At that very moment.
I finally understood why the version of me in the story had died in the end.
But I didn't know why Ye Qingxian's sudden madness had turned against me.
I clearly... had never provoked her.
Crack—
A multicolored magical artifact, cold to the touch.
I looked at my little feet and numbly shifted my body.
But Ye Qingxian had no intention of letting me go.
She gripped my wrist. When I noticed her gaze, my pupils shrank. "Ye Qingxian, don't."
Her outstretched hand paused, as if confused. "Have you forgotten whose property you are?"
"I need to examine your body."
Just a second ago, she had been speaking normally. The next, her face twisted into a terrifying expression again. "Or is it that you only want to do this with someone else..."
I forced down my fear. "Ye Qingxian, calm down."
I tried to reason with her. "I still have the babies. This isn't a good time for you and me to..."
At the words "the babies," Ye Qingxian's mind suddenly exploded with a buzz.
Bam—
An invisible force hurled me against the wall.
My internal organs seemed to wail.
The pain was so intense that I couldn't speak. Trembling and humiliated, I curled up again and crawled back a little, trying to shield the most vulnerable part of myself with my body.
"Baby?"
"Tell me, whose is it?!"
Ye Qingxian's eyes turned terrifying.
I watched her draw closer, frozen with fear.
Then she took out a knife and kept gesturing over my lower belly.
I let out a piercing scream.
Meeting my horrified gaze, Ye Qingxian's voice, so cold just a moment ago, suddenly turned unbearably gentle. "Junior Sister, don't be afraid. It won't hurt..."
"Your Senior Sister has always been gentle."
"Let's... take it