I remember it was a spring day, and little Yuzhi was walking home from the opera troupe as usual.
The distance was not very far, just across a few alleys, and she would usually be accompanied by a maid, but that day her personal maid happened to be sick, and she didn't like strangers around her, so she chose to go back alone.
There are usually many children gathering in the alley to play various games. Xiao Yuzhi used to envy them very much. After all, they don’t have to practice martial arts and can do whatever they want, and they are very happy every day.
But after a long time, she felt that those children were boring and just played the same games all day long, which was childish.
Even though she was just over six years old at the time, she had already learned to put herself in the shoes of the older children.
But in the eyes of the children, this beautiful girl who was not sociable and only knew how to practice martial arts every day was obviously an outlier. Yu Zhi was excluded from this small social circle and sometimes even had to deal with some minor troubles caused by them.
But she didn't take these things seriously. She was so tired every day that she didn't have the time to bother with them.
That day was different...
She walked through the alley as usual, and even walked close to the wall to stay away from the crowd not far away. However, even so, they did not let her go.
"Yu Zhi, I heard that you don't have a mother." A little fat boy stood up and said to her, his eyes full of mockery and viciousness.
"That's right," a little girl beside him echoed, "My mother said your mother climbed into the bed of Patriarch Yu, and now that the truth has been revealed, she is dying of shame."
The children around him burst into laughter instantly, swearing non-stop.
Their voices are full of childlike innocence, but if you ignore the voices and only listen to what they say, no one would guess that they are just a group of children who are only five or six years old.
How could Yu Zhi tolerate such an insult for no reason?
In her heart, her mother has always been pure white and the most sacred existence. Even if she left her and left this world, it is understandable.
The little girl carefully placed the backpack her mother had sewn for her on the ground, then turned to look at the group of people. There was a fierceness on her young face that was inconsistent with her peers.
She rushed straight into the crowd and pushed down the fat boy standing in the front.
When the children around saw this, they rushed forward to help.
Yu Zhi remembered that there were about seven or eight of them, and since she was young and small, she was quickly lost in the crowd.
How could this group of kids who played all day long compare with her? Even though they had a huge numerical advantage, several of them were still beaten up by Yu Zhi and didn't get any good results.
Of course, Xiao Yuzhi herself was also injured, after all, two fists are no match for four hands.
At that moment, the little girl's mind was filled with anger, and she didn't even care about the pain in her body. She was determined to make these people pay the price for what they said.
"Stop." The voice of a boy who was in the voice change period came, a little hoarse, but not unpleasant.
This is Yu Rui, the senior brother who was in the same opera troupe as Yu Zhi but they had never spoken to each other.
He was only about 9 years old at the time, but in the eyes of these children, he was very intimidating. Coupled with the sweat shirt and cloth shoes he was wearing, it was obvious that he could fight much better than these young masters who were dressed in fine clothes and fed with delicious food.
This was indeed the case. Yu Rui rushed into the crowd and easily pulled apart the few people who were still fighting. Finally, he gently brought out the little girl who was still waving her fists in the center of the crowd.
Yu Zhi was particularly impressed when the boy, after pulling her out, said to everyone, "I've memorized your faces. Boss Yu will be visiting your homes soon to make you pay for what you said."
This may not mean much to an adult, but it is very unusual for a child who is only 9 years old.
No matter what, Lu Nai is Yu Taiming's deceased wife. How can he tolerate his dignity being insulted like this?
So it was just as Yu Rui said. That night, after Yu Tai's door-to-door visit, every child had suffered more or less. Some of them were even beaten black and blue by Yu Zhi, but they didn't get any apology at all.
And what about Xiao Yuzhi?
She was taken by her senior brother to a small house next to the woodshed in the Yu family compound, where her wounds were carefully treated.
That was the first time that Yu Zhi felt an emotion similar to care from someone other than her mother. She was so happy that she ignored the pain and just kept staring at Shi Rui and smiling.
Laughing heartlessly.
"Afterwards, Yu Zhi became closer to this senior brother of hers, even to the point where they were inseparable. You may not know that many people in Peking at the time believed that these two were a match made in heaven." The old man knocked on the table beside him and said.
"A match made in heaven?" This time it was Yu Zhi who was shocked. She exclaimed with her eyes wide open.
"Yes," Mr. Lin replied with a smile, "the two of them are a perfect match in both appearance and figure. They are naturally a match made in heaven."
Her head felt a little blank. Yu Zhi had never thought about herself and her senior brother in this direction before.
Mr. Lin did not notice her stunned. He looked at Shi Rui who was deep in thought beside him and told the rest of the story. However, this time his tone was not as light as before, but full of heaviness.
The story goes straight to the year when Yu Zhi was 15 years old. Perhaps this timeline is closer to Mr. Lin, so the story is much more detailed.
At that time, Peking could almost be said to be a world ruled by warlords, with officials protecting each other and their power being greater than the sky.
They valued reputation the most, so whenever there was a good day, they would invite a troupe to perform in their home for three days and three nights, and even invite the common people to come and watch, making it very lively.
The biggest warlord was named Bai. On his fiftieth birthday, he held a grand banquet and invited the Yu family troupe to perform. It was at that time that Yu Zhi became an instant hit.
Overnight, almost everyone in Peking knew how beautiful Yu Zhi, the young master of the Yu family troupe, was, and how she had a beautiful face, figure, and voice.
To use today's words, Yu Zhi was the top star at that time, and even when she went out, she would be surrounded by people.
But along with fame and fortune come countless troubles.
She could no longer sneak away with her senior brother to the river to catch fish, and she could no longer put herself on boys when her master was not paying attention during practice. In the end, she didn't even have time to meet with her senior brother.
Yu Tai seized this business opportunity. For him, his daughter was obviously his stepping stone to enter the upper circle.
So he took Yu Zhi to various banquets, made friends with warlords, and developed his power.
Yu Zhi was like a commodity, wearing expensive clothes and jewelry, standing aside for everyone to admire.
But she couldn't refuse, because her senior brother's life was in that man's hands.
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