Forcibly Breaking In

Returning to this place once again, Zhu Zhuqing could not help feeling somewhat wistful.

Ever since she had left here at the age of nine and gone to the Ruins of Life, more than five full years had passed. That also meant she had not returned for five years.

Although this home had been gloomy and cold, leaving her with many terrible memories, it was still the place where she had grown up. Zhu Zhuqing still held some feelings for it.

Especially her mother—the only person who had ever cared for her. Zhu Zhuqing missed her deeply as well.

Even though her mother had not been able to help when she was assassinated by her sister, Zhu Zhuqing did not blame her. She knew her mother cared greatly for her; she had merely been constrained by the ancestral rules and powerless to do anything.

Besides, both she and her sister were her mother's daughters. Both were equally precious to her. Watching her two daughters try to kill each other while being unable to do anything about it, perhaps her mother had suffered greatly too.

Zhu Zhuqing thought silently to herself.

"What is it, Zhu Qing? Did you remember the past?" Seeing Zhu Zhuqing staring blankly at the Duke's Mansion gates, her expression constantly shifting, Lu Yuan asked softly.

"Mm, but it's nothing. It's all in the past. I just feel a little unsettled after suddenly coming back here." Zhu Zhuqing smiled faintly at Lu Yuan's concerned gaze.

Her smile was gentle, and Lu Yuan could not help tightening his grip on her delicate hand.

"No matter what things were like for you in this family before, or how others bullied you, I'm here today. I'll stand up for you. Everyone who bullied you will pay the price. From now on,