Chapter 2: Chapter 2: Waking up in Ye Family
Ye Lingyue thought that after experiencing the uncomfortable feeling of being poisoned to death, she would wake up on her comfy modern bed, hugging her money.
However...
"Fourth Miss?"
"Wuwu... Fourth Miss, you are finally awake!"
The moment she opened her eyes again, she would see the familiar ancient-looking room, not the comfortable bed she had yearned for a long time.
Ye Lingyue was dumbfounded.
"Quick, call the physician!" A woman who seemed to be in her thirties entered the room in haste and quickly made a command.
The maid immediately nodded and left to execute the order.
Ye Lingyue took her time to scan the scene in front of her. This room was too unfamiliar, definitely neither the one she had back in the Shen family nor the Second Prince mansion.
Then, her eyes landed on the beautiful woman sitting on the chair beside her bed. She had deep creases on her forehead, showing her worry to Ye Lingyue. The latter was startled and couldn’t resist pulling her hand back when she felt the mature woman touching her.
"Yue’er, what’s wrong? Does it still feel painful?" The beautiful mature woman frowned deeply, her gaze landed on Ye Lingyue’s head.
Why does this woman in front of her seem familiar? Ye Lingyue was getting more and more puzzled.
It took her a while before she remembered who the woman was. She was the wife of the Minister of Rites, Madam Ye.
Ye Lingyue recalled that this family had the same surname as her original modern name. She hadn’t paid much attention to them despite their closeness with the Grand General mansion.
Her sole focus was on acting as a villainess and completing the mission, so when she heard the woman calling her so intimately and familiarly, she was startled.
How does this woman know her modern name? She never told anyone about her actual identity.
[System, where are you? Come out and explain! Why am I still here?!] Ye Lingyue raged inside her mind.
[Don’t tell me you actually deceived me and ran away with the money?!] Ye Lingyue demanded.
She waited for a while, and...
There was no response.
Even after a minute passed, the System still didn’t respond to her.
[Hey, System. If there is something wrong when you try to send me back to modern times, it’s fine.] She finally relented, backing down and softening her tone.
She thought that the System was feeling guilty.
[I will give you a chance to make amends now. It’s alright, you can start to send me back right now.]
Five minutes passed, and she never received a reply.
Her heart sank, but she still forced herself to be calm. Her mind was already full of curses this time, trying to force the System to come out.
Until she realized something.
The System might have really deceived her! She had done all the missions and received nothing in the end. The sudden revelation made her depressed.
Does that mean she was stuck here in the ancient times? She don’t want to!
"Mother will definitely punish your brother. Xi’er have gone too far this time." Madam Ye’s fair face was flushed, showing an angry look.
Xi’er? Ye Lingyue found that name rather familiar. Ye Lanxi, the second son of the Ye family, right? That rebellious young man whose personality was such a contrast to his name.
He definitely didn’t look elegant at all!
"Does your heart still hurt?" Madam Ye exhaled. "Next time, Yue’er should stay away when your brother is training his sword skills, alright?"
"What’s the use of all his training when he can’t even spot his younger sister behind the waterfalls." Madam Ye shook her head.
Ye Lingyue grew more bewildered. She never knew that the Ye family had a daughter, only sons. On top of that, Madam Ye didn’t seem to mind that she never responded to her words at all.
As if... it was the norm.
Could it be that the Ye family hid their daughter because she was intellectually disabled? It actually made sense.
Not long after, the physician entered the room, followed by several worried-looking maids. In the last row of the group, there were familiar people.
Ye Lingyue knew the older one because she had attended a matchmaking event where Ye Lanxi was also present.
At this moment, Ye Lanxi was wearing a dark expression. When their eyes met, the young man glared at her.
"Physician Wu, please check on my daughter. You know that Yue’er got her head hit by a scabbard before. Now that she has woken up, please make sure there will be no further complications," Madam Ye said anxiously.
Physician Wu took Ye Lingyue’s pulse and began to examine her.
"Mother, please don’t worry too much. My twin sister will definitely be alright. Yue’er is strong." The young man beside Ye Lanxi had walked over to console Madam Ye.
Ye Lingyue frowned slightly.
She had never thought about it too much before, but now she realized that the Ye family’s third son’s name was actually too similar to her modern name.
His name was Ye Lingrui.
Since he also called her his twin sister... it was almost certain that she had occupied someone else’s body... someone with the exact same name as her, Ye Lingyue.
What is happening here?!
She subconsciously touched her head and hissed. It hurts!
After Shen Wuqing’s body died because of a poison, she actually occupied someone else’s body within the same era, the hidden foolish daughter of the Ye family.
She tried to call the System again. Alas, the System seemed to have completely disappeared.
"Madam Ye, your son is right. Don’t worry too much. Your daughter has recovered a lot. Give it some days and she should be as healthy as before," Physician Wu said. "But I will still prescribe some tonic for her."
Madam Ye hastily nodded, thanking him.
Ye Lingrui immediately ordered the maids to reward Physician Wu with some silver taels.
After Physician Wu left the room, the door was slammed open again. Madam Ye didn’t even have the chance to make her second son apologize to her daughter before several imperial guards broke in.
