Chapter 4: Prelude: Those Who Bully Her Shall Perish [I]

Should she feel fortunate, or should she weep?

"Miss." One had left, yet another seemed to emerge from nowhere.

Hearing the cry, An Mujin froze slightly. A flicker of emotion flashed across her pale face, and her eyes darted around incessantly, as if searching for the owner of the voice.

When An Mujin's watery eyes shifted toward the corner, she saw a young girl looking at her with a mix of terror and timidity.

"Miss." The girl was delicate and beautiful, with a few strands of hair falling over her forehead, giving her a look of disheveled beauty.

However, her reddened eyes were as heart-wrenching as a rabbit's.

The girl's panicked expression and terrified appearance caused a flicker of warmth to flash through An Mujin's heart.

"Come here," An Mujin called out with some difficulty.

Her originally pale complexion appeared even more colorless due to the woman's slaps; the blood at the corner of her mouth had not yet dried, dripping onto the floor and blooming like a vivid flower.

Seeing An Mujin in such a state, the girl could no longer restrain herself. She threw herself down in front of An Mujin, crying out emotionally.

"Miss, you're not dead! That's so good, so good!"

Qing'er grabbed An Mujin's hand, refusing to let go, terrified that if she loosened her grip, An Mujin would vanish.

It was precisely because of her own incompetence that An Mujin had ended up in this state.

Watching the Madam's slaps fall one after another upon An Mujin's cheeks, she felt so powerless, unable to do anything at all.

"Water." An Mujin's expression was dazed, and a hint of confusion flashed in her eyes as she looked at Qing'er.

But she said nothing more, merely parting her parched lips to speak word by word.

She thought that she needed time to digest everything before her, and even more time to properly treat this weakened body.

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It had been ten days since An Mujin traveled to this different world.

Under Qing'er's care, she slowly recovered her constitution. Although there were no expensive medicinal herbs for treatment, ordinary medicines were still able to have some effect on An Mujin's body.

From Qing'er's mouth, An Mujin learned the truth of her rebirth and identity.

Born to the primary wife of the An family, she was the most incompetent legitimate daughter—truly the dregs among the useless.

In this era, strength represented everything. Without strength, you were equivalent to trash, left to be bullied by anyone.

Upon the continent, aside from the Imperial Family, there were five great powers

An, Li, Xiao, Mo, and Nangong.

And as a member of the An family, the leader of the five great families, she was the An family's greatest stain.

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