The Return of the Seventh Young Lady-Chapter 62 - 61

Chapter 61

Mu Qingxuan, having made her decision, gently pulled away from her brother’s embrace. She used her sleeve to wipe away her tears and looked up at him with a serious expression.

"Eldest Brother..."

She lowered her gaze slightly, her peach blossom eyes glimmering, her thin lips pressed tightly together as if she had something heavy on her mind. Mu Gongzhen sighed softly, reaching out to grasp her small hand.

"You don’t need to feel pressured. Just speak slowly. I’m not going anywhere. I’ll always be here...right beside you."

"I don’t know if you will believe me, but I swear that every word I am about to say is the truth. It may seem incredible, but it is the truth!"

Mu Qingxuan met her brother’s eyes with a determined yet nervous look. Mu Gongzhen gently patted her hand a few times to encourage her.

"Incredible or not, tell me first. I’ll decide for myself."

"The truth is, I am not the same Mu Qingxuan, yet I am Mu Qingxuan as well."

Taking a deep breath, Mu Qingxuan continued, "I once died in a previous life. After an accident where I fell into the water at the age of nine, my soul returned to my body at the age of nine, five years ago."

"Because of this, I have many memories of my past life and know about some events that will happen in the future..."

"In my past life, the three of us siblings did not live comfortably. You passed the imperial examinations as a Zhuangyuan, but two years later, you were killed by bandits who ambushed and robbed you. Not even your body was left for a proper burial..."

Mu Qingxuan’s voice trembled as she recalled the past. The pain surged back into her heart, making it ache all over again.

Her peach blossom eyes welled up with tears, which soon streamed down her face, as if Mu Qingxuan had gone back to the tragic events of her past life again. She seemed to forget everything around her, lost in a nightmare.

"I thought that the misfortune would end there, but it didn’t! It was only the beginning!"

"After holding an empty funeral for you, Bai Lijun confined me to the back quarters. She ordered Auntie Yang to force-feed me a drug every day. That drug made me seem deranged, weak, and aimless like a walking corpse."

"But throughout all that time! All those events! I was fully aware of everything! Yet I couldn’t control my body! I could only watch as the three of them, mother and daughters, pushed me and Ying’er over the edge!"

Mu Qingxuan unconsciously gritted her teeth, her eyes red with the unhidden hatred simmering in her chest. During the time when she was seen as deranged by others, who would have known that she was fully aware of everything?

However, because of the drug she was forced to consume, her body could not respond to her command. She could only watch and be conscious of everything happening without being able to do anything!

She vividly remembered the times when she was mistreated by the household servants, no better than a stray dog!

After Mu Qingxuan became deranged, unresponsive to anything anymore, Mu Luofei and Mu Qin Shuang often brought servants to bully her, treating and playing with her like a puppy. But because she couldn’t control her body, she couldn’t retaliate.

The cruel memories replayed in Mu Qingxuan’s mind once more...

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..

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"Do you know? Right now, everyone in the capital knows that you’ve become a madwoman,"

A melodious voice spoke with a mocking tone. Mu Luofei’s beautiful face wore a cold smile as she stared at her enemy’s motionless figure on the bed, like a puppet. The other’s expression was void of emotion; her eyes vacant. If it weren’t for the occasional tremor of her body, she would look no different from a corpse.

"Aiyo! I forgot! You’re a madwoman now, completely senseless. How could you possibly understand anything?"

Mu Luofei laughed gleefully, her eyes fixed on Mu Qingxuan with a look of contempt, feeling delighted by her enemy’s miserable state.

Although Mu Qingxuan was aware of everything, she could not respond. It felt as if this body wasn’t hers. She could only endure listening and watching everything with torment, while her outer appearance remained vacant and unresponsive.

"Since your reputation is already ruined, you don’t need your beauty anymore," Mu Luofei squinted at the beautiful face she had hated since childhood. The smile on her face faded.

"What’s the use of beauty for a worthless dog?"

With that, Mu Luofei glanced at her close servant to signal her. The servant nodded, then ordered two other servants to hold Mu Qingxuan to sit still. The close servant then took a small dagger from her sleeve.

"Qingxuan, oh Qingxuan, consider it my help. Now that you’re mad, your beauty might bring you trouble. Wicked men might think of harming you, and you, being mad, couldn’t defend yourself anymore..."

Mu Luofei stood up and approached the senseless figure on the bed, extending her hand to stroke the beautiful face that seemed capable of toppling cities, her eyes shining with malice.

"So, I’ll help you avoid that tragedy, Qingxuan..."

As soon as Mu Luofei finished speaking, the close servant used the small dagger to slash Mu Qingxuan’s left cheek. She dragged the blade from the temple down to the jawline, causing bright red blood to flow profusely, looking terrifying.

"Aaaah!" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Although Mu Qingxuan was senseless, she still screamed instinctively. Her hands flailed, trying to struggle, but she couldn’t overpower the two servants holding her down. Her peach blossom eyes remained empty and vacant, showing that she was still out of her mind. Her actions were merely instinctual self-defense when injured.

However, on the other side, within Mu Qingxuan’s conscious mind, she was silently screaming in agony, tormented by the excruciating pain of the wound!

She was suffering!

Suffering immensely!

They acted as if she couldn’t feel anything. Even though her body was unresponsive, her senses were still acute!

Mu Qingxuan could feel the full extent of the excruciating pain, but she still couldn’t control her body!

She wanted to scream out loud, but no matter how loudly she shouted, no one outside could hear her at all!

Mu Luofei watched all this with delight, her once gentle face now twisted into cruelty. After the close servant finished her task, the other two servants stepped in to dress the wound on Mu Qingxuan’s face.

Crash!

Mu Luofei knocked a teacup off the table, shattering it on the floor, before speaking with a cold smile, "If anyone asks, just say Qingxuan was careless, dropped the cup, and fell onto the shards herself..."

"Yes, Miss," the three servants responded in unison.

Once the wound on Mu Qingxuan’s face was hastily treated, Mu Luofei walked over and yanked Mu Qingxuan’s hair, forcing her head up. "Now you don’t have to worry anymore. Without your beauty, there will be no danger. You can rest easy."

She said while laughing, her laughter full of satisfaction and mockery. Mu Luofei let go of her hair and left the room with all the servants in tow...

"Qingxuan, you’re too much. You’re neither truly alive nor dead like this. Why waste good food on you? You should eat filth instead!"

Mu Luofei said and laughed loudly; a scornful smile adorned her beautiful face. She swept the rice bowl off the table, spilling the food all over the floor.

Yet, Mu Qingxuan, always trembling, her gaze vacant, said nothing and didn’t even seem startled. She remained seated, motionless, like a puppet.

"Keke, elder sister is right,"

Mu Qin Shuang, sitting beside, laughed gleefully, her eyes glinting with malice. She turned and yelled at the servants,

"What are you standing around for? Since Mu Qingxuan was careless and spilled the food, make her eat it off the floor!"

"Yes, Miss,"

The two to three servants responded immediately. They approached and lifted Mu Qingxuan from her chair and forced her to kneel on the floor. Although Mu Qingxuan remained calm, silent and motionless like a body without spirit, her eyes momentarily flashed with panic and rage.

No!

She wouldn’t eat!

She wouldn’t!

Mu Qingxuan’s spirit inside screamed and struggled incessantly, but her body refused to respond to her thoughts. She could only weep silently inside, overwhelmed by despair and hopelessness. She watched helplessly as her body was manipulated by others, forced to comply with her enemy’s demands without any ability to resist.

"Make her eat every bit of it. Don’t leave any mess behind!"

Mu Qin Shuang watched the scene with great satisfaction, her earlier irritation from attending the banquet dissipated entirely.

A servant forcefully pushed Mu Qingxuan’s head down to eat the scattered food on the floor, smearing her face with the mess. Another servant came to help scoop the food into Mu Qingxuan’s mouth non-stop, causing her to choke and cough.

"Cough, cough."

Some rice and food bits that Mu Qingxuan choked on splattered adequately onto Mu Luofei’s shoes. The servants’ faces turned pale with panic, and Mu Luofei’s expression darkened immediately.

"Make her lick my shoes clean!"

Mu Luofei’s eyes flashed dangerously as she stared at her fallen foe, now as helpless as a chick in her grasp that she could squeeze to death at any moment.

"Ew...disgusting,"

Mu Qin Shuang pouted, shuddering with disgust at the thought of Mu Qingxuan’s saliva dirtying the shoes.

Mu Luofei extended her foot, revealing a silk shoe adorned with gleaming pearls, now smeared with food.

The servants hurriedly dragged Mu Qingxuan to crawl over to Mu Luofei before pushing Mu Qingxuan’s head down to lick the food off, while another pried her mouth open, making her eat the remnants instinctively.

After the food was cleared from the shoe, Mu Luofei smiled coldly, her eyes gleaming with coldness. She stood up and pressed her foot on the left side of Mu Qingxuan’s face, which had a long scar slashed across, pushing it into the food on the floor.

"Qingxuan, you are no longer human. You’re just our plaything, a means to vent our anger. Remember that!"

Mu Luofei inserted her weight and ground her foot into Mu Qingxuan’s cheek, pressing her face into the food on the floor, making her look like a stray dog...

"Dogs don’t wear clothes! Go! Strip her naked!"

Mu Qin Shuang, in a foul mood after returning to the manor, headed straight to the back quarters to vent her anger on Mu Qingxuan. She barked orders at the servants with a stern voice.

"Bu...but if we strip her naked, what will happen to her?"

One servant asked hesitantly. If they took all her clothes off and someone saw, it would surely anger the master. Despite her madness, Mu Qingxuan was still a member of the Mu family.

"Just lock her up here! We’ll put her clothes back on tomorrow." Mu Qin Shuang snapped impatiently, then turned to another servant,

"Shut the door!"

Once the door was closed, the only ones left in the small room were Mu Qin Shuang and Mu Qingxuan, who lay motionless on the bed, her empty eyes staring blankly at the ceiling.

"Take her clothes off! I’m beyond irritated!"

Mu Qin Shuang shouted at the servants again. They hurried over to remove Mu Qingxuan’s clothes.

As each piece of clothing was stripped away, Mu Qin Shuang sipped her tea, watching the scene before her with satisfaction. Her earlier anger from outside the manor gradually faded.

Once the servants had completely undressed her, Mu Qingxuan lay bare, revealing bruises and numerous scars hidden under her clothes. Her slender body instinctively curled up from the cold.

Mu Qin Shuang looked at her and laughed, her eyes gleaming with amusement. "Let’s go and leave her to sleep comfortably tonight. You can dress her again tomorrow. After this, lock the door and don’t let anyone in."

"Bu...but what about feeding her?"

"No need to feed her! She won’t die from missing one meal!"

With that, Mu Qin Shuang sneered and left the room, her mood lifted. In the now empty room, only the slender, naked figure of Mu Qingxuan remained curled up on the bed.

Inside her seemingly lifeless body, Mu Qingxuan was filled with silent, heart-wrenching screams. She had no idea when this torment would end!

When would she be freed from these hellish periods?!

Someone, please help her!

Anyone!

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