Tahrir suddenly felt that it wasn't entirely a bad thing for Yili to have a mouth. Sometimes it was quite pleasant to listen to her talk back at people.
Princess Yelia looked at the sharp-tongued Yi Li in front of her with a green face and sneered, "I heard that your father, the emperor, and your mother, the queen, sold you to Ishtar for twenty golden eggs. The outside world calls you the Golden Egg Princess. If you didn't have the status of Ishtar's fiancée, what qualifications do you think you have to stand in front of me and say these words to me? Golden Egg Princess?"
Is an abandoned child from a remote small country worthy enough to embarrass her in front of her?
Yi Li looked at Princess Yelia, feigning pity. "We are pawns, yet we have to use our betrothal gifts to measure our own value and status. Isn't that tragic? We don't even have the freedom to marry. Just like you, Princess Yelia, even if your husband's misbehavior outside has caused you a lot of trouble, you can only endure it and maintain superficial harmony. Moreover, after I marry Ishtar, even as Princess Yelia, you can only respectfully address me as the Island Master's Wife and bow to me."
Princess Yelia: "..."
The bone fan in her hand was deformed by her pinching. She looked at Yi Li with fear, then turned around and left arrogantly.
"How do you manage to hit all her pain points so accurately?" Talil asked her curiously.
Yi Li smiled and said nothing.
"Could it be that Ishtar had already guessed that she would cause trouble for you and specifically told you about Princess Yelia's family situation?"
Talil was shocked: "Is this the legendary super love brain? It's shocking that he can even think of this."
Yi Li: "..."
She would never tell Tariel that the information Jin Qing had given her before was very detailed, which included the identities and backgrounds of many characters, and she didn't know where Jin Qing got it from.
This also includes the arrogant and self-deprecating Princess Yelia, who can be regarded as a pitiful and hateful woman. If she hadn't provoked them, she wouldn't have fought back.
Now, those around who wanted to find trouble have basically given up the idea.
I thought Ishtar's fiancée was an easy target, but I didn't expect her to be so sharp-tongued.
This Ishtar fiancée is really a pig in disguise.
Yili sat lazily on a rattan chair. Tariel brought a plate of cakes and handed it to Yili: "Since you are here, don't you want to eat something? This strawberry cake is delicious. You can try it."
Yili took it: "Thank you."
"Are you so defenseless? Aren't you afraid that I might poison you?"
"I only have 0.5% of my health left. If I fall now, I'll meet the King of Hell. If you really want to poison me, you might as well give me a push to save trouble and the materials for making the poison." Yi Li started eating the strawberry cake. "After all, death is inevitable. I have no parents. I was born alone and I will die alone. I've come to terms with it now. I can't get out anyway, so I might as well enjoy the present."
"Ah?" Tariel looked at Yili in surprise: "You don't have parents?"
"Yes, I am an orphan, so what?" Yili looked at Tariel indifferently.
"Would you like to tell me your story?" A hint of emotion flashed in Talil's eyes.
Yi Li lowered his head, picked up a piece of strawberry with his silver knife and fork, and put it into his mouth to savor it carefully: "Do you know why I like to eat strawberries?"
"Why?"
"Because the first strawberry I tasted was given to me by the dean who adopted me. She told me that my life is like a strawberry, with both sour and sweet flavors. She taught me a lot, and in my heart, she is like a mother." Yili looked at Talil with a smile, picked up a piece of strawberry, put it in Talil's mouth, and asked him with a smile: "Do you want to try it?"
Talil looked at Yili in front of him: "...I still want to live, thank you."
If Ishtar finds out, he will definitely kill me.
He won't be fooled.
Yi Li shrugged indifferently: "Okay then."
"Then what?"
"Then I was adopted by a wealthy family because their only son took a fancy to me and wanted me to be his sister. I quickly rose to prominence and became a wealthy girl, but the rich young man didn't know that I was actually a gift his parents had already marked with a price. They had already betrothed me to a pedophile uncle who could help their family business.
But they didn't expect that their son, in order to cheer me up, took me to his secret base. As a result, the secret base caught fire, and the young master was burned all over. I was almost beaten to death. In order to prevent the orphanage from being implicated by me, I took all the blame, and then became a homeless child, traveling alone to another city.
Yili easily uncovered his scar and looked at the shocked Tariel in front of him: "What? Do you think I'm telling you a story?"
"Why did you agree to be adopted?"
"Because my mother, the director, told me that if I didn't go, they would buy the orphanage at a low price and kick everyone out. The homeless children would freeze to death that winter."
A tear slid down the corner of Yi Li's eye: "Actually, I never thought that I just saved one person out of kindness, but almost destroyed a group of people. They are actually not wrong, the one who is wrong is me."
Talil handed over a handkerchief: "I'm sorry, Yili, I shouldn't ask you this."
"Thank you." Yili took the handkerchief, wiped away her tears, and covered the corners of her mouth: "You are the only one who is willing to listen to me."
Hooked, her big fat fish.
Talil looked at the poor and weak girl in front of him. His reason told him not to believe the woman's lies, but his heart told him that she was not lying.
They were bound by a contract, and Tariel could feel that Yili was not lying.
He couldn't imagine how a child who was kicked out of home could survive until now.
"Tariel, what are you doing?"
Ishtar appeared in front of them at some point, and he looked at the scene with gloomy eyes, finding it particularly glaring.
Yili looked at Ishta and quickly stood up: "Mr. Ishta, you're back."
"Why don't you wait for me there?"
Ishtar asked Yili.
"Didn't I tell you not to run around?"
"Ishtar, you should thank me. If it weren't for me, she would have been killed by the monster that appeared there. She only has 0.5% of her health left. Are you happy now?"
"Tell me again, how much health do you have left?" Ishtar's face changed.
"It's okay, Mr. Ishtar." Yili's pale face gave a disappointed smile: "I called your name, but you didn't show up. I also want to thank Wizard Tariel for saving my life when I was almost dead."
"Sorry, Yili, I didn't mean it. I just..." Ishta wanted to explain something but was interrupted by Yili.
"It's okay. Mr. Ishtar has his own difficulties. You don't have to apologize to me. I will understand Mr. Ishtar."
Yili's actions not only made Tariel regard her as a fellow human, but also made Ishtar, who wanted to take the opportunity to vent his anger, feel full of guilt and self-blame.
'Ajun', who was not far away, looked at this scene and raised his eyebrows.
(End of this chapter)
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