I've made a fool of myself! Sorry, Big brother."

Flicking her forehead gently to make herself feel comfortable, he snorted, " and now you are calling me Big brother! What a selfish girl we have got in our group!"

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