Chapter 21, Part 2...
Chapter Twenty-One
Yao Anhui's understanding of Hua Fangling's situation was very simple and straightforward: after all, she had a cheat code.
Although Yao Anhui was certain that Hua Fangling meant her no harm, as someone who had been involved in palace intrigues for decades and ultimately met her demise, Yao Anhui could not completely let her guard down and interact with Hua Fangling without fully ascertaining Hua Fangling's motives.
Ultimately, Yao Anhui's defenses were even stronger than Hua Fangling's.
You said Lu Yuanqing likes her and treats her well, so at least he's after her as a person, right? He clearly has designs on her, so Yao Anhui won't be afraid.
But what was Hua Fangling after? Yao Anhui had never met someone so genuinely kind to her in her past and present lives, which made her extremely uneasy. Decades of palace intrigue had instilled in Yao Anhui a sense of security only when she had everything under her control, and Hua Fangling's kindness made her feel apprehensive.
Therefore, Yao Anhui definitely needs to figure out Hua Fangling's intentions before she will feel comfortable associating with her.
How did Yao Anhui confirm Hua Fangling's identity? In a simple and brutal way: by using her power of words.
Yao Anhui's words of power were initially very weak, only working for bad things and not good ones. Moreover, using them came at a price: they would damage her body. This is why her body was so weak, and in the end, she was poisoned by the dog emperor.
At first, Yao Anhui didn't know she had this ability to jinx someone. She thought she had successfully used her words to stir up her father's remaining conscience and prevent him from selling her to a brothel.
In reality, Fang Anhui kept praying in her heart, hoping to be sold to a wealthy family as a maid. If her father really wanted to sell her to a brothel, she would curse him so that he would never get what he wanted in his life, and curse the brothel madam to trip and fall while walking, bite her teeth while eating, and choke on her water.
Yao Anhui, who was sold into the palace to become a maid, thought that the slave trader had softened his heart because of her flattery. In fact, Xiao Fang Anhui was cursing him behind his back, cursing the slave trader who would sell innocent girls to brothels for money and lose money every day, preferably losing everything. Then, the slave trader encountered the palace that was looking to buy maids, and the girls who were selected to enter the palace were sold into the palace for a few dozen coins.
However, Xiao Fang An Hui was unaware of the inside story. At that time, she didn't know that she had a jinx, and that good things always came true. She thought it was just bad luck.
By the time she slowly realized what was happening, it was too late. By then, she had already made a deal with the emperor and become his new "favored concubine."
After arriving here, she cursed the scumbag who tried to seize the original owner of the body every day. The scumbag disappeared without a trace. A few days ago, Guan Kangde even told her that Guan Kangde had been ousted by his political enemies. Not to mention trying to harm her, the scumbag had already been sent to a labor camp.
The events at the train station gave Yao Anhui a new understanding of her own abilities, and this matter with Hua Fangling was her latest test.
Of course, Yao Anhui's probing will not have any negative impact on Hua Fangling.
That night, Yao Anhui had a dream in which Hua Fangling was an author, and this was a small world derived from his novel.
The original character was a tragic cannon fodder character created by Hua Fangling to advance the plot.
In the book, because of her arrival, the original owner could not escape Wu Yexing's clutches. The other party fabricated a false charge and took the original owner away, but took her back to his home and attempted to rape her. The original owner, unwilling to be humiliated, committed suicide.
Guan Kangde received a letter from Yao Anhui refusing his arranged blind date, but he was still worried about the original owner of the orphan. So he asked Lu Yuanqing and the other two, who had just finished the All-Army Martial Arts Competition, to come over. However, when the three of them arrived, the original owner was gone. They were told that the original owner had committed suicide after being arrested for speculation.
The three men, driven by a strong sense of justice, noticed the problem and secretly launched an investigation. They uncovered Wu Xingye's existence. However, Wu Xingye was a ruthless man who would even slander and report his father-in-law to climb the ranks, causing his wife to die in childbirth and both mother and child without feeling any remorse. After learning that he had been investigated, he immediately became desperate and gathered a group of people to deal with Lu Yuanqing and his two companions. As a result, Lu Yuanqing was injured in the brawl and had to retire from the army.
Because he had earned several second-class merits in the last battle and won first place in the army-wide competition, he had already been promoted to regimental commander. The announcement that Lu Yuanqing was injured and discharged was just waiting for his return. The position of regimental commander then fell to Shen Wenkang, the husband of Hua Fangling, who was also a battalion commander.
Hua Fangling is a very emotional person, and she was the one who created the ending for Yao Anhui and Lu Yuanqing. After coming to this real world derived from the novel, Hua Fangling was unable to treat it with a normal mindset.
Hua Fangling couldn't bear to watch an excellent soldier leave the military camp he loved so much because of a scumbag, even though she and Shen Wenkang were the beneficiaries.
Therefore, long before Yao Anhui's letter reached the military region, Hua Fangling had already written a letter of complaint and sent it to Jiangtang Town. So, Hua Fangling was also credited for Wu Xingye's inability to come to Yao Anhui at that time.
At this moment, Yao Anhui finally understood why Hua Fangling treated her so differently—it was because of her guilt.
Yao Anhui was relieved. As for Hua Fangling's "golden touch"—the ability to forge letters and information, reduce others' attention to Hua Fangling, and ensure Hua Fangling's safety—Yao Anhui wasn't so concerned. Of course, she was even more at ease about Hua Fangling helping her.
Now that Yao Anhui was certain that Hua Fangling was truly harmless, she naturally began to treat Hua Fangling with genuine sincerity.
Hua Fangling helped Yao Anhui solve her furniture problem and even bought her rice, flour, and cooking oil. Yao Anhui would send her blessings every day and also give Hua Fangling some things she needed in return.
For example, just like Zhao Zhishan, Hua Fangling was struggling to lose weight after eating too much. Yao Anhui happened to have a special dehumidifying cream and a traditional Chinese medicine beauty cream, which successfully touched Hua Fangling's heart.
Hua Fangling loves food, is a good cook, and enjoys researching food. No problem, Yao Anhui has the imperial kitchen recipes, and Hua Fangling can copy them to her heart's content.
While Yao Anhui and Hua Fangling's relationship progressed rapidly, things weren't so good for Lu Yuanqing and Shen Wenkang.
Lu Yuanqing's situation is slightly better, since the two are still in the early stages of dating and their relationship is so pure that they haven't even held hands yet. At most, he's just a third wheel when he's decorating the new house with Yao Anhui during their breaks.
But Shen Wenkang is different. During the day, Hua Fangling and Yao Anhui are so close that they're practically inseparable. Hua Fangling is always next door giving Yao Anhui advice, and the two families eat together for two out of three meals a day. Hua Fangling even only cooks the dishes that Yao Anhui likes. Shen Wenkang feels like he's fallen out of favor.
That wasn't all. Even when she went to sleep at night, Hua Fangling kept muttering about Yao Anhui. With the dehumidifying cream and beauty cream that Yao Anhui had given her, Hua Fangling didn't touch the snow cream that Shen Wenkang had spent a lot of money to have bought from Shanghai and sent over.
Good heavens, Yao Anhui has invaded his life in every way, leaving no blind spots!
That noon, Hua Fangling made Jiangxi cuisine, which Yao Anhui liked. The colorful dishes looked especially appetizing. Shen Wenkang, who couldn't handle spicy food, couldn't resist and pinned Hua Fangling against the wall for a kiss.
Yao Anhui: ………
Lu Yuanqing:………
Didn't I call them to eat? She doesn't eat dog food.
Yao Anhui and Lu Yuanqing, who accidentally witnessed this scene, fled in panic.
Yao Anhui and Lu Yuanqing's relationship, which hadn't yet blossomed into a romantic one, was broken through by Hua Fangling and Shen Wenkang.
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