The night is as cool as water.

In Yunshui Country, at Qingcheng in the Shui family.

“Ahh...” A scream of agony bursts from a dark woodshed in the Shui Mansion, reverberating powerfully and woefully.

Within the dilapidated woodshed, a young girl clad in yellow is standing to one side, her face full of maliciousness as she glares at the corner, a bottle reeking of a foul odor in one hand, and a thick iron whip in the other.

A girl in white is huddled up in the corner, more than half of her face is terribly disfigured.

“You lowly wretch, how does this corrosive liquid feel, huh? Let's see if you dare to try and seduce my Yun Brother again, you lascivious vixen,” the girl in yellow says, her gaze vicious. As if this isn't enough, she pours the remaining corrosive liquid from the bottle all over the girl in white's face, while swinging the whip at her back.

The girl in white presses her hands to her face, crying out in pain as her body curls up tightly due to the intense torment.

She strains to stretch out her free hand, grabbing on to the hem of the girl in yellow's dress. With a voice hoarse from pain, she gasps out, “Fourth… Fourth Sister, I did not try to seduce Yun Brother, the one I...I like is… is the Second Prince.”

“Pah!” Shui Yin Xue, the fourth sister, contemptuously spits at her, stepping on her dainty hand while ruthlessly grinding her foot back and forth.

Listening to the opposing party's screams of pain, a look of satisfaction flashes across the fourth sister's face. With a shrill and mocking voice, she says, “Shui Yin Chan, just look at yourself for once. A waste who doesn't even possess Xuan Energy dares to dream about becoming the Second Prince's consort? The Second Prince is our Yun Shui Country's twin cultivating genius in both water and fire. Now, you are not only useless but also defaced. I think even to tie the Second Prince's shoes, you're not qualified!”

Shui Yin Chan's face, splashed with the corrosive liquid, already has several large pus-filled blisters, emitting a revolting stench. Her still somewhat bright eyes turn dull after hearing Shui Yin Xue's words.

“Young Miss, Young Miss...”

Just as Shui Yin Xue is about to kick the person on the ground a few more times, the gatekeeping matron suddenly breaks in and whispers hurriedly into Shui Yin Xue's ear.

Upon hearing this, Shui Yin Xue's formerly twisted face immediately brightens up, exclaiming cheerfully, “Matron Lin, so the Second Prince really did come to our Shui Mansion? He came earlier than expected!”

Upon hearing these words, the eyes of Shui Yinchan, curled up on the ground, brightened instantly. She immediately pleaded, "Fourth Sister, I want to see the Second Prince, I want to see him!"

"Haha, that's laughable! With your current ugly appearance, people are avoiding you from afar. Aren't you afraid of tarnishing the nobility of the Second Prince? You tempted my Cloud Brother, nearly causing the Second Prince to wear a green hat. It's already good enough if the Second Prince doesn’t kill you, this cheap person. And you are still daydreaming of becoming the wife of the Second Prince? You're merely dreaming!"

Shui Yinxue scolded her coldly, whipped her a few times, then left the extremely filthy place.

Shui Yinchan's legs were broken in several places, it was even difficult for her to stand up. But holding onto the last bit of hope in her heart, she crawled to the door of the firewood room.

She hit the door again and again with her forehead, and blood flowed down her forehead. As she hit, she murmured, "I didn't tempt Cloud Brother... I didn't... Second Prince, I want to see the Second Prince..."

After probably fifty or sixty times, the door finally was hit open. Shui Yinchan cracked a smile.

The woman used her arms to crawl forward with difficulty. Fresh blood stained the ground where she crawled.

It was just a pity...

Even after exhausting all her strength, she had only crawled a distance of five to six feet.

Her breath was getting weaker and weaker.

Finally, the weak figure crawling forward gradually came to a halt.

She didn't move, without any breath.

Not long after, the fingers of Shui Yinchan, which were hanging limply, suddenly trembled a little, and then again.

The next moment, the woman's lightly closed eyes suddenly opened wide. In that instant, a sharp aura seemed to overflow from them. Then the aura receded slightly, and her eyes became exceptionally bright and shining, like the night sky studded with star gems, deep and fascinating.