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After the three of them quietly finished their meal, Princess Xinyang went to the next room.
Yu Jin considerately asked Gu Jiao, "Physician Gu, are you full? There are still some snacks in the kitchen."
"No need, I'm full." Gu Jiao replied. She didn't have a big appetite. She only ate two bowls of rice today because she used up a lot of energy during the altercation. On a regular day, one bowl would be enough for her.
Yu Jin smiled politely and asked, "Does Physician Gu like tonight's dishes?"
"I'm not a picky eater." Gu Jiao answered.
The implied meaning was that she didn't particularly like the food.
It wasn't as good as the braised pork dish that Princess Xinyang prepared specially for her. Unfortunately, Long Yi approached her with a ladle, which scared her and made her run away.
Yu Jin didn't expect Gu Jiao to be so straightforward. Most people would usually respond politely, saying they liked the food and thanked the host for their hospitality and so on.
Gu Jiao added, "I noticed that Princess Xinyang doesn't seem to like it either. There's no meat on the table."
Yu Jin was surprised, "You... noticed?"
Princess Xinyang didn't show her preferences on her face. She seemed indifferent to everything, and even the servants who had served her for years found it difficult to tell whether she liked something or not.
Yu Jin paused and said, "The princess is vegetarian."
Here came another vegetarian.
Imperial Concubine Dowager Jing was also a vegetarian, but she was likely just pretending. Gu Jiao wondered why Princess Xinyang chose to be vegetarian.
After thinking for a moment, Gu Jiao asked, "Does she faint at the sight of meat as well?"
Yu Jin was taken aback.
What kind of question was that? Was there anyone who would faint at the sight of meat?
Yu Jin couldn't follow Gu Jiao's whimsical thoughts, but she didn't divert the topic either. After hesitating for a moment, she said, "The princess doesn't always follow a vegetarian diet. She used to eat meat too, but in recent years, she stopped. She said it's to accumulate merits for the young master and ensure a better life in the next reincarnation."
Gu Jiao didn't believe in that.
However, when she thought about her own situation, she felt that the boundaries of science might be connected to theology. Perhaps people couldn't be reborn, but they might enter another parallel dimension.
Brainwaves might be influenced by magnetic fields when traveling through space and time, causing the loss of past memories, hence the saying of ‘drinking Meng Po's soup to forget past lives.’
Of course, this was just Gu Jiao's wild speculation, and there wasn’t enough scientific basis to support it.
Today, Long Yi persisted in feeding Gu Jiao with the ladle like a little patient instead of making her break charcoal pencils nonstop.
As the night grew late, Gu Jiao decided to leave. Before she went, she thanked Princess Xinyang and said her goodbyes.
Princess Xinyang was practicing calligraphy again.
Gu Jiao suddenly had a scene flash in her mind—— a younger Princess Xinyang sitting under the sunlit window, practicing calligraphy, while a young Xiao Liulang sat opposite her.
Princess Xinyang said to the young Xiao Liulang, "You can't eat until you finish writing one thousand characters."
The young Xiao Liulang reluctantly picked up the brush and obediently started writing calligraphy letters.
Why did this scene suddenly come to her mind? It was all because Xiao Liulang used to force her to practice calligraphy, making her strongly suspect that he had been tormented by Princess Xinyang when he was young, so now that he grew up, he wanted to torment others as well.
Gu Jiao pushed aside these thoughts and said to Princess Xinyang, "Thank you for today, Princess."
Even though it was Long Yi who brought her here, it wasn't easy for Princess Xinyang not to throw her out.
Princess Xinyang replied indifferently, "No need for thanks. Your life is valuable. After all, you still need to treat me."
Gu Jiao: "..."
What she said made so much sense that Gu Jiao was speechless.
"Goodbye." Gu Jiao turned and walked out.
While Princess Xinyang continued practicing calligraphy, she suddenly called out, "Girl."
"Hmm?" Gu Jiao stopped in her tracks, looking puzzled as she gazed at Princess Xinyang. "Is there something else, Princess?"
Princess Xinyang asked, "How can someone like you be a physician?"
It wasn't a questioning tone or a contemptuous tone, just pure curiosity.
Gu Jiao was taken aback, "...Someone like me? What kind of person am I?"
Princess Xinyang replied, "Don't ask me, ask yourself."
This was the second time tonight that Princess Xinyang said something strange to her. Gu Jiao didn’t expect that her unconscious and bloodied appearance would lead Princess Xinyang to such a conclusion.
Could it be that she did something while she was unconscious?
And then Princess Xinyang discovered her secret?
The Bloodthirsty Shadow.
There had been such a saying circulating in the organization, so most people didn't dare to provoke her.
But only the Godfather knew that she wasn't truly bloodthirsty; she simply couldn't control her excitement whenever she saw blood. In her previous life, she had undergone various treatments to train herself, and she had already gained good control. Situations like tonight, where she completely lost control, were very rare.
Who would have thought she would be discovered by Princess Xinyang?
More precisely, it was after Long Yi found her that Princess Xinyang witnessed her losing control.
However, it was fortunate that Long Yi found her. If she had stayed by Liu Yisheng and Yuan Tang's side, she might have...
Gu Jiao turned to look at Princess Xinyang, "Aren't you afraid of me?"
Princess Xinyang glanced at Gu Jiao with an odd expression on her face, "Why should I be afraid of you?"
Because she’s——
A monster.
"How did I end up with such a monster like you?"
"Stay away from me!"
"Keep away from your sister!"
The woman held the infant in her arms and forcefully pushed the young Gu Jiao to the ground.
Her young face had just been slapped by the woman, and her cheeks were swollen like buns, but she didn't cry. Even when she fell and hurt her little bottom, she didn't cry either.
She picked up the box that had fallen to the ground and tiptoed, trying to hand it to the baby in the woman's arms, "A gift for my little sister."
The woman slapped the box away, looking at her with disgust, "Who wants your gift! Go away!"
With trembling hands, the woman made a phone call, shouting loudly, "Surnamed Gu! Come and take your daughter away!"
……
"JiaoJiao, Dad will take you home."
A tall and handsome man looked at the little girl in front of him with a somewhat embarrassed yet smiling expression.
In the cold winter, she stood barefoot on the icy floor, holding the unwanted gift for her sister in her arms.
She was very beautiful, but a bit dirty.
She asked the man, "Will I stay at Dad's house?"
There was a moment of panic on the man's face, but the young girl didn't notice.
The man smiled awkwardly and said, "Dad... Dad's house has a little brother now, and there's not enough room. Dad will first send you to Grandma's house."
"Oh." She lowered her head and touched the doll in her arms. It was the doll she had sewn herself, with a gaping mouth, sharp teeth, and eyes and hair that had fallen off.
The man raised his hand, seemingly wanting to touch her head.
She looked up, waiting obediently for the man to pat her head.
She knew her dad was lying; his house was very big, and there was only one little brother, so there was no reason they couldn't accommodate her.
But if her dad patted her, she would forgive him.
If her dad couldn't reach, she could tiptoe.
She tried hard to raise her frozen little toes.
Quick, pat her head quickly! She was ready!
But the man swallowed his saliva, and his hand did not actually fall on her head. Instead, he symbolically rubbed her head above it, and then quickly pulled his hand back.
It was as if touching even a single strand of her hair would infect him with a plague.
The man showed a loving smile, "Dad promises you, after the New Year, he will come to pick you up."
She waited from the age of three until six, three long years, but no one came to pick her up.
Later, she learned that the dad she admired, who seemed invincible, brave, and strong... was actually afraid of her, too.
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