Chapter 9: Delivering in Person

Chapter 9: Delivering in Person

As Su Rong's eyes brimmed with malice, ready to watch Su Youyue slip down the snow-covered steps, ideally knocking some sense out of her and making her forget about the matter of returning something, Su Youyue suddenly raised her hand.

Su Rong was still unaware of what had transpired when the pebble inexplicably flew out. Immediately after, a sharp pain struck her cheek, accompanied by a faint buzzing sound in her ear.

As she touched her face, her hand came away stained with blood. Startled, she turned back to find that a silver needle had just grazed her cheek and embedded itself in the pillar behind her.

The entire silver needle had actually pierced through the wood to a depth of three inches!

Had the silver needle been just a fraction off its course, her face...

Su Rong gasped in shock, then looked again at the spot on the ground where the pebble had just been, and indeed found a silver needle there. Such precision indicated that the needle that had been flying towards her face was deliberately aimed off course.

When did she learn this skill? !

Su Youyue didn't even bother to cast a glance her way: "Su Rong, if you pull any more tricks, I can't guarantee where my silver needles will end up next time. Jin'er, let's go."

Jin'er was also stunned. After pushing her for a while, she couldn't resist asking, "Miss, when did you learn this move?"

Before her marriage, Su Youyue had honed her whip skills to perfection and used silver needles solely for the purpose of healing and preserving the meridians in her legs. It wasn't until she wed into the Lu family and was forced to plead before Xie Yuan to save them from annihilation that she began to practice more seriously.

This technique was intended to take Xie Yuan's life.

She feared dying at his hands, so she trained in this subtle yet deadly move.

Little did she know that Xie Yuan would choose such a humiliating method to disgrace her...

In her previous life, the Lus were aware of her intentions, which was why a few days before they drowned her, they seized all her silver needles and whip under some pretext.

In this new life, Su Youyue cared not about being a traitor or not. The most terrifying things in this world were always hidden beneath the surface.

At the thought of Xie Yuan, Su Youyue's gaze darkened. Recalling something, she instructed Jin'er to retrieve the Jade Dew Beauty Cream she had taken from Su Rong this month after returning home.

Upon hearing that Su Rong had smashed two teacups in anger, Su Youyue was indifferent. A handful of rice breeds gratitude, but a bushel breeds contempt. She had spoiled these people with her generosity.

The beauty cream formula was discovered in her mother's medical texts. Upon following the recipe, it proved to have remarkable effects on skincare and scar removal. It quickly became a sensation among the noblewomen of the Imperial City, even catching the attention of those in the palace who purchased it monthly at a price of twenty taels of silver per bottle.

In the past, Su Qian and Su Rong could come to her every month without paying a dime, taking three or four bottles at a time for years on end. But from now on, they could forget about getting even a drop from her.

"Miss, you're saying to send it to Xie Yuan?" Jin'er's eyes widened again upon hearing Su Youyue's words, as if she found it hard to comprehend the meaning behind them.

Why waste such a precious item on that lowly slave?

It was a substantial sum of twenty-five silver coins – just the thought of it made Jin'er's heart ache.

Seeing Jin'er's persistent stance, Su Youyue's expression turned solemn. "Jin'er, regardless of what others might say in the future, Xie Yuan will always be an honored guest here. You must never treat him with disrespect! Come, I'll deliver it personally."

After some contemplation, she decided to deliver the rejuvenating ointment herself.

She recalled the scars on the man's body from the whip – marks she had inflicted, and later... touched with her own hands...