Yi Luo, dressed in a red dress, stepped forward to help Yu Ling, who was still a little dizzy, to her feet. She fed him water and covered him with a blanket, afraid that he might feel unwell.
“Young lady, do you still remember how you came to Yicui Tower? The sisters are kind-hearted, and when they saw you lying alone at the door, they took the liberty of bringing you in. Please don’t be offended.”
Here it comes! The system watched its host, who was acting like a drama queen, with tears welling up in his eyes every second. His eyes were filled with surprise and a sense of relief.
"Thank you for saving me, sister. However, I am sorry for the inconvenience caused by my presence. Please forgive me."
"What's the big deal? Yu Ling can stay as long as she wants!"
Yi Luo covered her mouth and chuckled softly. The others who had come to join in the fun also giggled. After a while, they finally remembered to ask.
"Who is Sister Yuling from? And why has she ended up here?"
System: Well done, host! Keep it up!
The next scene, as scripted, will feature the amnesia trope!
"My name is Yu Ling. I grew up in the capital and have never stepped out of my home. However, my elder brother can't stand that I obey the elders' arrangements to manage the household affairs, so he locked me up and never even brought me food."
Thanks to my sister-in-law, who is not yet my fiancée, for rescuing me from my misery and settling me in her home. But... but how could I, Yuling, dare to spoil the relationship between my sister-in-law and brother? I secretly ran away while the servant wasn't looking... and then... and then I don't know what happened... When I woke up again, I was here with my sister..."
Yu Ling, with tears streaming down her face, sobbed as she recounted her grievances and resentment. The sisters all sighed, feeling that Yu Ling's brother was far too stingy, not even letting his younger sister take charge of the affairs of the inner quarters, and offered her words of comfort.
"I wonder what plans Sister Yuling has? If you have nowhere to go, why not stay at Yicui Tower and keep the other sisters company?"
Yiluo genuinely admires Yuling, a gentle and charming beauty. She once had a younger sister who was just as frail and sickly as Yuling and died young. Now that Yuling has come, it's good to remember her.
The other sisters understood and chimed in to persuade her to stay. Yu Ling pretended to be in a difficult position but couldn't refuse their hospitality. She declined a couple of times but eventually agreed.
"Although Yu Ling's crippled body is of little use, she can at least play the zither and pipa. Could she stay and become a musician?"
The musicians were always men hired by Yicui Tower to perform, and their status was not much different from that of the men in the opera troupe. Their income was low, but their importance was not. Yiluo hesitated for a moment, also afraid that Yuling would be recognized by the guests and taken back by that heartless brother, so she simply agreed.
"Alright! From now on, Yu Ling will be our Yi Cui Lou's young master. All the sisters must not let our little brother be bullied!"
Originally, the sisters were worried that their positions would be shaken by Yu Meiren'er, but when they heard Yi Luo agree that Yu Ling would always appear in men's clothing and be a behind-the-scenes musician, their smiles became even more sincere, and they all vowed to support Yu Ge'er in the future!
Perhaps it was the atmosphere, but Yu Ling's pale face regained some color. She leaned against the bed and looked on with a smile. The warmth brought spring, and the flowers and willows were delicate and beautiful.
[Eek, host...]
The system asked timidly,
[Didn't we agree to fake amnesia and dress as women? How come you've turned into a boy again?!]
Yu Ling didn't answer the system's idiotic question. She asked everyone for rouge, face powder, and a sash, then thanked them and said she needed to tidy herself up. Yi Luo and her sisters tactfully gave Yu Ling some private space, saying they would come back tomorrow.
The system seemed to realize how unreliable its suggestion of cross-dressing was, and didn't ask any more questions. It just wondered to itself whether its host was a man dressed as a woman, a woman dressed as a man, or a man dressed as a woman dressed as a man.
Ugh! I'm a little dizzy, I don't know where in the system shop I can recharge my IQ!
Yu Ling was left alone in the room. She finally breathed a sigh of relief and took off her shirt, revealing a body that was perhaps thin but different from skin and bones. Blood seeped from her skin, staining her snow-white undergarment red. Yu Ling looked down and was somewhat surprised that her first attempt at human bone shrinking technique had failed so badly. It seemed that she would need to practice more in the future.
[Host, Ouch! You're covered in blood! It's horrible! Does it hurt? Ouch, if only we hadn't escaped! It's all my fault for giving such a terrible idea!]
The system hadn't noticed at first that Yu Ling's appearance and figure now looked more like a woman's, but seeing Yi Luo and the others address her like that, even the slowest person would have realized it.
So the host's weakness wasn't an act; look how much blood he's lost.
"Ah, it's nothing. I did some research on the human body and I didn't expect human bone-shrinking techniques to be so amazing. They're much more interesting than our fairy illusions."
Yu Ling closed his eyes and used his divine sense to observe the changes within his body. After a long while, he opened his eyes, tapped his wrist twice, and then rotated his elbow joint. The bones began to shorten at a visible speed. He nodded in satisfaction and continued...
“Hiding isn’t a solution, and coming here to rest is just a temporary measure. With Gu Cheng, that guy who can’t keep a secret, around, An Jingxuan will find out about me sooner or later. Rather than waiting for him to find the cage Gu Cheng has put me in, it’s better for us to get out of everyone’s sight beforehand, isn’t it?”
The system seemed to understand but not quite: [Host, what you said makes a lot of sense, but even if we hide here and avoid being discovered by royalty by posing as musicians, An Jingxuan might still find this place!]
The protagonist's halo is powerful, and it knows it well.
"That depends on how we appear..."
Although Yu Ling had the help of a divine physician to eliminate the toxins and hidden injuries accumulated in her body, her physical condition was still three points weaker than that of an ordinary person due to the fact that she had previously abandoned her martial arts. She couldn't win in a head-on confrontation, and leaving the capital would be too much for her body to handle.
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