Hardships and Calamities

Northern Yue Kingdom was a bitter place.

After half a year here, the siblings had finally found a place to live.

This place differed greatly from the Yu Kingdom where they had once lived, whether in customs or the martial world. The people here were cold and hostile toward outsiders. The two siblings had spent great effort before they could finally gain a foothold here.

"Zhao Kun!!"

Chen Hen stared at the empty chest before him, his eyes bloodshot.

This chest had been left to the siblings by their mother before she died. It had been stuffed with the silver their family had saved and the Chen Family's inherited manuals. Chen Hen had placed all his hopes on this chest. Once his body recovered a little, he had planned to use the money to buy medicinal herbs and train. But he had not expected both the silver and the manuals to vanish, leaving behind only an empty chest.

If his sister Chen Yuan had not fallen unconscious from serious illness, he might never have discovered it.

Chen Hen panted heavily as a violent pain flared up in his chest again.

He suppressed the hatred in his heart and helped his unconscious sister Chen Yuan up. The instant his hand touched her, he froze. He discovered that Chen Yuan's hands were covered in wounds. Her slender, jade-like palms were scarred all over, and there was even a knife scar on her forearm. Her favorite long dresses had been put away, replaced with a neat short shirt.

During the half year Chen Hen had lain bedridden with severe illness, Chen Yuan had carried everything alone.

She had used the gold and silver their mother left them to trade butler Zhao Kun for the siblings' lives. Perhaps Zhao Kun had felt guilty, or