Chapter 3: 第三章.被休掉了

Chapter 3. Divorced.

"You're awake? Madam... no, no... Miss! This is wonderful, the Bodhisattva has protected us! The Buddha has manifested!"

A clean and delicate young maid rushed over, throwing herself toward her in a burst of joy, before immediately bursting into tears.

Luo Wanqing opened her eyes, looking around the room in astonishment. The ancient tables and chairs, the simple furnishings—this was not her original place at all. She couldn't have been dreaming, could she? At this thought, she hurriedly closed her eyes, trying to fall back asleep. If she woke up again only to find herself back as a "domineering flower" catching thieves, that would be her lifelong dream.

"Miss! Miss, please wake up, don't scare Xi'er! Waaaah..." The little maid was weeping profusely, shaking her arm vigorously as if she were grieving for someone who had already died.

"Stop crying! It won't be too late to cry once I'm actually dead!" Luo Wanqing turned her head away irritably. It seemed she wouldn't be able to go back to sleep.

Her mind was currently a complete blank; she didn't know where she was, nor did she know who she was!

"Miss, it's so good that you could wake up. I truly found you at Mingyue Lake yesterday; I thought you were dead!" Xi'er sobbed tremulously, finally managing to speak clearly.

"What else did you see? Did you see any unidentified creatures?" She sat up abruptly, her mind suddenly snapping into focus. Memories of last night rushed back, making her head buzz and her hair stand on end; she felt goosebumps breaking out all over.

"What do you mean?...I didn't find anything. It was just you, Miss. I worked so hard to carry you back on my back." As Xi'er spoke, her face flushed, and she hurriedly lowered her head, her small hands incessantly fidgeting with the corner of her skirt as she bit her lip hard. She couldn't say that when she found her yesterday, her clothes were half-disarrayed and her body was covered in those red marks, as if she had been... *that*.

Yet, when she had looked around, she found nothing. The wind had been eerie and the sky inexplicably strange; she felt as though a man-eating beast was lurking in the water. Terrified, she had abandoned all caution and rushed to carry the person back.

Xi'er's blush was noticed by Luo Wanqing a moment too late, and her own face instantly turned red. How could she not know what had happened? Her body still ached—a pain like she had been crushed, especially in those places she couldn't speak of, which felt as if they had been torn open.

"That... I don't remember what happened. Where are we?" She really was unlucky. If she couldn't be a "domineering flower," fine, she would accept it! To be mysteriously brought to such a broken place, she would accept that too! What was even more hateful was having encountered *that*! Even though it was her first time—and as a modern youth, she wasn't prudish—it wasn't her choice, so she would accept it. But this was an unspeakable matter; she had no idea what kind of creature had done that to her last night!

Heavens! Just strike me down!

"Miss, you don't remember? This is your home... no, that's not right... it isn't anymore. Yesterday, the Prince divorced you. It's not your home anymore!" Xi'er's trembling, incoherent rambling revealed a piece of information: she had been divorced and had become a discarded woman.

"Xi'er, speak clearly! Who divorced me?! Why did they divorce me?!" Luo Wanqing became instantly agitated. Ignoring the pain in her body, she grabbed hold of Xi'er and wouldn't let go. She needed to process this. So, the owner of this body was already married?! No, that wasn't right—in that instant last night, she was clearly a virgin; that was the only reason for that tearing pain. It was impossible.