"This young lady has been locked up for three days, and now there is no movement at all. Could she be dead?"

"She deserved to die. The second young lady had been living outside for so many years, and I don't know how much suffering she had endured! But the eldest young lady refused to let her in and even made a scene."

"I think we should lock up the young lady and teach her a lesson!"

“…”

In the woodshed.

A girl about fifteen or sixteen years old curled up into a ball, her body shaking and twitching uncontrollably, as if she was trapped in an extremely terrifying nightmare.

The smoky pink jacket he was wearing was extremely dirty.

The butterfly hairpin on her head had fallen off long ago, and her messy hair was covered in mud.

She struggled in the firewood for a long time before she suddenly opened her eyes and screamed, "It's not me! It's really not me!"

The sound gradually died down, and when Shen Ruyi saw the surrounding scene clearly, the fear in her eyes was gradually replaced by confusion.

Isn't she dead?

His tongue was cut off by his eldest brother, he was poisoned by his second brother, his legs were chopped off by his fifth brother, and he was kicked out by his fourth brother to block the sword for Shen Jiaojiao.

Finally, his body was thrown into a cold pond by his third brother...

How did I get back to the woodshed in the backyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion?

In her previous life, she was locked up here for a full half month and developed severe rheumatism, which tormented her for three full years.

Unexpectedly, he is reborn now!

After reacting, a sneer appeared on Shen Ruyi's pale face.

She was the youngest daughter of the Prime Minister's family. Her mother died during childbirth when she was pregnant with twins. The midwife told her father that she was the only one who survived.

Because she was born prematurely, was weak, and was her mother's last thought, she became the family's favorite.

My father often said, "Ruyi, with your father and your five brothers backing you up, no one in the capital will dare to bully you! You are the little princess of our Shen family!"

As it turned out, she was the only one who took this statement seriously.

The ones who bullied her were not others but her family members.

She tried her best to please everyone, but ended up dying tragically in a cold pond, becoming Shen Jiaojiao's scapegoat.

The past flashed by like a kaleidoscope, and finally turned into nothingness in her eyes.

The kindness of father and the love between brothers and sisters have all been repaid in the calculation in the previous life.

This time, she wants to break off relations with them and start her own business.

At this time, footsteps were heard outside the door.

Someone walked in.

"Get up, take the medicine, and go apologize to Ruyi and ask her to go home."

*** was standing at the door, holding a medicine pot in his hand, which was wrapped in thick cotton cloth to prevent it from cooling down. White hot mist was coming out of the spout of the pot, but he said such cold words.

Shen Ruyi looked up at him, her cracked lips moving slightly.

This is my second brother Shen Ci. I still remember him sneaking back home from the Imperial Hospital every now and then to bring her medicine.

But that was all before Shen Jiaojiao came in.

After Shen Jiaojiao came, Shen Ci only remembered to prescribe medicine for Shen Jiaojiao's cold stomach. He forgot that she often had allergies and began to act blindly.

Now, Shen Ci seemed not to notice the rashes on her wrists and neck. He just threatened her bluntly, "Father said that if you don't go, he will kick you out of this house and you will no longer be a daughter of the Shen family."

In her previous life, Shen Ruyi collapsed on the spot when she heard these words.

Instead of apologizing, she threatened them with suicide in an attempt to retain their love.

But all she got was a reputation as a shrew and a lunatic.

In the end, at Shen Jiaojiao's family recognition party, she was disgraced and everyone condemned her.

Until her death, Shen Ruyi was unable to save them.

This time, she didn't care.

Shen Ruyi only glanced at Shen Ci, then lowered her eyes and began to rub her cold and painful knee bones.

Shen Ci couldn't help but frowned when he saw this. "What's your attitude? I asked you to apologize to Jiaojiao, but you ignored me!"

"Do you know that Jiaojiao knelt outside the door for half an hour to plead for you and get your father to let you out of the woodshed? She was so cold that she caught a cold."

"Go and apologize to Jiaojiao now. She is gentle and modest by nature, and will definitely forgive you! As long as Jiaojiao is willing to return to this family, I will go and plead with my father to let you return to your room."

Shen Ruyi raised her head when she heard that.

In her previous life, she did resist Shen Jiaojiao from entering the house.

The Shen family has five sons and only one daughter, so she was naturally favored. But everything changed after Shen Jiaojiao came into the family.

Because Shen Jiaojiao was lost outside when she was young, the whole family felt guilty about her and wanted to give her everything they had in their hearts.

Shen Ruyi herself also tried her best to be nice to her, but she didn't expect that what Shen Jiaojiao wanted was not to share her love, but to replace her!

The whole family's attention shifted to Shen Jiaojiao, and even her fiancé began to protect Shen Jiaojiao.

Everyone seemed to have forgotten that in addition to Shen Jiaojiao, there was another daughter in the family, Shen Ruyi.

Realizing this, Shen Ruyi panicked. In order to regain their love, she cried, made a fuss, and even threatened to hang herself. When crying and begging failed, she threatened them with her own life.

She even imitated Shen Jiaojiao and tried to please them.

But the only thing he didn't do was hurt Shen Jiaojiao.

Shen Jiaojiao falling off the rockery was actually a scam she staged and acted out herself.

Sadly, everyone believed it.

"Okay, I'll go apologize to Shen Jiaojiao."

This time, Shen Ruyi will not joke about her own life again, nor will she be naive enough to believe that they still have any concern for her.

After all, when her father decided to recognize Shen Jiaojiao a few days ago and held a banquet for Shen Jiaojiao, he no longer cared about her feelings at all and didn't even notify her.

Shen Ruyi was afraid of being abandoned, so she knelt in the snow and kowtowed to beg her father to cancel the decision.

But what she got was being locked up in the woodshed and forced to apologize to Shen Jiaojiao.

In her previous life, she refused to compromise and tried to explain things clearly.

But the result went against her wishes. Not only was it useless, but she was also abandoned by everyone. In the end, they still threw the dirty water on her.

What difference does it make whether you admit your mistakes or not?

If they want Shen Jiaojiao, then let them have her.

This time, Shen Ruyi decided to fulfill their wish and also fulfill herself.

She won't try to please anyone anymore, after all, they aren't worth it.

Leaving this unworthy place is what she really wants.

Shen Ruyi ignored Shen Ci, lowered her head, picked up a wooden stick, and forced herself to stand up, with no emotion on her face.

When Shen Ci looked at Shen Ruyi like this, a nameless anger surged in his heart.

He took a step forward to block Shen Ruyi's way, his tone unable to hide his disappointment, "Did you really push Jiaojiao off the rockery?"

"yes."

Shen Ruyi was too lazy to argue with him and planned to leave without him.

Shen Ci didn't expect to get such an answer, and subconsciously reached out to stop her, "We grew up together, we all know to protect Jiaojiao, she has suffered so much...how can you be so vicious!"

But he accidentally used too much force and pushed Shen Ruyi to the ground.

Shen Ruyi fell to the ground, her legs, which were already cold and painful, were almost numb from the fall, but a smile appeared in her eyes.

Shen Ci's breathing suddenly stopped. He didn't expect that he would actually hurt Shen Ruyi.

It was clear that when he came, he was worried that Shen Ruyi would develop a chronic illness after staying in the woodshed for too long, so he wanted to persuade her with kind words and ask her to apologize to Shen Jiaojiao, so as to calm his father's anger and let his father let her go.

Shen Ruyi found it somewhat ironic to see Shen Ci's absent-minded look.

She climbed up despite the pain, took the medicine pot from Shen Ci's hand, walked away, and said coldly: "Whatever Second Brother thinks, it is what it is."

A sense of alienation came over me.

Shen Ci's heart felt empty, and an imperceptible tension surged up in him.

He came back to his senses and chased after her, trying to save the situation. His voice was extremely gentle, "You really should apologize to Jiaojiao. You have enjoyed so many years at home, and Jiaojiao has suffered so much outside. You should give in to her a little..."