“If you don’t believe me, you don’t have to take my antidote. As you said, I have other ways to save myself. I just don’t want to waste this opportunity to get you close to Cang Lian. Without you, I still have other methods,” he looked at me coldly, preparing to throw away the bottle.
I snatched the bottle from his hand and strode away.
At the door, I turned back and said, “My name is Ran Yan’er, not Yin Hui. Don’t you think your surname and your so-called ‘Hui’ are mismatched? How ridiculous a name! Haven’t you realized this after calling me that for so long?” I laughed as I left, all my suppressed resentment suddenly released. I didn’t want to see his expression.
In my heart, I found the name Yin Hui laughable. In ancient times, women took their husband’s surname. If that ‘Hui’ had truly married Yin Can, she would be called “Obscene.” I was glad she didn’t marry Yin Can; otherwise, bearing such a name would be miserable. But thinking back, I had been called Yin Hui for eight years – how unfair!
I ran back laughing, not caring about the strange looks from others, just laughing foolishly. I didn’t know if I was laughing about the name Yin Hui or at myself.
Little Five was a person Yin Can had placed beside me to monitor me! She saw everything I did and probably reported everything back to Yin Can.
Originally, Little Five was the person I trusted most, but now I had to be wary of her. How ridiculous! In modern times, I had only one friend, and now I didn’t even have that. Perhaps this was my fate.
Chapter Twenty-Three “Obscene”…
When I returned to the mansion, the steward told me that Wu Han had been summoned by the emperor.
I was still somewhat worried in my heart. My visit to the Heavenly Prison to see Yin Can and Cang Lian would not have gone unnoticed, so he would certainly know that Wu Han had given me special privileges.
I began to worry. After all, he was in this situation because of me.
“Manager Liu, when the royal messenger came, did they say anything else? Did they mention what it was about?” I asked, praying that Wu Han would be fine.
